Mental Illnesses in Finding Nemo
Are They Normal Fish? In Finding Nemo, it is evident there are fish whom have a mental illness. The illnesses in the movie range from OCD to schizophrenia. One can tell if a fish in the movie has a mental illness from the fish’s actions. Marlin, Nemo’s father, is suffering from depression and PTSD. This can be seen by observing the way Marlin acts towards Nemo going to school. Marlin is very overprotective of Nemo. Along Marlin’s journey to find Nemo, Marlin meets another fish named Dory. Dory has ADD, which stands for attention deficit disorder. Dory has this because she cannot keep her attention on something for a long period of time. She often forgets what she is doing, where she is going, or what recently happened around her. When Marlin and Dory start to look for Nemo together, they come across three sharks. The sharks are Bruce, Anchor, and Chum. The sharks have an addiction to eating fish. At first, they try to keep themselves from eating fish, but when Dory gets a cut, Bruce’s addiction comes out. Marlin is not the only one who meets some fish with mental illnesses on his journey. Nemo met some fish with mental illnesses in the fish tank he was staying in. Bloat, the puffer fish, has anger management problems. This can be seen when he puffs up due to a reaction to something. Deb is schizophrenic. She thinks she has a sister, when really she is looking at her reflection on the fish tank. Girt has a phobia to germs. He has to clean everything he gets is hands on. He also has PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, from being ripped out of the