Doctor REACTS to EUPHORIA | Psychiatrist Analyzes Childhood Mental Illness & Addiction | Dr Elliott
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This Doctor Reacts episode is looking at episode 1 of EUPHORIA. So many of you have requested this and I've finally got around to watching it. Would folks agree that its a bit like a more accurate version of 13 Reasons Why? This episode covers aspects of early childhood development, grief and addiction. I've purposefully not included scenes of any remotely graphic nature, because the last thing I want is anyone to be triggered or to promote any voyeurism at the more visually graphic aspects of mental illness.
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I thought the episode "the trials and tribulations of trying to pee while depressed" showed a pretty accurate version of depression in the way that I haven't seen much on tv
Yes episode 7 season 1 ✨
i don't get it... i have depression and I pee just fine... is that a reference to something I'm too dmb to understand??hahahhahha (I didn't watch the show cuz a friend said it would be too triggering for me so could you explain it to me if you don't mind?) thank you
@@noidea599 the general idea here is that when you are that depressed and really hurting, the idea of doing the most basic things, the simplest things, the most human things, even things that you need to do to live, become the biggest mountains to climb. they seem impossible. even getting out of the bed to go to the bathroom seems silly and stupid and way too difficult. it may not be peeing for you -- maybe it's eating, maybe it's bathing, maybe it's going outside, or picking up the phone and calling your parents -- but at some point, the simplest things you used to do before have now become impossible.
@@jamesliggins891 FACTZ
@@jamesliggins891 well said
ADHD isn't really the inability to focus is more like the inability to regulate what you focus on and for how long.
Oh really? makes it a little easier to understand
Yeah but its again very unlikely that the observations of the child could even REMOTELY be ADHD.
@@JL-ex7yp I agree. My problem is just that he said she can't have Adhd because "she has remarkable ability to focus" when often with adhd Hyper focusing and hyer fixation can be part of the problem
Exactly… and it’s clear that Rue as a child couldn’t focus on eating dinner with her family and rather kept getting distracted by counting the ceiling. It could also show signs of OCD where she feels she HAS to finish counting the ceiling before she can even eat.
@@iris-xo sure, but he's not wrong that she is too young to be diagnosed with OCD. It could easily be an example of a toddler just being a toddler
Panic attacks are horrible things. I've seen my girlfriend hyperventilate, gasp for air while clutching at her chest until she passes out, wakes up and does it again. I've also seen it have very odd symptoms. One time she was more calm but suddenly said her hands were paralyzed. We went to the emergency room and they said it was a panic attack.
- I'm glad no one has seen me have one since I was a kid. I used to really have bad hyperventilating fits as a child, and now very rarely only if im feeling both dreadfully miserable and get triggered into some awful old memories. it would be horrifying to see someone you love go through it though, probably worse than going through it when I consider it.
you're right. It's bad if you have one, but also if you are with that person and you can't do anything. My sister usually doesn't have panic attacks. One day my sister came back from work and started to hyperventilate. I had never seen her like this, so I panicked and cried because she was suffering so much and I couldn't do anything. The worst thing that happened in my life is seeing my sister like this and being helpless. I really thought she was dying
my panic anxiety disorder caused my legs to go completely paralyzed/numb when i was a child to avoid school due to bullying,, the brain does some crazy things to protect us
I have mild psychotic symptoms a lot of the time but when I have panic attacks I tend to hallucinate bizarre things like bloody pits where eyes should be on the people trying to help me.
Not fun yo
Mine are not as bad that I pass out but it last all day.
I'm fucking crying hearing you explain the carbon dioxide thing. knowing all that would've made the panic attacks much less scary than they where. we need more doctors like you, we really do. thank you.
We actually see another example of her OCD n the last episode where her mom had to kiss her forehead, chin, and both cheeks.
And she had bipolar symptoms in trial and tribulations of having to pee while depressed
yes exactly
I’m diagnosed bipolar, very convinced Rue has bipolar disorder her depressive and manic episodes and mood swings are clear throughout the series. People fail to realize there’s overlapping symptoms between bipolar and things like ADD, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, depression, even autism. The difference is the pattern in those symptoms coming about during certain swings/episodes versus staying consistent, which the latter isn’t the case for her.
Bipolar has phases of obsessive compulsive behaviors, psychosis, euphoria (literally the name of the show), grandeur, depression, hyperfixating, sudden increase and decrease in productivity. As someone who had to mature and learn fast just to maintain a grip on this disorder, along with having a parallel upbringing and relationship problems as Rue, it’s no question bipolar is an extremely likely candidate for a diagnosis in her character on top of possible other mental illnesses.
Edit: Not to mention, I was misdiagnosed with all of the above before specialists even *considered* bipolar because it was dismissed as “normal adolescent mood swings”.
it could also just be caused by all those brain targeted medications. they mess with your mind
@@ina43431 I think your claim is too vague to be very reliable. Besides, people with mental illness very well exhibit symptoms before medication use.
I'm undiagnosed, but I suspect I have ADHD. I've swung so many times between these things, wondering what I had. So it makes sense that I would if they have overlapping symptoms.
I'm still not sure. Only thing I know is I have rare moments of extreme hyperactivity, I have the odd compulsion that never seemed to go away (play a video game, go down a spiral staircase, I often have to stop and spin the opposite direction or whichever way "feels right"; although "need" is too strong and one of the reasons I moved on from OCD, as I *can* ignore it, it's just slightly uncomfortable to), and I cannot, under any circumstance, focus on something that I'm not interested in, yet become *hyperfocused* when it comes to something I enjoy. In the case of video games, it's whatever game has me hooked at that moment. Other games I'm not in the mood for can't even keep me focused, but I can often forget to eat for hours because I'm so locked in.
It's crazy how the human mind can be so... idk, fragile, I guess.
I am sorry to everyone who is not given a diagnosis, if one at all. It is very maddening how people are not provided with the basic services like therapy that we really need to function well- it should be more accessible.
And yeah autism. It all is so interesting. And there’s a pattern. I hope I’ll come back here and talk about it. It’s 6 am and I haven’t slept for 3 days. And I have 18 month toddler who is going through some shit already. And I gotta be up despite my heart is about to drop any minute from now. And I’m 26 years old. Never questioned any of my depression anxiety history and lack of motivation but being a top student and adults trying to shush me when I’d get too excited and talkative. And then from there going into my long depressive hole for years that I don’t even remember. And that the fact that my life was a bunch of episodes when all of a sudden I’d do so much stuff and take interest in so many things and have this wiiiild love for life until all of that goes to hell for no reason and ridiculous feeling of self blaming that comes out of nowhere. Man it’s 6 am I wish my mania would start with a new and fresh day when my toddler is gonna need me to keep her entertaining and keeping alive.
the show triggered me so much, like any other show about addictions. They remind me of my cousin. He was the most caring and kind person I've ever met and he never hurt anyone, but he was a drug addict. This addiction brought him a lot of problems with the police. The only thing he wanted was to be helped, but when they arrested him they continued to drug him in prison without trying to help him out. When he came out he was worse than when he was in, both physically and mentally. He had also started hallucinating and having relapses and withdrawal attacks. I hope that now he can rest in peace and live happily because despite his addiction and his problems, he was and still is my favourite person.
I’m sorry for your loss. He’s watching over you from heaven
@@Elisa-vy1hz aw thanks. Yeah, I hope he’s better know
@@sanaa107 he is
This make me sad😭
@@Sean-il7ko don’t be sad hahaha. It was tough for my aunt and my family, but now it’s okay
OCD was shown in the first clip because she kept making herself recount the squares in the lights until her brain allowed her to, without being interrupted, VERY COMMON sign of early OCD. I have OCD and i can tell you, once u actually suffer from it, you can tell by even the slightest of ways, who has OCD and who doesnt. This was very clear to me.
Exactly! And in the speech her mother gives in the last episode its very clear Rue has OCD
Yes, as someone who also has OCD, when I first watched this show and I saw her have to keep restarting I said aloud "Looks like OCD" because I've done that before and continue to do it to this day.
hey can ocd go away as u grow up? or even when u develop a hobby that completely overtook ur life?
Yes! I have it to and many kids are diagnosed with it. It’s actually more common to be diagnosed as a child
YAY I'm so excited you got to Euphoria! Keep in mind that the story is from the perspective of an unreliable narrator so, for example, the shrink diagnosing Rue as a little kid may not even really have happened like that.
I'd recommend any of four other episodes:
Episode 4 is primarily about a character's transsexuality
Episode 5 is primarily about intimate partner violence
And then there are the two special episodes I've been pestering you about, which I think best fit your channel as they're less story-driven and more issue/character-driven
"Trouble Don't Last Always: Part 1: Rue", which goes more in depth on drug addiction; and "Fuck Anyone Who's Not a Sea Blob: Part 2: Jules", which goes more in depth about transness (? IDK the terminology, I'm sorry)
Thanks for checking Euphoria out!
isn't it transgenderism instead of transsexuality
@@rugma1696 same thing both work
in case anyone is interested: "transsexuality" is a bit oldschool and associated with medicalizing/pathologizing, so many (though not all) prefer trans or transgender. in the original comment "trans identity" would work best imo.
to loosely quote glaad, "transgenderism" is a term often used by transphobic activists to dehumanise trans people and reduce who they are to "a condition", so it's not commonly used within the community at all. i for one have only ever heard it being said sarcastically. hope that helps and thank you for asking :)
I don’t think it’s about that maybe it didn’t even happen because her mom validates all that later. I think it’s meant to be a commentary on how America, especially after 9/11, was overprescribing for disorders like adhd and bipolar. I even think the creator has come out and said that. It’s meant to show that the adults in her life were trying to help by getting her seen and on meds but they set her up to have addictions later. They gave her pills for her problems and then they were surprised when that’s what she went to reach for when life felt uncomfortable. I think the large picture details about rues story are largely reliable. It’s who we see now that isn’t reliable.
@@wyldcardsam not really, it’s called transgender because it’s about gender. transsexual sounds like it has to do with sexuality like bisexual or homosexual
I would have actually advised to watch episode 7. Is probably the one that covers depression/bipolar disorder the most. A great episode as well. Way better than the pilot IMO.
I have schizoaffective, POCD, and psychosis. I’ve been trying to get disability for 10 years, they always turn me down. I just had a hearing and when I was denied by the judge after reliving everything I had been through in the last 10 years doing my hearing, it made me want to die. It felt like they put me through that somewhat hearing for no reason at all. They suggested I get a factory job or housekeeping. Mind you, I also graduated from a medical academy so I was beyond insulted. I’ve been in my room for days. I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, but here I am, wanting to die because I have to beg the government to give me permission to not work. My first psychiatrist I ever had once told me 10 years ago that I was too smart for disability and I would have to be deaf, dumb and blind before they would approve my request. I guess he was right. I just turned 30 and I’ve never had a job last continuously longer than 8 months. I loathe America so much. It’s like we are just being tortured and toyed with.
I hope it works out for you one day ❤️
Pathologising children and normal childhood behavior really gets to me. There's just no excuse for a child to be medicated to that degree.
i agree, no medication, but it was very very clear that shee was suffering from OCD in the first clip
It depends honestly, some kids really need regulation in order to get a better quality of life. Plus Rue's behavior is not normal childhood behavior
That's the American healthcare system, though. It's all about tossing as many drugs as possible at the patient, never really focusing on the underlying issue.
You'd hate America.... children that are "diagnosed" as ADHD are so heavily medicated they look worse than the local meth heads. Sunken in cheeks, skinny and frail... its sad.
I've also had 2 adolescent family members who were heavily medicated they attempted suicide by age 9.
Yep, I had that happen to me. They wrote a whole distraction thankfully my mom didn’t go that route.
Pretty sure this first episode is a bit of a satire on the topic of mental healthcare in the US. So thats why she was diagnosed with like 5 things as a kid, and pumped full of meds before she even hit puberty, its a bit over the top on purpose.
Exactly, the point is that she shouldn't have been pumped with drugs and wouldn't have ended up an addict
@@ghostmemeboi But those sweet kickbacks from big pharma when you are a doc that overprescribes medication...
Those student loans aint gonna pay them selves, amirite?
I would love for you to react to more episodes! Havent watched everything so I can't recommend episodes yet but I heard that especially the later ones are very interesting
You’re such a kind doctor. Your patients are really lucky to have you.
I’m a psych major and I can say that these videos are so helpful and helping me understand my course material more and in a more engaging way than just reading
Does anyone know if he reacted to the episode where she’s begging her dealer to open the door?
0:25 but people with ADHD can hyperfocus on stuff that they should not be focused on in the moment .It's one of the things that happens when they're distracted
episode 7, titled "The Trials And Tribulations Of Trying To Pee While Depressed" was one i cried at how much it reflected the anxiety and depressive episodes I've suffered from. That's the next one I'd recommend watching. Thank you for this ❤
Also from personal experience that is incredibly traumatic to walk into especially as a kid who doesn't fully understand. I'm 21 and still struggling daily with the literal ptsd that finding my sister like that caused me
We have kits for overdoses that you can get for free in Canada if you walk into any pharmacy & they show you how to use it. It's really great if you even just go to a show or out for the night you have one in case someone needs it. The only downside is that folks aren't always remembering to keep them at the right temperature or that they expire.
I would say watch the whole series because every episode presents a new character with mental issues
Woah. Adhd isn’t a deficit in attention. It’s more of a regulation issue, so if she got fixated on the ceiling and had to be interrupted, that would make sense of a kid reacted like that.
is that not what the AD part of ADHD means.. attention deficit.
Tia Smith ADHD is more like a deficit in controlling what you actually pay attention to, it’s not just a deficit of attention overall. He was wrong when he said she couldn’t have ADHD because was focused on counting the tiles because now we know that hyperfixation is actually a sign of ADHD too (aka - she can’t regulate what she’s paying attention to like focusing on ceiling tiles instead of dinner)
@@maggie1000 yes but the ad in adhd is an attention deficit
@@tiasmith4015 and a lot of people who have been diagnosed with adhd (myself included) wish the name of the disorder would change because it’s not very accurate
@@castaway2850 exactly what I was about to type, thank you
I live in the US so maybe our doctors are just a little more medication reliant, but the medication is pretty accurate. I was put on an anti depressant, 2 anxiety medications, a mood stabilizer, an anti psychotic, ADHD medication and a sleep aide at the age of 14. They combination of medications made my heart start acting funny after a few years and at 19 I was taken off of 3 of my meds and do much better with just the mood stabilizer anti depressant and ADHD medication and my Anxiety meds are only taken as needed now. I feel much more like a person now of that makes sense...when you're so heavily controlled by medication you don't even feel human anymore.
would be so cool if u analyzed the last two episodes, the two specials focusing on rue and jules !!! i think it would be interesting to hear your perspective on those two episodes specifically
I was on a high dose of benzos for 13 years and when I got off them the withdrawal was so intense and prolonged. I wish I never got started on them tbh. Getting off the drug I took for anxiety can caused extreme levels of anxiety. I know even after a year of being off the Clonazepam I still have cravings both mentally and physiologically. It's hard to undo a 13 year long addiction that eventually did nothing to help the anxiety it was prescribed for.
I do miss Euphoria. I love how the show focuses on mental health issues and addiction. I don't give a fuck about the irrelevant "ships". That is not important.
fr ! people are like rue and jules are endgame
the relationships are important in the sense that they are a factor in mental health issues and addiction as well
@@dazey8706 LMAO you're right tho
@@dazey8706 this comment is litterally so funny for some reason. I'm imagining a fan-made video on Nate and Jail with the music and all
Same can't wait for the new season
While I think you should react to the whole show because it's very good and all of them deal with mental health and psychiatry concepts, I understand if you can't. I still recommend you watch the whole thing in your own time then. In terms of episodes that would be the most interesting for your channel, I would recommend episodes 4, 7 and the two special episodes.
I think one of the ways we can understand euphoria is as criticism of the irresponsible use of drugs. The needless medicines she was given, the easy access to dangerous medications, since as he said, so much of her childhood was intensely medicalized.
I watched the first 3 episodes of euphoria and although I think it's a great show I freaked out after I watched it. Some parts hit too close to home and it put me in a dark place. I think watching it actually helped me work through some stuff but it triggered me like crazy before I worked through it.
I'd love to see more videos breaking down euphoria. This was super insightful
I am a recovered addict/alcoholic.. I just now am discovering this channel and it’s amazing! So glad I subscribed. I love all of these videos. The analyzation and the reaction. Thank you Doc!
I so appreciate your commentaries 🙏 well-rounded, clear and informative .
I’m loving your review! Every educational and insightful. Thank you, please do more
Dr Elliott's vidoes always make my day and are constant inspiration to study psychology.
im so excited to watch this 😯 as someone who can heavily relate to the themes and character arches this will be quite interesting
Yooo, this is awesome. Another show you might want to check out is Feel Good. It's on Netflix. S1 deals with some mental health stuff but primarily addiction issues, S2 deals with PTSD and stuff. Even if you don't end up doing a video on it, it's just a great watch. S1 was the most I've ever related to a show.
is it like euphoria
@@tobecontinued6882 Some similar concepts/vibes for sure, but Feel Good is about adults.
i found this video and your analysis extremely interesting. thank you!
i would suggest watching the two special episodes done in the style of therapy sessions an dit delves deep into jules' childhood and current relationships
Thank you for this very much :)) please continue reacting to euphoria especially episode 2, i really want to know what is your diagnosis for nate
Your channel is amazing, you deserve a million views
Opioids, especially painkillers are a nightmare to deal with. Having a chronic disease that causes sever pain of the body u need pain killers but what ends up happening is at some point u cant feel the drug anymore no matter how much u take and what ends up happening is that now above everything ur already having to deal wih, now u have the problem of physical dependance and addiction. We need a better solution than just opioids.
Great video! I've been on ssris (zoloft) for 2 months so far for anxiety ,slowly increasing it. Had struggled with it for like 8 years but never tried to get help until this year when I finally had enough.
Definitely wish I did it sooner. Not quite there yet but I can feel it helping (especially my thoughts) and just deciding to do something about it on it's own makes you feel less hopeless.
Exactly what you said about Xanax is exactly what I see my wife going through. She takes it more and more. She runs out of them before her prescriptions are ready. The old pharmacy actually put the doctor that prescribes them on a flagged list and said she was prescribing it way too frequently or something even.
Ughhh I love your take on this episode
You are becoming my favourite doctor/psychiatrist on TH-cam! 🥰
The goal of drinking water and niacin isn't to actually flush the drugs out, it's to dilute the urine down past the test's detection threshold. The niacin makes it less obvious you're doing that.
When I was in the Army, a lot of guys that I knew swore by the water/niacin thing. Must have worked considering they'd always pass their drug tests every month.
I've know of some cops that do it as well. Not sure what drugs the cops are or were doing, but I do know that steroids are big with American law enforcement. Not sure if the water/niacin combo works for anabolic steroids however.
I got referred to grief counselling by my Dr because at the time mum and dad were going through cancer treatment and then I lost my dad and gran in quick succession. I was an adult but grief is horrible even though I knew dad was going to die doesn't make it any easier.
This video is about to blow up.😁🔮 excellent choice euphoria 🥰 100%true
I wish I had a doctor like you here in Canada. Your videos and empathy keep me going
Hyperfixation is actually a symptom of ADHD so saying she can’t have ADHD because she was focused on counting tiles is wrong I think…. She was so fixated on counting that she couldn’t pay attention to eating dinner with her family so…
Opioid misuse is definitely a problem, but I feel like a lot of doctors have gone too far in the opposite direction of over prescribing them. People that are in significant pain, are not receiving the treatment they deserve. It's not the doctor's fault either. They are afraid of losing their license and going to prison in the states. I don't know what the solution to the problem is, but what's being done now, isn't it. The whole system sucks. Thanks Doctor Carthy for the videos. Your videos are great.
Really enjoy your videos and would like to see you cover more of Euphoria! I think the episode focusing on Nate - 'Stuntin' Like My Daddy' and also the between-seasons Jules episode, which takes place entirely in a therapy session and looks at her struggles with sex and love through the lens of her trans identity.
can you please pleaseee do more euphoria... theres so much more to this show and we would definitely love to hear you talk about it :)
The story of rue is very close to my heart. I can relate so much to everything and it has helped me better except myself while having a mental illness! I love you SAM LEVINSON ❤
I just love to watch you talking, you sound smart and I could spend hours.
Thank you for this! I would love to hear your analysis on the two euphoria special episodes! (part one:rue and part two:jules) :)
You should do every episode you find interesting, I think I feel related to at least something of everone of them
You should react to episode 2 as well, Nate's, Maddy's, Cassie's and Jules' episodes are really good too along with the specials theirs even a whole episode that takes place in therapy
what i love the most about this show is that there's a deep dive into every character with every episode. kind of like Skins but modern, theatrical and, well, American, lol. a reaction to each character would be really awesome, however, it does get really graphic, so...
I want to know why this sounds soooo good, the first time I watched this I was high and it was breathtakeing
New fan here, I'm loving this channel. Can you react to the episode of Futurama where Fry gets institutionalized in a robot asylum? Season 3 Episode 11
Thanks a lot and fab idea. I'll check it out
Great video Elliott.
Very educational!
I love your content 👍❤️
I’ve watched euphoria episode 1 it looks good I subscribed to you when you reacted to BoJack and I don’t fucking regret it
As someone with ADHD (well suspected ADHD, my assessment is in November) I definitely would not characterise ADHD as an inability to focus and honestly the fact you're a psychiatrist and saying that makes me a little uncomfortable. Obviously like any disorder symptoms differ from person to person but I rarely feel like I can't focus and more that I'm often focussing on multiple things at once and it has actually lead me to noticing details in my surroundings that others haven't.
I’m pretty sure a lot of diagnoses are based on how much trouble it causes the person who has it. The thing with adhd is that it stops you of being able to focus on the things you need to focus on when you’re not interested. I don’t think he meant any harm by phrasing it like he did.
is he a psychiatrist? or a general physician
@@jamesliggins891 Psychiatrist
@@Harri_James oops. yeah, clearly I don't know how to read whole titles of videos, lol
As someone with adhd I do have an inability to focus even when I do care about something. Such as homework and school. I'm in front of the assignment but I can't get myself to do it, I feel overwhelmed and I just start doing other things without noticing the amount of time I just spend. You haven't even been diagnosed yet and you are already telling him what adhd should feel like. I dont mean to sound rude or disrespectful but please don't invalidate a doctors opinions just because It doesn't fit your feelings.
I know the therapy scenes in Lucifer are quite unusual, but it would be cool to react to some of those.
Please do more episodes!
Rue Being diagnosed with ocd was actually comforting since I watched the show way before I was diagnosed with Ocd
Also Jules and Rue’s special pert that really resonated with me.
Defo watch the episode on depression
Please react to more episodes ! Or maybe the last one, I'd love to get your opinion on the Nate character ! Thank you for your videos :)
I just noticed the lego set in the back. Respect.
this was very informative ill come back when i start psychiatry next month
Just a random suggestion but did you ever watch Miranda? Specifically the episode where they have court mandated therapy („Just Act Normal“)? It’s quite funny (plus it has Tom Ellis in it).
I wish u were my therapist, thank u for ur reaction ❤
I remember my first panic attack. I was terrified. I was watching tv with my parents and felt sick so I decided to go to bed. When I got to my room it felt like half my vision blanked out and before I knew it was laying on my bed and couldn’t breathe. My sister heard me crying and got my mum in time to calm me down but it was so fucking terrifying
I'm from Hungary and I was actually prescribed alprazolam once. I'd been in and out of the doctor's office for over a month because I had a mild fever (37deg) that wouldn't go away, and in the end she decided I just needed to calm the eff down. The prescription said to take 3 a day, after the third tablet I was out like a light and slept for 16 hours. Woke up feeling great (and the fever was gone), but also decided that was enough. It was only later that I even looked up what alprazolam was, and figured I probably made the right call :) Incidentally, about four years later I went into counseling for hypochondria. Probably unrelated, of course.
I have the same problem, very often towards the end of the day I have a mild fever .. but nothing else. Did you ever get an answer what it was?
@@tvddamonlovernina Not definitively, but since it went away after I took the pills we agreed I was just probably literally worrying myself sick
@@matesafranka6110 aha so it was mental in nature... Thank you! I am thinking it is for me as well
React to episode 4 please💙💙💙 Love your videos 💙💙💙
I think the first comments the Doc makes is the key point of Rues storyline. They should have let her grow as close to a normal child before making such a young child and her brain dependent on those medications. It also creates a space in a child's mind to harbor ACTUAL TERRIFYING anxiety. In blanket diagnosing children, you help create an anxiety riddled drug dependent mentally ill adult. I.e.: the early 2000s
This episode made me so fucking emotional.
A show I think it would be interesting for you to react to is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, basically the whole show I think would be interesting to get your analysis of but in particular Season 4 Episode 12 "I Need a Break", as it parallels two of its female characters, one of whom is going through a mental breakdown and the other of whom is experiencing a physical health crisis, both of whom are trying their best to ignore what's going on around them, in a very interesting way.
It's such a good show.
"OR, she's a totally normal child. Learning to count."
🤣🤣🤣🤣
the two special episodes PLEEEEEEAAASEEEE
Please do more of this and the new season
please do more euphoria!!
Oh that nose spray (that's the one you mentioned right?) to help if people overdose on opioids, was one thing my county actually distributed to anyone interested for free! Like no questions asked! I'm thinking of getting one, because I live smack in the middle of town and had to call an ambulance more than once because unconscious drunks in town (and police ignoring them... like ffs, I yelled at them and they tried to get me to leave, but I refused until the person was INSIDE the ambulance and doors closed - I work with health care, and if I come across someone unconscious on the streets, unless insanely drunk, I have an obligation to help... it's a law as of health professional law...), and I do know there are a ton of drug-related housing options just down the streets around here, I've seen people doing drugs in side streets etc at all times of the day... so as far as I've read about the nose spray (that even works with heroin overdoses?) There are no bad reactions if the person HASN'T overdosed on opiods? So like... if I find people unconscious, I always check their breathing and airways, and then you usually notice if it's a drunk pass-out or not... and waiting for an ambulance can take a while, so idk if I don't smell alcohol on their breath, I'd rather be prepared... I live just a few blocks from all the bars etc, so usually only drunks are around there, but when I walk my dog at night I tend to take side streets etc, and yeah... seen a lot of stuff go down...
but when the county is giving out for free to the population (the county next to us has some of the highest opioid overdose numbers in Europe... which is insane as it's such a small place too..), why not get one just to be safe? Like idk I'd rather take the risk of spraying someone once too many, than someone dying of an overdose if I could have prevented it? And they did say on the county-website it was a no questions asked, no reason needed thing. And I know from friends who work in many of these facilitated living places for drug addicts that all the occupants got one too, so they had one available. I think it sounds like a pretty good idea, to give for free? Because how the laws on drugs are now, if you call an ambulance because of overdose at a private address forexample, they usually make police come along, and then police COULD search the apartment etc... so it's become an issue where people don't call for help, get the person somewhere else if not their place, or people run to avoid being charged with drug possession etc... it's a mess and a shitty situation...
and the parliament just turned down this legalization-law that follows the model used in Portugal... which made me so sad, because Portugal has really lowered their OD-rates a lot! And they used the excuse that it would encourage young people to do drugs... but uhm... they already do.. and by charging them for drug possession etc for tiny amounts of drugs, you're giving them a record... many studies at uni require a police statement that says you are fit to study/work within the field of study... and so if you have a drug charge, you might get denied school entry on that basis... and jobs too... ofc not all jobs asks for police to make a statement, but all jobs working with kids and people in vulnerable situations... so if you want to "save young people", how about the law change... so they are required to attend a counseling session, be evaluated and get help if assessed as necessary, and if don't show up they get charged for possession... bc how it is now, young people die at parties because calling an ambulance usually means police too, so your apartment can be searched and you can be charged for ANYTHING in your apartment even if not connected... it's ridiculous... so yeah, really considering walking up to the county-house place or whatever to pick up one of those nose sprays... rather safe than sorry. I've lost 2 friends to ODs, and 2 others to suicide by other methods, and one to leukemia... and I would not wish that pain on anyone... so might as well be prepared haha!
Also I was pleasantly surprised by Euphoria! Because it's raw but so real? Like the struggles with mental health, gender, sexual orientation, drugs... idk I really liked that show. I hated 13RW (I actually read the book way before the show came, and hated the book more actually?), because it fed into this idea that suicide is such a very thought out thing for teens, and that everyone has specific direct reasons and basically blaming everyone for having SOMETHING to do with it... as a person who has struggled a lot with suicidal ideation, I felt like it was too glorifying and just truly cruel.. the show DID do it a bit more justice, by actually introducing us to each individual etc and how they felt and feel after the suicide... but netflix did delete the actual scene tho I heard?? Bc that was INSANELY graphic for no obvious reason???
You should react to the Euphoria special part 1! Where Rue spends the episode talking with her sponsor in a diner at Christmas, and how they discuss her issues with the 12 step program, and tbh I have always felt so uncomfortable with that program? Bc if you read all the steps, it's all about higher powers.. and I've been hospitalized in the US in a psych ward, and forced to attend AA/NA, and the people who came from outside, addicts who had been clean for xx number of years... the way they spoke kinda annoyed me.. like they gave all credit to God etc for being sober?? Idk, if I had an addiction and managed to stay sober, I'd like to have SOME credit in it... like God did not have to suffer those 24 hrs every single day, that was me.. so maybe react to that, and give an opinion on AA/AN and the 12 steps program? I know it's not as common in Europe, but I've heard people be introduced to it when in rehab... but idk, many young people feel disconnected from that because they make it out to be super religious... like the general idea is good, but still it's all about finding that higher power, embracing it and being thankful for it that it saved you? As a queer person who had a bad relationship with religion, I find that very off turning.. idk tho..
The nose spray, is called nasal narcan spray and it is used to try and reverse opioid drug over doses and glad your country is making in more accessible to people!
I can relate so much
I've been batteling panic attacks and anxiety for 5 ywars and sometimes it gets better sometimes it gets worse .. sometimes its rly bad. I think i will never be treated and that thought makes me really depressed
I am on the UK train for Xanax. My doc always tried to give it to me but it never made sense. Have a panic attack and pop a pill that takes 30 minutes to work? What’s the point? It’s over by then. I’d rather take a maintenance med.
the only time a consider Xanax is if I am entering known situations where I will have panic attacks, like taking a long flight.
xanax actually works within 15 minutes where as people who are generally anxious all the time benefit greatly from klonopin which takes 30-45 min to work and works for 36 hours
you have to react to the pilot episode of RIVERDALE would love to hear what you have to say about it!
My sister had a panic attack (which we though was a seizure at the time)
And they gave her Ativan to calm her down
it would be really interesting to see you react to mr robot!
….”don’t do this…..ever.” I don’t know squat and this is not my problem but I think someone like you has just helped and saved a lot of people out there…..many thanks
Finally. I’ve been trying to find someone who mentioned the fact that they diagnosed Rue with so many mental disorders when she was so young 😂 they refused to diagnose me with bipolar disorder till I was 16. I obviously was bipolar but they made me wait cause they wanted to make sure.
I have BPD, OCD, and generalized anxiety disorder. I had been diagnosed and re-diagnosed so many times, medication switched so many times, over the course of 7 years (2007-2014). Listening to you, now has me wondering if I was heavily affected by my medication. I felt worse, not better. After giving birth, postpartum depression was added to the list, and my long list of pills was minimized to just one. Still didn’t help. I’ve switched to cannabis.
It may be interesting for you to react to the documentary “they call us monsters”
Hey doc. I love you and your videos! Can you please react to 13 Reasons Why season 4 episode 6 when Clay has a breakdown? That would be really insightful, coming from you. Thank you!
14:42 How about looking into pop-rock/alt rock songs themed around mental distress or illness and drug use & dependency like my favorite, The Rolling Stones' Mother's Little Helper OR from The Who's Tommy - The Acid Queen, or, more recently, Nine Inch Nails' Hurt? A lot of these songs have resurfaced in recent years in shows and movies like Desperate Housewives (Mother's Little Helper) or Train Spotting (there's too many to count because this movie is basically about heroin use and addiction in the Punk Rock scene in the UK).
I think you would thoroughly enjoy doing The Leftovers. It may be the best look into greif and even mental illness ever on screen.
When I get deep into my depression, I literally hold my pee because I physically don’t feel like I can get up. I don’t take a shower as often as I should. I just don’t take care of myself and I end up feeling so so gross when I come out of my depression and it makes me hate myself.. because I don’t understand why I can’t just FORCE myself to do those simple things, like everyone tells me to, but my brain and my body just aren’t connecting the right way. I still have panic attacks and think I’m legitimately going to die, I still go to the hospital when it’s happening, then I feel so stupid because I KNOW I’m not dying… My brain tricks me into thinking I’m literally dying. It’s quite awful. My doctor basically explained my depression/anxiety disorder like a computer’s wires getting crossed or not connecting the right way. So my brain’s chemicals are going crazy and my medicine helps adjust the chemicals. It took awhile for me too find a doctor that didn’t just hand out medicine like candy and find one that gave me ONE medication that worked, once we found the right dosage. I’m 28 now and have been dealing with anxiety, depression, OCD (intrusive thoughts), depression, and PTSD since I was VERY young. PTSD happened when I was 6 and just kept getting worse (childhood sexual abuse), started having issues with anxiety when I was 9-10, and depression/intrusive thoughts at 12. I’m finally doing much better, but still have my days (or weeks)… just not as often at all.
I appreciate avoiding scenes because of potential triggers. 👍🏻
For instance, I haven't finished the movie Joker because I got a trigger not even 30 minutes in.