Squall's real issues of being forced to forget by magic demons ins his head while attending Mercenary High.

And then it's all fixed when he finds a girl who really wants to jump his bones and she goes into a coma because the future witch possessed her.

The most realistic character in FFVIII was Rinoa and Squall's existence sabotaged her character by relegating her to love interest/damsel in distress who gets no character development of her own.