So I'm taking Psychology 1 right now and I just finished a group of lessons about mental disorders. I then concluded that (in comic books at least) there should be one classified I have never heard of: paradoxical personality disorder. With all these people losing their memories for god knows how long, you'd think they'd change from the person the were, to the person they currently are. The prime example (in fact the only example I can think of off the top of my head) is Wolverine. Lemme walk you through it:
-Wolverine matures (yeah right lol) somewhat as James Howlett. He becomes some semblance of an adult.
-Wolverine loses his memory to Weapon X
-Wolverine becomes his basic personality without any knowledge or experiences to shape and twist it.
-Wolverine has different experiences with the X-Men as Logan that shape his base personality into the Wolverine we all know and love.
-Wolverine then regains his memories thanks to the events of M-Day.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Wolverine would then have two sets of memories, yes? I mean I doubt they'd just fall into place...but then again this is fiction so anything's possible. What I think would happen: Wolverine would then have two conflicting personalities, because personalities are based on your natural personality PLUS your experiences that shape it into something similar, but not hte same. The James Howlett and Logan personalities would be kinda confusing, yeah? I'm not saying I know what they should do in the few dozen cases where this happens, but hey, it's just off my mind!
Thoughts? Comments? Snide remarks?
Wolverine
Character » Wolverine appears in 16062 issues.
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