The Conservative Propaganda of Dr Phil

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  • @unimoose
    @unimoose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5315

    The point of DrPhil and clinical talk shows is not to help anyone. It's to shame, ridicule, and mock those in undesirable circumstances for the purpose of entertainment

    • @nightengalesdreams4049
      @nightengalesdreams4049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      You wanna know what's funny? When I was like 8 or 9 years old, I dubbed him the "Drama Doctor," based off how often he seemed to argue with the people he brought onto the show and made them cry. I hated watching him. My mom used to watch him sometimes. I wonder if she stopped watching him around that time. I don't really remember

    • @vriskaserket1120
      @vriskaserket1120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Nail on the head. It’s like Jerry Springer, but with a veneer of “self-help”

    • @PM-xu2nq
      @PM-xu2nq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      What you're saying is pretty much true, although I think your phrasing runs the risk of making it out to be more intentionally nefarious than it is.
      A large part of of his show is shaming and ridiculing the nuerodivergent and those whose behaviour is considered abnormal or undesirable. This is the result of making a spectacle of therapy & psychology in a society which doesn't understand and disapproves of difference.
      However, as big Joel said, if there's one good thing he's done it has been to destigmatise/demystify mental illness to some extent. This doesn't make up for the bad he does, I only note it to show that his only concern is to make a spectacle of these issues, then morally the cards fall where they may.
      The question of whether he's doing good or bad for these individuals or representation more widely is irrelevant, because the point of this show is purely to be a moneymaking spectacle. That's why there's some good, a lot of bad, a lot of whatever.
      I'm not saying this in defense of Phil McGraw and his 21st Century freakshow. It's problematic enough that he insults theraputic practice by paying it lip service in the name of rank, profiteering spectacle.
      It's inherently disrespectful to the pursuit and those who need it, and in a society with a healthy relationship to neurodivergence it just wouldn't happen.
      He's a TV Presenter masquerading as a clinician to make money of feeding into the public'ss perception of what psychotherapy is, which involves pandering to all their moral and ideological biases.
      I'm saying this because I think it's more effective to levy criticism at it for what it is.
      Saying "the point is to shame" gives the idea that Phil wakes up tenting his fingers cackling to himself while he plots how he's gonna make the crazies suffer today.
      I know this isn't what you mean, but it's very easily read this way, especially by those who aren't inclined to agree with you.
      If you're seen to be demonising him personally as evil, it's easier for them to write you off, despite the fact that, put differently, your argument might penetrate.
      Instead, I think it's better to say that Phil (and those like him) is just running a modern freakshow under the guise of therapy, that it's insulting to the craft and does no good for anyone aside from fattening his wallet. Reducing the idea of therapy to gawking and spectacle.
      The length of my comment might make it seem that I disagree more substantively than I do (soz, I'm long winded) but I just wanted to point this out.

    • @xbaker3868
      @xbaker3868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It’s a human zoo with narratives

    • @OneLegFlamingo1
      @OneLegFlamingo1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@PM-xu2nq "He's a TV Presenter masquerading as a clinician to make money of feeding into the public's perception of what psychotherapy is, which involves pandering to all their moral and ideological biases." Really like the way you phrased that. It's a good summary of Joel's video.

  • @casperjones8476
    @casperjones8476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2546

    I grew up on Dr Phil. My mother loved him. He wrongly pathologizes his victims and encourages his audience to do the same and draw their own conclusions on how they would handle this situation. Usually these are stay at home or evening shift working parents. My mother would use his techniques against me, and hoo boy was it scarring. I still catch myself pathologizing people around me because of the residual bullshit from him.

    • @ghoulishtoad
      @ghoulishtoad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      its true, i have a very similar mother. she is a working woman who is gone most of the day and has for most of me and my siblings life. because of this comment i have realized he kinda has impacted her rhetoric towards me. My mom tries her damn hardest but i can tell she really doesnt understand a lot of my autistic tendencies. its very hurtful having this rhetoric used against you and my mom has said some things that are very Dr Philly and those are the words that cut very deep

    • @LaVictoireRosee
      @LaVictoireRosee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I'm sorry that happened to you. But you're awesome to be able to recognize it. Half the work is acknowledging the problem. 🖤

    • @KalinTheZola
      @KalinTheZola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I started to learn to use his tactics against my mom when she was trying to use them against me and blame literally everything I did on her being my mom lol
      It wasn't a fun time in either direction really.

    • @Phreemunny
      @Phreemunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      It’s red meat for the arm-chair psychologist. Dr Phil is loved by those who think “I could totally be a psychologist without the schooling; no problem.” It is the modern day equivalent of putting someone in stocks in the public square

    • @theosophicalwatermelons8181
      @theosophicalwatermelons8181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      My parents pathologizing like that towards me is one of the primary reasons I try to avoid talking to them.

  • @EveCat2343
    @EveCat2343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4332

    If I remember correctly, he says Diamond was banned from the Salvation Army shelters nation wide, as if that was proof she was a terrible out of control person. As if the Salvation Army hasn't banned trans people from their shelters simply because they were trans before.

    • @maxgrozema1093
      @maxgrozema1093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +404

      Who wants to stay with Salvation Army anyway? Their organization in my country got a sexual abuse lawsuit.

    • @fukpoeslaw3613
      @fukpoeslaw3613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@maxgrozema1093 Netherlands? Spain?

    • @maxgrozema1093
      @maxgrozema1093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      @@fukpoeslaw3613 Netherlands indeed

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Uhh, Salvos is a huge conglomerate from Britain which has many international divisions. But, all of you can tell me that the American division is amongst both the worst and the most infamous worldwide. And I can tell all of you that the Kiwi and Aussie divisions, while still pretty bad, are not as ridiculous.

    • @Taeerom
      @Taeerom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      I view the Salvation Army about equally as I do organizations such as Hamas. Extremist religous organizations, with both horrible views on a number of things, while still being committed to provide for struggling people. They do, no joke, provide very real material relief to a lot of people. They do a lot of good, really.
      But man, are they still horrible people.

  • @JJ-xj9xq
    @JJ-xj9xq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1064

    "Pushing through even when you're tired" is something I do on a regular basis and surprise surprise, I'm burnt out.

    • @katraena5225
      @katraena5225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Oh i bet youre having FUN

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just work yourself to death it builds character

    • @kendallmonge649
      @kendallmonge649 ปีที่แล้ว

      That kind of burnout is especially difficult for neurodivergent people to work through. In my opinion, that second guy was clearly neurodivergent and struggling with mental illness, but Dr. Phil has no solutions for that because conservative propaganda says that if you can't dedicate your life 24/7 to feeding into capitalists' pockets like "normal people," you're worthless and need to "pull yourself up by your bootstraps."

    • @TopEye64
      @TopEye64 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Okay, a bit of a vent here from trauma I've mostly healed from, but still have mental scars from: I was consistently verbally abused by my theatre director. She would blame other's mistakes on me, make my job as tech as difficult as possible, didn't recognize the fact that I had to get used to new cues and couldn't just immediately pick them up, and didn't respect the fact I had figured out a system that she refused to learn (and I learned it by myself). I just had to deal with that for months, and I got so burnt-out that I started hallucinating

    • @AeonKnigh432
      @AeonKnigh432 ปีที่แล้ว

      He basically goes "You're depressed? Having you tried sucking it the fuck up?"

  • @oceandevil514
    @oceandevil514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4269

    "youre a 48 year old virgin" who cares? mans doesn't seem bothered by it- honestly he seems happy with his life

    • @athath2010
      @athath2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Well, he's happy with his life now, but will he be happy with his life in the future when his source of income dies and he can no longer maintain his dog lifestyle? I think if Dr. Phil had framed getting a job as being a way to prepare for the future and continue being able to live your (dog) life in a comfortable manner (instead of just saying that not having a job is badwrongno), that would have been more persuasive to Boomer. Perhaps he did in the actual episode, I haven't seen it.

    • @oceandevil514
      @oceandevil514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      @@athath2010 well honestly you can't say what would be more compromisable or persuasive to boomer since youre not boomer, if he feels he needs to change he probably will but for now he seems pretty ok with his lifestyle and choices and seems like a happy person outwardly tbh.

    • @oceandevil514
      @oceandevil514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @@athath2010 honestly- he could quite literally be worse- its not like hes trying to touch kids or harm anyone, hes harmless and happh

    • @bdaarmy9736
      @bdaarmy9736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@athath2010 Yeah like you care, and ain't just saying that to hate. Nice try though

    • @spookyho5994
      @spookyho5994 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      For real, just leave the guy alone. I also like how that’s simultaneously denying the existence of Asexuality, because of course

  • @maggieann6437
    @maggieann6437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9137

    The amount of times he puts abusers and victims in the same room, blind siding the victims is horrifying.

    • @mariahsheehy5917
      @mariahsheehy5917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +751

      Yeah, it's like the abuse version of the "both sides" argument. Like it's just a misunderstanding that needs to be worked out.

    • @wanttobeaspaceface5486
      @wanttobeaspaceface5486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      most of it is acting for the sake of viewers

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Poor old Shelly Duvall, the woman who made both live action Popeye and the shining by Warner Bros world famous, she got abused by Dr Phil so badly.

    • @elinszelkinaholdvolgyi7156
      @elinszelkinaholdvolgyi7156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      As a survivor, it's a nightmare to watch. Also, he treats trauma as if it can be treated by just wanting to stop hurting and not functioning. Trauma causes addiction for example, and Phil treats people, as if it was as simple as "putting in the work". Push through, you know. Stop stuffing down your pain, stop being so sick that you can't work. It's the mental health equivalent of rich people saying "if you're homeless, just buy a house, why do you want to be poor, I don't get it"

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      I wish Joel had examined the episodes with the families of murder victims. They're really revealing of the character of Dr Phil, the lack of empathy he shows is insane.

  • @jav8094
    @jav8094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2418

    How does “Dr” Phil not understand that laughing is a coping mechanism lmao he’s such a quack it’s insane that he continues to have a platform

    • @Chelaxim
      @Chelaxim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Many in the mental health field are totally perplexed at the idea of nervous laughter.

    • @reform-revolution
      @reform-revolution 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      his degree is apparently outdated and he was discredited some time ago

    • @MikkiManson13
      @MikkiManson13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@reform-revolution I think you mean his license, which he stopped renewing in 2006?

    • @fallingpetunias9046
      @fallingpetunias9046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Dr Phil: "What's so funny about that?"
      Most people: "Well, he has an obvious problem that's destroying his life and the lives around him that we feel utterly helpless to try and solve and no one we've spoken with seems to have any better advice, so it's become this horrible joke of an existence to us. We've stopped being able to mourn this problem and get sad at every turn, so we've taken to laughing it off to guard ourselves against the true horror of what is before us."
      Dr Phil: "Have you tried to not?"

    • @dougthedonkey1805
      @dougthedonkey1805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      He’s not a therapist, he’s a performer

  • @mausoleion_
    @mausoleion_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1637

    when I was a teenager my mom thought it would be a good idea to put me on dr. phil because I was depressed, neurodivergent, transgender, dressed alternative and MOST IMPORTANTLY was disobedient and underachieved in school. the team actually responded to her application with interest but thankfully my dad is smart and told her absolutely fucking not

    • @sjclips9107
      @sjclips9107 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gross

    • @ToothpasteIsGettingExpensive
      @ToothpasteIsGettingExpensive ปีที่แล้ว +71

      LATE AFFF BUT S/O YOOO DAD

    • @mushroomy9899
      @mushroomy9899 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      you just like me fr, but parents reversed?

    • @PostBASH
      @PostBASH ปีที่แล้ว +89

      My grandparents think I’m insane because I’m gay, so that’s something they would definitely do, and if they do… I’m bagging the money.

    • @ToothpasteIsGettingExpensive
      @ToothpasteIsGettingExpensive ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PostBASH is being gay the reason you’re insane or is there another reason?

  • @elizabuga4337
    @elizabuga4337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1744

    You know how HARD it is to get to a point like Brandon where you say “ok, and how do I do that?” when you’re confronted with shortcomings? He is ready to get help, he needs help, but is completely hitting a wall. I hope he is in a better place these days.

    • @midnightnyx261
      @midnightnyx261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +302

      It really pissed me off that he was literally asking for help and he wasn't given a single good resource to get that help and was just given meaningless platitudes.

    • @mygoodfriendcosmo
      @mygoodfriendcosmo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      there’s not much that makes me as angry as that clip of him actively asking dr phil HOW to get better, and him just responding with “do it right now get better fix it” as if that’ll just… make it all okay?? i’ve been in that position before (although to a lesser degree) and it’s not fun to just have someone ignore you while bluntly telling you to just undo all your mental illness

    • @ezekielbenavides2740
      @ezekielbenavides2740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      It really hurt me personally as someone with the same sort of mental illness. The whiplash between hypomania and depression means I can't work full time. At least I can do part time and gig work etc. If he WANTS to work he needs to be helped in finding a position that could actually work with his psychological schedule. Or did they even discuss meds? Sleep meds have literally been the difference between totally crashing via sleep deprivation and passing as essentially neutotypical during many periods of my life.

    • @smashing-3291
      @smashing-3291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@midnightnyx261 What do you mean he wasn't given a single good resource? "You wake up in the morning" don't you? - Dr. Phil prob

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@mygoodfriendcosmo not to mention phil completely invalidating him by acting like he doesn't believe him

  • @McJaews
    @McJaews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4662

    Brandon: "I'm clinically depressed. There's a hormonal imbalance in my brain that makes me incapable of mustering the courage and mental power to make progress in my life. Every day is slow, agonizing and humiliating. Every friend I've ever had has left me either because of my manic episodes, my constant wallowing in my own depression, my long periods of not communicating, or most likely a mixture of all of the above. I'm a failure to everyone around me, even my own parents, and the reason I seek out creative outlets and dream of working in a dynamic field such as rap music production or movies, is because I only ever feel alive when I'm manic. I'm so desperate that I agreed to come on television to try to get help even though it's humiliating. Please, Dr. Phil, help me!"
    Dr. Phil: "Fuck... I don't know, maybe get a second alarm clock so you can wake up early."
    Brandon: "Thank you, I now know what to do."

    • @ieatatsonic
      @ieatatsonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +446

      Just like every bad therapist I've had. I related to Brandon super hard and hope he was able to find someone actually good to talk to.

    • @k.morningstar7983
      @k.morningstar7983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      have you tried
      *Democracy* (tm)
      try Democracy today. warning: too much Democracy can lead to: male-pattern baldness, transphobia, generalized othering, ableism, self-aggrandization, cringe inducing levels of aggresive masculinity, sexual obsessiveness

    • @luffyduffy7817
      @luffyduffy7817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      *audience claps*

    • @insaneartist5294
      @insaneartist5294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ieatatsonic Sounds like your bipolar, you should look into that more

    • @sawtellestudios1131
      @sawtellestudios1131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      Brandon so obviously has Bipolar disorder and the fact that no one even CARED to notice that. I mean he's 35 and his parents or no one else tried to get him help for his very obvious disorder?

  • @gp8189
    @gp8189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1107

    There is a reason Dr Phil rarely does follow-up episodes. His sole goal, his grift, is to parade people in front of an audience to make the audience feel normal and then give feckless bootstraps-adjacent advice that actionably helps no one. That's why he doesn't do the follow-ups. Its not about helping anyone, its a modern day carnival show.

    • @Rasafrag
      @Rasafrag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      And the Dr. Phil family was a yearly trainwreck of immense proportions. It's been about seven years since he had them on. Look them up, and weep over the fact that at least four innocent children were born into that hellish kaleidoscope.

    • @Chelaxim
      @Chelaxim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maury has a better track record with updates.

    • @natalyrausch
      @natalyrausch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just like TLC

    • @sam3524
      @sam3524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He does sometimes do follow ups, but yeah at its core the show is pretty much just entertainment

  • @houseplant-witch
    @houseplant-witch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1404

    dr phil is like my conservative grandfather who thinks that saying “just don’t be upset,” is gonna fix my autistic meltdowns.

    • @antipsychotic451
      @antipsychotic451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      on the topic of autism, i feel the "just get a job and work or else you're a lazy parasite" is really harmful to people with autism or other disabilities that make it legitimately hard to work and hold down a job. this society really leaves people like us behind

    • @houseplant-witch
      @houseplant-witch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@antipsychotic451 yeah exactly. its hard for a lot of us to have jobs, and the notion that we should 'just get over it' and 'stop being lazy' is absolutely absurd.

    • @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp
      @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "autistic meltdowns"

    • @notNajimi
      @notNajimi ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@GeldUndKokaine-kc1hpyeah? Your issue is? That’s a common thing being described in a common way

    • @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp
      @GeldUndKokaine-kc1hp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@notNajimi >a common thing

  • @techwiz81
    @techwiz81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2367

    Dr. Phil’s whole thing is “tough love” and giving people “reality checks”, he’s not interested in addressing actual mental health problems

    • @refundreplay
      @refundreplay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Why would anyone with ACTUAL mental health issues go to a television show for ACTUAL help?

    • @whiteface513abandonedchann8
      @whiteface513abandonedchann8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      @@refundreplay they don't chose to. They have actual issues, but someone else gets them up for the show usually because they're the abuser and it empowers them

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      @@refundreplay also, all healthcare is such a fucking joke in this country (especially mental health) that somebody might think it's their only chance to get help or at least be heard. And loosely in the popular culture, Dr Phil does have a certain reputation of being helpful to people. (Incorrectly so, obviously.)

    • @OnlyAUsername
      @OnlyAUsername 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      People who base large parts of their personality around being "brutally honest" tend to enjoy the brutality more than they care about the honesty.

    • @JJ-qo7th
      @JJ-qo7th 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His actual whole thing is maintaining the grift so conservative assholes keep tuning in.

  • @averymartin1327
    @averymartin1327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    Diamond's brother demands respect but puts his sister down every chance he gets and none of the rest of her family are seeming to defend her from it.

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      A massive hypocrite. Demands respect, unwilling to respect his sister enough to call her a woman when she asks him to.

    • @totallynotanaccountonyoutube
      @totallynotanaccountonyoutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@Bluecho4 Sounds like basically a lot of parents and entitled people-- Gods I hear that every day and I still don't understand how they can sit and say they're not a hypocrite.

    • @bb010g
      @bb010g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Doctor Phil won't defend her from it either.

    • @jolly_39
      @jolly_39 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Diamond's brother acts like a typical conservative: Arrogant, abusive and aggressive.

  • @ald7282
    @ald7282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    I love how this man is clearly describing a textbook case of bipolar disorder, and dr. "mental health expert" phil is just telling him to get up in the morning instead of recommending therapies, medications, diet changes, or literally ANYTHING.

    • @hyacinth1320
      @hyacinth1320 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      TEXT. BOOK.

    • @universal_hyssoap
      @universal_hyssoap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      its actually more similar to type 2 because the manic phases seem to improve his functioning rather than decrease them i think

    • @tto198
      @tto198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      What I wonder is why didn't Dr. Phil's telehealth company evaluate and diagnose him for free before he came on the show? As far as I know, Dr. Phil let his license to practice expire and is now a Dr. only by virtue of his degree. What meaningful advice does he expect to give people if part of their success requires a diagnosis and treatment plan they don't have, may not know they need, and that he's not licensed to provide? Having on guests in need of a conflict mediator or life coach makes sense, but not sure what point there is in dispensing generic "tough love, common sense" advice to guests who have an unaddressed illness or disorder.

    • @singerofsongss
      @singerofsongss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      holy shit i think i just figured out why my mom says some of the things she does

    • @riverdaisy4215
      @riverdaisy4215 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly I’m guessing the most he could possibly do is recommend going to therapy cuz idk if he can legally recommend medication or diet changes

  • @Joe90h
    @Joe90h ปีที่แล้ว +186

    Diamond's brother's whole "I'm not transphobic, but" routine is just so exhausting. But the fact Dr Phil didn't once challenge him speaks volumes. Maybe twenty or thirty years ago we could choose to define transphobia as only the more extreme actions, when this show was filmed people would see right through that guy's transphobia.
    In the UK recently a young trans girl teenager was violently attacked and killed. A newspaper dead named her, and other newspapers actively refused to mention anywhere in their coverage that she was trans. They referred to her as she, they used her correct name, but did not mention that she was trans under the facade that it "wasn't relevent". Which is absurd, because even if the attack was not motivated by her being trans, it is still a detail, as much as her name, where the attack happened, the time it happened. Regardless of whether or not transphobia played a part in the attack, it was so transparently playing a part in the subsequent coverage.

    • @disposable_income_andy
      @disposable_income_andy ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It literally is just "i'm not transphobic, BUT," i couldn't have put it into better words myself. Also I'm pretty sure it was revealed the attackers were all minors around 13-16, that is if we're talking about the same poor girl. Unfortunately I and probably many others only know her from the disgusting Twomad post.

    • @Joe90h
      @Joe90h ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@disposable_income_andy Yeah, the age of the attackers is why this general, blanket refusal to see the smaller actions as transphobia and therefore hate speech/crimes felt relevent to bring up.
      It really feels like we're heading towards a future where countries us in the West might have once referred to as 'less developed' or 'culturally outdated' will respect trans people more than we do and ironically being more pious is probably the reason why.

  • @azzy6687
    @azzy6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5102

    Who would've guessed Boomer The Dog would be one of the strongest characters in the Philverse by sheer virtue of not giving half a fuck.

  • @MegaProto
    @MegaProto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2307

    Boomer showing up in this video fucking threw me. I had to pause. "Wait a minute, I recognize them," I thought. I did. They are a semi-regular customer at a store I work.
    He's almost always smiling and seems to enjoy life. Very positive and nice to interact with. It just was so surreal to see someone I think of as "one of my the more unusual customers I see at my store" show up as a clip at the start of this video.

    • @bedtimerat
      @bedtimerat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      that is sweet to hear, I'm glad he's doing well :)

    • @codcrewhigh5372
      @codcrewhigh5372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Yoo that’s crazy man

    • @linearlps3352
      @linearlps3352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      thats crazy where you from

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      How dr phil treats him made me feel so gross.
      Who cares phil? What's wrong with feeling like a dog & living one's life like that?
      Even if it's untrue and "only in his head" where is the harm? Because it's "weird?" Dr Phil is way fucking weirder. Has he seen his own home?

    • @johncenaplayingstarcraft9580
      @johncenaplayingstarcraft9580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@EmeraldLavigne i know. boomer seems so sweet. like, he's not trying to do beastiality, force himself on others, nor anything else bad.
      I just want to give him a hug and tell him he's gonna be okay. He doesn't deserve bullying.

  • @pseudonym9238
    @pseudonym9238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    Brandon was so genuinely lost in life and looking for help but still ended up just being turned into fodder for the "bootstraps" routine. He deserved better.

    • @shaniquequaeakin564
      @shaniquequaeakin564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I wanted to hug Brandon honestly.

    • @shaniquequaeakin564
      @shaniquequaeakin564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wanted to hug Brandon honestly.

    • @summerd7534
      @summerd7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I know. 😞 Hopefully he’s seeing a REAL therapist now

    • @lanew1995
      @lanew1995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      This one made me genuinly sad bc everybody thinks he's the problem. I suffer from bipolar and it can really make having a stable job hard and I'm lucky to have one w/ a flexible schedule like I do. I hope he's getting help!

    • @DeadKraken
      @DeadKraken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lanew1995 True. So many things in life can be difficult to keep or take care of with certain mental illnesses, and many times people simply shame and guilt the person for something they cannot control. I lost count of the times I've being called names and shamed for my "laziness" for something I later discovered to be undiagnosed ADHD and PTSD. It makes me genuinely angry to see someone supposed to be a "professional" kick a person when they are already down and in evident need of help, for some cheap cheers.
      Fuck Phil and his narcissistic idiotic old ass.

  • @AdamOfIngolstadt
    @AdamOfIngolstadt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    I'm glad Boomer is happy, but it says a lot that Phil's more concerned about Boomer's virginity than that Boomer might have internalized dehumanization issues. Not saying He does, but it's weird that Phil doesn't even acknowledge a possible psychological trauma, and instead focuses on Boomer not having a job.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      It's crazy his virginity is even an issue. He should get to the core of Boomer's inability to live on his own.

    • @KepchupPacket
      @KepchupPacket ปีที่แล้ว +56

      SERIOUSLY!!!! As someone who is agender and was called an *alien* , I would have KILLED for someone to talk to me about My own feelings and what being my own person was TO ME. And what it meant. I wouldn't have struggled for *nearly* as long as I did (3-4 years).

    • @JJ-qo7th
      @JJ-qo7th ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Phil is signalling to a conservative audience. Calling someone out for not having sex appeals much more to such an audience than to a mixed or non-conservative audience.

    • @royfox2010
      @royfox2010 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Wild to me. I'm asexual and was mostly gay when I was 18. My psychiatrist once held me on an hour phone call trying to convince me to go on a date with a girl I barely knew that lived 3 hours away. My problem wasn't her being a girl, it was that there was no justification for dating her.
      These people can be so fucking weird with their similar mind fallacies. Be wary of people who tell you you're not what you think you are. They're projecting so hard.

    • @TetsuDeinonychus
      @TetsuDeinonychus ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@rootfish2671 Yeah, that's nobody's business but Boomer's.

  • @Aspensauce64
    @Aspensauce64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2193

    Family: abuse and mistreat diamond
    Diamond: is rude back
    Family: and we took that personally

    • @RacingSnails64
      @RacingSnails64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      the most frustrating thing. Diamond should dip from that family tbh. so should Brandon.

    • @s.ormgamalson6489
      @s.ormgamalson6489 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Her brother is a huge asshole. I know hes young but still

    • @candy-ninja
      @candy-ninja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@s.ormgamalson6489 I'd disrespect Mitch the bitch too

    • @adeer87
      @adeer87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@candy-ninja
      I wholeheartedly agree.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@s.ormgamalson6489 i can smell the fratbro coming off Diamond's brother thru my phone

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1099

    Brandon: I have untreated classic symptoms of bipolar disorder, a devestating illness that usually requires medication and intensive therapy.
    Dr. Phil: Snap out of it.

    • @iheartjbgccb
      @iheartjbgccb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      "Wake up in the morning 🌄 "

    • @zoeb3573
      @zoeb3573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I was thinking about bipolar disorder the entire time that man was on screen. I'm no professional, but all his symptoms seem to indicate that's what's going on, but everyone's solution for him is.... just be better.

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@zoeb3573
      I do have Bipolar disorder and he was describing my symptoms. If he can get on some decent medication and some therapy he could improve dramatically. Yelling at and shaming someone with bipolar disorder won't do anything.

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@diydylana3151
      True, but I've been diagnosed now for just over a decade and attitudes have actually changed for the better. Like I got a job that is willing to accommodate me and that in of itself has actually had a huge improvement in my stability. Weird how people acknowledging me as a human and understanding my limitations has improved my productivity...

    • @zoeb3573
      @zoeb3573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@wschippr1 Shaming someone with a disorder is never gonna help period, yeah. What saddens me is that I'm seeing a lot of comments agreeing he seems to be bipolar, which means he doesn't have an obscure disorder at all. It should be fairly easy to get him diagnosed and with some decent medicine if the problem is so obvious, and yet... No one in his life can see that and push him in the right direction? Yelling is better? It's really sad to see how the ignorance of those around them can sabotage people even when a way to make their lives a bit easier DOES exist... I'm glad you are receiving the medication and support you need at least.

  • @frauleinfunf
    @frauleinfunf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +555

    Brandon literally described all the classic symptoms of bipolar disorder and “Dr” Phil’s answer is just “we’ll have him checked out but that’s not the issue here”

    • @smirnovamaria9611
      @smirnovamaria9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Yes! He even uses the right words, and it's clear that he did his own research, and his parents are clearly a part of the problem

    • @aarishowton8037
      @aarishowton8037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah it’s EXTREMELY obvious, how ‘Dr.’ Phil, a registered psychologist, couldn’t recognize that this man has undiagnosed and untreated bipolar disorder is ridiculous.

    • @LunaMoth_Love
      @LunaMoth_Love 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yep! That's what I was saying too. I have a lot of these symptoms and it's not just "well get up in the morning." It's much more than that.

    • @TiffyVella1
      @TiffyVella1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep. "Dr" Phil does not give a shit. He is not running his show to actually help anyone in any professional way. He has no idea how to.

    • @gretahunt4401
      @gretahunt4401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikr, I was shocked that Brandon hadn’t been diagnosed with anything, like why didn’t the parents get him checked out instead of going on Dr. Phil?? They look like they can afford to get mentally assessed so why hadn’t they especially when the father suspected mental illness to be behind Brandon’s behaviour.
      It kinda leads you to start wondering if any of it was true bc why would you put your son through the humiliation of Dr. Phil instead of going the rational route of getting him professional help!

  • @catpoke9557
    @catpoke9557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    If you're rude to someone constantly 24/7 on the daily, they're going to be rude to you. Big surprise. Diamond is probably just giving them the same treatment they give her.

    • @chaosincarnate7304
      @chaosincarnate7304 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Mutual abuse is always reactive abuse, so Diamond's family is the problem.

    • @disposable_income_andy
      @disposable_income_andy ปีที่แล้ว +48

      there's not even a "probably" here, it's absolutely what's happening and Dr. Phil immediately hopping onto their bandwagon speaks volumes to his character. it's why Boomer won. there was no one else Phil could bring on, no family members, no surprise appearances. there was no one else to come in and bully Boomer alongside Phil.

  • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
    @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3927

    I feel so bad for that Brandon guy. The man actually admitted to having manic-depressive episodes, and his own parents called him a moocher.
    He poured his soul out in front of a live studio audience on National television about how much pain he’s experiencing, only for Phil to wag his finger at him about being lazy.
    I wonder if he ever got help. I wonder if there’s anybody in his life who’s actually willing to support him.

    • @adamhanson5565
      @adamhanson5565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

      Internalizing that same attitude had me not getting help for myself for years. I still struggle with it, we need to normalize these issues so that people don't get shamed into making themselves worse.

    • @danielwebb5605
      @danielwebb5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +452

      He so clearly has bipolar disorder, and no one was willing to help him. Dr Phil is so clearly not a good therapist

    • @somethingsomething9006
      @somethingsomething9006 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      First May's poll and here lol but I agree, it's clear that he had some real problems, and Phil is only concerned with telling the audience "DON'T be this person!"

    • @ds4251
      @ds4251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      The biggest sign Dr. phil is a hack is Brandon so clearly sounds like he's Bipolar. He needs actual help!

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@ds4251
      Yup, I have bipolar and his situation sounds like mine did.

  • @malinicorrea9379
    @malinicorrea9379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5767

    "You don't have a problem with her being trans?"
    "No I don't have a problem with *him* being trans."
    Yup, checks out, no follow-up questions needed there!

    • @robyntact9251
      @robyntact9251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +427

      Didn't Dr Phil himself misgender her, though?

    • @lucyla9947
      @lucyla9947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      @@liveelbaraka3371 the sociological definition of Gender very clearly shows that Gender is a social construct that is different to Sex, and really Sociology is the field of science to go to in this circumstance, as it is the Study of Society and therefore whether or not gender is a social construct definitely falls into society.

    • @burgaskusdder1594
      @burgaskusdder1594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@liveelbaraka3371 dude why the fuck do you even care. Their just people living their lives contributing to society and living as anyone else is. Why do you care about trans people. There just chillin living their lives and your getting mad at their existence. Their not hurting anyone or anything so what is your point.

    • @liveelbaraka3371
      @liveelbaraka3371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@burgaskusdder1594 it's okay to exist.
      But logic facts and reality also exists.
      Simple as that.
      U can't get around facts bcuz they hurt your "feelings".
      Idiot.

    • @wesleyr.6004
      @wesleyr.6004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +306

      @@liveelbaraka3371 so the problem is that their identity doesn’t align with what you consider logical? Sounds like you might need to consider that your logic might be faulty.

  • @justchilling7712
    @justchilling7712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2600

    God I can’t stand this show. It only exists for the audience to laugh at mentally ill and troubled people to feel better about themselves without feeling like an asshole because it’s “therapy” for the people they laugh at, and even if there’s an episode where they shouldn’t laugh, they’re still handled badly and don’t give anything of value to the “patients” or the audience. It’s the definition of reality TV shows; empty, orchestrated and pointless.

    • @jcdf2
      @jcdf2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Jerry Springer was another example. I never watched such shows.

    • @lid2966
      @lid2966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      THANK YOU yes

    • @bloxyman22
      @bloxyman22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      It is basically exactly like those old "freak shows" you had at circus a long time ago. Just an excuse to laugh and make entertainment out of people who are either ill or different.

    • @Alex-fu4md
      @Alex-fu4md 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It's not even pointless. It's actively harmful for the people on the show, and the viewers who take Dr. Phil's ideology to heart

    • @jordanholt9170
      @jordanholt9170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I never got into shows like Dr. Phil, and looking back at it, the premise seems to be in bad taste. Doing therapy sessions as entertainment rubs me the wrong way because people generally go to therapy because they have deep-seeded issues or have experienced serious trauma. To have people discussing these issues knowing that people are watching and are encouraged to laugh along is uncomfortable.

  • @michaelw6277
    @michaelw6277 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    It’s so hilariously obvious that Brandon is bipolar that I can’t believe that he hasn’t been treated for it. He’s not an idiot, he’s very much able to maintain a conversation and clearly articulate what’s happening to him yet everyone he’s surrounded by fails him over and over again.
    He very, very clearly describes manic to depressive cycles. So yeah no wonder the man is completely crippled, he needs treatment that he’s not receiving.

    • @ofanichan
      @ofanichan ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm been 80% sure that I'm bipolar myself and have constantly have thoughts about it and my life story is.. pretty much identical to Brandon.

    • @OutrageIsNow
      @OutrageIsNow 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ofanichanI hope you got the help you need ❤

  • @Ari-bb3hd
    @Ari-bb3hd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9572

    Dr Phil is like every bad therapist i have had. You have problems? Well have you tried.. not having them

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

      For real. I once had a therapist berate me for “still not even applying for jobs” but she did nothing to help me with my agoraphobia.
      Why go into the profession if you don’t want to help people cope with mental illness?

    • @pigslaundry5593
      @pigslaundry5593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      I'm genuinely so sorry that there are actual therapists out there who are like Dr. Phil.

    • @froggiebeans6928
      @froggiebeans6928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      it's the worst. every therapist i've talked to always says stuff like "so what do you think you could do to fix that?" or "i know it's hard but you just need to do it." and it's just like... i'm there because i need that person's help to do those things, so why are they asking me how to fix it? it can be so frustrating and demotivating

    • @applepie5613
      @applepie5613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      i know what you mean, i used to suffer from insomia and had a pretty bad time at school, so I decided to seek therapy and i was just told to try to calm down before sleeping

    • @ByzantineDarkwraith
      @ByzantineDarkwraith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

      I straight up had a psychologist (who I was doing therapy with, I guess maybe CBT ostensibly?) who recommended a Dennis Prager book (to which I called Prager basically a white nationalist in his impact on the world) and then later when I was crying about my fear of death she said "You're gonna hate me for saying this, but I saw a study that said conservatives are happier overall than liberals." I did one more session out of pure curiosity but after that shit I knew she was useless to me so that was the end of it.

  • @TheClassyCharmeleon
    @TheClassyCharmeleon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2192

    Jole: "If we blur our eyes and look at Dr Phil as a whole, what jumps out at us?"
    Me: "Bald?"

  • @ThoughtSlime
    @ThoughtSlime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8218

    so much of Dr Phil seems to be him having guests on so he can get mad at them for having problems, but if they didn't have problems they wouldn't need his help in the first place?

    • @richardbirch2544
      @richardbirch2544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      No, no. You've got a point.

    • @Owesomasaurus
      @Owesomasaurus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +440

      That and "hey home viewers look at all these freaks and degenerates aren't you glad you're better than them?!?!"
      (See what I did there I tied this into your recent video gee ain't I a clever one)

    • @stephennootens916
      @stephennootens916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      His show from what I have seen feels a good deal like Harry Springer without the fights. It has that same thing were the viewer gets look down at the guests, to know they are no matter what are better than them.

    • @johncronin9540
      @johncronin9540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      “Dr” Phil doesn’t help anyone. He exploits them on television for personal gain. No reputable therapist would expose their patients medical issues with the public.

    • @alanfike
      @alanfike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anyone who actually watches this show (and doesn't judge one or two episodes on the most superficial aspects and make multiple opinion videos about it) recognizes that the patient doesn't run the session. Bailey tried to run the session from the first thing she said in the show. Dr. Phil doesn't meet the guests before the show. Guests only deal with producers before they come for the taping (another thing you'd have to watch the show to know).
      This is really pathetic. You're putting expectation A on a show that does B. Usually, critics expect Dr. Phil to fix the problem, and then criticizes him for not fucking fixing the problem. The show -- again -- if you watched it, spends an hour letting the guests bicker with the host guiding the conversation, as a therapist does, and then at the end Dr. Phil *identifies* the problem, and provides his bag of variously medical partners who no doubt pay him like Oprah. See, Dr. Phil is making money all over the place. He has no reason to make a show to abuse people.
      Please look at how pathetic this whole thing is. You all don't even watch his show. You've watched *an* episode and expect that you know the game, like it's a gameshow. It's actually a very helpful show.

  • @kyoyameganebereznoff
    @kyoyameganebereznoff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Disclaimer: I do not experience mania and I do not know how it feels; I do not have a mental illness with that symptom. However, as a person with ADHD and depression, Brandon’s story broke my heart. Being told you’re lazy when you’re miserable is horrible.

  • @audreyw2581
    @audreyw2581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2679

    brandon’s story hit too hard... being told you’re lazy after struggling day after day. it’s so painful

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      I was severely abused and have spent like a decade taking opioids to avoid dealing with it. Now I'm clean, I'm dealing with all the misery, depression and nightmares I spent so long avoiding.

    • @leobeboop4944
      @leobeboop4944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      @@medes5597 well done for being clean that's something to be very proud of I hope you are doing ok!

    • @tierrabutler3577
      @tierrabutler3577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I think Brandon is trying hard and based on the clips I think he is trying hard and that is to stay mentally afloat.

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@tierrabutler3577 From the sounds of it he may have undiagnosed bipolar disorder...

    • @willowtdog6449
      @willowtdog6449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@medes5597 I hope you are properly proud of yourself not only for being clean, but for working on the issues that underly your addiction. That's really difficult work! Good on you!

  • @ryancier
    @ryancier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6146

    I feel like this show exists for parents to scapegoat their children, who are suffering mentally, from, likely, toxic family dynamics.

    • @phoebexxlouise
      @phoebexxlouise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +408

      Yeah I mean any parents willing to subject their child to national attention over their problems and wants to criticise them on tv and have Phil back them up is... A toxic parent.

    • @undercoverspy123
      @undercoverspy123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      As someone with a drug addict mother whos neglected / abused the shit out of me as a child with her behavior, I can confirm, she sits there and goes "LOOK AT HOW ABUSIVE THIS PERSON IS I"DE NEVER BE LIKE THAT, AND LOOK AT HOW SHAMEFUL THIS CHILD IS" for hours on ends, she might of dropped her pills, but she still smokes weed all day and watches dr.phil to pretend her behavior is normal.

    • @tonkuriihq8133
      @tonkuriihq8133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      yeah, my mom is a manipulator and just being on a show for an hour is no way the full story. if any parents are like my mother, they can twist it so the kid sounds like they're the bad one.

    • @yoshikhurazi1769
      @yoshikhurazi1769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ​@meow mama Not the OP but what is the meaning of this line of questioning, exactly? Being doped up 24/7 is not a conducive state for attentive responsible parenting. The most I can say is that it's probably better than being drunk 24/7 but that's a rather low bar to cross.

    • @yoshikhurazi1769
      @yoshikhurazi1769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @meow mama Whoa, how did you guess that someone who watches Big Joel is weird and that people have told this to them before? You must be Jesus.

  • @God_gundam36
    @God_gundam36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6699

    "I'm suffering from severe mental and physical illnesses"
    Docter phil
    "Your a virgin yes, You have no friends, tell me why don't you get a job?"

    • @Rasafrag
      @Rasafrag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +402

      As he breaks his arm patting himself on the back.

    • @Phreemunny
      @Phreemunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +540

      Leave it to Phil to fuck up even when his client is hand delivering and gift wrapping the diagnosis for him.

    • @rebeccatoday
      @rebeccatoday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      @@Phreemunny literally!!! the guy made it so simple for him and phil said “the key to a helpful diagnosis? not for me, thanks.”

    • @emmettm.975
      @emmettm.975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      To quote Dr Phil "narcistic Bitch"

    • @ubuu7
      @ubuu7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/iVgKU0tefFs/w-d-xo.html

  • @debleb166
    @debleb166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Honestly Boomer is the kind of individual I wanna be. It's great to be so unapolagetically yourself and not take any shit even though people think it's weird or creepy.

  • @RunningEagle2011
    @RunningEagle2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    I remember the moment in my childhood where I lost all respect for Dr. Phil (something I had since my parents were religious Phil watchers each day). That moment was when Phil berated a college aged woman for watching cartoons and sleeping with a childhood blanket... that's when I was like, what's wrong with that? She's happy and not hurting anyone, why should she change if she's happy with her life?
    That's when I realized that Phil was no different than Jerry Springer or Steve Wilkos, he was actually much worse. At least Jerry and Steve know what they are, Phil puts on a show to deceive people that he's more knowledgeable and respectable than all other hosts. That he has a medically back perspective... when in reality it's nothing but hollow advice for people that he wants to parade on stage for views.

    • @imzabatch
      @imzabatch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      I've never watched the show but from this video and this comment he does seem to just be saying, "This person is WEIRD. There MUST be something wrong with them. I'm a doctor." as the premise for every episode.

    • @RunningEagle2011
      @RunningEagle2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@imzabatch that's pretty much the show, it's a pomp and circumstance parade to showcase his "credentials." He's pretty much a narcissist in the sense that he believes his opinion is the only right opinion... and when challenged on that, he kicks guests off. Look up a clip of the show where a guy comes on dressed up as Dr. Phil. Its both hilarious in that Phil was pissed and that it reveals how ridiculous the show is.

    • @theweehooyeah
      @theweehooyeah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That moment for me was when an out-of-control teen said she was sexually abused by her mom's boyfriend, and Phil told her to stop lying. Flames... flames on the side of my face

    • @RunningEagle2011
      @RunningEagle2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@theweehooyeah

    • @NinjaDoilyn
      @NinjaDoilyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@theweehooyeah Yeah, that kinda content is when I realized who Phil is: Just another shitty grifter who confirms and validates cruel and awful beliefs.

  • @annaarkless5822
    @annaarkless5822 3 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    as someone with similar issues to brandon, if someone asked "show me something you've accomplished" it would fucking destroy me.

    • @EmeraldLavigne
      @EmeraldLavigne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Part of me suspects that was the point of him saying it.
      Break him & make him hit bottom so he'll stop choosing to be a lazy tool.
      Instead of, you know, a literal medical diagnosis that's existed for LITERALLY decades with clearly indentified treatments.
      (Not that doing treatment, recovery, and living with bipolar are clear or easy. But the treatment has been identified & spelled out. Fuck Dr Phil, fuck his whole generation, and fuck that whole mentality.)

    • @darlalathan6143
      @darlalathan6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@EmeraldLavigne, Of course, treating Brandon's bipolar disorder might also result in him going on disability and moving into an assisted living apartment and never needing to work again, lol!

    • @ThanhTriet600
      @ThanhTriet600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@EmeraldLavigne Dr. Phil doesn't care about the guests on his show. He just cherry picks their issues so he can create a villain to mock and shame because he knows its what his audience wants.

    • @Kickiusz
      @Kickiusz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't know if that'll help (probably not, but fuck it), but you've accomplished being a decent, compassionate person who tries to understand other people's problems instead of just judging them like, for example, doctor Phil does. I know you didn't ask for opinions, but being a better person than someone that a lot of people treat like a moral guardian of sorts is an accomplishment in my book.

    • @shlorbleflorbnad6927
      @shlorbleflorbnad6927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Darla Lathan thatd be sick

  • @X3I213
    @X3I213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    Man, I feel so bad for Brandon. He clearly needs professional help and the whole thing about his family calling him a moocher and ignoring his obvious mental health issues hits way too close to home.

    • @KEVBOYMUSIC
      @KEVBOYMUSIC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I feel that

    • @totallynotanaccountonyoutube
      @totallynotanaccountonyoutube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      He describes the exact things that me and a few other people diagnosed with Bipolar dealt with and still deal with. It fits to the T exactly what it is and the fact the so called therapist jabs at him for being "lazy" shows how idiotic and fake he is--

    • @ehsn
      @ehsn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It was almost a verbatim description of what some bipolar disorders are. That guy needs a doctor, not some charlatan telling him to just get a job without therapy and then deal with the original problem and the ones that going in the wild unprepared will add on top.

    • @Clara-eu3mp
      @Clara-eu3mp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Within about a minute of him describing his state of mind, I was thinking he seemed exactly like my bipolar loved ones.

    • @bluejohnnyd
      @bluejohnnyd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Brandon is almost textbook bipolar - alternating periods of deep depression with periods of decreased sleep, expansive/grandiose ideas, elevated mood. Get the guy a mood stabilizer already, goddamn.

  • @brevaldez4891
    @brevaldez4891 2 ปีที่แล้ว +490

    As a person with diagnosed bipolar disorder, hearing Brandon's story and Dr. Phil's treatment of it was extremely sad. How can someone who claims to be a people "expert" be so tone deaf? Chemical issues require chemical solutions when it comes to mental illness. Grandstanding from an ableist "bootstrap" perspective doesn't help, and it's harmful to society as a whole.

    • @Cat-tastrophee
      @Cat-tastrophee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree, it was painful to watch

    • @ds4251
      @ds4251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      it is willful ignorance at that point because if there's anything he should recognize, it's what "bipolar symptoms" are

    • @thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong
      @thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wanna see Brandon get into the rap game

    • @Justtrollingyoulosers
      @Justtrollingyoulosers ปีที่แล้ว

      So you're just going to take that Brandon knows behavior of being bipolar and that he self diagnosed himself at face value? Not saying that he's faking it for sure, but people nowadays and in recent years have been known to fake mental illness.

    • @chrisjones9132
      @chrisjones9132 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neuropsychologist student here. The chemical theory of mental illness is actually kinda been disproven. Rather recent research, as well as my experience providing support adjacent disorders, is that it’s a form of hypercomplex disassociation.

  • @luffyduffy7817
    @luffyduffy7817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    This was a long time ago and my memory may be blurry but I remember a young bisexual woman was on the show because she kept clashing with her family. When they got on there the father made it clear that his daughters bisexuality was something “sick” and just another way to have sex with more people. Her siblings sided with him saying it was his opinion and that the daughter had no right to lash out at him for it and Dr Phil stayed silent. At no point did he correct what it means to be bisexual or that the fathers thoughts towards bisexuality was incorrect. He sided with the family because he saw HER behavior as the problem and wouldn’t even try to look at her side. It just shows just ignorant he can be to family abuse and how they’ll sometimes single out one person to terrorize

    • @Eva_R966
      @Eva_R966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And identifying when someone is being scapegoated in a family is like one of the first things therapists do when looking at family dynamics! This example is just so upsetting because he reinforces those patterns of dysfunction and abuse.

  • @angelbabe555
    @angelbabe555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +944

    it's actually disgusting how Dr. Phil treated Diamonds situation. Its clear that her family is the one being toxic and transphobic to her, and she's just defending herself. I hope Diamond's doing better now and is not interacting with her family anymore. She needs to drop them and move on with her life.

  • @nmeister007
    @nmeister007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2337

    *”Willpower is bullshit.”*
    “Ok, so how do I motivate myself?”
    *”Just do it. Power through it.”*

    • @dianas6800
      @dianas6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Oh you’re depressed? Have a hormonal imbalance in your brain? Have you thought... to just do it??? You fricking idiot?? Just wake up and get out of bed early??? Just do it duh

    • @liquidsnake6879
      @liquidsnake6879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It's a complicated subject, but willpower is in fact bullshit and discipline is far more effective, most people don't *WANT* to do tough things, they do them because of their self-discipline, they force their mind to do things that are uncomfortable, no one *WANTS* to diet, no one *WANTS* to go to the gym, no one *WANTS* to study, they do this things out of discipline, not willpower and it's incredibly important to distinguish the two because a lot of people are convinced it's this mystical "willpower" and are sitting down waiting for inspiration to take over them when in reality that's not how it works at all
      And sure some people have imbalances, but the vast majority do not and just self-diagnose because they're lazy and want an excuse to feel good about their laziness, if you ever worked in mental health you know the sheer amount of junkies and people looking for validation and excuses far far exceeds the numbers of people with actual physiological problems, in many cases they consume too much porn and their brains are addicted to dopamine so that's all they can think about for instance, but that is not the same as a depression, it's an entirely manmade chemical imbalance that can be somewhat reversed but only through discipline.

    • @whiteface513abandonedchann8
      @whiteface513abandonedchann8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@liquidsnake6879 you do realize the exact definition for "discipline" you gave is what willpower is?

    • @shmunkyman33
      @shmunkyman33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@liquidsnake6879 It doesn't sound like you're talking about willpower, but rather about "feeling like" doing something, and you're not wrong at all. It's very similar to advice you hear a lot in the art world, which is to not wait around for inspiration to strike. "Inspiration" is fickle and inconsistent, so basing your work ethic off "inspiration" is not going to be the most effective method.
      Similarly, as you grow up you start to realize that just because you don't "feel like" doing the dishes doesn't mean they don't need to get done, but the term "willpower" is literally what describes going against things you might not want to do. I think we all agree with each other, it's just that "willpower" was a weird word for Mr. Dr. Phil to use in that context.

    • @planetsliveinsidethemoon1600
      @planetsliveinsidethemoon1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      “Willpower is bullshit. Just power through it, with your will.”

  • @eskimogioia9848
    @eskimogioia9848 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Phil's hypocrisy infuriates me like no other. He loves to call others moochers, manipulative, and claim they take advantage of others when that is his whole career. The interaction Phil had with the guest that paid bums to fight was epic. That guest may have been a POS, but he was right when he told Phil he does the same exact thing.

    • @eileensnow6153
      @eileensnow6153 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Is he the one who cosplayed as Phil on his own show? King material

    • @eskimogioia9848
      @eskimogioia9848 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @eileensnow6153 yes, that is the guy.

    • @Gormathius
      @Gormathius 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Bit of a "takes one to know one, and I see you" moment from the sounds of it.

  • @bookmatty
    @bookmatty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5005

    Dr Phil has WAY too much fun ridiculing people he openly doesn't understand (asexuals, transgender people, furries, etc) and that's obvious in how he makes them seem 'crazy' to get the audience on his side

    • @RunningEagle2011
      @RunningEagle2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      @Forple Dorple it's oddly enough, a double edged sword. On one hand, it's broadcasting niche sub groups of people and personalities, giving a voice and a face to something thought non-existent. I'd actually love to know how many furries watches his show and finally found someone that could relate to them.
      The other edge of the sword is that he brought attention to these people by belittling and making fun of them. Which further alienates those sub groups of people from society

    • @virtualprimatologist
      @virtualprimatologist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

      Only a couple minutes into the video, and that was my first thought. Here's Boomer the Dog, and one of the major hang ups for Phil is that this person hasn't been on a date and hasn't had sex. That's not a pathology my dude.

    • @marmadukescarlet7791
      @marmadukescarlet7791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @Heidelbergensis I was wondering how they ended up on the show. They seemed happy enough with where they were at.

    • @RunningEagle2011
      @RunningEagle2011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@marmadukescarlet7791 family members can you refer your profile to Dr. Phil and then you have to agree to show up. But I think you get paid for your appearance and they pay for the trip and accommodations out there with a per diem.

    • @marmadukescarlet7791
      @marmadukescarlet7791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @R.E.2 I can’t see how you could force someone to appear on the show, unless it was a case of “either you do it or we have you sectioned”. In this case, though, they seem quite happy to be there. Maybe an opportunity to raise awareness?

  • @JudelovesRiver12
    @JudelovesRiver12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    Brandon articulated his feelings so well, even clearly states that he needs help and Phil is just condescending him 😢

    • @slow7reaper522
      @slow7reaper522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      or the trans woman

    • @MarillSweatshirt
      @MarillSweatshirt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I hate that I can 100% relate to him and literally how "Dr." Phil speaks to and about him is so surreal.

    • @josh-rz3uq
      @josh-rz3uq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean, Brandon is a fucking loser though.

  • @cheerleaderofdoom8513
    @cheerleaderofdoom8513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2055

    Big Joel vs Dr. Phil is more important than the Avengers vs Thanos

    • @occamsaturn
      @occamsaturn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      a lot of people don't know the latter was actually based on a conceptualization of what the former would look like

    • @lachimoleah
      @lachimoleah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    • @SnoppleWopple
      @SnoppleWopple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nah

    • @occamsaturn
      @occamsaturn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@SnoppleWopple I can't tell what the point of this comment is
      it's like "Ronald McDonald is the president of the United States of America"
      "no he isn't"

    • @occamsaturn
      @occamsaturn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @GetUpOnTheMike as a marvel fanboy, big joel is my favorite avenger

  • @fatboyoficiale
    @fatboyoficiale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1656

    I’m gonna say it. Boomer looks GREAT for a 48 year old dog

    • @haileyshannon7548
      @haileyshannon7548 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Most dogs who are 48 are dead, but not Boomer!

    • @disposable_income_andy
      @disposable_income_andy ปีที่แล้ว +224

      scientists HATE him.
      jokes aside, dude has aged especially well, he looks great for 48. that smile of his can light up a room.

    • @Niobesnuppa
      @Niobesnuppa ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@disposable_income_andy I legit thought he was in his 30's when I first saw him.

    • @bobbiwib
      @bobbiwib ปีที่แล้ว +58

      He’s reached the calm lagoon of acceptance! People are always going to judge and trying to change that just leads to high blood pressure.
      I love his smile, it reminds me of a teacher I had at primary school.
      She was your standard “quirky eccentric” music teacher and my Mum thought she was strange and infantile and potentially dangerous but I just saw a happy lady drumming on the desk to the sound of a car alarm!
      Spoiler alert: she was autistic and so am I 🤣 rock on Boomer the Dog, we’ve got your back!

    • @Blazewheat
      @Blazewheat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@Niobesnuppalmaooo at first glance I legitimately thought Boomer was a teenager 💀

  • @TaraMooknee
    @TaraMooknee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8093

    I clicked faster than when Phil kicked Bailey off his show

  • @Crithosceleg
    @Crithosceleg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    "You're not normal. Be normal." -- the sum of all that is Phil's advice.

    • @seskatchewared2583
      @seskatchewared2583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also the advice of every therapist I've ever had in a nutshell hahaha I want to be of die

    • @rigelb9025
      @rigelb9025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And get a job.

    • @rbwjakfjenwbw1009
      @rbwjakfjenwbw1009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This quote is a perfect distillation of everything the Dr. Phil show is.

    • @adeer87
      @adeer87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Why didn’t I think of that?” *slaps forehead*

    • @Crithosceleg
      @Crithosceleg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@adeer87 That's why Phil is paid the big bucks!

  • @coloh9928
    @coloh9928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1226

    one thing I notice is that Boomer ultimately gets left alone by Dr Phil whereas the other guests are pushed into submission. Maybe this is because there are no toxic family members present with Boomer for Dr Phil to form a bandwagon with and bully Boomer into changing, so him and Phil are on a more equal playing field. The other guests have hateful, misunderstanding family members and Phil drilling into them from every angle. The show has a very confessional, interventionist vibe and I wonder if that doesn't ultimately come from some weird old American tradition that relates to exorcism or conversion therapy.

    • @snowthelegowolf4230
      @snowthelegowolf4230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Probably because boomer demanded that it be a more normal interview from the executives for the show or else he wouldn't go one.

    • @peterhooper3391
      @peterhooper3391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point.

    • @GeteMachine
      @GeteMachine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Dr. Phil this year has really started to turn me off. I'm starting to notice it more overtly that the more political his show became, the more you can tell the tone of the show is pretty boomer-conservative, reactionary. Too much for my taste. Everytime he seems to bring it into his show, now he always seems to get like 1 or 2 Gen Z people, and like 3 older Conservatives to shame them on the reactionary topic they have. Then he has an "expert" who is just a "back in my day, we were fine with being shitty people" type arguments. In general that seems to be the show's tone. For just older people who they hate younger people for doing things they didnt do back in their day. Like when he said confidently that queer kids in his day would get beat up.
      He still thinks that younger people are "getting soft" and "sensitive" and "easily offended" and the conservative people he brings on just love to hear that, and they chomp at it to preach nonsense. Like they ironically don't even take mental health seriously. They have topics like "are kids these days really anxious or just spoiled" or "Schools are bad today, is it because of the lack of capital punishment" type stuff.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It's because Dr. Phil couldn't shame Boomer and was rendered powerless

    • @emilyb.8219
      @emilyb.8219 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@GeteMachine "lack of capital punishment" ?? I think you mean corporal lmao. Capital punishment is the death penalty

  • @mossgrows6540
    @mossgrows6540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    i used to be indifferent to furries but seeing boomers (not the dog) get so worked up about their mere existence makes me strongly on their side

    • @MindboxHost
      @MindboxHost ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honest question: What makes Boomer the dog a furry according to you?

    • @chrismanuel9768
      @chrismanuel9768 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@MindboxHostThey dress up in a fursuit and pretend to be a dog. They're a furry.

    • @eko9554
      @eko9554 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dr Phil did have episodes on furries during the early 2010s so that’s a red flag

    • @fragrantbloom
      @fragrantbloom 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same

    • @juanluisandregalvezghiggo7447
      @juanluisandregalvezghiggo7447 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So you are a reactionary. Okay

  • @alienalien3609
    @alienalien3609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6671

    Guy: *describes bipolar to a T*
    Dr Phil: just get a job

    • @lesbiangoddess290
      @lesbiangoddess290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      THE IGNORANCE.

    • @nigelft
      @nigelft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      @@lesbiangoddess290
      ... and arrogance ...

    • @kaaz1010
      @kaaz1010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +389

      Im bipolar myself, its ... Very sad to think that there's people that think we're JUST lazy
      its genuinely hard to live with

    • @dnycebushton5008
      @dnycebushton5008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      bipolar people have to eat too

    • @alienalien3609
      @alienalien3609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@dnycebushton5008 .....?

  • @Ari_elf95
    @Ari_elf95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    I would cry my eyes out if my therapist pointed out that i was a virgin without a job and i was missing out on life 😂 there’s a reason why he’s not licensed to practice therapy, he’s awful at it. He cares about money more than any of these people

    • @illestvillain1971
      @illestvillain1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Dogs can't cry.
      In a a way, Boomer lives a more fulfilling and happier life than Phil himself.
      He casts aspersions as it doesn't fit the regular path of life we have established as "normal".

  • @redactedredacted6656
    @redactedredacted6656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9662

    I love how relaxed Boomer is. Mr Phil is sitting there pointing out all these obligatory milestones Boomer hasn't done to try to make his life seem less worthwhile but Boomer is just like "No I'm happy doing my thing.". Good for Boomer.

    • @jeffersonclippership2588
      @jeffersonclippership2588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +607

      Kind of makes me wonder why Boomer even went on the show

    • @NinjaDoilyn
      @NinjaDoilyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1181

      @@jeffersonclippership2588 I assume there is money involved. Getting paid to pwn Dr. Phil sounds good to me.

    • @chriss780
      @chriss780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +689

      single tear streaking down cheek "ok... ok boomer"

    • @martinramirez21
      @martinramirez21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      But God, that hairstyle.

    • @ameliac44
      @ameliac44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +413

      i felt bad watching bc of how hard phill was going in on him but it was nice seeing him stay positive

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean ปีที่แล้ว +955

    Imagine telling a trans woman that SHE'S the bad guy for distancing herself from her disgustingly bigoted and abusive family.

    • @AmenProletar
      @AmenProletar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Deja vu. Try to explore the lives of the actual transexuals living in the East and see the difference.

    • @michaelhalterman8144
      @michaelhalterman8144 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm not sure that's what he said at all

    • @mrseaweed88
      @mrseaweed88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      ​@@michaelhalterman8144it's exactly what was implied

    • @Tesla_Death_Ray
      @Tesla_Death_Ray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's still crazy to say not going along with pronouns is "aggressively transphobic"​@mrseaweed88

    • @karlketamine8172
      @karlketamine8172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      ​@@Tesla_Death_Ray It is, not recognizing someone's gender on purpose is aggressively saying you don't approve of their fundamental existence and you don't seem to have had that experience ever. You're not right if you don't experience discrimination, you're lucky

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2728

    I feel like Phil's response to Boomer is motivated by a kind of bitterness or resentment. When confronted with this person who is just absolutely satisfied living a simple, humble, inconsequential life, it makes all the struggles and trials we go through trying to force ourselves to meet society's expectations seem all the more meaningless. Things such as pride or shame aren't even burdens in Boomer's life, whereas Phil's life practically revolves around the two. Whenever someone can be seen somehow avoiding the ills of the system we were all born into, those who have worked hard or struggled within that system sometimes just want to drag that person into the same suffering they've had to endure.

    • @caitlinhogan5258
      @caitlinhogan5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      I think you’re right. I also think Phil probably sees himself as a success story of that system (and realistically one of few). His life is meant to be great because he’s won. And for Boomer to be happy outside of that it makes Phil seem a bit less special. Like Phil met someone to whom being ‘Dr. Phil’ does not matter.

    • @jonathankent1517
      @jonathankent1517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Exactly, people like Phil look at people like Boomer and think "Why should you get to be out there being happy while I'm stuck in here being miserable? Get in here and be miserable like me because if I can't be happy and free, no one is allowed to be!"

    • @violet7773
      @violet7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      @@Landad_ Boomer isn't harming himself or anyone else. He's living his life and he's happy. I'd love to feel half as confident in myself as he appears to be. Boomer doesn't deserve to be dragged into the capitalist shitshow we call society after he's clearly managed to escape and be happy.

    • @GLamoRousCooKie
      @GLamoRousCooKie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      As a med student in my last year, this comment is gold. I wish I was more like Boomer, I applaud him.

    • @Pensive_Scarlet
      @Pensive_Scarlet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@Landad_ Those are harmful behaviors. If you're suggesting that harmful behaviors should be avoided in the pursuit of happiness or success, then just look at the world outside your window. Look at all the harmful behaviors encouraged and required by the average workplace. Look at all the harmful behaviors imposed by so many religions. If you believe we should not accept behaviors that cause harm for the sake of happiness, then you should consider speaking out about the current status quo in the US.
      On that point, Boomer wasn't exhibiting any harmful behaviors, so your argument doesn't apply to him. If you're put off by eating dog food, that's just you, there's nothing dangerous about it, it's nutritious, and some people even actually like the taste. However, if you still strongly feel that people shouldn't eat dog food, maybe try to do something about the situation where poor elderly people in the US have to resort to eating dog food just so they can continue to afford their medication.

  • @attailavie5645
    @attailavie5645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2513

    I just realized - Boomer is 48. The guy (or, dog) is nearly fifty, and he looks and sounds like he's nineteen. Clearly, he's doing something right (unless he counts his age in dog years, that is)

    • @mophead_xu
      @mophead_xu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      I AM SCREAMIIIIIINNNGGGGGGG.

    • @jxmmykriminallive
      @jxmmykriminallive 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      He does not look 19 let’s not lie to ourselves. He do look great for his age but cmon now lmaooo

    • @pyonpyon4511
      @pyonpyon4511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +386

      @@jxmmykriminallive he looks 19 and 40 years old at the same time lmao

    • @StefanyDjuba
      @StefanyDjuba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Have you ever seen a 19 year old?

    • @nurailidepaepe2783
      @nurailidepaepe2783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@jxmmykriminallive it's called dramatic exaggeration

  • @hunterm8516
    @hunterm8516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7921

    Boomer is just out here chilling and that absolutely broke Phil’s brain

    • @comyuse9103
      @comyuse9103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +672

      boomer is fuckin' crazy, but hey, as long as he is enjoying himself and not hurting anyone else he can be as crazy as he'd like. he ain't missing much.

    • @tino6229
      @tino6229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      😭🤣

    • @emmajinthetardis
      @emmajinthetardis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +305

      my favorite part of the video like you’re goddamn right it beats workin Phil

    • @mikepastor.k6233
      @mikepastor.k6233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      There are certain people who shouldn't join the job force. Boomer is one of them.

    • @mimisaur5000
      @mimisaur5000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      @@mikepastor.k6233 and good for him! he's livin his best life

  • @blumist4332
    @blumist4332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Honestly, I kind of feel like bringing Diamond on the show and saying how terrible and unempathetic she is was just so any transphobic people watching could go “Ugh see, trans people only care about themselves”

  • @cl570
    @cl570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +537

    Dr. Phil : I'm here to help
    Person : I have an identity disorder, my life is in shambles and I was forced on the show, please help
    Dr. Phil : Lol, too bad, work.

    • @yaninity
      @yaninity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I don't remember who, but someone recently said that Oprah is an incredibly bad judge of character, and it really does check out if you look back on the people she's endorsed over the years.

    • @andrejg4136
      @andrejg4136 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yaninity I mean, you aren't wrong really

    • @christinegraves7487
      @christinegraves7487 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, Devil's Advocate here. What do they expect from Dr. Phil? He isn't licensed. I'm not fussy about the guy, but he DID help some addicts, and some troubled teens. And he did have them on the show in a follow-up episode. How can he force people to be on the show?

  • @pedro-pascals-armpit
    @pedro-pascals-armpit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1462

    as if unemployed people don't already face enough stigma, a supposed "therapist" basically telling them they're worthless to society surely takes the cake.

    • @LeRoyBoxley434
      @LeRoyBoxley434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So you believe unemployed people are doing everything they can to be employed? I hope this is not your belief.

    • @imyouralibi6208
      @imyouralibi6208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      @@LeRoyBoxley434 What's your point? An unemployed person holds just as much value as an employed person, regardless of whether or not they can or are doing everything they can to be employed. The idea that people are only worth as much as the amount of money they make is disgusting, so I seriously hope that's not what you're getting at 😒

    • @LeRoyBoxley434
      @LeRoyBoxley434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@imyouralibi6208 You made a lot of assumptions on things I said. There is an enormous amount of unemployed people gaming the system. There are also a lot of people being picky about what jobs they are willing to do, meanwhile whining about being unemployed. No, a person's worth is not based of what they make, but in my opinion it's honesty and integrity that defines a person.

    • @imyouralibi6208
      @imyouralibi6208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@LeRoyBoxley434 "it's honesty and integrity that defines a person" Agreed 👍

    • @mishiwishu7823
      @mishiwishu7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@LeRoyBoxley434 Look, dude. I’m glad that you’re in a privileged enough place to have this mindset. That’s great. But as the daughter of an immigrant and single mother, it’s bullshit.

  • @ag-bf3ty
    @ag-bf3ty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    It's basically a freak show. Having any sort of humanising message about the "freaks" featured, undermines the point of the show in the unconscious mind of the audience. The audience's prejudice is the target market, so if the "freak" is humanised / their issues actually understood as universal, that runs the risk of making the sanctimonious audience see a part of themselves in the "freak", which causes discomfort, which leads to a drop off in viewership. The last thing the Dr Phil audience wants to see, is a mirror.
    It's the same with other shows like Jerry Springer where people aren't tuning in for human interest stories, they're tuning in to watch a train wreck and feel superior to the "freaks." This is why I absolutely despise these kinds of shows, it's like a zoo watching a zoo.

    • @Wawagirl17
      @Wawagirl17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Precisely. A modern-day sideshow and that's all.

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I feel like that last simile is an insult to zoos. I dunno about you, but I usually go to zoos because their animals are cool, not to point and laugh.

    • @ag-bf3ty
      @ag-bf3ty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@thekingoffailure9967 Reminds me of Toni Morrison's phrase: "If you can only feel tall when somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem."
      That was in regard to racism, but I think it's a good quote that applies more generally too

    • @philipphogerl140
      @philipphogerl140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "How about another joke, Murray?"

    • @gilon-xx1es
      @gilon-xx1es 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paternalistic Jerry Springer basically

  • @beeu69
    @beeu69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    dr phil is more about making the family of the guests feel better and get out their stress than helping the guests get better

    • @beeu69
      @beeu69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      just making fun of his guests instead of helping them...... why do we give him a platform

  • @AcolytesOfHorror
    @AcolytesOfHorror 3 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    "Dr. Phil, please help. I need to get better."
    "You need to stop making excuses, and GET BETTER!"
    (Riotous applause)

    • @holyfool5605
      @holyfool5605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hey i really like ur videos!!

    • @kobayashi1194
      @kobayashi1194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      His audience are the definition of clapping seals.

    • @Name-fd2co
      @Name-fd2co 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kobayashi1194 That’s any audience though. They’re part of these shows at this point rather than simply being viewers

  • @nickyhersh6952
    @nickyhersh6952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    Boomer came into the Arby’s I worked at a few years ago. He’s an awfully nice guy.

    • @bingobunny7862
      @bingobunny7862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Thank you for serving, I salute you.

    • @halguy5745
      @halguy5745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      he seems wholesome. I'd throw him a ball

    • @katbell4425
      @katbell4425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      boomer seems very sweet

    • @juhlsghouls
      @juhlsghouls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That’s good, he seems genuinely very sweet. It looks like he handled Phil being a dick pretty well.

    • @Harudodo
      @Harudodo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He really is! I found some footage :
      th-cam.com/video/34Ig3X59_qA/w-d-xo.html

  • @bugjams
    @bugjams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5367

    Dr. Phil is literally the "Just stop having depression" meme made flesh.

    • @bubby632
      @bubby632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      "You're homeless? Bro just get a house it's not that hard!"- doctors grill

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he literally is not. theres so many legitimate reasons to criticize Phil McGraw, but yall continue to miss all of them and focus on the bs that isn't even a problem (all while continuing to watch/support his show anyway).

    • @caramel9154
      @caramel9154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      @@dewilew2137 he sympathized with a mom trying to kill her child, he is very much 'stop having issues' personified because that's all he literally tells them. You don't even know if people watch the actual show or pirate it, or simply listen to videos on the topic while they work.
      There are one of the legit reasons, he doesn't actually give a solution he just points out the obvious thing they shouldn't be doing but doesn't explain how they'd get to that point.

    • @bubby632
      @bubby632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@dewilew2137 we don't watch his show though so what are you on about?

    • @DeltaTheToon
      @DeltaTheToon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dr. Phil is why most conservatives get put in a bad light B)

  • @Sophiedorian0535
    @Sophiedorian0535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Boomer reminds me of the famous Ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes Kynos, who lived in a barrel outside the city gates. He was weird as hell, but completely OK with himself. So OK with himself, he won the admiration of Alexander The Great, ruler of the world.

    • @yestermorrow3223
      @yestermorrow3223 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Interesting how Diogenes has kinda become an icon for chill weird people, I always thought of him as an interesting philosopher, and that was the stand out element to me (along with the “behold! A man!” Story)
      It’s kinda a cool thing for a philosopher to be remembered by

    • @skellytonium8160
      @skellytonium8160 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Surprised you didn't mention that Diogenes was called by the epithet "the dog", and that he seemingly found it a good/flattering thing. He was said to have dog-like attributes and claimed that human beings should study the virtues of dogs and learn from them.

    • @Sophiedorian0535
      @Sophiedorian0535 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@skellytonium8160 Read again. I did mention it. In Greek. Kynos is ancient Greek for Dog. In modern Greek, however, a dog is called Skylos.

    • @Sophiedorian0535
      @Sophiedorian0535 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@yestermorrow3223 Diogenes and Alexander The Great used to hang out a lot.
      They were known as a hip-hop act called 'Dog &Mac'.
      Mac is short for Macedonian.
      Their favourite Greek Mythology character was Io, one of Zeus's lesser flings. They started every conversation invoking her by name. 'Io' later became 'Yo'.

  • @haley5735
    @haley5735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    I was literally just telling my dad about how overwhelmed I am with school and how ADHD can make it hard for me to stay on track with schoolwork and how bad my sleep schedule is, and he kinda had a similar response to 'Dr' Phil. The go-to, obvious and yet meaningless response of, "Well just go to sleep earlier" and "Stop getting distracted on your phone" (p.s., listening to music on my phone is what helps me focused and this statement makes me feel bad for my ADHD). I wonder how many kids have to feel bad for their mental illnesses and neurodivergence before they can feel accepted and understood.

    • @Sn0wjunk1e
      @Sn0wjunk1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      My parents do that shit to me all the time. I have chronic fatigue due to alot of shit that happened when i was in Jr. High, and i've been unable to get a job or get into college on my own, and instead of helping me my parents just tell me i need to "just do it" x.x

    • @argonhammer9352
      @argonhammer9352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same

    • @Sam5D
      @Sam5D 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Alot of people believe adhd isnt serious but its extremely serious they force you on ritalin which turned me into a zombie but all i needed was hands on learning

    • @modernkiwi6447
      @modernkiwi6447 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      same

    • @bettyoffdead
      @bettyoffdead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My parents said the same things when I tried to tell them about my anxiety and depression

  • @kingbeane734
    @kingbeane734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    i relate so much to diamond, i feel so awful for that poor lady. i hope she is more accepted today, and that shes got a great support system

    • @raccoonsincocoons5643
      @raccoonsincocoons5643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      same. I don't know the whole situation of course, but I'd be mean to my family too if they were constantly intentionally misgendering me

    • @witchflowers6942
      @witchflowers6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      She's lovely but you can see there's pain in her eyes. Her selfishness and perceived lack of empathy is obviously a result of that pain, a way she has learned to defend herself from a hostile world and cope with her insecurity(to use a very mild word). Her family expect everything of her but aren't willing to give her the love and affirmation she needs. They can't expect her behaviour to improve when they constantly act like shes a pest.

    • @tiffanyy6376
      @tiffanyy6376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@witchflowers6942 also transphobic parents always paint their trans children as “selfish” for asking for basic respect of them. I suspect the assholes constantly misgender her and are total transphobes when off camera

  • @thundercatlov2022
    @thundercatlov2022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +421

    As someone with Bipolar disorder the episode with the 35yr old was so sad. I empathized with him so deeply. I wld be horrified to have a celebrity bash me for things I bash myself for everyday.

    • @hunnybadger442
      @hunnybadger442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      My parents dropped me like a hot rock when I really started to struggle...

    • @felicityc
      @felicityc ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hunnybadger442 I just finally got medicated and was doing better after years of confusion and getting worse, and not long after that the uncle I was renting a single room from kicked me out :\ now homeless. I am lucky I am a veteran or I would have no social support avenues

    • @hunnybadger442
      @hunnybadger442 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@felicityc "hug"

    • @hunnybadger442
      @hunnybadger442 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@allie_h "hug"

  • @YourPalKindred
    @YourPalKindred 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    My dad used to treat me exactly how Phil treats his "patients". Did a lot of damage, ruined my self esteem, made me extremely depressed

  • @patiotaiza
    @patiotaiza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Brandon is clearly suffering from bipolar disorder. Extreme creativity and energy followed by invalidating depression, not being able to keep a job, feeling like there's a monster inside him, those are all clear signs... I really feel for him. Wish his parents took him to a real doctor.

  • @Ranger881
    @Ranger881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    We all know shows like this are not made to help people but to shame and mock people who are different from what's considered "normal".

    • @Georg3e
      @Georg3e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly!

    • @manologamerss5801
      @manologamerss5801 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I mean there's a reason therapy is private. By making it a publicly aired show you are effectively making anti-therapy. It shouldn't be surprising when other ideas of therapy are inversed.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean ปีที่แล้ว

      The show exists to comfort conservative boomers that their narrow minded way of thinking is objectively correct.

    • @eko9554
      @eko9554 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I remember watching this Omegle TH-camr named Don Stever and does the same thing. He’s not a therapist nor calls himself one. Stever says he’s trying to help gen z but telling that their generation is ruined and bully kids based on what fandom they’re part of. He also has anti-SJWs like videos. Stever is just scared that gen z is having progressive ideas unlike his generation. Stever isn’t also the only Omegle TH-camr that does this, many other do. I saw another Omegle TH-camr making fun of Disney Adults and he looks like the stereotypical highschool senior popular kid.

    • @_gorillazfreakinc._2
      @_gorillazfreakinc._2 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@eko9554 I remember Don Stever. I used to watch him until he started making fun of non-binary genders and neopronouns. He, like doctor Phil, attacks people who are different. He claims this generation is "ruined", when he and people like him the reason this generation is ruined. He bullies people who aren't hurting anyone. He has issues.

  • @cauliflowerhead2735
    @cauliflowerhead2735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1419

    The obese man' s father is actually his sole caretaker and a hands-on dad. He was clearly worried that obesity might kill his son as we saw. Is it so bad that he tries to make this difficult journey of seeing his own son waste away like that a little lighter and chuckle over things he would otherwise worry abt? That was clearly a defense mechanism, a lot of people do that when they're nervous and don't wanna show it. Dr.Phil should know that.

    • @Cheezmonka
      @Cheezmonka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Does the dad purchase all the food for the household?

    • @muhammadeisa1459
      @muhammadeisa1459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's obvious it's a defense mechanism. You can see that in his face, like damn.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@Cheezmonka Yeah I think he does. A common issue with the families in “My 600 lb life” (from what little I’ve seen of the show) is that the caretaker always seems to be enabling the fat person. Buying them nothing but junk food, because that’s what they want. I feel like the poor parents never got the hang of just saying no to their kid.

    • @Cheezmonka
      @Cheezmonka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DeathnoteBB Thought so. Many don't realize how preventable and fixable problems like that really are if the caretaker is on board and educated about it.

    • @peterhooper3391
      @peterhooper3391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      There is lots that "Dr." Phil should know, but doesn't.

  • @thisperson5294
    @thisperson5294 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Proud to be an actual boomer who thinks Boomer is great. ❤
    Sadly many people of my generation are bigots. They were my bullies at school (and afterwards).

    • @rae-everything
      @rae-everything 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I hope I'm accepting and open-minded like you when I'm older. That's my only hope in life, honestly.

  • @K.Marie119
    @K.Marie119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +941

    When he said "willpower doesn't exist" I thought he was gonna talk about getting the guy on medications, therapy, a nutritionist ect. Silly me. How could I have missed that it's as simple as just being less fat.

    • @comyuse9103
      @comyuse9103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      he was so right for just a second, then he ruined it by talking.

    • @joshmiller9783
      @joshmiller9783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes it is. Im fat and it causes problems therefore the answer is to be less fat. But hey im not an idiot with zero critical thinking ability.

    • @comyuse9103
      @comyuse9103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@joshmiller9783 ah yes, the answer to having cancer is just not having cancer! it is so simple!
      no, it is that simple at all. while being _that_ fat is probably a sign of legit physical or mental issues (which means willpower isn't a factor, bud), even basic obesity is is so rampant in our country for a reason. unhealthy work life encourages an unhealthy lifestyle, cheap food being unhealthy exacerbates that for most, social shame prevents some people from going out to something like a gym or pool for exercise, we aren't taught any real health information in school (and what little we were taught was just placebo at best), and general small shit (like our city layouts discouraging walking) adds up to make it a worse issue.

    • @joshmiller9783
      @joshmiller9783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@comyuse9103 because getting cancer is definitely the same as being lazy, overeating and not sleeping well.

    • @joshmiller9783
      @joshmiller9783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@comyuse9103 man people like you who make every excuse in the book for people actually serve to worsen society.

  • @mporter28
    @mporter28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2669

    There was one dr Phil episode about a couple with an open marriage. The couple was extremely happy, very devoted to each other, they just also had partners on the side. The kids were even told the situation and the parents explained things to them in simple terms for children. There was not a problem in sight with this couple, but someone recommended they go on the show just bc they weren’t monogamous. The whole time Phil tried to tell them “you’re hurting your kids” and they kept trying to explain “uhhh sir, we’re happy”

    • @mani_stud
      @mani_stud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      omg, what a shit hole "dr' phil is

    • @adamthon5098
      @adamthon5098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Yt link?

    • @dannyanderson2236
      @dannyanderson2236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      Omg I remember that actually!! It was so odd it had me (a huge fan of Phil at the time) questioning his behaviour. He was just so aggressively trying to find something wrong to blame on the open marriage - but there was literally nothing wrong. The whole episode was sensationalizing the situation and him showing his bigoted views because it just wasn't right in his opinion.

    • @moss9851
      @moss9851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Do you know the episode? I want to see his shitiness in full

    • @meljXD2
      @meljXD2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Reasons to abandon cable tele

  • @yogsothoth8389
    @yogsothoth8389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1561

    I literally had a therapist who was just like “Dr.” Phil. She berated me for not being in a relationship. She berated me for not having a house and/or children. I never wanted those things but she acted like it was a failure on my part because I didn’t want those things. She constantly harped on me because I didn’t have a job and “people your age work.” Like, it didn’t matter to her that every job I’ve ever had ended in being fired or sent to the psych hospital. She thought I was just being lazy and didn’t want to work, like it was some deliberate personal shortcoming. She kept calling me a snob and accused me of acting like I thought I was “too good” to work. Like, my self-esteem isn’t terrible enough already? She never bothered to ask me why I had problems with finding or keeping a job. All that mattered was that I didn’t have one. She told me that I was just making excuses. Her whole attitude was not one of helping me with the mental health issues that were making it so hard for me to work. She rather thought it would be helpful to berate me, put me down, and make me feel like a lazy f**k who wasn’t working just because I was a spoiled brat who thought working was beneath me. I am on disability for my severe mental illnesses. I haven’t had her as a therapist since 2014 and I’m still pissed about that shaming attitude of hers. And every time I tried to fire her and get a different therapist she would always talk me back into staying with her.

    • @shanon4768
      @shanon4768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      wow sounds like she was really awful, I hope you have a better therapist these days

    • @chloroform5640
      @chloroform5640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      damn she was a manipulative bitch, I hope you have someone else who can help you with that :) /pos

    • @mako3951
      @mako3951 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      That's really gross that she tried to keep you from leaving her. It's like basic therapy 101 to let patients find the right therapist for them and not try to force them to be with you

    • @targaghjj
      @targaghjj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Hey anybody reading this: if a therapist does this stuff to you dump their ass first visit. That's NOT therapy. It can take several tries tries to find the right (or even a good) therapist. You will have to "fire" several.

    • @kea5763
      @kea5763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Life is UNFAIR, Get a J O B and KEEP it (together) yah baby! Boohoo

  • @velveetaenthusiast
    @velveetaenthusiast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I love as someone diagnosed with bipolar, how a man went onto Dr. Phil and described bipolar to a T and Phillip was like treating it as irrelevant. I can respect my grandpa saying "Mania isn't real" because while genuinely the dumbest shit I've heard with my ears, he at least had the cojones.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At least your Grandpa has the excuse by being old

    • @noahvance6160
      @noahvance6160 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@rootfish2671And not referring to himself as a doctor.

  • @edgelux3381
    @edgelux3381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4453

    brandon: [literally describing how bipolar disorder works]
    dr phil: "but have you tried being normal and not mentally ill? 🤔🤔 checkmate i can solve everything"

  • @goldf1sh634
    @goldf1sh634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +592

    Diamonds brother said with his whole goddamn chest that she needed to show respect for him when HE WONT EVEN USE THE CORRECT PRONOUNS.

    • @Trans_SovietBee
      @Trans_SovietBee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Transophobes being tranophobes. I literally wanted to punch my PC screen when her brother started talking shit.

    • @momjor8789
      @momjor8789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      LITERALLY!!
      diamonds brother: doesnt show the most BASIC respect to his sister
      diamonds brother: why am i not respected???

    • @tricky5594
      @tricky5594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      >can't respect 2 words
      >is confused about not getting respect
      and diamond is the toxic one apparently

    • @awsomestleaperd78
      @awsomestleaperd78 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. As long as it isn't that neo pronoun garbage.

    • @SurfRay
      @SurfRay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@awsomestleaperd78 ok.

  • @xoackxo750
    @xoackxo750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +709

    I have a friend who is trans and one person in his family (his aunt, whom he lives with) is extremely transphobic. This has been a huge factor in a lot of problems with him. I can absolutely understand Diamond if she is rude to her family because of her brother. Transphobia is serious and can severely hurt a trans person.

    • @JayRoboFox
      @JayRoboFox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      I'm trans, and I'm hella rude to my transphobic family members, because I don't want them around, butting into everything I do.

    • @octaviusroosevelt7355
      @octaviusroosevelt7355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      My common rule is everyone should be respected as human beings, but they only deserve respect as people if they also respect others as human beings. Transphobes don't have that right to individual respect, especially not from the trans people disrespected by them. "That which you do not wish was done unto yourself, do not do unto others."

  • @absenteechild8542
    @absenteechild8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    As someone who has both had to lose weight and has tried desperately to help others lose weight, it’s never as simple as “stop eating and exercise”. Once someone is that overweight they aren’t using food for sustenance but usually as a sort of coping mechanism. You have to also work on what causes them to eat. Let me explain using my experience.
    I’m naturally a large person. By that I mean I’m 6’5 and used to be very muscular. I was a year round athlete up until the end of my Junior year of high school. 3 things happened in my Junior year. 1. I had an injury that resulted in me needing extensive knee surgery. I was unable to move without crutches or a wheelchair for 8 months 2. I was outed in an extraordinarily homophobic area and 3. My partner at the time attempted to take their own life and was admitted into a mental hospital. A year later, they were released, attempted again, and passed. These problems all started within the same month.
    Now obviously there was a problem of my body being used to eating an extraordinarily high amount of calories due to how active I was and then still expecting that when I was sedentary. But I didn’t stop gaining weight after I recovered. At my heaviest, I hit 330 pounds, this was in my sophomore year of college iirc. I knew there was a severe problem about a year before that point and what I was supposed to do, but I was unable to do so. I barely had the energy to go to work and classes. The problem had entangled itself in the other issues that started at the same time and new things had compounded in the original issues. Ultimately, what I had to do was come to terms with being openly queer, properly grieve my late partner, and then lose the weight. I wish I would have realized it sooner and prioritized accordingly. If I had, I would’ve gained less weight and would have been much happier much sooner.
    Happy ending cuz I know that was a rollercoaster. I’m queer as a 3 dollar bill, have accepted my partners death in a relatively happy way (enough to see other people and sleep at night at least, it’s a work in progress) and I’m doing what I love again in sports and exercising. I’m not quite to my weight goal but I’m doing really well and have lost enough that I’m healthy again and happy with where I’m at. It was tough, but by looking at the bigger picture and working on myself as a whole rather than nitpicking my problems I’m in a much better place.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm now 235 lbs and my mom still body shames me even though I've lost 25 lbs this year. It's never enough or good enough

    • @absenteechild8542
      @absenteechild8542 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rootfish2671 don’t judge off of her standards. You know the work you’re putting in, you have proof you’ve made progress, that’s what matter. If she can’t see that she’s blind and not qualified to say shit. Good job, I’m proud of you, you’re killing it!

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@absenteechild8542 Trust me I don't, I don't take anything she says seriously because she's a dried up bitter old boomer. Maybe I don't need to have hollywoods standard of male beauty to like myself, maybe I don't want to have a six pack and huge muscles. I've learned long ago to stop seeking her approval because no matter what I say or do I'm never going to get it. She's a very fat phobic person and will point out obese people on the street or on TV and mock them. She's a very hateful person. Also thank you for the kind words.

    • @absenteechild8542
      @absenteechild8542 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rootfish2671 I know the type lol. Well I’m glad you’re not letting her get to you too much

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@absenteechild8542 she's just a typical old school conservative boomer, too old and stuck in her ways to adapt to an ever changing world so they get left behind. She has the ability to change but she chooses not to because that would mean not getting out of her comfort zone for more than 2 seconds and not being intellectually lazy. She's just like Dr. Phil she literally thinks she is always right no matter what and I'm always wrong because I'm not exactly like her. New thoughts and ways of doing things are strange and scary and some people are so strange and scary to her they deserve to be eradicated from society. A very N*zi way of looking at the world.

  • @EmeraldLavigne
    @EmeraldLavigne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1934

    "My trans family member in un-empathetic. I have no idea what is like to be in the closet about being trans or to live as a trans person. I have no need to try understand what that's like. I'm gonna go on national television and shittalk her."
    Ah, yes, that classic & well-used empathy phrase.

    • @whiteface513abandonedchann8
      @whiteface513abandonedchann8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      No no no, you've got it all wrong, this shithead would've said "him", not "her"

    • @orhankocak9279
      @orhankocak9279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      You forgot to misgender her

    • @liveelbaraka3371
      @liveelbaraka3371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@orhankocak9279 I bet money your a teenager living like a pickle.?..or a house cat.
      Stop with your made up words that actually have NO real meaning.
      Your emotions are not a substitute for actual thinking.

    • @estlin2001
      @estlin2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@liveelbaraka3371 what

    • @goatdeer8403
      @goatdeer8403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@liveelbaraka3371 Living like a pickle? Like briny?

  • @akavienne
    @akavienne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    I can't stand Dr. Phil. He seemingly has no empathy or compassion which I consider vitally important for being an effective psychologist. I don't know much about bipolar disorder, but the guy who talked about being manic and then depressed to the point he can't even get out of bed sure sounds like a candidate. As a psychologist shouldn't you recognize that? WTF?

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He isn’t a psychologist. That’s the biggest problem.

    • @alfsleftnut9224
      @alfsleftnut9224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He isn't to help those people, he's their to exploit---- their situation for money

    • @akavienne
      @akavienne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@dstinnettmusic He has a doctorate in Clinical Psychology although he's no longer licensed to practice. I do still consider him a psychologist, but I don't want to imagine the additional trauma he may have cause people if this was his approach when practicing.

    • @akavienne
      @akavienne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@alfsleftnut9224 Neoliberal capitalism at it's finest.

    • @QwertyCaesar
      @QwertyCaesar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@akavienne isn't that just a diploma mill doctorate though? You know, the same sort of "Dr." as folks who pay $2,000 to an online university run out of a trailer so they can hock magnets and bleach and panaceas?

  • @annelooney1090
    @annelooney1090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    It sounded to me like Brandon was saying "how do I get there?" As in, "if I want to get to where I want to be in the film industry, how do I get my foot in the door? Where is the entry-level position?" This seems like a pretty simple question and it's not even psychologically complex or anything like that. Did Dr. Phil even answer him?

    • @thekingoffailure9967
      @thekingoffailure9967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Being a film or TV personality isnt a "real job," so ofc Phil wouldnt want to advise him on it.
      *irony*

    • @sidarthur8706
      @sidarthur8706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i hate to defend phil but he did suggest that it would start with accomplishing something. he might put a rap video on youtube maybe. make a little amateur film

    • @kylewilliams8114
      @kylewilliams8114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@sidarthur8706 the kid is saying "This issue of manic-depressive swings prevents me from being a to accomplish anything. How do I accomplish anything with these issues?" Clearly he understands he needs experience, but his condition prevents him from getting that experience.

    • @TiffyVella1
      @TiffyVella1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I have not seen the full episode, but I assumed Brandon was into making his own short films, and might have had some good editing skills at the very least. There are things he could do to break into the industry (speaking as someone outside the US). Its not a weird industry--this is a thing people legitimately do to earn a living and "Dr" Phil shits me to tears with his small-minded crap. FFS- his very show employs a team of people with this man's skills.
      And I really like your comment--Brandon is wanting to take a leap, and it is a hard one to make especially if you have some health issues. The film industry, especially anything post-production is incredibly competitive and with CGI/VFX/Editing its a gig job at best. Brandon could get there with a little study and connections. Dr Phil is an arsewipe with no concept of the industry he even uses himself.

    • @TiffyVella1
      @TiffyVella1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No idea how half what I wrote got strikethrough. Wish I could do that on purpose sometimes.

  • @ayatollahlalalola
    @ayatollahlalalola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    diamond's brother disrespecting her in the same sentence he asks for her respect is a serious "bruh" moment

  • @xenosbreed
    @xenosbreed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +843

    It really is crazy that the case with Diamond, they're literally abusing her on television in front of everyone, even Phil refers to her as Mitch's 'brother' and then the audience applauds completely legitimizing Diamond's abusers' behaviors to her face. Its incredibly disturbing how Phil treats people in need of help by saying their needs aren't legitimate. And then with Boomer who doesn't need help, Phil tried to convince him there was something wrong with him and he needed help, Jesus fuck how is this guy called a 'Dr.'

    • @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick
      @theoneandonlymichaelmccormick 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s not a medical doctor, nor is he a licensed therapist in the state of California.
      He’s a fraud with a TV show.

    • @avathorman5781
      @avathorman5781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Because, some of the other comments said he was a doctor of philosophy and got his license on psychology expired.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Of he's a Dr. then I'm a sea captain

    • @jlessien3826
      @jlessien3826 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ​@@avathorman5781 not expired, revoked. Due to misconduct with one of his patients.

    • @bnashee
      @bnashee ปีที่แล้ว +8

      it really is so disgusting. I think its really obvious that she acts the way she does because the people around her are so fucking abusive to her. They act like they deserve her sympathy and care when they do nothing to deserve it and never seem to show it in return. Respect is not owed, its earned and the way they treated her does not deserve respect

  • @PoisenedViolet12
    @PoisenedViolet12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3500

    Diamond's Brother: *Repeatedly misgenders her and calls her his 'brother'
    Also Diamond's brother: Yo where's my respect?

    • @alice-ci2go
      @alice-ci2go 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

      Peaple like that don’t deserve respect

    • @jenniferbrewer5370
      @jenniferbrewer5370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Diamond's brother needs to quit being a fucking Nazi.

    • @jenniferbrewer5370
      @jenniferbrewer5370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      So does Phil, for that matter.

    • @jamiehatesyou9175
      @jamiehatesyou9175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikr!!

    • @alice-ci2go
      @alice-ci2go 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@jamiehatesyou9175 i had meant her brother didnt deserve respect not dimond herself

  • @DeathToMayo
    @DeathToMayo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    Everybody remember that time Dr. Phil invited someone struggling with addiction on the show and put them in a green room filled with liquor then had a stage hand offer them drugs they told him would level him out but actually made them way worse so they could come out to the show drooling and unable to walk? Good job Phil.

    • @rootfish2671
      @rootfish2671 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Jesus Christ how were criminal charges not brought against him and incarcerated right now. That's like intentionally leaving loaded guns on a table in front of a suicidal person

    • @surkey5055
      @surkey5055 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@rootfish2671 exactly. Lemme tell ya if Phill did that to me I'd load up until I woke up tangled up in a combine.

    • @ezfree.z651
      @ezfree.z651 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@rootfish2671while i also think he’s morally responsible, i bet the courts would probably say his victim had free will & ‘could have chosen not to’ or some bs

    • @xb5442
      @xb5442 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ezfree.z651 "i bet the courts would probably say his victim had free will & ‘could have chosen not to’ or some bs". Spoken like somebody that has zero idea of what goes on inside a courtroom.

    • @laravioliiii2832
      @laravioliiii2832 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Holy shit that is a sign of a psycopath

  • @roscob7089
    @roscob7089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I love Boomer, they're really just living their own life and being happy. Personally, I am autistic, so I have had the experience of not feeling entirely human, and it's a very comforting thing to be close to animals and to occasionally "let go" by allowing myself to not mask my behavior. It's a very admirable thing to be able to be so unashamedly yourself.

  • @ScottJB
    @ScottJB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Dr Phil is a sham. He is an entertainer for people who want to feel better than others. An entertainer, not a therapist.

    • @brianarbenz7206
      @brianarbenz7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly!

    • @Tuco_Salamanca3
      @Tuco_Salamanca3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Exactly! And the people constantly cackling in the audience at people’s struggles further proves you right

  • @erik7317
    @erik7317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3035

    "You're 48" -- holy shit Boomer the Dog looks like he's in his early 30s to me.

    • @tullemoon
      @tullemoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +780

      You age slower when live a happy, stress-free life. Good for Boomer 😌

    • @erik7317
      @erik7317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +334

      @@tullemoon or we should all be eating grade d meat dog food

    • @tullemoon
      @tullemoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@erik7317 if that’s the trade off then I would rather age like milk but more power to ya lol

    • @erik7317
      @erik7317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@tullemoon the dog food at whole foods is human grade. Maybe that's a good tradeoff.

    • @OnlyAUsername
      @OnlyAUsername 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Right? Being happy ages a person like fine wine.

  • @yamingoat
    @yamingoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    The wild thing is how Brandon’s periods of energy and depression are straight up textbook symptoms of bipolar and they completely ignore that

    • @ilexdiapason
      @ilexdiapason 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      yeah i heard him say "on the other side of these manic episodes" and went oh it's bipolar... and then... nobody said it...

    • @Katie-ws7xp
      @Katie-ws7xp 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hE's NoT bIpOlAr He's A lAzY gOoD fOr NoThInG tHaT nEeDs To GeT a JoB

  • @AmberMasquerade13
    @AmberMasquerade13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Dr Phil is less of a doctor anymore, he’s an entertainer. His “patients” come to him genuinely seeking help and he turns it into a circus so that his audience is entertained by it, and his “help” is more of his own concentrated opinion rather than from whatever psychological training he was given. It’s a shame people even put faith in him.

  • @meganhash7840
    @meganhash7840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    "[DIAMOND] NEEDS TO BE RESPECTFUL" says her brother as he constantly deadnames and misgender her. Because THAT'S respectful, right?

    • @TheSorrel
      @TheSorrel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah, its pretty obvious she only mirrors the behavior she's met with on a daily basis.

    • @rulerofflapjacks6838
      @rulerofflapjacks6838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As soon as he said that my immediate response was why don't you respect her first? Like why should she be respectful if he can't even be assed to do the bare minimum?

    • @amox
      @amox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That they allowed that to happen to her on TV was just cruel.

  • @SemicolonExpected
    @SemicolonExpected 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    I stan boomer the dog. He's living the life we've all wanted, just content with everything + gets along with all dogs

    • @incharak1927
      @incharak1927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yess boomer just vibin. I wonder how he makes his living

    • @Marchingvenusaur
      @Marchingvenusaur 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Boomer is just doin his best, fuck dr phil

    • @witchflowers6942
      @witchflowers6942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@incharak1927 He just vibes, man.

    • @dianas6800
      @dianas6800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just living the life, vibing the vibe

    • @Altermerea
      @Altermerea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't believe that there are zero dogs he has a beef with. Nobody can get along with everyone, and some dogs can just be jerks to other dogs.

  • @caseyw.6550
    @caseyw.6550 3 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    Boomer the dog is 48 years old? Damn, he looks much younger. He really is living the good life. Love that for him!

    • @UltraInstinctGoku69
      @UltraInstinctGoku69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You a man or some?

    • @benedictdwyer2608
      @benedictdwyer2608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@UltraInstinctGoku69 what would that have to do with the comment?

    • @weasel7491
      @weasel7491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@benedictdwyer2608 Judging on their comment history, they're young, bored and looking to cause fights.
      I think there's honestly more enjoyable videos to watch if you don't agree with Joel, but guess Lion's in a bad mood.

    • @redmage5251
      @redmage5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@UltraInstinctGoku69 seethe

    • @della3440
      @della3440 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      There’s a saying where I’m from that goes “you’ll age faster if you spend your time being upset” (it’s not a rlly good translation but basically that’s what it says).
      Idk Boomer’s living a happy life and that’s really cool. Sure, it’s not how a lot of people see themselves doing but he’s not really hurting anyone.

  • @sonichamburgerspecial692
    @sonichamburgerspecial692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    As a trans individual it really stressed me out when Diamond got misgendered over and over again, im not out yet with my gender identity but constantly having to hear the wrong pronouns used on you feels really exhausting. It amazes me also how cisgendered people correct themselfes when they misgender someones dog, but when it comes to a trans man, woman or even enby they lose their shit and don't even try to stay respectful. Maybe they should drop their ego and think about why pronouns are so important to us.

    • @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech
      @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe you should drop your ego and think about why your pronouns aren't important to random strangers trying to go about their day. Maybe they believe that being forced to partake in an obvious lie is corrosive to the soul.

    • @evilmorty5056
      @evilmorty5056 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech if pronouns arent important it shouldn’t be an issue for people to respect them

    • @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech
      @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@evilmorty5056 Respect is earned and forcing people to lie so p*rnsick AGPs can get off in public is demonic.

    • @meowchichipio
      @meowchichipio ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech is it so distressing to being a decent human? do you get nightmares about it?

    • @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech
      @HateSpeechMoreLikeBasedSpeech ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meowchichipio telling people that the lie they believe is true isn't being "decent"; it's being cruel.