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Franki Levenson-Campanale
AP Psychology
Walker 6-7 B
1/3/11
The Grinch
Axis 1 Clinical Syndromes
Obsession: The Grinch primarily displays this when he is obsessing over the Whos and
obsessing over causing them pain. He obsesses over different ways to make them
unhappy and this takes up a majority of his time.
Panic Disorder: The Grinch demonstrates this when he has his panic attacks associated
with going down to Whoville and seeing the Whos for the first time in a long time. He
has several panic attacks about different things that are unrelated to each other.
Kleptomania: Everywhere the Grinch goes, he seems to want to take something. This
doesn’t classify him as a kleptomaniac. What does is that he follows through on it and
DOES steal things really with out thinking about it.
Pyromania: Pyromania is a fixation with creating and watching fire. The Grinch displays
this mostly when, after the Whos have given him an award, he sets the tree on fire and
enjoys it. He cackles and maniacally laughs as he flees to his cave on Mt. Crumpit.
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Dissociative Personality Disorder (DID): This goes further into the Grinch’s different
personalities. In order to have DID one must: have multiple personalities, mannerisms
and beliefs that often conflict, unexplainable headaches and body pains, comorbidity
(multiple disorders and diseases), memory loss, paranoia, lack of intimacy and personal
connections, depression, flashbacks of abuse and trauma, unexplainable phobias, hears
the voices in their mind, and distortion or loss of subjective time. All of these things the
Grinch displays at one time or another.
thinner air and therefore less oxygen. Another affect of this disease is that it gives human
skin a bluish tint, which, because the Grinch isn’t human, could be the cause of his green
skin/fur/hair. The Grinch’s prolonged stay in Whoville allows him to get the oxygen that
his brain needs and somewhat clears up this disease.