Gawds (mods), this is totally OT, but EVERYONE in the originally Evangelion series was fucked up. Shinji was a whinging brat who only got worse, Rei was almost emotionless 'cept for her love for Gendo, Asuka needed the constant approval of others, and be the "best", Misato was a functional alcoholic who just needed to be loved, Gendo was a Narcissist with problems letting go of his dead wife, and all of the secondary characters, save Pen-Pen were likewise fucked-up.
Evangelion was Anno's way of dealing with his depressive and other issues, like Gainax nearly going tits-up, and the Rebuild is Evangelion on its meds.