Damn, if I'd have known alcohol could solve selective nutism, I'd have started drinking at 8 years old when it developed infrontvof the only person I had a crush on for the next TEN YEARS.

I wasn't prepared for how this was going to hit me, have had to pause it so I can watch the whole film and then come back to it. Too real.

Id actually like to call out that Leonard's Mother in the goodbye hug scene is at least trying to hug leonard back, is trying to make a connection. so while she does come off as cold and distant when talked about in a past context she seems to be trying to solve that problem later in life and i think that deserves acknowledgement and appreciation.

To answer the question at the start: yes, it can be a disorder. 85% of the time, im fine at university, but sometimes my body will send me into a meltdown due to overstimulation. It starts with my chest getting tight, then sound gets muffled and really loud, and my vision goes blurry. Usually, that's when i realise it and remove myself from the situation. If i don't realise it in time, then I'll start crying and my limbs go numb, i can't walk and I'll start crying in the fetal position and i need to be alone left to get over it. 95% of the time, i realise it before it gets to that point. Thankfully, the 5% of the time has only ever happened in a safe, usually home environment. So yes, autism can be disabling for me, but most of the time, it's not. When it is, I'll normally have ways of dealing with it. When my normal ways of dealing with it aren't available, that's when it's disabling.

The episode where Leonard forgives his mother. It’s really well done and emotional and a lot of good psych stuff.

Sounds like a horrific blend of TBMC and the Cult practice of Lovebombing……or perhaps a common ancestor

Please say:HAVE AUTISM,not autistic..😤

Yay, I got a rainbow star for identifying Tardive Dyskinesia! We had to learn about it to look out for it in my daughter when she started meds.

really enjoyed the film, it's one of those that could easily not work but they make it to work somehow. You should react to some Pedro Almodovar, maybe All About My Mother. #GhostSex

I liked the depiction of the ED but for the level of severity the show was suggesting, I felt like there were not enough depictions of the health effects of AN. Malnutrition really wreaks havoc on everything; your skin ages rapidly, your hair becomes thinner (and can even fall off in bits), you get terrible muscle and bone aches, you become way more irritable and spacey than what they showed Charlie being here (the scenes where he was depicted as being difficult were brushed over rather quickly when they can be a key aspect of the ED, specially when it's severe). I actually think that Skins did a better job at showing the ED person's lived in experience. Now, having said all that, for a show trying to model how to act as a loved one of someone with an ED, I thought the show did a great job :)

As someone from the LGBT community, I think that if someone you care about is actually interested in understanding your identity, your experience, then why not atleast try and explain it to them, share it with them. It's easy to forget but not everyone has knowledge of the terminology that we use. Even I get lost with the new terms being used now and then, and I am bi sociologist for God's sake.

I cried a lot while watching, even crying at this reaction

With what we know now about how attraction works, it makes sense that Oedipus would be attracted to a relative (his mother) and not have any qualms about it because he didn't know they were related

I actually was looking forward to hearing about Ellie's behavior when she comes across to the infected that was stuck in the debris. I have some theories about it but would have loved to hear from you!

Never been diagnosed but I think I'm in the spectrum of autism. 🤔 Not sure if anybody else does this, but if there's a certain object I'm incredibly fond of (especially clothing) I buy it multiple times of the exact same design, shape, and size. So I have the exact same pj design that will last a LONG time. 😅 The only thing I can't really relate is I'm not TOO overly sensitivitie to light and sound (more with light than sounds; I dim my monitors WAY low). 🤔 I am however HIGHLY effected by smell. To the point I will start gagging and throwing up if it's so bad for me. 🤢

"i don't wanna be straight because the straights walk to slow" is so unbelievably real

to be fair the "super aids" comment wasnt likely meant to be taken seriously and if anything, is just another jab ad the Stotch's being awful and ignorent parents.

ive spoke to a few poeple who have Coprolalia and ive benn told different things things in how its effecting poeple growing up one girl told me when she was younger and still in school ,her obcene ticks ironically made her popular....poeple knew she couldnt help it but couldnt help but laugh at the absurdety of it,and even she eventually found humor in it and kind of took to "owning" it. i ironically think a little kid with Coprolalia is very unlikely to be bullied for it by other students....if some kid can blurt out obcene things like that (which is hilarious to hear from a kid weather its because of ticks or not) they would probably be the most popular kid in school. of course this depends on the person mind you...ive seem poeple that take amusment in thier own ticks,and poeple who are actively emberassed and self concious about it. (though in my experience the former seems to be more common)

you ever hear of a movie called "me myself and Irene?"

I haven’t seen the film although I really want to. I think you are really brave and want to thank you for reviewing when you are in the early stages of grief yourself. I am older than you but lost my mum almost a year ago and it brings up so many emotions I came of age in the 80s so the music in this film is so evocative, like the theme music of my life. The first time we had out gay artists singing gay themed songs. Thank you so much for talking through this film with such insightful words and my heart goes out to you for your mother.

oh this movie floored me i was inconsolable. i missed my dad so so much and i wanted to be able to talk to him again

I surrender by Celine Dion all time favorite

Okay, so the thematic throughline of the episode largely revolves around freedom of choice and personal accountability. It isn't pro or anti smoking in the least.

I've never been formally diagnosed with autism, but people have been telling me they think I am for most of my life, and over the last few years I've started to come to terms with the fact that I "tick a lot of the boxes" as my best friend puts it. I'm not super interested in a formal diagnosis, just because I've often heard it can be a lengthy and sometimes aggravating process, and I'm not sure how much it would actually change or benefit me. I loved this episode about Caleb. He also got a dedicated B-plot this season, and between the two I saw a lot of myself in the character. His sensory issues (riding a crowded bus can be hell for me), his interior dialogue regarding his social interactions, his penchant for lists and schedules and having clear-cut plans. It makes me want to go back and rewatch earlier seasons of the show looking for Caleb moments and subplots I may not have been paying as much attention to when I wasn't using this label for myself. But that would involve rewatching Big Mouth, a show I genuinely enjoy but can be a bit much from time to time xD

If you haven’t watched this series from the beginning I would highly recommend it. Very funny, very adult and covers great mental health issues.

I love this episode so much, they used Caleb’s autism as a joke so much and then to show his plight was amazing, then to see Matthew being so empathetic to his friend always brings me to tears 😊❤️

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So the reason Parker and Stone were absolute savages towards Phil Collins was due to them having lost the Oscar to Best Song to him that same year. Tarzan came out the same year as the South Park movie. Granted, neither of them were expecting to win the Oscar, but I have no idea who they were expecting to see win. My guess was probably Randy Newman for the song, "When Somebody Loved Me."

When my best friend Dotty was little she deeply wished that her mother would hug her and say “I love you”. She said that she lost hope around age 8. Dotty’s mother is friendly but distant. Her parents are divorced and her dad is a warm and demonstrative person.

I was hospitalized around the same year this video came out because of an episode of psychosis and they made group therapy a very prominent part of treatment and I was even told if I abstained from group therapy then they would have me stay even longer, they also had most of us sharing rooms though I did have a room to myself but that was only because they would only give you a same sex roommate and I'm a transgender man. this was in the usa though.

I was furious when the ending came. 'They die at the end' is a trope im jaded af by. Did not need it.

Dear Dr Elliot, Would you do a video about the film Moonlight (by Barry Jenkins)? No magical realism, but also about a man grappling with his sexual identity, and the final scene between Chiron and his mom wrecks me every time.

Doctor it's rude to keep us waiting 3 months for season 2. Some of us are starting to get hungry 🍴🤣

as somone who has struggled with depression...i see it like this, the source and object in depression is as different and versitile as a persons finger print...it manifests differently,its handled differently and its caused by different thing...and ultimately should be treated differently on a case by case basis...mental and emotional illness isnt as simple is popping pills just to force the brain to work the way you want it to...sometimes Depresion comes from actual tangible problems in a person's life or outlook that can only be helped by getting to the cause of the problems and helping a person adress and deal with them. ive always seen pills as the quivilent of a bandaid that doesnt really fix anything long term. (not that there arent cases where meds are necisary...but the point being they arent always needed)

After I watched this movie I always start crying when hearing you are “always on my mind”