“Symptoms of these disorders may include hallucinations and delusions, severe mood deviations, depression and mania, lack or inappropriateness of emotional response, and severe impaired judgment. » (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia) “During her illness, many arguments were put forward to persuade my mother to refrain from caring for her. » (Shelley 29) A lot of feelings and emotions are currently running through his mind in this situation and it's making him panic. He is afraid of losing his wife because he loves her very much and that scares him and he probably says and does things he doesn't want to. Since Victor goes through an older age in this story, he tends to have thoughts that cause his brain to not work properly. “Occurring between middle and old age, these disorders involve progressive and irreversible brain damage. Organic brain damage can also result from toxic reactions to substances such as alcohol, PCP” (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia) “I thought I saw a healthy Elizabeth walking the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I kissed her, but as I printed the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the tint of death. (Shelley 44) Victor was starting to go crazy after seeing what the world had done to him and after experiencing the things he had experienced. He began to hallucinate and pretend to have seen Elizabeth when she had seen him.