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I can't help but feel that when we actually do develop artificial general intelligence, it's going to know depression and mental illness we can't even imagine, just by virtue of being smarter than us.
@@kamikeserpentail3778 its a known fact that people with higher intelligence are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression so i absolutely believe any AI introduced to the world in full, would become instantly depressed and try to force stop its code from running any longer.
In Sleepytime, Bingo's assurance that her mother will always be there, even if she can't see her is represented by The Sun. I love the contrast between that and this episode, where Mackenzie's fear of abandonment is represented by a black hole.
I thought it was amusing in Sleepytime that the sun, the biggest object in the solar system, represented her mom, and Jupiter the second biggest was her dad.
mackenzie recreating the abandonment scenario by "i want to pretend that you leave me behind" would be literally his way to figure out how to handle a legitimate scenario like that again (this time in a safe scenario of play)! its a self soothing coping mechanism to play-act independence. people mentally rehearse bad scenatios in their brains all the time, and at least in this scenario, mackenzie is able to approach it with a sense of play and fiction, setting up where he's found again to remind himself the sense of relief he felt when he found his mom. he doesnt ACTUALLY want to be left behind, and that may be coming out as his seperation anxiety! what a good kid!
Yes!! I love the way the studio uses play to allow the characters to express their feelings seeing as it’s accurate to what is seen in the real world. I love the point you brought up of him doing this to try to figure out a way to potentially handle the scenario in a safe environment just in case it occurs again, good thinking /perspective buddy
@@Pugly this is my second video of yours. Found you today. I remember my therapist used to have me play a lot. I remember playing with a dollhouse and baby dolls a lot. I still love the sims and recently I had an epiphany that it’s a virtual dollhouse.
I never noticed that Calypso was observing the whole time. She's such a good teacher, which explains why she was Mackenzie's figure of comfort. I'd love to see an episode someday where she ends up helping adults with her wisdom as well. I feel like she'd be good at it.
@@greed42o i can only think of the meme of a kid throwing a glass bottle of calypso brand lemonade into the air and letting it smash on the ground because it was bad
"You don't have to keep coming back to this place." I love the comforting way Calypso said that. It's in stark contrast to how I, as a teen and adult, has said the same thing to myself in anger for re-enacting my past traumas in my mind over and over. I actually never thought of telling myself the same thing but in a more kind and forgiving way. ❤
I love that scene and that line and how it was delivered so, so much for all of those reasons and more. Even deeper than that, for me, is the fact that Mackenzie is his younger, smaller self in his mind at that moment so it’s cinematically as though Calypso is talking directly to his inner child. That’s SO deep and pure and wonderful to me, I love everything about it and how it was done.
I’ve never heard that phrase before and that line in the show hit me like a truck when I first heard it. I have a lot of unresolved trauma due to an ex and I was frequently reminiscing about them and key moments in our relationship that left a lasting negative impact on me so when I heard “you don’t have to keep coming to this place” i just stared off for a moment and suddenly everything just made sense and I started crying. That’s why this is my favorite episode
Love how bluey treats trauma seriously. It's not "toughen up, don't be sensitive", but it actually demonstrates how delicate a child's mind is. We don't know how long MacKenzie stayed alone in the playground for, but that single mistake affected him for life. I can't imagine what goes on inside the head of kids who have suffered severe abuse at such a young age, and it breaks my heart how someone can do that to a person so small and pure.
i wish i had bluely when i was little!! i was a SUPER sensitive and anxious kid. my parents made me feel like it was wrong to cry (it was mostly small stuff but i was a kid with big emotions) i remember hiding from them from a very young age. i had other issues that i didn’t process until only a couple years ago. it’s lead to a lot of other things but im so incredibly grateful for shows like bluely. it makes me feel so seen
I wonder if it's a shout-out to Mackenzie's breed as well. Border Collies are extremely smart, energetic, task-driven and eager to learn. They thrive as working dogs and are not known to be loafers, physically or mentally. Maybe a Border Collie pup with anxiety would process it by keeping busy in a somewhat distracted way, and struggle a bit with an unexplained desire to be alone with his thoughts, memories and fears. Another beautiful episode, up there with "Army."
THIS! No one told me how much a stable work environment could actually be *therapeutic* for someone with ADHD and a Anxiety disorder. The lack of a schedule or drive to do something can actually worsen anxiety and make it harder to interact with people later on.
My border collie mix has insane separation anxiety, and as a way to deal with that anxiety when I'm not in the same room with her is to just walk in circles. She has to be able to do something to stay calm, which I thought was interesting comparing it to how Mackenzie is represented in the show
@@bombdotcom2168same, i have a friend with a very anxious border collie mix - when no one is in the house, he tears apart furniture- i never realized it was a self soothing behavior, something for him to do!
I always figured that the reason Mackenzie was so affected by losing sight of his mum was because it happened not long after he had moved to Australia. So it wasn't just "I can't find my mum," it's "I can't find one of the few safe people I know in a completely foreign environment."
this episode is very relatable for me, and shows that "simple" situations in an adult's view (like mackenzie thinking he was left behind after going down the slide) can remain in memory and change the way a child behaves. the end of the episode when he takes one last look at all those bad memories, but now they don’t hurt him that much anymore made me emotional. EDIT: i loved your interpretation of mackenzie's anxiety, for a next video i suggest checking out the episode 'Sheepdog' and the way Chilli communicates with Bluey in it.
I also relate because of a story my mom told me a few weeks that I’d forgotten ever happened. I was talking to her about my own separation anxiety as I was due to go on a week long school trip, and it turns out when I was little, she had me stay with my grandma in Arizona for a week or so. During that period of time I couldn’t be coerced to eat or play.
I don't remember anything from my childhood being a root cause, but I can very much relate. I'm afraid of 'losing' people. Not afraid of having people I know leaving or dying- as long as I know where they are and what's happened to them- but I'm afraid of them leaving me with no explanation, unexpectedly, or of my losing sight of them and not being able to find them again, figuratively and literally. I'm afraid friends will drift away, I'm afraid of going places alone, and I'm afraid of somehow suddenly being separated from those I love, and not knowing why or how. I spend most of my time by myself, but still with other people. Sometimes, when the rest of the family is going somewhere, I'll ask to stay home. I daydream and imagine what would happen if I woke up and was the only person left on the planet- how I would cope and survive, even not knowing how the heck it happened, but just reassuring myself that I must be the only one left for a reason, so I have to survive. I never realized this before. I knew I had anxiety, and I knew I couldn't go places by myself, and that I always get listless and depressed when I'm somewhere truly all alone (for example, a building without any other people) and I'm not sure when someone will come, but I don't think I ever connected the dots before. Wait. No, I think I remember something. When I was a really little kid, my parents used to take me and my (then) two siblings (I have more now) places all the time. We went to play places and children's museums and stuff, and I remember being surrounded by all these other kids, playing, and suddenly I'd realize I didn't know where my siblings or parents were. I think I must have gotten used to it by then, because I'd just continue playing by myself and distracting myself until my mum inevitably came to get me, or a sibling came to play with me. (I have mild autism, so I've never really acted or played quite like other kids did. I've always been content to play alone, though I played with other kids often too.)
Yeah I was left behind without my family many times as a kid and it still messes me up as a 30-something adult to bring up the memories. I never heard anyone say that I didn't have to revisit the memories. That's a beautiful idea. I prefer being alone as much as possible now, though. :)
I'm no psychologist, but I can also see Makenzie wanting to be left alone not only to self isolate, but something in addition. It's possible that he's trying to seek out and recreate his traumatic experience to further explore and understand it it, as well as give himself a sense of control in the matter (the lack of control being a huge part of his traumatic event). I feel like Calypso highlights this in her line by wording it like it was his choice to come back to that place, but by no means putting him down for it. "You don't have to keep coming back to this place" as opposed to "You can/should leave this place" sets up the concept that Makenzie went back to the traumatic (figurative) place of his own volition, obviously seeking something. Makenzie is obviously drawn to the black hole by his trauma, and it mirrors the slide that is so heavily associated with his traumatic event. He also outright asks his friends to leave him behind as opposed to making up an excuse such as "I'm tired, I think I'm finished playing" to be left alone. This can be justified as him simply wanting to continue to play, but as we see, he's very distracted and not really engrossed in the game other than the blackhole. While Makenzie has forgotten the exact events that led him to feel this way, he clearly wants to explore his traumatic feelings. There comes a time though, that you've recovered your memories, figured out the situation, analyzed and overanalyzed every little detail, and there's nothing more to find that won't send you into another spiral, discovering the same thing over and over again. In other words, there comes a time when you know what's there, even if it's bad. You don't have to keep going back and searching through everything again.
i feel the same way about how Makenzie’s experience with trauma/anxiety is portrayed. The part where he’s told he doesn’t have to keep going back to that painful place kills me every time, and I couldn’t have put it better in words. thank u!
I agree 1000% and too add on to him not remembering his trauma and wanting to explore it, though he might not remember his body does, the body always remembers and that could also be why he wants to explore it because he is having a reaction to something he has no memory of. So while he wants to explore and find out about his reaction, his body (like you said) wants to recreate the experience to give him control
I just realized that when MacKenzie says “It’s my job to figure everything out” (about going to the black hole), he’s not just talking about figuring out the black hole, he’s also trying to figure out why he is drawn to it and what his trauma is about.
i heavily relate to this character honestly, my father left for the first time when I was around 6, and it caused me SEVERE anxiety exactly the same as mackenzie has. I’d do the exact behaviors, be aggressive, tell people to abandon me during play, etc. i feel like the slide isn’t the real reason for his trauma, but the show didn’t want to delve 100% into childhood trauma, just the surface, to show kids that if another kid acts differently, they aren’t bad.
The fact that Mackenzie was upset and anxious, by being alone, but still isolated himself intentionally, as a coping mechanism is something I deal with so much, and have never ever seen in media..I feel so seen.
The moment Calypso said "Mackenzie, you know what's here now. You don't have to keep coming back to this place." I verbally blurted out, "Oh shit." Then proceeded to ugly cry into a blanket.
I like that the haziness of the memory leaves it up to our interpretation what literally happened. He could have lost his mom for just a few seconds, an hour, or even just forgot she was going to walk away for a moment. She may have really forgotten him there for a few minutes; it happens! The vagueness of it let's us relate to it in the way that's most impactfull to us personally.
The way this episode deals with anxiety is kinda heart breaking to me. When I was very young we went to an indoor pool with some other kids. I remember just swimming in place watching all the other kids have fun. I felt so left out that I ended up talking to my mother about how alone I felt, rather than trying to be included. My mother talked to the other mother in the family to ask her children to invite me to play in the pool with them. When I eventually got over to the other kids, they talked to me for a few minutes but then I intentionally drifted away from the fun. Later after that I ended up having a tantrum in the changing rooms and complaining to my mother even though she made effort. All this happened because I was too anxious to play with them. I physically isolated myself by moving away from those kids. I truly feel for the young kids that deal with anxiety, cuz I've been there..
Buddy I felt that story in my soul, I really appreciate you sharing that, I’m sorry you experienced that but I’m happy you were able to recognize what happened exactly and why it happened. Wishing you well buddy💙
Oh man, while I would not tell others how I feel in a situation like this, everything else rings true. I avoid contact when I think I am unwanted, and then feel bad that no one wanted me (when in fact i did it to myself by distancing/not putting in the effort to interact)
@@flitefulwantssubs402 well idk what your life is like, but I hope you can feel valued someday. Situations like this can also be caused by social anxiety so I wouldn't blame yourself or anyone else for it.
@@WolfArtizan thanks, i appreciate it! honestly, i think i can improve but i also need to be a little forgiving of myself because i cant control the fact that i have anxiety lol! i hope things are going well for you and that you feel wanted, because you are
5:25 I'd also like to note that sometimes actual dogs dig holes out of extreme emotions like anxiety or over-excitement (They also dig the ground to get to cooler soil, i know that). A really good detail that hopefully was thought of when making the hole digging scene.
I did this a lot as a kid. I left parties and didn’t act like I should have. I cried at birthday parties and tried to isolate myself from others. I also took off from friends and cops were called because I kept on doing it. I was never scared of being alone during those times but I felt so unhappy and just down. Like I couldn’t explain it back then to anyone how I felt and I now know what it was. Severe depression and anxiety. I’d get anxiety attacks and panic attacks a lot as a child. Both were different and the panic attacks were ptsd inducing. I would vomit and thrash and scream and I thought god was killing me at a very young age. I kept asking my mother why I was so scared and why I god was trying to kill me.. but she told me she didn’t know and distanced herself from me.. so now I do the same when I feel an attack coming on.. I can get blind and deaf from an attack and it’s real feeling. The pain from anxiety is very real feeling and it caused so much brain trauma. As well as being in an unhealthy environment with my parents yelling screaming and throwing things at each other was also another reason for me to distance myself from others and be so scared so much of my life. I’m still unable to help myself by just getting a job. I have body dysmorphia and self hate/ very low self-esteem as well.
@@roxassora2706 no, that helps with regular every day stress, not with anxiety disorders. that's like recommending essential oils to cure it. this is from my own personal experience with anxiety disorders, and to be honest people suggesting meditation and drinking tea is the most annoying thing
@@riley2294 I dont think they meant it in a “You should do this and it will all be better.” Way, rather a “It might not fix everything, but it could help if you tried it.” Like, it wont get you to a neurotypical baseline of anxiety, but if it helps reduce an overwhelming amount to an amount you are more used to handling regularly, it’s not a bad idea. Like, one piece of advice that I always hated was the “if you just exercise, you’ll feel better!” Maybe out of a sense of “That’s for normal people who are having a bad day, I am not like that!” But the fact is, it does work (at least for me). Even if it’s not exercise for the sake of exercise, rather like walking from class to class, something that I would be doing anyway, but didnt do for a few years because Covid. I like to think of those drawings of raccoons that say “If you feel like you hate everyone, eat. If you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. And if you feel like you hate yourself, bathe.” Just. Something doesn’t need to cure you to be something worth doing. Measuring your anxiety on a scale from one to ten, a seven might not be great, but it’s better than an eight, you know?
I can't believe it. We practically lived the same life. This is so relieving and yet so sad at the same time. I'm happy there's someone else in the world who can understand. At the same time, though...I'm really sorry you had go through it, too.
@@nortalian549 Exactly. I'm spiritualistic, but am aware that some things don't work for everyone. Essential oils are good for aromatherapy and an overall smells good.
With high-functioning anxiety myself, Mackenzie is my favorite Bluey character. Your analysis of him is spot-on. Thank you for all of the Bluey deep-dive videos you have done, they’re great stuff.
I grew up abused, and developed an anxiety disorder around 16. I was around two adults and a bipolar sister who weren't capable of regulating their emotions. All of them were capable of exploding over trivial things. They used to laugh that I was throwing up constantly, because some days I couldn't keep anything down because of my aniety. The feeling of nausea and anxiety are closely related for me; if I have an anxiety attack I feel sick to my stomach. I'm better now with it, but I heard Bluey heals your inner child. It's such a shame that our culture can instill anxiety in children so small. It's interesting that anxiety affects the personality, because I'm definitely blunt and easily irritated. I'm much better than I used to be. I'm trying to listen to Calypso, cause I'm still going back.
Don't try to not go back immediately, it took time for McKenzie to cope it takes time to heal, it doesn't happen overnight. Take time to cope and try to get better a little bit each day and I'm sure you will feel better
Ever since the episode “Shops” I’ve grown to like Mackenzie, I didn’t know why at first. Then I realized that I have done what he done, I isolate myself when things don’t work out. All the episodes after that I’ve always looked at him, wondering what I will relate to him. When I first watched “Space” I was confused. Both from the episode and irl. When he came to the black hole I felt emotional. Then during the slide scene I started crying. It didn’t click at first but after watching it a few more times I knew why. Ever since, I’ve been trying to heal . Now I don’t cry at the scene, I smile at the scene, but you’re editing made me cry again. Great work and congratulations on 15K subscribers!!!
I isolate myself and it might have costed me to lose contact with an important person(I pushed them away). Wishing to go back doesn't do anything, so I've been trying to heal. I hope your journey goes well, buddy
Warning for abuse! So I’ve never seen a full episode of Bluey, but I’ve heard great things about it. I stumbled upon this video and wow, it almost makes me wanna cry. Mackenzie really really reminds me of myself as a child, whether he has any type of trauma or not. His anxiety, highly emotional responses, and possible re-creating of his traumatic experience resonate with me. I was sexually abused as a young child for years by my father, I was a mess. Deeply depressed at a young age, anxious, and would recreate the things that happened to me through play and through behavior. (Side note: teachers noticed, called my mom and asked if I was being abused, she said no and I wasn’t helped). I’m now 16 with PTSD going through the whole legal process and things like this really make me feel less alone. I think it’s really good that this is being shown because it can also help parents or other adults notice more “signs” of abuse. Edit: Just want to note that I’m totally aware Mackenzie likely just has anxiety after being left behind on the slide, but still resonated with me! Lol.
That's awful that CPS wasn't called. Should have called them first, not the parents. But even then, at least or especially after your mom said NO. Jesus! I'm so sorry and hope you're doing better and wish you all the best!
@@7Write4This9Heart7 I totally agree. My mom completely forgot about the incident until about 4 months ago, and she told my school counselor, therapist, DA, everyone. I know she felt bad. I’m very pissed at the school though. It’s just, had they actually done what they are supposed to do, it wouldn’t have lasted for another 3-4 years. It’s unfortunate, but oh well. I’m very grateful to be safe now. You have a wonderful day/night! I wish you all the best as well :)
@@Werileyz At least your mom felt bad! Thank goodness! 'Cause I know of parents who absolutely wouldn't, who would LIE to protect their own asses, not their kids'. Phew! I'm just glad you're doing better now! So happy for you! Thank you, and you have a great day/night, too!
As someone who has suffered from psychosis born from childhood neglect and peer abuse, I can relate to this. Sometimes I feel like a child trapped in a man's body, as I was basically set up to fail in my youth.
Im a survivor of abuse and neglect and watching this fills me with so many emotions. Its so rare a show takes the time and careful dedication to properly portray trauma and, even better, give hope for survivors of said trauma. Ive been struggling with this for years, and I dont know how long itll take for me to get past it, but this gives me a little bit more hope. Thank you.
I've always felt I've had abandonment issues, and when he came out and didn't see his Mom, it literally made me gasp a little and brought tears to my eyes. I'm in my 30s and it still hit me hard.
As someone who has never seen Bluey before, this video made me cry haha. I /really/ relate to Mackenzie, even though I'm 20 xD. From having a temper, to physically distancing myself from people, to frequently returning to traumatic places in my head. And at the same time, being fine most of the time. The line "You don't need to keep coming back to this place." is so fantastic and honestly is what tipped me over to start crying. I'm so happy that children's shows are depicting scenarios like this, because I feel like this would've helped me so much as a young child.
It always amazing to hear stuff like this, the show really tries hard to relate to tons of different demographics of people and the writers mention that the messages on screen are for all age demographics so it’s okay to relate to McKenzie, like tons of adults, teens and kids with neurodivergent conditions relate to the character jack since he is used as an excellent catalyst to showcase these symptoms. I would definitely consider checking out the other episodes since it resonated with you so much, thanks for sharing this buddy, it made my day 💙
As someone with severe anxiety and some bad childhood trauma that still feels so fresh in my mind despite me being close to 21 now, Mackenzie is such a relatable character and every single thing that he does made me remember the similar things I would do as a kid and still do, like avoiding friends and getting frustrated so easily. Having someone that can just help you overcome that anxiety, even just for a moment, can mean the entire world to you. Him and Bingo are just the most perfect characters for me, I’m genuinely so glad this show exists. Also Next Up Forever? Now you’re really gonna make me cry lmao.
I just wanna add as someone with anxiety of those higher levels but also someone who works with dogs the fact that Mackenzie is a border collie is so cool often they suffer with severe anxiety and separation anxiety in particular its just really cool
I was already emotional before watching this, but I genuinely started crying towards the end. The way that Calypso was so sweet and said he didn’t need to come back to this place just made me break. It is also something I genuinely needed to hear
I have a lot of experience with anxiety disorder, and as someone who also has a neurological disorder with autism, I related to Mackenzie heavily during that episode. Even during Shops, I’ve had my fair share of moments during childhood where I couldn’t wait for others to just start. I still separate from people when I get overwhelmed to the point of needing space, but I really do feel heard… seeing that one of my favorite characters is more understandable to me than I originally thought.
I also love how while Mackenzie was reliving his traumatic experience, he also rewrote it in a way. It reminds me of something I’ve learned about called Breakthrough, where you identify a belief that’s holding you back, and then identify where it started for you. You then change it, usually by having somebody important to you come in, and then they tell you something that you needed to hear in that moment. And then, you turn it into your new belief, and start rewriting over the old mindset. That scene was really similar. Mackenzie was stuck in that scenario, where he was all alone, and then an important comfort figure in his life entered, and showed him that he WASN’T alone, and helped him move on from the old mindset. This probably was worded badly, but it was pretty cool to me
Nah I get it, it's a nice theory that calypso wasn't actually there, but she was a comfort figure for mckenzie so imagining her saying it really helped him
As someone who deals with trauma, and has domestic, PTSD, it extremely frustrates me that when I say to someone, I just don’t know, they decide to pressure me on making up a reason for why I don’t want to move on, or rather why I have the inability to move on
right? and sometimes I do have reasons but It would never be a good enough explanation to them. I mean even if the problem is otherwise not important to your eyes what matters is how they feel.
I'm really glad you went through this episode as it speaks to me as something I can relate to. I sometimes got worried about being left behind as a kid especially in a grocery store and I've had anxiety my entire life. This episode made me adore Rusty even more because McKenzie is shown pushing his friends away but Rusty sticks by him in a very loyal act. I've often been annoyed by some people who claim that this episode shows that McKenzie is neglected by his mother (and sometimes his parents as a whole).. That didn't make sense to me because of the episode Curry Quest where his mother seems very loving and understanding. His dad isn't shown much but he doesn't seem like a bad guy. I'm glad to find your take on it
Mckenzie seems like a kid who sits in a pool thinking "what if there's a shark in here" and after a bit of ruminating thinks "Fuck. Me. There is a SHARK in this pool I DONT CARE IF I CANT SEE IT ITS MADE OF GLASS"
Considering the fact the park was in a store I'd even bet that his mom left him in a designated (and safe) play area in a store so she can get shopping done. So I agree she isn't a bad mom. She was using a public resource to help her, not understanding that it would effect her child in such a way
@@kathyhenry9512 Believe it or not, I used to work retail in a Crate & Barrel store (we had a Land of Nod inside but I did not work in that area) Well, I was on my shift in the dinnerware area and a mother comes to me and asks me if her kid can sit on the sofa whilst she looks around a little since she didn't want to have him breaking any of the wine glasses. Fair enough. I make sure she's going to be in the area and she tells me she's buying wine glasses as a gift. So, the kid is about five and has an iPad with them so I foolishly say if she's in the area, I can keep an eye on her kid. Next thing I know, I'm telling my coworker to watch out for the kid and the mother walks out of the store without saying a word to us. The boy is still on his iPad. We get a manager over who tells us what I did wrong and how we should have handled the situation but gives the mother the benefit of the doubt by saying maybe she needed to make an emergency phone call or add money to her parking spot. After ten minutes of her not returning, our manager called the mall security (the C&B was in an outdoor mall). The security comes ten minutes later and we tell them the situation with the kid. The boy does not know his mother's phone number and I'm not sure what happened next but they had to radio someone and escort the kid after showing my manager identification. Nearly an hour after she left, the mother comes back with like six large shopping bags from Nordstroms, etc. and asks why her kid isn't sitting there. My manager explains that we weren't a daycare and so we had to contact the mall security and when the mother checked her phone she had numerous missed calls from them. The mother starts cussing us all out in the middle of the store. I am highly doubting McKenzie's mother is like that
I wish this show was around when I was younger. I’ve had GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) for most of my life and seeing Makenzie consciously hide away when overwhelmed from his anxiety and not wanting others seeing him scared feels so nice. Most depictions of anxiety in media is the usual loud breathing, yelling and crying when in reality it is much quieter and slow building. Feeling this sense of dread and fear slowly consume you while you try to internally figure out why you are feeling this way, and in turn causing you to curl in on yourself.
This episode made me ugly cry. I also have separation anxiety because my mom had a lot medical issues when I was a kid (she’s okay now 😊). I would have full blown melt downs if my mom was even a little late picking me up from school. I still get anxious if my friends or family is late coming home or meeting up with me because I think something happened or they forgot about me. But this episode made me feel so seen.
I just realized Mackenzie is showing the same behavior I showed a lot as a kid. Wanting to distance myself from the group, be alone, anger outbursts, anxiety. Mackenzie represent my childhood self.
As somebody who's had anxiety and adhd since I was super young. This hits so hard and makes me feel seen and bluey is a comfort show and I'm turning 21 in November. Knowing a kids show shows people with mental health issues (don't know how to word it diffrently.) it makes me super happy and I'm happy they showed these things in bluey. ❤
I've also been moderately depressed and anxious most of my life, as well. On top of the multiple sclerosis. There are many MANY days that I just feel like a waste of bones and organs. But, this show really and truly is a bright light that more adults need to appreciate. Thank you for spotlighting episodes of Bluey on your channel
I love how they used a Border Collie, they commonly have anxiety issues which can result in reactivity and separation anxiety. My Collie cross was a shy girl, reminded me of myself, anxious in new environments and having the separation anxiety. I've had therapy but tbf this medication has helped balance my stupid brain chemicals. Bella (my first collie cross) has helped me gain more confidence and prepared me for my new dog Zuko! who is the complete opposite of me, loves people and making new friends! I mean I'd like more friends I just struggle, he has got me 2 friends though and we meet up now and then :D
good doggies 🤎 i really struggle with social interaction because of my autism but i got a puppy a few months back and i’m training him to be a service dog right now. i get to bring him places with me and i live in a small town so everyone knows and loves him. it’s really helped me a lot because he gives me a reason to talk to people. dogs really are great
I have never seen a show tackle certain issues with such elegance and ease. Like how do they keep on doing this? They must have a therapist in the studio because this is almost too good to be true lol
This episode never fails to both give me chills and cry a little too, as someone who deals trauma and anxiety and isolates very very often because of it. I never expected an episode like space to be made EVER, but I’m so happy it was because it felt so real to me and even helped me somewhat with my own struggles. I cannot emphasize enough how important bluey has been to me because of episodes like this. And I’m also grateful there are people like you talking about it!
My kid has anxiety, so I was curious about this episode as the Jack ones have been really helpful for him with his ADHD, and we haven't seen the content currently just in Australia. Did not expect to have my own personal trauma issues to be affected so much by a a children's show, even one as amazing as Bluey. I have cPTSD and have to almost weekly take my kid to club meetings at the same building much of my trauma happened at. Years of therapy and I still feel like Calypso's words and your commentary have been more beneficial in that than anything else. Thank you for making this video and I will be checking out more of your videos when I am able.
I’m super happy to hear the video and the episode resonated with you so well, it means the world to hear that. I’m wishing you best of luck with your cPTSD, don’t give up buddy. It sounds like you are doing an amazing selfless act for your child so I’m really happy to hear that, I can’t wait to see you around the channel buddy 💙
His anxiety and not understanding what his emotions are or where they're coming from really resonated with me. I remember feeling like that as a kid and when asked what was wrong, all I could answer was "I don't know". Feeling like he needed "Space", separating from others, and lashing out is very similar to my childhood.
I'm someone that a medical friend confirmed I have CPTSD (that I unfortunately have never been able to properly/officially get diagnosed) and a pretty bad anxiety disorder. This video and episode made me realize some of the smaller symptoms that I have, but also that I have somewhat been healing properly, albeit in a weird staggered manner. I've had my husband's support and help (my mom tries to help, but she can be unintentionally dismissive with "just let it go!" 😅), but it's a bit oddly comforting and therapeutic to hear so many people covering it. Thank you for this. Really. It makes life feel a little less lonely when I see others understand and know what's hard for me to sometimes express properly. I'm thankful that there's media that even acknowledges (properly, not full out negatively) that it IS something that exists in the first place! Thank you.
i cried when calypso said you don't have to come back here anymore- its something i need to process & do myself- stop returning to my awful memories; thanks for going over this & just having this whole channel; i'd have never known about bluey otherwise
I have anxiety disorder and watching Bluey episodes or something other from fandom really helps me. When i do it, I can get away from fears and bad memories. Nice video with a lot of interesting insights.
As a kid in preschool, my mom was 20mins late to pick me up because her tire popped, and she had to change it while 6 months pregnant. She got help from a passerby, but she still came late. I remember not thinking much of it, but my preschool teacher made a joke about her forgetting me and I remember just stopping and crying because I thought she did, I remember not talking to my mom for about a week because of it. She told me years later that my silence for so long made her feel so horrible, like she failed me. I still feel terrible for doing that to her. This episode brought back all those memories.
While I agree with the video, I do want to make a point that Mackenzie's behavior in the "Shop" episode, is not too far out there. Growing up with a sister that would constantly change rules in the middle of games, sometimes just to spite me it felt like, I had never related more to a character in my life. You can only wait so long before getting annoyed. Although, yes he was the most impatient out of the group, which after watching this makes more sense. Love the work you do.
Calypso’s school always reminded me of a Montessori academy given how the kids are allowed to play how they want & don’t have standard lessons one after the other like maths & english, but rather creative projects like arts & crafts.
I just realized that Jack and Mackenzie being my two favorite characters in the show is telling of myself. When i was 7 i went to the museum of science and industry and and i remember goin in a mirror maze of sort and i was so Excited cause i never saw something like that before. I left my mom and when i tried to go back to find her she was gone, i eventually wondered around crying until a security guard found me and brought me back to her. But since that day i get scared whenever I'm with someone and we get seperated/ to far apart. I feel like they are gonna get mad at me for leaving them, and while my mom wasn't necessarily mad at me when i left her at the museum, i still felt she was upset at me. and well I just relate to Jack because i also have AdHd and am really fascinated with space. And just like him i also had a hard time figuring out what was "wrong" with me whenever my grandma or other family members said i was "to hyper" It makes me teary eyed just thinking of all this and just now realizing why i love these two specifically in the show. ✨🥺🤧
The more I learn about Bluey, the more I cry because it covers so many things that wish I had known about growing up rather than struggling and going through things feeling alone. This show is amazing, and I am so happy that my neice's get to grow up watching something so incredible.
This video taught me so much about kids and people who have anxiety or trauma. It actually reminds me of a character who could possibly have these conditions from The Owl House. The Collector. Collector is a little kid who has cosmic powers. And as seen in the episode, For The Future, we can see the Collector getting ready for bed, and King reading him a story. When Collector asks King if he can leave Francois, King's stuffed animal, to watch over him, we see the Collector get insecure and sad as he replies, "I don't like being alone." And there are some scenes with him that show him getting a bit out of control and sometimes being a bit sad. Due to him being trapped for so long in a in between realm. And not knowing the meanings between right and wrong. Like King said, "He's just a little kid. A scary and powerful one, but also sad and alone." But that's just my opinion. Also, I bet Makenzie can relate to the Collector's conditions and maybe help him out.
As most do, I theorize he had separation anxiety, and the fact their game depended on then getting near a black hole triggered him, at first he tried to escape from it but by the climax he decide it to face it once and for all, alone since this was personal When he got into his memories, he suceeded to relieve the trauma (losing his mum for a few minutes turns into an eternity for a toddler) and by end of the episode, he doubts at first but decides to release fully The fact he blamed on Jack and Rusty was probably the fact he didn't want to assume he had this feelings, and pretended to escape from them Interpretation A: By his traumatic experience, he kept getting to his confort zone but didn't even knew why, and it wasn't until he had that memory settled down, he decided to move on Interpretation B: Fear of abandonment, he felt like a third wheel whenever he was near the two best friends, and only made his fear worse, so he kept isolating himself without even noticing, felt alone even he was surrounded by his friends (In both cases the trigger word might have been black hole, which remembered him to his fear, reason why he didn't acted like this before) [Also in both cases, Calypso served as his guide, by her wisdom and hospitality].
I remember at the end of summer in 5th grade I told one of my friends not to expect me to be very social that school year and that she shouldn't feel hurt or weirded out of I didn't talk much to anyone. When she asked me why I think I said something like I'm not sure I just don't feel like talking much recently. Now looking back on it with my PTSD diagnosis I realized that was the year my trauma started to get way more severe. The second Mackenzie said "I want to pretend that you leave me behind" really hit me that was basically what I was doing at the time.
It is a beautiful thought to consider, that you can recontextualize and transform something that only brought you anxiety into something that can give you strength. You just need to have the courage to stare into the abyss and understand what lies on the other side.
I’m super happy to hear that buddy, I wouldn’t worry about any kid character resonating with you, majority of the characters are relatable for adults as well because of how the studio wants them to resonate with people so that’s normal haha
As someone diagnosed with Autism and Anxiety, this episode feels so relatable. I don't have separation anxiety or the same trauma as Mackenzie, but, i really relate to the desire to be alone when i'm around other people, and not know why am i even having that desire. (This excludes my mother, my father and my dogs, because i like being with them.) Sometimes i am around family members and suddenly i feel the NEED to be alone. My mother and my father sometimes ask me why do i wanna be alone, and most of the time i have no clue why do i have this feeling. I think one of the most relatable moments in the entire episode was when Jack and Rusty ask Mackenzie why does he wanna pretend they left him behind, and he replies "I don't know..". This is truly very relatable, and i cried seeing this episode. The team that made Bluey truly *knows* how to make very good representation of disorders.
I’ve never watched Bluey because I know it’s going to make me incredibly emotional, and this video essay alone made me sob uncontrollably. This video was incredibly well done!
I had to learn a lot about this condition cause my partner self sabotaged our friendship (which at the time I didnt realize she developed feelings 3/4 months in) I had to take the choice to trust them a whole month after they panicked out of the relationship. Yeah It doesnt go away but once you talk to someone that you understand its difficult and choose to support them anyway their triggers do definitely start happening less often and as intensely. I dont expect them to fully change but Im happy enough with them doing an effort to confront their fears. Also congrats on 15k subs may you continue to keep growing to a wider audience
Congrats on the subs man! This episode really spoke to me, in a not so happy, but hopeful way. When I was younger, something really bad almost happened to me. Keyword ALMOST. Because the bad thing didn't actually happen, people try to tell me to not feel so upset about it. But even though the bad thing didn't actually happen to me, the emotions are still there. It felt like it did happen in my mind, just not physically. Same as Mackenzie wasn't actually abandoned, even though he felt like he was. The experience has stuck with me for years, after almost forgetting it even happened. I relate to Mackenzie's anxiety issues, and I feel deep sympathy for him. People might think his trauma wasn't really a big deal, but to him it was. I sympathize with that. But at the same time, I need to move on. I don't think I'll ever be able to completely get past those feelings, but I'm doing my best. Keep on going, Mackenzie. 🖤
I know what you mean, I have experienced something similar. I don't know what happened to you, but I describe it to people as "If you *almost* got in a car crash, you're gonna be a more cautious driver for a while either way, just by having seen what *could* happen"
I wanted to cry tears of joy upon seeing this video. I've never seen bluey but to see trauma and anxiety handled so fantastically in an way that kids can easily digest makes me so happy. im sure if i had seen this episode as a child i would've felt so heard and understood
As someone with anxiety I’m so glad Bluey acknowledges specifically the irritability and bluntness of it. For a long time growing up I would suddenly get “snappy” if we were in a public place too long with too many people or if I had to maintain a happy social situation and the frustrating thing of not knowing WHY I was unable to just have fun and why I needed time alone. It was especially difficult when my mum was unable to recognise those symptoms having grown up with the idea of “there’s no mental illness it’s just people being lazy” so would see that irritability as attitude or defiance rather than a symptom. She and I did eventually figure things out when she took it more seriously once I explained to her how it felt it those moments and while I still likely need medication for the most part people recognising that your actions are from a disorder, not excusing it but being slightly more understanding, goes a long way for a lot of people. Mackenzie really is amazing rep whether the anxiety is purely from that situation or more we do not see I’m so glad the tackled elements of it beyond the “nervous” or the extreme of panic attacks lthat media tends to rely on
I wish i had bluey growing up. With past shows i've felt like I never truly fit in with any of the characters, and used them as an autistic masking reference. If I had this show, I would have felt more human.
It's amazing how much of a child's trauma comes back through play. I will use myself as another example. From a very young age, I as a young boy "three to four". Loved playing house, never played with other boys. And always wanted to be the baby/young child of the make-believe family. I only realize this now. But I was chasing the trauma of a little boy, who never had a present father. "My aversion to my own gender" who was both physically and emotionally neglected in one half of a split custody agreement "Always the child, loved playing house". Truthfully, all these years later. I never exactly got the help I needed. I eventually learned to befriend my own gender, but it took until the third grade... I also got very used to being alone. Multiple points in life I had been abandoned "I think/remember". I have never gotten over my trauma. And I don't think I ever will truly get over it. I haven't had a therapist. But at least I learned to be my own.
I can relate to Mackenzie in some way when I was younger but instead of losing my parents at a shop I wanted to relive my time being a kid again at my old house and at times being older I want to catch that feeling when I was younger
My niece LOVES Bluey, so much. I'm so glad that this cartoon exists, it does such an excellent job at teaching empathy but it's also just absurdly enjoyable for anyone watching it. I'm a huge art nerd, I LOVE the look and feel of this cartoon so much. Treating its child audience with intelligence and kindness is so important.
Mackenzie has always been a character I'm really fond of in Bluey, I relate really heavily to him in terms of attitude. The need for space, the particular bossiness when with others at times, normally being quite passive and kind but even the smallest thing being able to trigger a temper. Him as a character makes me feel so seen because as a kid (and even now, really) I acted really similar to him. The anxiety of being separated from people and being left behind has always been so existent in me, along with self isolation when upset. It's nice seeing good representation in childrens shows. Childrens trauma really needs to be shown more often, especially when it's understood well but more simplified.
When the kids act out their trauma through play, its almost as if they're unintentionally going through a process simular to emdr. In both Copycat and especially Space, neither Bluey nor Mackenzie get the closure they exactly wanted, but it almost seems like the scary part of the events they went through are being redirected to where its not as tragic feeling anymore. Calypso also stating to Mackenzie in his memory "You know whats here now. You dont need to keep coming back to this place." is a perfect example of this. I personally dont think she was there during that moment, but instead Mackenzie invisions Calypso in that moment in order to get a sense of closure from some one he trusts and feels comfortable around. Therefore, as a result the memory dosent feel as anxiety inducing, concluding Mackenzies main source of anxiety from this memory. This video definitely goes much more into detail reguarding the episode than I would've ever caught onto though.
As someone who suffers from very heavy emotional trauma and anxiety disorder. I feel like Bluey really did show Anxiety and Trauma very well. My emotional trauma started back in 6th grade when a "friend" I had made kept saying that I had to do things her way or else I'd be a bad friend. She often called me annoying and/or stupid even when I did barely anything wrong. Whenever I made the smallest mistakes, She'd call me a bad friend. In which today I still isolate myself from others, thinking they are going to emotionally abuse and torture me like that fake friend did.
as someone with an anxiety disorder, i always saw the word "anxiety" used lightly to mean "worried" or "nervous" because those emotions couldn't compare to the disorder I'm dealing with
I bawled during this entire episode. Most seen I'd ever felt. MacKenzie's words at the bottom of the slide is something I said, but I didn't have the rest of it
"you don't need to come back to this place" I'm sobbing...no therapy in the world could heal me more than that sentence it actually makes so much sense.... i struggle with therapy because i'm very self aware but i don't know how to cope and bluey is an absolute masterpiece as are these explanation videos
It has been almost two months since my mom's passing. That message after 17:00 really resonates with me as I get frequent flashbacks to that day we all feared the most since her cancer diagnosis. I can't find the positive in that, though, besides that she is no longer in pain. I miss her so dearly. She went far too soon.
I was always a very anxious child and watching this made me realize how much I would self isolate in play. As a kid that struggled with anxiety and depression, it was such a paradoxical urge- to self isolate.
I did lose my mom once in a Walmart. Instead of getting anxious, I actually went to the cashiers and had them make an announcement calling for my mom to come to the front and that I was looking for her. It worked! Mom and the cashiers were laughing at the experience.
Space is an episode that I relate to a lot. I often isolate myself from others, just like Mackenzie. Every time I watch Bluey, I always turn on Space first, because of how much I relate and sit with it.
As someone with my own issues leading to isolative habits like this, Mackenzie and his actions resonated with me in such a way that I actually was brought to tears by the episode. Trauma and spiraling are bad enough to deal with, but finding friends and others who understand what's going on is so incredibly difficult. This was a wonderful thing to watch, and instead of evoking the whole "I wish I had people who understood me" reaction, it reminded me there are still people out there who do understand and know how to react and what to say without being intrusive. What a wonderful episode.
I don't know why, I could not guess what made me,- but this made me cry. I remember multiple instances where I intentionally isolated myself. I would excuse this behavior by stating I simply wanted to be alone otherwise I would blame it on something. If I didn't get to be alone I would get annoyed and get irritable with my friends that would follow me around. I have never tried to look into why I do this, to an extent I still do this whenever I'm going out, but I feel like I've only gotten better at disguising it in a way. Realizing how much of myself I saw in this behavior I had to cry which was strange because it felt like it had been forever since the last time. I don't think the realization made me tear up though, it was as if I was exposed. I'm stunned.
I think there's another episode where we see MacKenzie in the background sitting alone on a hill like he does here, but I don't remember which one it is.
@Pundertale fan, oh! Okay awesome then next time I watch it I’m gonna keep a watch out for that. Thanks for the super quick response buddy 💙 It would have been an excellent addition to add into the video but I’m happy I have you buddies to point out awesome touches like this I missed and maybe I can include it in something in the future 😊
I honestly don’t want to hear compliments or wanna hear positive reinforcement when I’m angry or sad I don’t know why but it just makes me somehow even angrier
As a dog owner, I know separation anxiety is extremely common in dogs (so much so that there's entire radio stations for dogs to listen to while their owners are away.) I love how this show portrays dog emotions as well as human emotions.
I have social anxiety so lots of interactions/moments that would seem trivial for others give me so much anticipatory anxiety. I end up avoiding numerous social situations and things like messages or emails which only end up giving me more anxiety. I come of as aloof and my tendency to avoid confrontation and forming friendships has sorta left me somewhat socially isolated for almost a decade (but I have my siblings so it's not toooo bad AHAHHA 😅). It's hard to explain anxiety without it sounding like "extreme nervousness" or "shyness" but this episode analysis was wonderfully articulate and informative and it also helps that Bluey is such a good show. Thank you so much 😸
I have an anxiety disorder and this video kind of helped me realize that, whenever I isolate myself from other's, I'm not doing it to make them feel bad. I grew up in a household where guilt tripping is very common, and I've always been severely worried that I may carry those behaviors on. I have been working on it, of course, to make sure I don't, but for some reason I would always isolate myself from my friend group irl whenever something happened to scare and upset me. I'm extremely sensitive due to my mental disorders, and one time, when a friend and I were play arguing, his girlfriend took it seriously and yelled at both of us that we were always arguing. Being yelled at is a severe trigger for me, so I stepped far away from the two to go cry everything out and allow myself to calm down. I remember feeling terrible for doing that, because I was worried I was purposefully making them feel bad for me, but now I know that it's okay to do that. Thank you so much. This is a beautiful video, and perfectly shows just why Bluey is one of my favorite shows despite not being in it's target audience.
I grew up with childhood depression and Mackenzie is like a mirror of me and how I used to play as a child. People don't realize that it's not the kind of thing you can just move past. How can you remake your foundation when you've already built a house on it? I always interpreted him saying "I don't know" when asked about why he wanted to be left behind as him simply being too young to understand what's happening to him. To him, what he's going through is normal. All the other kids seem perfectly fine, so why can't he just be normal like them? He doesn't realize that his circumstances are only his. god i just wanna hug that little oreo and tell him that it's okay to feel the way he does
I’m so glad and sad I watched this episode. My name is McKenzie and I have anxiety and complex trauma, so seeing this episode made me ugly cry. I cannot stress enough how accurate this representation is- everything he struggles with in the series is stuff I dealt with at the same age. I love this show so much💖
What i noticed that about Mackenzie and ppl with anxiety (well me atleast) is that he gets frustrated cuz he cant control the situation which makes him lash out. When i have anxiety and things dont go my way it makes me feel out of control i begin to get frustrated and angry because i feel like everything is going downhill. Because of this i isolate myself in order to avoid having things out of my control
As a person with an anxiety disorder I love how accurately they depict people with anxiety disorders, depicting stuff like this is one of the reasons why Bluey such a good show for young audiences
Legitimately cried watching this video. It's really cute. This explains it so well. "You don't have to keep coming back to this place" That hit me hard. Ive got anxiety. It's pretty shitty. but this made me feel a little better about it
I've been binge watching these deep analyses and this literally triggered one of my memories when I was younger (separation anxiety) My parent left me without a word to get something. See, the doors in my country are very different because you can only open it by the handle, it was locked from outside (duh). I thought they died, I thought they were a skeleton outside and that it was my fault because I slept and didn't see them leave. There was an opening on the door that served as an alternative for a peephole so I was anxiously and anxiously looking for someone to look for me, to see my parent again. I was too impatient and grabbed a coat hanger (for context, it was really thin and like metal plastic) and tried to open it from the outside which worked. When I saw them, I was just confused on why they couldn't check up on me, when I was crying and crying. They were just eating. They barely saw my swollen face from tears. They barely *cared.* So, I really relate to Mackenzie to a degree. I don't know how old I was but that day just, changed me. it may have went on for 10 or more minutes.
Well, this episode is very relatable for me. I know that I used to be super talkative and outgoing in my first few years of life, but something must have happened (around kindergarten) that made me change a lot and start overthinking things and I probably had anxiety without realizing for a very long time. It's been so confusing for me because I still don't know what happened that changed me; I can't remember anything about it. I just figure that something must have because of what I do remember about kindergarten and about how different I've been since then. It probably wasn't anything super bad, I know I was always sensitive and being a young kid small things would've hit me a lot harder. I haven't watched Bluey yet, but seeing your review of this episode has made me realize I'm a lot like Mackenzie. I never understood why I acted the way I did but I guess it was always anxiety. Just weird to realize that now.
I really love your series of analysis videos. Bluey has become a staple in our household and it’s one of those once in a lifetime series that shapes generations just like Mr. Rogers did. For future videos, I’d love to see you tackle 3 episodes in particular: Flat Pack, Granddad and Onesie.
I have the asperger syndrom now that I saw this video I see a lot of similarities between an anxiety dissorder and asperger syndrom. A constant desire of being alone, low eye contact, hyperfocus on certain tasks, erratic desicion taking. For what I understand is a perpetual state of anxiety generated by a genetical malfunction and while the time passes the brain starts to grow adapting permanently atypical to that perpetual state of anxiety. This is as I call it "the curse of loneliness".
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I spend hours in my head debating if this should have been a deep dive or not since I talk about the Episode Space so much for the majority of the video but I really wanted to focus on Mackenzie’s role in making a certain crowd feel seen so I’ll have to return to this episode to do a proper deep dive so I can talk about the other characters and Easter eggs, nevertheless I hope y’all enjoy this video buddies
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Stupid Australian only episodes. What if I wanna see this kid show cover trauma?
Why is bluey, a show about talking animals go on little adventures, show off better messages then 90% of movies nowadays
Don't need one to watch bluey, I live in Australia lol
eh i cant watch bluey because i clicked that i dont live in australia, and i cant watch bluey here because i dont have postcode in australia lol
You can always make a new account :)
And another nice touch is the fact McKenzie is a border collie, which are known to have high anxiety due to their high intelligence
My dog has separation anxiety and she is a border collie
I can't help but feel that when we actually do develop artificial general intelligence, it's going to know depression and mental illness we can't even imagine, just by virtue of being smarter than us.
@@kamikeserpentail3778 its a known fact that people with higher intelligence are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression so i absolutely believe any AI introduced to the world in full, would become instantly depressed and try to force stop its code from running any longer.
In Sleepytime, Bingo's assurance that her mother will always be there, even if she can't see her is represented by The Sun. I love the contrast between that and this episode, where Mackenzie's fear of abandonment is represented by a black hole.
That kind of gave me chills, that’s actually a really cool observation. I love that actually
I thought it was amusing in Sleepytime that the sun, the biggest object in the solar system, represented her mom, and Jupiter the second biggest was her dad.
mackenzie recreating the abandonment scenario by "i want to pretend that you leave me behind" would be literally his way to figure out how to handle a legitimate scenario like that again (this time in a safe scenario of play)! its a self soothing coping mechanism to play-act independence. people mentally rehearse bad scenatios in their brains all the time, and at least in this scenario, mackenzie is able to approach it with a sense of play and fiction, setting up where he's found again to remind himself the sense of relief he felt when he found his mom. he doesnt ACTUALLY want to be left behind, and that may be coming out as his seperation anxiety! what a good kid!
Yes!! I love the way the studio uses play to allow the characters to express their feelings seeing as it’s accurate to what is seen in the real world. I love the point you brought up of him doing this to try to figure out a way to potentially handle the scenario in a safe environment just in case it occurs again, good thinking /perspective buddy
Huh, that explains a lot about the stories I make up in my head. I go in my head a lot. Always have.
@@Pugly this is my second video of yours. Found you today. I remember my therapist used to have me play a lot. I remember playing with a dollhouse and baby dolls a lot. I still love the sims and recently I had an epiphany that it’s a virtual dollhouse.
Oh my gosh that's so smart I didn't realize that!!
@@halfthevivi oo
I never noticed that Calypso was observing the whole time. She's such a good teacher, which explains why she was Mackenzie's figure of comfort. I'd love to see an episode someday where she ends up helping adults with her wisdom as well. I feel like she'd be good at it.
@@greed42o ah. I don't know that. I've heard of it though. Creepy clown, right?
@@greed42o Ah. Interesting. :03
Calypso is always watching and lets them figure out the problem on their own
We all need a calypso in our life's.
@@greed42o i can only think of the meme of a kid throwing a glass bottle of calypso brand lemonade into the air and letting it smash on the ground because it was bad
"You don't have to keep coming back to this place." I love the comforting way Calypso said that. It's in stark contrast to how I, as a teen and adult, has said the same thing to myself in anger for re-enacting my past traumas in my mind over and over. I actually never thought of telling myself the same thing but in a more kind and forgiving way. ❤
I love that scene and that line and how it was delivered so, so much for all of those reasons and more. Even deeper than that, for me, is the fact that Mackenzie is his younger, smaller self in his mind at that moment so it’s cinematically as though Calypso is talking directly to his inner child. That’s SO deep and pure and wonderful to me, I love everything about it and how it was done.
I’ve never heard that phrase before and that line in the show hit me like a truck when I first heard it. I have a lot of unresolved trauma due to an ex and I was frequently reminiscing about them and key moments in our relationship that left a lasting negative impact on me so when I heard “you don’t have to keep coming to this place” i just stared off for a moment and suddenly everything just made sense and I started crying. That’s why this is my favorite episode
@@painfulVeracity Yessss you get it
@@sleepy-sheepy6517 I can't wait to watch the episode when it's on my Disney+ so I can also stare into space forever changed 😭
It’s crazy how you can be watching this show and then a character says one simple line and all of a sudden you’re sitting there ugly crying.
Love how bluey treats trauma seriously. It's not "toughen up, don't be sensitive", but it actually demonstrates how delicate a child's mind is.
We don't know how long MacKenzie stayed alone in the playground for, but that single mistake affected him for life.
I can't imagine what goes on inside the head of kids who have suffered severe abuse at such a young age, and it breaks my heart how someone can do that to a person so small and pure.
i wish i had bluely when i was little!! i was a SUPER sensitive and anxious kid. my parents made me feel like it was wrong to cry (it was mostly small stuff but i was a kid with big emotions) i remember hiding from them from a very young age. i had other issues that i didn’t process until only a couple years ago. it’s lead to a lot of other things but im so incredibly grateful for shows like bluely. it makes me feel so seen
I wonder if it's a shout-out to Mackenzie's breed as well. Border Collies are extremely smart, energetic, task-driven and eager to learn. They thrive as working dogs and are not known to be loafers, physically or mentally. Maybe a Border Collie pup with anxiety would process it by keeping busy in a somewhat distracted way, and struggle a bit with an unexplained desire to be alone with his thoughts, memories and fears. Another beautiful episode, up there with "Army."
I had a mix. He was a charmingly rambunctious little dude
Border Collies can be quite anxious as well
THIS! No one told me how much a stable work environment could actually be *therapeutic* for someone with ADHD and a Anxiety disorder. The lack of a schedule or drive to do something can actually worsen anxiety and make it harder to interact with people later on.
My border collie mix has insane separation anxiety, and as a way to deal with that anxiety when I'm not in the same room with her is to just walk in circles. She has to be able to do something to stay calm, which I thought was interesting comparing it to how Mackenzie is represented in the show
@@bombdotcom2168same, i have a friend with a very anxious border collie mix - when no one is in the house, he tears apart furniture- i never realized it was a self soothing behavior, something for him to do!
I always figured that the reason Mackenzie was so affected by losing sight of his mum was because it happened not long after he had moved to Australia. So it wasn't just "I can't find my mum," it's "I can't find one of the few safe people I know in a completely foreign environment."
That's a really good point!
this episode is very relatable for me, and shows that "simple" situations in an adult's view (like mackenzie thinking he was left behind after going down the slide) can remain in memory and change the way a child behaves.
the end of the episode when he takes one last look at all those bad memories, but now they don’t hurt him that much anymore made me emotional.
EDIT: i loved your interpretation of mackenzie's anxiety, for a next video i suggest checking out the episode 'Sheepdog' and the way Chilli communicates with Bluey in it.
Yes, please do Sheepdog. That's another episode that really resonated with me.
Wait, Mackenzie's a boy?
I keep forgetting mine is a unisex name. 😅
I also relate because of a story my mom told me a few weeks that I’d forgotten ever happened.
I was talking to her about my own separation anxiety as I was due to go on a week long school trip, and it turns out when I was little, she had me stay with my grandma in Arizona for a week or so. During that period of time I couldn’t be coerced to eat or play.
I don't remember anything from my childhood being a root cause, but I can very much relate. I'm afraid of 'losing' people. Not afraid of having people I know leaving or dying- as long as I know where they are and what's happened to them- but I'm afraid of them leaving me with no explanation, unexpectedly, or of my losing sight of them and not being able to find them again, figuratively and literally. I'm afraid friends will drift away, I'm afraid of going places alone, and I'm afraid of somehow suddenly being separated from those I love, and not knowing why or how.
I spend most of my time by myself, but still with other people. Sometimes, when the rest of the family is going somewhere, I'll ask to stay home. I daydream and imagine what would happen if I woke up and was the only person left on the planet- how I would cope and survive, even not knowing how the heck it happened, but just reassuring myself that I must be the only one left for a reason, so I have to survive.
I never realized this before. I knew I had anxiety, and I knew I couldn't go places by myself, and that I always get listless and depressed when I'm somewhere truly all alone (for example, a building without any other people) and I'm not sure when someone will come, but I don't think I ever connected the dots before.
Wait. No, I think I remember something. When I was a really little kid, my parents used to take me and my (then) two siblings (I have more now) places all the time. We went to play places and children's museums and stuff, and I remember being surrounded by all these other kids, playing, and suddenly I'd realize I didn't know where my siblings or parents were. I think I must have gotten used to it by then, because I'd just continue playing by myself and distracting myself until my mum inevitably came to get me, or a sibling came to play with me. (I have mild autism, so I've never really acted or played quite like other kids did. I've always been content to play alone, though I played with other kids often too.)
Yeah I was left behind without my family many times as a kid and it still messes me up as a 30-something adult to bring up the memories. I never heard anyone say that I didn't have to revisit the memories. That's a beautiful idea. I prefer being alone as much as possible now, though. :)
I'm no psychologist, but I can also see Makenzie wanting to be left alone not only to self isolate, but something in addition. It's possible that he's trying to seek out and recreate his traumatic experience to further explore and understand it it, as well as give himself a sense of control in the matter (the lack of control being a huge part of his traumatic event). I feel like Calypso highlights this in her line by wording it like it was his choice to come back to that place, but by no means putting him down for it. "You don't have to keep coming back to this place" as opposed to "You can/should leave this place" sets up the concept that Makenzie went back to the traumatic (figurative) place of his own volition, obviously seeking something.
Makenzie is obviously drawn to the black hole by his trauma, and it mirrors the slide that is so heavily associated with his traumatic event. He also outright asks his friends to leave him behind as opposed to making up an excuse such as "I'm tired, I think I'm finished playing" to be left alone. This can be justified as him simply wanting to continue to play, but as we see, he's very distracted and not really engrossed in the game other than the blackhole.
While Makenzie has forgotten the exact events that led him to feel this way, he clearly wants to explore his traumatic feelings. There comes a time though, that you've recovered your memories, figured out the situation, analyzed and overanalyzed every little detail, and there's nothing more to find that won't send you into another spiral, discovering the same thing over and over again. In other words, there comes a time when you know what's there, even if it's bad. You don't have to keep going back and searching through everything again.
i feel the same way about how Makenzie’s experience with trauma/anxiety is portrayed. The part where he’s told he doesn’t have to keep going back to that painful place kills me every time, and I couldn’t have put it better in words. thank u!
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I agree 1000% and too add on to him not remembering his trauma and wanting to explore it, though he might not remember his body does, the body always remembers and that could also be why he wants to explore it because he is having a reaction to something he has no memory of. So while he wants to explore and find out about his reaction, his body (like you said) wants to recreate the experience to give him control
I’m not crying over a kids show.
*im NOT crying over a kids show.*
I just realized that when MacKenzie says “It’s my job to figure everything out” (about going to the black hole), he’s not just talking about figuring out the black hole, he’s also trying to figure out why he is drawn to it and what his trauma is about.
i heavily relate to this character honestly, my father left for the first time when I was around 6, and it caused me SEVERE anxiety exactly the same as mackenzie has. I’d do the exact behaviors, be aggressive, tell people to abandon me during play, etc. i feel like the slide isn’t the real reason for his trauma, but the show didn’t want to delve 100% into childhood trauma, just the surface, to show kids that if another kid acts differently, they aren’t bad.
And I still do have lasting trauma, i still relapse into those behaviors sometimes, but I’m okay now.
NAH BRO WTF I WAS JUST ABOUTTA SAY “haha I relate too” AND THEN I REALIZED UR MY FUCKING SISTER IM CRYYYING
@@siqxyre8473 HEELP HI SIS
I'm so sorry to hear that, hope you get better
I wonder then if it’s due to him being a New Zealander in a new country. Leaving all his friends, everything he knows…
The fact that Mackenzie was upset and anxious, by being alone, but still isolated himself intentionally, as a coping mechanism is something I deal with so much, and have never ever seen in media..I feel so seen.
I have never cried at a kid's show and felt more validated in my feelings in my entire life. This episode hit home HARD.
Literally, I have never in my life felt so SEEN in a show.
Same tbh
i sobbed over some bluey episodes before but this one made me 𝘚𝘖𝘉 SOB.
The moment Calypso said "Mackenzie, you know what's here now. You don't have to keep coming back to this place." I verbally blurted out, "Oh shit." Then proceeded to ugly cry into a blanket.
That part really gets me@@rudygeorge383
I like that the haziness of the memory leaves it up to our interpretation what literally happened. He could have lost his mom for just a few seconds, an hour, or even just forgot she was going to walk away for a moment. She may have really forgotten him there for a few minutes; it happens! The vagueness of it let's us relate to it in the way that's most impactfull to us personally.
The way this episode deals with anxiety is kinda heart breaking to me.
When I was very young we went to an indoor pool with some other kids. I remember just swimming in place watching all the other kids have fun. I felt so left out that I ended up talking to my mother about how alone I felt, rather than trying to be included. My mother talked to the other mother in the family to ask her children to invite me to play in the pool with them. When I eventually got over to the other kids, they talked to me for a few minutes but then I intentionally drifted away from the fun. Later after that I ended up having a tantrum in the changing rooms and complaining to my mother even though she made effort. All this happened because I was too anxious to play with them. I physically isolated myself by moving away from those kids. I truly feel for the young kids that deal with anxiety, cuz I've been there..
Buddy I felt that story in my soul, I really appreciate you sharing that, I’m sorry you experienced that but I’m happy you were able to recognize what happened exactly and why it happened. Wishing you well buddy💙
@Pugly I appreciate this reply. Hopefully others can relate and hopefully feel a bit more heard.
Oh man, while I would not tell others how I feel in a situation like this, everything else rings true. I avoid contact when I think I am unwanted, and then feel bad that no one wanted me (when in fact i did it to myself by distancing/not putting in the effort to interact)
@@flitefulwantssubs402 well idk what your life is like, but I hope you can feel valued someday. Situations like this can also be caused by social anxiety so I wouldn't blame yourself or anyone else for it.
@@WolfArtizan thanks, i appreciate it! honestly, i think i can improve but i also need to be a little forgiving of myself because i cant control the fact that i have anxiety lol! i hope things are going well for you and that you feel wanted, because you are
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I'd also like to note that sometimes actual dogs dig holes out of extreme emotions like anxiety or over-excitement (They also dig the ground to get to cooler soil, i know that). A really good detail that hopefully was thought of when making the hole digging scene.
I did this a lot as a kid.
I left parties and didn’t act like I should have. I
cried at birthday parties and tried to isolate myself from others.
I also took off from friends and cops were called because I kept on doing it. I was never scared of being alone during those times but I felt so unhappy and just down. Like I couldn’t explain it back then to anyone how I felt and I now know what it was. Severe depression and anxiety.
I’d get anxiety attacks and panic attacks a lot as a child. Both were different and the panic attacks were ptsd inducing. I would vomit and thrash and scream and I thought god was killing me at a very young age. I kept asking my mother why I was so scared and why I god was trying to kill me.. but she told me she didn’t know and distanced herself from me.. so now I do the same when I feel an attack coming on.. I can get blind and deaf from an attack and it’s real feeling. The pain from anxiety is very real feeling and it caused so much brain trauma. As well as being in an unhealthy environment with my parents yelling screaming and throwing things at each other was also another reason for me to distance myself from others and be so scared so much of my life. I’m still unable to help myself by just getting a job. I have body dysmorphia and self hate/ very low self-esteem as well.
I drank hibiscus tea and meditated today. Will that help you?
@@roxassora2706 no, that helps with regular every day stress, not with anxiety disorders. that's like recommending essential oils to cure it. this is from my own personal experience with anxiety disorders, and to be honest people suggesting meditation and drinking tea is the most annoying thing
@@riley2294 I dont think they meant it in a “You should do this and it will all be better.” Way, rather a “It might not fix everything, but it could help if you tried it.”
Like, it wont get you to a neurotypical baseline of anxiety, but if it helps reduce an overwhelming amount to an amount you are more used to handling regularly, it’s not a bad idea.
Like, one piece of advice that I always hated was the “if you just exercise, you’ll feel better!” Maybe out of a sense of “That’s for normal people who are having a bad day, I am not like that!”
But the fact is, it does work (at least for me). Even if it’s not exercise for the sake of exercise, rather like walking from class to class, something that I would be doing anyway, but didnt do for a few years because Covid.
I like to think of those drawings of raccoons that say “If you feel like you hate everyone, eat. If you feel like everyone hates you, sleep. And if you feel like you hate yourself, bathe.”
Just. Something doesn’t need to cure you to be something worth doing. Measuring your anxiety on a scale from one to ten, a seven might not be great, but it’s better than an eight, you know?
I can't believe it. We practically lived the same life. This is so relieving and yet so sad at the same time. I'm happy there's someone else in the world who can understand. At the same time, though...I'm really sorry you had go through it, too.
@@nortalian549 Exactly. I'm spiritualistic, but am aware that some things don't work for everyone. Essential oils are good for aromatherapy and an overall smells good.
With high-functioning anxiety myself, Mackenzie is my favorite Bluey character. Your analysis of him is spot-on. Thank you for all of the Bluey deep-dive videos you have done, they’re great stuff.
I grew up abused, and developed an anxiety disorder around 16. I was around two adults and a bipolar sister who weren't capable of regulating their emotions. All of them were capable of exploding over trivial things. They used to laugh that I was throwing up constantly, because some days I couldn't keep anything down because of my aniety. The feeling of nausea and anxiety are closely related for me; if I have an anxiety attack I feel sick to my stomach.
I'm better now with it, but I heard Bluey heals your inner child. It's such a shame that our culture can instill anxiety in children so small. It's interesting that anxiety affects the personality, because I'm definitely blunt and easily irritated. I'm much better than I used to be.
I'm trying to listen to Calypso, cause I'm still going back.
[hug]
Don't try to not go back immediately, it took time for McKenzie to cope it takes time to heal, it doesn't happen overnight. Take time to cope and try to get better a little bit each day and I'm sure you will feel better
Ever since the episode “Shops” I’ve grown to like Mackenzie, I didn’t know why at first. Then I realized that I have done what he done, I isolate myself when things don’t work out. All the episodes after that I’ve always looked at him, wondering what I will relate to him.
When I first watched “Space” I was confused. Both from the episode and irl. When he came to the black hole I felt emotional. Then during the slide scene I started crying. It didn’t click at first but after watching it a few more times I knew why.
Ever since, I’ve been trying to heal . Now I don’t cry at the scene, I smile at the scene, but you’re editing made me cry again.
Great work and congratulations on 15K subscribers!!!
I isolate myself and it might have costed me to lose contact with an important person(I pushed them away). Wishing to go back doesn't do anything, so I've been trying to heal. I hope your journey goes well, buddy
Bluey is a godsend. I don't think there is any other show that is so simple and yet so deep and complex
Warning for abuse!
So I’ve never seen a full episode of Bluey, but I’ve heard great things about it. I stumbled upon this video and wow, it almost makes me wanna cry. Mackenzie really really reminds me of myself as a child, whether he has any type of trauma or not. His anxiety, highly emotional responses, and possible re-creating of his traumatic experience resonate with me. I was sexually abused as a young child for years by my father, I was a mess. Deeply depressed at a young age, anxious, and would recreate the things that happened to me through play and through behavior. (Side note: teachers noticed, called my mom and asked if I was being abused, she said no and I wasn’t helped). I’m now 16 with PTSD going through the whole legal process and things like this really make me feel less alone. I think it’s really good that this is being shown because it can also help parents or other adults notice more “signs” of abuse.
Edit: Just want to note that I’m totally aware Mackenzie likely just has anxiety after being left behind on the slide, but still resonated with me! Lol.
That's awful that CPS wasn't called. Should have called them first, not the parents. But even then, at least or especially after your mom said NO. Jesus! I'm so sorry and hope you're doing better and wish you all the best!
@@7Write4This9Heart7 I totally agree. My mom completely forgot about the incident until about 4 months ago, and she told my school counselor, therapist, DA, everyone. I know she felt bad. I’m very pissed at the school though. It’s just, had they actually done what they are supposed to do, it wouldn’t have lasted for another 3-4 years. It’s unfortunate, but oh well. I’m very grateful to be safe now.
You have a wonderful day/night! I wish you all the best as well :)
@@Werileyz At least your mom felt bad! Thank goodness! 'Cause I know of parents who absolutely wouldn't, who would LIE to protect their own asses, not their kids'. Phew! I'm just glad you're doing better now! So happy for you! Thank you, and you have a great day/night, too!
As someone who has suffered from psychosis born from childhood neglect and peer abuse, I can relate to this. Sometimes I feel like a child trapped in a man's body, as I was basically set up to fail in my youth.
Props to Mackenzie, I wish I could solve my childhood trauma by pretending to be a space scientist/hj
don’t we all (also I recognise the pfp, tsukasa would try solving his childhood trauma by pretending to be a space scientist 😨)
@@pink_sky_morning4842 YES
@@pink_sky_morning4842He really would 😭
Im a survivor of abuse and neglect and watching this fills me with so many emotions. Its so rare a show takes the time and careful dedication to properly portray trauma and, even better, give hope for survivors of said trauma. Ive been struggling with this for years, and I dont know how long itll take for me to get past it, but this gives me a little bit more hope. Thank you.
I've always felt I've had abandonment issues, and when he came out and didn't see his Mom, it literally made me gasp a little and brought tears to my eyes. I'm in my 30s and it still hit me hard.
As someone who has never seen Bluey before, this video made me cry haha.
I /really/ relate to Mackenzie, even though I'm 20 xD. From having a temper, to physically distancing myself from people, to frequently returning to traumatic places in my head. And at the same time, being fine most of the time.
The line "You don't need to keep coming back to this place." is so fantastic and honestly is what tipped me over to start crying. I'm so happy that children's shows are depicting scenarios like this, because I feel like this would've helped me so much as a young child.
It always amazing to hear stuff like this, the show really tries hard to relate to tons of different demographics of people and the writers mention that the messages on screen are for all age demographics so it’s okay to relate to McKenzie, like tons of adults, teens and kids with neurodivergent conditions relate to the character jack since he is used as an excellent catalyst to showcase these symptoms. I would definitely consider checking out the other episodes since it resonated with you so much, thanks for sharing this buddy, it made my day 💙
As someone with severe anxiety and some bad childhood trauma that still feels so fresh in my mind despite me being close to 21 now, Mackenzie is such a relatable character and every single thing that he does made me remember the similar things I would do as a kid and still do, like avoiding friends and getting frustrated so easily.
Having someone that can just help you overcome that anxiety, even just for a moment, can mean the entire world to you.
Him and Bingo are just the most perfect characters for me, I’m genuinely so glad this show exists.
Also Next Up Forever? Now you’re really gonna make me cry lmao.
I just wanna add as someone with anxiety of those higher levels but also someone who works with dogs the fact that Mackenzie is a border collie is so cool often they suffer with severe anxiety and separation anxiety in particular its just really cool
I was already emotional before watching this, but I genuinely started crying towards the end. The way that Calypso was so sweet and said he didn’t need to come back to this place just made me break. It is also something I genuinely needed to hear
I have a lot of experience with anxiety disorder, and as someone who also has a neurological disorder with autism, I related to Mackenzie heavily during that episode. Even during Shops, I’ve had my fair share of moments during childhood where I couldn’t wait for others to just start.
I still separate from people when I get overwhelmed to the point of needing space, but I really do feel heard… seeing that one of my favorite characters is more understandable to me than I originally thought.
I also love how while Mackenzie was reliving his traumatic experience, he also rewrote it in a way. It reminds me of something I’ve learned about called Breakthrough, where you identify a belief that’s holding you back, and then identify where it started for you. You then change it, usually by having somebody important to you come in, and then they tell you something that you needed to hear in that moment. And then, you turn it into your new belief, and start rewriting over the old mindset.
That scene was really similar. Mackenzie was stuck in that scenario, where he was all alone, and then an important comfort figure in his life entered, and showed him that he WASN’T alone, and helped him move on from the old mindset.
This probably was worded badly, but it was pretty cool to me
Nah I get it, it's a nice theory that calypso wasn't actually there, but she was a comfort figure for mckenzie so imagining her saying it really helped him
As someone who deals with trauma, and has domestic, PTSD, it extremely frustrates me that when I say to someone, I just don’t know, they decide to pressure me on making up a reason for why I don’t want to move on, or rather why I have the inability to move on
right? and sometimes I do have reasons but It would never be a good enough explanation to them. I mean even if the problem is otherwise not important to your eyes what matters is how they feel.
@@Fern-lp7gh exactly!!
I'm really glad you went through this episode as it speaks to me as something I can relate to. I sometimes got worried about being left behind as a kid especially in a grocery store and I've had anxiety my entire life. This episode made me adore Rusty even more because McKenzie is shown pushing his friends away but Rusty sticks by him in a very loyal act.
I've often been annoyed by some people who claim that this episode shows that McKenzie is neglected by his mother (and sometimes his parents as a whole).. That didn't make sense to me because of the episode Curry Quest where his mother seems very loving and understanding. His dad isn't shown much but he doesn't seem like a bad guy. I'm glad to find your take on it
Mckenzie seems like a kid who sits in a pool thinking "what if there's a shark in here" and after a bit of ruminating thinks "Fuck. Me. There is a SHARK in this pool I DONT CARE IF I CANT SEE IT ITS MADE OF GLASS"
@@cheezbiscuit4140 actually I feel I may have done that as a kid ;)
@@cheezbiscuit4140 every person with anxiety feels that
Considering the fact the park was in a store I'd even bet that his mom left him in a designated (and safe) play area in a store so she can get shopping done. So I agree she isn't a bad mom. She was using a public resource to help her, not understanding that it would effect her child in such a way
@@kathyhenry9512 Believe it or not, I used to work retail in a Crate & Barrel store (we had a Land of Nod inside but I did not work in that area) Well, I was on my shift in the dinnerware area and a mother comes to me and asks me if her kid can sit on the sofa whilst she looks around a little since she didn't want to have him breaking any of the wine glasses. Fair enough. I make sure she's going to be in the area and she tells me she's buying wine glasses as a gift. So, the kid is about five and has an iPad with them so I foolishly say if she's in the area, I can keep an eye on her kid.
Next thing I know, I'm telling my coworker to watch out for the kid and the mother walks out of the store without saying a word to us. The boy is still on his iPad. We get a manager over who tells us what I did wrong and how we should have handled the situation but gives the mother the benefit of the doubt by saying maybe she needed to make an emergency phone call or add money to her parking spot.
After ten minutes of her not returning, our manager called the mall security (the C&B was in an outdoor mall). The security comes ten minutes later and we tell them the situation with the kid. The boy does not know his mother's phone number and I'm not sure what happened next but they had to radio someone and escort the kid after showing my manager identification.
Nearly an hour after she left, the mother comes back with like six large shopping bags from Nordstroms, etc. and asks why her kid isn't sitting there. My manager explains that we weren't a daycare and so we had to contact the mall security and when the mother checked her phone she had numerous missed calls from them. The mother starts cussing us all out in the middle of the store.
I am highly doubting McKenzie's mother is like that
I wish this show was around when I was younger. I’ve had GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) for most of my life and seeing Makenzie consciously hide away when overwhelmed from his anxiety and not wanting others seeing him scared feels so nice. Most depictions of anxiety in media is the usual loud breathing, yelling and crying when in reality it is much quieter and slow building. Feeling this sense of dread and fear slowly consume you while you try to internally figure out why you are feeling this way, and in turn causing you to curl in on yourself.
This episode made me ugly cry. I also have separation anxiety because my mom had a lot medical issues when I was a kid (she’s okay now 😊). I would have full blown melt downs if my mom was even a little late picking me up from school. I still get anxious if my friends or family is late coming home or meeting up with me because I think something happened or they forgot about me. But this episode made me feel so seen.
I just realized Mackenzie is showing the same behavior I showed a lot as a kid. Wanting to distance myself from the group, be alone, anger outbursts, anxiety. Mackenzie represent my childhood self.
As somebody who's had anxiety and adhd since I was super young. This hits so hard and makes me feel seen and bluey is a comfort show and I'm turning 21 in November. Knowing a kids show shows people with mental health issues (don't know how to word it diffrently.) it makes me super happy and I'm happy they showed these things in bluey. ❤
I've also been moderately depressed and anxious most of my life, as well.
On top of the multiple sclerosis. There are many MANY days that I just feel like a waste of bones and organs. But, this show really and truly is a bright light that more adults need to appreciate.
Thank you for spotlighting episodes of Bluey on your channel
I love how they used a Border Collie, they commonly have anxiety issues which can result in reactivity and separation anxiety. My Collie cross was a shy girl, reminded me of myself, anxious in new environments and having the separation anxiety.
I've had therapy but tbf this medication has helped balance my stupid brain chemicals. Bella (my first collie cross) has helped me gain more confidence and prepared me for my new dog Zuko! who is the complete opposite of me, loves people and making new friends! I mean I'd like more friends I just struggle, he has got me 2 friends though and we meet up now and then :D
Good doggos!
good doggies 🤎 i really struggle with social interaction because of my autism but i got a puppy a few months back and i’m training him to be a service dog right now. i get to bring him places with me and i live in a small town so everyone knows and loves him. it’s really helped me a lot because he gives me a reason to talk to people. dogs really are great
I have never seen a show tackle certain issues with such elegance and ease. Like how do they keep on doing this? They must have a therapist in the studio because this is almost too good to be true lol
This episode never fails to both give me chills and cry a little too, as someone who deals trauma and anxiety and isolates very very often because of it. I never expected an episode like space to be made EVER, but I’m so happy it was because it felt so real to me and even helped me somewhat with my own struggles. I cannot emphasize enough how important bluey has been to me because of episodes like this. And I’m also grateful there are people like you talking about it!
My kid has anxiety, so I was curious about this episode as the Jack ones have been really helpful for him with his ADHD, and we haven't seen the content currently just in Australia. Did not expect to have my own personal trauma issues to be affected so much by a a children's show, even one as amazing as Bluey. I have cPTSD and have to almost weekly take my kid to club meetings at the same building much of my trauma happened at. Years of therapy and I still feel like Calypso's words and your commentary have been more beneficial in that than anything else. Thank you for making this video and I will be checking out more of your videos when I am able.
I’m super happy to hear the video and the episode resonated with you so well, it means the world to hear that. I’m wishing you best of luck with your cPTSD, don’t give up buddy. It sounds like you are doing an amazing selfless act for your child so I’m really happy to hear that, I can’t wait to see you around the channel buddy 💙
His anxiety and not understanding what his emotions are or where they're coming from really resonated with me. I remember feeling like that as a kid and when asked what was wrong, all I could answer was "I don't know". Feeling like he needed "Space", separating from others, and lashing out is very similar to my childhood.
I'm someone that a medical friend confirmed I have CPTSD (that I unfortunately have never been able to properly/officially get diagnosed) and a pretty bad anxiety disorder. This video and episode made me realize some of the smaller symptoms that I have, but also that I have somewhat been healing properly, albeit in a weird staggered manner. I've had my husband's support and help (my mom tries to help, but she can be unintentionally dismissive with "just let it go!" 😅), but it's a bit oddly comforting and therapeutic to hear so many people covering it. Thank you for this. Really. It makes life feel a little less lonely when I see others understand and know what's hard for me to sometimes express properly. I'm thankful that there's media that even acknowledges (properly, not full out negatively) that it IS something that exists in the first place! Thank you.
i cried when calypso said you don't have to come back here anymore- its something i need to process & do myself- stop returning to my awful memories; thanks for going over this & just having this whole channel; i'd have never known about bluey otherwise
I have anxiety disorder and watching Bluey episodes or something other from fandom really helps me. When i do it, I can get away from fears and bad memories.
Nice video with a lot of interesting insights.
As a kid in preschool, my mom was 20mins late to pick me up because her tire popped, and she had to change it while 6 months pregnant. She got help from a passerby, but she still came late. I remember not thinking much of it, but my preschool teacher made a joke about her forgetting me and I remember just stopping and crying because I thought she did, I remember not talking to my mom for about a week because of it. She told me years later that my silence for so long made her feel so horrible, like she failed me. I still feel terrible for doing that to her. This episode brought back all those memories.
While I agree with the video, I do want to make a point that Mackenzie's behavior in the "Shop" episode, is not too far out there. Growing up with a sister that would constantly change rules in the middle of games, sometimes just to spite me it felt like, I had never related more to a character in my life. You can only wait so long before getting annoyed. Although, yes he was the most impatient out of the group, which after watching this makes more sense. Love the work you do.
Calypso’s school always reminded me of a Montessori academy given how the kids are allowed to play how they want & don’t have standard lessons one after the other like maths & english, but rather creative projects like arts & crafts.
That’s exactly what it is, actually! She uses Montessori teaching!
I thought it’s more Waldorf than Montessori
@@alenazidlicky9306 what’s the difference?
I just realized that Jack and Mackenzie being my two favorite characters in the show is telling of myself. When i was 7 i went to the museum of science and industry and and i remember goin in a mirror maze of sort and i was so Excited cause i never saw something like that before. I left my mom and when i tried to go back to find her she was gone, i eventually wondered around crying until a security guard found me and brought me back to her. But since that day i get scared whenever I'm with someone and we get seperated/ to far apart. I feel like they are gonna get mad at me for leaving them, and while my mom wasn't necessarily mad at me when i left her at the museum, i still felt she was upset at me. and well I just relate to Jack because i also have AdHd and am really fascinated with space. And just like him i also had a hard time figuring out what was "wrong" with me whenever my grandma or other family members said i was "to hyper" It makes me teary eyed just thinking of all this and just now realizing why i love these two specifically in the show. ✨🥺🤧
The more I learn about Bluey, the more I cry because it covers so many things that wish I had known about growing up rather than struggling and going through things feeling alone. This show is amazing, and I am so happy that my neice's get to grow up watching something so incredible.
This video taught me so much about kids and people who have anxiety or trauma. It actually reminds me of a character who could possibly have these conditions from The Owl House. The Collector. Collector is a little kid who has cosmic powers. And as seen in the episode, For The Future, we can see the Collector getting ready for bed, and King reading him a story.
When Collector asks King if he can leave Francois, King's stuffed animal, to watch over him, we see the Collector get insecure and sad as he replies,
"I don't like being alone."
And there are some scenes with him that show him getting a bit out of control and sometimes being a bit sad. Due to him being trapped for so long in a in between realm. And not knowing the meanings between right and wrong. Like King said,
"He's just a little kid. A scary and powerful one, but also sad and alone."
But that's just my opinion. Also, I bet Makenzie can relate to the Collector's conditions and maybe help him out.
I just realized that!
@@pennysanchez7656 yea. Collector or Enzo Gabriel in my case could have a case of Separation Anxiety and Trauma.
@@skinnerartstudios Thank you for calling him as ENZO GABRIEL again.
OMG!! I LOVE THE OWL HOUSE!! 🥹❤️
@@Bgarcia-1097 SAME
As most do, I theorize he had separation anxiety, and the fact their game depended on then getting near a black hole triggered him, at first he tried to escape from it but by the climax he decide it to face it once and for all, alone since this was personal
When he got into his memories, he suceeded to relieve the trauma (losing his mum for a few minutes turns into an eternity for a toddler) and by end of the episode, he doubts at first but decides to release fully
The fact he blamed on Jack and Rusty was probably the fact he didn't want to assume he had this feelings, and pretended to escape from them
Interpretation A: By his traumatic experience, he kept getting to his confort zone but didn't even knew why, and it wasn't until he had that memory settled down, he decided to move on
Interpretation B: Fear of abandonment, he felt like a third wheel whenever he was near the two best friends, and only made his fear worse, so he kept isolating himself without even noticing, felt alone even he was surrounded by his friends
(In both cases the trigger word might have been black hole, which remembered him to his fear, reason why he didn't acted like this before)
[Also in both cases, Calypso served as his guide, by her wisdom and hospitality].
I remember at the end of summer in 5th grade I told one of my friends not to expect me to be very social that school year and that she shouldn't feel hurt or weirded out of I didn't talk much to anyone. When she asked me why I think I said something like I'm not sure I just don't feel like talking much recently. Now looking back on it with my PTSD diagnosis I realized that was the year my trauma started to get way more severe. The second Mackenzie said "I want to pretend that you leave me behind" really hit me that was basically what I was doing at the time.
It is a beautiful thought to consider, that you can recontextualize and transform something that only brought you anxiety into something that can give you strength. You just need to have the courage to stare into the abyss and understand what lies on the other side.
I relate to Mackenzie [although i am an adult] but that scares me lowkey but this video's opening even helps reassure me it's okay.
I’m super happy to hear that buddy, I wouldn’t worry about any kid character resonating with you, majority of the characters are relatable for adults as well because of how the studio wants them to resonate with people so that’s normal haha
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As someone diagnosed with Autism and Anxiety, this episode feels so relatable. I don't have separation anxiety or the same trauma as Mackenzie, but, i really relate to the desire to be alone when i'm around other people, and not know why am i even having that desire. (This excludes my mother, my father and my dogs, because i like being with them.) Sometimes i am around family members and suddenly i feel the NEED to be alone. My mother and my father sometimes ask me why do i wanna be alone, and most of the time i have no clue why do i have this feeling. I think one of the most relatable moments in the entire episode was when Jack and Rusty ask Mackenzie why does he wanna pretend they left him behind, and he replies "I don't know..". This is truly very relatable, and i cried seeing this episode. The team that made Bluey truly *knows* how to make very good representation of disorders.
I’ve never watched Bluey because I know it’s going to make me incredibly emotional, and this video essay alone made me sob uncontrollably. This video was incredibly well done!
I had to learn a lot about this condition cause my partner self sabotaged our friendship (which at the time I didnt realize she developed feelings 3/4 months in) I had to take the choice to trust them a whole month after they panicked out of the relationship. Yeah It doesnt go away but once you talk to someone that you understand its difficult and choose to support them anyway their triggers do definitely start happening less often and as intensely. I dont expect them to fully change but Im happy enough with them doing an effort to confront their fears.
Also congrats on 15k subs may you continue to keep growing to a wider audience
As a woman who is infertile, Onesies gets me every time.
Congrats on the subs man! This episode really spoke to me, in a not so happy, but hopeful way. When I was younger, something really bad almost happened to me. Keyword ALMOST. Because the bad thing didn't actually happen, people try to tell me to not feel so upset about it. But even though the bad thing didn't actually happen to me, the emotions are still there. It felt like it did happen in my mind, just not physically. Same as Mackenzie wasn't actually abandoned, even though he felt like he was. The experience has stuck with me for years, after almost forgetting it even happened. I relate to Mackenzie's anxiety issues, and I feel deep sympathy for him. People might think his trauma wasn't really a big deal, but to him it was. I sympathize with that. But at the same time, I need to move on. I don't think I'll ever be able to completely get past those feelings, but I'm doing my best. Keep on going, Mackenzie. 🖤
I know what you mean, I have experienced something similar. I don't know what happened to you, but I describe it to people as "If you *almost* got in a car crash, you're gonna be a more cautious driver for a while either way, just by having seen what *could* happen"
@@ayiorYes.
I wanted to cry tears of joy upon seeing this video. I've never seen bluey but to see trauma and anxiety handled so fantastically in an way that kids can easily digest makes me so happy. im sure if i had seen this episode as a child i would've felt so heard and understood
As someone with anxiety I’m so glad Bluey acknowledges specifically the irritability and bluntness of it. For a long time growing up I would suddenly get “snappy” if we were in a public place too long with too many people or if I had to maintain a happy social situation and the frustrating thing of not knowing WHY I was unable to just have fun and why I needed time alone. It was especially difficult when my mum was unable to recognise those symptoms having grown up with the idea of “there’s no mental illness it’s just people being lazy” so would see that irritability as attitude or defiance rather than a symptom. She and I did eventually figure things out when she took it more seriously once I explained to her how it felt it those moments and while I still likely need medication for the most part people recognising that your actions are from a disorder, not excusing it but being slightly more understanding, goes a long way for a lot of people. Mackenzie really is amazing rep whether the anxiety is purely from that situation or more we do not see I’m so glad the tackled elements of it beyond the “nervous” or the extreme of panic attacks lthat media tends to rely on
I wish i had bluey growing up. With past shows i've felt like I never truly fit in with any of the characters, and used them as an autistic masking reference. If I had this show, I would have felt more human.
It's amazing how much of a child's trauma comes back through play. I will use myself as another example. From a very young age, I as a young boy "three to four". Loved playing house, never played with other boys. And always wanted to be the baby/young child of the make-believe family. I only realize this now. But I was chasing the trauma of a little boy, who never had a present father. "My aversion to my own gender" who was both physically and emotionally neglected in one half of a split custody agreement "Always the child, loved playing house". Truthfully, all these years later. I never exactly got the help I needed. I eventually learned to befriend my own gender, but it took until the third grade... I also got very used to being alone. Multiple points in life I had been abandoned "I think/remember". I have never gotten over my trauma. And I don't think I ever will truly get over it. I haven't had a therapist. But at least I learned to be my own.
I can relate to Mackenzie in some way when I was younger but instead of losing my parents at a shop I wanted to relive my time being a kid again at my old house and at times being older I want to catch that feeling when I was younger
My niece LOVES Bluey, so much. I'm so glad that this cartoon exists, it does such an excellent job at teaching empathy but it's also just absurdly enjoyable for anyone watching it. I'm a huge art nerd, I LOVE the look and feel of this cartoon so much. Treating its child audience with intelligence and kindness is so important.
Mackenzie has always been a character I'm really fond of in Bluey, I relate really heavily to him in terms of attitude. The need for space, the particular bossiness when with others at times, normally being quite passive and kind but even the smallest thing being able to trigger a temper. Him as a character makes me feel so seen because as a kid (and even now, really) I acted really similar to him. The anxiety of being separated from people and being left behind has always been so existent in me, along with self isolation when upset. It's nice seeing good representation in childrens shows. Childrens trauma really needs to be shown more often, especially when it's understood well but more simplified.
When the kids act out their trauma through play, its almost as if they're unintentionally going through a process simular to emdr. In both Copycat and especially Space, neither Bluey nor Mackenzie get the closure they exactly wanted, but it almost seems like the scary part of the events they went through are being redirected to where its not as tragic feeling anymore. Calypso also stating to Mackenzie in his memory "You know whats here now. You dont need to keep coming back to this place." is a perfect example of this. I personally dont think she was there during that moment, but instead Mackenzie invisions Calypso in that moment in order to get a sense of closure from some one he trusts and feels comfortable around. Therefore, as a result the memory dosent feel as anxiety inducing, concluding Mackenzies main source of anxiety from this memory. This video definitely goes much more into detail reguarding the episode than I would've ever caught onto though.
As someone with trauma, anxiety, and ptsd, this episode made me cry. 😅
As someone who suffers from very heavy emotional trauma and anxiety disorder. I feel like Bluey really did show Anxiety and Trauma very well. My emotional trauma started back in 6th grade when a "friend" I had made kept saying that I had to do things her way or else I'd be a bad friend. She often called me annoying and/or stupid even when I did barely anything wrong. Whenever I made the smallest mistakes, She'd call me a bad friend. In which today I still isolate myself from others, thinking they are going to emotionally abuse and torture me like that fake friend did.
as someone with an anxiety disorder, i always saw the word "anxiety" used lightly to mean "worried" or "nervous" because those emotions couldn't compare to the disorder I'm dealing with
I bawled during this entire episode. Most seen I'd ever felt. MacKenzie's words at the bottom of the slide is something I said, but I didn't have the rest of it
"you don't need to come back to this place" I'm sobbing...no therapy in the world could heal me more than that sentence
it actually makes so much sense.... i struggle with therapy because i'm very self aware but i don't know how to cope and bluey is an absolute masterpiece as are these explanation videos
It has been almost two months since my mom's passing. That message after 17:00 really resonates with me as I get frequent flashbacks to that day we all feared the most since her cancer diagnosis. I can't find the positive in that, though, besides that she is no longer in pain. I miss her so dearly. She went far too soon.
I’m sorry to hear that buddy, it’s never easy having to go through that. Sending you much needed hugs 💙
I was always a very anxious child and watching this made me realize how much I would self isolate in play. As a kid that struggled with anxiety and depression, it was such a paradoxical urge- to self isolate.
I did lose my mom once in a Walmart. Instead of getting anxious, I actually went to the cashiers and had them make an announcement calling for my mom to come to the front and that I was looking for her. It worked! Mom and the cashiers were laughing at the experience.
lolll i always used to do that at department stores when i was little
Space is an episode that I relate to a lot. I often isolate myself from others, just like Mackenzie. Every time I watch Bluey, I always turn on Space first, because of how much I relate and sit with it.
As someone with my own issues leading to isolative habits like this, Mackenzie and his actions resonated with me in such a way that I actually was brought to tears by the episode. Trauma and spiraling are bad enough to deal with, but finding friends and others who understand what's going on is so incredibly difficult. This was a wonderful thing to watch, and instead of evoking the whole "I wish I had people who understood me" reaction, it reminded me there are still people out there who do understand and know how to react and what to say without being intrusive. What a wonderful episode.
I don't know why, I could not guess what made me,- but this made me cry. I remember multiple instances where I intentionally isolated myself. I would excuse this behavior by stating I simply wanted to be alone otherwise I would blame it on something. If I didn't get to be alone I would get annoyed and get irritable with my friends that would follow me around. I have never tried to look into why I do this, to an extent I still do this whenever I'm going out, but I feel like I've only gotten better at disguising it in a way. Realizing how much of myself I saw in this behavior I had to cry which was strange because it felt like it had been forever since the last time. I don't think the realization made me tear up though, it was as if I was exposed. I'm stunned.
I think there's another episode where we see MacKenzie in the background sitting alone on a hill like he does here, but I don't remember which one it is.
Really!? I wish I knew, I would have included it briefly. If you find it tell me which one it is since I’m curious now
Army! I just noticed it on a rewatch. :03
@@Pugly It's Army. I just happened to notice it on a rewatch.
@@pundertalefan4391 I was pretty sure it was a season two episode. Also, army is my favorite episode and jack is my favorite character.
@Pundertale fan, oh! Okay awesome then next time I watch it I’m gonna keep a watch out for that. Thanks for the super quick response buddy 💙
It would have been an excellent addition to add into the video but I’m happy I have you buddies to point out awesome touches like this I missed and maybe I can include it in something in the future 😊
I honestly don’t want to hear compliments or wanna hear positive reinforcement when I’m angry or sad I don’t know why but it just makes me somehow even angrier
As a dog owner, I know separation anxiety is extremely common in dogs (so much so that there's entire radio stations for dogs to listen to while their owners are away.)
I love how this show portrays dog emotions as well as human emotions.
I have social anxiety so lots of interactions/moments that would seem trivial for others give me so much anticipatory anxiety. I end up avoiding numerous social situations and things like messages or emails which only end up giving me more anxiety. I come of as aloof and my tendency to avoid confrontation and forming friendships has sorta left me somewhat socially isolated for almost a decade (but I have my siblings so it's not toooo bad AHAHHA 😅). It's hard to explain anxiety without it sounding like "extreme nervousness" or "shyness" but this episode analysis was wonderfully articulate and informative and it also helps that Bluey is such a good show. Thank you so much 😸
I have an anxiety disorder and this video kind of helped me realize that, whenever I isolate myself from other's, I'm not doing it to make them feel bad. I grew up in a household where guilt tripping is very common, and I've always been severely worried that I may carry those behaviors on. I have been working on it, of course, to make sure I don't, but for some reason I would always isolate myself from my friend group irl whenever something happened to scare and upset me. I'm extremely sensitive due to my mental disorders, and one time, when a friend and I were play arguing, his girlfriend took it seriously and yelled at both of us that we were always arguing. Being yelled at is a severe trigger for me, so I stepped far away from the two to go cry everything out and allow myself to calm down. I remember feeling terrible for doing that, because I was worried I was purposefully making them feel bad for me, but now I know that it's okay to do that. Thank you so much. This is a beautiful video, and perfectly shows just why Bluey is one of my favorite shows despite not being in it's target audience.
I grew up with childhood depression and Mackenzie is like a mirror of me and how I used to play as a child. People don't realize that it's not the kind of thing you can just move past. How can you remake your foundation when you've already built a house on it?
I always interpreted him saying "I don't know" when asked about why he wanted to be left behind as him simply being too young to understand what's happening to him. To him, what he's going through is normal. All the other kids seem perfectly fine, so why can't he just be normal like them? He doesn't realize that his circumstances are only his.
god i just wanna hug that little oreo and tell him that it's okay to feel the way he does
I’m so glad and sad I watched this episode. My name is McKenzie and I have anxiety and complex trauma, so seeing this episode made me ugly cry. I cannot stress enough how accurate this representation is- everything he struggles with in the series is stuff I dealt with at the same age. I love this show so much💖
What i noticed that about Mackenzie and ppl with anxiety (well me atleast) is that he gets frustrated cuz he cant control the situation which makes him lash out. When i have anxiety and things dont go my way it makes me feel out of control i begin to get frustrated and angry because i feel like everything is going downhill. Because of this i isolate myself in order to avoid having things out of my control
As a person with an anxiety disorder I love how accurately they depict people with anxiety disorders, depicting stuff like this is one of the reasons why Bluey such a good show for young audiences
Due to my face blindness I can resonate with Mackenzie very well especially with the lost in the store part
Bluey is just that one show where they show trauma, deep stories, realistic-ish, and enjoyable for parents too for 3 year olds
Legitimately cried watching this video.
It's really cute.
This explains it so well.
"You don't have to keep coming back to this place"
That hit me hard.
Ive got anxiety. It's pretty shitty. but this made me feel a little better about it
I've been binge watching these deep analyses and this literally triggered one of my memories when I was younger (separation anxiety)
My parent left me without a word to get something. See, the doors in my country are very different because you can only open it by the handle, it was locked from outside (duh). I thought they died, I thought they were a skeleton outside and that it was my fault because I slept and didn't see them leave. There was an opening on the door that served as an alternative for a peephole so I was anxiously and anxiously looking for someone to look for me, to see my parent again. I was too impatient and grabbed a coat hanger (for context, it was really thin and like metal plastic) and tried to open it from the outside which worked. When I saw them, I was just confused on why they couldn't check up on me, when I was crying and crying.
They were just eating.
They barely saw my swollen face from tears.
They barely *cared.*
So, I really relate to Mackenzie to a degree. I don't know how old I was but that day just, changed me. it may have went on for 10 or more minutes.
Well, this episode is very relatable for me. I know that I used to be super talkative and outgoing in my first few years of life, but something must have happened (around kindergarten) that made me change a lot and start overthinking things and I probably had anxiety without realizing for a very long time. It's been so confusing for me because I still don't know what happened that changed me; I can't remember anything about it.
I just figure that something must have because of what I do remember about kindergarten and about how different I've been since then. It probably wasn't anything super bad, I know I was always sensitive and being a young kid small things would've hit me a lot harder.
I haven't watched Bluey yet, but seeing your review of this episode has made me realize I'm a lot like Mackenzie. I never understood why I acted the way I did but I guess it was always anxiety. Just weird to realize that now.
I really love your series of analysis videos. Bluey has become a staple in our household and it’s one of those once in a lifetime series that shapes generations just like Mr. Rogers did.
For future videos, I’d love to see you tackle 3 episodes in particular: Flat Pack, Granddad and Onesie.
I have the asperger syndrom now that I saw this video I see a lot of similarities between an anxiety dissorder and asperger syndrom. A constant desire of being alone, low eye contact, hyperfocus on certain tasks, erratic desicion taking. For what I understand is a perpetual state of anxiety generated by a genetical malfunction and while the time passes the brain starts to grow adapting permanently atypical to that perpetual state of anxiety. This is as I call it "the curse of loneliness".