Talking to a Veteran about Mental Health ft. Seth Johnson from

[@HealthyGamerGG]

Thank you Seth! We're proud to partner with the Warrior Gamer Foundation to support more veterans. Details about the partnership here: bit.ly/3YXm2Z7

[@indian-user05]

Dr.k Some trusting parson also Before in year ago asking to connect with responsibility of condition. Than asking and talking about meetup to need a some groups of conversations with responsibility if can easiest about of conversations supportive connection. Right dr.k friendships differences of everyones, some trusting parson if can be happy than first asking to connection with condition of responsibility. not easiest without responsibility. If can be not easiest for they are parson than can't never possibility of working with without responsibility.

[@xbxlxexhx]

Regarding Dr. K.'s anecdote about a subreddit he visits, where he offers an expert advice, and where only his meme-y short posts get to the top (starting ~2:02:54-ish in the video). You can use this phenomena you noticed to your advantage: lure people in with the meme, earning the post an elevated spot on the answers' pedestal, and then offer the more in-depth & detailed answer in the form of a reply to said top-post (or as a reply to the follow-up questions/commentary), but even then there's a chance for such replies to still end up hidden behind the "show more replies" button). Kudos to HG project, their supporters, and Dr. K. & his support! =) As I see it from a learner's perspective - your project has a similar effect on the EQ-based education, to what Khan Academy project has on the IQ-based education. In both cases these allow people the access to plethora of essential building blocks to their life's paths formation. These are the insight, skills and knowledge that help us invent our worldview & help us invent ourselves. Thank you!

[@DARKVOID2525]

@HealthyGamerGG do it again dr k. Please go to joe rogan.

[@juliann4592]

Dr. K you should post the second half of this video on it's own.

[@clareashcraft3411]

Dr. K is spot on about politics. I work in bridging the political divide and depolarizing the country as well as tracking media bias. Everyone just wants to be heard and respected. The goal isn't for everyone to agree, we never will, but the goal is to disagree accurately with each other and to speak our beliefs truthfully without fear of social rejection. We get closer to truth when we understand others' experiences, and siloing ourselves into echo chambers will only worsen the mental health issues and lonliness crisis in the country.

[@wzrd.7471]

Ego is the problem with most politics I come to find

[@VioletEmerald]

This is so well stated

[@MrSqueakers]

Ive been living like this forever because I was told to. Now I'm 29 and it's like everyone saying dwarves are cool as shit and then all playing blood elf paladins

[@slightlyOnion]

That only goes as far as not being discriminated against, based on political beliefs. I am a queer person. Lots of Conservative people actively discriminate against me, and then go: "But what about my concerns." Any of them, that are not discriminatory, I have respect for. "I want the gays out of my kids school." should not be a political belief in the first place. And there is no "divide to bridge" from the marginalised here. Only stopping the hatred. As there cannot be a respectful disagreement, if I as a person, are not respected by the other party. That being said. If I am not discriminated against I'm totally with you. And I have extended family that I do not agree with politically, but still get along well with. One of my extended family, I was even able to bring around on queer people being ok. And one I do not talk to, and do not attend the same events, as they might throw fists again, as my "existence is an abomination."

[@xalmor6044]

@@slightlyOnion I think your minds fabricating enemies. Sure people say this shit, but the vast majority of conservatives don't give a crap one way or the other. Get off the internet and talk to real people, THEN form your opinions. I live in the most conservative area in the US and have convos with conservatives all the time. They aren't boogiemen.

[@KxNOxUTA]

Thank you Seth for speaking on how the methods by which the military addresses survival concerns, has a price, which does not get sufficiently addressed when veterans are released from a "survival" system to a "thriving" one (my own way of wording what I understood from you sharing your experiences)

[@byuftbl]

Thank you for this last hour of the video. You make some great points and have brought some level of calmness and understanding on what possibly happened with the election and how I can handle it and feel less anxious about things. I can’t control who won. I can’t control what he does. But I can control how I respond to things and take action where I can.

[@karolakkolo123]

This isn't the right thing to take out still. The takeout is that only by talking to the other side, having conversations, and negotiating with REAL people in the REAL world you can figure out what's true and to just step out of your bubble and consider that all the fearmongering online by either side isn't true. Anxiety is a response to a perceived potential of punishment. You feel anxious because people in the news and on the internet told you (falsely) that if one of the candidates wins then it's all over for all of us, while in reality that is far from true. Most people are good, no matter what their political affiliation is, you're gonna be ok, people are not going to all of a sudden be hateful to each other, in fact this election has brought more unity than division if you go out and dare to see it

[@jorisding]

I stopped watching HG channel for months, but this talk brought me right back. Such a beautiful conversation

[@iceflame360]

The 2nd half of this video after the interview is amazing and resonated so much with me. Thank you so much

[@anomalyraven]

Ooh nice. These interviews are the reason I started watching this channel. I'm happy to see you do another one, it feels like it was such a long time ago since last time!

[@theflamingredone]

The political talk was good. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@clenister7519]

Thank you so much for expressing your opinion about the political situation. As a European, I resonated with a lot of things you said, in my country as well things are becoming more black and white without any shades of grey. I really do appreciate that this community is trying to express a nuanced opinion based on compassion. I do think that we need to have more discussions with people from all backgrounds, regardless of their personal views.

[@LandscapeAhoy129]

I'm a new member of the community Seth is representing here. It's a fantastic group for folks from all walks of life, but veterans in particular. Keeping that camaraderie after service is very important, so I highly recommend it to any who might have an interest. Extremely excited to see this collab!

[@Appleloucious]

Thanks Dr. K and WarriorGMR!!! Also would be nice to have more content, Ive almost watched everything, just some interviews left and I can not afford a membership or the guide right now, tho need more content as there are also no therapists here to work with. Anyways many many many thanks for everything! Most health, peace, love and happiness to each and everyone!! One Love! Always forward, never ever backward!! ☀️☀️☀️ 💚💛❤️ 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏼

[@ooooolk]

i really loved this. bottom line - we need to start understanding each other.... in all aspects of life

[@synthsandcats]

Regarding politics: Finally I found someone that speaks what I've been feeling. This year, I felt a particular sentiment online and through my acquaintances and I knew he was going to win and everyone thought I was nuts. I've been seriously concerned that we don't listen to people that don't 100% agree with us and we push them away. I've felt this for a decade and I feel alone. I've tried to share this concern with others, but no one seems to share the concern.

[@accadia1983]

First! Thanks for shining the light on our minds, Dr.K, we appreciate your work!

[@zit1999]

Love You Doc for taking the middle sane lane! Top of the mountain where you see both sides clearly is the most grounded mindset to be at in times like these 🙏

[@ecokrazy]

3:00 A wild Dr K. Appears 5:45 The video starts

[@Aman-hs6pb]

Thank you!

[@BoostedPastime]

Thank you very much Dr k for all of the work that you and your team do as well as going to Washington and fighting for more funding for mental health professionals the community loves you and you are much loved and respected!

[@CapturedRapture]

Seth is a great person! Glad you had a veteran perspective on the show 😁

[@elizabethmeulenbelt2850]

I was a little disappointed that the reflection on the interview with Seth was derailed for the election because I was super interested in continuing that discussion. However...I got a lot out of the election discussion and am grateful I stayed for it, even as a neighboring Canadian.

[@Bramandin]

That a good video Dr.K! Reasonable, level-headed, looking at reality to achieve desired outcome, rationally. I wish to vote left, but left doesn't want me.

[@AznDudeIsOn]

Awesome timing for Veteran's day

[@Mentaljedi]

Agree with everything Dr.K said, particularly on the politics. One thing that's hard on the engagement side, is the fact you do all that work to understand them, even change their minds, but social media and traditional media is so powerful that if you leave them to it, they'll get reverted to whatever opinion is being thrown down their throat because its so emotive and fearmongery. We really need to get people away from media or fix it to actually heal, as the media in order to make money actually wants to pull us apart.

[@Akira_203]

Soldiers are made by breaking the identity of self and rebuilding the person as an unfailing servant of the mission, the organization, and other members and leaders (similar to a cult or gang). This is why the people who transition to civilian life the best are those who never accepted all of the programming, those who eventually subverted the programming, or those who are so emotionally resilient that they didn’t need the programming. I feel like I should write a book on this lol…it’s wild when you start tot think about the whole military experience in a cerebral way with the benefit of hindsight

[@gnatdagnat]

all of life is an adventure like that

[@toxicfox6867]

Write the book.

[@ofkgjsl]

Final Fantasy 7 main protagonist character arc is built around this and I love how realistic it is

[@DarthHoosier3038]

Have you ever served in the armed forces before?

[@themanwiththebeard4632]

Yeah. I wonder if this type of programming already causes tramua in soldiers, without even seeing war

[@wzrd.7471]

1:52:21 to be fair Jordan Peterson WAS an excellent phycologist, his 2014-2016 lectures that Dr.K was referring to were a good resource and free to watch. The man you see today is a shell of what he used to be IMO…

[@suga3774]

oohh, im definittely going to look into his older stuff.

[@taylorbaldwin467]

I used to adore that guy. I actually donated super early on and was given 2 hours to talk with him 1-on-1. He told me he saw no value in family therapy because everything is the individual. Now I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist. I think he is a grifter who sells a course built on the backs of narrative/postmodern psychotherapy theory while attempting to link postmodernism to Nazi totalitarianism to disgust sensitivity, OCD, environmentalism, and left-wing ideology.

[@Kassidar]

Same. I really appreciated his lecture series' "Personality and its Transformations", "Maps of Meaning", and even "The psychological significance of the biblical stories". Everything else has felt more and more like he's dropped the prior commitment to the capital T Truth and more and more uses his linguistic prowess to dodge clear questions who's reasonable answers would alienate his fundamentalist fanbase. Truly sad to see. He was the only one occupying the skeptical apostates' arena and telling them not to throw out the baby with the bathwater. But in his greed he has corrupted his aim to include the literalist believers, who have no shortage of demagogues spewing nonsense already.

[@wzrd.7471]

@@taylorbaldwin467 I’m glad you feel the same way, the grift has caught a lot of people. I just would have wished Peterson showed the same spine he did in 2016

[@daninraleigh]

When you say that Dr. Peterson has changed, could that have anything to do with the fact that the Canadian government is trying to silence him? Also, I hope you mean psychologist. I've never heard anything about him studying algae.

[@minimalsheep8900]

Just to clarify, military experience differs drastically based on the branch and job. Overall the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force tend to be much more corporate like a normal office job, but with a uniform. Maintenance and security jobs are a lot of outdoor work vs computer based jobs. Some jobs are special where they have both, for example cyber infrastructure or radio communications. The Marines and Army are what people might consider the "traditional soldiers", but experience can still depend heavily on the job. The Navy is a weird middle child; because of the nature of ocean warfare, they have to be on a ship much of the time. There are also special forces in each branch that would fall under the "traditional soldier" sterotype.

[@protaco]

This video deserves way more likes and views for that matter

[@Wafawel]

I believe that the persperctive you presented us with about the election is valuable I approve of this 👍 also very illuminating work with Seth was good to learn more about how being a veteran might shape someone beyond what we might hear about PTSD well done

[@Ayzev]

I was quite looking forward to the talk about online friends the title originally alluded to. Can we maybe get around to that sometime, if there's anything of value to say on it?

[@terribleted9529]

I just want to hear the bit about online friends not watch this whole video rn. Did you watch it? Could you timestamp if theres a part that talks about this or are you asking because there was barely any talk about it?

[@ChristopherWaddelow]

​@@terribleted9529there isn't any talk about it

[@ChristopherWaddelow]

He doesn't seem to talk about it in this video.

[@QueenCheese93]

1:40:16 I agree completely Dr. K! I just had a conversation this past weekend about this. Peer Support and Coaching roles are so difficult to access, but they are such a huge compliment to someone's recovery when coupled with therapy. They have companion programs out there for elderly Veterans, but what about support for veterans that are younger and may not struggle physically but mentally? Life is a struggle for them too. Just because the wound or scar isn't physical does not mean the impact is any less harder to manage on one's own. People that experience trauma need experiences that are supportive and caring to help heal and not everyone has access to that in their social lives, and they could be keeping themselves from it due to their symptoms. That's why peer support and coaching roles exist because sometimes you need a professional there with you instead of talking about it once a week, being told "hey go do this" and then you're left on your own to do it. How do we integrate those roles more into mental health care without it costing someone more than they can afford?

[@codedd6514]

Love the second part of the video!

[@Xpors-Gaming]

Nice to see you to day you awesome human only know as healthy gamer.

[@MrSqueakers]

Im realizing I grew up playing warcraft with people that mostly became vets. I just did trail work/ranger stuff instead. I am realizing that maybe going back to wow a bit right now would help me. They were always friendly on there

[@stephanieluminous3116]

Super interesting stream! And the tail end was the most productive dialogue I’ve heard about the election. Thank you Dr K!

[@philin6468]

After some time I noticed Seth's full arm and neck is fully covered by tattoos and that must've been pretty painful. The endurance and patience of this man is obvious

[@RubenMoor]

"people nowadays go to therapy after a tough breakup, we just joined the military"

[@elizabethmeulenbelt2850]

This awakened a few things for me that I hadn't anticipated. I'm going into curiosity about my sleep struggles and understanding that I have issues with hypervigilence from a few of my life experiences. I'm realizing that there might be ways to unlearn this and am on a mission to healing that area of my life. An hour and 14 minutes in, you asked for a pause to process and collect your thoughts. Wait, what? We can do that?? I'm going to start putting this into practice. A friend had requested a moment from me once, and I didn't respect that request. I'm going to be better than that. I just thought I was trying to be funny, but I understand that it was disrespectful. I feel like some of this conversation might speak to the "masculinity crisis" or men's mental health struggle as well 🤔

[@FreyjaAustralis]

As an Australian veteran, this was similar to my experience with only minor detail changes.

[@xCCflierx]

Of course minor details are different lol. You're upside down over there

[@Olivebranched]

I genuinely think if the whole country listened to Dr. K’s take on this election, he could save the nation.

[@Iamrooq]

Dr. K literally proved a point before it even happens. Imagine the people in outrage because he is advocating for himself as a man

[@codedusting]

There's a reason why Arjuna listened to Krishna and not some saint. Because both were warriors and Krishna understood Arjuna's mental state entirely.

[@ThirzaTumTum]

hello, thank you for this discussion with veteran Seth

[@lofasz3328]

2:29:36 i think another large part of the problem is that we dont have the capacity to listen these days. We are very worn out and burnt out, which makes us less receptive to want to listen to others.

[@VioletEmerald]

2:43:23 that's a good theory and is part of why a grieving person really desperately wants to cook a casserole for someone else they love who's grieving even harder maybe. But i don't think food "doesn't help" at a funeral gathering or that it's merely to "do something" even if it's a pointless thing being done. Even the cancer patient keeping their strength up makes sense so they can enjoy the best quality of life possible in the limited hours they have left. So they can be strong enough to not die even sooner than they have to kinda makes sense but also so they can enjoy the quality time with loved ones but when you're dying sometimes eating and digesting isn't really possible. When you're grieving though eating is necessary and basic life needs to go on. You need to still be physically healthy and you don't have as much energy to cook yourself, because the emotions zap all that energy from you. So others cooking alleviates a burden from you needing to cook. It's a very practical and very kind ritual of support.

[@chilloften]

So good! Enjoyed learning from y’all. Just don’t assume I’m radicalized, just because of my voting. That’s the issue.

[@Diamondheartspadeclub]

The political delta portion could honestly be a whole marketing course

[@latteARCH]

I'm a bit perplexed about people in live chat pulling up counter-points instead of listening to the whole point first. That's kind of the problem, no?

[@Terr590]

Dr K, thank you for your comments on politics. I needed that.

[@sharknadofartquake2449]

You should've asked Seth how long they are allowed to take to run the 10 miles IMHO to give good perspective on the difficulty of avoiding getting ROFLWAFFLE-SLAPPED!Like the next Muster is at 9 a.m. means they have to be done an hour before that or they have to be done at 9 a.m. so they are peeling out making skid marks going 10 m.p.h. or they could go half that fast?!

[@tiggersrevenge]

second half of this vid needs to be its own vid

[@saffe64]

Seems like some veterans might experience something closer to CPTSD rather that regular PTSD honestly

[@VioletEmerald]

Yeah or most veterans are dealing with CPTSD from training then some have regular PTSD on top of that too. Not to mention plenty of people enter into the military already traumatized in one or both of those extreme ways from their childhood or young adult life so far...

[@4SM93]

His description of being trained in the military is kind of what it's like being raised by a narcissist caregiver almost. I think I would've done good in the military if thats what it's like.

[@SirNobleIZH]

I have a great example of an online friendship. There's this girl I met online (we were both over 18, don't worry about legal issues). We started talking, started becoming friends. But something felt off about her. I asked if everything was ok. Got a hard no. I let her tell me everything, assuring her that it won't weigh on me too much. I won't go into detail about what she said, but the biggest point was that she was on the edge of suicide. I immediately did everything I could to help her, despite us living too far to get together, and... It worked. She is feeling better now, and she and I have kinda fallen in love too. I am NOT a licensed therapist, so don't take my advice as medical fact. What I do know is that when you talk with people online, and you notice something seems off, ask them if they're ok. You could save a life.

[@riveteye93]

Oh boy, helping emotionally unstable girls online Been there, is the relationship long distance, or did you guys move in together?

[@glupik1234]

kinda weird that you had to precise that you weren't minors. were you both over 18 as in one of you was 19 and the other 34? in my experience when you become a saviour of someone in a very dire situation through a romantic relationship, that's a very fertile ground for abuse

[@MacchiDola]

​@@glupik1234I agree with you. It's a recipe for disaster

[@LyraeOSile]

loved it

[@benschrose]

the chess metaphor reminded of something Tim Minchin once said in his UWA address: "Most of society's arguments are kept alive by a failure to acknowledge nuance. We tend to generate false dichotomies and then try to argue one point using two entirely different sets of assumptions. Like two tennis players trying to win a match by hitting beautifully executed shots from either end of seperate tennis courts."

[@niteman555]

2:23:15 I spy that half price books sticker. Truly a Texas wonder.

[@isaiahrichards9319]

Thank fucking god the Marine Corps pog side was more chill about formations than this. Usually our ncos just had to send a report to the sncos who then submitted the head count on mol I think. I was also overseas in Okinawa and Bahrain the whole time I was in so maybe things are crazier stateside.

[@andrewprahst2529]

2:13:42 Hey, that's me

[@KaashUp]

Hell yeah Seth

[@Iamrooq]

2:40:00 Literally proving his point

[@jeremyimhoff]

Dr k is stupid funny smartass and is a game changer because his add.

[@eqwerewrqwerqre]

Half price books for the fuckin win my guy. I'm gonna go look for that book at every one on my city. Book is: The Cambridge Handbook of Personal Relationships

[@LyraeOSile]

I think if you do more politics in your videos, the problem will be that it will be quite US-centric. A lot of us are in other parts of the world :)

[@KxNOxUTA]

Thank you for addressing bodily autonomy Dr.K. Basic human rights should not be up for "discussion" any more. But alas we're still not past the point of having to discuss if humans can have equal rights (I include all the instances in this, in which they keep being questioned or aren't even brought up. Aka I include all human rights topics in this.)

[@Ayzev]

How is someone who genuinely believes that life begins at conception supposed to accept this though? From their viewpoint, legalizing abortion is a bigger human rights violation than banning it. Just saying that we shouldn't have this discussion doesn't suddenly make it not unavoidable. And just saying that these people are wrong doesn't yield results. Either this dilemma needs to get addressed, or the conversation has to be reframed so the dilemma doesn't arise in the first place. We have to try something other than what we've been doing for however many years now and kept repeating despite it not working. Doing what doesn't work over and over is what makes this discussion so sickening.

[@aawillma]

​​​@@AyzevEven if life begins at conception, allowing a fetus to use a woman's body without her consent is a privilege that we do not grant any other type of person. Not even a dead person can be forced to donate organs if they stated that they do not consent to it. Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term is granting that fetus special rights. Not to mention outlawing abortion outlaws it being used as birth control AND as healthcare. It puts women who aren't even trying to end their pregnancy in mortal danger. See Amber Thurman, Josseli Barnica, Navaeh Crain, etc. They didn't think it would happen to them either. Surely the doctor would know they are dying and give them an abortion to save their life, right? Nope. Thurman had a 6 year old son. Barnica had a little baby at home. Navaeh was only 19 herself. Does abortion kill maybe-people? Sure why not, I'll grant you that. But bans kill actual people with lives and loved ones. Could you look a 6 year in the face and tell him his mom's preventable death was worthwhile collateral damage to possibly save his sibling who was by all medical measures unviable? I couldn't.

[@anomieminalminds]

@@Ayzev ​​⁠ no one is making you nor anyone else have an abortion. They're just asking you not to baselessly (there is no scientific evidence for when life nor consciousness begins) try to control other people's choice over their bodies. So leaving things up to anyone but the person carrying it does violate the human right to bodily autonomy for the unquestionably living person being denied access to safe medical care (essentially, on a 'hunch'). That personal belief (again, so far baseless) can be held for and enacted by oneself. It should just not be able to control other people's lives nor their rights to choose (see the "your body, my choice" comment from that prominent far-right pundit, and the amount of people being denied post-assault and/or life-saving care in US states in which the abortion ban has been instated).

[@anomieminalminds]

@@Ayzev no one is making you nor anyone else have an abortion. They're just asking you not to baselessly (there is no evidence for when life nor consciousness begins) try to control other people's choice over their bodies, essentially "on a hunch". See that quote from that far-r pundit, and/or look at how many people have been denied post-ass*ult and/or life-saving medical care in states in which the ban has been instated. It's ok if anyone chooses not to, for themselves; denying these choices to an unquestionably living person *is* infringing on their rights to bodily autonomy. And an entire state's people's right to choose is not only a few people's choice to decide.

[@kayreal1273]

Abor*ion is not a basic human right. It's something unnatural that humans created originally as a medical solution to solve life threatening issues. It was then turned into something casual people can get done in their free time. This topic delves deep and is complicated. Simply saying my body my choice is oversimplifying it and honestly shows a lack of intelligence. This argument is over when does life begin? What is life? When can someone be considered alive? What is consciousness? What is the soul? These are questions that humanity has been pondering over since the beginning of human history. So this isn't simply about human rights, it's about taking life and when is it morally justified.

[@jonsnow5129]

❤

[@ianponce37]

4:33 I appreciate the sentiment behind the stament, but mental health it's absolutely political, who is viewed as deserving of health and who isn't... is political, what is healthy and what is unhealthy... is decided by politics and of course I'm not saying that we can't build robust enough scientific literature that will ultimately stir us in the direction of truth, but whether that research impacts our support systems is determined by politics.

[@EliasMheart]

1:09:50 (My comment got deleted, gonna rephrase it once, in case it was flagged by the algorithm. Please excuse my indirect phrasing) There was a question asked here, about "What do the others understand about the behavior?" And, while personally not being in that group, I had an intuition about this: This group of people has been trained to do as you are told. No matter what. You do what you have to do, _so that you are able to do what you must._ And so my guess is that they empathize and respect the person in question, because they recognize that that's what he was doing. Yes, what he did wasn't "right" from a "civ" point of view, but... You are trained to do what you have to. That's completely different than what civs are used to. It feels to me like the option of saying "No" is not something that's easily available to them anymore, and so in a situation where "a normal person" would call in sick or cancel, this guy just powered through - however, in the civ-world, this is not the "correct" behavior anymore. If you are in such deep waters, you "should" cancel, or find another way. But it seems like that kind of ... flexibility has been actively discouraged over a long period of time. (Plus, if you are that comfortable with... the brother of sleep... then maybe you don't feel that that behavior is a bad idea.) So, it's like there's a difference in (held) values for the two groups, and that's why the entire room was supportive for the guy, because they understand and feel the mindset that led him to do this. While someone who doesn't have the background may not see that, only seeing behavior they don't understand at all and criticizing based on that perceived lack of care/sense/.... All of this is assuming that my intuition is correct, which it may well not be, but I wanted to share it, in case it resonates. (Though the rephrasing really didn't do it any favors...) All the best (:

[@philipm5043]

From what I've seen most people are pro-choice but abortion is not the most important issue. You can have all the abortions you want but if you can't feed your family, what good is it?

[@Vammaaa]

In France, we used to consider all citizens as just "members of the republic" above all other community background to avoid splitting the population into camps. This is a fundamental difference with the american view where it is normal to talk about "people of color", "the gay community" ect.. I really regret that the american perspective is taking over even in EU.

[@glupik1234]

My friend had an older relative visiting from the UK (my friend is french, I'm a first generation immigrant) and the lady would always say "french Arabs", "french africans" etc it's so jarring to hear tbh. Not to say that we aren't aware of the differences of our backgrounds but it's just not how people talk about other people here.

[@nicf1555]

Thing is, if u don't have a way to track what ethnicity the ppl who are, say, victims of police brutality are, then you don't realize the huge imbalance and racial profiling that's already going on in your society. Race and ethnicity are complex and non-scientific constructs, but they contain a lot of info that just gets lost if you take a stance of "we're all equal, it doesn't matter what color ur skin in". Same discussion with other minority groups

[@Dean.AlAmriki]

Ignoring our differences wouldn’t be helpful in America or any where else. We can acknowledge and celebrate our differences. Differences should be appreciated.

[@GOONGGWP]

Where can I find the playlist?? 🔥

[@doc7000]

I had the same experience eating an MRE, I think it is because people down played them so much that one expects it to taste worse then it actually does.

[@nickshadowNL]

Timestamp about online friends pls?

[@RampagingKnight2]

The one thing I've disagreed with during this, was at 2:29:40 ish. I think for a lot of us (I'm a left leaning individual) it's not about inclusivity it's about tolerance without falling victim to the paradox of tolerance. To be the most tolerant society possible, you must be tolerant of everything except intolerance. If you are an intolerant person in general, then I will be intolerant of you.

[@pan_jam]

​@@RampagingKnight2 but my question is what do you think intolerance is? The basis of your point derives from the assumption that the other side is intolerant. Another point i want to make is that "inclusivity" more than just the problen dr K stated. I'm refering to the inclusivity that companies promote in favor of minorities that just cause more discrimination. Its no longer who has the skills, its who can make our company seem more diverse.

[@eight216]

Dr K comes on at 2:48

[@Ayzev]

The intro slaps though, can't imagine skipping that

[@limonade2684]

Spiegel: Seit er sechs Jahre alt ist, spielt Steven Mair Videospiele. Mittlerweile, rund 20 Jahre später, wird er dafür bezahlt. Als »Gamer in Residence« besucht er die jungen Patientinnen und Patienten im Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow auf ihren Zimmern und zockt mit ihnen. Gamer helps children in a hospital.

[@beginnersguide4556]

You know how Seth was saying how his army sergeants would just Bust in and scare them awake at night? That is what Everyday and Night with epilepsy feels like.⏰ BETTER Be Ready for ENYTHING! ENY TIME! Any Where! / Then the evil foster mother busting in randomly to beat me at night. Hum, So i guess that was 3 fears to fear at night as a kid?

[@chillero3heftig712]

i would love to learn how that desensitizng actually would work, because wouldnt daily shouting and punishment just lead to oversensitivity?

[@auguste7861]

Streams starts at 2:50 :)

[@BoostedPastime]

MASSIVE disconnect between the generations and leadership.

[@vlander1992able]

I wish there was some way to max exodus lots of people of the internet and into constructive conversations in the real world. I guess the best we can do, is do what we can, and engage our own power in the world. Follow our own advice, because no amount of me begging people to get off social media and do something positive in the world will really do anything, but me exercising that power will, and that's better than nothing.

[@EliasMheart]

2:46:15 This makes so much sense... wow xD

[@iCotty]

Dr K for a president 👍

[@aishbalev]

Dr K: we're not political Also Dr K: we were just up on Capitol Hill

[@grand-dadmiral]

vro is a cdawgva doppelhgänger 💀

[@indian-user05]

Dr.k Some trusting parson also Before in year ago asking to connect with responsibility of condition. Than asking and talking about meetup to need a some groups of conversations with responsibility if can easiest about of conversations supportive connection. Right dr.k friendships differences of everyones, some trusting parson if can be happy than first asking to connection with condition of responsibility. not easiest without responsibility. If can be not easiest for they are parson than can't never possibility of working with without responsibility.

[@Appleloucious]

Also more politricks I would not mind on here.

[@ianponce37]

1:14:35 BUT IT IS! like, sacrificing people for the economic interests of a fascist empire is HORRIBLE POINTLESS CRUELTY

[@riveteye93]

Well, I agree in principle but a bad economy kills a lot of people too, you know "Deaths of despair" it's called

[@MattF-Y2K]

1:41:45

[@apexofhumanity]

So what I'm hearing is that people voted for Trump because he asked them to?

[@Xpors-Gaming]

Bad trip

[@RhodesPup]

I'm not American. I don't think 15 million fewer Democrats voted in 2024 than in 2020. The vote count is ongoing and at the moment (November 12th), apnews is showing 71,569,409 votes for Harris. In 2020, 81,283,501 voted for Biden. California is at 75% votes counted, for example.

[@STSKSP]

Nothing DrK said about politics is technically wrong but it does feel a little like hes saying, sure, you might get sent to fight in ww3 and be crushed by tanks or, sure, your wife might die in pregnancy because they cant get health care, or sure, you might die in a concentration camp in the USA, or sure, you might not br able to get cancer treatment because youll loose the preexisting conditions part of the ACA but you dont KNOW that will happen. And like, I guess thats a way to look at it but it is 10000% just self gaslighting.

[@garrysmodsketches]

I have a question for you. In 4 years, when every one of your predictions turns out to be wrong, are you going to acknowledge that you were wrong, or are you just going to pretend you never wrote this comment?

[@STSKSP]

​@@garrysmodsketches That's not realy how the internet works. If somehow you get the chance to ask in 4 years I'll honestly let you know.

[@boi3987]

@@STSKSP See you in 4 years then, try not to stress your hair our until then.

[@kairostimeYT]

You couldn't make it more obvious that you voted for Kamala Harris. :P

[@arapaimatt8138]

What makes you say that? I felt like he kept it fairly ambiguous on the whole. Maybe I'm wrong idk

[@kairostimeYT]

@@arapaimatt8138 He talked about healthcare system, about race and sex struggles, about love/nurture, about acceptance and then dunked on common sense takes. The only thing he did not agree with the leftist ideology is that those who disagree with them shouldn't be ostracized which alludes to his distaste towards the leftist cancel culture. He voted for Harris, based on several things that came out of his mouth. It is not just that one key thing which made me realize it.

[@Bramandin]

Wait, you have to apologize for showing JBP in this community? What whaaat?

[@nickblaze4066]

Dr K says he's not going to pick any political side and then makes it very clear that he voted for Harris

[@ThunderSen]

3:15

[@anomieminalminds]

On that political endnote: I will say that women should not be the ones expected to bear the brunt of men feeling excluded by women pointing out gender issues, and the violence we all collectively have felt and been on the receiving end for. Check your bros, and focus on building community that fosters empathy for everyone. For any people with privilege (including being enabled to unknowingly enforce systemic violence upon others), pointing out the violence they enact and non-compliance can seem like violence (it being hard to see what's behind those negative reactions, if that has not been your personal experience and/or if empathy might not have been at the forefront of how you were raised, which is also an effect of the patriarchy. I would encourage you to wonder and ask women why they are there, in the first place). And everyone who has any kind of it should listen and ponder which of their positions might enable them to unknowingly enact violence upon others. You can fight for your disadvantages under patriarchy without invalidating women, expecting them to solve and take care of the violence that affects you which comes from other men, and/or while acknowledging the ways in which it's made to affect them. Thanks for the stream, and for trying to provide one of those spaces 💚. GG.

[@yoshitsune5691]

I agree with, btw dr k has said many times to hug your bro or check up on your bro, and I’ve seen soo many guys get into relationship just soo there gf to fix them, instead of talking to there homies getting therapy ect. But it’s amazing u think it’s up to women to fix/bear it, I’ve also seen alot of girls using that excuse online for why can’t men solve their own problems, as I guy it generally hurts and makes me feel unheard, like we didn’t ask y’all to fix it but just acknowledge it. And fyi my father was abusive to my mother, unlike most women she stood up for her self and was able to remove him from our family, restraining order and all, soo yes I know very well how much damage I guy can do, I’ve also seen girls ruin a guys life just for the fun of it. My hot take is bad people exist gender doesn’t matter the whole over generalising and putting people in groups is what’s dividing us, like a lot of people has said in the comments it’s about understanding each other. If I miss interpreted anything u said, feel free to clear anything up, it’s very easy for people to read things wrong. My reading comprehension is pretty bad 😂.

[@elisaelisaross]

I appreciate that you talk about how the world reacts to men's problems and how this is linked to the election. However, I feel that there are some incorrect assumptions. I would love to hear you talk about these things with a well-documented and aware feminist activist, so that you can listen to each other and exchange opinions. I understand the perspective of men that you are talking of, everybody has problems, men too, but their complaints are not considered as valid so they feel frustrated. However there are many implications in them profiting of many discriminations against others. Others have normal problems too in addition to discriminations. Others too are not listened much by "their" party, while there is a whole party dedicated to angry white hetero men. White men have no voice you say, but the president has always been a man, and almost white except for 8 years. You have a whole channel that, by who you talk in your videos, seems mostly addressed to men. If people with these identity traits don't have voice, what about all the others? And is the others' fault if white men don't feel listened to and they are angry? Does this imply that minorities should learn to listen more to the privileged ones? Is oppression caused by minorities not listening to privileged groups? Are minorities responsible for oppression? I am taking this to the extreme, but somebody could understand the idea that "white men are not listened to, therefore they voted for Trump" with these assumptions. Also, somethings that people are very worried about are discriminations. You propose the approach of listening with compassion to understand the other side. However, discriminations have real dangerous consequences. A better world would be one without discriminations. To stop discriminations, we should explain to people why they are bad. I can talk to a discriminatory person and be open and understand them, but will this change something, make the world a better place, expecially for discriminated people? I doubt it. Discrimination stops if the discriminatory person listens to me and I convince them to stop discriminating. But I don't know hot to achieve this, I can't force a person to listen to me, especially if they already think that I am inferior and my opinion doesn't matter because they discriminate me. Also, this means expecting a lot of worl and opennes by discriminated peole to be compassionate towards the people who hurt them. Is this easy? Is this healthy? What if the discriminated person has been traumatised by discrimination? It would be interesting to know how these compassionate conversations are shaped when they don't happen in a void but in a situation already charged with power imbalance and previous bad experiences, and strong feelings. That is why I think to would be interesting to confront your persepctive as a psychologist (the individual side) to a well-informed person about sociology and cultural trends (the collective side), to see how these perspecitve interact and maybe what can be found about problems and solutions in our society.

[@tomek111541]

I agree, we should support women in STEM, so they can feel welcomed, but there shouldn't be any bonus points or special STEM programs ONLY for them. Sure, you can focus the topics about women in STEM but don't ban man from it. Besides, women are already a majority on universities, something like 60/40 and still growing.

[@SeiryuNanago]

"Created a community with both women and incels" First of all, the two groups are not comparable (a whole gender and a nebulous category). Second, incels stuff is heavily moderated whereas just being a woman is not (obviously). So the whole "shared experience" thing is heavily skewed. I noticed that Dr K often does this when he talks about the community "We did that...", "we accomplished that..." but doesn't take into consideration mitigating factors.