Marvel Comics/Spider-Man (preferably the main universe, but go with what inspires you): Peter has chronic depression/anxiety/ADHD/psychological condition of your choice, which he manages successfully ... most of the time.
Further thoughts for perusal: Maybe he's always had this condition and superheroics actually help him manage it (lots of vigorous exercise can help with depression and anxiety); maybe they make it worse (frequent emotional trauma); maybe his condition was actually caused by his superpowers (he's got an entire new sense and several abilities with no counterpart in baseline humans - his brain must have gotten rewired a bit). How does his condition shape his identity, and if his friends/family/fellow heroes know, how does it affect how they perceive him?
Ten thousand bonus points if the story deals with quandary of needing/wanting psychological treatment when you have a secret identity and most of the psychiatrists you've met are secretly supervillains.
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Date: 2010-07-30 11:01 pm (UTC)Further thoughts for perusal: Maybe he's always had this condition and superheroics actually help him manage it (lots of vigorous exercise can help with depression and anxiety); maybe they make it worse (frequent emotional trauma); maybe his condition was actually caused by his superpowers (he's got an entire new sense and several abilities with no counterpart in baseline humans - his brain must have gotten rewired a bit). How does his condition shape his identity, and if his friends/family/fellow heroes know, how does it affect how they perceive him?
Ten thousand bonus points if the story deals with quandary of needing/wanting psychological treatment when you have a secret identity and most of the psychiatrists you've met are secretly supervillains.