Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

From Daniel's comment, in this post i will try to make a short list of some superheroes and enemies with their traumatic tragedy which influence their psychology and behaviour.

Most of the Superheroes has their own PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a name of a symptoms when you were experiencing some traumatic accident or event that is over the normal human experience. The symptoms might be vivid flashback, nightmares, being upset or angry, etc. You can read more in here : http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/8026_post-traumatic_stress_disorder

So here are some of the list of Superheroes and Villains and their PTSD :

• Bruce Wayne aka Batman (Batman Begins, 2005) : 2 things that make him who he is right now, the accident when he fell down into a well and attacked by bats, and the death of his parents in front of him.
• Harvey Dent aka Two Faces (The Dark Knight, 2008) : The death of his lover, Rachel, make him hate Gordon and other police. He lost his half face because of the accident, and his conversation with Joker make him went crazy, see justice from a flip of coin.
• Joker (The Dark Knight, 2008) : He is just...purely a psychopath i guess...
• Tony Stark aka Ironman : In Ironman 3 (2013) we can see that Tony Stark is having trouble of sleep because of the incident that happened in The Avengers (2012). The fact that there are aliens out there, he felt threaten and kept building a new armours without sleeping.
• Peter Parker aka Spiderman (Spiderman, 2002) : After the death of his uncle, Ben Parker by the thieve that he let go, he felt very guilty and turn his power to become Spiderman. I will talk deeper about his psychology in other post.
• Bruce Banner aka Hulk (Hulk, 2003; The Incredible Hulk, 2008; The Avenger 2012)  : His transformation into Hulk makes him wanted to kill himself. Even though he is fierce when he become Hulk, he is still a kind monster that keep protect Betty his lover. But at last he could control himself when he become Hulk.
• Logan aka Wolverine (X-men Origins Wolverine, 2009) : His healing power which make him live long is one of the factors. His past before he join the weapon x program and after he lost his memory also affect his psychology. I will talk about him deeper in other post also.
• Eric Lehnsherr aka Magneto : In X-men First Class (2011) Sebastian Shaw killed his mother, make him as a fierce man, trying to avenge his mother's death.

Bibliography

Batman Begins. 2005. film. Directed by Christopher Nolan. USA: Warner Bros.

Hulk. 2003. film. Directed by Ang Lee. USA: Universal Pictures.

Ironman 3. 2013. film. Directed by Shane Black. USA: Paramount Pictures.

Spiderman. 2002. film. Directed by Sam Raimi. USA: Columbia Pictures Corporation.

Mind. n.d. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. [online] Available at <http://www.mind.org.uk/mental_health_a-z/8026_post-traumatic_stress_disorder> [Accesed at 5 August 2013]
The Avengers. 2012. film. Directed by Joss Whedon. USA : Marvel Studios.

The Dark Knight. 2008. film. Directed by Christopher Nolan. USA: Warner Bros.

The Incredible Hulk. 2008. film Directed by Louis Leterrier. USA: Universal Pictures.

X-men First Class. 2011. film. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. USA : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

X-men Origins Wolverine. 2009. film. Directed by Gavin Hood. USA: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.