Bertolt Hoover/Trivia

Fears, disorders and conditions

 * Bertolt suffers from thanatophobia, the feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude when one thinks of the process of their own death and dying, as opposed to necrophobia, which is a specific fear of dead or dying people and things.
 * Despite his calmness and fearlessness in the face of death and destruction, he is absolutely terrified of dying himself. If he feels as though his life is in danger, he won’t hesitate to act. It is one of the only things that will get him to act.
 * He fears abandonment. After being abandoned and left to die by Zeke Yeager, he fears a repeat of said events.


 * He suffers from Post-traumatic stress disorder, reliving traumatic events through nightmares, flashbacks and recollection. He experiences feelings of isolation, irritability (namely where Reiner’s mental disorder is concerned) and above all, guilt.


 * Bertolt develops a God complex around the time his identity is revealed, becoming more obvious when the Survey Corps lead a mission to retake Shiganshina.
 * He shows no regard for the conventions and demands of society, remaining calm and not feeling sorry or bad when he tells his former friends that he will kill them and all humans inside the walls just because he had decided to do so. He decided who was to live and who was to die in a situation where not everybody would be saved.
 * Although this was triggered by the prospect of failing his mission and his fellow agents’ suffering, he disregards any consideration he has towards their respective situations while experiencing this delusion. Although he seems confident, it is more or less a coping mechanism for his low self-esteem and guilt.


 * Bertolt suffers with hyperhidrosis, being noted by his comrades to always be sweating nervously. Places affected are his facial area, nape and sometimes his hands and chest area. This is brought on by anxiety.
 * He suffers from frequent nightmares. These dreams induce strange sleeping positions. One of said positions has him laying with his arms behind his back and legs up against the wall. The 104th made a game out of his amusing contortions, using them to predict the weather.
 * These positions actually have a deeper significance, for poses can take up the form of gruesome sights he has witnessed; for example, positions of the corpses of those he has inadvertently slain. Bertolt is sometimes quite difficult to wake from his slumber, and being woken suddenly leaves him confused and disorientated.