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Dub, The Depressed Turtle
Pretty straightforward: “Being an animal more accustomed to a relaxed pace, life in the fast lane has caught up with our patient, sending him into a deep depression.”
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Dolly, The Sheep With A Personality Disorder
Clear but alarming: “The patient seems to temporarily suffer from the delusion that she is a wolf despite the fact that she is without a doubt a sheep. The unexpectedly strong exhibition of the repressed identity completely overstrains her. Hysterical, psychotic defence reactions underline the fundamental threat which points at negative experiences and resulting fragmentation processes.”
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Kroko, The Hallucinating Crocodile
Fancy German words make him sound crazier: “The patient's hypersensitive hallucinatory perception is a symptom of a paranoid psychosis. The signs are a mental block and a Gestaltzerfall (disintegration of structure) of the habitual field of experience.”
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Lilo, the Hippo with OCD
I think it's OCD?:“The patient has been trying to solve a wooden jigsaw puzzle for the past few months without success. He is so absorbed in this repetitive activity that he is unaware of his surroundings most of the time. Ever since his disorder has begun, the patient hasn't talked to anyone.”
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Sly, The Snake With The Mystery Illness
Seriously, what does this mean?: “The patients inner conflict must be interpreted as a sign of an ambivalent relationships towards its own body. Combined with the fascination of an apparently much more potent-seeming substitute rattle, we suspect the manifestation of a deeply rooted rattle complex.”
Guess The Toy Mental Illness!
The Awl found these psychiatrically-challenged German toys, presumably designed to teach small children about various mental illnesses. But the German descriptions are (surprise!) totally weird! I know the turtle is depressed, but can anyone inform me/the public about Sly's struggles? I'm at a loss.
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- kimberellec thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is Old
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I've had my Kroko doll for years… I love the poor lil guy!
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It has Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
- Becky S. thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is WTF
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the hippo has catatonic schizophrenia. it's characterized by extreme behavior such as repetitive movements,and the inability to speak, move or respond.
- scribblin thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is Cute
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The Hippo has Autism
and the turtle has “Burn-Out Syndrome”.
Check the website. - atey8kez thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is WTF
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Seconded @ BDD
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I want them!! Especially OCD Hippo; I can relate with him, namely the time I tried to get all 120 stars in Super Mario Galaxy.
- Mock Turtle Guess The Toy Mental Illness! and thinks it’s LOL, Cute & WTF
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the snake has BDD.
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I really like this, I think its great that they're trying to get kids to understand mental illness.
- VOICI MON AMOUR! Guess The Toy Mental Illness! and thinks it’s Cute & WTF
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Kroko has paranoid shizophrenia
- valeryb thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is WTF
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Maybe the hippo has a form of Asperger's Syndrome? The repetitive task and ignoring his surroundings is what makes me think it might be a possibility.
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it's from this German game called Die Anstalt
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Kroko used to be Kroko, the Pillow Biting Crocodile before homosexuality was removed from the DSM.
- MK03 thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is WTF
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I'm guessing Sly has some sort of body dysmorphia or something???
But, besides that: Gotta catchem all, Mental Illness Pets! - haunss Guess The Toy Mental Illness!
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Ironically, a tick with tics. He can't suppress his involuntary movements long enough to latch onto a host, so he survives on a diet of, you guessed it, tic-tacs.
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- turtlefeed thinks Guess The Toy Mental Illness! is WTF & Cute
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NO! HOW CAN A TURTLE BE DEPRESSED? THEY ARE PURE JOY!































