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Rofl emotional support detective... and man that phone call reminds me of the calls I've had with my ex that I'll never really be entirely over - just my foot in my mouth, and inability to say things I think when I'm not speaking to them.

I love the way it denies you any intelligent options he's too compromised

The way Kim tries to gently navigate that simple interaction is so .... ❤

1:49:23-1:50:24 made me laugh out loud and I had to replay it to share with my partner. Fun playthrough all around!

日本語が理解できない時点でこのアニメの偉大さは外人にはわからないでしょう。そして一々ストップボタン押して解説入れまくるのはイライラしてみていられません。

I was first put off by some reviews that emphasized the political commentary aspect of this game. I'm very, very glad that I decided to play it anyway. I laughed, I cried. I gasped. I dreamt. Now I feel the Shivers in the wind of the City.

Wearing the armor during this is crazy lmfaooo

I don't like the necktie either though it has its moments

I had some of these same experiences and I’m glad that I was able to have them and come to terms with them without having been in a position of public assumed authority on the subject .

damnit, i missed the shot on the belt buckle so now I don't know how to get the body down! haah i was hoping watching would show me the way....

So Brady with the empty chair technique, what are the important differences between that technique and, for example, imagined conversations in a patient's mind. If somebody is constantly imagining and scripting what they would say in a given situation I don't think it necessarily brings catharsis or release. Especially if the same scenarios are repeated by the patient's mind. Obviously guidance from a third party helps.

6:53e oh, you like white-haired trauma girls? just *wait* till you meet Chris!

Never seen your channel before. Then I see this on my feed. Oh my that was such a ride thank you for all of the tingling you provoked in my mind

45:40 firs time i actually see someone succeeding on this roll but this would have been so much funnier if he failed it lmao

Did you eat a tomato on stream yet?

PERCEPTION (HEARING) [Medium: Failure]

I have finally caught up with the most recent video in this playthrough, so I guess this warrants a comment. All I want to say, is that this has been extremely eye opening for me. Brady, you are an excellent therapist and educator. I've learned so much about therapy and myself by going on this journey with you. You're also a hilarious role playing gamer, too. And a wonderful, warm and empathic person. As far as the phone call goes - you've analysed Harry so thoroughly in this playthrough, I think you are way ahead of him in many realizations. I think Harry is still unsure what his pas was and whether there even was an ex- whatever in his life. All he knows is that he feels a sort of resentment towards women and that when he tries to explore that, it hurts. Then he randomly calls a number and a woman answers and he just doesn't recognize her. All he has is a bundle of emotions - longing, resentment, desire, anger... and he doesn't even know it is in any way connected to this particular woman. But she does know his name... That's why there are all these confusing dialogue options available and no concrete apology. At least that's how I interpret "The Phone Call" in the game. Also, there's some cool extra details in the phone call, if your Harry has some other skills developed (i.e. perception). Unfortunately they didn't chime in this time, though.

the couple talk with kim at the end lmfaooo im cryinggggg

Brady we need the karaoke!

In this episode you were talking about the importance of names at 48:08. Actually in the antient times the name of someone held a somewhat sacred place. The first words were probably names of things, and the ability to name something is tied directly to our ability to recognize the very existence of this object. Language is our main (if not only) insrtument that helps our brain store and sort the information, nameless object does not exist. For example, there is a study done about how a ceparate word for a colour can affect it's recognition among other colours (the study was done with the help of Himba people of Namibia). Furthering the topic of names, we still can see the sacresy of a human name in some languages. For example in russion language still exists the tradition of saying "i'm called ..." instead of "my name is...". It comes from antient belief that sharing your real name with strangers can end up badly for you. In the world of antient people words had magical powers (the fastest example of this would be spells, it is actually one of the oldest folclore genre). The name and its owner are tied together inseparate. In some eastern cultures it was believed that one's name will affect his destiny. And also the fist thing Adam did in the Bible was naming all the animals. So yeah, subconsciously we still think our names are important, because it is a vital part of our cognitive instuments.

1:25:01 na man this my therapist

Hi Brady, I really like the whiteboard part in your video. It reminds me of when I was struggling with mental issues. Like you mentioned how CBT can help patients help themselves…There’s one time my depression/anxiety attacked, I wrote down all my thoughts at that time on a paper -clear, chaotic, extreme, calm-from as objective a perspective as possible (I felt there was a part of me calmly analyzing my thoughts from above during that time haha). No one taught me to do this, I thought it was my survival instinct. Unfortunately, I took it to my therapist (she wasn’t actually a real therapist, but for complex reasons, she was my only option at the time) and she didn't respond effectively to my notes, which made me feel useless and hopeless, and things got worse…what I want to express is that I think our brains try to save/heal us, and a therapist can be a crucial guide. So thanks again for all your sharing and your work.🥰

Freud himself said it, when someone insinuated that his love of cigars was a subconscious desire for something else...

I know a lot of people get very... excited about people playing the game for the first time. But things that would be interesting to see you tackle from a psychologist perspective? There's still a lot, really, but most you should encounter naturally. To be as vague as possible about a few of the things you might miss, The building with the polar bear refrigerator has another door to go through And unfortunately the Everart's contract quest has a strong payoff

You said that violent play makes you uncomfortable, so I thought that you might appreciate something like Kentucky Route Zero down the line. Maybe The Red Strings Club, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Pyre. Also, point & click adventures such as Strangeland and Broken Age almost never ask you to do violence and they tend to have a focus on character and narrative.

A little non-spoiler spoiler to understand some of the backstory of the show so be warned🚩🚩🚩 The show has a lot of biblical themes to it the main of them is what is known as the Tower of Babylon's curse, the story went that long ago humanity and God could communicate in a one to one format because both sides spoke the same universal language which allowed perfect communication and no room for misunderstandings based on perception or feelings, imagine you could say exactly what you felt how you felt it and the other person got the message exactly as you meant it? Cool right? There'd be no wars bc ppl could understand one another on a level thats basically UTOPIC. But humanity got greedy and decided to build a tower so high it could reach God and as a result the almighty got pissed at humanity for being so entitled and cursed humanity to never understand eachother again which not only made finishing the tower impossible but created what is known as "different languages" which sucked bc it made humans go from a perfect society where everyone got along and understood one another to fighting about everything because communication was rendered impossible. ☝🏻This backstory is REALLY important to know for anyone watching the show bc its the foundation for a lot of what is later revealed, had I not known this story I wouldve been super lost on WHY a lot of stuff happened

38:31 CONCEPTUALIZATION [Godly: Success]

I don't think there is a better/healthier/earnest way to handle this conversation. It's a bad idea in the first place and in no reality would it lead to any closure or healing. The only healthy way for Harry to deal with that loss is to process the grief and let her go - burdening Dora with any of it at this point is absolutely useless.

They don't need a tragic backstory; their names are Piss and Fuck and that's enough for me to love those little idiots 😂

All aboard the pain train boyos

if you got more eye cams you'd be biblically accurate angel brady

I was reminded of a little animation short called Theratpy (specifically the second one) between a therapist and his client (both anthropomorphised rats) who's extremely uncooperative. When the therapist asks how he's feeling, he responds. "I'm fine. Just peachy." to which he says "Ah, well, if you're fine we can just relax for a while, right?", but his body language is extremely telling - almost turning 180 degrees in the chair to not have to look at him. It's a pretty cool short! Check it out.

lmao panicked attempts to hang up

I think the phone call illustrates why the "Sorry Cop" mentality and the accompanying "Rigorous Self-Critique" thought are not healthy coping mechanisms after all. Sometimes, seeking to apologize is more about soothing oneself or self-flagellating than actually trying to address the harm that was caused. The kinder thing to do in this instance is to leave Dora be, but Harry isn't self-aware enough at this point to realize that.

I love this episode so much, the feeling of thinking you're tough enough now to deal with your past trauma, then getting to it and NOT DEALING WELL... its all so gooood, it's like the roleplay is going so perfectly with the game it's crazyyyy! also LETS GOOOO CHURCH TIME

I think of anxiety as a necessary alarm bell, but if that alarm bell is perpetually ringing, it can't possibly be a good thing.

the scene gets SOO much better at night, I nearly cried when I went there in my playthrough

(In his hypothetical) "As they're saying nothing is wrong, they're tapping their foot" (me irl) *realizes I'm stress tapping my foot and stops* (Back in the hypothetical) "And the moment you point that out they'll immediately stop" (Me irl) "FUCK YOU BRADY YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE *SEEN*" "Oh... maybe I should bring this up to my therapist"

Little gameplay tip: Dialogue options that have "Wait-" or "Hold on" at the start of it can be asked before the conversation moves on, and may sometimes not be an option later. (You of course don't have to use up every dialogue option, but if you want to, choose these ones first. They're usually also at the top)

A comment for the algorythm gods - this series deserves more attention than it gets! Also... Calling... Calling... Calling in the night... Still callling...

At 42:30 the proceeding response reflects on what idea Harry has gathered about the world so far, what is his grand purpose (and how he can impress and win her back by following it.) Unsurprisingly this one leans into the moralist view with a bit of apocalyptic thought behind it as well, but I find it funny Harry has neither internalized the looming end times thought or followed the moralist quest so it's somewhat out of place. Naturally there wasn't much else you could get out of the phone call since right now Harry hasn't internalized crucial thoughts about Dora and his senses were either not activating or actively working against him to keep him in the state of oblivion.

8:23 I imagine that whoever this person owes money to might be a crooked cop. Or has had experiences with the RCM that warrants them being more afraid of them than the gangster they owe money too (maybe they've done crime to get to this point).

"Calling... Calling... STILL calling... Then, the ocean breaks. "Hello?"

the case of the boardwalk body has my absolute favorite line of dialog in the game, and I'm pretty sure Brady has the stats to see it. I wonder if he'll be as enamored with it as I was.

"we're doing healthy cop sick cop" made me lose it

Wonder what you would have said if you found the choice where Harry hears the person lying next to her.

Doing The Payphone sequence with Kim in tow is a mood.

Do we have reason to believe Harry has something to apologize for? When I first encountered the phone conversation my initial takeaway was that it ruled out some terrible or traumatic possibilities. Reading the letter from the ledger you might think this person has since deceased, or Harry did something horrific to her. Perhaps while drunk. But the phone call carries no implication of something so ugly happening between them, no indication she thinks there's unresolved issues that needs to be talked out. She doesn't want anything from him. Nor does it sound like she hates him. It's more like, she feels sad for him but wants to keep her distance Maybe the relationship ended for mundane reasons. Like middle-schoolers who have a boyfriend/girlfriend for a month and they move on without some traumatic cause for the breakup. Maybe Harry was just a phase for her. Or she realized she wanted something else in her relationship or career. But there's a severe asymmetry. She meant a lot more to him than he did to her, apparently. If that were the case, the phone call was a lost cause from the start. There was nothing productive that could come from it. Volition wasn't urging us to get something off our chest, finally. It was urging us to just stop Edit: it occurs to me Dora being an *ex-wife* complicates this interpretation. Hmm

Often the PC in a game is a blank slate with a bunch of generic options. Harry is almost like an npc in his own right - the choices you get in dialogue reflect that you are exerting (limited) control over a pre-existing character.

This part of the game is a bit of a wake-up call, a reminder that as much as you can shape who you think Harry is by your decisions and dialogue, you aren't playing a self-insert in this world. You're playing as Harry, and when he's at his worst like he is in this moment, you have no choice but to bear witness to a man burning himself alive. You will be able to help him. But not here. Not right now.