Chris and mental healthcare

Chris has a troubled relationship with psychology. He claims that he was held down by the school psychologist at grade school while his screams were recorded, and was forced to see a psychologist for anger management classes after being kicked out of Piedmont Virginia Community College. Chris currently refuses to see a psychologist, opting to see a pastoral counselor instead.

The problem(s) with Chris-chan

Chris claims to be autistic, homophobic as a genuine phobia, and to have Noviophobia, a made-up phobia of boyfriends. The rest of the human race believes that he's got wa-a-a-ay more than autism to worry about, but beyond trying to peg Chris based on his actions, there's no way anyone can know if Chris's brain is garlanded with healthy chunks of the DSM-IV-TR or if he's merely a gullible idiot with a terrible upbringing and worse personality (and autism).

Chris diagnosed himself--jokingly or otherwise--with dissociative identity disorder on the August 30th Captain's Log. Supposedly he has two personalities, the first being Christian, which is just Chris speaking in a normal tone of voice. The second is Christopher, which is just Chris yelling in a higher tone of voice. Chris is obviously faking it: his "Christopher" personality is obviously just a louder version of himself, and further engages in "witty" banter with Christian, something that just doesn't happen with actual D.I.D. While the actual cause of D.I.D. is unknown, it has been linked with great mental trauma, and further personalities tend to be wildly different from each other, sometimes even being different genders, and is an extraordinarily difficult illness to keep "under wraps." It is hoped that Chris is just making a desperate bid for attention or a lame attempt at comedy, or we'll have to accept that even Chris's mental illnesses are creatively bankrupt and narcissistic.

There is ample speculation as to what Chris has, but until he gets some professional attention, it remains speculation. Which leads to a larger problem…

Professional help?

One of the most frustrating elements of Chris is his adamant refusal to take help from any source. About the only authority figure he listens to is Rocky Shoemaker, his pastoral counselor; he claims that he has no need for psychotherapy because his pastor is better at helping him than anyone with, you know, years of training and experience in helping people with psychiatric problems. It seems Chris only acknowledges his personal flaws if 1) they get him pity or 2) he announces that he's beaten them already. Notice how often Chris claims to have won the battle over autism, only to fall back on "I have autism!" as an excuse. Similarly, he wrote Nintendo Power to tell them he conquered Noviophobia, only to say later that his fear "came back like a boomerang."

Chris refuses to get help because he doesn't think he needs any. Regardless of how blatantly stupid his actions are, regardless of how often trolls (including a 13-year-old) trick him into doing horrible, horrible things, regardless of how any mental health worker worth his salt would pin Chris down like a butterfly to get a chance to crack open his impenetrable shell of fail, Chris will carry on as usual, justifying away everything that would inconvenience him even slightly.