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Sam Winchester: Long Running TV Series Supernatural

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A character from a TV show that has a psychological disorder is Sam Winchester from the long running TV series Supernatural. In season seven, Sam showed sign of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, otherwise know as PTSD. He has frequent flashbacks to his time spent being tortured, hallucinations, he seemed to be hostile towards his brother Dean whenever he asked if Sam was okay, and he had terrible insomnia. In fact, he tried to use drugs and alcohol to get him to sleep but, when that didn 't work he was admitted to a mental institute. I remember an episode where Dean was telling Sam that the longest a person has gone without sleeping was eleven days and Sam had been awake for five days straight Out of the three D 's dysfunction would be

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