Characters
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Aleksander Peter Badica
- Gender:
- Male
- Orientation:
- Bisexual
He was born on June 2, they said his mother died shortly afterwards in a car crash when he was five months old and he was in the car seat. He was the only survivor, the people in the other car died also. His dad raised him after that. Alek's father, Joe, was absolutely insane. They figure he went crazy after Alek's mom died but some suggest he was starting to lose it before then. Alek was thirteen when things took a turn for the worse. They didn't know what was wrong with him or why he did what he did but he soon went after Alek, trying to stake Alek claiming that he was evil and was the devil. He slashed Alek from the left side of the back of his neck all the way down to the right of his lower back before Andrew, Alek's Uncle and Joe's brother, intervened and restrained Joe. Andrew and Alek had always been close. After the attack, Alek moved to live with his Uncle Andrew. Alek began to display signs of mental illness. Alek, from a very young age, had always shown signs of underlying depression. He has been seeing a therapist since he was 13 (after his father attacked him). The more the therapist evaluated him and got Alek to talk, the more he urged Andrew to have Alek diagnosed by a psychologist. Andrew ignored this, because well, he was too afraid of Alek thinking he was going to be like his father. Hell, Andrew was afraid to think his beloved nephew was like his father. Alek became severely depressed and completely out of control. Alek drove to a Best Buy parking lot and swallowed the contents of a bottle of sleeping pills he found in Andrew's bathroom. If it weren't for the fact that Alek called Andrew while he was out of him mind on the drugs, Alek would have died that day. The suicide was the last straw. Andrew drove Alek to a psychologist that Alek's therapist referred them to. Alek was devastated when he learned he was diagnosed with the following (prepare yourself it's quite the list): 1.) Depersonalization disorder: periods of detachment from self or surrounding which may be experienced as "unreal" (lacking in control of or "outside of" self) while retaining awareness that this is only a feeling and not a reality. 2.) Dissociative identity disorder: (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder): the alternation of two or more distinct personality states with impaired recall among personality states. 3.) Oppositional defiant disorder: ongoing pattern of anger guided disobedience, hostilely defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior. 4.)Borderline personality disorder: personality disorder characterized by unusual variability and depth of moods. These moods may secondarily affect cognition and interpersonal relationships. Other symptoms of BPD include impulsive behavior, intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, unstable self-image, feelings of abandonment and an unstable sense of self. An unstable sense of self can lead to periods of dissociation (the periods of Dissociation ties into the first to disorders). 5.)Bipolar Disorder: psychiatric diagnosis for a mood disorder in which people experience disruptive mood swings. These encompass a frenzied state known as mania (or hypomania) usually alternated with symptoms of depression. Bipolar disorder is defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. At the lower levels of mania, such as hypomania, individuals may appear energetic and excitable. At a higher level, individuals may behave erratically and impulsively, often making poor decisions due to unrealistic ideas about the future, and may have great difficulty with sleep. At the highest level, individuals can show psychotic behavior, including violence. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling. Severe manic episodes can sometimes lead to such psychotic symptoms as delusions and hallucinations. Alek, after learning these things, got even worse. He began to self harm, the cuts getting deeper each time he did it. Finally, Andrew decided the best thing he could do for Alek was to admit Alek to a teenage insane asylum. So at the age of 14, Alek was admitted and he's just been there ever since.