What is his illness

He's a Schizo

"SHUT UP!"
"What did you say to me, Potter?"

VICE PREZ OF POPEYE

His wife's leaving him for another man was perhaps the catalyst that started the onset of his illness.






















I live in a glass house, ergo, I throw no stones.

It's somewhat a "fictional" decease which is a combination of schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). It's the same thing the guy from Fight Club and many other psychological thrillers had.

The one word missing from your description is 'may'. Schizophrenia sufferers MAY suffer from hallucinations, and/or delusions - disordered speech is more commonly a symptom of a bipolar disorder (e.g. 'knight's move thinking') but occasionally does occur in the group of disorders known as schizophrenia.

I wouldn't attempt a diagnosis based on the limited information in the film, but it does appear that he is experiencing a stress-related psychotic episode, with delusional ideation.

It's not schizophrenia, my brother has schizophrenia and his problems are nothing like that. It's most likely multiple personality disorder (which has a different name now I believe, that escapes me)

it's called psychological thriller disorder... Dissociative Identity Disorder is the closest real disorder he could have, but he wouldn't be having full conversations with his other personality. People with D.I.D. switch back & forth between personalities without realizing but they would never be 2 people at the same time having a conversation.

Johnny Depp's disorder is a literary device used in many films/stories but is not a legitimate disorder that someone in the real world could be diagnosed with.

He was just deeply insane. I don't think its really a question of finding a diagnosis out of the DSM-IV or whatnot. He was bonkers, that's all. Its clear that his wife cheating on him, and leaving him for the man with whom she cheated, is what really triggered the insanity, but I doubt King was particularly trying to make his mental disturbances coincide with any specific disorder from the real world.


Been making IMDB board posts since the 90s, yet can't bring up any from before December of 2004.

schizophrenia isn't the same as multiple/dissociative identity disorder. they changed their respective definitions a while ago.

it's basically a fake disorder containing elements of all the most popular mental diseases written to achieve the effect of comic horror.