Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot… Baut the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville did not! The Grinch who is a bitter and cave dwelling creature, that lives on a snowy mountain called Mount Crumpits, although his age is undisclosed he looks to be in his 40’s (Criterion B) and does not have a job. He hatefully resents Christmas and the Whos from Whoville with great anger and occasionally pulls dangerous and harmful practical jokes on them. As a result no one likes or cares for him. He does not have any social relationship with his friends and family. The only social companion the Grinch has is his dog Max. Therefore because of these traits the Grinch can be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. Due to his childhood …show more content…
Criterion A:3 impulsive behavior or failure to plan ahead as evidence by, he failed to plan ahead thinking he would not run into someone while stealing a Christmas tree and presents. The Grinch did not think what the consequences would be if he did this. Criterion A:7, lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another. Example the Grinch had no regrets in what he had done he didn’t regret what he did to the Whos from Whoville. Making people unhappy actually made him happy. The Grinch shows evidence of having conduct disorder with the onset before age 15 (Criteria C). He first started showing symptoms around when he was 8-10 years old. The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia or a manic episode (Criteria D). During observation, the Grinch did not meet any signs showing Schizophrenia, but he was showing some of the signs of having a manic episode such as increased in goal-direct activities. He was very into making everyone’s Christmas