Sheen, Madoff, Gibson, and the Phenomenon of our Age March 9, 2011Abuse, Addiction and Recovery, Personality and Character Disorders, Relationshipsaddiction, bipolar disorder, character disturbance, hypomanic episode, irresponsibility, mania, manic episode, Personality and Character Disorders, personality disorders, thinking errors, Unhealthy RelationshipsDr. Simon The antics of Charlie Sheen, Bernie Madoff, and Mel Gibson demonstrate why character really does matter. As I state in the title of one of my books, character disturbance is the phenomenon of our age.