Character Flaws (Disabilities)

## Psychological (18)

* Abulia (The character possesses a lack of volition (willpower) or motivation)
* Acalculia (An acquired impairment in which people have difficulty performing simple mathematical tasks, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying and even simply stating which of two numbers is larger)
* Aggression (Overt or covert, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other harm upon another individual; it may occur either reactively or without provocation)
* Agraphia (An acquired neurological disorder causing a loss in the ability to communicate through writing, either due to some form of motor dysfunction or an inability to spell)
* Alcohol Dependence (A previous (DSM-IV and ICD-10) psychiatric diagnosis in which an individual is physically or psychologically dependent upon alcohol (also chemically known as ethanol))
* Amnesia (A deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease)
* Anhedonia (A diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure)
* Anomic Aphasia (A mild, fluent type of aphasia where individuals have word retrieval failures and cannot express the words they want to say (particularly nouns and verbs))
* Anterograde Amnesia (The loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused amnesia while long-term memories still remain intact)
* Aphasia (An inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions)
* Apraxia (A motor disorder caused by damage to the brain (specifically the posterior parietal cortex or corpus callosum) which causes difficulty with motor planning to perform tasks or movements)
* Asociality (The lack of motivation to engage in social interaction, or a preference for solitary activities)
* Auto-Vampirism (A form of vampirism that refers to drinking one's own blood, typically as a form of sexual gratification)

* Betrayal Trauma (Defined as a trauma perpetrated by someone with whom the victim is close to and reliant upon for support and survival)

* Childhood Amnesia (The inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) before the age of two to four years, as well as the period before the age of ten of which some older adults retain fewer memories than might otherwise be expected given the passage of time)
* Clinical Vampirism (An obsession with drinking blood)
* Compulsive Talking (Talking that goes beyond the bounds of what is considered to be socially acceptable)

## Psychological (10)

* Disinhibition (The character is vulnerable to acting on impulse should their restraints be removed or being within an environment that causes them to lose self-control over their mental state)
* Disownment (A parent renounces or no longer accepts a child as a family member, usually when the child does something that is perceived as unbecoming and those actions lead to serious emotional consequences)
* Dyslexia (Characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence)

* Emotional Lability (A sign or symptom typified by exaggerated changes in mood or affect in quick succession)
* Existential Crisis (Moments when an individual question whether their lives have meaning, purpose, or value, and are negatively impacted by the contemplation)

* Food Craving (An intense desire to consume a specific food, and is different from normal hunger)

* Graphomania (Also known as scribomania, is an obsessive impulse to write)
* Greed (Uncontrolled longing for an increase in the acquisition or use of material gains, social value (such as status), or power)
* Gullibility (A person who is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action)

## Psychological (18)

* Hyperreality (An inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality, especially in technologically advanced postmodern societies)
* Hypersexuality (Extremely frequent or suddenly increased libido, which is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity)

* Impulsivity (Tendency to act on a whim without considering consequences)
* Indignation (A person feeling angry and disgusted when being mistreated or have their negative feelings sparked due to the unjust behaviors of others)
* Infantile Speech (A speech disorder, persistence of early speech development stage beyond the age when it is normally expected)
* Inferiority Complex (The character has feelings of inadequacy, often resulting in shyness, self-isolation, or social submissiveness)
* Infidelity (A violation of a couple's emotional and/or sexual exclusivity that commonly results in feelings of anger, sexual jealousy, and rivalry)
* Instinctive Drift (Tendency of an animal to revert to unconscious and automatic behavior that interferes with learned behavior from operant conditioning)
* Irrationality (Cognition, thinking, talking, or acting without inclusion of rationality; an action or opinion given through inadequate use of reason, or through emotional distress or cognitive deficiency)

* Learned Helplessness (Behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control)

* Macropsia (A neurological condition affecting human visual perception, in which objects within an affected section of the visual field appear larger than normal, causing the person to feel smaller than they actually are)
* Martyr Complex (Sometimes associated with the term "victim complex", desires the feeling of being a martyr for their own sake, seeking out suffering or persecution because it either feeds a psychical need or a desire to avoid responsibility)
* Misophonia (A disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds or their associated stimuli that has been characterized using different language and methodologies)
* Monomania (A form of partial insanity conceived as single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound mind)
* Moral Blindness (A person's temporary inability to see the ethical aspect of a decision they are making; caused by external factors due to which an individual is unable to see the immoral aspect of their behavior in that particular situation)
* Moral Panic (A widespread feeling of fear, often an irrational one, that some evil person or thing threatens the values, interests, or well-being of a community or society)

## Psychological (12)

* Obsessive Love (A person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess and protect another person, sometimes with an inability to accept failure or rejection)
* Opportunism (Taking advantage of circumstances while also having little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others)
* Overchoice (Having a difficult time making a decision when faced with many options)

* Panic Disorder (The character is vulnerable to having random panic attacks)
* Pathological Lying (A mental disorder in which the person habitually or compulsively lies)
* Polyphagia (An abnormally strong sensation of hunger or desire to eat often leading to or accompanied by overeating)
* Psychogenic Amnesia (A memory disorder characterized by sudden retrograde episodic memory loss, said to occur for a period of time ranging from hours to years)
* Psychological Trauma (Damage to a person's mind as a result of one or more events that cause overwhelming amounts of stress that exceed the person's ability to cope or integrate the emotions involved, eventually leading to serious, long-term negative consequences)
* Psychopathy (A personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits)
* Psychosis (An abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real)
* Public Humiliation (A form of punishment whose main feature is dishonoring or disgracing a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place)

## Psychological (13)

* Schizophrenia (A mental disorder characterized by continuous or relapsing episodes of psychosis)
* Self-Abasement (Humiliating oneself when one feels lower or less deserving of respect)
* Self-Blame (A cognitive process in which an individual attributes the occurrence of a stressful event to oneself)
* Self-Esteem Instability (The character has fragile and vulnerable feelings of their self-esteem)
* Self-Neglect (A behavioral condition in which an individual neglects to attend to their basic needs, such as personal hygiene, appropriate clothing, feeding, or tending appropriately to any medical conditions they have)
* Social Loafing (The phenomenon of a person exerting less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when working alone)
* Speciesism (Treating members of one species as morally more important than members of other species in the context of their similar interests)
* Splitting (The failure in a person's thinking to bring together the dichotomy of both positive and negative qualities of the self and others into a cohesive, realistic whole)
* Structural Vulnerability (An IT system weakness that consists of several so-called component vulnerabilities)

* Tangential Speech (A communication disorder in which the train of thought of the speaker wanders and shows a lack of focus, never returning to the initial topic of the conversation)
* Target Fixation (An individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object)
* Thought Blocking (The character has the tendency to randomly empty the thoughts in their mind)