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Posted on 12/17/2004 11:22:18 AM PST by Jimmyclyde
Gollum gets a health check
LONDON (Reuters) - Gollum, the creepy character in "Lord of the Rings" with the dual personality and eerie voice, suffered from a schizoid personality disorder, according to a group of medical students. Thirty students at University College London were asked to explain the odd behaviour the character displayed in the films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy.
The students noted his solitary habits, spiteful behaviour, odd interests, difficulty in forming friendships, emotional changeability, nervousness and paranoia.
"He fulfils seven of the nine criteria for schizoid personality disorder, and, if we must label Gollum's problems, we believe this is the most likely diagnosis," Dr Elizabeth Sampson, who headed the research team, said in the British Medical Journal on Friday.
His two personalities -- Gollum and Smeagol -- convinced some students it was a case of schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder.
But schizophrenia was ruled out because delusions were not in keeping with Gollum's culture. The interaction between the two personalities shows Gollum is aware of both Smeagol and Gollum at the same time, which is inconsistent with multiple personality disorder, in which one is usually suppressed.
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Wow, someone needed to talk to medical students to figure this out. It's an easy diagnosis.
bad case of ring-rot.
I thought I might be a LOTR geek but, apparently not. I couldn't care less what a bunch of aspiring shrinks have to say about a fictional character.
At any rate, the family and I are probably going to sit down and watch ROTK, the extended version, tonight. :-)
I guess Sauron's parents didn't love him very much and he's simply mad with folks /sarcasm
How did you ever find a Reuters article that wasn't a Bush or US hit piece?
And here I thought he suffered from a case of the common "sin condition."
I liked the extended much better, however I was very disappointed they didn't show the wedding or Aragorn and Arwen even though there were photos on the internet of it, and it was in the book.
sounds like some folks have too much free time. wonder if they got college credit for this BS.
Somehow these guys missed entirely the importance of the RING IN THIS STORY!!! Or did they think the name of the story was the Lord of the Schizophrenics.
I don't *think* they were considering outside effects. I think this was a tool for them to try and diagnose based on symptoms alone. I think it was a good application of what they are learning.
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Something specifically spoiling the extended version? Thanks. It'll be interesting to come back here and read it after I've seen it. (I decoded it only as far as "however" before I stopped. ;O)
Fits Western culture to a "T": Reduce the larger story to a tale that's only about the individual.
Maybe they can work on diagnosing XXX-42.
Well it doesnt spoil it (make it bad) but it gives away a part of the movie which you might not want to know until after you've watched it. But overall I was real happy with the extended version additions. And two new eggs.
His all-consuming passion for The Ring drove him mad, of course.
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