Hi Mickey, thanks for the critical review of our channel. It really helps to improve our work and vision as we grow. Even though we don't claim to be professionals, we do our best to reference sources, with a focus on the big picture: building a community where people can open up and talk about their mental health challenge. As long as we are helping people who could be help along the way, that's all that matters to us. Thanks again for reviewing our channel and letting us know, how we could do better in terms of our editorial.
Thanks so much for responding! I so appreciate that y’all are willing to open a dialogue around this. I absolutely agree that creating an environment where folks feel heard is paramount but I also feel strongly that as mental health content creators- licensed professionals or otherwise- we have an obligation to share only the most correct and factual information. I’m really hopeful that your channel will incorporate some more intentional research and sourcing into your videos so we can help folks continue to heal and grow!
@@MickeyAtkins Yes, that's the plan. We're always striving to improve our editorial. Unfortuntaley, we don't claim to be working professionals, but our intent like most vision oriented channels have limitations. Medcircle is probably closest in terms of credibility, but in terms of involving the community where even our editorial process is based on, we're excelling in that frontier. We're not striving to be an academic or reliable source of informaiton. Our main focus has always been to open dialogues around various topics whether it be about relationship struggles, hurt friendships or even weird dreams people are having.
I’m disappointed to hear that your channel is not interested in providing academic or reliable information. I sincerely hope that changes as your platform has the potential to be incredibly helpful and educational for so many people who really do deserve academic and reliable sources.
One major thing I also hate is how they _generalize._ They generalize to the point of making me sick. They always assume that everyone has good friends and family, when it isn't always the case. Some people have literally no one by their side. In my case I only have a decent family, and no friends. It's so dumb how they assume everyone has had awesome experiences with strangers.
I'm not really knowledgeable on psychology, but I've always thought of this channel as "armchair psychology" content. It just feels weird in some way, sometimes the videos are too simplistic, other times they're painting with broad strokes. I watch them from time to time, but I was a little bit surprised to see that many people in their comments seemed to give a lot of credit to this content by acting as if it was extremely educating. I don't think their videos are too bad, but it would be nicer if their fans were thinking a little more critically.
Just asking, but how is this "armchair psychology"? I thought that was only for people who gave other people a diagnoses when they are not a psychologist and don't know what they're talking about.
@@PinkMarshmallows Maybe it is not exactly the right phrase, indeed. I was trying to find an equivalent of a word in my native language that basically means "psychology you would share at a bar".
@@essaly7969 I think the term you're looking for is "Pop Psychology". Psych2go is a channel that seems to provide info that makes you go "Hey that's pretty cool", rather than indepth research or analysis. The comment sections are also usually a place where people vent their fustrations. It's a good channel for getting into psychology and sharing interesting information, but shouldn't be taken too seriously.
They have a video of Autism up and it's filled with misinformation that they acknowledge in the pinned comment stating they'd unlist it. It's still public and one of the first videos that you find when you search for autism, it's doing significant damage and I'm offended that they would leave it up on the site at all even unllisted.
As a content consumer, initially seeing Psych2Go respond was comforting but reading their replies, dropping the opinion that Mickey's channel "has a lot of negative energy" to me speaks to the amount of credibility I should now be giving them. A respectable mental health resource wouldn't be debating a licensed professional in the comment section of a RUclips video.
Hi Hannah, we're just being upfront with Mickey as she has been to us. It's a reciprocated relationship and she noted that too. We both learn from each other. Whether or not Mickey wants to go down the direction of attacking other channels as there are a few other reviews she did of other channel or not, is up to her. But we stand by what we said. If you compare the comments between her videos and our videos, you will see the difference in the community vibe. You can decide where you want to be, but at the end of the day, people's lives matter more than matters like this. You can attack us and we won't stop you.
@@Psych2go I rest my case: A respectable mental health resource wouldn't be debating a licensed professional in the comment section of a RUclips video. Nor would they be dropping shady comments to consumers of their content...
I remember being so frustrated at their channel’s content and then realizing how ableist it all was. They make out people with psychopathy, sociopaths, and people with personality disorders like they’re this scary spectacle who don’t deserve people in their lives especially. And as a person with mental disorders and who emotionally grew up horribly stunted, I’ve never felt so hurt and horrible about myself until I discovered their content as a kid and realized that a lot of the negative traits that they say to stay away from are ones that apply to me because of a disorder
Same. Their videos really discriminate against mentally ill people. They often tell us we are toxic and bad to hang around with even though one of the most important aspects of helping an ill person is connection and making them feel less lonely.
I do think your mentaliy I'll becouse of your self, you became ill becouse of people that shunned you were in the wrong. Your the kind of person that would be considerate I'm seeing. And you got a story to tell. Something that the media mass's just dont get becouse it has to alina with a narritive plot. You dont hate these "good well off people" these people dont know better. Anx their been in a bubble all their lives. They need to learn, or especially their kids.
Me, as a child, already showing histrionic tendencies (I don’t have the disorder, but the traits still remain), putting Joker make-up after watching Psych2Go: But in all seriousness, as a child who grew up in a really turbulent home and who grew up to have various different diagnosis pertaining to mental health, I seriously believe seeing their content changed my life for the worst. My best friend with ASPD likes to laugh at their videos and that’s what helped me a lot to get over _that_ phase of my history lmao
They made a video about "You might be unintentionally manipulative" never explained the fact that kids or teens have to be that way in abusive situations to survive. I myself had to do so to remain unharmed by my family. Never mentioned that some mental conditions make people seem manipulative when they aren't. The word toxic is getting thrown around in the comment section of the video. It just makes me so upset that they didn't seem to research every situation.
i know this is a year old but yes!!! i'm autistic and learned from a very young age that it is absolutely necessary for me to play a character in my day to day life if i want to get by. i'm a very fake person, even around my friends, because that's the only way i can stay "likeable". because of that i lie *a lot*, which can come off as intentional manipulation when in actuality it's the only way i know how to survive
I also know I'm a year late as well, but this. I have diagnosed NPD, and with a good support group (mother and psychiatrist) I've found ways to step back and at least attempt to see if I'm being a little bitch. But people seem to think that people with the disorder INTENTIONALLY want to hurt people and take them down on their knees and watch them sob or something. No? It's a disorder for a reason, it's things we do involuntarily. I don't wake up in the morning and think "Gee willikers, I'm going to make so-and-so feel like utter shit for my own happiness!"
I'd like to expand on this but wow it's terrible to think this has been an issue for at least a year. My simplest thought that I can get out is this is just NO way to talk about people that are struggling with mental health and unhealthy home dynamics. It baffles me that they (and others) do this kind of thing and get away with it. They are stigmatizing and furthering the pain and distress that some people live with already. It's just so unhelpful and ignorant on so many levels.
Even mental health professionals need to be really careful about fixing people. When I get help for my mental health, I don't want to be "fixed" based on the ideals of someone who just happens to be more educated than me; I want to get the tools I need to help me live my best life, which can be medication, therapy, or any kind of valid mental health care. I just hate the mentality that people with mental health problems need to be treated like machines with no autonomy of their own.
I completely agree. I am a counselor. The ideas that were stressed more than anything else in my grad program were “it is not the counselors job to give advice” “the client is the expert in their own life” “it is the counselor’s job to help the client find their own solutions”. If you’re interested in counseling theory, that is the rogerian approach, also called the person centered approach. Not all counselors use that approach. But in my humble opinion, if a counselor is trying to “fix” a client, or counseling based on their personal values rather than the client’s, then the counselor probably isn’t doing the job the right reasons.
I dont believe anyone can "fix" any other person. All anyone can ever do is make tools and an environment available to them that might be helpful in fixing themselves. If they choose to take advantage of those is up to them. It may be that those are the wrong tools for them, it may be the wrong time or there's some other aspect of their situation that you cant change thats stopping them, or they cant do it around you for whatever reason. And like you say, taking on responsibility for someone else's state of mind can feel super infantilising or overbearing to them.
If anyone, but especially a mental health professional, says that they will "fix" you, or that you "need fixing"...run away. Thats such a rude, as well as unethical sentiment to hold. A therapist isn't supposed to make judgement calls, in an interaction both the the therapist and client are on equal terms. I recently had an observership where i shadowed a forensic psychologist as she interviewed people in prison and one of the fitst thing she told us was, if you feel your morals will make you not see the person behind their past actions no matter what we might learn now or in the future, that we should just leave rather than waste resources. The people there were in for minor crimes (because we were not allowed exposure to higher degree crime people), but regardless all of them were to be treated with no bias, no judgement calls, unconditional positive regard, the therapist is in no way above the person they are meeting, we are just a soundboard (?) who will facilitate the person's conversation with their own self, support them in their journey with tools that can aid that self-communication, and provide them wirh the secure and supportive environment they wished for where they can talk about their inner desires and thoughts they never were able to express otherwise. I admit this is a very overt explanation of what actually goes in the psychotherapeutic process but I just wished to communicate that a psychotherpist's job is not to make judgements and fix one's "errors", its to accept them as they come and facilitate them in their journey towards a better mental headspace.
@@WhichDoctor1 exactly and thats why one of the tenets of psychotherapy is to never hamper the client's autonomy, n e v e r The client has to make decisions for their health themselves, when they're ready A psychotherapist can't comment on or urge their client to make certain choices or changes in their life because they're "more educated", that puts the therapist up on a pedestal which is against the process and intent of psychotherapy as a process The person is the center, they're the leader of the process Only exceptions are made when the person possesses a danger to their own self or to another, like for example if a person says they're actively planning and taking actions to die by su i c i dd dd e (ytsadde); (not the case if its only ideation so you can discuss those thoughts with your therapist without any hamper to the overall confidentiality, unless you're a minor or person with psychological disability then that has its own clauses and ways of operating for confidentiality ahdkxo)
i agree, tbh i used to watch psyc2go religeously, and some of the stuff they have on autism is kinda offencive, like how they used the term @$bergers, which is named after a scientist during the halocaust who did "scientific research" on those with autism, and basically chose wheather they were fit for society or if he could use them as his what is basically, science toys, naming autism after him is very repulsive
Thank you for addressing this, especially the stigma around suicide. Those who commit suicide a lot of the time feel trapped, they feel like there is no other choice. It isn't some horrible act to them, it's a solution and some even see it as a more forgiving and better way to stop their suffering when they see no out.
people have an innate desire to live. we'll do everything it takes to survive a dangerous situation. if someone wants to take their life, it's because something is horribly wrong and their mind is out of control. we're not meant to want to die, so those who do... it means they were in tremendous pain, so tremendous that the will to survive is nowhere to be seen. if we could only recognize how suicidal tendencies go completely against our instinct to survive, people would understand just how serious this topic is.
I watch a lot of their content, but have two BIG frustrations with them: 1. They gloss over things so quickly that they don't give wholly accurate information. Descriptions about certain things will be missing critical pieces that would help the average viewer understand why these things they cover are not as common as they may seem. 2. They don't give a "if you resonate with this, here is a recommended way to proceed". If you come to the end of the video and realize that they described you through the whole thing, you're left thinking "ok, now what?" I've had this happen with a couple of their videos. I found my own way, but not everyone is capable of doing that.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Yes, our focus is on the go information and further readings could be done via the references /sources attached per most videos. We find that people on RUclips prefer shorter form content. I'm sure with Mickey's channel what she will find is a relatively short view time on her videos as well despite them being 17mins long. 5 minutes seem to be the sweet spot. We are planning to launch a podcast down the road too with professionals once we secure additional fundings. Right now, we are self funded, and we haven't moved into merchandise. As for the second point, we find that offering advice could be risky. Most people just really want to be heard. if you compare our advice videos vs our signs videos, you will see that advice videos don't generally do well. This applies to many mental health related channels too. When someone is going through something, what they really want is to be heard. However, we can do more advice-related videos if you like. Just have to add disclaimers as there are liabilities issues.
@@Psych2go To my first point, incomplete information can and does cause people to become fearful they may have life-altering conditions. Personally, and I may be in the minority here, I would rather have longer videos with complete information than shorter videos that leave out something that could be vital. To my second point, I'm not saying entirely new videos. I'm saying tack on a 10-15 seconds ending where you direct people who feel like they resonate with any of the signs on your videos to a resource like Psychology Today's therapist finder with a link in your description for help. Simple and offers something of a direction for those who may need help.
While I understand where you’re coming from in terms of wanting to make content that your audience will actually watch and prioritizing making folks feel heard, I disagree with this. As mental health content creators it’s our obligation to provide our viewers with the full context of the issue in each video, regardless of watch time. I’ve not had any issues with audience retention on my long form content but even if that’s the case, I feel strongly that I owe it to my community to take the time and energy to cover topics thoroughly, regardless of what that may mean for my analytics. Folks can choose to watch or not watch the more thorough or long explanations but I feel at peace knowing I’ve done what I can to provide the factual information to the viewers who do want it.
@@lizza4250 Hi Lizza, I see where you're coming from. That's a really good suggestion actually. We have experimented with longer videos in the past, but due to their higher production cost, it's not sustainable. The best we can do is encourage people to seek help which we often do in our videos. I'm not sure how many you have watched, but I do agree that there are demand for longer videos too. Our plan is to run a podcast down the road when fundings allow.
Hi Mickey, I see where you're coming from and I do look forward to seeing your channel grow and proving that theory. In the mean time, we will do what we do best and that's getting people to open up and we do have a strong community jumping into the comments where there are lack of clarity in something. We can only do so much with the sources and references we provide. As for context, it can easily be misconstrued even if we attempt to do so.. for example, in the 7 signs of people you can't help, you reviewed it and took the intent to a different direction. How do we control things beyond our control? What's beneficial to one person may not be beneficial to another. It's obvious in the case of this review, where only the negative aspects of our work were focused.
I didn't feel like they were trying to convey that it's normal or even our responsibility to try to fix people. To me it sounded like they were just acknowledging that a lot of us tend to try to fix others, but also that it's not healthy.
That could very well be the case! It’s hard to know what their intentions are without an explanation from them, though I do stand by my critique of the stigmatizing language. Regardless of intention stigmatizing language is not ok.
They claimed their channel is for educational purposes and maybe there is some benefit in their videos but still.There still mistakes that they need to correct and your criticism is still valid.I haven't watch your video yet.I'm sorry If I was being rude.
I've felt the same as you about this channel for quite a while now. When I was younger, I watched it a lot and enjoyed it, but as I got more educated on psych stuff through psych classes in college and being in therapy and such, I realised that a lot of their content either wasn't really accurate or was accurate but very shallow and misleading. They say insensitive/ableist stuff, make people feel like they have mental illnesses that they don't have, and seem to make their videos as sensational/emotion-inducing as possible. I get a nauseated anxious feeling when I see their videos recommended to me.
Oh yesss same here! As i learn more about psych in my uni, i started to lose interest in their videos. Too biased and theres no constuctive stuff. They said they are tryna voice out for those who are suffering, but hey voicing out isnt the only thing you need to do! Slowly the like minded people will get together and they wont be able to think critically (could be linked to the term groupthink which i learnt in class)
@@karolypirate7660 telling people that their content doesn't diagnose you officially doesn't mean that the people don't *feel* like they have the mental illness. like, before you go get diagnosed with something, you can think that you have it.
@@pystoph3987 The sources are intended for those purposes.. to go back and do your own due diligence. What Mickey is doing with her channel is amazing, but when you only look at the cons of something, what's the intent there? We have over 1000 videos but the three that she could find faults with get attacked? How fair is that?
Psych2go is the 5 minute crafts of mental health content. Sometimes they give really useful info, most of the time it’s just enough to pique your interest...maybe even enough to send a view to the interwebs to conduct their own research.
Psych2go answered and said something like: "your only mentioning the negative aspects of our videos" But thats the whole point and its reasonable. First of all, subscribers from your channel asked you to review this channel most likely BECAUSE they where being sceptical about psych2go.... Second of all channels with a community that contain millions of subscribers (especially the channels that contain mental health advice or other sensitive and serious topics) should be critisized and discussies because they have so much impact on people. So thank you for putting that out there. i think its really important to inform people as much as possible about that you cant just jump into channels that contain sensitive topics with your eyes closed and just believe everything thats being told
Go to 14 different therapists, you’ll get 14 different opinions on what they think is the solution to your problems. You have to decide which one is the most helpful for your situation.
And my friend said that I won't be be a good therapist because I tend to give very I n t e r e s t i n g opinions such as "have a bad boyfriend/girlfriend? Dump them and here's how you forget them and flip them off"
It's really hard to find a therapist you can trust sometimes. Just make sure if you're looking for someone to talk to you're going to someone who actually does counciling and isn't just there to prescribe meds. I've had this happen to me before I'm basically just looking for someone non biased to vent to. Depending on your area they may not be easy to find affordability wise. Getting to the point where if I don't find someone who takes my insurance soon gonna go to a priest or something. At least they listen.
@@minilamma4879 i hope that was sarcasm or you were kidding because otherwise :"D I'll have to agree with your friend Psychotherapy isn't about giving advice, making judgement calls, or instructing the client; thats something anyone and their neighbour can do If your school or Uni has taught you that, I'm sorry to say but they've failed you.
I agree. I personally like Psych 2 Go. They reinforce alot of what I've been learning on recent years. I think it depends on what angle you're coming from. Years ago, nothing they say would have made sense bc I wasn't ready to hear it. I have only ever had one therapist who helped me, and another who came close.
I found this channel years ago, when I was struggling to accept the knowledge that I had abused my dearest friend, and I only realized after she cut me off. I was trying to figure out how to better myself and searching everywhere I could, I didn't have any access to a professional at the time. The impression this channel gave me was that I was a horrible person beyond saving. It didn't help me at all and actually for a while convinced me that it wasn't even worth trying, that I was doomed to be a monster forever so I might as well allow my internal pain, anger, and bitterness to manifest in the controlling, manipulative, aggressive ways they had been Eventually- Long after they'd slipped out of my recommendations- I had decided not to give up hope and continued my journey to better myself. Eventually, although I was still suffering inside, I managed to find ways to express it that were less hurtful. I even got that friend back, I was so changed she was able to forgive me and feel comfortable around me again after I proved it was genuine. Over the years I have slipped up a lot and to this day I'm far from perfect, but I finally found a way to seek professional help once my solo journey seemed to have reached the end of where I could take it unassisted. I still struggle, I'm still in pain, still often fail to cope, sometimes I even still hurt people, though far from the extent I once did. But my motivation to become a better person, a good person, is stronger than ever. I've managed to maintain several relationships where I'm a far cry from abusive (I've even been the abused one a few times although currently my friend group is pretty decent). If I had listened to this channel, I'd still be lashing out and blaming others for my own faults, using manipulation and threats to control others for personal gain, and burying layers upon layers of self hate and guilt under every excuse in the book. But I didn't listen. According to them, I was beyond help. But here I am now, so much better and less toxic and continuing to improve as time goes on. This channel does real damage. I'm glad you covered it, I'm pretty new here but you seem much better at what you do and like you actually care for people's wellbeing
I’m so sorry that you had to go through that! I’m glad this video felt validating for you and that you’ve been able to get connected with good resources and help. You truly, truly deserve that!
I expressed my suicidal thoughts to my first (as an adult) therapist and I'm not even sure I completed my sentence before she blurted, "Suicide is incredibly selfish and harmful to the people you love!" NOT HELPFUL. There have been several suicides and attempts at suicide in my family and I was raised to not regard it as a stigma. Kinda proud that I replied, "But, I'm the one who wants to die."
If you're interested, School of Life is very similar. Cute animations with wildly out of left field conclusions. They don't ONLY do psychology-related videos, but the ones that they do are a big oof.
Yeah I think School of life’s cool visuals tricked me in a way where I was thinking that the information attached to it was automatically accurate, trustworthy, etc
@@akatastrophe Well, and Alain's narration adds a sort of quasi-David Attenborough authority to the things he says, but so much of what he says is just...bad lmao. There's no other way to put it without writing an essay.
@@ratedpending Yeah! I kept meaning to reply and recommend his videos for anyone who is interested, but life gets in the way of RUclips comments sometimes lmao. His videos are excellent.
Yes, I remember seeing those a lot too, I think around the time I started university, and those ones never made sense. Which I think is why Psych2Go was more appealing, because at least most of their videos had some kind of believable content, even if they were so unsatisfying with not having more info or any kind of calls to action if someone does need help.
From what I’ve gathered, I feel like many people who watch this channel, in a way, do so to validate themselves. Even if the information wasn’t exactly accurate, people found it comforting because of its atmosphere and community. It was like a coping mechanism for them.
I have a love/hate thing with psych2go. On one had it can be useful in that it can make people aware of things that they should be taking a deeper look at whether by researching them or talking about it with their professional support resource, and it may lead them to watch related videos that cover the subject in more depth and with better language. On the other hand, bad advice is still bad advice, and using essentialism can be harmful to people who struggle with their sense of self. "I'm toxic" should not be how a person in crisis sees themselves even if they have performed alienating behavior because it can be a way of making a struggle they have, feel like an immutable part of themself. Being told negative things about ourselves as though those things are who we are when we are in crisis can make better change feel futile and it's often more useful and important to be helped for our behaviors than to be told we have "red flags."
Same. In fact some of their videos I actually found helpful, while others sometimes made me feel a bit suicidal. I had to alienate myself from the channel for a bit. I know I should do therapy but at the same time it ain't free😢
I was that person in crisis, It was the thought that, despite trying my entire life, I was a bad and manipulative person to everybody around me. I still think of it sometimes but not right now
I feel so ashamed to admit this. I used to watch a lot of their content up until their "Dark Empath" video came out. I'm in a really shitty place in life and have tried to diagnose myself multiple times (seasonal depression, anxiety, ADHD and what not) using their videos as a means to justify my thought process and gain some temporary validation. Although some of their videos are eye opening, I wonder if I would have tried to diagnose myself of multiple mental illnesses if I hadn't consumed so much of their content.
Oh same. I had no idea about how problematic and stigmatising this channel was. Urgh the shame I now feel is.... I'm getting help anyways so there was no self diagnosing going on.
i've been there before. i tried to self diagnose only off of their videos when i was around 11 or 12. when i was 12, i did attempt suicide, but i self diagnosed with a lot of shit. now i know that im autistic and have adhd.
Self diagnosis is really easy to do. I'm a psychology major, and when I took abnormal psychology, my professor started off the class by making us promise not to use the information we'd learn to diagnose other people or ourselves because an introductory course does not substitute a license in therapy or psychiatry. If college students with an interest in the area have to be reminded not to self diagnose, then you shouldn't be ashamed of trying to do that before you knew better.
@@robertairvin2310 I agree with your professor my therapist also tells me that it is easy to diagnose yourself with negative things and it’s not always accurate
Self-diagnosis is extremely common. As humans, it is our nature to want to fit in with everyone else. We also naturally create meaning out of our experiences. Being told we are different and identifying our traits that make us “different” can cause a lot of pain. Having those traits grouped together in a nice little box tied with a ribbon and labeled as a metal illness helps us manage the pain and allows us to create meaning from our experience. There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of when self-diagnosing. What matters is that we do not to change other pieces of ourselves to try to fit a specific box, and that we don’t let the label we gave ourselves control us.
A few years ago psych2go made a video called “5 ways you are self harming” and the things they said were self harm were in no way self harm. They said things like isolating yourself, or depriving yourself of sleep were self harm. While those may not be healthy, that’s different then self harm. It was so infuriating to see that psych2go video. Since then I have refused to watch any of their content.
1) rewatching these videos after doing actual research does bring up a few issues for past me 😂 2) i love finding therapists that cuss. Ive been in therapy 10 (almost 11) years and when i was younger a lot of them would get upset if i cussed. It was always a relief to have a therapist that would just let me talk how i needed to talk. I mean the science behind cussing and why/how it relieves stress is actually really interesting!
I cuss like a sailor usually but I don't in therapy because originally I wasn't sure if my therapist would be okay with it. Now she cusses more often than I do. it's just my habit to be more conservative and she keeps checking in to see if she's not offending me 😂
Cussing really isn’t a bad thing depending on the context. Like, swearing about a situation, concept or inanimate object can be a valid way of venting. It’s when you start using it to insult, intimidate or otherwise harm a living being that it becomes unhealthy.
I remember going to a therapist and when I told her all that's happened (being kicked out bc of depression, being abused for 5 years ect.) she said "Wow, that shit's awful." And I was so surprised I started laughing, it was so nice to hear An Adult™ not only validate my experience but talk in such a, normal way. Honestly I want to go back to her but idk if she still works near me but also one visit was like fifty bucks cause she was an independent and I'm poor.
A lot of their videos seem way too simplistic? Like, "How to tell if you hate yourself!" I dunno CAROL (i don't actually know any of their names lmao) maybe it's that i tell myself that constantly???
@@Psych2go fjfhghfukfkgjh maybe still watched it tho we don't really watch for the content, we just find the va's voice really soothing for some reason, so we listen to them all regardless of what they're about
Maybe look into their channel a bit more before you critique them. They regularly put their names in comments, which someone who had thoroughly inspected their videos would know.
@@mmarimarimari i just don't bother to memorize names of faceless corporations sue me and beyond that, we've been watching their videos for a while, and i never actually watch anything or read the comments- i listen while doing something else because i love the va lol beyond that, which name would we put? we don't even know which one of us writes have our comments keeping track of others' is too much lmao -dark
When I looked at their videos about narcissism and NPD, it's usually about NPD ABUSE and not the actual disorder itself. I'm trying to learn more about the disorder, not the abuse
Because they are making people with NPD seen like a bad person. My dad is narcissistic, but I know he isn’t a bad person, because most of the time, he is actually trying to help. I always tell him all the things he is doing wrong, so he knows how to fix them, and usually he try’s not to repeat it. People should stop stereotyping mental disorders.
Their channel is one of the first things that got me into psychology, so I'm grateful for that! However, since I'm now a psychology major (still in undergrad, though), and studied psychology on my own for, roughly, five years before starting college, I agree with you in the fact that there are many inaccuracies, and I hope they can fix that, as they have a platform that could easily help so many people!
The vibe I always get from Psych2Go is that they're like a college psychology student. (i.e.: not fully knowledgeable nor are they deep researchers, but maybe eager to help?) The voiceover is attractive/soothing and the animations are cute, but I take their videos with a grain of salt.
when I started learning about Psycholohgy back in junor high, I was really facinated by the channel, and it really did broaded my view with some of their videoes. Now that I am actually studying in college, I now see that a lot of their content is actually dangerous when interpreted differently. There are some good videoes though. But sadly, their main focus with the channel are "helping" videoes where they kind of generalize something and word the as answers/advice. I mean, even unprofessional (but trained) counsellors don't give advice that much.
The only reason I ever watch psych2go is in order to learn symptons of mental illnesses and to have a simple idea of what I can do to help. I never really use the videos in order to help myself, I just use them to learn how to help others, because that's what I really care about. If psych2go actually gives bad advice on how to help people, I'd love to hear why you think that, and I'd really appreciate it if you could give me other links to channels, websites, or online courses that teach you the symptons and basic things you can do to help on a superficial level.
@@qwertydavid8070 First of all, let me clarify that I do not mean that the advice that they give are bad. In fact, most of them are right, given the circumstances. It is a good platform for beginners in the study. However, they also act as a double edged sword where one is at risk on depending on it too much. For us, we are taught that each case is different and should be treated according to the struggles of the individual, don't give them advice and just listen and give them a shoulder to cry on. However, there is a risk that one may not respond well to the general treatment/counseling method so the help of a professional is highly advised. It is nice that the channel actually always has a disclaimer when necessary. However, what they do not emphasize as much are the effects that the person helping may experience. Like as a friend who gets frustrated when the person you love just can't get well. But that is a personal struggle and that wouldn't be the fault of the channel. The dangerous content that I mean before are the old videos that don't get removed if they update on a topic. Luke there are some topics with multiple videos but have different contents, some even contradict. Also, the videos about like "N signs that you can't help a person" or the "N signs your crush likes you back" rub me off the wrong way. While they are content possibly aimed for children, which is both entertaining and dangerous as we don't know how the children may use this information and what if it brings them harm. Maybe it's my anxiety talking but we really can't know what the world may bring us. So when I recommend this channel to my curious cousins, I also ask them to double check information with me so I can research and verify their validity. I admit that I don't have much yt channels to recommend as I mostly study with books, but I would suggest crash course, Khan academy and the occasional osmosis. I hope this shed more light on my previous statement and provide some insight. Please, do feel free to correct me if you think I am wrong in any way. Also, sorry if it's already long. But I want to thank you for taking the time to comment and research these kinds if information to help others! That's really nice of you! I'm sure that you're a kind person! Please keep it up and stay a wonderful person! We need more people like you in the world
@@nagiivi I completely agree with you that some of their videos are definetly very weird, like the crush video for example. I don't really focus on those types of videos because they just seem very weird. I want to clarify that I don't want to be a replacement for a therapist, I can help someone a little bit and just listen to them, but I know that the only people who can give them actual help are trained professionals. I'll always look for professional help first, I just want to have an idea of the basic little things I can do to support people and help them out with their problems. But I'm completely aware that the only people who can really help are actual therapists and psychologists. For example, if someone tells me they have depression, what should I do? What should I tell them? What things should I NOT tell them? That's the stuff I'm interested in learning. Also I really appreciate the fact that you think it's nice for me to worry about other people. All I want to do is be a helping hand, and any links you can give me are heavily appreciated, I'll definetely check out the sources you gave me.
Their videos massively increased my self loathing and ensured to me that people with certain mental disorders should just be vilified in their eyes. I hate that they are spreading these messages. No matter the disorder, people are suffering.
Their channel reminds me of the type of “educational” mental health content by Katie Morton (Shane Dawson's sketchy therapist who dismissed sociopaths as evil and gross)
@@seeyouneverp9158 not all sociopaths are serial criminals, a lot of sociopaths are just regular people who go their entire lives without killing or injuring a single human yet harbour that lack of empathy and remorse. It’s not really a choice for them to have been born with or developed a disorder that inhibits their capability to express these emotions, so they’re not exactly “evil” unless they choose to harm, abuse and exploit people for their own gain. In any case dehumanising sociopaths just gives them more of a reason to act out, as it justifies their lack of empathy and remorse - from their perspective, why would they feel sorry for hurting someone who thinks they’re a monster? If someone tells you something enough times you start to believe and embrace it, no?
@@seeyouneverp9158 This is what happens when you watch channels like Psych2go. Sociopath doesn't mean they have murderous tendencies or they are evil. They have issue wrapping their head around certain concepts. Most Sociopaths even Psychopaths lead a normal life and pass away. Only a few turn 'evil' as you might like to think. So much misinformation around these topics and I don't blame you. Even I was a victim of such channels.
@@bodhisattva9762 Channels like these seem like the kind of people who would dismiss people with autism as "basically ASPD but with eMoTiOnS" and claim that anyone within Schizo disorders and Cluster A and B personality disorders are effectively "evil killers who CAN'T be trusted!" 🙄
@@bodhisattva9762 That isn't what either of those terms means. Sociopath isn't a real medical term and psychopathy is literally defined as a personality construct by a lack of regard for others. Factor one psychopathy is defined by a tendency to be manipulative, superficially charming, callous and unemotional, a persistent lack of guilt empathy or remorse, social boldness and dominance over others in social situations. Factor two psychopathy includes traits like impulsivity, criminal versatility, a lack of realistic long term goals, a persistent lack of regard for social norms and the rights of others, revocation of conditional realise, a lack of planning and emotional instability. If you meet the criteria for psychopathy you by definition will engage in at least some problematic behavior, even if they don't reach criminal levels they still tend to be emotionally manipulative towards others. It's amazing to me just how incredibly misinformed just about everyone who talks about psychology on the internet is and believe things like "actually most psychopaths are harmless" or "sociopaths are made while psychopaths are born" or any other pop psych bullshit you see on the internet only makes you more vulnerable to people like this, which is precisely why channels like psych to go are so harmful.
As somebody who has self harmed in the past it really bothers me that they called it a strong warning sign for suicide. I think this can actually prevent people from adequately supporting people who self harm sometimes because they give it too much weight rather than treating it as "just" an unhealthy coping strategy. I probably didn't word that very well. I'm not saying self harm isn't a serious problem but I think it can be stigmatizing when people see it as a sign that you are suicidal. (Or a sign that you must have BPD, that's another common and harmful myth)
I also self harmed in the past, and I was actually admitted into the hospital near my house. While there I learned a lot about my own mental health, and one of the points made on some of the pamphlets and papers I got was that self harm was a coping mechanism and not generally linked to suicide. I 100% agree that it makes it very difficult to open up to friends/family about self harming tendencies when those behaviours are considered “more extreme” than they generally are. Of course, self harm isn’t healthy and definitely people should get help for it, but it also shouldn’t be normalized that it’s linked to suicide as that may make it more difficult to seek help. Of course, this is all purely anecdotal, but I feel the same way.
@@isaak1748 I know and I don't deny that. I don't know how to explain it but I guess in my mind there is a difference between recognizing that self harm can be a sign or symptom of a mental illness and can therefore be an indication that somebody might also be struggling with suicidal thoughts, and saying that self harm is in itself a strong sign that somebody is suicidal. The latter makes it sound like people self harm *because* they are suicidal (so it implies a causal relationship). And while that can sometimes be true (I know ppl sometimes self harm so they don't do something worse), it's not always the case (and actually, I'm pretty sure I learned that most times this is not the reason for self harm.).
I've repeated some of Psych2Go's "nuggets of wisdom" to my own therapist. She wasn't as a diplomatic as you are about their stigmatizing mental health struggles. It's vaguely-ableist soup for the neurotypical soul
I've had a couple of therapists. I remember I was like oh yeah. 🥴 Ummm I go to the gore sites. Is there something wrong w/ me? Not a lot. I just, idk. I guess I wanted to see something I haven't before. I'm not psychopathic, just curious. I forgot what her response even was. But I guess not. I thought half of em seemed decent. The other half can kick rocks. Pretty much, I like the ones that r like yeah ikr. F this city... Y'all, she Doesn't have anger issues. & All the sweetsy things u say to xyz, u need to say it to urself. The others that make me question my sanity, like u defeat the purpose. The f. But ...my kid tells me about some of her stuff. Her therapists must find me funny & likeable.
Can I just say I appreciate how natural this video is? I haven’t had the best experience with therapists so I was kind of skeptical when clicking on it but the laid back (and still professional!) tone is fantastic and put me at ease. I also love the idea of not necessarily being required to help or change people, I think psyche2go needs to rebrand itself or bring on more mental health specialists.
‘Dr’ Milan gives me the same vibes as my headmistress at my school, she thinks just because she has a PhD in religious studies she can talk about our mental health and say ‘look towards God and all shall be healed’. My religious education teacher told us that (a group of teens) we are going to hell if we have depression, if we commit suicide, or any mental health issues because we are focusing more on ourselves than God. Also at my school we get in trouble if we say that someone has committed or attempted suicide because it makes it sound like a crime instead we have to say they completed or accomplished suicide but to me that just sounds too positive for what it is. Are people supposed to say the latter?
I know a similar person. Apparently suicide counts as murder, wich is a mortal sin. So when you die with mortal sin you go to hell. Or at least that was his logic.
NO FUCKING WAY I THOUGHT MY CLASS WAS THE ONLY ONE TAUGHT THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE GO TO HELL. sorry for caps but HOLY CRAP. as some minor backstory, i had an optional class for catholics/ christians to learn about christianity and stuff. we were told that it was “going against god’s will” because you ended your life early and needless to say that after that i was pulled out of the class.
I love the fact that my gut was right!! Like, from the moment someone starts uploading videos on mental health... A bit... TOO frequently, and they make you feel like you have that disorder it's talking about... Something is not right!!
I'm halfway through the video right now and I 100% agreee w what u said so far. I hate how popular this channel is despite having no actual backup to their claims, and not many ppl are critical of them in the comments either. It's scary how many ppl actually believe each of their words for something as important as mental health. They should at least put a warning at the beginning of each video admiting they're not professionals and are giving theit personnal opinions on mental health
I used to enjoy their content too, until I watched some of their relationship videos which severely generalised a ton of things such as true love meaning you never think about anyone else and involves both romantic and sexual attraction (invalidates polyamory and asexuality and just general human nature to occasionally have curiosity) and that having multiple sex partners is a sign of a sex addiction (again, invalidates polyamory and feeds into slut shaming rhetorics). I get that they put disclaimers at the start of their videos, but it’s so easy to forget about a five second disclaimer when the other 99% of the videos are presented as if they are fact (they never consistently say stuff like “we believe X because Y”, “this is our interpretation of the available evidence”), phrasing is everything.
I used to love watching their videos because it was very useful information, but at some point it changed to a lot of click baitey titles and a lot of videos about sex because it got clicks. It wasn’t broad helpful info anymore, it was very specific stuff that isn’t seem as useful or helpful. I’m happy to see that someone else sees this. Thank you for talking about it
O my god yes!! Same here, they used to be good years ago, but I feel like they became too popular and now it turned into a content farm, they make like 3 videos a day. That means they don’t do much research at all and they even misinterpret their own already random sources. And yes now they make a bunch of sex related videos all of a sudden, (wich are very misinformed), and they keep popping up in my feed, with very clickbaity titles, like this one that had a tumbnail that went “70%??” about kinks, it kept popping in my feed until i caved in. In that video they started equating fantasizing or even thinking about something as actually “liking” it and started trowing percentages that were completely out of whack, because one guy made a survey (and surveys are famously unreliable a biased just by how you decide to advertise it and read it) It was so awfully misleading… It reminds me of Illuminaughtii, and we know how that went!
I actually found the channel useful early on in my mental health journey. It felt like a great way to validate how I was feeling. I was a fan of their 2018-2020 videos the earliest ones did seem a little gimmicky to me. I don’t watch anymore but I found the community (and creator especially) very comforting when I didn’t have one of my own. Of course you’re going to get people trying to self diagnose but that’s with anything mental health related.
Glad to see that you've been a fan of our channel in the past and found some form of comfort in our content. We always appreciate feedback and ways to impact the community more.
TW for eating disorders . I will say I do not watch them currently but when I was struggling with my eating disorder their videos did show up in my recommended, this did end up showing me I wasn't alone and ended up with me getting help were they the only source that motivated me no, nor were they a major source in motivating me (Honestly I think a lot of that was me having a good support system) but they did help put the idea in my mind that this isn't something to be ashamed of or something. I will say looking back a lot of their information doesn't seem all too accurate and might harm more then help but it did help me at least a little
I found this video cuz I got suspicious about how frequently the content was made by Psych2Go, especially about a complex subject such as this, and started digging, good to know I'm not the weird one for being suspitions 😅
Damn. Just kinda letting this comment section sink in. Been keeping an eye on their content for a while now from a distance, but always had this really uneasy feeling abt it I couldn't exactly place. Seeing all this on full display really has just kind of confirmed everything I'd already been cautious about... I'm glad I found this. Definitely won't be giving them my views. =/
Honestly, I've been watching their channel for years now but I couldn't really say why I grew tired of their content until your video pointed out the problems I had with them up until this point. I've never really used their stuff to self-diagnose but I have used them to justify the self-deprecating things I always say to myself and that is a problem. You're right about their stigmatising and sometimes vilifying certain mental health disorders and I have been on the receiving end of their videos a couple of times now. I know that wasn't the purpose of their videos and maybe this is just an anecdotal thing that not a lot of people have a problem with but if their videos can and have hurt people already, I think it's important that they're hold accountable
I’d really like to know why people think it’s ok to make random videos about important topics like mental health without having any real knowledge. It’s very sketchy honestly.
also I feel like they over simplify some points so much that it becomes relatable to almost anyone and so many people self diagnose with anxiety even though they’re just shy...? Idk but maybe it helps some ppl but I feel like they should dig deeper and explain their points deeper, idk how to put it in words correctly
They do say for the most intense topics that its for educationaly purpose and not for analyze They also suggeet you to go see a therapist if you recognize yourselve in the video You didnt bring any good point in this video all of this looks like you want the channel to go down idk what you get from doing that Because in my opinion that doesnt look very professional for a said therapist
Copied from a comment on psych2go's post so forgive any misplaced "you's": I definitely like psych2go's content on relationships, especially family relationships and long term effects of unhealthy relationships because they contributed to me actually seeing my symptoms as effects of the abuse I grew up with and not just me being a bad person or having poor self control or whatever, and seeking therapy to address them. The channel has also been helpful to me as a resource that leads to me having specific topics I can look for on other channels on the site that are qualified to speak as authorities, but I realize not everyone is necessarily using the channel this way. On the other hand however, if I hop straight to the channel and look at recent videos, I see a lot of clickbaity stuff, or titles that give the same kind of vibes as Seventeen magazine personality quizzes. Idk if this is a recent thing, or it's always been like that with better videos peppered throughout less useful ones. In either case, now stepping back and looking at both the channel and the reaction video, it does feel a bit disingenuous to make appeals to authority that aren't qualified to speak as authorities in psychology either. Fine when it's harmless stuff like dream meanings, but it does step into concerning territory with your more serious topics. I did always think the channel fell short of providing resources on its "N signs of [bad thing]" type videos. I understand there are issues with giving advice if you're not licensed to, but I wonder if providing links to organizations that can give more in-depth help is fine.
Psych2Go gives off School of Life vibes, except that its for psychology, which is way more of a difficult and dangerous topic to discuss without the right credentials. They certainly fit within the realm of pop psychology.
they also just released a video called “why being a people pleaser is selfish” and seemed to act as if being a people pleaser is horrible for people around you instead of being horrible fo yourself. obviously being a people pleaser is bad, but why on earth would you make it seem like its bad because its manipulative
Lack of signposting is a real concern. not just the lack of more reading and next step for education but for clinical purposes if this is how it has been discovered. The labelling of symptoms and conditions as good or bad instead of just present or absent is really counterproductive!! Its so unhelpful to increase guilt aspects of mental health conditions when (in my opinion) OBSESSIVE GUILT could be its own mental health condition with aspects of OCD, depression+ suicidal ideation
Psych2go be like: "According to a study from Barking and Dagenham University, (one of the worst reputations for education), when your crush has basic social skills, they want you to ask them out"
A conversation I had recently... Friend: "it's funny, before this (conversation) I was watching a video on how to deal with loneliness on a psychology channel I follow." Me: "... was it Psych2Go?" Friend: "OH MY GOD, YES!" Me: _'course it was, it's always Psych2Go..._ "yeah I've seen them too lol." _who doesn't?_ Yeah so if someone says they're watching a psychology channel, 90% of the time it's Psych2Go.
Psych 2 Go is literally all stigmatising language and pseudoscience to me 🙄 I stopped watching when they called Autism and ADHD "mental illnesses" and cited Autsim Speaks as their only sources in other Autism-related videos
Wow that solidifies that they only do surface level research seeing as all you have to do is search them especially if you use search terms like controversy or problematic to find lots of info about them and how their history has been very harmful to autistic people.
This is a great video that is getting unnecessary hate. I hope Psych2go can recognize their mistakes and be more cautious about the information they put out in the future.
Tbh I often feel like they only scratch the surface of the topics. It seems like they are only talk about the most "obvious" points although these often aren't even true and that bothers me, especially because it's about a such a stigmatized and personal topic like mental health...
I'm so glad someone did something on this channel. Legit I'll watch their videos and be like "Uhhhh I'm not a therapist but even I know this ain't right"
Okay I’m gonna watch this, because we all grow together , but I want to first say in my miserable lonely little life that Psych2Go has helped me survive a horrendous year like the past one when I wasn’t even caring about Covid I was caring about my dying old kitty and my bs abused childhood and production from narcs. We’re all important. I hope we all continue to share and grow.
I’m sorry people are under here trying to tone police and discredit you, especially psych2go. You actually raised some valid concerns on the research they present and how they talk about certain mental illnesses. I just wish they were more concerned about the credibility, authenticity, and influence of their channel rather than gaslighting you and your “tone”.
"I don't want to yuck anybody's yum." Is honestly my new favourite saying. Also, your outro music had me looking outside, thinking there was an ice cream truck going around in April 😂
I wanna get into the psychology field (more specifically therapy or criminal/forensic psychology) and used this channel as a way to learn about psychology. At a point, it was a cool way to learn about different mental things but soon after they kept dumping anime references and talked more about "how to tell if you're secretly a intelligent person" or "how to tell if your crush loves you" I lost interest. I subscribed to learn about the mind and psychology, not to worry about whether I'm smart or the girl I like likes me back
@@Psych2go I’m gonna call bullshit on this one. Giving generalised advice isn’t a liability issue. Giving specific advice is... but giving general advice isn’t any more or less of an issue than is giving a load of diagnostic criteria. Giving a lot of heavy information to people who may use it in negative ways (disclaimer or not - people gonna be people) is cool with your ethics but giving them some direction with how to cope with that information is a step to far for you? Bro........... cmon.
@@JayeCole Their general advice is ALWAYS to seek professional help and that their channel isn't meant to diagnose or anything but to help inform on some things. They ARE giving general advice. That's their advice. Don't like it, then don't watch. Giving any other advice CAN be a liability issue when it's not from anyone that is a professional. Period. Bro.... cmon.
Yeah but they always say that the best thing to do is talk to a professional which is very true. In my opinion you shouldn’t be giving instructions or advice as a channel if you’re not a professional. And if the channel did give advice they’d be bashed for the advice too. The best thing is always to seek professional help
honestly used to watch this channel for yearssss until i started majoring in psychology. now that i´m looking into it from my perspective now, i can´t believe how disappointing their way of handling that massive platform is....
something i do hate from the channel is that they sugarcoat so much stuff, they sugarcoat stuff so hard that when they start to talk about the TRUE hard pills, the entire comment section gets bombarded with salty people, its an echo chamber.
I'm so glad that this video was made, thank you Mickey, honnestly I was very suspicious of the channel, and I had started to consumme their content but I always was cautious of what information I kept from their videos, because I didn't like the way that they talk about things on their channel sometimes and I wasn't sure if what they said was actually true! So I'm glad to know my hunch was right
I believe the general idea behind this channel is good and I think some of their videos, like the ones that talk about common symptoms of certain mental illness, can be genuinely helpful and spread awareness. For me a saw one of those videos when I didn’t know what was wrong with me (I believe it something along the lines of common signs of mental illness) which eventually led to me getting some form of help. However, I think that they need to research topics more throughly and site them. Also as many of have said, they need to give your resources for what to do next because I sure didn’t know what to do. I am just a random high schooler who is trying to get their life together and knowing how to get/ask for help would’ve been really nice.
These are sensitive topics. A term like 'horrific' can actually trigger a suicidal person. If you have no idea what you are talking about, just shut the hell up. Channels like these do more harm than good.
Oh dear. Okay, so I watch their content a lot, I don't know why I turned a blind eye to how much content they make, but thank you so much for shedding a light on this because this can definitely hurt people!
I think that speaks exactly to the point Mickey is making! You aren't turning a blind eye, you've been misinformed and wrapped up by the intent of their channel. There's a lot of comments here where people share that they were fishy of them or have been misled (myself included) and it proves the exact point that their misused and poorly contextualised information is harmful!
I just found your channel and became a fan. You put things in a way that is easy to understand, while underlining that mental health can't be explained in a simplistic way, like the Psych2Go channels tries to do.
There's a reason why we have the 2go in our name: easily digestible information was what our community wanted at the time. We agree that mental health is not a simple matter that could be explained in a 5 minute video, but sometimes a short video does just that. It opens people up to discuss what they are going through in the comment sections, just as what Dr. Mickey has accomplished through this video. It gets people to voice what they didn't want to say. And for that, we appreciate Mickey's review of our channel.
Finally, I've been watching them for a while, but they always gave me this off feeling. Their content always felt biased, ill-researched, and oversimplified. I'm no licensed therapist, but that's how it always felt to me. They even admit in some of their videos that the topics they discuss have little to no research on them, like their most recent eating disorder video. They mentioned binge-eating, anorexia, and bulimia, but they also mentioned other things, like what they call, "bigorexia," which in the script was even noted to not have any research at all. They made it up to fit the number in the thumbnail. The fact that their word is taken as gospel by so many people, even phycology teachers, is really disturbing to me. More people need to call them out. Edit: I fixed some typos and wanted to mention that they use betterhelp as a resource. Totally forgot about that when I wrote this comment.
@@Psych2go I don't think you do though, given in another comment thread on here you said Mickey Atkins was too 'negative' because of her video and complained she wasn't positive enough about you. So either there's two different people from your team saying different things, or you don't actually want feeback, you just say you do and the complain that you're not being praised by everyone.
I actually used to watch some of their videos. While I am in therapy and diagnosed I still felt as if there was something missing. The diagnosis that I knew about was back in 6th grade so about 8 years ago. While I did not self diagnose myself I did get some “Ideas” what could be “wrong” and talked to my therapist about it to see if it actually is true (yes, in my case it was). Which is why I always saw this channel as a medium to try to understand myself better. Some videos did seem weird already by Titel, but I never really watched those. I did however cross some people who self diagnosed themselves, because of similar videos and post like these. It still never really occurred to me, that people will take every single word from it without thinking it over, talking to specialists or just do more research. Due to that I think it is the right thing to “call out” this channel as a professional and to show people, that not everything is correct and that it doesn’t resemble an official diagnosis. Edit: I’m diagnosed with Anxiety and mild Depression with Dissociative phases. Maybe that’s why it kinda helped me as it something more commonly known? I don’t know.
I just feel like this channel is only fishing for young impressionable people to diagnose themselves. Like....It seems clearly marketed to children with the cute artstyle, which is all very problematic cause children usually don't know how to process complex information correctly...
i was definitely that kid in high school who tried to diagnose myself with things because I read about them on the internet and thought they slightly applied to me 😖 I'm not proud of it lol but its easy for kids to turn to the internet if they don't have the appropriate resources in school or with their family 😕 and the internet is fulllll of garbage ahaha it can be hard to tell whats legit ESPECIALLY when you're a child
The most vulnerable times in our lives are when we are young. Having went through depression early in my life, I knew that I needed a place where I could feel heard. That's the beginning vision of psych2go and now with millions of young people opening up about their struggles, have we not accomplish just that? None the less, we respect your comment.
Absolutely 💯 I agree with this statement. Also may I add they tend to perpetuate too many stereotypes that are more harmful than helpful and when targeting young teens only reinforces them. Can you not please?
@@emunahohr9734 I myself studied psychology BA at UBC< and most of our team hvae some background in psychology, but we don't claim to be working professionals. Our vision first is opening up our viewers to dialogue through introducing various topics in a digestable manner. In terms of credibility, we do our best with our editorial staff who reviews the sources, references, and studies. Unfortunately, with so many videos produced over the years, there will always be slip ups. Not everyone can be perfect 100% all the time don't you agree? But the impact we have done for the community shows in the views, thumbups, comments and numbers. None the less, we would love to involve more people in the mental health space to contribute to our editorial. We always have an email in our bio to contact us.
I saw this video when it came out and read the dialogue in the comments, unsubscribed from Psych2Go, and looking at them now (now that I get recommended their Genshin Impact video of course) I'm honestly glad I did. I don't mean to be negative but they're mass uploading "signs that you're this" "signs that you're that" videos, like 2 per day. It's clear as day they haven't improved their research and their content is for entertainment. Making videos people click on and recycling information that seem right when you hear it, like Tori said, the 5 minute crafts of psychology. Disappointing.
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
RUclips is a platform. A platform to share what you think, share what you do to the target viewers. There are thousands of channels and each pass their message to available audiences. Psych2go is a channel created for certain purposes. If you notice, their videos are short, strategic and straight to the point. The channel is not a full Google research platform. Remember I said target viewers. If you're not the target audience for psych2go content, there's no harm in just scrolling up and ignoring.
I've never seen your channel before, but thank you for this review. The videos you picked were pretty easy targets to be fair, but it really shows why they need to put more emphasis on quality rather than quantity and that they should probably cull their back catalog. I have found a few of their videos to be insightful, but all too often the information presented is clearly questionable at best or at least easy to take the wrong lesson from.
"Some people dont want to change" is such a condemning and all consuming - and a general misunderstanding - way of understanding the human condition too and its something that gets me pretty fired up. People do what we believe is serving us according to our own personal thoughts, feelings and life experiences and what we've gathered from those experiences. Its really not that hard to see at all and I've been aware of it since I was like 15 or so. Most are sort of unconsciously weighing out procs and cons of choices and options we have and resisting or moving towards them. And our resistance or lack of it is what is determining what we are drawn to. Thats how I see it and honestly can not sit by nor stand with anyone that sees or thinks otherwise.
I know this is probably unrelated, but a therapist reacting to psych2go gives the same energy of a historian (Historic Travels) reacting to bright side!
as a kid, i used to think i had bpd bc of psych 2 go 😭😭😭 i talked to a therapist ab it years later and i have other diagnoses, but NOT bpd (esp since i am LITERALLY an adolescent)
I have severe social anxiety, and I got stuck in with the people who were “fixers.” They caused me so much trauma and pretended like I was ungrateful and “too stubborn” to get fixed. In reality, my condition was a lot deeper than they realized and knew how to handle, but made me feel bad about it. I’m still haunted by bad memories of my old “friends.” edit (after watching more of this video): these “fixer” friends were also of the opinion that I was su*****l. I was not, but they had me forcibly hospitalized, and the police were involved (who don’t know anything about mental health), as were professionals who told me I was lying to save face so that I wouldn’t have to be hospitalized. They took all my friends’ words above mine, pretty much gaslit me, etc.. I now have ambulance and hospital bills on top of my student loan debt. It’s incredibly dangerous to have people “on the lookout.” These are serious matters that professionals take seriously, and amateurs who don’t know psychology are in no place to make these calls. What happened to me should have been illegal, and it’s really sad to see a channel marketing itself as “psych” to make calls about other people like that
I agree, it's like an illustrated Wikipedia page of psychology and therapy. It provides the bare bones of what you might call "value" to your life, while holding your attention for a couple minutes.
Yeah I used to be subscribed to this channel, but I unsubscribed because they were starting to give me toxic positivity vibes. Hope for their sake that they have improved since then.
I've known that channel for a couple of years now, and when I started seeing them, I was in a bad place, and their videos help me identified or labeled some behaviors (mine or from my loved ones) and acknowledge so many other topics. I've always watched their videos open-minded (in the sense of an educational purpose and knowing that their version isn't always the truth) so it never affected me in a negative way (I believe). About 1 or 2 years ago, they were looking for more content creators (in EVERY area) and to me, after that appeared a shift in the direction they went for (more types of personality, having a crush related videos, etc) and it began to feel more sketchy, and a LOT of content appeared rapidly. I don't know if I haven't noticed it before and it was always like that, but after hearing you, now I see how much damage it can cause with their content and how stigmatizing could be, especially for the public they are reaching. Thank you for explaining in such clear terms
Yeah! I was looking for this, I feel the same 😔 a couple years ago their content was slower but more accurate or better researched ಠಿ_ಠ I don't know what happened but now they feel like "women's magazine" content youtube channel
@@manp112 I’ve noticed that’s somewhat of a phenomenon in creativity in general - the more demand there is for the content and the more it’s dependent on algorithms, trends, monetisation etc the less creative it actually becomes. They just start pumping out content for the money and engagement instead of for the creative and therapeutic aspects. Creative burnout is a very real thing that’s becoming more and more common with the increase of viewers feeling entitled to instant gratification because of technological advancements.
Il faut être honnête ! Ils sont tellement cons 😂😂 mais à un point 😂😂 Des fois, je me pose la question si ils ont faits des études ou pas car je ne pense pas 😂🤣😂
I love listening to your advice so much! I've seen this channel pop up on my feed, and while I've thought they make good points at times, hearing your take on them gives me so much insight. As I've said before, you're everything I've looked for in a therapist, and your patients are incredible lucky to have you as a resource. I love how down to earth you are. You make me feel like I could discuss any topic without you without any judgement.
Your channel makes me so happy because I love that a professional is sharing the same opinion as my gut. I've always been fairly intuitive and self aware to a fault, and having you give opinions which echo my own intuition feels amazing.
their autism video was straight garbage. like i can't even describe how much i hated it. i stg it sounded like they found a buzzfeed article that lists signs of autism, and then copied and pasted it into their script. they said they would unlist it but it's still public because they literally just don't care.
I love to learn about psychology to inform myself to improve my own mental health. The first thing that made my ears perk up a bit with psych2go was when they said narcissism was basically incurable and that you are either a bad person or a good person... I thought psychology was supposed to get away from reductive concepts like that. It really feels like they mix in too much morality with science on that channel.
“Su*icide. The act of taking your own life. A horrific act-“ * shows images of harmful items * *Me with OCD, depression, and an attempt on my records:* man I thought I felt bad before but now I feel even worse :)
Thank you for bringing this up. I stumbled over Psyke2go a couple of years ago and watched some of their content hoping to find information about mental health presented in an easy to understand way. However after watching some of their videos I realized that al of them where inaccurate and many gave bad and/or harmful advice.
I believe that the illusion of knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance, so channels like Psych2Go are, in my opinion, doing more harm than good. I'm a baby mental health professional (pre-licensed MFT), and I definitely share the opinions you expressed about this channel. And you managed to do so in a way that wasn't shaming to the channel itself or to people who might enjoy that kind of content. Excellent video!!! 💕
This is such a good point! I hadn’t really thought about it from that perspective but I wholeheartedly agree. It’s concerning that they’ve positioned themselves as experts without actually having the expertise. 😬
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Hi Mickey, thanks for the critical review of our channel. It really helps to improve our work and vision as we grow. Even though we don't claim to be professionals, we do our best to reference sources, with a focus on the big picture: building a community where people can open up and talk about their mental health challenge. As long as we are helping people who could be help along the way, that's all that matters to us. Thanks again for reviewing our channel and letting us know, how we could do better in terms of our editorial.
You could do better in terms of all of it.
K
Thanks so much for responding! I so appreciate that y’all are willing to open a dialogue around this. I absolutely agree that creating an environment where folks feel heard is paramount but I also feel strongly that as mental health content creators- licensed professionals or otherwise- we have an obligation to share only the most correct and factual information. I’m really hopeful that your channel will incorporate some more intentional research and sourcing into your videos so we can help folks continue to heal and grow!
@@MickeyAtkins Yes, that's the plan. We're always striving to improve our editorial. Unfortuntaley, we don't claim to be working professionals, but our intent like most vision oriented channels have limitations. Medcircle is probably closest in terms of credibility, but in terms of involving the community where even our editorial process is based on, we're excelling in that frontier. We're not striving to be an academic or reliable source of informaiton. Our main focus has always been to open dialogues around various topics whether it be about relationship struggles, hurt friendships or even weird dreams people are having.
I’m disappointed to hear that your channel is not interested in providing academic or reliable information. I sincerely hope that changes as your platform has the potential to be incredibly helpful and educational for so many people who really do deserve academic and reliable sources.
One major thing I also hate is how they _generalize._ They generalize to the point of making me sick. They always assume that everyone has good friends and family, when it isn't always the case. Some people have literally no one by their side. In my case I only have a decent family, and no friends. It's so dumb how they assume everyone has had awesome experiences with strangers.
I'm not really knowledgeable on psychology, but I've always thought of this channel as "armchair psychology" content. It just feels weird in some way, sometimes the videos are too simplistic, other times they're painting with broad strokes. I watch them from time to time, but I was a little bit surprised to see that many people in their comments seemed to give a lot of credit to this content by acting as if it was extremely educating. I don't think their videos are too bad, but it would be nicer if their fans were thinking a little more critically.
Unfortunately not everyone use their brain... (Or they are just lazy)
Just asking, but how is this "armchair psychology"? I thought that was only for people who gave other people a diagnoses when they are not a psychologist and don't know what they're talking about.
@@PinkMarshmallows Maybe it is not exactly the right phrase, indeed. I was trying to find an equivalent of a word in my native language that basically means "psychology you would share at a bar".
@@essaly7969 I think the term you're looking for is "Pop Psychology". Psych2go is a channel that seems to provide info that makes you go "Hey that's pretty cool", rather than indepth research or analysis. The comment sections are also usually a place where people vent their fustrations.
It's a good channel for getting into psychology and sharing interesting information, but shouldn't be taken too seriously.
@@itzsynthetical4477 I agree. It's nice as long as you remain critical and don't see their information as gospel
They have a video of Autism up and it's filled with misinformation that they acknowledge in the pinned comment stating they'd unlist it. It's still public and one of the first videos that you find when you search for autism, it's doing significant damage and I'm offended that they would leave it up on the site at all even unllisted.
Ikr, they really should make it private instead of just saying they unlisted it
They probably leave it up as one of the source of monetization, not a good look for Psych2Go
@@0015v Yeah... especially since it’s still public
Gotta keep those views and ad revenue flowing in ---- err, I mean, gotta keep encouraging dialogue...
Not one, but THREE videos on autism that are all up and easily accessible.
As a content consumer, initially seeing Psych2Go respond was comforting but reading their replies, dropping the opinion that Mickey's channel "has a lot of negative energy" to me speaks to the amount of credibility I should now be giving them. A respectable mental health resource wouldn't be debating a licensed professional in the comment section of a RUclips video.
Hi Hannah, we're just being upfront with Mickey as she has been to us. It's a reciprocated relationship and she noted that too. We both learn from each other. Whether or not Mickey wants to go down the direction of attacking other channels as there are a few other reviews she did of other channel or not, is up to her. But we stand by what we said. If you compare the comments between her videos and our videos, you will see the difference in the community vibe. You can decide where you want to be, but at the end of the day, people's lives matter more than matters like this. You can attack us and we won't stop you.
@@Psych2go I rest my case: A respectable mental health resource wouldn't be debating a licensed professional in the comment section of a RUclips video. Nor would they be dropping shady comments to consumers of their content...
@@Psych2go "attacking" ?? when??
@@Psych2go not attacking just calling your bs out lmao
@@ThisIsNotMyPassword the gaslighting of whomever wrote that comment from P2G is insane. like WHAT.
I remember being so frustrated at their channel’s content and then realizing how ableist it all was. They make out people with psychopathy, sociopaths, and people with personality disorders like they’re this scary spectacle who don’t deserve people in their lives especially. And as a person with mental disorders and who emotionally grew up horribly stunted, I’ve never felt so hurt and horrible about myself until I discovered their content as a kid and realized that a lot of the negative traits that they say to stay away from are ones that apply to me because of a disorder
Same. Their videos really discriminate against mentally ill people. They often tell us we are toxic and bad to hang around with even though one of the most important aspects of helping an ill person is connection and making them feel less lonely.
I do think your mentaliy I'll becouse of your self, you became ill becouse of people that shunned you were in the wrong. Your the kind of person that would be considerate I'm seeing. And you got a story to tell. Something that the media mass's just dont get becouse it has to alina with a narritive plot. You dont hate these "good well off people" these people dont know better. Anx their been in a bubble all their lives. They need to learn, or especially their kids.
Me, as a child, already showing histrionic tendencies (I don’t have the disorder, but the traits still remain), putting Joker make-up after watching Psych2Go:
But in all seriousness, as a child who grew up in a really turbulent home and who grew up to have various different diagnosis pertaining to mental health, I seriously believe seeing their content changed my life for the worst. My best friend with ASPD likes to laugh at their videos and that’s what helped me a lot to get over _that_ phase of my history lmao
Same!!!!! I have Npd +Bpd, and I felt so shitty about myself when I watched their content
Lmao y'all complaining online ? Seriously? Lol
They made a video about "You might be unintentionally manipulative" never explained the fact that kids or teens have to be that way in abusive situations to survive. I myself had to do so to remain unharmed by my family. Never mentioned that some mental conditions make people seem manipulative when they aren't. The word toxic is getting thrown around in the comment section of the video. It just makes me so upset that they didn't seem to research every situation.
i know this is a year old but yes!!! i'm autistic and learned from a very young age that it is absolutely necessary for me to play a character in my day to day life if i want to get by. i'm a very fake person, even around my friends, because that's the only way i can stay "likeable". because of that i lie *a lot*, which can come off as intentional manipulation when in actuality it's the only way i know how to survive
@@mammoneymelon yeah exactly! They do more harm than good for everyone with their videos, and even put some people in danger!
I also know I'm a year late as well, but this.
I have diagnosed NPD, and with a good support group (mother and psychiatrist) I've found ways to step back and at least attempt to see if I'm being a little bitch. But people seem to think that people with the disorder INTENTIONALLY want to hurt people and take them down on their knees and watch them sob or something. No? It's a disorder for a reason, it's things we do involuntarily. I don't wake up in the morning and think "Gee willikers, I'm going to make so-and-so feel like utter shit for my own happiness!"
@@marshmallowbiscuit4553 THIS!! So agree
I'd like to expand on this but wow it's terrible to think this has been an issue for at least a year.
My simplest thought that I can get out is this is just NO way to talk about people that are struggling with mental health and unhealthy home dynamics.
It baffles me that they (and others) do this kind of thing and get away with it. They are stigmatizing and furthering the pain and distress that some people live with already.
It's just so unhelpful and ignorant on so many levels.
Even mental health professionals need to be really careful about fixing people. When I get help for my mental health, I don't want to be "fixed" based on the ideals of someone who just happens to be more educated than me; I want to get the tools I need to help me live my best life, which can be medication, therapy, or any kind of valid mental health care. I just hate the mentality that people with mental health problems need to be treated like machines with no autonomy of their own.
I completely agree. I am a counselor. The ideas that were stressed more than anything else in my grad program were “it is not the counselors job to give advice” “the client is the expert in their own life” “it is the counselor’s job to help the client find their own solutions”. If you’re interested in counseling theory, that is the rogerian approach, also called the person centered approach. Not all counselors use that approach. But in my humble opinion, if a counselor is trying to “fix” a client, or counseling based on their personal values rather than the client’s, then the counselor probably isn’t doing the job the right reasons.
I dont believe anyone can "fix" any other person. All anyone can ever do is make tools and an environment available to them that might be helpful in fixing themselves. If they choose to take advantage of those is up to them. It may be that those are the wrong tools for them, it may be the wrong time or there's some other aspect of their situation that you cant change thats stopping them, or they cant do it around you for whatever reason. And like you say, taking on responsibility for someone else's state of mind can feel super infantilising or overbearing to them.
If anyone, but especially a mental health professional, says that they will "fix" you, or that you "need fixing"...run away. Thats such a rude, as well as unethical sentiment to hold. A therapist isn't supposed to make judgement calls, in an interaction both the the therapist and client are on equal terms. I recently had an observership where i shadowed a forensic psychologist as she interviewed people in prison and one of the fitst thing she told us was, if you feel your morals will make you not see the person behind their past actions no matter what we might learn now or in the future, that we should just leave rather than waste resources. The people there were in for minor crimes (because we were not allowed exposure to higher degree crime people), but regardless all of them were to be treated with no bias, no judgement calls, unconditional positive regard, the therapist is in no way above the person they are meeting, we are just a soundboard (?) who will facilitate the person's conversation with their own self, support them in their journey with tools that can aid that self-communication, and provide them wirh the secure and supportive environment they wished for where they can talk about their inner desires and thoughts they never were able to express otherwise. I admit this is a very overt explanation of what actually goes in the psychotherapeutic process but I just wished to communicate that a psychotherpist's job is not to make judgements and fix one's "errors", its to accept them as they come and facilitate them in their journey towards a better mental headspace.
@@WhichDoctor1 exactly and thats why one of the tenets of psychotherapy is to never hamper the client's autonomy, n e v e r
The client has to make decisions for their health themselves, when they're ready
A psychotherapist can't comment on or urge their client to make certain choices or changes in their life because they're "more educated", that puts the therapist up on a pedestal which is against the process and intent of psychotherapy as a process
The person is the center, they're the leader of the process
Only exceptions are made when the person possesses a danger to their own self or to another, like for example if a person says they're actively planning and taking actions to die by su i c i dd dd e (ytsadde); (not the case if its only ideation so you can discuss those thoughts with your therapist without any hamper to the overall confidentiality, unless you're a minor or person with psychological disability then that has its own clauses and ways of operating for confidentiality ahdkxo)
hearing a therapist say 'a shit load' is so healing, i love you
Same here... And saying f@$@$ and even using that word in big letters for a video...
@@seeyouneverp9158 Yeah sure... Not that in a previous comment you were shitting on her for having a different opinion.
Why??
i agree, tbh i used to watch psyc2go religeously, and some of the stuff they have on autism is kinda offencive, like how they used the term @$bergers, which is named after a scientist during the halocaust who did "scientific research" on those with autism, and basically chose wheather they were fit for society or if he could use them as his what is basically, science toys, naming autism after him is very repulsive
@@Theo-loves-sharks arent @$bergers and autism different from eachother?
Thank you for addressing this, especially the stigma around suicide. Those who commit suicide a lot of the time feel trapped, they feel like there is no other choice. It isn't some horrible act to them, it's a solution and some even see it as a more forgiving and better way to stop their suffering when they see no out.
people have an innate desire to live. we'll do everything it takes to survive a dangerous situation. if someone wants to take their life, it's because something is horribly wrong and their mind is out of control. we're not meant to want to die, so those who do... it means they were in tremendous pain, so tremendous that the will to survive is nowhere to be seen. if we could only recognize how suicidal tendencies go completely against our instinct to survive, people would understand just how serious this topic is.
I watch a lot of their content, but have two BIG frustrations with them:
1. They gloss over things so quickly that they don't give wholly accurate information. Descriptions about certain things will be missing critical pieces that would help the average viewer understand why these things they cover are not as common as they may seem.
2. They don't give a "if you resonate with this, here is a recommended way to proceed". If you come to the end of the video and realize that they described you through the whole thing, you're left thinking "ok, now what?" I've had this happen with a couple of their videos. I found my own way, but not everyone is capable of doing that.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Yes, our focus is on the go information and further readings could be done via the references /sources attached per most videos. We find that people on RUclips prefer shorter form content. I'm sure with Mickey's channel what she will find is a relatively short view time on her videos as well despite them being 17mins long. 5 minutes seem to be the sweet spot. We are planning to launch a podcast down the road too with professionals once we secure additional fundings. Right now, we are self funded, and we haven't moved into merchandise. As for the second point, we find that offering advice could be risky. Most people just really want to be heard. if you compare our advice videos vs our signs videos, you will see that advice videos don't generally do well. This applies to many mental health related channels too. When someone is going through something, what they really want is to be heard. However, we can do more advice-related videos if you like. Just have to add disclaimers as there are liabilities issues.
@@Psych2go
To my first point, incomplete information can and does cause people to become fearful they may have life-altering conditions. Personally, and I may be in the minority here, I would rather have longer videos with complete information than shorter videos that leave out something that could be vital.
To my second point, I'm not saying entirely new videos. I'm saying tack on a 10-15 seconds ending where you direct people who feel like they resonate with any of the signs on your videos to a resource like Psychology Today's therapist finder with a link in your description for help. Simple and offers something of a direction for those who may need help.
While I understand where you’re coming from in terms of wanting to make content that your audience will actually watch and prioritizing making folks feel heard, I disagree with this. As mental health content creators it’s our obligation to provide our viewers with the full context of the issue in each video, regardless of watch time. I’ve not had any issues with audience retention on my long form content but even if that’s the case, I feel strongly that I owe it to my community to take the time and energy to cover topics thoroughly, regardless of what that may mean for my analytics. Folks can choose to watch or not watch the more thorough or long explanations but I feel at peace knowing I’ve done what I can to provide the factual information to the viewers who do want it.
@@lizza4250 Hi Lizza, I see where you're coming from. That's a really good suggestion actually. We have experimented with longer videos in the past, but due to their higher production cost, it's not sustainable. The best we can do is encourage people to seek help which we often do in our videos. I'm not sure how many you have watched, but I do agree that there are demand for longer videos too. Our plan is to run a podcast down the road when fundings allow.
Hi Mickey, I see where you're coming from and I do look forward to seeing your channel grow and proving that theory. In the mean time, we will do what we do best and that's getting people to open up and we do have a strong community jumping into the comments where there are lack of clarity in something. We can only do so much with the sources and references we provide. As for context, it can easily be misconstrued even if we attempt to do so.. for example, in the 7 signs of people you can't help, you reviewed it and took the intent to a different direction. How do we control things beyond our control? What's beneficial to one person may not be beneficial to another. It's obvious in the case of this review, where only the negative aspects of our work were focused.
I didn't feel like they were trying to convey that it's normal or even our responsibility to try to fix people. To me it sounded like they were just acknowledging that a lot of us tend to try to fix others, but also that it's not healthy.
That could very well be the case! It’s hard to know what their intentions are without an explanation from them, though I do stand by my critique of the stigmatizing language. Regardless of intention stigmatizing language is not ok.
Same!! I'm strongly agreed with this!
They claimed their channel is for educational purposes and maybe there is some benefit in their videos but still.There still mistakes that they need to correct and your criticism is still valid.I haven't watch your video yet.I'm sorry If I was being rude.
I agree
@@MickeyAtkins I don’t think it was stigmatizing...
I've felt the same as you about this channel for quite a while now. When I was younger, I watched it a lot and enjoyed it, but as I got more educated on psych stuff through psych classes in college and being in therapy and such, I realised that a lot of their content either wasn't really accurate or was accurate but very shallow and misleading. They say insensitive/ableist stuff, make people feel like they have mental illnesses that they don't have, and seem to make their videos as sensational/emotion-inducing as possible. I get a nauseated anxious feeling when I see their videos recommended to me.
Oh yesss same here! As i learn more about psych in my uni, i started to lose interest in their videos. Too biased and theres no constuctive stuff. They said they are tryna voice out for those who are suffering, but hey voicing out isnt the only thing you need to do! Slowly the like minded people will get together and they wont be able to think critically (could be linked to the term groupthink which i learnt in class)
Psych2go is shit
They say that don't diagnose so what are u talking about that they make people feel they have mental illness?
@@karolypirate7660 telling people that their content doesn't diagnose you officially doesn't mean that the people don't *feel* like they have the mental illness. like, before you go get diagnosed with something, you can think that you have it.
@@hazeelise yup it gives u awareness
"According to A Study, everyone who pours their milk before their cereal is incapable of love"
Perfect. Send it.
Accurate. Lmao
Is this not included in the sources?
@@Psych2go LOL. Wow
@@pystoph3987 The sources are intended for those purposes.. to go back and do your own due diligence. What Mickey is doing with her channel is amazing, but when you only look at the cons of something, what's the intent there? We have over 1000 videos but the three that she could find faults with get attacked? How fair is that?
“But if you’re in UK, if someone pours their milk first before the tea, they are sociopath.”
Psych2go is the 5 minute crafts of mental health content. Sometimes they give really useful info, most of the time it’s just enough to pique your interest...maybe even enough to send a view to the interwebs to conduct their own research.
I feel like comparing them to 5 minute crafts is a bit harsh
@@Che_Yo yeh I agree with the video but bro 5 min crafts it's incomparable
the perfect analogy *chef's kiss*
Ok Ik this is a late comment but I don’t think they are therapy but an educational channel. Idk correct me if I’m wrong
@Gg Gg oh ok
Psych2go answered and said something like: "your only mentioning the negative aspects of our videos"
But thats the whole point and its reasonable. First of all, subscribers from your channel asked you to review this channel most likely BECAUSE they where being sceptical about psych2go....
Second of all channels with a community that contain millions of subscribers (especially the channels that contain mental health advice or other sensitive and serious topics)
should be critisized and discussies because they have so much impact on people.
So thank you for putting that out there.
i think its really important to inform people as much as possible about that you cant just jump into channels that contain sensitive topics with your eyes closed and just believe everything thats being told
Go to 14 different therapists, you’ll get 14 different opinions on what they think is the solution to your problems.
You have to decide which one is the most helpful for your situation.
And my friend said that I won't be be a good therapist because I tend to give very I n t e r e s t i n g opinions such as "have a bad boyfriend/girlfriend? Dump them and here's how you forget them and flip them off"
It's really hard to find a therapist you can trust sometimes. Just make sure if you're looking for someone to talk to you're going to someone who actually does counciling and isn't just there to prescribe meds. I've had this happen to me before I'm basically just looking for someone non biased to vent to. Depending on your area they may not be easy to find affordability wise. Getting to the point where if I don't find someone who takes my insurance soon gonna go to a priest or something. At least they listen.
@@minilamma4879 i hope that was sarcasm or you were kidding because otherwise :"D I'll have to agree with your friend
Psychotherapy isn't about giving advice, making judgement calls, or instructing the client; thats something anyone and their neighbour can do
If your school or Uni has taught you that, I'm sorry to say but they've failed you.
I agree. I personally like Psych 2 Go. They reinforce alot of what I've been learning on recent years. I think it depends on what angle you're coming from. Years ago, nothing they say would have made sense bc I wasn't ready to hear it. I have only ever had one therapist who helped me, and another who came close.
@@rainstew What is it for, then?
I found this channel years ago, when I was struggling to accept the knowledge that I had abused my dearest friend, and I only realized after she cut me off. I was trying to figure out how to better myself and searching everywhere I could, I didn't have any access to a professional at the time.
The impression this channel gave me was that I was a horrible person beyond saving. It didn't help me at all and actually for a while convinced me that it wasn't even worth trying, that I was doomed to be a monster forever so I might as well allow my internal pain, anger, and bitterness to manifest in the controlling, manipulative, aggressive ways they had been
Eventually- Long after they'd slipped out of my recommendations- I had decided not to give up hope and continued my journey to better myself. Eventually, although I was still suffering inside, I managed to find ways to express it that were less hurtful. I even got that friend back, I was so changed she was able to forgive me and feel comfortable around me again after I proved it was genuine.
Over the years I have slipped up a lot and to this day I'm far from perfect, but I finally found a way to seek professional help once my solo journey seemed to have reached the end of where I could take it unassisted. I still struggle, I'm still in pain, still often fail to cope, sometimes I even still hurt people, though far from the extent I once did. But my motivation to become a better person, a good person, is stronger than ever. I've managed to maintain several relationships where I'm a far cry from abusive (I've even been the abused one a few times although currently my friend group is pretty decent).
If I had listened to this channel, I'd still be lashing out and blaming others for my own faults, using manipulation and threats to control others for personal gain, and burying layers upon layers of self hate and guilt under every excuse in the book. But I didn't listen. According to them, I was beyond help. But here I am now, so much better and less toxic and continuing to improve as time goes on.
This channel does real damage. I'm glad you covered it, I'm pretty new here but you seem much better at what you do and like you actually care for people's wellbeing
I’m so sorry that you had to go through that! I’m glad this video felt validating for you and that you’ve been able to get connected with good resources and help. You truly, truly deserve that!
@@MickeyAtkins Thank you :)
I expressed my suicidal thoughts to my first (as an adult) therapist and I'm not even sure I completed my sentence before she blurted, "Suicide is incredibly selfish and harmful to the people you love!" NOT HELPFUL. There have been several suicides and attempts at suicide in my family and I was raised to not regard it as a stigma. Kinda proud that I replied, "But, I'm the one who wants to die."
That’s the worst therapist I’ve ever heard lmao. They’re literally taught to NOT DO THAT.
Just know that suicide leads to Hell Fire.
@@TedEhioghae 8-year-old channel, and that's your only comment. Absolute cretin.
@@TedEhioghae Very helpful mate. Very. :|
Reminds me of my dad
Though it's a bit worse bc my dad called suicidal people 'stupid'
If you're interested, School of Life is very similar. Cute animations with wildly out of left field conclusions. They don't ONLY do psychology-related videos, but the ones that they do are a big oof.
Yeah I think School of life’s cool visuals tricked me in a way where I was thinking that the information attached to it was automatically accurate, trustworthy, etc
@@akatastrophe Well, and Alain's narration adds a sort of quasi-David Attenborough authority to the things he says, but so much of what he says is just...bad lmao. There's no other way to put it without writing an essay.
you ever watch big joel
@@ratedpending Yeah! I kept meaning to reply and recommend his videos for anyone who is interested, but life gets in the way of RUclips comments sometimes lmao. His videos are excellent.
Yes, I remember seeing those a lot too, I think around the time I started university, and those ones never made sense. Which I think is why Psych2Go was more appealing, because at least most of their videos had some kind of believable content, even if they were so unsatisfying with not having more info or any kind of calls to action if someone does need help.
I find that this channel can be extremely stigmatising and ableist towards people with cluster b personality disorders like npd and aspd.
And people with self-hate.
True, as someone with autism, and with self-hate
same
From what I’ve gathered, I feel like many people who watch this channel, in a way, do so to validate themselves. Even if the information wasn’t exactly accurate, people found it comforting because of its atmosphere and community. It was like a coping mechanism for them.
Ayo your wammawink pfp is amazing!
I have a love/hate thing with psych2go. On one had it can be useful in that it can make people aware of things that they should be taking a deeper look at whether by researching them or talking about it with their professional support resource, and it may lead them to watch related videos that cover the subject in more depth and with better language.
On the other hand, bad advice is still bad advice, and using essentialism can be harmful to people who struggle with their sense of self. "I'm toxic" should not be how a person in crisis sees themselves even if they have performed alienating behavior because it can be a way of making a struggle they have, feel like an immutable part of themself.
Being told negative things about ourselves as though those things are who we are when we are in crisis can make better change feel futile and it's often more useful and important to be helped for our behaviors than to be told we have "red flags."
I think they gonna have to do a reeeally big disclaimer next time...
I would add, "use your own brain"
No? Their videos are harmful, they spread misinformation and cause gullible people to self-diagnose. Their content is inaccurate and harmful--period.
Gotta love the human ASMR narrator though heh
Same. In fact some of their videos I actually found helpful, while others sometimes made me feel a bit suicidal. I had to alienate myself from the channel for a bit. I know I should do therapy but at the same time it ain't free😢
I was that person in crisis, It was the thought that, despite trying my entire life, I was a bad and manipulative person to everybody around me. I still think of it sometimes but not right now
I feel so ashamed to admit this.
I used to watch a lot of their content up until their "Dark Empath" video came out. I'm in a really shitty place in life and have tried to diagnose myself multiple times (seasonal depression, anxiety, ADHD and what not) using their videos as a means to justify my thought process and gain some temporary validation.
Although some of their videos are eye opening, I wonder if I would have tried to diagnose myself of multiple mental illnesses if I hadn't consumed so much of their content.
Oh same. I had no idea about how problematic and stigmatising this channel was. Urgh the shame I now feel is.... I'm getting help anyways so there was no self diagnosing going on.
i've been there before. i tried to self diagnose only off of their videos when i was around 11 or 12. when i was 12, i did attempt suicide, but i self diagnosed with a lot of shit.
now i know that im autistic and have adhd.
Self diagnosis is really easy to do. I'm a psychology major, and when I took abnormal psychology, my professor started off the class by making us promise not to use the information we'd learn to diagnose other people or ourselves because an introductory course does not substitute a license in therapy or psychiatry. If college students with an interest in the area have to be reminded not to self diagnose, then you shouldn't be ashamed of trying to do that before you knew better.
@@robertairvin2310 I agree with your professor my therapist also tells me that it is easy to diagnose yourself with negative things and it’s not always accurate
Self-diagnosis is extremely common. As humans, it is our nature to want to fit in with everyone else. We also naturally create meaning out of our experiences. Being told we are different and identifying our traits that make us “different” can cause a lot of pain. Having those traits grouped together in a nice little box tied with a ribbon and labeled as a metal illness helps us manage the pain and allows us to create meaning from our experience. There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of when self-diagnosing. What matters is that we do not to change other pieces of ourselves to try to fit a specific box, and that we don’t let the label we gave ourselves control us.
A few years ago psych2go made a video called “5 ways you are self harming” and the things they said were self harm were in no way self harm. They said things like isolating yourself, or depriving yourself of sleep were self harm. While those may not be healthy, that’s different then self harm. It was so infuriating to see that psych2go video. Since then I have refused to watch any of their content.
I’m excited to see what you have to say, because I’ve seen this channel around!
I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and for being here!! 💕
@@MickeyAtkins I enjoyed it, and it was very informative. When I was still watching it, I also felt as if something was off.
@Sebastian Hatchett yessshhhhhh. Cats!
Psych2Go is better than School of Life, IMHO...
1) rewatching these videos after doing actual research does bring up a few issues for past me 😂
2) i love finding therapists that cuss. Ive been in therapy 10 (almost 11) years and when i was younger a lot of them would get upset if i cussed. It was always a relief to have a therapist that would just let me talk how i needed to talk. I mean the science behind cussing and why/how it relieves stress is actually really interesting!
I cuss like a sailor usually but I don't in therapy because originally I wasn't sure if my therapist would be okay with it. Now she cusses more often than I do. it's just my habit to be more conservative and she keeps checking in to see if she's not offending me 😂
Cussing really isn’t a bad thing depending on the context. Like, swearing about a situation, concept or inanimate object can be a valid way of venting. It’s when you start using it to insult, intimidate or otherwise harm a living being that it becomes unhealthy.
I remember going to a therapist and when I told her all that's happened (being kicked out bc of depression, being abused for 5 years ect.) she said "Wow, that shit's awful."
And I was so surprised I started laughing, it was so nice to hear An Adult™ not only validate my experience but talk in such a, normal way. Honestly I want to go back to her but idk if she still works near me but also one visit was like fifty bucks cause she was an independent and I'm poor.
A lot of their videos seem way too simplistic? Like, "How to tell if you hate yourself!" I dunno CAROL (i don't actually know any of their names lmao) maybe it's that i tell myself that constantly???
We agree and that's why no one watches that video :(
@@Psych2go fjfhghfukfkgjh maybe
still watched it tho
we don't really watch for the content, we just find the va's voice really soothing for some reason, so we listen to them all regardless of what they're about
Maybe look into their channel a bit more before you critique them. They regularly put their names in comments, which someone who had thoroughly inspected their videos would know.
@@mmarimarimari i just don't bother to memorize names of faceless corporations sue me
and beyond that, we've been watching their videos for a while, and i never actually watch anything or read the comments- i listen while doing something else because i love the va lol
beyond that, which name would we put? we don't even know which one of us writes have our comments keeping track of others' is too much lmao
-dark
@@twinstarssystem2857 lmaoo a youtube channel isn't a corporation 💀 relax
When I looked at their videos about narcissism and NPD, it's usually about NPD ABUSE and not the actual disorder itself. I'm trying to learn more about the disorder, not the abuse
Because they are making people with NPD seen like a bad person. My dad is narcissistic, but I know he isn’t a bad person, because most of the time, he is actually trying to help. I always tell him all the things he is doing wrong, so he knows how to fix them, and usually he try’s not to repeat it. People should stop stereotyping mental disorders.
Their channel is one of the first things that got me into psychology, so I'm grateful for that! However, since I'm now a psychology major (still in undergrad, though), and studied psychology on my own for, roughly, five years before starting college, I agree with you in the fact that there are many inaccuracies, and I hope they can fix that, as they have a platform that could easily help so many people!
The vibe I always get from Psych2Go is that they're like a college psychology student. (i.e.: not fully knowledgeable nor are they deep researchers, but maybe eager to help?)
The voiceover is attractive/soothing and the animations are cute, but I take their videos with a grain of salt.
Funnily enough, I always hated that voiceover voice because it was just so slow and annoying to the point where I'd watch their videos in double speed
when I started learning about Psycholohgy back in junor high, I was really facinated by the channel, and it really did broaded my view with some of their videoes. Now that I am actually studying in college, I now see that a lot of their content is actually dangerous when interpreted differently. There are some good videoes though. But sadly, their main focus with the channel are "helping" videoes where they kind of generalize something and word the as answers/advice. I mean, even unprofessional (but trained) counsellors don't give advice that much.
You'll see a lot of misinformed people in the comments fangirling over that channel. The damage is kinda done.
The only reason I ever watch psych2go is in order to learn symptons of mental illnesses and to have a simple idea of what I can do to help. I never really use the videos in order to help myself, I just use them to learn how to help others, because that's what I really care about. If psych2go actually gives bad advice on how to help people, I'd love to hear why you think that, and I'd really appreciate it if you could give me other links to channels, websites, or online courses that teach you the symptons and basic things you can do to help on a superficial level.
@@qwertydavid8070 First of all, let me clarify that I do not mean that the advice that they give are bad. In fact, most of them are right, given the circumstances. It is a good platform for beginners in the study. However, they also act as a double edged sword where one is at risk on depending on it too much.
For us, we are taught that each case is different and should be treated according to the struggles of the individual, don't give them advice and just listen and give them a shoulder to cry on. However, there is a risk that one may not respond well to the general treatment/counseling method so the help of a professional is highly advised. It is nice that the channel actually always has a disclaimer when necessary. However, what they do not emphasize as much are the effects that the person helping may experience. Like as a friend who gets frustrated when the person you love just can't get well. But that is a personal struggle and that wouldn't be the fault of the channel.
The dangerous content that I mean before are the old videos that don't get removed if they update on a topic. Luke there are some topics with multiple videos but have different contents, some even contradict. Also, the videos about like "N signs that you can't help a person" or the "N signs your crush likes you back" rub me off the wrong way. While they are content possibly aimed for children, which is both entertaining and dangerous as we don't know how the children may use this information and what if it brings them harm. Maybe it's my anxiety talking but we really can't know what the world may bring us. So when I recommend this channel to my curious cousins, I also ask them to double check information with me so I can research and verify their validity.
I admit that I don't have much yt channels to recommend as I mostly study with books, but I would suggest crash course, Khan academy and the occasional osmosis. I hope this shed more light on my previous statement and provide some insight. Please, do feel free to correct me if you think I am wrong in any way.
Also, sorry if it's already long. But I want to thank you for taking the time to comment and research these kinds if information to help others! That's really nice of you! I'm sure that you're a kind person! Please keep it up and stay a wonderful person! We need more people like you in the world
@@nagiivi I completely agree with you that some of their videos are definetly very weird, like the crush video for example. I don't really focus on those types of videos because they just seem very weird. I want to clarify that I don't want to be a replacement for a therapist, I can help someone a little bit and just listen to them, but I know that the only people who can give them actual help are trained professionals. I'll always look for professional help first, I just want to have an idea of the basic little things I can do to support people and help them out with their problems. But I'm completely aware that the only people who can really help are actual therapists and psychologists. For example, if someone tells me they have depression, what should I do? What should I tell them? What things should I NOT tell them? That's the stuff I'm interested in learning.
Also I really appreciate the fact that you think it's nice for me to worry about other people. All I want to do is be a helping hand, and any links you can give me are heavily appreciated, I'll definetely check out the sources you gave me.
Its like fast food.
Their videos massively increased my self loathing and ensured to me that people with certain mental disorders should just be vilified in their eyes. I hate that they are spreading these messages. No matter the disorder, people are suffering.
Their channel reminds me of the type of “educational” mental health content by Katie Morton (Shane Dawson's sketchy therapist who dismissed sociopaths as evil and gross)
🤔and... They aren't? I mean, they are sociopaths. Just curious.
I'm gonna go find some info about that...
@@seeyouneverp9158 not all sociopaths are serial criminals, a lot of sociopaths are just regular people who go their entire lives without killing or injuring a single human yet harbour that lack of empathy and remorse. It’s not really a choice for them to have been born with or developed a disorder that inhibits their capability to express these emotions, so they’re not exactly “evil” unless they choose to harm, abuse and exploit people for their own gain. In any case dehumanising sociopaths just gives them more of a reason to act out, as it justifies their lack of empathy and remorse - from their perspective, why would they feel sorry for hurting someone who thinks they’re a monster? If someone tells you something enough times you start to believe and embrace it, no?
@@seeyouneverp9158 This is what happens when you watch channels like Psych2go. Sociopath doesn't mean they have murderous tendencies or they are evil. They have issue wrapping their head around certain concepts. Most Sociopaths even Psychopaths lead a normal life and pass away. Only a few turn 'evil' as you might like to think. So much misinformation around these topics and I don't blame you. Even I was a victim of such channels.
@@bodhisattva9762 Channels like these seem like the kind of people who would dismiss people with autism as "basically ASPD but with eMoTiOnS" and claim that anyone within Schizo disorders and Cluster A and B personality disorders are effectively "evil killers who CAN'T be trusted!" 🙄
@@bodhisattva9762 That isn't what either of those terms means. Sociopath isn't a real medical term and psychopathy is literally defined as a personality construct by a lack of regard for others. Factor one psychopathy is defined by a tendency to be manipulative, superficially charming, callous and unemotional, a persistent lack of guilt empathy or remorse, social boldness and dominance over others in social situations. Factor two psychopathy includes traits like impulsivity, criminal versatility, a lack of realistic long term goals, a persistent lack of regard for social norms and the rights of others, revocation of conditional realise, a lack of planning and emotional instability.
If you meet the criteria for psychopathy you by definition will engage in at least some problematic behavior, even if they don't reach criminal levels they still tend to be emotionally manipulative towards others. It's amazing to me just how incredibly misinformed just about everyone who talks about psychology on the internet is and believe things like "actually most psychopaths are harmless" or "sociopaths are made while psychopaths are born" or any other pop psych bullshit you see on the internet only makes you more vulnerable to people like this, which is precisely why channels like psych to go are so harmful.
As somebody who has self harmed in the past it really bothers me that they called it a strong warning sign for suicide. I think this can actually prevent people from adequately supporting people who self harm sometimes because they give it too much weight rather than treating it as "just" an unhealthy coping strategy. I probably didn't word that very well. I'm not saying self harm isn't a serious problem but I think it can be stigmatizing when people see it as a sign that you are suicidal. (Or a sign that you must have BPD, that's another common and harmful myth)
I also self harmed in the past, and I was actually admitted into the hospital near my house. While there I learned a lot about my own mental health, and one of the points made on some of the pamphlets and papers I got was that self harm was a coping mechanism and not generally linked to suicide.
I 100% agree that it makes it very difficult to open up to friends/family about self harming tendencies when those behaviours are considered “more extreme” than they generally are. Of course, self harm isn’t healthy and definitely people should get help for it, but it also shouldn’t be normalized that it’s linked to suicide as that may make it more difficult to seek help.
Of course, this is all purely anecdotal, but I feel the same way.
Self harm is different for everyone, but the majority of people who self harm have had suicidal thoughts at some point
@@isaak1748 I know and I don't deny that. I don't know how to explain it but I guess in my mind there is a difference between recognizing that self harm can be a sign or symptom of a mental illness and can therefore be an indication that somebody might also be struggling with suicidal thoughts, and saying that self harm is in itself a strong sign that somebody is suicidal. The latter makes it sound like people self harm *because* they are suicidal (so it implies a causal relationship). And while that can sometimes be true (I know ppl sometimes self harm so they don't do something worse), it's not always the case (and actually, I'm pretty sure I learned that most times this is not the reason for self harm.).
@@imaginareality oh, ok now I see your point
@@isaak1748 :)
I've repeated some of Psych2Go's "nuggets of wisdom" to my own therapist. She wasn't as a diplomatic as you are about their stigmatizing mental health struggles. It's vaguely-ableist soup for the neurotypical soul
I've had a couple of therapists. I remember I was like oh yeah. 🥴 Ummm I go to the gore sites. Is there something wrong w/ me? Not a lot. I just, idk. I guess I wanted to see something I haven't before. I'm not psychopathic, just curious. I forgot what her response even was. But I guess not. I thought half of em seemed decent. The other half can kick rocks. Pretty much, I like the ones that r like yeah ikr. F this city... Y'all, she Doesn't have anger issues. & All the sweetsy things u say to xyz, u need to say it to urself. The others that make me question my sanity, like u defeat the purpose. The f. But ...my kid tells me about some of her stuff. Her therapists must find me funny & likeable.
Can I just say I appreciate how natural this video is? I haven’t had the best experience with therapists so I was kind of skeptical when clicking on it but the laid back (and still professional!) tone is fantastic and put me at ease. I also love the idea of not necessarily being required to help or change people, I think psyche2go needs to rebrand itself or bring on more mental health specialists.
‘Dr’ Milan gives me the same vibes as my headmistress at my school, she thinks just because she has a PhD in religious studies she can talk about our mental health and say ‘look towards God and all shall be healed’. My religious education teacher told us that (a group of teens) we are going to hell if we have depression, if we commit suicide, or any mental health issues because we are focusing more on ourselves than God. Also at my school we get in trouble if we say that someone has committed or attempted suicide because it makes it sound like a crime instead we have to say they completed or accomplished suicide but to me that just sounds too positive for what it is. Are people supposed to say the latter?
I know a similar person. Apparently suicide counts as murder, wich is a mortal sin. So when you die with mortal sin you go to hell. Or at least that was his logic.
You could say 'they died by suicide'.
NO FUCKING WAY I THOUGHT MY CLASS WAS THE ONLY ONE TAUGHT THAT PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE GO TO HELL. sorry for caps but HOLY CRAP. as some minor backstory, i had an optional class for catholics/ christians to learn about christianity and stuff. we were told that it was “going against god’s will” because you ended your life early and needless to say that after that i was pulled out of the class.
Damn... U have "religious" studies? is this In compulsory education? ..a Christian school?
@@nope7220 it’s compulsory. I go to a catholic school.
I love the fact that my gut was right!! Like, from the moment someone starts uploading videos on mental health... A bit... TOO frequently, and they make you feel like you have that disorder it's talking about... Something is not right!!
Glad someone else agrees. I just had a bad gut feeling about them.
Now they literally post not 1, not 2, but *3* videos a day. Like tf-
@@VivianaSilverbackyes! it’s a friggin content farm like illuminaughtii
@@VivianaSilverbackFinally, someone thinks it too 😂😂
@@blueismylove3128No ! You’re not the only one 😂😂
I'm halfway through the video right now and I 100% agreee w what u said so far. I hate how popular this channel is despite having no actual backup to their claims, and not many ppl are critical of them in the comments either. It's scary how many ppl actually believe each of their words for something as important as mental health. They should at least put a warning at the beginning of each video admiting they're not professionals and are giving theit personnal opinions on mental health
I used to enjoy their content too, until I watched some of their relationship videos which severely generalised a ton of things such as true love meaning you never think about anyone else and involves both romantic and sexual attraction (invalidates polyamory and asexuality and just general human nature to occasionally have curiosity) and that having multiple sex partners is a sign of a sex addiction (again, invalidates polyamory and feeds into slut shaming rhetorics). I get that they put disclaimers at the start of their videos, but it’s so easy to forget about a five second disclaimer when the other 99% of the videos are presented as if they are fact (they never consistently say stuff like “we believe X because Y”, “this is our interpretation of the available evidence”), phrasing is everything.
Most of the people who watched it are teenagers and kids which are vulnerable so it’s very easy to manipulate them !
I used to love watching their videos because it was very useful information, but at some point it changed to a lot of click baitey titles and a lot of videos about sex because it got clicks. It wasn’t broad helpful info anymore, it was very specific stuff that isn’t seem as useful or helpful. I’m happy to see that someone else sees this. Thank you for talking about it
O my god yes!! Same here, they used to be good years ago, but I feel like they became too popular and now it turned into a content farm, they make like 3 videos a day.
That means they don’t do much research at all and they even misinterpret their own already random sources.
And yes now they make a bunch of sex related videos all of a sudden, (wich are very misinformed), and they keep popping up in my feed, with very clickbaity titles, like this one that had a tumbnail that went “70%??” about kinks, it kept popping in my feed until i caved in.
In that video they started equating fantasizing or even thinking about something as actually “liking” it and started trowing percentages that were completely out of whack, because one guy made a survey (and surveys are famously unreliable a biased just by how you decide to advertise it and read it)
It was so awfully misleading…
It reminds me of Illuminaughtii, and we know how that went!
@@rebecca_rhFinally, the answer is there . . . 😂😂
I actually found the channel useful early on in my mental health journey. It felt like a great way to validate how I was feeling. I was a fan of their 2018-2020 videos the earliest ones did seem a little gimmicky to me. I don’t watch anymore but I found the community (and creator especially) very comforting when I didn’t have one of my own. Of course you’re going to get people trying to self diagnose but that’s with anything mental health related.
Glad to see that you've been a fan of our channel in the past and found some form of comfort in our content. We always appreciate feedback and ways to impact the community more.
TW for eating disorders
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I will say I do not watch them currently but when I was struggling with my eating disorder their videos did show up in my recommended, this did end up showing me I wasn't alone and ended up with me getting help were they the only source that motivated me no, nor were they a major source in motivating me (Honestly I think a lot of that was me having a good support system) but they did help put the idea in my mind that this isn't something to be ashamed of or something. I will say looking back a lot of their information doesn't seem all too accurate and might harm more then help but it did help me at least a little
I found this video cuz I got suspicious about how frequently the content was made by Psych2Go, especially about a complex subject such as this, and started digging, good to know I'm not the weird one for being suspitions 😅
No ! You’re not ! 😂😂
Damn. Just kinda letting this comment section sink in. Been keeping an eye on their content for a while now from a distance, but always had this really uneasy feeling abt it I couldn't exactly place. Seeing all this on full display really has just kind of confirmed everything I'd already been cautious about... I'm glad I found this. Definitely won't be giving them my views. =/
Honestly, I've been watching their channel for years now but I couldn't really say why I grew tired of their content until your video pointed out the problems I had with them up until this point. I've never really used their stuff to self-diagnose but I have used them to justify the self-deprecating things I always say to myself and that is a problem. You're right about their stigmatising and sometimes vilifying certain mental health disorders and I have been on the receiving end of their videos a couple of times now. I know that wasn't the purpose of their videos and maybe this is just an anecdotal thing that not a lot of people have a problem with but if their videos can and have hurt people already, I think it's important that they're hold accountable
Same. I cannot really tell why i am getting uninterested and bored from their videos and Mickey has definitely present them well
I’d really like to know why people think it’s ok to make random videos about important topics like mental health without having any real knowledge. It’s very sketchy honestly.
I can only hope that it came from a place of misguided helpfulness. Thanks for watching!
also I feel like they over simplify some points so much that it becomes relatable to almost anyone and so many people self diagnose with anxiety even though they’re just shy...? Idk but maybe it helps some ppl but I feel like they should dig deeper and explain their points deeper, idk how to put it in words correctly
@@lizzyjahnke8855 it's ok, I feel like you explained your point greatly!
@@BBaaaaa oh ok thanks :)
They do say for the most intense topics that its for educationaly purpose and not for analyze
They also suggeet you to go see a therapist if you recognize yourselve in the video
You didnt bring any good point in this video all of this looks like you want the channel to go down idk what you get from doing that
Because in my opinion that doesnt look very professional for a said therapist
Copied from a comment on psych2go's post so forgive any misplaced "you's":
I definitely like psych2go's content on relationships, especially family relationships and long term effects of unhealthy relationships because they contributed to me actually seeing my symptoms as effects of the abuse I grew up with and not just me being a bad person or having poor self control or whatever, and seeking therapy to address them. The channel has also been helpful to me as a resource that leads to me having specific topics I can look for on other channels on the site that are qualified to speak as authorities, but I realize not everyone is necessarily using the channel this way.
On the other hand however, if I hop straight to the channel and look at recent videos, I see a lot of clickbaity stuff, or titles that give the same kind of vibes as Seventeen magazine personality quizzes. Idk if this is a recent thing, or it's always been like that with better videos peppered throughout less useful ones.
In either case, now stepping back and looking at both the channel and the reaction video, it does feel a bit disingenuous to make appeals to authority that aren't qualified to speak as authorities in psychology either. Fine when it's harmless stuff like dream meanings, but it does step into concerning territory with your more serious topics. I did always think the channel fell short of providing resources on its "N signs of [bad thing]" type videos. I understand there are issues with giving advice if you're not licensed to, but I wonder if providing links to organizations that can give more in-depth help is fine.
🤔 but .. you can find those pages by yourself you know... I mean, you have a brain.
@@seeyouneverp9158 they arent the only people on the internet
Psych2Go gives off School of Life vibes, except that its for psychology, which is way more of a difficult and dangerous topic to discuss without the right credentials. They certainly fit within the realm of pop psychology.
Yes I hate that channel! Its only saving grace is that it brought awareness to Pure OCD. Other than that, yikes.
@@gymnasticsgirlie0647bien dit 😂😂
they also just released a video called “why being a people pleaser is selfish” and seemed to act as if being a people pleaser is horrible for people around you instead of being horrible fo yourself. obviously being a people pleaser is bad, but why on earth would you make it seem like its bad because its manipulative
😂🤣😂🤣
the entire channel just has this eerie feeling to me..
It definitely feels like some funny business is going on 🤔
@@MickeyAtkins yea and the voice is kinda creepy to me.. hehe😬
Lack of signposting is a real concern. not just the lack of more reading and next step for education but for clinical purposes if this is how it has been discovered.
The labelling of symptoms and conditions as good or bad instead of just present or absent is really counterproductive!! Its so unhelpful to increase guilt aspects of mental health conditions when (in my opinion) OBSESSIVE GUILT could be its own mental health condition with aspects of OCD, depression+ suicidal ideation
@Kagami Yume that's nice to hear but take care! Some of their videos spread a lot of misinformation so take them as a pinch of salt and stay safe 💕✨
Why is it eerie? For those who find it so can u pls explain more :)
Psych2go be like:
"According to a study from Barking and Dagenham University, (one of the worst reputations for education), when your crush has basic social skills, they want you to ask them out"
Exactly 😂🤣😂
A conversation I had recently...
Friend: "it's funny, before this (conversation) I was watching a video on how to deal with loneliness on a psychology channel I follow."
Me: "... was it Psych2Go?"
Friend: "OH MY GOD, YES!"
Me: _'course it was, it's always Psych2Go..._ "yeah I've seen them too lol." _who doesn't?_
Yeah so if someone says they're watching a psychology channel, 90% of the time it's Psych2Go.
Cuz, psych2go has the most subscribers in terms of psychology
psych2go felt like the horoscope for psychology
Exactly 😂😂😂
Psych 2 Go is literally all stigmatising language and pseudoscience to me 🙄 I stopped watching when they called Autism and ADHD "mental illnesses" and cited Autsim Speaks as their only sources in other Autism-related videos
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Wow that solidifies that they only do surface level research seeing as all you have to do is search them especially if you use search terms like controversy or problematic to find lots of info about them and how their history has been very harmful to autistic people.
This is a great video that is getting unnecessary hate. I hope Psych2go can recognize their mistakes and be more cautious about the information they put out in the future.
But they still continue 😂🤣😂
Tbh I often feel like they only scratch the surface of the topics. It seems like they are only talk about the most "obvious" points although these often aren't even true and that bothers me, especially because it's about a such a stigmatized and personal topic like mental health...
They don’t know anything 😂😂
I'm so glad someone did something on this channel. Legit I'll watch their videos and be like "Uhhhh I'm not a therapist but even I know this ain't right"
For sure ! 😂🤣😂 and many people said it but they still continue with their dumbest thing and even more stupid 😂🤣😂
Okay I’m gonna watch this, because we all grow together , but I want to first say in my miserable lonely little life that Psych2Go has helped me survive a horrendous year like the past one when I wasn’t even caring about Covid I was caring about my dying old kitty and my bs abused childhood and production from narcs. We’re all important. I hope we all continue to share and grow.
I’m sorry people are under here trying to tone police and discredit you, especially psych2go. You actually raised some valid concerns on the research they present and how they talk about certain mental illnesses. I just wish they were more concerned about the credibility, authenticity, and influence of their channel rather than gaslighting you and your “tone”.
"I don't want to yuck anybody's yum." Is honestly my new favourite saying.
Also, your outro music had me looking outside, thinking there was an ice cream truck going around in April 😂
My science teacher says that all the time lol
I just saw "the sun will rise and we will try again" painting in the back. The quote is from a song called Truce, by Twenty One Pilots. saved my life.
I wanna get into the psychology field (more specifically therapy or criminal/forensic psychology) and used this channel as a way to learn about psychology. At a point, it was a cool way to learn about different mental things but soon after they kept dumping anime references and talked more about "how to tell if you're secretly a intelligent person" or "how to tell if your crush loves you" I lost interest. I subscribed to learn about the mind and psychology, not to worry about whether I'm smart or the girl I like likes me back
Our school does a mental health check-in sort of thing on Thursday and we watch Psych2go
Lol at least they care. My school doesn’t give a crap they all hate us
Damn what country?
That's better than my school lol
how very lazy and anti-intellectual.
Psych2Go is the type of channel Betterhelp “therapists” watch lmfao
I always noticed that they tell you about warnings and symptoms but they never tell you what to do or how to handle them /:/
Yeah there are liability issues with advice, but if you seek advice, we do encourage professional help.
@@Psych2go I’m gonna call bullshit on this one. Giving generalised advice isn’t a liability issue. Giving specific advice is... but giving general advice isn’t any more or less of an issue than is giving a load of diagnostic criteria.
Giving a lot of heavy information to people who may use it in negative ways (disclaimer or not - people gonna be people) is cool with your ethics but giving them some direction with how to cope with that information is a step to far for you?
Bro........... cmon.
@@JayeCole Their general advice is ALWAYS to seek professional help and that their channel isn't meant to diagnose or anything but to help inform on some things. They ARE giving general advice. That's their advice. Don't like it, then don't watch. Giving any other advice CAN be a liability issue when it's not from anyone that is a professional. Period. Bro.... cmon.
Because you have to go with a PROFESSIONAL.
Yeah but they always say that the best thing to do is talk to a professional which is very true. In my opinion you shouldn’t be giving instructions or advice as a channel if you’re not a professional. And if the channel did give advice they’d be bashed for the advice too. The best thing is always to seek professional help
honestly used to watch this channel for yearssss until i started majoring in psychology. now that i´m looking into it from my perspective now, i can´t believe how disappointing their way of handling that massive platform is....
Bravo 🎉🎈🍾🎊 😂😂
Can you review crisis lines?
(National Suici Prevention Hotline, Crisis Textline, Youthline, etc.)
I will absolutely add it to my list and do my best!
@@MickeyAtkins that sounds interesting I can't wait to see it 😄
That's an interesting idea, I heard that they don't help at all sometimes
@@frede_x144 fr!! a friend of mine who had life-ending thoughts at that point was told that her struggles were "too complicated"
@@MickeyAtkins your best to being your worst version I guess...
How is it even ‘Dr’ Milan if they don’t even have a.....doctorate or PhD or MD? Like what.
something i do hate from the channel is that they sugarcoat so much stuff, they sugarcoat stuff so hard that when they start to talk about the TRUE hard pills, the entire comment section gets bombarded with salty people, its an echo chamber.
I'm so glad that this video was made, thank you Mickey, honnestly I was very suspicious of the channel, and I had started to consumme their content but I always was cautious of what information I kept from their videos, because I didn't like the way that they talk about things on their channel sometimes and I wasn't sure if what they said was actually true! So I'm glad to know my hunch was right
Psych2Go is the content farm of mental health. Also i realized after years how condescending the tone of the narrator feels
I believe the general idea behind this channel is good and I think some of their videos, like the ones that talk about common symptoms of certain mental illness, can be genuinely helpful and spread awareness. For me a saw one of those videos when I didn’t know what was wrong with me (I believe it something along the lines of common signs of mental illness) which eventually led to me getting some form of help. However, I think that they need to research topics more throughly and site them. Also as many of have said, they need to give your resources for what to do next because I sure didn’t know what to do. I am just a random high schooler who is trying to get their life together and knowing how to get/ask for help would’ve been really nice.
These are sensitive topics. A term like 'horrific' can actually trigger a suicidal person. If you have no idea what you are talking about, just shut the hell up. Channels like these do more harm than good.
Loooove the pfp btw
Oh dear. Okay, so I watch their content a lot, I don't know why I turned a blind eye to how much content they make, but thank you so much for shedding a light on this because this can definitely hurt people!
I think that speaks exactly to the point Mickey is making! You aren't turning a blind eye, you've been misinformed and wrapped up by the intent of their channel. There's a lot of comments here where people share that they were fishy of them or have been misled (myself included) and it proves the exact point that their misused and poorly contextualised information is harmful!
Enfin 👏👏
I just found your channel and became a fan. You put things in a way that is easy to understand, while underlining that mental health can't be explained in a simplistic way, like the Psych2Go channels tries to do.
There's a reason why we have the 2go in our name: easily digestible information was what our community wanted at the time. We agree that mental health is not a simple matter that could be explained in a 5 minute video, but sometimes a short video does just that. It opens people up to discuss what they are going through in the comment sections, just as what Dr. Mickey has accomplished through this video. It gets people to voice what they didn't want to say. And for that, we appreciate Mickey's review of our channel.
Mais ils continuent encore en ce moment à mettre des vidéos à la con 😂🤣😂
Finally, I've been watching them for a while, but they always gave me this off feeling. Their content always felt biased, ill-researched, and oversimplified. I'm no licensed therapist, but that's how it always felt to me. They even admit in some of their videos that the topics they discuss have little to no research on them, like their most recent eating disorder video. They mentioned binge-eating, anorexia, and bulimia, but they also mentioned other things, like what they call, "bigorexia," which in the script was even noted to not have any research at all. They made it up to fit the number in the thumbnail. The fact that their word is taken as gospel by so many people, even phycology teachers, is really disturbing to me. More people need to call them out.
Edit: I fixed some typos and wanted to mention that they use betterhelp as a resource. Totally forgot about that when I wrote this comment.
Thanks for your feedback. We respect that.
@@Psych2go I don't think you do though, given in another comment thread on here you said Mickey Atkins was too 'negative' because of her video and complained she wasn't positive enough about you. So either there's two different people from your team saying different things, or you don't actually want feeback, you just say you do and the complain that you're not being praised by everyone.
@@red_velvetcake1759Bravo et merci ! 🤩
I actually used to watch some of their videos. While I am in therapy and diagnosed I still felt as if there was something missing. The diagnosis that I knew about was back in 6th grade so about 8 years ago. While I did not self diagnose myself I did get some “Ideas” what could be “wrong” and talked to my therapist about it to see if it actually is true (yes, in my case it was). Which is why I always saw this channel as a medium to try to understand myself better. Some videos did seem weird already by Titel, but I never really watched those. I did however cross some people who self diagnosed themselves, because of similar videos and post like these. It still never really occurred to me, that people will take every single word from it without thinking it over, talking to specialists or just do more research. Due to that I think it is the right thing to “call out” this channel as a professional and to show people, that not everything is correct and that it doesn’t resemble an official diagnosis.
Edit: I’m diagnosed with Anxiety and mild Depression with Dissociative phases. Maybe that’s why it kinda helped me as it something more commonly known? I don’t know.
I just feel like this channel is only fishing for young impressionable people to diagnose themselves. Like....It seems clearly marketed to children with the cute artstyle, which is all very problematic cause children usually don't know how to process complex information correctly...
i was definitely that kid in high school who tried to diagnose myself with things because I read about them on the internet and thought they slightly applied to me 😖 I'm not proud of it lol but its easy for kids to turn to the internet if they don't have the appropriate resources in school or with their family 😕 and the internet is fulllll of garbage ahaha it can be hard to tell whats legit ESPECIALLY when you're a child
The most vulnerable times in our lives are when we are young. Having went through depression early in my life, I knew that I needed a place where I could feel heard. That's the beginning vision of psych2go and now with millions of young people opening up about their struggles, have we not accomplish just that? None the less, we respect your comment.
@@Psych2go who are you though? No offense but we really need some proof who r u guyz and research to back your videos up?
Absolutely 💯 I agree with this statement. Also may I add they tend to perpetuate too many stereotypes that are more harmful than helpful and when targeting young teens only reinforces them. Can you not please?
@@emunahohr9734 I myself studied psychology BA at UBC< and most of our team hvae some background in psychology, but we don't claim to be working professionals. Our vision first is opening up our viewers to dialogue through introducing various topics in a digestable manner. In terms of credibility, we do our best with our editorial staff who reviews the sources, references, and studies. Unfortunately, with so many videos produced over the years, there will always be slip ups. Not everyone can be perfect 100% all the time don't you agree? But the impact we have done for the community shows in the views, thumbups, comments and numbers. None the less, we would love to involve more people in the mental health space to contribute to our editorial. We always have an email in our bio to contact us.
I saw this video when it came out and read the dialogue in the comments, unsubscribed from Psych2Go, and looking at them now (now that I get recommended their Genshin Impact video of course) I'm honestly glad I did. I don't mean to be negative but they're mass uploading "signs that you're this" "signs that you're that" videos, like 2 per day. It's clear as day they haven't improved their research and their content is for entertainment. Making videos people click on and recycling information that seem right when you hear it, like Tori said, the 5 minute crafts of psychology. Disappointing.
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
Plus now they pump up SO much content that this basically counts as content farming. They first make like 2 videos per week, now it's 2 videos *per day.* Talk about exploiting psychology and mental health
Enfin quelqu’un a dit la réponse 😂😂
RUclips is a platform. A platform to share what you think, share what you do to the target viewers. There are thousands of channels and each pass their message to available audiences. Psych2go is a channel created for certain purposes. If you notice, their videos are short, strategic and straight to the point. The channel is not a full Google research platform. Remember I said target viewers. If you're not the target audience for psych2go content, there's no harm in just scrolling up and ignoring.
A lot of people will get misled. Wtf is even target audience? Gullible people??
@@bodhisattva9762 no, the opposite probably.
Then you could have scrolled and ignored this video
The problem is that misinformation and oversimplification targets really easy the viewers
The problem is them spreading possible misinformation to a large audience.
I've never seen your channel before, but thank you for this review. The videos you picked were pretty easy targets to be fair, but it really shows why they need to put more emphasis on quality rather than quantity and that they should probably cull their back catalog. I have found a few of their videos to be insightful, but all too often the information presented is clearly questionable at best or at least easy to take the wrong lesson from.
"Some people dont want to change" is such a condemning and all consuming - and a general misunderstanding - way of understanding the human condition too and its something that gets me pretty fired up.
People do what we believe is serving us according to our own personal thoughts, feelings and life experiences and what we've gathered from those experiences.
Its really not that hard to see at all and I've been aware of it since I was like 15 or so.
Most are sort of unconsciously weighing out procs and cons of choices and options we have and resisting or moving towards them. And our resistance or lack of it is what is determining what we are drawn to.
Thats how I see it and honestly can not sit by nor stand with anyone that sees or thinks otherwise.
I know this is probably unrelated, but a therapist reacting to psych2go gives the same energy of a historian (Historic Travels) reacting to bright side!
Psych2Go strikes me as undergrad essays that cherry pick arguments for assignments in an intro to psychology course
as a kid, i used to think i had bpd bc of psych 2 go 😭😭😭 i talked to a therapist ab it years later and i have other diagnoses, but NOT bpd (esp since i am LITERALLY an adolescent)
I have severe social anxiety, and I got stuck in with the people who were “fixers.” They caused me so much trauma and pretended like I was ungrateful and “too stubborn” to get fixed. In reality, my condition was a lot deeper than they realized and knew how to handle, but made me feel bad about it. I’m still haunted by bad memories of my old “friends.”
edit (after watching more of this video): these “fixer” friends were also of the opinion that I was su*****l. I was not, but they had me forcibly hospitalized, and the police were involved (who don’t know anything about mental health), as were professionals who told me I was lying to save face so that I wouldn’t have to be hospitalized. They took all my friends’ words above mine, pretty much gaslit me, etc.. I now have ambulance and hospital bills on top of my student loan debt.
It’s incredibly dangerous to have people “on the lookout.” These are serious matters that professionals take seriously, and amateurs who don’t know psychology are in no place to make these calls. What happened to me should have been illegal, and it’s really sad to see a channel marketing itself as “psych” to make calls about other people like that
I agree, it's like an illustrated Wikipedia page of psychology and therapy. It provides the bare bones of what you might call "value" to your life, while holding your attention for a couple minutes.
Thanks to you, I started going to therapy again
Omg that’s incredible! Congratulations to YOU! I hope it goes great! 💕
@@MickeyAtkins thanks, I had my first session and it went really well!
@@Rain-np7tk thats awesome 🥰🥰 i love therapy lol
Ooooh look at you go✨💜
Yeah I used to be subscribed to this channel, but I unsubscribed because they were starting to give me toxic positivity vibes. Hope for their sake that they have improved since then.
I've known that channel for a couple of years now, and when I started seeing them, I was in a bad place, and their videos help me identified or labeled some behaviors (mine or from my loved ones) and acknowledge so many other topics. I've always watched their videos open-minded (in the sense of an educational purpose and knowing that their version isn't always the truth) so it never affected me in a negative way (I believe).
About 1 or 2 years ago, they were looking for more content creators (in EVERY area) and to me, after that appeared a shift in the direction they went for (more types of personality, having a crush related videos, etc) and it began to feel more sketchy, and a LOT of content appeared rapidly. I don't know if I haven't noticed it before and it was always like that, but after hearing you, now I see how much damage it can cause with their content and how stigmatizing could be, especially for the public they are reaching. Thank you for explaining in such clear terms
Yeah! I was looking for this, I feel the same 😔 a couple years ago their content was slower but more accurate or better researched ಠಿ_ಠ I don't know what happened but now they feel like "women's magazine" content youtube channel
Yea I forgot about that but I completely agree. Even the art style and voice was different.
@@manp112 sure, let's use """woman's stuff""" as bad examples... Because woman don't receive enough hate this days...
@@manp112 I’ve noticed that’s somewhat of a phenomenon in creativity in general - the more demand there is for the content and the more it’s dependent on algorithms, trends, monetisation etc the less creative it actually becomes. They just start pumping out content for the money and engagement instead of for the creative and therapeutic aspects. Creative burnout is a very real thing that’s becoming more and more common with the increase of viewers feeling entitled to instant gratification because of technological advancements.
Il faut être honnête ! Ils sont tellement cons 😂😂 mais à un point 😂😂
Des fois, je me pose la question si ils ont faits des études ou pas car je ne pense pas 😂🤣😂
I love listening to your advice so much! I've seen this channel pop up on my feed, and while I've thought they make good points at times, hearing your take on them gives me so much insight. As I've said before, you're everything I've looked for in a therapist, and your patients are incredible lucky to have you as a resource. I love how down to earth you are. You make me feel like I could discuss any topic without you without any judgement.
Your channel makes me so happy because I love that a professional is sharing the same opinion as my gut. I've always been fairly intuitive and self aware to a fault, and having you give opinions which echo my own intuition feels amazing.
their autism video was straight garbage. like i can't even describe how much i hated it. i stg it sounded like they found a buzzfeed article that lists signs of autism, and then copied and pasted it into their script.
they said they would unlist it but it's still public because they literally just don't care.
I feel like it was made for relate people I mean I relate from there channel but I don’t comment and share personal stuff in my life
I love to learn about psychology to inform myself to improve my own mental health. The first thing that made my ears perk up a bit with psych2go was when they said narcissism was basically incurable and that you are either a bad person or a good person... I thought psychology was supposed to get away from reductive concepts like that. It really feels like they mix in too much morality with science on that channel.
Pseudoscience or like astrology 😂🤣😂
“Su*icide. The act of taking your own life. A horrific act-“ * shows images of harmful items *
*Me with OCD, depression, and an attempt on my records:* man I thought I felt bad before but now I feel even worse :)
Thank you for bringing this up. I stumbled over Psyke2go a couple of years ago and watched some of their content hoping to find information about mental health presented in an easy to understand way. However after watching some of their videos I realized that al of them where inaccurate and many gave bad and/or harmful advice.
Pysch2go is just middleschool logic
No ! kindergarten 😂😂
I believe that the illusion of knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance, so channels like Psych2Go are, in my opinion, doing more harm than good. I'm a baby mental health professional (pre-licensed MFT), and I definitely share the opinions you expressed about this channel. And you managed to do so in a way that wasn't shaming to the channel itself or to people who might enjoy that kind of content. Excellent video!!! 💕
Same thing with the girl defined video...so well put together and not shaming anyone 😊
This is such a good point! I hadn’t really thought about it from that perspective but I wholeheartedly agree. It’s concerning that they’ve positioned themselves as experts without actually having the expertise. 😬
@@MickeyAtkinsIls ne savent rien 😂😂
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The reason I DSH in the past was because my depression made me feel numb so DSH actually helped me feel alive rather than leading me down a more drastic path
finally someone talks about this. I've had issues with their content in a long time