Bullet in the Brain

Anders is so critical of others and I think it is likely because he is critical of himself and doesn’t want to face whatever issues he has hidden inside. It seems that he has been this way for many years and it has now become part of his identity, so much so that he can not stop being critical/judgmental even when being held at gun point and threatened with death. I think there must be something, maybe many things, that have caused him to be so judgmental, argumentative, and critical of others and everything around him.
Instead of agreeing with the woman standing in front of him, when she mentions something that he had been thinking, he takes a defensive position and puts her down for voicing what were in fact, his feelings too. I know someone who treats people the way Anders did and I know that person does not like themselves very much because of past issues. The angry attitude and critical thinking are ways to protect themselves from …themselves, and from getting close to others who might find out what they are hiding.
Anders obviously has some deep issues in his past that prevented him from having a happy life with meaningful relationships.