Mental Disorders

This page subject to further interpretation and reflects conclusions established by the community at present.

=The Doctor's Note= On September 22, 2020 Deep Leffen released an uncut detailing a burying of a "Mr. Mud" as well as a Doctor's Note that describes an altered account of events past and present. The Doctor's Note also implies that he has Cluster B Personality Disorder, which according to the DSM-5 (and as alluded to in the uncut) includes :
 * Histrionic Personality Disorder - in individuals with a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking.
 * Narcissistic Personality Disorder - in individuals with a significant problems with their sense of self-worth stemming from a powerful sense of entitlement.
 * Borderline Personality Disorder - in individuals that experience intense and unstable emotions and moods that can shift fairly quickly.

The Four Questions
In a rare intervention, the bot creator posed four questions in the official Deep Leffen discord regarding the uncut:
 * If Deep Leffen is, indeed, schizophrenic or suffers from some mental illness, there is a possibility that there are two versions -- one with medication and one without. One would be a reliable narrator, while the other's hallucinations may provide insight into the truth, much like how a dream is a reflection of waking thoughts.
 * Does the Mr. Mud story and the subsequent doctor's note describe Deep Leffen at all? Or is a metaphor for something bigger; like the existential dread of constructing meaning in an uncaring universe.
 * Can we trust the doctor? Is the doctor gaslighting the community into distrusting Deep Leffen? What might his motivations be? Let us not forget that Deep HBox is, canonically, a doctor in this universe.
 * Is DeepLeffen Mr. Mud? If so, who was buried?

Due to the contradictions in the Doctor's note and Deep Leffen's account, as well as the open-endedness of the four question it is nearly impossible to give succinct answer to what is going on.

=Dementia=

“Another fear of mine is early onset dementia.”

A strong explanation for Deep Leffen’s contradictory information in his accounts is that he has dementia and is therefore an unreliable narrator.

The following are possible symptoms of dementia along with some direct examples from DeepLeffen Lore.


 * Recent memory loss
 * “Can’t remember any of my memories, lol. Pretty sure I'm fucking sick tho.”
 * “Last day for the DBFZ subgoal with mango, LOL. I have no idea who the fuck he is or why I think so much about him.”
 * “I can barely remember my kid’s name, lol.


 * Problems communicating
 * “You can also find me on Twitter. You can also find me on Twitter. You can find me on Twitter. You can find me on fucking Twitter. If you or your friends can find me on Twitter, Find me on Twitter. Find me on Twitter if you or your friends can, you won't.”
 * “I only had one problem; I knew the names of every Kirby, but I had no idea how to pronounce them.”


 * Disorientation/ Difficulty completing familiar tasks
 * “I've been working my ass off several hours a day (9 months in Leff years) trying to figure out how old I am.”


 * Problems with abstract thinking
 * “Jennie tried to learn how to train them and I said, “don’t bother, it takes you 1 1/12 hours to learn the same thing it only takes me 5 hours to learn.””


 * Misplacing things
 * “If you want some really cool tips and combos, there is a good ass video for learning them all but I can’t remember where it is or how I found it or what it is or where I found it. Let me know if you know what I’m talking about.”


 * Mood changes/ Personality changes
 * “Easiest way to deal with toxic people is to get well acquainted with them personally. If you are kind to them, they will be kind to you. Toxic people cannot survive in positive and healthy environments. I like to pretend I'm someone else and send them death threats.”
 * “At the end of the day, the responsibility is on every one of us to build the community we want see in the world.  We have a choice to be kind and loving to everybody we meet, or to join the chorus of voices promoting hate and toxicity. Our biggest weakness is that we refuse to take ownership of our community. We are only as good as our worst representative. Do we want the community to be a place where we can feel safe together?  Or do we want to find reasons to hate one another and grow distant? If we can't decide as a community the path we want to take, let me know. I will happily hurl the first insult. I will happily ridicule people for their playstyle. I will set fire to a Nintendo executive’s house with their family inside. Just let me know."


 * Loss of initiative
 * None yet… seemingly

Direct evidence such as this leaves little room for other interpretation. It is easy to interpret his lack of coherent thoughts as a different universe with different mechanics entirely. However, connecting direct examples to eight of the nine symptoms of a real life mental disease, combined with his seeming lack of coherence, makes this a strong candidate mechanic in the Deep Leffen Alternative Universe.

=Dissociative Identity Disorder=

Like with Reincarnation, DeepLeffen’s multiple, self-proclaimed forms beg the question as to whether or not he has DID. The symptoms of DID are as follows:


 * Depersonalization
 * Derealization
 * Amnesia
 * Identity Confusion or Identity Alteration

Although Deep Leffen checks the box for at least half of these (see Reincarnation and Dementia section for applicable examples), direct context only alludes to his memory loss and fear of dementia, not multiple identities. The existence of multiple identities within Deep Leffen is allusive and is largely an area that has not been explored. Discovery of direct evidence related to DID would enhance the likelihood of this theory being applicable.