Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-98.246.4.110-20150723045511/@comment-26653902-20150727211457

I see what you were trying to say now, though I still don't agree with this usage of split personality. Again, it happens very rarely in schizophrenics and isn't even part of the disease itself. So I don't appreciate utilizing the public misconception of schizophrenia being split personality in this case.

I also see your points as to why Kaneki could have schizophrenia, though I still doubt it. For one thing, a good chunk of those traits could easily be non-mental illness related behavior or related to other mental illness. I don't even agree about the inability to experience pleasure or not wanting to form bonds. I never got the vibe that he was purely just going along with Hinami (and he definitely perked up after going to the books signing and meeting Sen Takatsuki) and just because someone isn't actively reaching out to form bonds doesn't mean they don't want them. Kaneki was established to fear isolation enough to do anything to avoid it, even at the cost of his mental well-being. He's asocial alright, but I think it's more a result of him being an introvert than anything.

There's even less grounds for not wanting relationships as Haise because I see no indication that he doesn't genuinely enjoy being with his friends. And I always took the chin-rub to indicate he's not happy not knowing his past rather than not being happy at all. One of the most noteworthy things I've noticed about Sasaki is that he is essentially the extroverted version of pre-torture Kaneki, so of course he's more proactive about relationships. It seems that the lack of bereavement, abuse, and trauma allowed him to develop as such, though it also gave him a new set of psychological issues with regards to his past and ghoul half.

Even the hallucinations don't fully support schizophrenia since other things can trigger those. The intense anxiety and stress of the torture as well as starvation were the only times he hallucinated in TG. :re is more complicated since there seems to be something else up with the dissociation and all.

Bottom line is, while I think it is plausible Kaneki could have schizophrenia, I don't think the evidence is strong enough to say he does because again, those traits are traits that appear in many people to some extent.