Let's play "Online Psychiatrist" and diagnose the primarchs

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**ProtoClone**

So, sitting at work being bored and trying to entertain myself...without having to do actual work. Then I thought of something I had considered a while ago while working and trying to find ways to forget I am working, without drinking.

Anyway, how this goes. Take a Primarch and match up a mental disorder that best describes or matches what you know of the Primarch. It doesn't have to be a single disorder and it can be something as simple as "Depression". Give some examples of why you feel this way or sources that enforce you view. Like in real therapy, there is no right or wrong answers just possibilities.

My thoughts and one of the easier ones:

Russ - Alcoholic and Compulsive Liar. Need I explain or quote my sources?

**Steelmage99**

The Compulsive Liar part is a little bit excessive IMO.

It of course depends on what your are referring to.
What are you referring to?

**ProtoClone**

Steelmage99 wrote:The Compulsive Liar part is a little bit excessive IMO.

It of course depends on what your are referring to.
What are you referring to?

Maybe it is excessive and I was thinking more of the SW as a whole and their tales...So disregard the "Compulsive Liar" part.

**Shaman**

No compulsive liar is accurate.. exaggeration and ale go hand in hand..

Most of the Chaos one can summed up with daddy doesn't love me.

Adding the nuances of course.
eg.
Perturbo - paranoia

Someone do Rowboat gillyman.

**WGXH**

Robute= Napoleon Complex. Far too apparant.

**Tyyr**

Is "Daddy-Issues" a recognized disorder? Most of them were apparently suffering from a severe lack of hugs growing up.

**Lint**

I think Angron may have temperment issues? Perhaps?

Really though, you could say El'Johnson was pretty bi-polar.

**Tyyr**

Angron would be tough given that he's been technologically tweaked to all get out. You might classify him as a homicidal sociopath with anger and impulse control issues but how much of that is him and how much is the tech?

**Great Unclean One**

I think Alpharius Omegon has a case of split personalities/mistaken identity.....

Do need to explain this, really?

**Ketara**

Schizophrenia for alpharius?

**Steelmage99**

ProtoClone wrote:
Steelmage99 wrote:The Compulsive Liar part is a little bit excessive IMO.

It of course depends on what your are referring to.
What are you referring to?

Maybe it is excessive and I was thinking more of the SW as a whole and their tales...So disregard the "Compulsive Liar" part.

A culture based on a spoken tradition has a tendency to exaggerate. Especially if the story is told by a (paid) "professional " and he is talking about the boss.
It would be like saying that most of the painters back in the good old days were liars, because they had a financial interest in "embellishing" a bit.

This is not directed solely at you, but also others defending the Liar part.

Come to think of it. Here I am (a dedicated Dark Angels player) defending Space Wolves.

**ProtoClone**

Steelmage99 wrote:
ProtoClone wrote:
Steelmage99 wrote:The Compulsive Liar part is a little bit excessive IMO.

It of course depends on what your are referring to.
What are you referring to?

Maybe it is excessive and I was thinking more of the SW as a whole and their tales...So disregard the "Compulsive Liar" part.

A culture based on a spoken tradition has a tendency to exaggerate. Especially if the story is told by a (paid) "professional " and he is talking about the boss.
It would be like saying that most of the painters back in the good old days were liars, because they had a financial interest in "embellishing" a bit.

This is not directed solely at you, but also others defending the Liar part.

Come to think of it. Here I am (a dedicated Dark Angels player) defending Space Wolves.

No, I understand and kind of regret making the "liar" statement in the first place. Tales, true or not, are a part of almost every culture and does not mean the culture is necessarily liars.

**Reaver83**

Fine, qualified psychiatrist here....

Lion El'Jonson - Depression (possibly with psychosis and paranoia re luthur)
Jaghatai Khan - ADHD
Leman Russ - Alcohol misuse and Bipolar disorder
Rogal Dorn - Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Sanguinius - Emotionally unstable Personality disorder
Ferrus Manus - Schiotypal Personality disorder
Roboute Guilliman - can this man be ill he's like perfect - narcissistic personality disorder
Vulkan - Schizotypal personality disorder
Corax - ????

Fulgrim - Narcisstic/emotionally unstable personality disorder
Perturabo - paranoid personality disorder
Conrad Kurze - Sever antisocial personality disorder
Angron - dysthymic
Mortarion - hypochondriacal?
Magnus the Red - schizotypal
Horus - Paranoid/emotionally unstable Personality disorder
Lorgar - depessive
Alpharius/Omegon - dissociative

**Shaman**

@WGXH why didnt I see that.. Thanx

@Protoclone.. There are legends and then their are legends told while drunk.

"So this is how it happened on that fateful day *hic* Leman Russ our great lord drank an ocean *hic* that's right an ocean of ale, unsatisfied he then ate all the food on the continent. Content *hic* he turned to face the evil chaos titan that had so rudely interrupted him. Sporting a cheeky grin and giving me a wink Russ let out a burp to end all burps. *hic* Titanic forces *buuuurp!* were unleashed! The titan fell straight on its arse! hahaha. And when ran over and gave it a good kicking. *hic* And that's how a burp saved a planet. Get me another ale!" - Bjorn the night before he fell.

EDIT

@ Reaver nice list dont understand plenty of it, but I could wiki it I suppose. Poor old corax so stealthy he fails to get a mention. Off to wiki.

Also Konrad had visions that tormented him, so psychosis. Mortarion was the opposite of hypochondriac he walked off everything until nurgle.

The moral of the story is in the 41st millennium there is only variants of Depression!

**warboss spinetwizta**

angron:TOTAL INSANITY!!!!!!!

**Morgrim**

I think I need to disagree with Sanguinus having emotionally unstable personality disorder. Actually, I'm trying to think of what he could have actually had, he strikes me as having been one of the more stable primachs during the whole mess. Now, his legion after the double psykic backlash of the bloodthirster and Horus...

**Lord of battles**

Horus: papa issues!

**Iron Gryphon**

I think that Rogal Dorn has the condition where he wants everything to be perfect, can someone please tell me what it is called, thanks.

**the_ferrett**

Sangineus - second child sindrome (commonly known as middle child)

**SagesStone**

Roboute Guilliman could also possibly be a control freak.

**warpcrafter**

What about the Emperor? What would all those thousands of years do to him, given his bizarre origins?

**LunaHound**

warpcrafter wrote:What about the Emperor? What would all those thousands of years do to him, given his bizarre origins?

Shota + Yaoi syndrome .

**Tyyr**

LunaHound wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:What about the Emperor? What would all those thousands of years do to him, given his bizarre origins?

Shota + Yaoi syndrome .

And here I thought that was the Sisters of Battle.

Thank you for that disturbing mental image.

**Reaver83**

Sorry just worked it out, Horus has koro...

**Gwar!**

Corax suffers from Emo.

**tigonesskay**

With fulgrim you can add sadist/madsochism and serveral other Paraphilias...

**Vindicator#9**

At iron gryphon its called OCD.

**warpcrafter**

LunaHound wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:What about the Emperor? What would all those thousands of years do to him, given his bizarre origins?

Shota + Yaoi syndrome .

**Gwar!**

warpcrafter wrote:
LunaHound wrote:
warpcrafter wrote:What about the Emperor? What would all those thousands of years do to him, given his bizarre origins?

Shota + Yaoi syndrome .

You really don't wanna know.

**Lorgar's_Blessed**

Ah Lorgar. He proves what true depression can start. And that is an all-out war on the galaxy.

As for Rowboat, I'd say he's got OCD. Has to everything his way or he freaks out and tries to start a war... Same goes for Dorn. I always found those two strangely similiar, like GW ran out of possible ideas. I mean, Rowboat goes nuts in battle but is otherwise cool and collected. Same can be said for Dorn.