#mental attributes

{DISCLAIMER: While no offense is intended by this character blog, I would still like to state that this is a real illness that people suffer from in real life, every day, just like other mood or personality disorders or other forms of mental illness. I am not a doctor, nor is any negative or hurtful thing intended by this post. This is simply what I find to be the most realistic explanation for this fictional character's actions. }

Doctor Crane suffers severely from Dissociative Identity Disorder. The Scarecrow is his only other identity, which means that time is split fairly evenly between them. His switches to the Scarecrow identity are erratic, factoring in stress levels and other things, however, they are not spontaneous. He has very specific triggers.

Crane's DID was developed primarily by the frequent severe traumatic events of his childhood and adolescence. As he got older, he noticed the time lapses and other unusual phenomena (as anyone studying to become a psychiatrist would), but attributed them mainly to lack of sleep from medical school, stress, and other common things. 

Attributes are those qualities that fuel the techniques. Physical attributes, like speed, power, explosiveness, balance, coordination, training timing, meals timing, sensitivity endurance and accuracy are the qualities that give life and vibrancy to techniques. Mental attributes, like focus, concentration, determination, the will to survive, and pain tolerance give extra added fuel to the physical attributes. Developing attributes is an extremely important and necessary component of training for the serious martial art student. Why? Because technical knowledge without the aid and assistance of physical and mental attributes is useless. Physical movements without the added fuel of speed, power, timing, accuracy or explosiveness are nothing more than a series of flowery dance movements. Developing these physical and mental qualities is more important than the accumulation of technical knowledge. Once technical knowledge has been combined with the development of physical and mental attributes, the student can begin to focus on the use of strategy.