Name: Alderheart's Anxiety – Sunny's Spiel | Warriors Analysis
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Warrior Cats doesn't have many stories about failure.

For the most part, our protagonists are cats who succeed or excel at their usual clan tasks,

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and the only things they might briefly get wrong are huge clan-altering decisions to

It's very rare to see a perspective where an apprentice isn't good at the hunting

or fighting they are trained for, and even rarer to see that failure extended long enough

for us to see the insecurities ingrained in their mental states.

Because of that, it's not at all a surprise to me that so many fans enjoy the character

By his initial concept at least, he is a unique character with an interesting and realistic

set of faults who may well be deeply relatable to plenty of readers.

It didn't last forever, but the version of Alder we were presented with at his introduction

is certainly an interesting character to examine.

When we first meet Alderkit, in the very first page of his introduction, the first thing

we learn is that he worries about and questions things around him that others find exciting.

Nearly every cat we've ever seen facing an imminent promotion has reacted with anticipation,

excitement, looking ahead to the future that is open to them, and so on.

Alderkit though, seemed deeply afraid of the unknown world that would come with this next

step in his life, worried about the possibility of a test that, we implicitly get the sense

here, he didn't believe he would pass, and gets so lost in thought and the what-ifs of

the situation that he doesn't realize his sister is near him and is startled by her

As far as we can tell at this point in the story, he has no reason to be especially worried.

No one has told him that the ceremony will be anything but a right of passage or that

he already has to know how to be an apprentice or warrior, and his sister Sparkkit who grew

up under the same parenting and care is as excited as we've come to expect from a kit

Lacking any clear source for these nerves to come from, at least so far, it does seem

at this point like Alderkit's worry might be a more intrinsic part of his personality,

These worries don't stop in kithood, of course, and once he actually is an apprentice

they begin affecting his performance rather than just his thoughts or feelings.

On his and Sparkpaw's first day out of camp, he starts rather well, scenting an unfamiliar

clan and logically deducing based on what their mentors told them that the scent is

However, after completing a tour of the territory, Sparkpaw is still eager for more and asks

for a hunting lesson, which Alderpaw doesn't believe he's ready for while he's trying

When both apprentices are asked to look for prey, Alderpaw does catch the scent of a shrew,

but questions his own certainty, leaving just enough time for Sparkpaw to speak up and make

Sparkpaw's continuous and seemingly easy successes only make it more difficult for

Alderpaw to perform as he begins worrying about how he can measure up to her, and the

extra hesitation he adds thinking about how he can't fail or doesn't know if he has

it perfect yet causes him to miss opportunities altogether.

All this was on the first day alone but similar patterns continue through his apprenticeship,

as he can't help comparing himself to Sparkpaw's exceptional performance and getting nervous

about the possibilities of his own failure, leading to many wasted opportunities, poor

performance, a weaker reputation, and low self-esteem.

All of this is only heightened further as other cats' disappointment in him leads

him to feel validated in his negative view of himself and his own potential, once again

leading him to hesitate even more, perform even worse, and continue this cycle without

I'm going to take a step back to talk about this situation in a more general way, one

more applicable to our lives in this world.

In the realm of education, mistakes are a very good thing.

Different school systems in different eras have often done poor jobs of communicating

this properly, but mistakes are the only things that give us room to grow and direction in

which to grow, and in more than just a philosophical sense.

Making mistakes actually, physically, improves your brain.

With each mistake made, more and stronger physical connections between different parts

of the brain are formed, allowing you to get to the right answers or do the right things

On a functional level, mistakes literally make you smarter.

With that said, mistakes can also be painful, especially when they are made in the view

of people you want to respect you, or when you can compare yourself against someone who

And even this early, Alderpaw falls into both of those situations to a tee.

His mother and father are the leader and deputy, so he already has a lot to live up to and

people he wants to impress, but he also wants his mentor to be proud of him so that he knows

he is doing well, and stack up against Sparkpaw so that he can say he and his sister are on

As time goes on and he wracks up failures while she does nothing but excel, the very

cats Alderpaw had hoped to impress start expressing subtle and sometimes overt disappointment

in him, which makes the mistakes hurt worse.

Because of the sheer levels of nervousness he feels around his own worth and performance,

and the sometimes paralyzing fear of failure that stops him from doing anything, Alderpaw

hasn't had a chance to learn or grow stronger from his mistakes.

He has only been able to suffer and grow less healthy on a mental level.

His poor performance and a supposed connection with Starclan eventually lead to him being

forcefully removed from his training as a warrior and made a medicine cat instead, which

only makes him feel worse as he considers this to be a product of his failure as a warrior

apprentice rather than a good opportunity.

It isn't helped by the fact that no one asks him for his opinion in the matter and

instead just tells him he will be a medicine cat after discussing it behind his back, but

they make it clear that it isn't a punishment and he does not, cannot believe them.

This is anxiety, a fairly textbook expression of it at that.

Anxiety as a feeling just means particularly intrusive nerves in relation to some upcoming

An anxiety disorder, meanwhile, which I believe Alderpaw can easily be argued to have, is

The specifics of what precisely defines an anxiety disorder are still being debated and

the sources and severity of one person's anxiety and another's can vary wildly, but

what is clear is that anxiety disorders are characterized by persistent fear or doubt

This fear is often difficult to control, comes on quickly in response to both situations

that would and wouldn't otherwise be fear-inducing, and can often involve physical fear reactions

in your body and layers of doubt, berating, or worst-case scenarios in your mind.

Alderpaw has had doubts about himself and how well his life would go since he was a

kit, and those doubts have explicitly gotten in the way of his happiness and success numerous

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