Is he mentally ill?

no hes the batman xD

>>92759970
In the most professional definition, yes, but it's largely a result of suffering severe trauma in childhood that's gone unresolved and repeatedly subjecting himself to very negative influences and environments.

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh

>>92760059

And who could argue with that?

>>92759970
Yes he is whilst we're on this subject dose anyone have a recommendation for books about Bruce's mental health after reading the mark of the bat man I began to realise that Bruce's mental issues is a subject that rarely gets addressed

What we define mentally ill as, in our world where there seems to be hard logic and undeniable facts, is probably not what would be defined as mentally ill in a world full of ressurections, sorcery, super powered aliens, and allegedly non-superpowered ubermensches

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>>92759970
Yep.

>>92759970
Ohhhh yeah.

>>92760150
>I am taking this from an expert?
Glad Barry came back and replaced Wally

Not really. He's high-functioning, able to juggle several different lives at the same time. Able to understand right from wrong and able to prioritize.

He's not happy, he's not normal, he's probably not even stable, but he's not ill. He's just... intense.

>>92760269
Go easy on the guy,his kids were dying Wally trying to let them have fun and trying to find a cure put him on edge,Bruce just got the brunt of the stress

>homosexual men

>not mentally ill

>>92759970
>one of the smartest men in the world
>mentally ill
lol

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>>92760281
He has shown happiness and he certainly comes off less intense around his sidekicks,Alfred and Clark

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>>92760611
?

>>92760628
John Nash Jr.
>[Artistotle's quote]

>>92759970
Of course!

>>92760640
Can I get a source on this?

>>92759970
>bruce witnesses his parents get murdered in front of him
>dresses up and starts beating up thugs for the rest of his life
>superman gets tricked into killing his wife and unborn child then witnesses his city get nuked
>"noooooo it was totally wrong of him to kill joker, thats what the justice system is for, why cant he be batman an ordinary human just like me XDDD"

>>92760856
>thats what the justice system is for
A system's comical ineptitude at preventing clowns from acquiring nuclear warheads doesn't really justify a superpowered alien going out and seeking personal justice because virtually nothing can stop him.

>>92760856
the problem was with taking over the world, not killing Joker
also Superman was kind of a hypocrite in that situation because in his dream version of the events Batman goes to jail for killing the Joker.
and lastly:

>Injustice

>>92760059
Sounds like something a mentally ill person would say.

>>92760669

Does that look like the face of a man enjoying himself?

>>92760101
Well, Arkham Asylum, obviously, if you haven't read it yet. If you have, lre-read it but ook for annotations to the art and writing get the whole meaning of the intricate symbolism.
You should also try re-reading TDKR and ASBAR. It may not be so explicit about Bruce's mental health, but definitely explores it on the hush hush (for that extreme Batman interpretation, at least)

>>92760840
It's from the Rebirth RHATO book. Really good so far.

>>92760640
Post next page, please.

>>92760150
What happened after this page?

>>92759970
He does some insane stalkery shit majority of the time.

He keeps spying on, and continues trying to find ways to kill his own friends more often. Sees nothing wrong with breaking into anyone's house no matter who they are or even if they are an ally of him. And he is constantly terrified that anyone around him will go crazy and start killing everyone.

He is the superhero version of a totally paranoid gun owner freak that assumes everyone in the room is some kind of a spy or shadow government agent.

>>92763235
>being prepared is being mentally ill
you would have a point if he was preparing for things that would never happen but since events have proven him right multiple times there is nothing strange in that behavior
also he knows that he bends the rules and does criminal stuff all the time so it's not like he can't see the difference between right and wrong

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I hate how everybody uses the fact that he dresses like a bat as proof of his insanity.

There's a very specific reason for him to do that, and it's integral to the character since its inception.

However, bat-branding everything is another matter

>>92763551
it also doesn't make sense in universe, it's not like he is the only human going around dressed in a silly costume and yet no one tries to claim that Green Arrow, Blue Beetle, Wildcat, etc. are mentally ill

>>92760628
There's a pretty well documented link between intelligence and mental illnesses, in particular bipolar, depression and anxiety.

>>92763326
preppers are mentally ill

>also he knows that he bends the rules and does criminal stuff all the time so it's not like he can't see the difference between right and wrong

Yea that pretty much shows how he does not regard the law at all

>>92759970
he's only mentally ill if he's poor.

bruce is just eccentric.