Lately, I’ve been thinking about my uncle, who passed away when I was a kid.

He basically starved himself to death. All the memories I have of when I visited his house is him being chastised by anyone who was around for not cooking for himself or even eating, ever. He just sat, static, smoking one cigarrete after the other. If by now you’re picturing Arthur Fleck from the movie Joker, emaciated and shirtless in a smoke-filled house…yes, that’s exactly it.

What IEs would increase the chances of developing a mental disroer like the one I’ve just described? I have an idea, but I’d like to hear your point of view.