Doctor REACTS to South Park | Does Butters Have Multiple Personality Disorder? | Dr Elliott

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This Doctor Reacts video is looking at another episode of south park called "City Sushi". Now that I've finished watching The Crowded Room, this is my chance to look at South Park's take on MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER or DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER and how it compares to the excellent episodes on addiction, Tourette's and conversion therapy. Let's see if this episode matches up!
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[@blaketindle4703]

“What your son needs now is lots of tender loving…..medication.” 😂

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

that was a good line!

[@LucianDevine]

Heavy medication.

[@DenderFriend]

Butters is at the center of a lot of mental health episodes, like in the Covid special where he was kept inside for so long that he ended up going down an Internet rabbithole that turned him into a cypto bro as an adult. Honestly I'd love to see you delve into the Covid specials and how the characters grow up.

[@notalithiumbarbiedoll3535]

I love how they presented his character in the Covid special episode, how they whole time they are referring to a Victor chowse, but then you see the name on his door Victor Chaos, me and my friend both yelled OMG THATS BUTTERS! 😂

[@LucianDevine]

At least he ended up on the predator side, embracing Professor Chaos, becoming the con-man instead of one of the conned.

[@LordVolkov]

Janus was a 2 faced Roman god, so the doctor's reveal that he's lying (two faced in the idiom sense) and that he's an entirely different person (2 literal faces) are both foreshadowed, but I think it makes it funnier that both are true 😅

[@AColonDashSix]

I knew that sounded familiar

[@Justin-pe9cl]

I caught that too it was great.

[@Doomsquad99]

When CPT Hindsight and CPT Foresight combine they form the god Janus lol

[@Mijzelffan]

The way the A-plot and B-plot in this episode come together blew my mind as a teen watching this for the first time

[@donkarnage6032]

From my experience, doctors in the US are much quicker to prescribe a patient medication for mental issues instead of psychological treatments. It's actually part of why I couldn't get the help I needed for quite a long time because I was turned off by the actions of the doctors/psychologists. The mental health system in the US is broken in my opinion. They aren't capable in many cases of having the will or facility to help people as they should be helped.

[@victoriashore1332]

Not just that, but being able to pay for therapists and psychologists here in the US is ridiculous. I don’t know why they don’t think of better ways to spend their money.

[@nitroforcegaming9755]

Did you know when some other shows try to make something highly offensive on Comedy Central they often get a solid 'no'? For one time, they asked "but South Park could do it" and the response was "yeah but that is South Park it is a different situation with them". They clearly fought for their rights to show some offensive stuff on screen.

[@angiebrown2508]

I thought it was South Parks' goal to get canceled, but now everybody is like, "Yeah, that's from South Park. What did you expect." South Park fits the definition of a troll when people say 'Don't Feed the Trolls'

[@AlienZizi]

@@angiebrown2508 i wouldnt say it was their goal, but they fully expected to be cancelled immediately, then they just kept waiting for it to surely happen and it never did 😂

[@almightyk11]

AS a child, I never had an imaginary friend, but I pretended to have one. I was a compulsive liar.

[@chickencurry420]

I pretended to have an imaginary friend just because I thought that's what kids are supposed to do.

[@blaketindle4703]

There actually is a South Park episode where a cringe improv group talks to the kids about how bad smoking is. Season 7 episode “Butt Out”. Highly recommended it! Mostly about physical health issues but I think there’s also a mental aspect to analyze.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

One of many episodes that aged very poorly. It's from the age when cigarette companies were cutting propaganda against the reality of second-hand smoke & unfortunately Libertarian types like Matt & Trey (as well as Penn Jillette, for instance) fell for it hook, line, & sinker.

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

I mean, that episode is mostly just about ignoring the physical health issues caused by cigarettes because the ones caused by obesity are easier to see and therefore they actually exist. Pretty standard South Park M.O.

[@amado68]

@@dr.zoidberg8666 From my point of view, their criticism is simple: Sometimes society has a focus for the leaf and not for the forrest. For me they're saying: It is not about only the consequences - which are also very deprived of reality, for it is not as simple as a clean death (the process is even more painful) and smoking does not make you a failure - but also that we should treat things with that same reality we sometimes lack in school campaigns against smoking. We should understand that to be medicated the problem is already advanced and simple therapy won't do, as well as understand that not every brat is a psychopath - some kids just have to learn the hard way.

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

@@amado68 To be clear, I wasn't speculating about their motive. They said so explicitly at the time. A bunch of libertarian types fell for it back then -- Penn & Teller even did an episode of their show "debunking" second hand smoke iirc.

[@finrothsmith7995]

For most of my adult life, I had 2 extra (hard to describe) say basic personality constructs, with individual outlooks and their own access to my memories. I think they came about because my father would call me lazy when I was young. Anyway, they helped me make decisions on when to work harder or take a break and even remember appointments or deadline I had forgotten. I called one the "Stoner" and one was the "Drill Sargent" They would argue sometimes but I could always tell the to shut up and always made the final decision. However some 9 years ago now I developed Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and my brain no longer had the resources free to keep them alive. I had a phycologist I was seeing to help manage the life change and when I asked him if he thought my extra voices would return, he was like "What?" It was then I learned not everyone had extra internal personalities, I was 45 at the time and shocked :) I do miss them.

[@RLucas3000]

I think this is a powerful statement. I would encourage you to watch Sybil, with Sally Field. There are clips on KZbin but the movie must be available somewhere. Your two helpers sound like they were mostly beneficial. Sybil in the (Tv) movie had I think 16. (In the book, it may have been far more, not sure.). Sometimes would ‘wake up’ with days, and even weeks or months missing from here memory, and just thought everyone was like that. We do eventually find out why she shattered like that.

[@wolfgangengel4835]

I feel so sorry for Butters having these parents. Wouldn't it be awesome seeing Cartman as their son? 😆

[@TinyKittenKisses]

that would be a great episode idea!! and that butters parents don't even notice, just think butters got fat lol

[@cooltrainervaultboy-39]

​@@TinyKittenKissesCartman would turn them into chili by the end of the episode.

[@amado68]

@@cooltrainervaultboy-39 Good usage of references.

[@jameshughes3014]

It's refreshing to hear you talk about d.i.d. as if its just, another thing. I was diagnosed with d.i.d. back in the early 90s. it was the worst time to be diagnosed. My doctors actually told me to keep it a secret from other doctors, because of all the law suits that had happened. They retired not long after that. Any time a new doc found out I had it, they would shut down and stop talking or accuse me of making it up. It felt like being gaslit by psychiatrists. It was decades before I was able to get any help. I'm so thankful that people are taking it seriously now so the younger generations can get help without feeling like they have a scarlet letter.

[@lambsysz]

i hear you. ❤

[@TheIndigoSystem]

We have informal diagnosis from psychologists but our local psych still lives in the dark ages and says it’s not a real thing and that our BPD is the issue and we are attention seeking. I hate NHS mental health sometimes

[@jameshughes3014]

@@TheIndigoSystem In my experience, that's just how psychiatrists are. They will be the last to admit they were wrong, so i wouldn't expect them to believe in it anytime soon. I think the best you can hope for from one is a diagnosis of ptsd and anxiety.

[@kylehurlburt6114]

Janus is also a Roman God depicted as having two faces, and a God of change among other things.

[@MuljoStpho]

I think that quick drive to throw prescriptions at all of the kids was the subject of a South Park episode at some point. I forget which character it started with but one child did something perfectly normal for a child and the adults interpreted it as a problem and put the kid on ritalin... and then the same thing happened with another kid, and another and another and another until the whole school was on it.

[@UpsetWizard]

It started with Timmy, which is hilarious in of itself. That would be quite an episode to analyse! Timmy’s introductory episode and Ritalin overprescription.

[@TomBongJovi]

Have you covered the South Park episode about a comedy troupe doing an anti smoking assembly which leads to the boys immediately start smoking cigarettes because of how lame the group was?

[@wordlife94]

the Dr.'s name was a hint at the twist - Dr. Janus. Janus was the Roman god of doors and beginnings and endings. He had two faces, one facing forward and one facing backward

[@JagNavBrett]

butters' behaviour just seems typical of how an 8 year old acts though.

[@orangukey]

That's the joke

[@Teddy_The_Runner]

No shit

[@Dan-B]

The Butters energy of this comment 😂👌

[@notalithiumbarbiedoll3535]

That’s literally the joke

[@dibsdibs3495]

@@orangukeythat’s every Butters joke, he’s too innocent for the world. It’s like that time he got a sexual assault charge for pinching someone for not wearing green on St. Patrick’s day

[@nihilvt]

I dated somebody with DID who was from the UK, I will say this: It is perhaps the saddest and most hopeless thing to see somebody go through, it can get so bad that new personalities replaced the old ones and the person I start dated no longer existed. She was a person who no longer identified with her birth name, weakened bonds to her parents, and we even broke up for a time because one of the other personalities flirted with me and I guess I cheated? Personality disorders are something to stay away from and treat if found in your children, it comes from earlier childhood trauma.

[@EmeraldBlade98]

Damn that’s sad

[@env0x]

every type of mental illness is the saddest most hopeless thing to see someone go through. people just have more sympathy for some disorders than others.

[@felixhenson9926]

"personality disorders are something to stay away from" what did you mean by this? Because people can't avoid having mental illness since it isn't a choice, the only thing i can think of you meaning is that people with personality disorders are to be stayed away from and that isn't a cool conclusion, like you can't just stay away from everyone with a specific disability

[@HigoIndico]

DID is not a personality disorder. That's one reason why it has a new name.

[@jameshughes3014]

Loving someone who's dealing with past trauma is, always super super hard. I've been diagnosed for years with d.i.d. so i kind of feel like i need to say for anyone reading this, new identities don't destroy old ones. Everything a person is is still in there, no matter what. Identities don't vanish. They might get pushed to the back for a while, or sort of combined with other identities, but they still exist. all the memories, feelings, thoughts that make them who they are are still in tact. It's very possible that one of the identities lied to you about that, or is confused themselves, but the core of the identity you cared most about is still there. It sounds like the relationship was very hard, and I'm sorry you had to suffer through that.

[@jadelaurich2049]

as a former child now adult involved in the mental healthcare system in america, i was on SSRI’s for 10 YEARS, staring at 12, with no positive results. i stopped taking them on my own after years of cycling through different medications and dosages (not recommended!!!) and i’ve been feeling better than i can ever remember.

[@eyeseajujubee]

I had many friends put on meds as a child, when they didn’t all need it. I think the U.S. has a tendency to overprescribe but sometimes meds are necessary.

[@berf9445]

Mental illness does not(imo) increase creativity. I'm an artist. I went to college for animation and even won an Academy Award for my college thesis. Yes a real Academy Award. I am also severly bipolar(as well as some other co-morbitities). Bipolar has wrecked my life and my art. It started in my senior year in college. At first maybe the mania helped, not having to sleep, but things just got worse. When I entered the workforce I would sway between overpromising work while manic then not being able to handle any work when I would drop to depression. I was working my dream jobs. My last job before having to go on disability and give up my dream was designing toys, but I was in and out of the hospital. It was impossible to work. I still illustrate, when I'm doing well, which for years was almost never. I've lost so much time. I've lost skill. My hands shake from the lithium. All the kids I went to college with are at Dreamworks and Pixar and I live with my parents. I've been in an episode since August, and I've barely made any art, and what I have made is subpar. I create inspite of my mental illness, not because of it.

[@sudokuacrobatics]

I recommend revenge, it's very rewarding.

[@-andreiDNA]

I'm a programmer with schizoaffective (which is kinda like a worse version of bipolar). It has never helped me in life. I feel like I really lost out on life and haven't lived up to my potential. The meds are awful too, especially how fat they made me

[@ZakJordan98]

Butters's parents are the worst

[@kevinbrooks9074]

No, batman's are...

[@sktacticai6707]

This man really just put a professional analysis on a damn South Park episode 🤣🤣🤣

[@Terror1983]

Agree completely. I would hate to be Bart Simpson and his brutal diagnosis 😂😂😂

[@victoriashore1332]

Butter’s parents in this series are just so ridiculous. Even before I became a teacher and had to take child psychology classes I knew he was just using his imagination with Professor Chaos. and every other character he pretends to be. Poor Butters

[@arienbates2996]

Would love to see your take on Norman Bates in the Bates Motel TV show and how they portray Dissociative Identity Disorder. Thank you for all the Hannibal episodes!!

[@michaellamontoya4317]

I'm not sure many people surviving with the disorder would agree that "the defense persists in a way that is disproportionate to the threat." Especially those that live in hostile and traumatic environments from birth into young adulthood or longer.

[@starchild1935]

Butter’s parents should be on medication 💊

[@vercoda9997]

You're grounded, mister!

[@fiox8170]

They should be in jail.

[@scotth8828]

"The horned toad says we should go to Mexico"....shout out for The Outlaw Jose Wales obscure movie quote!

[@richardromney9205]

this episode was honest. yet shaky. to understand reality and its identity in the human behavior is young and maslows writing. i am a armchair rider. still it cracks me up. thank you brother.

[@Floyd13778]

This was infotainment gold.🥰🥰🥰 "Dr. Janis" going in and out of personalities every other second must be one of the funniest scenes in the whole series for me. And seeing an actual psychiatrist react to it....🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣

[@beepboop1120]

Funny how you mentioned improv groups doing anti-smoking performances and stuff, South Park did that too in the episode "Butt Out"

[@MrJholshouser41]

Would you ever react to the movie Spilt and how it portray this?

[@kevinbrooks9074]

No

[@matthewgallaway3675]

@@kevinbrooks9074 you don’t know shush

[@kevinbrooks9074]

@@matthewgallaway3675 who that? Your mom? 😁

[@a3gill]

Have you done Fight Club? I'd be curious of your interpretation of the final actions in the film.

[@matthewgallaway3675]

I’m pretty sure they’re a bad call

[@CrazyK9Time]

Let me put it this way, I told a doctors I felt depressed and instead of issuing any therapy or psychiatric treatment, I was prescribed pills that very day after doing a very basic checklist. Idk if this is the typical experience for americans, but it was for me and those early medications only made things wayyyyyy worse

[@Nightlark100]

Please do Criminal Minds. There's some episodes I'd love to hear your thoughts on! (Specifically 2.11, 14/15, 3.8, 10, 4.20 but there are sooo many episodes that would be super interesting to get a professional opinion on)

[@CptCh4os]

The way you described DID made me wonder if Sogeking/Usopp of One Piece is a case of that and if so how realistic that is. Usopp is a notorious liar making up tall tales all the times about epic quests and adventures he's been on and gruesome villains he's defeated etc. In reality however Usopp is a weakling and not worth much in a fight (or at least he thinks so). At some point when his friends are threatened and he is desperate because the weak Usopp can't fight for them he puts on a mask, calls himself Sogeking and goes out to fight for the people close to him. As Sogeking he has basically done everything Usopp always lies about etc. Would be great if you could take a look at that.

[@matthewgallaway3675]

I think that’s more so an example of a persona than DID.

[@spinningpeanut]

Sniper King is his fursuit.

[@therecalcitrantseditionist3613]

In the us they are quicker to medicate children, which in turn creates life long drug addicts for pharmaceutical companies to benefit from. It's been a huge problem since at least the early 2000s.

[@SodaliteSushi]

Your face during the suicide joke was priceless😭😭😭

[@KrimsonKracker]

Trey Parker's "Asian character" voice is both absurd and HILARIOUS. It gets me every time! 🤣

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

List of personalities: Teacher Boss Inspector Fireman Doctor Pilot Lifeguard/swimmer Construction/builder Recycler Snow person Jungle explorer Superhero Postman Vampire Animal Artist Singer Scientist Mechanic Chef Clown Gardener Camper Farmer Villain

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

Don’t forget serial killer Thief

[@alseb931]

The reason why there are rules around ethical, good practice is because bad practice happened enough to justify going through the effort of creating the rules. There is a dark history, a dark history within psychology. Unfortunately, unethical bad practice still happens today and it is immensely hard for a patient to whistle blow because of the power imbalance, corruption, the professional individual writing the records, the patient having very little opportunity if any to record evidence, the practitioner being in good standing, appearing well-put together, has the connections and power to support them, the vulnerable person being in bad standing, appearing undone, very few connections and no power to support them, the victim is just discredited.

[@QuikVidGuy]

I've heard from people with DID that Full Integration isn't always the goal, because each identity still deserves to make the decision of whether they want to live their full lives

[@floatingdaisy3256]

Exactly! Full integration (now called “final fusion” isn’t for every system. Some of us do better when we can all exist as distinct entities but just get better at respecting one another and being mindful of what everyone wants out of life. I’m so happy you understand.

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

No, he doesn’t, South Park just wants to find a clever way to retroactively make their Chinese stereotype character not technically a racist caricature, because he’s not Chinese. So he’s racist, but South Park isn’t. That totally makes sense, right?

[@bomber9912]

Kinda similar with Token Black when they released that his name is actually Tolkien Black, basically making... the viewer the racist :D Also they doubled down with Mr. Lu Kim being caucasian when they introduced PC Principle for the first time and he publicly shames the town of South Park for being the worst in the entire nation, pointing out that the only Asian person not even being Chinese.

[@olly8453]

Exactly. I was just about to mention this myself, but luckily found that at least one person here was cognizant enough to mention it.

[@tyjuarez]

i didn't know that "the crowded room" was a show that existed so i googled it and got really pissed off. Why is it that whenever it's about mental illness, especially DID, it's always a "Psychological Thriller" or a "Crime Drama" or some shit. Some people are just out here trying to share a brain! Why can't it ever be a buddy comedy or something?

[@Glaceonmon]

Have you reviewed Moonknight? It tackled some heavy stuff... o maybe just dramatized mental illness 😅 I'd love your take on it

[@uekernas]

Please do a video about the Law & Order episode “Switch” (from season 5, in 1995). It features a character with multiple personality disorder (as it was then referred to), and it would be interesting to see how its depiction holds up today.

[@TheIndigoSystem]

*sigh* As someone with DID I just roll my eyes at DID in media most of the time. It just perpetuates the stigma

[@TheLordUrban]

Positive reinforcement is adding something, could be good or bad and negative reinforcement is removing or diminishing something undesirable.

[@vr4042]

Did you catch the doctor's name? Janus? The Roman "two-faced" god of transitions and dualities?

[@Ferdawoon]

Maybe I missed it during the video (was making popcorn while listening) but it would be interesting to learn more about what you maybe allure to at the end. Or rather let me rephrase it a bit: Is it always/mostly beneficial to try to dismantle a DID and marge personalities into one persona, or would it be equally (or just not severely bad) to make one personality dominate? In the end of the episode they let the Chinese personality remain, because in a way it's a way for the person to keep functioning within society, possibly even thrive. Would that be a solution to DID, where one personallity would be allowed to dominate and let the other recede?

[@skloak]

Whether or not a person with DID (sometimes referred to as a system) should aim for reintegration is an entirely individual question. Some systems are small, some are large (like a thousand+ alters, usually signifying massive, extended exposure to some kind of (usually sexual) traumatic/abusive situations), some function better as individual personalities, some are alike enough that they fuse easily. What the treatment plan should look like is based on that particular system’s needs and capabilities. No two people are exactly alike, and no two DID systems are exactly alike. But integration isn’t a case of one dominant personality and one recessive, and the dominant one just ends up ruling while the recessive stays in the back. That’s not integrated DID, that’s still two separate personalities, and, I think, a product of poor media representation. To be integrated means to coalesce into just one personality. Like when you dissolve sugar in water, you get sweet water, not a lump of sugar floating in water. It’s a new, different thing. There’s a youtube channel called DissociaDID, they started up several years ago after their diagnosis to sort of document everything, and try to explain how it all works and what it means, and provide some actual medical information, for anybody interested. They’ve had a *lot* of issues along the way, and public backlash, and I think they may be on a bit of a hiatus after their pet kitty was ... umm, well, there are hateful people out there who think being evil to pets is the way to go about things. However, there’s still a lot of useful information, and you can have a listen to some of their videos to learn a bit more. But never take South Park too seriously, they’re good for bringing topics up, but how they deal with them is never remotely sensible. The creators specifically wanted to be absurd about everything 😂

[@Adaephonable]

1000+ alters... How is anyone gullible enough to believe that. @@skloak

[@floatingdaisy3256]

@Adaephonable You could say that about pretty much any mental or physical health condition. Some people are so depressed that they can’t get out of bed for days on end? Who would be gullible enough to believe that?! People with Celiac Disease react to even the smallest particle of gluten? Who would be gullible enough to believe that?! People with schizophrenia hear voices that no one else can? Who would be gullible enough to believe that?! Don’t discredit something just because you’ve never experienced it and can’t understand it. This is why so many of us stay in the background and can never tell anyone what we go through. I sure wish we lived in a world where we could tell people about our DID without jerks like you discrediting our experience; it sure would make managing memory gaps a lot easier.

[@jameshughes3014]

As someone diagnosed with it for more than 30 years, my completely non-expert, subjective advice is .. integration is no goal to work for, and can actually set you back. If someone is struggling with this, i really do feel like the best thing to focus on is communication between parts and cooperation , so that the person can have a sense of peace. once that is established, which can take a very, very long time.. they can then go for integration if it's what they want. But there's certainly no way to 'get rid of' the other parts, and only let one have control. What I've noticed is that when an identity feels like part of the inner community, any 'edge' or difficult nature they had just vanishes for the most part. Often they just feel isolated and ignored. as for identities being dominant or not, it's more like.. each identity has a function they are good at. It's not so much about dominance or fighting for control, it's more about each part is better at handling some situations. One of my parts is a great cook for instance, but I'm terrible at it lol. Focusing on working well as a team has been the best help. Those are just my feelings on the matter , each person is different and if someone has this they should, quite obviously, talk to a professional.

[@MuttsOverHumans]

I think you did a great job. You were able to tie back the peeing incident with real conditions.

[@Omilogic]

That’s the beauty of South Park. It’s social commentary at its finest. And you’re right as well. Here in the us they’re very quick to just right you an Rx for some medication instead of treating the problem. Mostly because big pharma creates customers. It’s been like this for decades. When I was a kid I was prescribed Ritalin because the teachers said I had ADHD because I wasn’t able to focus in school. But my mom quickly took me off of it because in fact I did not have ADHD I was just a kid who wanted to play outside and play video games instead sitting in a boring classroom. And it turns out the teacher just couldn’t handle kids being kids because later as I was an adult I found out that the school was just saying that because the kept lying to get kids prescribed like I was.

[@Claire_by_the_Seashore]

Dr. Elliot, lol, subtlety in America is not necessarily a standard approach. As a social worker for teenagers who are transitioning to adulthood, I definitely appreciated your discussion of family therapy.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

Could you react to the Vincent and the Doctor Doctor Who episode? It's the first episode that the series takes to look into depression, there were others that delve into other topics (the Torchwood episode 'A Day in the Death' that deals with suicide is an example) but it's often regarded as one of the best.

[@joshntn37111]

So literally every bad choice someone makes is now not ever their fault bc it can be explained away by them just having a mental illness? Thus cannot be at fault for anything they do and should never face any kind of consequence? It's has gone way too far and is ridiculous.

[@jameshughes3014]

as someone with d.i.d. .. no. it cannot. ages ago, it was used an excuse by some lawyers. but, it's not that way anymore thank goodness. People are considered responsible for what they do. However, as someone who has been put in the mental hospital more than once even though I hadn't done anything wrong (obviously, its a mental hospital, not a jail) .. I have to say that calling it no consequence is a misnomer. Honestly, I would prefer jail.

[@ianswinford5570]

I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid because I was kept out of school for most of my childhood. Now I’m starting to wonder what that says about my mental health.

[@ThePhanttasm]

If you watch the entire show, you can tell that Butters has ASD and he's constantly victimized by his parents, because they need a distraction from the fact that they are in a loveless marriage (father has a secret gay life). He never does anything with bad intentions, but he constantly takes the fall and blame for others, and the parents love to have an excuse to punish their child by isolating him from other kids (he usually can't hang out with the others because he's grounded or he's scared of getting grounded). The show has always been critical of the medicalization of children's behaviors or other fads that pop up in American culture. There are always new waves of "disorders" that spread across American teens and children, like ADHD, body image, body harm, etc. I think it's mostly to blame on the medical industry and the media. The news is always trying to incite fear into parents.

[@mysterionz]

I also agree with the headcannon of butters being on the autism spectrum

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@mysterionzhe doesn’t seem like it to me

[@Azurethewolf168]

I mean those are actual disorders but the thing is to not freak out about it

[@696190]

Wait a second; Dr. Janus, as in Janus, the two-faced Roman god. South Park is the pioneer of high-quality shitposts

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

saying there is a positive to something that apart from that is bad is not "romanticising" it its being factual it probably did help them in terms of creativity, romanticising would be saying you want one to make you more creative and ignoring the bad i hate it when doctors do this shit you see it all the time in stuff with sugar all of a sudden there are 0 benefits cause some of it is bad

[@malachisdreads140]

Poor butters he hasn't done anything and yet he gets accused of the most random things.... 💀

[@bpora01]

Doctors in the exorcist also suggested the patient had MPD

[@LiShuBen]

Not sure which came first but there was a law and order episode with a Dr Janis that was about D.I.D

[@yourHandleShouldBeAtLeast3...]

Idk about today but a study done in 2021 found that per capitol uk has the highest opioid dependency than anywhere else. Us does prescribe alot but majority of families can't afford it.

[@dantevairos]

5:29 all due respect with your take on creativity and intelligence being linked to mental illness. I have aspergers and while you are right about the challenges, one of the biggest we face is people saying we can't or that it's so debilitating rather than focusing on the positives.

[@shinrapresident7010]

I have numerous diseases and disabilities. There are things that I simply cannot do. The same applies to you. You need to learn to accept that truth. These are illnesses and not something to be admired.

[@dantevairos]

@@shinrapresident7010 it's not something pitied either

[@shinrapresident7010]

@@dantevairos Pity is showing compassion for someone else's suffering. Your illness is a bad thing. It's not a good thing. You have a disease. As do I. I have many. Someone showing compassion for my sickness is a good thing. To just act as if it's nothing or a blessing or a personality trait is insulting. If I tell someone I am disabled and they respond with ''Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. What is your disability?'' that's totally normal. Ignoring the negatives won't make them go away, it's just dishonest and disingenuous. Diseases are negative. Full stop.

[@juandesalgado]

The comment at the end about reintegrating or not reminded me of that Isaac Asimov story (the one titled "Reason", in the book "I, Robot") of a robot who believes the space station he is supposed to control is a "god", and the robot thinks himself as the prophet at the service of the "god". The technicians opt for leaving the situation as it is, given that the robot can indeed effectively control the space station, regardless of the explanation.

[@ChimpManZ1264]

Steve and Linda are the worst parents in South Park. Even Cartman's mum is better as she has done fair parenting when she is pushed too far.

[@jayrock2288]

I was excited to see your reaction about the doctor at the end

[@LB-uo7xy]

That Billy guy serial killer was made pretty obvious, after decades have passed and the medical crazed frenzy of finding a patient with multiple personality disorder that psychiatrists and psychologists could latch onto and 'study' died down, that he was most likely faking having ANY mental issues whatsoever, not just dissociative personality disorder. Just because we see something manifest itself doesn't mean that someone invested enough in making you believe what you see is an actual disorder vs just their attempt to act it out as convincingly as possible isn't going to just fake it CONVINCINGLY ENOUGH to get away with crimes, especially when those crimes involve decades in prison or capital punishment. It's just horribly sad that NONE of the trend chasers psychiatrists and psychologists didn't get ALL THEIR 'RESEARCH', which was mostly based on confirmation bias, discredited and thrown on, as it should have rightfully happened. But as there is nothing just with any of our human systems, why should one of the most important medical fields that put serial murderous criminals back on the street and among their prefered victims be any different?

[@QuikVidGuy]

I know that it's an hour and a half, but I'd love to see you react to at least a PART of the CJ the X essay on Rick and Morty, where he breaks down, from a patient perspective, the space between responsibility and freedom, creativity and perfectionism

[@8BitPowerTrip]

Honestly the fact that they had access to healthcare and medication is the most unrealistic part.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

How?

[@brandibastian4193]

See the problem is with not locking the guy up because it was another personality of his they share the same body meaning it was still him who did it even though he didn't realize so if he's not locked up people are in danger because he will do it again

[@SBPepperminion]

They are not good parents. They don't know the difference between imagination and multiple personality disorder. Whats worse is how they punish Butters.

[@j3pelfrey]

Considering his parents and the kids at school that are his friend group, Butters in the most well adjusted kid in South Park.

[@6TomCruz6]

I love South Park this is probably my most favorite episode because of the plot twist still mind blows me to this day growing up with the character Lu Kim then being fake

[@OpEditorial]

Thats what South Park is for, explaining the jokes while offering quack analysis

[@michaelmills8205]

South Park tends to reflect the opinions of it's creator in very shallow ways. If it's a situation they think is real, it gets a solid deep dive with a bit of research and empathy. If they think it's fake, we get messes like this.

[@lazulazu2467]

what do you mean they "think its fake?" this episode isnt saying "DID isnt real", its about how conditions are overdiagnosed, and how butters parents are terrible

[@floatingdaisy3256]

I agree. I watched a video about the Tourette’s episode, and it included a group for kids with Tourette’s to come together and talk about their experiences. That sort of first-person perspective and person-respecting representation pretty much never happen with multiplicity as depicted onscreen.

[@AIHumanEquality]

"How do they get away with this?" Well because South Park did extreme things so often that eventually people just accepted it as being the show that does extreme crazy things.

[@PhatPazzo]

How about the episode Tsst (S10E07) about child psychology?

[@tree1568]

I don’t have a diagnosis of DID but since developing functional neurological condition back in 2020 I’ve frequently switched between regular me who is very meek and anxiety ridden and mid 2010’s me who I have no memory of and is very aggressive and violent

[@MarcoAntonioSol22]

I suffer from RBD and a few other things so I always enjoy your reactions and look forward to the next one

[@joelt00b]

14:41 theres an episode for that too called "butt out" season 7 episode 13 😂

[@fieryphoenix586]

A lot of South Park characters are based on people Matt and Trey knew growing up. Wonder if Butters is based on someone they know, or knew, who came from a strict family and was grounded on a regular basis.

[@missnandor]

Any chance of looking into Our Flag means Death? Apart from awesome pirate stuff it deals with PTSD, drug addiction, dealing with break ups and so much more. Also it has Taika Waititi as Blackbeard - what's not to love?

[@GazBC4U]

W reaction, I really learnt a lot

[@iancovill8854]

Is the US more heavy handed with the psyche medications? IMO probably not. There is a lot of push back on Mental health in general and pharmapsychietry specifically, so you can find a lot of American media to satire or criticize these issues for the best or the worst. The perception is that the US does, but the reality is probably that it isn't enough.

[@user-fq5ki9bf9t]

3:53 yep, pretty much

[@kyuven]

This reference goes over a lot of people's heads, but Janus was basically the greek god of D.I.D. and transitions, representing a dual nature. So the South Park writers, despite making a complete farce, actually knew what they were doing.

[@popcatzoo]

Does truck driver butters drive a right hand drive truck, or was the video mirrored?

[@ZeallustImmortal]

When you do these do you watch the full episodes? Its hard to tell whether theyre trimmed before or after you record.

[@ChristianSpliess]

Oh - of course Professor Chaos. From the superheroes-episodes! I'm loving those.

[@rubysmolen5155]

I suggest looking at the hey Arnold episode "Helga on the couch" and the as told by ginger episode "And she was gone"

[@florsch6781]

This is one of the greatest southpark episodes I think 😄

[@JohnnyM4all]

Based only on what I saw, I have a feeling that Butters and Professor Chaos are two different personas inside the same body. I mean, either Butters is really nice, or really mean, no middle term.

[@Padraig1974]

FYI- Saying something is “cringe” is totally cringeworthy. And yes, American Doctors love to push drugs. That isn’t really too arguable. Sadly,

[@alexandruulesan7009]

the reason why South Park gets away with Lu Kim. is because he's not meant to represent Chinese people, but Chinese stereotypes. The idea is for people to see just how ridiculous all the stereotypes would be in a character

[@3mbracingautism]

Exactly I recently have discovered that i have autism and I'm 30 now and it literally has put my whole life into perspective now on why I've done the things that I've done in my life but also because I am asking because my whole life I've been masked and I haven't really been asked except when I'm at home I'm kind of more myself but I've never really understood why but now I know now why it's very hard to go out in everyday life and you know be normal because there's a lot of anxiety that happens and I am always constantly like trying to make sure that I'm not obviously doing things that would bring attention to myself as an autistic person so it's very hard to deal with this type of things and yes of course I'm like super super super super super super super creative and I'm really talented like with everything that I do but that doesn't change the fact of how hard life is for me in general so you definitely hit the nail on the coffin when you basically said that everyday life is still like Hartford people that have these problems and that's definitely true like definitely hard and yeah I may be you know very talented and very artistic butthat doesn't change the fact that even with me being super artistic I still have a very hard time showing off my talents because of my disabilities that I do have

[@kevinbrooks9074]

How does this work on a Flat Earth?

[@InessaMaxinova]

Since you picked up this episode, it might be worth to watch interview with Christine Sizemore, possibly the most famous example of a person suffering from DID, and an inspiration for the "Three faces of Eve" movie and book. Big TW below, you've been warned. . . . . . . . When Christine was little girl she saw one person dying and another severing its hand. Trauma from these situations "developed" her DID.

[@alecrechtiene558]

Interesting you mention Tchaikovsky. It is a widely accepted belief that Tchaikovsky was gay. He had to hide it due to the 19th century social norms and the oppressive Russian government. Many consider his 6th symphony to be a suicide note as it was premiered just 9 days before his sudden death, and the fact that the last movement is so tragic and ends on a tragic note.

[@KarlFluesse]

I don't know, but watching this video makes me agree with the Southpark guys.

[@a3gill]

As for genius/madness... I've found that anyone that's truly excellent at something is going to "lopsided" personality-wise. If you spend a ton of time doing or thinking about X, then non-X things will suffer. I could be wrong, but that's what it seems like to me.