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i personally headcanon pim to have C-PTSD rather than BPD, as someone with many symptoms of C-PTSD myself I see a lot of overlap between the two but i feel like C-PTSD makes more sense for Pim because he doesn't canonically display the hallmarks of BPD: impulsivity, unstable relationships, extreme mood swings, black-and-white thinking, or suicidal/self-harming behavior. not to discredit your BPD pim headcanon of course, but from a purely psychoanalytical perspective, C-PTSD has a more clear cause and effect than BPD does, which is prolonged childhood trauma and/or ongoing traumatic experiences. and while BPD involves an unstable sense of sense, pim's self image actually seems to be pretty stable, although failing to make people smile does make him doubt his own abilities at times, and he does struggle with body image issues as seen by his insecurity over his eyes. i've witnessed firsthand what BPD lashouts look like and it's inconcievable for me to see pim as the type of person to display that kind of behavior, imho he's more likely to have been on the receiving end of one due to his overly trusting nature and misguided desire to "fix" the emotionally unstable, which stems from his own upbringing. sorry for yapping so much, psychology is a special interest of mine and i like to overanalyze silly cartoon characters, feel free to disagree with me i'd love to hear your thoughts!

A very very interesting read that I can agree with! I've headcanoned him with both for a long time :) As someone with both C-PTSD and BPD I will admit that it is a self-indulgent headcanon that doesn't have a TON of footing in a comedic adult swim show, and it's sometimes harder for me to establish the line where those overlap/separate, but I DO have reasoning behind my personal BPD headcanon for him.

Firstly, no hate to you at all but BPD is not defined by how the person is perceived by others, that much is obvious. I don't believe that him not "lashing out" per se devalues the headcanon. I've always placed him in the Discouraged and (very slightly) the Self-Destructive BPD subcategories. (These are not DSM but theoretical subcategories that I've approached in therapy before). HOWEVER, there is a very clear instance of Pim "lashing out" at both Charlie AND Mip in the Enchanted Forest episode. One where he is genuinely, uncharacteristically petulant, regardless of justification. One that was dangerously self-serving. I won't go over the most recent Halloween episode because we'll be here forever and I already know I'm gonna be typing a lot lol.

Besides the Enchanted Forest episode, my reasoning for his personal onset of BPD is his childhood - while we did see him have a nice time out with his father as a child, episode 1 very clearly shows a troubled home life - one in which the parents are at eachother's throats, his sister admits to genuinely hating him, and having a lot more younger siblings to deal with. I want to primarily bring attention to his sister Amy. Her admittance that she genuinely hates and has no love for him "in any shape or form" really clicked with my personal experience. There isn't a lot of canonical evidence toward how Pim, Amy and their other siblings were raised, but (again, self-indulgent hc) It can be parsed Pim didn't receive nearly enough consistent personal attention and care from his family. On that note, I also want to bring to general attention that cases of abuse can and does come from siblings. While again there isn't much evidence, I do get the general gist that Pim could have faced inconsistent verbal abuse from Amy. His surprise that she admitted to hating him in front of Charlie and Desmond could suggest otherwise, but he does mention that they "don't always get along" while noting that he does love her. This could be a factor that lead to his BPD. An inconsistent, unreasonable hatred toward him from Amy paired with witnessing parental discord CAN be both consistent cause for BPD AND C-PTSD, with BPD it breeds a fear of abandonment.

I also want to bring to attention his impulsivity with his almost immediate, intense infatuation with Jennifer (aka Shrimpina) in Shrimp's Odyssey. Intense, unprecedented limerance toward someone "new" is VERY concurrent with BPD. His immediate idolisation of her, imagining an entire future with a woman he barely had one conversation with reads very much as a BPD symptom to me when paired with all of the other evidence I have.

The thing is with my headcanon, I don't believe he's "new" to his psychological behaviour. He's in his mid-thirties, his entire job is helping people with dubious disorders and issues, and he's a generally very introspective and self-actualised person. I don't believe that him having BPD is a death sentence to his character, as it is not and never will be a death sentence to anyone who has it. He reads to me as someone who does have deep personal issues, but ones he's worked long and hard to not let them define him.

Yes, BPD is a serious cluster-B disorder that entirely changes your outlook and approach on life, but at the end of the day, it is internal. You are always the one personally in control of how you behave, how you react toward those around you and how you cope with emotions by yourself. It is a long, horrifically difficult upward climb, but it is not impossible.

I believe that Pim has, and is still facing this upward climb. He has slip-ups in the show, he has his off moments, but we almost never see his actual internal thought process. We literally do not know what life looks like for him, only how he responds to life. How he chooses to respond.

Sorry for this being so long, I hope it makes sense bc I've wanted to put all of this into words for ages but never had the motivation lmao. Thank you so much for your interest, and it is a conversation that I LOVE having. I don't disagree with him having C-PTSD at all, not for a moment, I just find a lot of resonance with him being someone with BPD and having worked (and continuing to work) through it. Hope you're having a lovely day, dear anon, and please do feel free to ask for any clarification or continuation to the discussion!!! ❤️

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