Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: He Generalized Anxiety

Everyone knows the story of Frankenstein, and the crazy scientist who created him. This scientist's name is Victor, Victor Frankenstein. You may know the monster as Frankenstein and that is somewhat true, although Victor isn't the actual monster, he feels as if though he is one as he faces many psychological problems in his life. Creating the monster, also creates a monster inside of Victor.

One of the many problems Victor faces after creating this monster is a form of major depression. After attending the University of Ingolstadt, victor creates the monster who eventually kills his younger brother and he feels very guilty about this. (A person with depression can’t control negative thoughts no matter how hard they try(smith, etal.).He

In Victor's case, his anxiety was caused by living in the constant fear of this monster he created. People with anxiety are constantly on edge, tense and worried(smith,etal). In the two years Victor spent working on his monster, he claims he suffered from insomnia and fatigue, huge contributors of anxiety and depression. Victor tries to enjoy life as much as he can without the constant worry and guilt of the monster he had created, he also comes out and directly says “my enthusiasm is checked by my anxiety” (shelly), letting us know he either thinks he has anxiety or he actually does. Assuming he does, Victor's actions display so as he is known to flee to his bedchamber when he is feeling this way and does feel he can deal with the stress of his thoughts. People with anxiety tend to fear more than usual (smith,etal). “Unable to endure the aspect of the being i had created, i rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber…” (p43 shelly). Victor explains his feelings after he sees what he has created for the first time as “…I was lifeless, and did not recover my senses for a long, long time” (p47 shelly) he explains it as he did not know what emotion to feel, coming back to the anxiety he is going through at this point, sometimes with anxiety, you don't

Frankenstein says his studies and his obsession “swallowed up every habit of his nature.” (p84). People with antisocial disorders tend to lack empathy for others(mayo clinic).Victor would take breaks from his monster and go home but then he’d come back to college and continue the madness he started. After the monster was created and he lost his brother and his best friend, also his wife, it seemed that Victor then really started to isolate himself just as he did as he would run off into his bedchamber to escape reality for a while. Many great minds go down the same path victor did by becoming obsessed and absolutely infatuated with what they are studying or creating. People with antisocial disorders tend to use risk taking(mayo clinic) “I avoided explanation and maintained a continual silence concerning the wretch I had created. I had a persuasion that I should be supposed mad, and this in itself would forever have chained my tongue.” (p176 shelly). He keeps his work a secret for awhile, because he is afraid others will think he is crazy which gives alittle insite to thinking he himself finds what he is doing crazy and also himself crazy. People with antisocial disorders tend to have intense superiority(mayo clinic). He is in a state of denial and possibly cannot admit to himself that he is