When she panicked she had to calm down by looking at flowers. True she does try to make people believe that she's scared of zombies when she's around other people, but she definitely showed regret and panic. Because she was so young when the outbreak happened, I think that her developing mind got confused with the whole life and death concept because zombie resurrection was thrown into the mix.Īlso unlike a psychopath, she clearly displays emotions. She believed that once you die as a zombie, you really die. That's why when Carol killed her "friend" she freaked. She didn't believe that she would really die. She thought that Judith wouldn't really die and she would end up being quiet. She believes that walkers are still alive. They usually are very calculating and don't show signs of remorse. Psychopaths exhibit a loss of empathy and emotions due to anti social personality disorder. I am no doctor but I know it isn't psychopathy. Lots of different theories propose answers as to why children develop these behavioral patterns. The conduct disorder probably was there all the time. If not for the outbreak it might have triggered when she moved away from home, started college, had a bad breakup, was stressed about her exams and so forth. It is rather rare with psychosis at such a young age, but it happens. But a speculation would be that Lizzie had an inherent vulnerability for psychosis, and that it triggered from the stress of the wole zombie-outbreak thing. Now diagnoses are only descriptive, they don't explain why a person has psychiatric symptoms. Lizzie's use of violence towards her sister and Judith could be seen as part of her psychosis in combination with her budding anti social tendencies. In addition she might receive the diagnosis conduct disorder for her habit of torturing animals. If Lizzie had visited a psychiatric clinic she most likely would have been diagnosed with some form of psychosis (perhaps reactive) with delusions (believing the walkers are friendly) and mild auditory hallucinations (claiming to be able to hear them). I believe her mind most likely snapped due the outbreak and the ensuing chaos. Sister and was going to do the same to Judith.Īs far as my own theory, I think she had some form of psychotic break during the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. Pointed a gun at her, instead of because she murdered her own After murdering her sister, she assumes that the reason Carol wanted to talk to her in private is because she is mad that Lizzie. In Volume 11 of the comic series for the same reason. She murders her sister Mika to show Carol and Tyreese that when she comes back she will be the same, similar to when Ben murdered Billy.Then almost allows herself to be bitten to 'change'.) She admits to her sister that she can 'hear them' while looking at an incapacitated walker, explaining why she understands them.Hurt her because it just wanted a friend. She insists she was playing with it and that it wouldn't She allows a walker to chase her and flies into a rage when Carol kills it.She admits to Carol that she didn't mean to shoot Alisha in the head because she wanted her to be able to come back as a walker.She also tried to kill Judith again shortly after Mika's death, but Carol and Tyreese arrive in time to stop her.
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