Lady Macbeths Trials

In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth supporting character Lady Macbeth has many struggles she has to overcome, throughout the story it becomes apparent she suffers from many mental disorders. The two disorders she shows examples of suffering from are post partum depression and panic disorder. She has acquired these disorders from the loss of her child and the stress of her husband’s murders. These disorders greatly affect her actions and decision making throughout the play. Despite her mental disorders one thing remains constant, her love for her husband and her willingness to do anything he needs.

In the play Lady Macbeth shows many attributes of someone who suffers from panic disorder. Panic disorder is a mental illness that causes someone to experience severe random panic attacks. In the play when Macbeth kills the king Lady Macbeth suffers one of these attacks when she panics that her and her husband will be caught for murder and treason. People with panic disorder fear a recurring attack, you can tell Lady Macbeth fears an attack because she is constantly putting up a front in order to control her emotions …show more content…
Post partum depression is a mental condition that women suffer from after the death of there baby. People with this condition suffer from mood swings, feel overwhelmed, are restless, and have negative feelings toward there baby. Lady Macbeth lost her son when he was a baby, and shows all of these symptoms. Throughout he play Lady Macbeth is overwhelmed by all the dramatic things happening around her, you can tell by her outburst of emotions. Also there is a scene Where lady Macbeth tells her husband she would have killed their son if he had wanted her to, also she shows anger to the thought of her baby by slamming a drawer after seeing her baby’s shoes in it. Lady Macbeth also shows signs of restlessness by sleep walking, talking in her sleep, and getting little