A Psychological Profile: Adolf Hitler's Psychology Profile

Adolf Hitler Psychology Profile

Introduction Adolf Hitler is one of the most interesting people in history in my opinion. He becomes even more interesting when you look at his childhood and how it was effected with an abusive father and other traumatic instances. He exhibited PTSD and anxiety disorders with many examples of their characteristic later in his life. Most people think of Hitler as someone that would get on his microphone and wave his hands around, demanding respect. But later in World War II he became increasingly nervous or outright unable to go speak to the German people. He was incapable of public criticism and tried to stay in his own close circle towards the end of the war.

Adolf Hitler’s Demographic Background

Four of his siblings died before they entered adulthood, most even before Hitler was born. From the start of Hitler’s life it was full of loss from his early life. He was constantly moving from town to town because of his father’s work. At the age of 16 his father died, Hitler despised him, it was actually more of a positive event because it allowed Hitler to pursue his lifetime dream of becoming an artist. A quote from Mein Kampf summed up his feelings, “I respected my father, but I loved my mother (Hitler, 1925).” Then at the age of 18 his mother passed away due to breast cancer, she was treated by a Jewish doctor coincidentally.

Baseline Behavior In Hitler’s youth he was “quiet, well-mannered and neatly dressed (Bloch, 1941).” Eduard Bloch was his family’s doctor and even treated his mother for her breast cancer. Hitler was described as introverted by many accounts. Being tidy and organized were also important to him growing up and even when he served in World War I. He also was patriotic and even became depressed when Germany surrendered to the allies. This could have been for a few reason though, such as Hitler not having much of a home to go back to and another reason being that he saw military service as his “calling” of sorts.

Adolf Hitler’s Abnormal

In all honestly it is based on one event, although that event showed perfect examples of this disorder. Some of the criteria for this disorder includes decreased energy, insomnia, difficulty concentrating, making decisions, and suicide. All of these Hiter showed based on Doctor’s notes and events that occurred during World War II. Hitler was almost buried on the battlefield in World War I, in the time after this event he feared being buried. I did not think it fit under a phobia though, it did not consume him constantly.

The last disorder that I characterized to have is General Anxiety Disorder. General Anxiety Disorder is characterized by the following excessive worrying for more than six months, difficulty concentrating, difficulty falling asleep, trembling, and sweating. All of these I picked out of a longer list, these all are characteristics that Hitler showed. A specific example of trembling and being afraid to make public appearances, he became scared of public criticism and stayed with his close circle towards the end of the