Physchological depth of characters: female.

In order to make each character in our thriller more "realistic" we have to think about their psychological depth, which acts as a reason for their actions.

Looking at the main character - a woman, a wife - I've decided to research and see what kind of mental disorders she may have, so that the audience understands her and sympathizes (or not) to her.

One of the articles I've read was on Wikipedia, and I've found it the most helpful and detailed = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_disorders_and_gender.

Mainly, it talks about different disorders in men and women, highlighting that domestic violence can be a cause of the mental disorder in women.

Overall, I've picked three most likely illnesses our character may suffer from:

1) Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - is a mental disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, or other threats on a person's life. 

                 

2) Anxiety - is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination.^[1] It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events, such as the feeling of imminent death.^[

3) Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity or apathy that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. People with a depressed mood can feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, angry, ashamed or restless.