What Mental Illness Does Morgan from TWD have?

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He's trying to preserve the bit of humanity that people have left.

There's always something good about not killing someone. I think we'll see this through Glenn and that guy he spared, even though he got Noah and others killed.

Carol is still trying to find a healthy balance between saving people and murdering them out of suspicion that they could be a problem.

He's not a huge threat. He's a valuable asset.

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"There's always something good about not killing someone."

um, no, not really. He is now directly responsible for the murders that those five will commit.

I don't find him to be a valuable asset at all. In reality, Rick is trying to prepare these people, and having someone undermine this preparation with utter garbage is extremely dangerous.

Not everyone is going to start learning pole fighting like a Shaolin monk. That's why guns are called 'the great equalizer' they are relatively easy to learn and use to defend yourself with.

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In fairness, no one alive at this point in the apocalypse is mentally well. (Except Judith,I suppose...)

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In the older episode where Rick and the group find him holed up alone in that building, he was clearly going insane

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When Morgan didn't kill those people and that guy got away with the gun!!

I said DAMN IT MORGAN THATS WHY YOU KILL THEM!

level 2

Yes.

I want to say that it's not believable, but it's all too real that people like this really do exist and like Morgan they aren't dealing completely with reality.

level 1

He once said that "all life is precious". He is just trying to keep as many people alive as possible. Even if those people are savage fucks who deserve a bullet, they are still alive and not trying to eat people.

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I had a hard time with this too, because clearly those people were beyond "saving". When I thought about it, the thing is that is exactly where Morgan was before he "came around" or his "Jedi Master" taught him the ways of the staff and brought him back from the darkside. I mean Morgan was batshit crazy and he had been killing people, potentially "decent" people, he almost killed Rick and company. The thing is even that far gone he came back and is a "good guy" again. I believe that is the center of his character now, he will not kill anyone because he thinks they too can "come back". I think it's retarded and yes those wolves will kill more and he is responsible for that, but that's his deal. NOW my BIG issue with the last episode is the HORSESHIT that Carl did not double tap that wolf asshole. This kid shoots another kid who surrendered and dropped his weapon, AND some freak show writer, to have a "more intense" interaction with the Wolf bad guy, pulls this "Carl hesitates to kill a knife wielding maniac" BS!!

All out war on The Walking Dead is not the best time for infighting and bickering, but with so many disparate groups going up against the Saviors it's kind of inevitable. The epic duel in Sunday, Nov. 5's episode was fun to watch, but ill-timed and possible indicative of a larger problem. What's happening to Morgan on The Walking Dead? He may have given up his fight with Jesus and left the group, but it seems like something is really wrong with him.

This conflict starts as a philosophical debate. Jesus wants to take the Saviors who surrendered to the Hilltop as prisoners. Morgan isn't willing to trust them and wants them dead. They'll just keep coming, he thinks. They're not going to change. The debate really hammers home the reality of the show at this point of the story. They're at war — really at war. That doesn't just mean shooting up the other side. A lot of people are involved. It means soldiers, prisoners, bystanders, and ultimately treaties, negotiations, and hopefully, peace.

Morgan is right not to trust the Saviors, especially when they're whistling Nutcracker tunes in your ear, but Jesus is right too. Eventually, the war will end and the Saviors and the other communities are going to have to learn to live with one another. The way they treat those who surrender matters.

Unfortunately, Morgan isn't having it, and the fight turns physical. Then but after the two spar it out, Morgan seems a little dazed. It's almost as if he blacked out, or wasn't himself. "I'm not right," he says. "I know that. But I'm not wrong." It's good to know that he can defend himself no matter his mental state, but this is really scary! Is Morgan OK? Is he having another breakdown? Did he have a stroke? Could this kill him?

The Walking Dead has always been more about human conflict than zombie effects, as cool as those rolling walkers were in the episode. Unless something else supernatural is going on, whatever is happening to Morgan seems to be a distinctly human issue. Sure, something supernatural could be going on. Morgan did say "I don't die" in a previous episode and then proceed to survive against all odds. Most likely he's having a bit of a break with reality, possibly because he just started killing again after being on the wagon for a while.

It harkens back in to what Morales says to Rick before Daryl takes him out with the crossbow. Speaking of — do Daryl and Rick need to have a talk as well? They're not exactly seeing eye-to-eye when it comes to negotiation tactics. Anyway, Morales not only states pretty plainly that he had lost his mind after losing his family, but he seems convinced that the same had happened to Rick and pretty much everyone else. Is this The Walking Dead tackling post-apocalyptic mental illness? It isn't the first time that characters on the series have dealt with depression, and post-traumatic stress. Still, a serious look at how this type of stress affect normal people in a fictional environment could be interesting.

Morales also says that he and Rick are not who they used to be. They've changed. That's interesting, because Morgan clearly thought he had changed, but he hasn't. Morgan tells Jesus that the Saviors can't change. Is anyone right? When Morgan kept a Wolf prisoner, it didn't work out so well. It's totally understandable for him to be wary of showing anyone mercy. What's concerning here is not that Morgan got in a fight to begin with, but the fact that his grip seems to have loosened.

After getting caught with his stick at Jesus' throat and cooling off, Morgan leaves the group. Being alone may not be best for his mental wellness at this time. Hopefully he'll get stopped by somebody who cares about him. Something is truly going on with Morgan on The Walking Dead and he needs the group right now as much as they need him.

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