Her abandonment of Joe caused a lot of physiological issues for him and a possible reason that caused Joe to behave the way he does. In season 3, when Marienne was yelling at Joe, he thought of all the women that have yelled at him and pieced together that he has "mommy issues".
Early life. At the story's outset, it is revealed that Joe was orphaned at a young age. From flashbacks, it is revealed that Joe's biological mother, Sandy (Magda Apanowicz) was abused by his biological father and that he was subjected to neglect and abuse by his father.
Abandonment Issues
As a child, Joe's abandoned by his mother and placed into foster care after he kills his mother's boyfriend, an abusive partner. Later in the series, another flashback shows Joe's last encounter with his mother, where she is accompanied by a young boy.
Joseph Goldberg was the only child born into a dysfunctional relationship. He idealized his mother Sandy, whom he said was his home no matter where they were. His father was abusive to him and his mother. His mother frequently cheated on his father, often leaving Joe alone in public areas while doing so.
Kelly Scott, a therapist at Tribeca Therapy, told the publication that Joe exhibits symptoms of both antisocial personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder (presumably among other more sinister conditions).
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg who has erotomania in the Netflix hit 'You'. (Image: pennbadgley/Instagram) Erotomania is a rare and often misunderstood psychiatric disorder characterized by a delusional belief that someone is in love with the affected person.
It was difficult to see Joe's mother abandon him as a child, how he sought her affection to the point of killing for her in defense, and how every aspect of his life even outside his home was rather grim. At some point, though, these flashbacks became unnecessary. We could tell his upbringing was brutal.
Joe's actor, Penn Badgley was not nearly as adept with social media as his character. Joe Goldberg is a textbook case of Yandere (especially in season 1), which is a Japanese term for someone who is initially kind, sweet and gentle, but at the same time brutal and deranged in nature.
To give a brief summary of Part One's events, the season picked up where Season 3 left off. Joe left Los Angeles—where he faked his own death, blamed it on Love (literally and figuratively), gave his son Henry to their neighbors, and fled to Paris in search of Marienne, his one true love (this time for real).
Upon arriving in London, Joe develops such an obsession with Rhys after reading his autobiography, A Good Man in a Cruel World, which Joe closely identifies with. Then the hallucinations start. “He's really desperate to see himself as a good person,” says Gamble.
Scott did say, though, that the closest clinical diagnosis to a "psychopath" or "sociopath" is antisocial personality disorder, and that Goldberg does indeed show some hallmark traits of the disorder. He also demonstrates characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder, experts say.
Joe is somebody who has a combination of antisocial personality disorder traits and also borderline personality disorder traits.
Joe Goldberg (INFJ)
He has a combination of strong morals, idealisms and a focus on the future. Joe has a unique ability to come up with carefully considered plans and take steps to bring what he THINKS is a positive change to people's lives.
That's further complicated by Love's trajectory throughout the season. Seen mostly through Joe's first-person perspective as a lovable, if not a bit naïve, young woman longing for love after experiencing her own trauma, she is revealed to be suffering from severe PTSD.
Guinevere Beck
Known throughout Season 1 as Beck, she met Joe in the bookstore where he worked. His obsession with her quickly began. Joe just needed to tie up some loose ends before the couple could be together in peace. He first needed to kill her on-again, off-again boyfriend Benji (Lou Taylor Pucci).
During season four, it becomes clear Joe has developed split personality disorder, which is why he always thinks he is killing for good, can't remember some of the times he's killed people, and when he is killing people, loses all control.
Joe hates everything about this because he did not want a boy for a child (boys are evil, damaged garbage people); he wanted a girl (girls are holy, purehearted sparkle-angels).
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That particular true love? Love Quinn, Joe's better half for Season 2 and 3, played by the amazing Victoria Pedretti. Unfortunately for Joe, he completely rejected Love when it turned out that she was perfect for him—meaning she was also a manipulative murderer with a huge ego and a short temper.
Joe has criteria that correspond to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, which is that he is often anxious about himself and the people he loves, so he cannot control his emotions to commit sadistic actions to kill people who he considers to interfere with the relationship between Joe and Beck.
It comes down to the empathy that Joe evokes, according to Neo. "Empathy is really about how we are compelled to understand why things are the way they are. And we try to do that for other people, especially if we are very understanding of other people. So when we have empathy for someone, it hooks us in."
Ashy K Joe is 30. He mentions that he was about 15-16 when 9/11 happened. Plus I asked the author herself. Suzyn I imagined him being about 25 since Beck is working on a masters and never mentions an age difference, but I don't think it's ever explicitly stated.
At one point, she promises Joe they'll leave his dad and it'll just be the two of them, which is all young Joe wants...but then she shows up with a new boyfriend. Young Joe kills his dad with his mom's revolver while trying to defend her from his violent father.
A flashback in the finale revealed that Joe's mom moved on and started looking after another child after abandoning her son. Effectively, she left Joe behind for good, much to the chagrin of our antihero. But the maternal influence in Joe's life might be back for future installments of the series.
Urine itself does not contain DNA, but it may contain epithelial cells, which do contain DNA. Most healthy individuals, however, do not excrete epithelial cells in their urine.” The jar doesn't actually come back into play in the show, and Joe seemingly gets away with all his murders.