The Insanity of Reiner Braun Explained

[@StevieGG08]

Reiner experiences dissociation not due to brainwashing or traumatic upbringing but because of the immense unbearable guilt of being responsible for the deaths of thousands upon thousands of innocent people including some of his comrades(Marco) whom he grew to care for. Also he was emotionally the weakest and most unbalanced among the marley child warriors.

[@Vampxiii_]

100% agree.

[@ria-zul-zannah7100]

Well, if you consider the amount of negligence and humiliations he suffered as a kid, his traumatic childhood is also responsible along with his unbearable guilt for his mental instability.

[@zek2195]

AMONG US SUS

[@moadelmoussaoui4656]

Reiner is the kind who lies to himself, and by gradually believing his lie he starts turning it into reality because it becomes anchored in his subconscious as a true fact/event. That's the most dangerous type of liars, deceiving themselves so as to deceive people in a genuine way :p You can share with us facts about psychology and the secrets of the complex human mind, I think the movie split can be a great topic too !

[@LRJGelSolon1904]

Split is not a good example of a mental illness. It's actually pretty damaging to mental health communities. I hope u dont take the movie as a way to understand DID or MPD.

[@plastic_cleopatra]

Sometimes I see my white lie as a fact/event it scares me

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

@@LRJGelSolon1904 dissociative personality disorder is the same as multiple personality disorder. Actuay the other one is no longer used because it doesn't meet the criteria to be called a personality disorder due to dissociations

[@DaHomieRiz]

I think Reiner’s trigger was when he killed Marco by taking off his odm gear and letting a titan eat him alive

[@nish720]

Yeah that was the trigger of his dissociative condition but the first time he got traumatized was when Marco died

[@_JustAnotherKid__]

@@nish720 Marcel: I'm right over here ya know... in ymir's titan belly.

[@tyron-thevictim-woodley698]

"We were kids!!!........ what did we know about anything!!??" This line always makes me tear up, because he realized that everything was more than likely a lie.

[@beastvicious8672]

I don't think Reiner really suffers from a disorder. He was just highly stressed and still in a state of shock in the conversation with Eren and Ymir. He temporarily forgot where he was and needed to calm himself down, by thinking about what he enjoyed. Being a soldier in the survey corps. Then Bertholdt reminds him of their mission and Reiner realises that there's no turning back. The time he revealed their identities, he had already suspected that they were found out. That's why he suddenly told Eren the truth, hoping that they could solve things peacefully. Reiner still hasn't come to terms with all the deaths he's resposible for, so he just hoped for the best. But of course Eren wasn't just gonna go along with them. He never forgets his place again after that. After distancing himself from the survey corps, he's left his past with them behind. He's decided to live with the guilt. After the timeskip, it has been breaking him down more and more. To the point he just wants it to end. But he's still motivated by Falco and Gabi. He wants to protect them from going through the same fate. It's also quite telling how Reiners mother continue to push her own dreams onto his shoulders from when he was a kid. He wants to do anything to make her and his dad proud. When he meets his dad, his mom's dream to become a family which now had become Reiners dream. Was crushed when his dad rejected him and called him a cursed demon child. Marcel had always been Reiners role model, becouse he was the one to support their group and look after them. After Marcel died, Reiner no longer had anyone to look up to. He decided to become like Marcel and imitate his behavior. Also due to guilt, since Marcel died trying to protect Reiner. He wanted to be a role model who could inspire people, a hero. He thought they were saving people, when in reality they were the couse of thousands of deaths. It's no wonder that Reiner sometimes forgets things, becouse he's been manipulated all his life. It's first when he meets Eren again, that he can confess and share his sins. He can't even get support from his own mother, who refuses to listen. Reiner is one of the most tragic characters i've ever seen. He's right there with Guts from Berserk.

[@theaveragegenius1376]

Very well written

[@ramonaflowers2813]

That was such an excellent breakdown of Reiner only thing I would like to add is that from you explained he does suffer from dissociation he goes from soilder (following orders being big brother) to warrior his true self. This is all triggered by the horrible acts he has commited I dont think he had any dissociation when he was young but the guilt of Marcel's death and confession that he wasnt qualified to be in the group drove him more and more to replace Marcel in his mind then learning about the deaths afterwards when he was among the people just triggered him into vrwat7ng this big brother persona watching it back seeing the looks that Berthold and Annie gave him when he was being over friendly was really telling. He is the saddest character in this anime for me as well

[@00svibes24]

Reiner suffers from disassociation because once Marcel dies, he starts telling himself and others that he’ll replace Marcel even though he knows that he’s no more than Marcel’s shadow. The difference between the two is that Marcel could do all of the things Reiner did without losing himself in the process, whereas once Reiner forces Annie to kill Marco, he immediately reverts back to Marcel’s personality and regrets the decision, killing the titan that killed Marco. Reiner has many moments in which he simply doesn't remember who he actually is and what his task entails. Like when Bertholdt mentioned to Connie that Reiner was more of a “warrior,” a term that should be engrained in Reiner’s mind from his childhood, yet he doesn't understand what Bertholdt means by that in the slightest because he’s stuck in “Marcel mode.” Or when he tried fighting Zeke to save Annie, knowing that he doesn't have the fighting capabilities to match his war chief, he still chose to do it because it’s what Marcel would've done in his shoes, and up until that point he continuously lies to himself by thinking he’s on Marcel’s level. These are just examples of Reiner transitioning out of his real mind and instead basing his actions and speech on what Marcel would've done.

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

Reiner's symptoms fall more in line with OSDD-2: 2. Identity disturbance due to prolonged and intense coercive persuasion: Individuals who have been subjected to intense coercive persuasion (e.g., brainwashing, thought reform, indoctrination while captive, torture, long-term political imprisonment, recruitment by sects/cults or by terror organizations) may present with prolonged changes in, or conscious questioning of, their identity. OSDD-2 does not involve dissociated parts but instead describes a change in or questioning of one’s identity due to outside coercion. There will be neither sufficiently differentiated parts nor amnesia, just a change in how one perceives themselves. The brief laps in memory, but then quick recovery, he experiences could lend itself to OSDD-1b as well.

[@hania.1220]

I really love you to analyse Erwin from attack on titan.he is very complicated! love your videos(:

[@sandylvt8854]

Can you do a Light or L (death note) analysis?

[@Reynevan100]

Endless spiral of lies, growing realisation of what you have done, losing sense of reality and self identity due to constantly having to pretend to be someone else and perform. Staggering guilt. Man, no wonder Reiner got effed up. I can only imagine what Bertholdt was going through, the fear of being alone in a hostile, foreign land. Reiner losing his mind on top of everything. Damn.

[@amintahiri3466]

If u read the manga u will know more about Reiner 👌🤗🤗🤗

[@nennemesis3004]

Hope you recover soon.

[@user-cd9cw4gp4v]

Oh

[@estherlorlei4781]

this shouldve been called "Reiners split personality explained." cos god knows i need that😂😂😂

[@derpinalouhag3405]

Tbh i love your voice and the calming voice helped me understand thia better

[@psychologist_watches]

Sweet thank you. Usually everyone stays it makes them tired

[@derpinalouhag3405]

@@psychologist_watches oh that too ^-^

[@journeybeyondthesea]

This video is really interesting 🤔💕

[@taniarodrigues96]

I loved the way you explained reiner, I thought he was a compulsive liar or something, but now I feel like I understand him a whole lot better. I would love to hear your thoughts on the main characters from killing stalking, they are both complex and their behavior is, sometimes, unpredictable, like why? thank you and get better soon ;3

[@Jay-fq5jd]

Could you analyise Sangwoo from Killing Stalking? :)

[@kitcats-bm7rf]

Great analysis as usual

[@LucasPappasRTO0]

Hope you recover quickly! God bless!

[@fahfahafha]

I think it would be mind-blowing if you did a character analysis on some of the Neon Genesis Evangelion characters, like Rei for example!! Love your content. :)

[@vegasmona]

You've got a new lovely subscriber over here!!!

[@kateBN1]

You deserve so many more subscribers and views!

[@justanoldsnufkin9747]

I don't really think Reiner suffers from any psychiatric condition. He's just 'split' into these two worlds, of being a warrior and and a soldier. He suffers from guilt

[@paula6976]

Get well soon!!!

[@kristineconstante9060]

There's a movie with real-life split personality disorder I've watched. I can't remember the title. 🤔

[@mrhillz6768]

The movies called split

[@zainy_inc154]

Great video

[@melily7245]

I hope you get well soon, by the way, nice work!

[@saki-chan5482]

I would like to point something out: I did some research on DID (for a paper) and would like to know where this specific age of 5 came from. Everywhere I researched I never found a trace of this specific number and it was stated nowhere in my research papers. In fact the opposite was stated: that DID *can* manifest at every given age under special circumstances and is developed in your early childhood, ranging from 3 years to 7 years, give or take a few years. Could you give me your source?

[@psychologist_watches]

Oh gosh, I made this video so long ago. I changed computers in between so I don't even have my scripts anymore. I am afriad I won't find my source anymore. Usually I used information that my professors said or was part of a lecture.

[@saki-chan5482]

@@psychologist_watches Okay, that's pretty sad, but I think I will just use my own research information then. I'm currently trying to psychoanalyse the entire Attack on Titan cast and watched a few other analyses that could help with mine. I hope I get everything right

[@psychologist_watches]

@@saki-chan5482 Hey you, i remembered. You can Look IT Up in any debelopmental psychology book. I think ist was as Well mentioned in the documentary ALPHABET, which I highly recommend. I remembered now, watching a Ted talk about educating kids about gender. And the speaker said the same number. That the coherent identify is formed around the age of 4

[@psychologist_watches]

@@saki-chan5482 and if you want, you can share your analyses with me. I would love to read a colleagues opinion

[@saki-chan5482]

@@psychologist_watches Thanks, I will check that out and of course I will share my analyse with you ^-^ Even thought I'm technically not a colleague but I would love to have a second Opinion on this, too.

[@HolyVega]

She needs to make an update video on this since the final season released

[@rogerizzer7837]

I myself like to view the difference between the soldier and warrior Reiners being not their personality changing but the way they perceive the world, so for example the soldier and warrior would behave the same in certain situations and think about the same things but the way they view the situation itself is different which is where the "split" in personality occurs. But now that I think about it it's a bit hard for me to explain it well so I hope you all understand my view point.

[@nennemesis3004]

You can choose common psychological problem characters possess. Compare and contrast how main characters are depicted in shounen, etc.

[@isaiasruiz6937]

aaahw get well soon:( let that eye heal :D

[@isaiasruiz6937]

you could maybe do something with manga chapters or couple manga chapters in short videos thats with your youtube topic like maybe one piece char and there backstories are pretty psycholigical no?

[@oyipepsi6132]

Isaias Ruiz Yah the backstories of One Piece characters and their characteristics is a great idea!!

[@isaiasruiz6937]

Rose Chery i thought so we need to put our heads together so she can post more content :D let the ideas flow peoplexD

[@kristineconstante9060]

You can post examples of common negative and positive defense mechanisms in anime. Add some clip examples, explanations, etc.

[@HxH2011DRA]

Excellent analysis. Do feel better!

[@timmeh006]

Well, i've had a pretty rough childhood. But not in the sence of whats being discribed. However i do have 2 black outs where (and i do remember this) i felt like i just woke up and din't know what happened. Once when i was 5 and i remember the teacher saying "he's been gone for a while but he's doing his best". And at the time, i din't know where i went. I still dont tbh.

[@untild4wnz]

I hope you get better! Please do a bertholdt one too! :) I'd appreciate it.

[@jeffreygrissom821]

Sorry about your eye I hope you feel better soon .... For your next video can you do lupin from Lupin the 3rd I think I would be very interesting thank you get better soon.

[@thefluffyaj4119]

im not sure exactly what level of trauma one has to go through to develop d.i.d, but I do study phsycology as a hobby (only as a hobby though, I'm by no means a professional. i always try to make sure my sources are accurate but my research does come off the internet so if you've gotten formal education and see something wrong with what I say, please correct me). spoilers ahead. but eldians have been shown to be treated very horribly my the marlayans, not to mention many of them become child soldiers. i think there could be a possibility that reiner developed the disorder from torture from the marlayans, being a child soldier, or both. also, I find in a lot of media that is not specifically about d.i.d but have characters with d.i.d often bend the disorder and tweek it for narrative purposes. for example, diavolo and doppio from jojo's bizarre adventure. it is *heavily* implied by the story that these two suffer from the disorder, but it's tweeked so that their body physically undergoes a change when one of them switches to the other. there's more examples of inaccuracy in those two but people with d.i.d obviously don't physically change when switchin between alter(s) and host. many things from d.i.d match up with reiner, and when he developed it could have still been within an accurate age range, so yea

[@terrajhauger5847]

Watching the English CC on KZbin trying to caption the Japanese as English words is a wild ride

[@isaiasruiz6937]

you know a other idea i liked really the part that when you talked about kishimoto the way he is or thinks about stuff how that makes the story alllso you could do that maybe with more mangakas of the anime/manga you like ?

[@traw3646]

can u do an analyse for Yagami Light

[@Gedof]

2:59 Have you read Tokyo Ghoul? Both examples that you gave happened to 2 characters.

[@psychologist_watches]

yes I watched it two days ago. I looooove it. definitely will do an analysis or more

[@madmanuk_72]

plz do eren yeager foe aot season 4 id really like

[@antwanhodges1591]

I honestly thought Reiner's problems started much earlier than 12. You don't get that desperate at that age unless there were other things happening long before. Also, are you caught up with the manga? His character could use a revisit. I recently stumbled upon your video's this is great.

[@nathanh5448]

Subscribed :) hope you are safe and can upload soon :))

[@basteque]

Hope you will be okay and heal fast. Nice analysis even though i don't really like attack on titan

[@josephg.3771]

Is this Hange?

[@voyagersmarch8776]

PLEASE MAKE EREN'S

[@kisakisakura6663]

I know I am late for the discussion... I just want to say that quality is more important than quantity. Keep up the good work and do it regularly and the interested people will find you =) Don't let KZbin bully you into doing something that you don't like. But if you need another new format, why don't do it the other way round? Explain a disorder or a character trait and show us than an example of the characters that fit that you know of. Like: This and that is typical for a narcissist/ introvert/ someone with PTSD. We have these examples that I (you) know of. If you know of more that fit this type, comment below ... you can later analyse wehter we were right or wrong by picking a few of those comments;)

[@pssst.3787]

please do an analysis for sangwoo/yoonbum (killing stalking)! really curious about them ≥3≤ get well soon and thank you for such an awesome video ฅ'ω'ฅ

[@irisflower9082]

Ik this video is over 3 years old but it's spreading misinformation about dissociative disorders and I wanted to debunk some of the things I noticed since there is already so much stigma around DID and OSDD. DISCLAIMER: I am *NOT* a professional but I have done a fair amount of research through several trusted sources. I am in no way trying to hate on this video or hurt the creator at all. I'm just trying to clear things up. PLEASE TAKE WHAT I SAY WITH A GRAIN OF SALT First of all, a dissociative disorder isn't always caused by something such as t**ture or s*xual ab*se. It's about how the mind reacts to the trauma, not necessarily the trauma itself. It can be caused by things such as n*glect or repeated emotional scarring too. As long as repeated trauma happened before the ages of 7-9 years old (when a personality fully integrates) a child can still develop a dissociative disorder. It doesn't matter what type of trauma it is. DID isn't a personality disorder, it is a dissociative disorder. The correct term to use instead of "personalities" is "alters" because they are alternate states of identity. We don't know enough about Reiners childhood to know if he has a dissociative disorder or not but it seems likely in my opinion. Since dissociative disorders are so complex, you can't really say whether someone has one or not based off of the information about the character in this video and it's not like we can ask him about his symptoms because he's a fictional character. Even professionals often don't know how to recognize or treat dissociative disorders such as DID. Over 50% of people will have experienced dissociation at least once in their lifetime however only about 1-3% of the population actually have been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder.

[@laralol2276]

Wenn du was über Boku no hero Academia machst, kannst du über todoroki, Bokugo, Uraraka, Stain oder Deku machen. Finde das sind bis jetzt die interessantesten Charaktere. Vom psychologischen her mit Charakterenteicklungen .

[@psychologist_watches]

Hey! Ja ungefähr die will ich auch machen. Ich mache aber erstmal eine Levi Analyse von AOT

[@lolstation6286]

u seems to know may i ask . if ur personality changed complete in like 1 month and u cant even recognize your character is it serious ?

[@tsixkiller5187]

Try reading about child soldiers and militia members.. Considering the age at which their training/indoctrination often starts, IMNVHO they serve as a better model than double agents alone. Additionally, the strict 5y age limit seems a bit dated, as well as unrealistic due to its rigidity. People's minds aren't identical; our sense of self, develops faster or slower, & sometimes incompletely. It can also be severely destabilized by trauma or other external influence. We aren't all just plopped out of a mold on our fifth birthday, IOW. Additionally, your definition of DID is also auite rigid. Some "alternate" personalities share information, & some share consciousness to a greater or lesser degree, even if it only extends to awareness of another "alternate's" existence. (Although, ironically enough as far as my own statements go, the Marleyan Warrior program starts at guess what age... Hope your eye heals up quickly. OW 😱)

[@valeriepeet8277]

could you analyse aizen from bleach thanks

[@Ixion987]

Can you analyse Kaneki Ken?

[@uminji032]

Where are you from again? :D your accent is really interesting! Sometimes you sound German, like the way you say Ja instead of yeah/yes (just curious) Btw I really love your videos! I'm a follower since your Haikyuu analysis haha It's really difficult to find a topic that you could talk about in a short video, cause when it comes to psychology everything is a little bit more complex.. Get well soon! I once also kinda crashed my phone into my eye and had to wear a patch for a week.. Lol

[@alkan68]

She is german. The way she pronounces Reiner is the right way

[@asura5166]

Thats not ymir, that someone else who inherited the power to use the jaws titan long before ymir did.

[@Fatihsahin648]

Do for eren yeagar please

[@kobil316SH]

So you HAVE to be under 5 years old to develop dissociative identity disorder? It seems a little to rigid to say it's not even possible if the trauma comes after that

[@jungwons]

great video! Just a little tipp, you dont have to say he or she if you dont know the gender, you can just say rhey.

[@CoolGuy-mf9px]

How about you just explain a short concept of psychology. Maybe include anime or not. Me myself im more interested in the topic of the human mind then anime character analysis

[@handsanitizer9792]

Please do eren

[@oscarthelemon3161]

He got depression the end

[@mazirikasyfi671]

Because of that I have a pity to Lainaa

[@MrMrTibbers]

My schadenfreude levels spiked upon seeing your eyepatch It looks good on you Get well soon :)

[@Ghostreaperxx]

Even though she has an eye patch she's still really beautiful

[@lizije]

Poor Reiner :(

[@thecomedygamingnetwork261]

I hope your eye healed

[@MegaLuros]

"Rape isn't bad enough"

[@alexandremarques3265]

GRIFFITH

[@丅otalđIA]

Ion care his crazy ass killed Marco 😤

[@danielsantarosa101]

The mind can't be split up after the age of five? So for every person, until they reach 5 years, they can have this disorder, but right after they get to five years, the exact second,they can't anymore? That goes for every single person ever?

[@psychologist_watches]

oh come on. its an rough value for orientation

[@austinhebert5523]

Psychologist watching you didn't answer his question

[@StevieGG08]

The thing is, Reiner doesn't have DID. When in soldier or warrior mode he is still Reiner, not a completely different personality. In DID the other personalities are completely different from each other so this is clearly not the case for Reiner. He either has a form of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified or most likely dissociative amnesia which can be the result of trauma in teenagers or adults, not only children.

[@jonsnor4313]

He has likely a double agent syndrome where he has difficulties differenting between his cover and his real identity emotionwise.

[@kaymulaah]

Its just an anime character