Elliot's Observation And Analysis Of Mr. Robot

A careful observation and analysis of Elliot’s behavior and his past is enough to diagnose him with Dissociative Identity Disorder. There is clear and enough evidence of this diagnosis throughout the first season of the show. There are two or more distinct personalities that exist in Elliot. He has his daily-life personality that we see when he is at work or socializing with friends, as well as the personality of his imagined father, also known as “Mr. Robot.” The Mr. Robot character is portrayed in the show as a separate person because the TV-show is shown from Elliot’s perspective, but in reality it just a creation and personality of Elliot himself. Each of the two personalities has deep, well-ingrained memories, behavioral patterns, and social relationships that govern their behavior, which is a key
Often throughout the drama of the TV-show, Elliot will stall in his speech. If he is confronted with a difficult, stressful, or emotional inter-personal interaction he simply cannot talk or get words out. At times, he will have an internal dialogue instead of actually speaking out loud to the other individual. Other times, he will simply freeze and stare at the other person blankly. This type of behavior is likely an impairment due to his is dissociative condition, and does not allow him to function normally is everyday type of scenarios. Additionally, another symptom we see is that Elliot suffers from major depression. Throughout the series, Elliot isolates himself and openly admits that he chooses to cut himself off from friends. At one point in the series, he admits to have purposefully isolated himself from his best friend Angela and his lover Shayla. He does not explain or give a direct reason, but just simply that he was avoiding them. Both of his friends show concern and tell Elliot they worry about his isolating behavior and about his health, they can physically see that he is not very energized of happy. Elliot also suffers from bouts of paranoia and