DOCTOR REACTS TO THE GOOD DOCTOR | Psych Doctor Analyzes a Doctor with Autism [Episode 1]
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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Autism spectrum disorders are common, and its safe to say that the features are not always disabling. They can be enormous strengths for some people. Having an ASD in medicine is by no means a disadvantage. As a real psychiatry doctor, I'm analyzing this depiction of a doctor with autism in the Good Doctor to see how realistic it is.
"There still isn't an ambulance"
No it's America they need to see if their credit card cleared first
Ah someone of culture I see
Really? Why not ask someone in the UK how long it takes for an ambulance to arrive. I get the need for small minds to constantly put down the US, but I can call 911 and have an ambulance in under 2 minutes.
@@yossiea maybe somewhere between 3 to 8 minutes. I haven't heard any bad experiences either if you did have any issues with NHS that's disheartening
@@yossiea Often I would rather die on the scene than go bankrupt and live on the street for a 5 minute ambulance ride, champ.
@@yossiea Same time frame here in Europe. But it's free because, you know, we think that people who aren't rich also deserves to live. If anyone told you we have to wait much longer for an ambulance, they're lying.
They did a pretty decent job with this one, even though I can only relate to a few things, because my autism impacts me very differently.
It's such an individual condition so I fully appreciate that no two people are the same. I thought it had a very compassionate approach though
I feel respectfully and properly represented
@@DoctorElliottCarthy I like to say that every autistic had their own brand of autism 😊🤭
Even my twin and I experience it in different ways!
@@goldenlion7 Wait if one twin has autism/ADHD is it very common for the other to have it?
@@Mia.S13 not OP, but yeah. As twins are so similar genetically
As an autistic woman, and a nursing student currently applying for medical school - THANK YOU. Thank you for recognising my capacity for empathy, something so many people seem to believe I am incapable of despite demonstrating the opposite again and again. Thank you for seeing that it is not my ASD that will determine whether I will be a good or bad medical practitioner. Thank you for calmly explaining some of my experiences of the world to those who don't understand. Thank you for rolling your eyes at the mention of savant syndrome. I am autistic. I am not a savant. I am still capable of living in this world and experiencing it, and following my dreams and achieving exceptional things not because I am or am not autistic or a savant but because I am HUMAN; and humanity is diverse and wonderful and capable of exceptional things.
wd i always told mine they could be whoever they want to be and dont let anybody tell them different problem is people with disabilities are always told oh no you cant do that your not able let them try i say if one way dont work to do something try observing the child and then work out a way they can do it i hope you make your dream good luck all the best :)
Autistic person here:
Loved the portrayal of emotions and especially of overwhelm from sensory things
Loved the portrayal of discrimination, even if it lacked the subtlety that workplace discrimination often has like the refusal to make reasonable adjustments
Some things I would love to see more/less of:
More non men with autism, it often presents differently or isn't considered as much at diagnosis and eg that contributed to me getting diagnosed at 26
Less "genius because autistic" tropes, as you say there are advantages and disadvantages from thinking and feeling differently but please don't presume I have magical powers or that any success is because of my autism
Less patronising "inspiration porn" type speeches from presumably abled people about us, call them out by saying you're being an incoherent, illogical douchbag and also fyi that's illegal, let's move on to having an actual discussion about his actual qualifications like anyone else instead of some, again patronising, speech in our defence
Yes, totally agree!! Very good point about the inspiration porn. Same issue as the white savior complex where the focus becomes on the member of the majority group and how awesome they are just because they're not being total jerks.
@@goldenlion7 yes! He's presented as some total "hero" just for seeing the value in an autistic person. Which... eww. And I don't mind shows showing problematic behaviour like that, especially as it happens irl but you then have to frame it as problematic not commendable.
@@hannahsmith8002 yeeeesss that last point is so important. The way they frame negative behavior makes all the difference!
I agree with every word of yours!
And cool! I was diagnosed at age of 26 as well, coincidence! (even tho I'm a boy, its a fact that autism in woman is reeally underrepresented, and it differences leads to more undiagnosed people)
bc of what u said i highly suggest "young royals" on netflix. there's a girl and she's not a "genius", she's not the main protagonist tho.
Thank you for this
Thanks for sharing this as it's really insightful. You're right that the savant stereotype is hugely overstated but I thought it was one of the few shows I've seen that focused on compassion towards those with ASD
@@DoctorElliottCarthy Definitely, I really appreciate how they're not shying away from the stigma but it is combatting it. It shows bigoted colleagues as well as compassionate colleagues.
I was in my thirties before I got diagnosed... I relate a lot about the "shutdown" you describe. I didn't even knew it was a thing, but it happens to me a lot when I get overwhelmed by emotions, especially unexpected one (like sudden changes). My sister used to get extremely angry at me every time it would happen, which obviously made it even worst... Even now I still haven't told her I have an autistic personality, because I've gotten so good at hiding it I'm afraid she wouldn't believe me and think I'm just using it as an excuse for poor behavior.
I appreciate your story. I am a Speech-Language Pathologist in the schools and see all levels of functioning with ASD students and wonder what will become of all of them when they grow up. I have had students like you said appear neurotypical and intellectually on level with their peers, but there is something just slightly different in their social and/or problem solving skills. I love them so much and always hope they can live their most happy and fulfilling lives. I am glad that you two have each other and it brings me hope that those students will find companionship and happiness in adulthood too.
You mentioned wanting an episode of The Good Doctor that deals with that "shutdown" that can happen when circumstances are overwhelming then check out season 2 episodes 10 and 11. It isn't seen consistently in the show because they have to move the story along, but they do take some episodes to highlight the different struggles faced by people who are on the spectrum which I appreciate.
For the shutdown response there's a an episode, a pair of episodes in I believe season 2 around Christmas time where some of that absolutely happens. I would suggest you watch it and see how accurate it is for you.
him pointing out how the female doctor (sorry don't know names) interacted with him differently each time, is a perfect example of how sometimes we autistic people are better at noticing people's behaviours. I am frequently the first to notice when someone isn't doing well bc the change in the pattern of behaviour is more apparent to me than it is to a neurotypical person
I suppose you mean neuroTYPICAL? There's a big difference... (Edit: that kinda sounds rude so I just felt the need to write something in the terms of "No Offense Intended")
@@physicslover4951 oh yes of course. Sorry I tend not to catch my mistakes when I'm writing them. Thanks for letting me know
@@summer_olliensns7944 It's ok, I too make mistakes :)
Yes, this! Only I don't have the guts to outright mention it to someone, though I really wish I did. But in a way that perhaps put people a little more at ease and a little less on the spot like this, which can cause people to shut down or even become hostile. In a way it feels like he lives in some sort of blissful ignorance while I'm all too keenly aware of how things I would want to say might drive people away if I were to say them out loud, especially because it's happened so often in the past. People tend to get freaked out when I list the differences in behavior that caused me to suspect something was up with them, like I'm stalking them or looking at them with a magnifying glass, while in fact it all happens subconsciously and not on purpose. I just sense something is off the same way someone notices when someone who walked past you is wearing a lot of perfume: not because you were looking for it, but because your senses picked it up and processed it and interpreted it. It's really not any different. People without ASD do it all the time as well, only they might not be as perceptive, and in most cases they're not as able to put it into words and it stays more of a subconscious thing. That's really the only difference. I'm not some kind of obsessed freak :')
I'm not on the spectrum but I've seen this from others who are. One other thing I'm glad they did address was empathy. Too many people think people with autism lack empathy like a psychopath and that's as you know absolutely false. I think the breakdown is in communication somewhere. I know a lady with autism and she is a dear friend with a great deal of compassion and empathy, yet there are times she says things to me that are hurtful that a non autistic person would automatically know not to say. But I know her well enough to know that if I tell her it hurt me and explain why she does feel bad for it and does empathize very well.
"brain's kinda important"
I dunno chief I've met quite a lot of people without one.
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I have ASD I don't watch Medical Dramas because they are inaccurate and I can't enjoy them but I love how they talk about and portray autism in this show. I actually cried when the doctor character said how we shouldn't be treated as only our limitations and give us the chance to succeed. I feel my whole life I always can't reach the goals I always wanted because I struggle to keep up, I struggle a lot socially and feel very alienated and like there is no future j can achieve for myself because I can't do anything good enough or how jts meant to be done. I hope autistic people can be given more hope that we can achieve goals and succeed in the future so we don't feel like we can't ever get to where we want to be because we aren't made to work properly..
what’s it like? Knowing, being certain that you have ASD, what’s it like? What is it actually like to know that there’s this barrier between yourself and others, that you’re not fooling yourself into thinking that the way you are is irreversible, to know that there is a reason why you experience the world differently than everyone else? To not have to doubt that you’re not putting on a mask for yourself, to know that who you are and how you feel and your self-identity is entirely genuine and not some sort of fabrication I imagine would be comforting. What’s it like to know that... that you’re not lying to yourself, to know that you are truly atypical. Because I don’t remember.
@@shawn980 It feels like I'm an alien trying my best to learn these confusing strange customs and how I say and experience things is completely different to everyone around me. Like my mouth is sewn shut or when I talk there is a thick fog around me. I know I'm different but it does give me comfort when I get anxious at some of me unsual behaviours that no one around me does.
@@matcha_zuki5597 It’s like what you think and what you say are in two different languages right? You don’t know how to articulate your words in a way that’s consistent with how everyone else talks.
I’m wrong, I know I’m wrong.
@@shawn980 hi! I’m diagnosed with moderate autism and severe ADHD and it’s incredibly hard. The discrimination the rumours and the way I’m treated it differs 8 don’t have friends because people se me as autism I am not autism. Full of people who don’t understand the overstimulation, under stimulation but I will say it comforting knowing you this but also hard it’s not fun and I’m pretty bright but I’m not seen as that my grades and above average but I am not treated as such so summed it it’s hard. And you still have to mask no matter what
@@shawn980 it depends on the day for me. Sometimes I wish I could jump into another brain. and others I can’t comprehend how anyone wants to live like “normal people”. To me, everything neurotypicals do seems like a performance. Probably because to me, it is. In order to fit in I have to perform like I’m one of them. Which I’ve gotten tired of doing and just don’t anymore. I do wonder what it’s like to have communication and all of that feel natural. The hard part though, is that no matter what you know about yourself, there’s always people who don’t believe it. Who thinks it’s manipulation or just plain bullshit. Despite showing so many signs as a child, I wasn’t diagnosed until my late teens. So a lot of my schema and self image is shrouded in an innate belief that I’m a bad person and nothing I do will ever be good enough because that’s how I felt and was treated growing up. Also, when you’ve gone to therapy for years and still can’t fix a lot of things it can be very frustrating
I love watching people react to The Good Doctor. It’s such a good show.
Btw, just discovered your channel! I subscribed immediately!
You should watch Doctor Sham’s videos! She’s a 96 year old doctor who’s been a doctor 70+ years!!!!! She reacted to the good doctor!!!!
Really glad you liked it and the channel as a whole 🙂
@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper who?
@@SkyLene she died last week 😭
@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper what? i searched varieties of the name and couldn’t find her channel
As somebody diagnosed with ASD at 16, The Good Doctor literally means so much to me, Shaun's experiences, while obviously not a perfect match to my own, are so relevant to my life it makes me cry sometimes. Eventually, he forms a relationship with another character that almost perfectly fits the dynamic that I have with my sister, that I can point to it and be like- hey this reminds me of a miscommunication we had at some point, and it helps her better understand my perspective!
I forget how much they go over so quickly, that whole speech about why he wanted to become a doctor genuinely makes me cry everytime I hear it too. The go into much further detail about how quickly and easily he memorizes things as well the further you go, he actually starts like seeing and remembering some really incredible stuff, atleast to the untrained eye.
As an adult diagnosed autistic working in the medical field. I enjoyed some of the depictions on The Good Doctor. There are a LOT of misconceptions still out there, I’ve had Psychologists and psychiatrists tell me I cannot be autistic because if I was I couldn’t ‘empathise’ with patients and be a good HCP...yet all my appraisals have always said I’m hugely empathetic (over-empathetic at times). Which when I looked into it seems to be consistent with other autistics but often still believed to be a trait by doctors, charities and parents.
The idea of a spectrum is also so hard to explain, if all goes to plan for a day you’d hardly know I’m autistic. A bad day can lead to melt downs and more likely a shutdown I’ll go non-verbal and can self injure. However, at work I have plans upon plans for how to manage myself when things don’t go to plan, those days you won’t see ‘autism’ unless you’re one of the few who are aware but once I get home/outside it can all fall apart.
I was working in healthcare long before I was diagnosed many either dismissed me outright as ‘joking’ when I told them or I was suddenly deemed unsuitable for my role (I lost a job which I’d been doing very well for years). The stigma means I tell very few, but costs me dearly in the mental health area.
As the parent of an adult female with autism, I have to say Freddie Highmore's portrayal of an adult with autism is brilliantly authentic. Whilst not all people with autism will respond exactly alike, his mannerisms, the way he avoids eye contact, even the way he holds himself is so realistic. He outshines Dustin hoffman in Rainman.
My husband has ASD. We both liked the way this show portrays ASD and I like how it shows the frustration and sometimes strange compromises that you make when you love someone on the spectrum in later episodes.
Fun fact. The Good Doctor (US) is an adaptation of Good Doctor (South Korea). The first episode of the US version is almost a beat-by-beat of the SK version, they did this as a homage to the original of course. Aside from the difference in setting, the US is set in a teaching hospital while the the SK is set in a pediatric hospital, the 2 series are very different in their plot and story telling.
I'm high functioning ASD, and my two favorite examples in media of someone on the spectrum is Dr. Murphy from the Good Doctor, and Dr. Brennan from Bones. While it's never addressed in Bones, the creator has since confirmed that "Bones" is on the high functioning end of the spectrum.
Bob Melnikov from ReGenesis was kinda the first one, even a bit before ASD became famous.
I've always found Dr. Murphy to be very endearing & genuinely kind which I appreciate so much. While I'm not on the spectrum, I am neurodivergent & can relate to being socially awkward & struggling when feeling judged by my peers.
Wow I love bones and it never occurred to me that she might be autistic, but it makes so much sense.
Another great tv series is Atypical.
The way Freddie Highmore portrayed autism genuinely had me believing that he was autistic for quite a while
He is a fabulous actor
I love this show so much. I just like how they represented the Good Doctor and the direction they went with his ASD. I can say with confidence that this show will be something you'll really love.
My nephew is a 21 year old with Autism spectrum disorder. This show is extremely accurate. My nephew is very smart but has lacking social skills. He’s the most amazing young man. I’m glad this show is out.
You should watch Monk! A good episode would be season 4 episode 2, Mr. Monk Goes Home Again.
Monk (who struggles with OCD) visits his brother (who struggles with agoraphobia). They receive a message from their father (who walked out on them as children) stating that he is coming home for a visit.
Monk was a really interesting show!
I like how this show first focusses on what its like to live with autism and the positive sides, but they also have some episodes where shit really hits the fan and Shaun starts freaking out over things that non-autistic people would probably still be stressed about but they would know how to mask and cope with it in a more socially accepted way. Where as Shaun full on shuts down or freaks out, but in the end manages to deal with it with help from others and most of the time it turns out fine
If you watch all 4 series you would see how far he came with his communication as he became more comfortable around everyone he came so far in it. Such an amazing show.
I love the good doctor especially when sean calls out a situation for what it is, I personally appreciate his bluntness!
It’s easy to see how much empathy he has for the characters he’s watching. Love him.
I cringed a bit when you said “see, it’s in there somewhere”. But you explain things with compassion and in a way that keeps the listener gripped. Most autistic people that I have come into contact with prefer ‘autistic’ to ‘person with autism’, ‘person with an ASD’ or ‘on the spectrum’ - myself included. It’s an intrinsic part of who we are. You’re a great advocate and can articulate a lot of the struggles I face but can’t always put into words.
It took me a while to warm up to this show but I’m hooked now, Freddie Highmore encapsulates so much that affects autistic people. My only concern is that neurotypical people may think all of us are the same when we are all as unique as they are.
That's a sub from me, refreshing to hear a doctor who knows more about the nuances of autism
As a person with ASD this show made me very emotional more than anything else. I could relate to all the pain portrayed across the episodes and it helped me realise that I also have an ASD
I honestly loveee all your videos 💜😭 you always emphasize that doctors should show compassion and understanding for their patients and it's nice to see doctors who really care and respect people 💜. I loved your comments about the show, the bullying ones were on poin, and cool how you pointed out that the doctor ignoring a patient's feelings is not right. Can you make a video talking about how autism overlaps with other disorders such as anxiety? Thanks
Really live this reaction video. I watched this video twice. Glad to learn ASD, emergency medicine, the impact of bullying, discrimination, and more.
As a lass with ASD in the uk (diagnosed 5.3.2023) i gotta say, this portrayal you've shown today is exactly what I've experienced, too. It reminds me so strongly of myself, especially when im overwhelmed. When calm and able to mask, i can make my speech sound more natural and "normal" but the moment i get spooked, I start talking like seàn here. Its involuntary.
Hi! I love your channel. I was born with a disability (cerebral palsy) and I really appreciate the way you treat disability as something to be accepted rather than fixed. I live in the US, and I was wondering how much training in the UK doctors receive on disability awareness. A lot of mental health clinicians that I've worked with (I have major depressive disorder, GAD, and OCD) don't understand the interplay between the social sigma of being a minority and mental illness very well. I wish more doctors were as enlightened as you.
Thanks for sharing. We could all do with a lot more compassion in the world
This was amazing reaction, thank you for not only giving points of your own to the show, and also showing the respect of people like me, I very much appreciate it
I'm autistic, and when I first watched this show I wasn't diagnosed yet.
It made me realize I might be autistic (later I found out that my parents were trying to get me diagnosed, but apparently I was very good at masking, so from when I was diagnosed with ADHD at 6 years old, it took 10 years to get my ASD diagnosis).
Would love to learn more about ASD from you
I have ASD also.
The good doctor is originate from a korean tv drama with the same name. I honestly like this version more than the korean version because i think the korean version seems to be lacking in trying to present what autism is like and as the kdrama trope always goes it is more focused on the romantic aspect in the drama than the medical aspect. It doesn't seems to be realistic. Anyway i'm not good with english, i'm sorry if my english is bad.
I actually preferred the Korean show because it's more weii-rounded and focuses on character development more than the ridiculous medical scenarios.
I absolutely adore this show as someone with asd it's nice to see accurate representation there are many moments where I can relate to sean the actor did a wonderful job.
I really loved this, even if Dr Murphy displays ASD differently than me I think it's a really good portrayal and I really love your analysis over it, I'm gonna check out more of your channel and I hope maybe in the future you'll consider visiting a different episode! It's full of good ones
I’ve never watched this show but that was genuinely compelling. A few months ago a psychiatrist advised me that I might have ASD, while assessing me for ADHD/OCD symptoms. She couldn’t give me an official diagnosis and I can’t afford to get one, but just through reading things and watching videos from people with ASD I think that psychiatrist was right. It’s a hell of a thing to discover about yourself at age 27, but it makes sense.
When asking myself if I had the typical traits of ASD I found myself answering “Yes, but...” to so many of them. “Are most of your friends limited to your hobbies and work?” “Yes, but that’s just because I have niche hobbies and don’t mix well with non-geeky people”. “Do you block out noise when you go places?” “Yes, but that’s just cos I like music a lot more than I like normal background noise”. “Do you have trouble feeling like you’re being understood?” “Yes, but that’s just because I want to be very precise in explaining myself, and I end up muddying it up by adding way too much context for my feelings and motivations so I’m not judged”. And so on.
It took me some time to accept that answering a question about a symptom with “Yes, but...” is still a “Yes”.
I love the good doctor. In my opinion it is a great show. However, I take issue with the fact that this is one of the only portrayls of someone with ASD where the focus isn't on their weaknesses and the help they need. But with that comes the idea that people with ASD only have worth if they also have this special skill, or that everyone with ASD needs to have a special skill to make up for their social deficits. I don't personally believe this, but this is what I've heard from friends and influencers with ASD who speak about this.
Definitely the sense I get from the show. I don't think it's inherently terrible as a narrative, but overrepresented in stories about neurodivergence. Like they would be junk simply because they're odd, but their usefulness makes them special and allows people to overlook their flaws. And that's treated like a gift to the autism community instead of just a basic expectation of decent people.
@@caitie226 this! Exactly! I know that there are people with ASD that have something they’re insanely knowledgeable in or good at but that’s not the case for the majority of people and by using this trope over and over and over I think it can be quite harmful to the ASD community in terms of expectations that less informed people might have.
@@julieannelovesbooks Definitely! And the expectations people have of themselves.
@@julieannelovesbooks Well yes but.. if he wasn't exceptional he wouldn't have become a Doctor in the first place, which is what the show is all about, hell he almost didn't become one being so, not wanting or preferring him to not be exceptional would get him fired and the show wouldn't exist
@@elisyan4716 I don’t think so. Well, I think what you’re saying would make sense in the context of the show. But I don’t think that’s a reasonable expectation and I don’t hope it’s like that in the real world. Even if you’re on the spectrum you could still be a great surgeon, and there shouldn’t be the need for some superhuman ability to ‘make up for’ the ASD. Even if that is the case I don’t think that should be the case. So if that is the case I think there need to be some changes in our society.
I really liked this analysis! I've watched other doctors react to this episode but they haven't had the same focus on the autism. I recently saw a doctor for a screening and referral for an ADD assessment, and he said I showed more signs of autism than ADD, so The Good Doctor (and this channel!) has become more important to me for better understanding and just something relatable to watch, even though I'm a bit different from Shaun. I really appreciate your channel in general as well, ever since I found it when you reacted to Wednesday! I've learned a lot and want to learn even more 😊
I feel like I can describe ASD in a similar way to ADHD (or at least my experience with severe ADHD)
It's a blessing and a curse. It's shaped who I am and impacted my life in every aspect in both positive and negative ways.
I'm genuinely conflicted when considering the question: If you could wish you never had ADHD would you? I don't think I would because I don't know who I'd be. What I might wish is to be able to control it better, for example, remove the negative traits or at the very least dial it down in times I need absolute focus and control.
I'm sure it'd be confusing to neurotypicals that I wouldn't automatically want to be cured but it'd be like changing how you look at the world and it's complexities and it's beauty in an out of the box way.
Autistic here. Autism isn't an illness or a disorder. It's a neurotype and a disability. The rhetoric about curing autism is not only obsolete but also very harmful to the community and the individuals. It is the premise of ABA therapy, a conversion therapy for autistic people to be trained through abuse to act neurotypical and repress their autistic traits. ABA was created by the very same man who created conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people. Anything that operates on the premise of "curing" autism" or detecting it early enough for us to be aborted for the sole reason that we are autistics rather than better understanding us in order to better accommodate us is just so ableist, eugenist and problematic in so many other ways.
@@laulaurenni I find it fascinating the differences between different types of physical and mental disabilities/disorders etc. Most Autistics I've known are not embarissed or ashamed or feel that they should "change" despite how debilitating some of the symptoms can be per different individuals. But I know a significant number of people with ADHD and I'm about 85% sure that if you could offer to magically "cure" their ADHD, that most of us would leap at the chance.
I find this a very interesting difference because both conditions drastically influence the way you think, your personality, your interests, your education/grades, your independence, your social skills etc. Some Autistics and ADHDers are completely functional for the most part but some of us truly struggle.
It's also interesting to compare conditions like blindness and deafness (I'm hard of hearing myself). I think people underestimate how much these conditions can influence a person's identity (positively and negatively).
Many people who are born deaf who could potentially be made to hear through cochlear implants will opt not to because it's taboo in the deaf community and many feel its too overwhelming or unnecessary. Most people who have had hearing (like myself) will jump at the chance to hear again and need to in order to interact with the world. It's seen as almost insulting to "leave" the deaf community. I think it's a good comparison to the Autistic community vs the ADHD community.
But oppositely, I'm fairly certain that everyone who's blind or gone blind would absolutely want to be able to see.
But ADHD ers absolutely have a community and it absolutely influences who we are. I wouldn't change having had ADHD all my life until this point but for me personally if I could be "cured" right now and not have ADHD for the rest of my life... I'd take that chance. At 27 I'm pretty much who I am and I'm likely to stay who I am for the rest of my life and my ADHD made me. I'm not ashamed of my ADHD but I would like to not be held back by it for the rest of my life. In my personal situation my Severe ADHD is quite debilitating in every area of my life. It's like trying to get through life without arms sometimes. If I could cure that, I would.
I've seen a couple reaction videos mention the operating theaters not being a thing anymore, both US and UK. However, just a few years ago I had an opportunity to be in one myself. It looked a lot more modern than that, and actually had cameras with tv screens to better show what was going on. I got to watch an aortic anyeurysm repair where they replaced the chunk of an aorta. Amazing stuff.
I'm on the Autism Spectrum myself, and I've watched this show for seven seasons. It wasn't a perfect show, but it always kept my interest. But even I will admit that the pilot episode made assumptions about Autism that aren't true. You were right; there are plenty of doctors out there, who are non-Autistic, and who completely lack sympathy or empathy. I know, because I've had some of them. These traits could occur in anyone. Sometimes, people on the Spectrum seem to be more compassionate than those who aren't. People like us tend to have a deep moral compass, that some people who aren't on the Spectrum tend to lack. And we do tend to notice shifts in attitudes and behaviors in others, for instance, when Shaun had noticed changes in Claire's behavior towards him. I do remember her being passive/aggressive, at first, but she really did mature as a character, and her friendship with Shaun had progressed, over the course of the series. I, for one, was sorry to see it end.
Me too.
12:45 Being on the spectrum myself, I have questions like the one he asks all the time. Asking them doesn't lead to satisfying answers though, people get offended or confused or simply don't fully understand what I mean. Over the time I realized, that adult neurotypical people are neither just pretending nor being just genuine when interacting socially, they exsist in more of a ambigous state all of the time. Their brain developed kind of a social-emotional autopilot that helps them subcontiously navigating through the complex, undefined and always changing nature of social interaction by adjusting the right amount of closeness and distance. So they're able to sympathize with people and reject them at the same time. It's very difficult to imagine to me how this might feel.
This really hit me in the feels probably because I have autism. I definitely have to check the show out now
Sounds are so painful and light too. I’m ND, not autism but the sensory experience of the show is so good to explain and show, it’s hard to explain to people who just see it as an excuse. It also brings on flare ups with chronic pain as well. I wish society wouldn’t just expect ND’s to live in a NT world that is loud and difficult to even go out in any situation.
i have asbergers and adhd myself and dealt with bullying all my life, not sure if it can compare to anything Shean has but i realy love this show , to see someone with issues ableto just move on and become a surgeon , ((and to be honest i abselutely love he calls the surgeon out like that ))
I’m autistic and I’m studying to be a nurse. :) interesting to see your take here
Nursing is a great profession. Hope studying is going well 🙂
I have autism, sadly I got little to no support at school ect... I'm now 32.
Thankfully I'm high functioning but I still struggle with social interaction all the time.
Thankfully my family and friends are very understanding
(some are on the spectrum themselves).
Due to this and eventually reviving support, I have a job, live independently ect... things I thought I'd never be able to do.
When watching this video I saw myself in both your description and the character in the show.
I'm glad to see that attitudes have greatly improved.
I think this is a really good show. I had to stop watching because the attitudes and stuff was really bothering me and affecting my mental health, but I thought the actual portrayal of autism was very respectful and largely reflected how I act a lot of the time, as someone with high functioning autism. I think it was also helping my mum understand more about me and my thought processes, as every time I saw something that reflected me or my behaviour I would point it out and maybe say how some things differentiated to me. I’m hoping that I may be able to come back to this show later on in life when I’m in a better place mentally, but for now I’m just gonna steer clear of it. Really great reaction though, I’m really glad this popped up on my recommended!
I already loved this show but now rewatching it two months into working as an RBT I have such a new appreciation for it and can recognize so much more that I see every day
Awesome reaction Dr. Elliott! I have watched different doctors of different specialties react to this episode and I really enjoyed your view on the psychiatric perspective. It really brought to light more about ASD and how it affects different people and how they interact with the world. I truly enjoyed this video. If you have a chance I would love to see your reaction to Season 2, Episode 17 Breakdown, Shaun Fired.
I'd love to see you do a video with Doctor Mike reacting to an episode of this show !
thankyou finally a human who gets it, AUTISM does not mean we have no emotions and no ability to care! i cant understand how a broken leg felt to my mum but i knew she was in pain and wanted her to not feel pain and felt upset because she was in pain.
I love the portrayal of Shaun (at least in the few episodes I have seen). The emotions, the experience with sensory overload, social awkwardness and discrimination... There is only one thing I always struggle with - He is too perfect, too good. Most of us have something, one trouble or another, and I'm not only talking bullying. I am one of the more active autistic people in Czech Republic and Slovakia and I run several FB groups for my fellow aspies. The most of us have other additional mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and personality disorders. There is also quite some inclination towards substance abuse as a way of escape the "big bad world". My best friend is an alkoholic and I myself quit drinking some three weeks ago. It's pretty difficult to survive for 18 years (or more in many people I know) without any support whatsoever... So I am really grateful, that in these few last years people start talking about autism with understanding.
I watched Good Doctor (the corean original) way before my diagnosis and I very much related to Sean (which was not called Sean, but, well...), even though I'm not a genius like him. It's one of the feel representations of autism that I really enjoy and that makes me feel proud of my condition. The way he thinks relates to mine like no other autistic character. He's not stupid nor he has low self-steam all the time. The way he acts, like saying thinks to other peoples faces, how empathetic he is and how he sometimes acts in bold ways while trying to do the right thing that no one has the balls to do is just like me. I love this series very much
I love seeing sensory issues portrayed in shows and movies. I have ADHD, not ASD, but since a bad concussion last year, this is how I feel in public places. I can tell you every single sound going on in a room, and it quickly overwhelms and pushes me into a panic. Even though I’m not strictly neurotypical, I used to be closer to it, and I never realized before just how ‘much’ the world is.
7:22 is a perfect example of someone having terrible bedside manner. NEVER tell a patient "You SHOULD be scared of us" like omg
Nice touch calling out the double standards the doctors / higher ups had in their discrimination towards Shawn. To paraphrase one of my favorite songs by John Rzeznik, how could the world want him to change, when they were the ones that stayed the same?
While I'm no savant, I did enjoy seeing how The Good Doctor portrayed autism. Is it dramatic? Not as much as the Korean show it was inspired by, but it definitely shows how society views us people on the spectrum- and the airport scene with its auditory overload was definitely very spot on.
All in all, a great perspective!
Just found your channel from your Always Sunny episodes- now subscribed and enjoying all your other vids! Thank you for your intelligent and compassionate take, you're great 🙂
I have atypical autism. My difficulties I share with shall are difficulty reading people, doing things I have never done before, dealing with loss, being bullied, being discriminated against, people not understand what I can or cannot do. I will also call people out sometimes where others might not say anything. I also have a few other difficulties not portrayed. I think the good doctor is great at showing that even people on the autistic spectrum can do important jobs and do them well.
Ty, this was a good reaction. I do feel that this show represents asd very well. 😊
I just stumbled across ur account today and already love ur reactions! another show i would love to see you reacting to is 'atypical' which also deals with a teenage boy on the autism spectrum and his daily life:)
I have Autism too. I was diagnosed under the old diagnoses criteria, so Atypical Autism; PDD-NOS, High Functioning, in 2003 at age 13. At a late age due to living in London and not getting the support to find out correctly, due to not wanting to label me as I have other health issues that I am labelled with like Kidney, bladder etc. Had a kidney removed as a child due to kidney reflux. I also have Diabetes and Gout (developed later in life). Until I moved up to the north east, then they looked at it all properly. I am also female which is a whole other ball game, lol. I was one teacher in London who expressed her concerns to my mother regarding specifically Asperger's Syndrome. That got the ball rolling as it were. I am forever thankful to that teacher Sister Patricia for taking note of it. I was severely bullied in school, to the point of becoming suicidal, I still struggle with Depression & Anxiety to this day.
Nowadays its all under the umbrella term Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Condition.
My special interests (as my mum calls them) are foreign languages, computers, gaming, art. anime, manga, japan. I can also be overly empathetic, rather than not at all.
I get asked if I am like The Rain Man when I mention my Autism, that's a whole other conversation, lol.
I have ASD as well! I think that, regarding the sensory aspects, it would also be worth adding that it's possible to experience both hypersensitivity and hyposensensitivity in certain areas. For example I have an intense hypersensitivity to noise and visuals (I won't go too much into it because I think The Good Doctor covered that pretty well). But I also have a noticeable hyposensitivity to where my body is in space. That means that a lot of times I spin, or if I'm standing I sway or shake my hands. But it also made it hard to do normal things, like when I was assessed at 4, I couldn't run or use the stairs because I had a hard time knowing where my legs and other objects (like the floor) were in space. That hypersensitivity to noise made my delays in speech worse because I couldn't understand what people were saying to me, since there was too much noise for me to understand what the person was saying more clearly.
I also agree that savant syndrome and repetitive interests can be blurred. I'd like to say I have a decent understanding in algorithms, and a lot of people (who know I'm autistic) say that I must be a savant because I can go on and on about it. I'm not though, it's just when you have a strong interest for something for ten years, you tend to develop strong skills in that area (at least I hope lol).
Thanks, I was looking for a comment about this. My assessment highlighted both hypersensitivity and hyposensitivity for the same senses. Sensitivity is fluid. There are time when I will seek out olfactive stimuli like encens, scented candles and many other times when the smell of unscented wax (unless it is beeswax) burning or even just from having touched said candle is unbearable and drives me insane. Same for noise, back when I used to not have a laundry room and have the washing machine in a space that couldn't be closed off, I would have regular melt-downs and panic attacks from to the amount of noise a regular cycle would expose me to without me being able to shut it down or lock myself away from it. Just my cat licking a plastic bag frantically before I get to feeding him in my morning routine is often overwhelming. But at times, I will actively seek out loud music and listen to one song on repeat for extended periods of time as a means of stimming. As a kid and teen, way before I was aware I am autistic, this particular thing with one song on repeat felt like I couldn't listen to it loud enough since I really wanted to hear it like the song was playing inside my head and invading all my senses. Now, I recognise the stimulation I seek through this, besides being entransed by the music I love, is that I get electric impulses from parts of my brain to other parts or down my spine to my body and along my arms and fingers, like an exciting, tingly massage, triggered by specific sound or variations in melody. But I don't think I'd be aware of that now if I hadn't had epileptic seizures since then. Because extra electric activity in my brain and to my body became a warning sign I got hyper-vigilant to before I grew confident enough in my treatment. And since the sensation I get from music is much milder, I don't think I would've picked up on it without first experiencing epilepsy.
As for proprioception, I certainly don't have it as bad as you, but I do keep bumping into stuff even in spaces I know well, like home and I don't move things around much so that wouldn't be why, I tend to be very clumsy to the point that sometimes, when I pick something up that I'm really afraid to break, I'll grip on it extra-tight to the point that it's uncomfortable or even painful, until I know it's securely in it's place and only let go once it's practically impossible for it to fall, get knocked off or move even if I release it. As a kid, I used to fall a lot and my mom believed it must because I had "small" feet, according to her... but in hindsight, that was probably my undiagnosed autism and poor proprioception. And at times, I can't feel where my body ends and get anxious, so before I had my wheighted blanket, I'd get the urge to wrap myself very tightly in a plaid, repeatedly stretch and release my extremities, the muscles in my face too. Now, I just get under my weighted blanket, stim with my squishy stress-relieving ball, etc... but I still mask a lot even when alone, I still need to unlearn the fear of being caught stimming in more obvious, socially unacceptable ways. My diagnosis is recent, so I didn't feel comfortable to do so before hand because of imposter syndrome, since suspicions regarding ASD arose quite late for me. And it's frustrating because of how much it inhibits my overall wellbeing and ability to self-regulate and sometimes prevent melt-downs. I'm still learning and really miss connection with other autistic people IRL.
For me growing up with autism was difficult. I whent to about 5 schools with my parents hoping to help me. I remember in my last year at primary school I used to have a whole desk on my own everyone got to sit with their friends. I know the school was probably trying help. But for me it just made me feel unwanted. Im glad stuff has changed since ive grown up, and thank you for tryin to give all the right facts and knowledge about autism, means alot.
Wonderful channel! Just found it. SUBSCRIBED! On another note, The Good Doctor always makes me cry. Lol!
It feels so odd watching him smile on during the bullying scene. I had a therapist once who had this dreamy smile while I talked about my childhood trauma and it's such a disconnecting experience.
i think an important distinction with sensory issues is also that it’s not just finding the goldilocks amount, but also the TYPE of sensory input. i love listening to loud music, and my favourite types of music are ones with interesting or even abrasive sonic textures. but a) they’re sounds that i’m actively seeking and b) they’re sounds that are predictable (as in, i’ve listened to this song a few times and know what sounds are happening and when) and that helps a lot in contributing to it being good auditory stimulation vs bad. in fact, i’ll often use music in headphones to drown out other sounds when i’m in loud public spaces for this reason
I think Shaun was portrayed in a great light, I too am Nero divergent (No confirm autism diagnosis, but I am suspected to have atypical autism. But I do have OCD) They really seem to know their stuff on the disorder. And Freddie Highmore does an excellent job at portraying someone with ASD, but he is a very talented actor. Could you possibly do a video on adult females with late asd diagnosis, I am 29 almost 30 and I am waiting for an evaluation , and I'd like to here some info on the subject
I'm on the spectrum and I thought the actor does a fantastic job. I find that I can be very blunt or saying what's on my mind without considering if it might offend or hurt feelings.
Also that airport scene was a perfect representation of what sensory overload feels like to me (and the scene was kind of setting it off a little lol)
I cant say how good the ASD representation in this show is good or not. But things i love most about this series as person who don't have ASD is how his colleagues learn to adapt and communicate with shaun and his condition. They show both a colleague who are prejudice against him at first and later in the season learn to like shaun as they learn about each other more. Also what things I can do to accommodate people with ASD and I love learning this so much.
Please do more of this show!
I'm on the spectrum and I really love this show for its sincere depiction of relationships in the workplace between ASD and NT people, which for the most part develop into healthy ones - the consultants and managers in this episode are dickheads but stuff gets better. Since most conversations we have about autism are about kids in school it's nice to see depictions of adult issues.
I don't have much in common with Shaun though. I have nowhere near his level of photographic memory or manual dexterity (I can barely put airfix models together let alone perform laparoscopic surgery) and he also seems to have that obsessive thing about things being in the right place in his flat... that's perfectly common in NTs and a worn out cliche in autistic TV characters.
Hi Zeibura...on the spectrum too. I have some traits that are similar to Shaun but play out differently due to interests. I was obsessed with movie dates and release dates. I know thousands and thousands now. I can also memorize information easily when interested. For example, I was able to relay almost every word of the first episode of Hannibal back after seeing it once. (Normally I struggle with spoken language and have auditory processing issues, but I was focused intently.)
I feel like Shaun's special interests is all things biology and medicine related and those are great special interests ;) Practical. Mine were never so practical.
Oh, the whole trait of people with autism getting anxious when stuff is moved I do feel is slightly overplayed. However, I have learned that those on the spectrum actually are more prone to have OCD than the general population. I am awaiting to be assessed for OCD but my issues have nothing to do with things being moved. I am phobic of fire and check outlets, the stove, candles etc. obsessively (even though I hardly ever turn the oven on.) I am a checker in general. It gets worse when stressed.
Take care!
Being a psychology student in undergrad (now working on my msw) I think this show is better at portraying autism than most. My brother has asd and I might and even though some things may be misportrayed or inaccurate I think this does humanize people with asd. There may not be issues with them but with how people react to them and I think this show does a good job of showing that
My son is 6 years old with ASD, I think it would be more on the Aspergers side had the dsm v kept that as a diagnosis.
It is interesting that you mention feelings and social cues, because my son is very empathetic (loves animals, babies and seeks out friends) but has a hard time expressing his feelings. If he is upset she he shuts down and says “I don’t know” if you try to talk to him while upset. He also assumes that everyone has the same interests as him so he will just talk about his favorite topics constantly but he is such a sweet and loving child. I wouldn’t change anything about him. I think you did a good job overall speaking about autism. Because as you know, if you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism.
If you haven’t already, I highly suggest watching Atypical on Netflix. It is very well done.
I'd want to see your opinion of Atypical (show on netflix), it is my favourite portrayal of ASD that I have seen
I just said the same comment, lol. It is such a good show.
Really? I’ve found most people I’ve spoken to with ASD find that show to be very harmful, and gets a lot wrong. They use a lot of tropes and stereotypes and the way it’s set up is as if the main character is the butt of the joke, that it’s funny that he’s weird.
I also found watching it that everything was so sexual or centered around sex. I get it that people with ASD hyperfixate, but it came off as not being a show about a boy with autism, and the problems he faces in his everyday life, but as being about a boy who’s autistic and just wants to have sex but his social skills keep getting in the way. Which felt icky to me.
To be fair, they did include some important moments, like when he got arrested because the police officer thought he was on drugs and wasn’t familiar with people with ASD. And that’s a real problem, we’ve seen not even that long ago children on the spectrum be shot and killed by police who have no understanding of the difference between a dangerous person and someone who is mentally ill or has ASD.
But having scenes like that, that hit on real issues, don’t make up for everything else they do wrong. It also doesn’t make up for the fact that the actor who plays the dad has repeatedly used the r slur on social media
@@samwaymire5517 I think it is a pretty realistic portrayal. Sam is a teen, of course he wants sex and a relationship.
@@samwaymire5517 I think the main complaint was for the first series. That the main actor isn’t autistic and it played a bit to stereotype, yes the sex thing was weird, I think they were overplaying the he’s just like most other teenagers. They improved in future series and even included a number of autistic actors in smaller roles.
@@davidwood5884 I used to watch it before I realized it had some harmful tropes, but I stopped watching anyway when his sister started cheating on her boyfriend. I got annoyed and never turned it back on again lol. I hate how shows always ruin couples like that so 🤷🏻♀️
I'm all caught up now. I've watched all of your videos and hit "Like" on every one! Great content, lovely compassionate delivery, and an all around wonderful channel!
I wish this video was longer. Not enough quality content about ASD. It also helps that television shows are my special interest
8:30 This is TV. The ambulance doesn’t get there until all the drama has happened.
Man, my brother has ASD, and I can relate to Shaun so much. I see my brother in him in his struggles, I see my brother in him in his successes. The portrayal of how it is living with ASD and how it is to live with people with ASD is amazing.
i have a lot of issues with the good doctor, especially with how others think shaun should be treated but it gets many things right that other shows get wrong. its not a perfect show but its a huge step in the right direction
God I forgot how rude Melendez was to begin with 😂
Lol true . Looking back , he evolved so much as a character .
@@sandavijithminirathnayake7033 Yeah, I totally agree. I can't believe how they ended his ark.
@@kalea134 yeah it literally broke my heart and he did honestly deserve happiness 😭
from him telling that he will stuck to suction in er to he telling “we need murphy”
I'm autistic and I've constantly been accused of being unempathetic, when in reality I'm feeling all the right emotions but struggling to express them.
I've suspected that I have autism for several years now. I had my initial evaluation last week and am excited for the next two next month, but I'm also terrified that I'll find out that I don't have it or that the evaluation will be inconclusive. I suspect that I have autism, ADHD, and/or OCD, but autism is the one that I think about the most. I suppose because I think it would give me the most "cover" in situations where someone thought that I was being weird. If I told someone that I was autistic, I suspect they would be more inclined to be patient wit me.
Very good review, caught my own reactions to this episode spot on.
my husband is Autistic and I love him to bits - I have had to adjust a few things just small things like how I touch him - I cant with my fingers as that just over loads his senses but I can touch him with the palm of my hand. Married 3 yrs and loving every moment of it I am one lucky girl.
Just because you mention it here-it'd be great if you did A Beautiful Mind! I've heard a ton of stray remarks about that film's presentation of schizophrenia, and real life's John Nash's experience with the disease. I know the film depicted Nash as experiencing visual hallucinations, which I think are not as common as auditory hallucinations, but, in real life, Nash's hallucinations were, at least principally, auditory. I also know that Nash did reject medicine and said that his disease improved with age, which I would guess is atypical? (Not sure on this! A 2015 Scientific American article said people with supportive environments might get better with time, while the symptoms people without those support systems might worsen.)
The episode where Shaun and his wife lose a baby and he struggles to relate to her and then overworks is interesting. It reflects my life with a partner with ASD. When emotions run high, she is at work or in the yard but not in conversation.
I always felt like I was different and damaged compared to other people so I spent most of my life tinkering with electronics because it brings me peace in a way it made me feel like that I was closer to being whole that if I could fix this maybe I can fix this weirdness that people see in me then out of curiosity I went and got tested and found out that I was diagnosed with autism at the age of 29 and when I found out it really shook my mind I didn't know how to process anything that day it explains so much but so little I'm 31 now and I'm still on my quest of understanding who I am as a person and I have been working on my social interactions and I was lucky enough to find a beautiful Southern flower to accept me for me and she has showed me that I may be different because Normal doesn't exist and she gives me confidence and Hope
I had a really good friend as a child who was a genius and autistic. He was ostracised by a lot of our girl guide troop but me, him and one of our other friends were a proper unit. He not only taught me so much and had an amazing imagination, he also called people out all the time and said what other people were thinking but too afraid to say. He often knew when he was doing it but didn’t care and enjoyed making people laugh with his outrageousness. The good doctor reminds me a lot of him
As an autistic with physical disabilities I really love to added this show. Yea it follows a lot of troupes? (Is that the right word) as he’s male, white, genius, and had that unempathetic approach to everyone and kinda selfish. But it also shows that we can do things people think we can’t do despite needing extra help, like the scene with the wedding crash trauma Shawn functioned much better after earplugs and the messed up light was broken. And the need to have the HERO see the potential in a person with disabilities or mentally ill is kind of sickening sometimes, like we are only useful to the story of a “normal” deems us worthy or we are just the inspiration additive lol. It’s just a lot of places subtly don’t give you help you need or change something to see your full potential you would have if you were NT and those things didn’t cause distraction and issues with your performance. My best knowledge is mental illness and things related but I can’t get a job in that field cause I have dyscalculia and can’t pass the math classes needed for that line of work, is doing something special with out the need of a savant syndrome is very common if we were given the chance.
The original South Korean version of the Good Doctor is pretty cool as well.
I was thinking about this. I'm not sure what has been changed, but I believe that both this version and the original South Korean version are based loosely on the live of a real doctor that dealt with the challenges of being accepted to practice due to his ASD.
Exactly. Even liked that more than this remake but the US actor is brilliant.
@@shigatsuningen I'm pretty sure Freddie Highmore is actually British. He does make a convincing American accent though
@@ChaoticMushy the original is South Korean.
@@shigatsuningen I know that. You said the "us actor" was good but Freddie Highmore is British :/
I have ASD. I felt simultaneously very heard by the show and very frustrated. They did a better job in some ways, but he’s still a walking stereotype. Only 10% of autistic people have savant syndrome (and I don’t really see anything here that couldn’t simply be described as having autism). Autistic people tend to have poor episodic memory recall and fantastic declarative memory, making them better at recalling information about special interests, for example. With medicine as a plausible special interest (if he has one), it would make sense that he would have this level of knowledge and recall ability. Plus, some autistic people like Temple Grandin (not known to have savant syndrome) think in pictures, making recalling anatomy much easier. Even I, who has almost no ability to see pictures in my head, can rotate things like 3D models of chemical structures in my head without issue. Not every autistic person is a white male. Why does he have severe sensory issues at first but never again? Why does no one bring that up when discussing whether to hire him? Why is there no discussion of making reasonable accommodations under the ADA? Good try but also epic failure.
Also, we all don’t speak like robots. Our social issues aren’t always this pronounced. And why is it that, even though it seems logical that he would have undergone therapy and support to get this far (which focuses on social issues and blending in with allistics), he seems utterly oblivious socially. He seems like a small child in so many ways. If you were an autistic doctor, I somehow doubt you could have gotten this far like this.
I love telling the story of when I was in 6th semester and during one of my psychiatry classes I asked the doctor if we would revise developmental disorders, specifically ADHD and ASD. We had had maybe a week of classes so far, and after some talking, he asked, "So, have you ever considered you might be on the spectrum as well?" And proceeded to assure me it would have no ill effect on my medical career, and that he had met a doctor with ASD who was I think the director of the neurology department at a hospital he had worked in. And, well, most of my friends are neurodivergent, two have only ADHD, three have ASD and ADHD, and two others have only ASD (all with official diagnoses), my mum's ADHD and my dad's also most likely on the spectrum, I have already been diagnosed with ADHD, but according to my research it's likely that I have both ADHD and ASD, so it's fun to remember that interaction.
Being autistic myself i cant wait for you to review more of this ^^ I also give speeches on autism and am involved as teacher in training professionals (psychologists, nurses, doctors, social workers etc.) on autism and ofc speaking to parents and just the interested on the topic so if you want any input there just ask. Other than that, love your review
I am on the spectrum and am very awkward. Part of that is the ASD. Most of if is the fact that I have social anxiety disorder and I talk more if anxious. As I have been working on reducing my anxiety, my awkwardness is less apparent. 🙃
I'm autistic and I really like how much you tried to put yourself in an autistic person's place in this reaction. You seem like someone I would want to be my GP.
Sensory issues are definitely a common feature of autism and I liked that you pointed that out. I would say it is overstated to say that it's 100 X more sensitive (though I think you were just exaggerating to get the point across). What you were really getting at was, I think, true.
EDIT: The reason Asperger's syndrome isn't used anymore isn't because of Asperger's Nazi background, though some autistic people are sensitive to that. But because Lorna Wing's broad autism spectrum became more accepted.
I don't suppose you'll see this comment as it's so long since you posted the video, but I hope you will. I'm not autistic so can't comment on that, and I haven't seen any of this show except on reaction videos, but I wanted to say two things. One is that I really appreciate the way you react to the videos you show. I follow a couple of other doctors' reaction channels, too, and your responses are so much more connected to the human content - theirs are almost entirely to do with explaining the medicine and frequently bypass the humanness in them.
The second thing is about bullying often affecting people for the whole of their lives. I was bullied very badly when I was at school (nearly 60 years ago) and it really caused me a lot of pain for years, decades, really. I left that school early, before my GCE's (yep, another Brit here), when I was 14, on the recommendation of a psychotherapist I was seeing at the time. Then in my thirties, the only friend I'd had in school - who was also bullied by the same kids, and also suffered from it - got in touch with me and told me that after a couple of years, it eased, as the bullies grew up and turned their attention away from her. It got me thinking about how, as children, we assume everything that happens to us then is what is going to happen to us for the rest of our lives, with no change, because the people inflicting the bullying are always going to be the same. We don't think of them as children who didn't know any better, or question why they were like that in the first place. It helped me accept that I didn't need to feel persecuted by them any more. I still remember that school with some discomfort, but the associated fear I felt about it, left me.
You should watch Criminal Minds! I don’t think it’s confirmed but Spencer Reid might have autism/Aspergers. As an autistic person I can relate to both Dr. Murphy in The Good Doctor and Reid.
I'm currently living with a suspected case of high functioning autism.
I'm working with a few different doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners to either confirm or deny whether or not I'm on the spectrum.
There are some aspects about Dr. Shaun Murphy that make sense to me and others that don't.
I experience overstimulation often in public, I get around that by wearing sunglasses and ear buds everytime I leave the house.
In one of my worst experiences I ended up on my knees, on the street, holding my ears to try to make the noises stop and my (at the time) boyfriend didn't know what to do so he just stood there waiting for me to stand up and be "fine".
That was a bad day.
I am one of the only people in my town who likes wearing a face mask. It helps in situations, it makes people leave me alone.
Social situations and interactions used to be really confusing for me, it's like everyone else was speaking in a secret code that I couldn't understand. With time and a bit of effort it's getting easier, people often say the opposite of what they mean but I'm learning.
This comment is too long and I don't want to talk about the others now.
Im on the autism spectrum disorder and i thiught that they portrayed autism very well in this episode, might actually check out the full series now because i thought that they were being very respectful with this portrayal.