Diagnosing "Sherlock BBC" Characters
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Part I: Sherlock Holmes and Emotions by fennishjournal (Shimi)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
24 Feb 2013
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This is a series of meta essays about diagnosing different Sherlock characters in reference to different psychiatric diagnosis manuals (like the ICD-10, DSM-IV-TR and OPD-2). I'm a psychotherapist in training and this is basically me using my newly acquired skills to evaluate fanon (Is Sherlock a socípath? Does John suffer from PTSD?), speculate about our heroes' personalities (Why exactly does Sherlock place heads in the fridge and John put up with it?) and formative experiences (What was John's homelife like? Who was Sherlock at university?).
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What Sherlock's (in)ability to cope with emotions and relationships tells us about his psychological structure and history.Series
- Part 1 of Diagnosing "Sherlock BBC" Characters
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Part II: The Themes and Conflicts of John Watson by fennishjournal (Shimi)
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
24 Feb 2013
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Summary
This is a series of meta posts about diagnosing different Sherlock characters in reference to different psychiatric diagnosis manuals (like the ICD-10, DSM-IV-TR and OPD-2). I'm a psychotherapist in training and this is basically me using my newly acquired skills to evaluate fanon (Is Sherlock a socípath? Does John suffer from PTSD?), speculate about our heroes' personalities (Why exactly does Sherlock place heads in the fridge and John put up with it?) and formative experiences (What was John's homelife like? Who was Sherlock at university?).
This Part:
What John's (in)ability to cope with anger, his limp and lack of success with the ladies tells us about his psychological structure and history.Series
- Part 2 of Diagnosing "Sherlock BBC" Characters