Doctor REACTS to Wednesday (PART 1) | Dr Elliott

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This doctor REACTS video is on the new Netflix series, Wednesday, all about Wednesday Addams off of the Addams family. This looks at clips from episodes 1-3 and it covers the premise of therapy, whether court-ordered therapy is a thing in the UK, neurodiversity, asylum culture, defence mechasims (of course) and lots me.
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[@raininghail4049]

I've always thought that if someone is willing to go to harmful lengths to "get attention", they're probably dealing with some pretty heavy stuff. Even if they're not depressed or anything, there's probably something going on.

[@SkywardGeek]

TW: mentions of self harm I totally agree, girls at school used to claim that anyone who self harms only does it for attention and my response has always been "then give it to them!!!" If someone is so desperate to get attention that they are physically hurting themselves and they feel they have no other way to reach out, then pay attention to them and hear what they have to say. Oddly though, the girls who said that at my school ended up self harming, so I do look back and wonder if they were trying to make it more obvious that they needed help, but 13 year old me didn't know enough about the world to understand, I was trying to deal with my own stuff

[@Nicamon]

@@SkywardGeek That's a big problem we can have(and by"we"I totally mean"me")...it's easier to empathize with fictional characters or people you only hear being mentioned than with people we actually know in real life because fictions are _built_ to make you empathize and you usually see _yourself_ in some characters or you get a crush on them etc so it's easy to feel sorry or worried for them if something bad happens(also because you can often see the full story so you know *for sure* something bad it's happening to them,you don't really have to guess)while with"real people"we tend to _actually_ see them as"someone else",someone who we can _choose_ to care _or_ not.

[@theredpriest]

Or...they're just a narcissistic egomaniac that will go to any lengths to get people to love them so they can further indulge in themselves. Don't underestimate the arrogance of humans. It's one of humanity's worst traits.

[@lexwithbub]

Yeah, I've often thought, "you BET it's a bloody cry for help... Pay them some goddamn attention, work out what support they need!"

[@lexwithbub]

@@aura9773 agree entirely. We use "they're just attention seeking" as a reason not to deal with the issue, when it's actually exactly why we SHOULD deal with it.

[@AutumnRainne]

as someone with autism, I actually find emojis very very helpful. It's hard for me to sense tone in someone's message so having a happy face or something really helps. I sometimes mistake someone's words totally wrong and think they're mad at me when they totally weren't. My boyfriend was really cool about it when i asked him to use more emojis because it will help me communicate with him. It really really helps with my anxiety.

[@tarabagel1600]

For me it helps with tone like: “I’ll do that now😊” vs just “I’ll do that now” Like I’d worry about how people interpret my phrasing and also it helps my interpretation of others

[@AutumnRainne]

@@tarabagel1600 yes exactly!

[@MichiruEll]

As an older person, I use smiley emojis a lot at work. If someone asked me to do something I just send back an email saying 'Hello, it's done :) '. The smiley is meant to convey that I'm not mad, just don't have anything more than that to say.

[@sidratehreem6574]

İ have autistic friend i'll make sure to add more emojis ☺️👍

[@AutumnRainne]

@@sidratehreem6574 💜💜💜

[@danbuter]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the break of trust on the therapist reading her novels without her knowledge or permission. Wednesday's face instantly changed when the therapist brought it up.

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

As someone who is neurodivergent and a writer, I latched onto her reaction immediately when I first watched it

[@wunder0]

As an Austic person, I get why Wednesday can't read 'Why' people react in certain ways. It's not that I don't care, people in general are often confusing as they change mood/behaviour suddenly without a sense of logic behind it. I can sense their mood has changed, but I am curious as to why.

[@nat3007]

I was called Wednesday in school because it was apparently weird to read books at lunch time. I would like Enid to be analysed I think it would be interesting. One counsellor suggested fire eating as a possible solution for anxiety.

[@knoahbody69]

I knew a girl who read books at lunch time. She went to UC Davis, went to Dartmouth for her Doctorate, met her husband there and works for her husbands company in San Diego. I find it odd that she seems to treat her son as an afterthought in instead of posting a bazillion pictures of him like all my old classmates do, but it must be a satisfying life. Oh, and if you ever meet psychology majors, or know professionals on a personal level, they are often more f@#ked up than any of their clients are.

[@Harri_James]

Might be interesting to analyse some scenes from Umbrella Academy. All of the characters are pretty messed up and traumatised because of their father's treatment of them but how that manifests itself I feel is different in each sibling. There's four instances in season 1 where we see PTSD flashbacks (not all experienced by the one character either, we see one character have one and another have three). Also the character Klaus is a drug addict who we see get sober and then relapse but only with alcohol (which I find interesting because other characters don't seem as bothered by him drinking as they are by him using other substances despite all of it being rooted in addiction). There are no therapy scenes but they all could definitely use therapy (one character does mention having seen someone in the past though). Edit: Actually I've just remembered in season a character has to do court ordered therapy before she can see her child. Again though it is just mentioned not seen.

[@Harri_James]

Back again because I've also just remembered in season 3 two characters discuss oppositional defiant disorder.

[@jenlangley2930]

Season 2 one of the characters is institutionalized for a few episodes.

[@riomochaccino2108]

Every character needs therapy in this show

[@johan.ohgren]

Umbrella is so wonderfully fucked up..

[@helmi9003]

Yes please, I’d love to see that happen! I love the umbrella academy a lot.

[@KayeHalliwell]

I hadn’t noticed the trope of the therapist blaming the parents this time. They were pretty heavy handed with her resenting her mother from the start, specifically an insatiable desire to NOT be like her… only to develop the same power.

[@danieldickson3896]

I'm a counsellor and I nearly threw my shoe at the TV every time that terrible fucking therapist was on screen. I went in my counsellor friends group chat and went on a serious rant 😂😂

[@ina-wo-r-l-d5032]

I can just imagine someone violently throwing a shoe at a TV before screaming in frustration

[@danieldickson3896]

@@ina-wo-r-l-d5032 hahaha well it wasn't quite that bad 😂😂

[@mothturtle7897]

Did you finish the show yet?

[@danieldickson3896]

@@mothturtle7897 I did! The therapist is progressively more and more inappropriate until what I think you're talking about happens lol

[@cooky2991]

I'm only a psychology student at this point but I was also really pissed at how bad it was and shared my gripes with Kinbott with friends and some online groups too. She is breaking literally every basic principle of ethical guidelines for psychologists in my country

[@TheresaK71]

I attended a really interesting training day recently about working with people who have personality disorders, and this group of people are often labelled as attention seeking. The trainer was able to really empathetically get us to think about what attention seeking behaviour is, and to look at what someone is telling us they need from it, and use it as a form of communication and understanding rather than see it as a negative. It's really helped me in my day to day practice as a nurse to reframe my opinion and understanding of the person's actions and behaviours in a much more helpful way. Great video again, Elliott!

[@VS-re1sr]

I love Wednesday and am so glad you are covering this show! I would not like to experience her social isolation, but must admit her calling out the behavior or logic of the people around her in a rational and coherent manner is so satisfying.

[@tree1568]

Love being told I have non-epileptic seizures for attention. Yes. Of course I do. I love having ruined my entire life by having them. 😂

[@elzabethmcarthur3154]

Me too. I'm such an incredible actress it seems 🙄😆

[@tree1568]

@@elzabethmcarthur3154 same! How I’m not a household name at this point Im not sure

[@arbknight12]

3:05 I just noticed something, the snake “hair” didn’t hiss in an angry tone. It retracted as if in fear.

[@goatkiller666]

RE: your discussion of black & white thinking vs. "shades of grey" For context, I'm on the ASD spectrum (also the ace spectrum, but that's not relevant), and I am often described as being very black and white. Which I think is, ironically, a very reductive description of me. I am aware that nobody, or no thing, is entirely black or white. Even Hitler loved dogs. But when I'm deciding whether to spend my finite time and energy on someone or something, I have to decide if that person or thing is worth it. So an entirely grey person still gets a binary amount of my energy, either some energy or none. So I look at the person as an aggregate of their various attributes. So when I say that XYZ person, or ABC situation is "bad" and I'm done with it. That's not because it's entirely good or bad.... it's because it's 50.1% bad or more, while being entirely grey. Just because I don't enumerate a person's good qualities, doesn't mean I'm not thinking of them. It just means I've decided they aren't sufficient, and I'm summarizing my decision matrix for brevity.

[@tamarasmith9060]

Talking about controlling emotions reminds me of my mom & her 5 siblings. They were all traumatized by a physically & emotionally abusive dad with psychological issues & alcoholism resulting from his schizophrenia which he refused to get help for. It took a long time for my grandma to get support in leaving him & so depending on their age & basic personality they all handled their reactions to his abuse differently even through adulthood. One of the reactions was very obviously pushing down their own anger because they didn't want to be compared to him if they let it out. Also the older ones were told to "be strong" because the younger ones needed them, & so they sometimes felt unheard about how they were hurting & scared.

[@djenae2852]

Psychiatrists automatically bringing up the relationship with parents as the first access to why someone isn't okay has always been a big red flag in my mind indeed haha 😅 Anytime I saw a new therapist that instantly dove into my relationship to my parents when meeting when nothing was initially indicating that it could be a core issue I'd just instinctively put walls up...

[@maggiepie8810]

As a woman on the autism spectrum, Wednesday Addams feels like an exaggerated version of myself as a teenage girl.

[@lillithlochwoode788]

In my case it is not at all exaggerated. I felt like i was being quoted at times.

[@maggiepie8810]

@@lillithlochwoode788 For some reason, I kind of enjoyed school, which is pretty rare for neurodiverse kids. Other than that, it's me as a teenager. I still base my main road map for how to deal with people on horses. Which proved to be a pretty good thing when I worked in a pub, dealing with drunk people.

[@elzabethmcarthur3154]

School was torture, it's amazing they survived.

[@maggiepie8810]

I enjoyed half of it. The academic bits were fun, the social ones probably left me traumatised to the point where I still struggle with abandonment issues from hell.

[@_TheDudeAbides_]

@@lillithlochwoode788 The maker of this video says she would try to transfer her negative feelings to others by the comment about what she did to her victims. Would you say you tried to disgust others because you, yourself had a feeling of disgust?

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

I saw the musical and a line from it is “don’t analyse me, it’s a deep dark place and you don’t want to go there” I really loved it 😊

[@MatthewJohnHadodo]

Can't wait to see you tackle the rest of the episodes!

[@zuyrais]

i think we have adequate insight of her thought pattern and personality. she said it herself, she's obsessive. it's the obsession, challenge and curiosity, that drive Wednesday the way she is. that's probably why she good at everything, and that's why she start to feel connection to people that can match her energy. AND she knows how society work and how it fails everyone especially minority like her and outcasts, so she's definitely not afraid of rejection and she's clearly not attention seeking. plus, it's Wednesday who always present herself as who she is, and people always in denial or try to justify her behaviors based on society value (that fails someone like her), AGAIN societal peer pressure and they're delusional.

[@djenae2852]

It's funny cause I actually find emoji a really useful tool in texting! I am neurodivergent and tend to use them to make sure my texts aren't misinterpreted, to make sure what I'm trying to say comes across in the right way! Cause otherwise I do tend to come off as a bit too "cold" and "matter of fact". It also helps me interpret people's texts when they add emotions, cause it directly points out the tone and meaning behind their messages!

[@jaamesfn]

I think it’s important to remember that for autistic humans, we don’t ‘split’, we have our own rules in our head about what is right and wrong and feel very strongly about injustice. I like Wednesday because she reminds me so much of myself as a kid. It’s wonderful to finally see shows with autistic characters but it’s sad when people enjoy watching our characters on a screen, but not with real life human beings. And we do still get segregated, we have since the holocaust. We just now get forced to stay in hiding or mask so we don’t make others uncomfortable.

[@marcusmoonstein242]

I once had a psychologist describe me as "lacking in empathy". I later realized he got mixed up between my Asperger's inability to identify the emotions of others with the psychopaths lack of empathy with the emotions of others. Unlike a psychopath I have a very strong sense of justice and fair play, it just isn't based in empathy. Rather it's based on a sense that some things are the wrong way to do things while others are the right way to do things.

[@libbyallen2566]

Oof too real.

[@reginastorrie885]

I loved this series! Hope you enjoy the remaining episodes!

[@wtimmins]

Very entertaining and looking forward to the next set! I love the line from Wednesday that if Ajax hurts Enid she'll nail gun his heart. It's one of the clearest indicators that Wednesday is changing at the school, and actually cares for Enid. It's just such a fun show with really interesting character arcs. It's also funny in that there's a lot of stuff that feels predictable but then you're left going 'well, ok, the monster is either Tyler or Xavier or Enid or Weems or Thornhill or some new character. Yep. Narrowed that right down. ... hrm.'

[@jennyb4543]

I was wondering when Enid said some vampires were at Nevermore for centuries, why they'd choose to stay at a school, but what you said about the asylums could be the reason.

[@ML-di8lt]

I'm not gonna lie, I've noticed that a lot of times people say someone has 'black and white thinking' when they're really just stating an uncomfortable grey area truth. Something can be 'evil' while still recognizing good qualities. I think back to my abusive ex husband. He was abusive. He was a bad person. He was, dare I say, evil. But he was also charming and people liked him. I don't think it's black and white to say what he did to me was evil.

[@Origina1Name]

I was feeling skeptical that I would like the show but after watching the first 4 episodes I can tell you that I really enjoyed it.

[@thomasandrewclifford]

I kinda love that Gomez Addams is just so understanding of his Daughter even if she struggles to show affection herself.

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Perfect, great take, there are many videos analyzing Wednesdays behavior but you nail it, her need to control and to turn situations around on others, a “battle of the minds” as you say. People way over analyze the show and it’s not required, just follow her behavior.

[@ryanwilson9563]

I'm studying mental health nursing at university, and we like to say connection seeking rather than attention seeking. I feel it is more empathetic, which is at the core of my profession.

[@DougHanson2769]

Connection Seeking Like that

[@scotth8828]

Wednesday has a kind of a Sherlock Holmes feel about her, analyzing and reacting instead of filtering and responding. Well you've recommended Bojack Horseman and that we a wild ride, I'll have to check this out

[@pigpjs]

I wonder if there was a way the therapist could have altered her office to make Wednesday more comfortable? It is clear in the way the therapist decorates that Wednesday will immediately be put on edge walking into that environment. Don't know if that's something therapists do.

[@cooky2991]

A good way to make people comfortable is giving a client the option of various seating options and maybe having a variety of lighting options. The way that the office is set up with a clear place for the client to sit (i.e. seat with tissues next to it) can be perceived as cornering, especially with how the chair is angled away from the door. Having a seating option with a table between the therapist and client can also help some people be more comfortable

[@CleoHarperReturns]

Me, Before Video: "I can't wait to see him analyze one of my all-time favorite characters." Me, After: 🤯 Yet again, our kindly doctor shows me more about myself than some character I relate to.

[@WatashiMachineFullCycle]

I just finished this series and I ADORED it, love that you're doing a video on it~

[@VamLoveAndKisses]

Potential video idea - best and worst portrayal of therapy in film and TV.

[@jessicastevens5782]

the ones I always found baffling were court ordered 12-step programs rather than their choice of addiction treatment ...you can't sentence someone into believing in a higher power. Wednesday is more fun, but would also love to see you react to The Patient.

[@magnoliaskogen]

This is the best psych reaction I've seen to this show! Very refreshing that you seem to have some awareness of power dynamics and systemic oppression and how those relate to mental health and this show.

[@magnoliaskogen]

Also really appreciate you stated the truth that humans need attention.

[@nuzasa1575]

first time watching your video, this was really well made and insightful. thank u!

[@nickybea7856]

When you say, "love you bye!" in your videos Dr Elliott I feel like the sun is shining behind me and a beautiful rainbow appears over my head hahaha. I'm like "awwwwww he really loves me, I love you too you sweet gorgeous Psychiatrist you!" 🥰

[@shaliekk]

Yes would love to see a part 2!!!

[@tonyburton419]

Wednesday is a fictional character doc: but you are very skilled in drawing out and using this and other programmes, for psychiatric, therapy, psychodynamic and cognitive theories examples & explanations 👏

[@pedroguerrero3862]

This character is ver interesting, how she tries to push away any type of connection and that she alway wants control. This remind me of a character named Percy from the animated series Legend of Vox Machina, it would be interesting to see your reaction to the character and the trauma he experience as well as how people form relationship with someone who is avoidant and detach due to trauma

[@DoubleBlack2.0]

Yes, please do the whole series!! ❤

[@roguenerdd]

I loved this! I subscribed. More please😊❤

[@maryholmes184]

Please react to the rest of the episodes. The series was so good. Spoilers ahead: Except for the part where Tyler's dad told him his Mom had bipolar instead of telling the truth. As someone with bipolar I find it offensive. It's an already stigmatized illness, don't use it as a lie.

[@lillithlochwoode788]

This! And the jekyll/hyde thing is the old stories for bipolar/d.i.d. so him being the bad guy was very 'split' of them.

[@fabricioguanipa7530]

interested to see what you think about the rest of the season from a mental health and social dynamics point of view

[@elzabethmcarthur3154]

So glad I found this, I can heavily relate to both Wednesday and Enid, I'm Autistic, official diagnoses of Aspergers, OCD, bipolar and epilepsy I was the weird little goth girl at school, I remember my priest stopping me in the school corridor and saying I looked like death stalking the hallway, I told father Trench, that he was one to talk, but I'm also a bit of a magpie and very addicted to collecting shiny things, geology is my main interest,.And not to be cliche but I have the nature of a cat, and now as a older women have completely adopted the crazy cat lady persona. How could I not, I prefer the furry monsters to humans. I'd say Enid is very adhd, so am j, I just keep forgetting to hand the forms for evaluation in to my GP, they've been sitting in my bag for four years now.

[@Genin99]

I like how you also thought this therapist was pretty bad and I found it interesting that you disapprove of the idea of court ordered therapy. Dr Carthy if you ever read this comment, I wonder how you would address a patient's fear of never being allowed to leave or a patient's fear of the psych ward being prison.

[@jennalovell7763]

Your actually the best! 🥰

[@MarkNieuwenhuizen]

As a neurodivergent moving to the countryside at 6, I felt Wednesay was extremely well written.

[@Ocker3]

Looking forward to the next one 😀

[@zuyrais]

and when Wednesday talk about black/white, she didn't say it was about good/bad people but she talk about story representation, and that's different. i think you know that how this applies to communities in society, i.e. our queer community. but then again, what things are defined as good or bad... they're both constructed by ancient flawed society about centuries ago, embedded to cultures and traditions, generation to generation, that's so-called norms and normalcy. everyone who is different than those, considered alien. so i get why Wednesday dislike societal value and i agree with her on this.

[@P-M-869]

When I asked for mega doses of Thiamine and Vitamin C the shrink, lied to me and said he found it worked better by adding a drug. He put me on a super downer. When I started forgetting to take it because of the drug itself. I realized what happened and walked away from shrinks. Plus the one thing I learned from them was I had to fix myself.

[@gabrielangel1923]

while its called a "court order" its almost always part of a plea agreement, so, in a technical sense, the patient has to agree to going and participating. by putting it in a court order, it also helps with funding, as the state takes on the burden of coast if it orders such. and with the American health care system, that's a big expense to shoulder otherwise.

[@shawnellisuk]

So excited!!

[@Kenny-du6pt]

I was so annoyed when the therapist mentioned that she had been given Wednesday's books to read in the first episode, I thought that was an invasion of her privacy - was that an exaggeration of me to think? I expected it to be mentioned by you during the scene, but you didn't and thus I wanted to enquire to everyone else's thoughts.

[@janets7291]

When my son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder 30 years ago, the social worker asked if I had heard of the refrigerator mother idea. I was told that it was entirely wrong and not to believe it if I ever came across it. I never did.

[@timt3751]

This guy is awesome. Learning is fun. Lol

[@vivakanjiro]

Thank you for talking about Wednesday. 🖤 I really liked this show and I'm really curious about your insight.

[@carolinevelvetdeacon2066]

Gottmiks behind you!! My sister used to call me her midweek sister!! X

[@auldthymer]

You convinced me: I'll watch.

[@noelhues552]

I really think you should watch Young Royals. There is so much to talk about, unhealthy family dynamics, grief, anxiety, autism, queer coming of age, and the main character has some important scenes with his therapist in season 2. I think it’s perfect for your channel and it’s also just a really good show.

[@AleccMortdecai]

analyzing Wendsday's mind? careful, that's a dangerous rabit hole to go down 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Edit: It was short 😭😭

[@notabot-Iswear]

Have you reviewed DEXTER, or Modern family? They both have a lot involving addiction, mental health, neurodiversity, lgbt+. Just thought I'd ask love your videos!

[@zero7649]

*Me who lives in Trinidad:* Scorpion do wha-???

[@ninino86]

Yes, more please :)

[@grimkitten8254]

7:01 you missed her sigh as the therapeutist is trying to bond with her through her personal interests which she ofc knows and goes into mode of "very well might aswell" but still keeping emotional distance to not let the therapeutist too close for comfort.

[@theacemetalhead]

I don’t know if I’m the only one who thinks this, but while watching Wednesday I thought she was aro/ace. turns out I was wrong. I wish they kept that since Wednesday is very adamant about not getting married or having a family and I felt like they made her say that in the show to make her contradict herself later.

[@mikusheadphones]

She may still be on the aro/ace spectrum. I put myself there, more of a Grey asexual with biromantic attraction! I know lots of neurodivergeny folks in the same place

[@SlashProducts]

I think she's not aro or ace. I think as others have also pointed out, she just has difficulty trusting and opening up to people, which ofc changes by the end of the season. She seems to have a lot more traits of autism

[@thehappyvulcan]

Always gets a little special when it comes to fictional characters, such as Wednesday. As myself I have Asperger's, I can in a way, partially relate to such solitary individuals. Spoiler further down for those who haven't seen the last episode of Wednesday. The problem is often that they end up wanting social company, which is tiresome to me. Yes, I have friends, but groups of more than 3 are too much. So, even though Mr. Spock is exaggerated, it is a fictional character that I can relate to. As an Asperger, I do not see people as either good or bad, but individuals who perform actions that can be considered good or bad (evil) actions. But that a human is not his actions. Jenna Ortega makes a good Wednesday. She rarely blinks, but at the psychologist she does. There are also micro-expressions, and small changes in the face when there is something she doesn't like. Spoiler: 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In the last episode, Wednesday hugs her roommate Enid. Of course Enid is the one to start. Butt Wednesday hugs back.

[@-----REDACTED-----]

More, please 😊 I have to say, once one begins to think about it human - and thus societal - coping mechanisms can be at times rather cruel, for example the segregation and sequestration of people away from “normals” because “normals” either cannot or cannot be bothered to deal with the unusual when it is apparently much more convenient to just “out of sight out of mind” them, I guess. This drive for “efficiency” I guess we could call it may have helped us along but it also made us sacrifice parts of us and quite willingly so…

[@GeneBateman1970]

i ended up going to 5 elementary schools and 4 high schools and i liked it. got used to being the new kid.

[@drewar2648]

Trinidad in the house!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@Obeseblackman27]

Love the parallels you drew with the school of outcasts and asylums of the past. Never knew you liked Metallica, what’s your favourite song??

[@PhDSTEMgirlie]

It would be great if you had a look at episode 6 of the show, where we see wednesday trick and put her friends (and herself) in danger for her own purpose of looking for clues to the mystery.

[@christophermcguire27]

Spot on doc

[@sidonie9856]

4:03 As someone with ASD, I kind of assumed no one took emojis seriously

[@CasualOddities]

Pretty sure that the strings of Metallica was from "Nothing Else Matters" a cello cover from Apocalyptica. It was the first dance at my wedding : ) (Fittingly for Wednesday in October!)

[@RawTimee]

6:25 Thats just their family though! They love violence thats their wholeeee ideal. They love blades and hurting eachother even if they dont “hurt” eachother bc u cant kill an addams.

[@franklyncheatum2324]

8:56 "Thankfully we've moved on, I think?" The real question isn't what bad hypothesis have we rejected. The question is which of today's assumptions are completely errant and harmful that we don't know about. It's a mistake to believe that we are so much smarter than those that came before us. Every society has its blind spots.

[@shadowcattt]

Would you be interested in examining successions? I’ve heard there are a lot of mental health themes in that show

[@heathersimpson3051]

Can you do the whole season?

[@terricharters595]

Tim Burtan does well with those types parallels (14:50) in his cinematography. You wanna have a fun night? Psychoanalyze Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

[@jared9266]

Love your scarf

[@abigailsaunders5759]

Please do the Aviator. It’s one of the best representations of OCD I’ve ever seen.

[@Ashely56]

No, I don't believe the therapist is this season's villain however I only know the contents of this show from what I've seen online. She might be used as a misdirect in the story thought

[@melissa2068]

Too many people out there that has a brain of any kind when a psychiatrist or a psychologist or counselor or whatever you want to call these geniuses starts analyzing TV or movie characters as if they were legitimate human beings run it means they do not have the intelligence to do their jobs

[@diandiaz9026]

Are you guys forgetting what you’re watching, it’s fantasy from the Addams family. I get that some of it very very very very very tiny bit could be based on real life but for the most part it’s just a fantasy movie

[@mikeymike1843]

You think psychiatrists get a bad wrap. What about the scientist trope, mad or otherwise. 😁

[@ahjgbhlahgaohgl]

Talks about shades of black and white while wearing shades of black and white. Lol

[@DougHanson2769]

Around 5:15 TRUST and { Feeling Safe }

[@gaf407]

If you want a wonderful and touching positive portrayal of therapists in media, check out the Hey Arnold episode “Helga on the Couch”…

[@juliaabernathy7441]

I was constantly accused of being attention seeking as a child with severe metal health issues

[@apm77]

Personally I struggle a lot with the temptation to make very black and white declarations because of the short term cathartic relief this provides. I know it's not good for me but it's soooo alluring. For example, while watching this video I wanted to declare that every single psychology professional who was active in the era when harmful hypotheses like "refrigerator mother" were common and yet failed to see through them was a bad person.

[@kimwelch4652]

Wednesday may or may not be on the spectrum, but she is clearly suffering from early trauma. I suspect there is more to the scorpion story as the character does not share well, and she certainly left out what she did to the boys in retaliation--and you know she did something. Hugs are sometimes triggering to non-neurotypical people, but they can also be triggering to trauma victims. Of course, it can be a bit of both. Human behavior is complex, and there is a lot to unpack in what the writers did with Wednesday's character, which is what made the show so good.

[@Nicamon]

00:55 - 01:06 "I'd call that a free interpretation of the text." 02:42 - 02:53 Tell this to my parents.X-P 03:01 - 03:03 She's _literally_ behind my back!😅 06:49 - 07:40 , 07:59 - 08:10 I will *NEVER* praise Jenna Ortega enough for all these micro-expressions she uses!🤩She *perfectly* communicates Wednesday's emotions with such little changes on her face,so you kinda have the _illusion_ she always stays perfectly still but actually she's telling you a million things just by moving her eyebrows slightly or opening her mouth for a moment or looking sideways or blinking(which she almost never does during the show)... 07:05 - 07:08 It reminds me of someone...😏🖤 11:35 - 11:44 Same reactions I had.🙄🙄Yours and Wednesday's. 15:05 - 15:10 *NO. No one* is allowed to use that expression anymore after they made that _HORRIBLE_ saga!!!🤮🤮🤮Also it's ironic she's saying that while Wednesday is there with black hair,dark eyes and dressed all in black and she's there with white hair,blue eyes and dressed all in white.🖤🤍 16:22 - 16:35 💖

[@RafaelSantos-xl1ut]

Is that a Gottmik picture? 🥰🥰🥰

[@michelembarros]

Your reactions are so precise 🤏🏻 Be my therapist, please 🥹😂😂

[@blaxican]

When you get the chance, can you analyze a korean drama called "Bad and Crazy"?

[@Enigmaticguru]

Reaction for terrifier 1 & 2 movie is very much required

[@matth9156]

Is there a pic of Gottmik in the background?

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

*MORE* Wednesday please 😎