The Representation Of Mental Illnesses And Disorders In Animation
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Hey lookie another representation video. I know it's been a while since I've done a longer video. I can't resist hot takes and such. Here I talk about the representation of mental illnesses and disorders in animation. I hope you enjoy. I got a lot of requests to talk about it and my unimportant opinions on it. I love you bunches, mwah.
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I loved Peridot’s confusion when she tried to joke with Amethyst. She wasn’t mad, or even that upset, but CONFUSED. Because that was the “wrong” response. I really felt that.
That was relatable AF
I'm autistic, I miss so many jokes and so many uses of sarcasm
@@dr.jackbright963 it's okay my friend
@@thecod2345 she stims, stimming is a very common autistic identification sign
Peridot is very relatable to me because I’m not very good at social cues and jokes, so seeing someone else with this same issue is kind of...comforting. Also, people seem to find me unemotional? I just don’t really know how to...be emotional, I suppose? It’s sort of strange. I’ll just be having a conversation and people with ask me if I’m paying attention, or if I’m angry with them over something?
"Autism isn't a mental illness, it's a developmental disorder"
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU T H A N K Y O U FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT!!!!!!
I hate to sound mean, but what exactly is the difference? I have Aspergers myself, so I’m not trying to invalidate or anything and I’m genuinely asking.
@Hannah Lee mental illness would also be something that lowers the quality of ones life. Like depression, schizophrenia, gender dysphoria. Or to dumb it down more. Makes ya feel like shit.
Interchange able words
@@Cheezy_Bunz Aye, that's how I always go about explaining it.
Of course, autism can certainly severely impair you depending on the circumstance and such, but by and large, we're all just kind of weird.
@@distant9346 its a developmental disorder. Being autistic doesnt lower quality of your life. In fact autistic people are usually pretty smart and nice people. They just don’t get social cues an other things. Its also a spectrum to so maybe a really advanced autism may be a mental illness but slight ones arent.
Verdis: Autism isnt a mental illness
Antivax Moms: *gotta be bulls**t in there somewhere*
the worst part is that parents would rather have a deathly ill child rather than their belief of vaccinations causing ‘autism’;
they would let their child die if it meant they wouldn’t have autism.
69 likes nice
@@PootisPlayer yup
I think that it is sad that people with autism don’t get much respect. It is upsetting that people look at a person with autism as stupid! It really annoys me. Instead of treating people with autism like crap they should try to help them! 😡
WHYFU the Waifu I don’t know what your talking about I have never been disrespected or insulted (because of my autism) in my life
Despite being autistic myself, I never actually related that much to Peridot. Don't get me wrong, I really like her and I realize that she's an example of good representation, but... the way I see her, she's a pretty accurate representation of how autists look from the outside. Pearl was the one I always identified with, since she's awkward and rigid at times, but not in a way that significantly sets her apart from the rest of the group, which is how I feel when I'm with other people. In other words, while I'm sure I look a lot like Peridot from the point of view of others, Pearl's portrayal is much more in line with how I experience myself, if that makes sense.
@@shearedsheep7009 you mean different facets of the spectrum. autism spectrum doesn't manifest and differ in a linear manner.
I never said anything about linear did i
@@shearedsheep7009 well, you said sides... the autism spectrum does necessarily have sides imo. but we can disagree.
I think of it more as a circle
@@orangeworm "Sides" could still mean opposites. If you imagine it like a colour spectrum, one side is blue the other side is orange, but that doesn't mean there aren't other opposites like red and green (if that makes sense lol)
I’m surprised you didn’t cover Bojack Horseman in the depression segment. That show is downright harrowing when it gets serious.
Ikr? That show is really good at mental health represtation
I actually think bojack has a personality disorder. his behavioral patterns and cognitive patterns and symptoms are similar to mine - an individual diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. In regards to his frequent distancing i would assume he has borderline personality disorder along with avoidant. and also that childhood trauma greatly contributes to that. it was the first time i positively related to what i believe was meant to be an individual with bpd. it was a great show and hit home many many times.
Ikr! Especially the sequence when he's with his daughter Holly and his mum and the show keeps going into another art style and the voiceover as his thoughts. It honestly hit so hard
Bojack horseman got so real, I stopped fucking watching it. It was too hard for me honestly. It was painful to watch, especially when I realised how godamn depressing the show was that subverts comedic expectations, and no one has a damn happy ending
It just got worse and worse for everyone. Everything you thought was going to be an olive branch or a break for the characters would be yanked out painfully by the end of the episode
@@jeaniebayerr same. I have bpd and i could really relate to him especially with the fucked up family. But I can also see obviously how it represents depression too.
I have OCD myself, which leads me to scratching myself till I bleed. I met a bunch of people not understanding why, because it's just a "funny trait". I also often hear "omg, that's so OCD!!" and "I tots have OCD!!"
I totally understand where you come from. Hearing shit like that is really annoying and can be really discouraging.
@@VeridisJoe Yeah, I always felt bad about having OCD because of that, but learned that it's other people who are just uneducated on the subject, which helped me a lot
I don't like talking about my OCD and pretend it doesn't exist, Even though it's pretty much took over my life.
@@insomniatic991 don't know if this would help but it worked for me .I would bet or dare on myself that I would do the same OCD things I would do,but gradually do less each week or so,kinda hard to explain but an example is:I would have to flip the light switch on and off 4 times every time I would enter or leave my room and the kitchen,but after awhile of betting on myself that I would do the same OCD stuff that I previous did but in my betting control so I just did 3 this time then eventually 2 and finally 1.sorry for bad grammar but after a year or so I managed to almost entirely stop having to flick light switches and other OCD stuff,hope this helps.
@@perisomething5231 Thank you, I will try that...Though mine is very hard to explain...
I smiled when he talked about autism, my little brother has it so it meant a lot to me in that he explained it so intellectually
I also have autism
My little brother has autism and watching him talk about it just made my day a little better
@@C0C009 I'm glad! I'm also probably not gonna have a good day but I hope it gets better!
@@C0C009 oh my brother would be able to relate more than me! But I hope it's easy for you!
My brother has it and im in the process of being tested
I love how Peridot still HAS emotions, she just doesn't really express them outwardly that much. It's something I can really identify with.
Also doesn't she happy stim on multiple occasions?
@Kien Ngo I think you should see a therapist or someone for relating to bubblegum becuase sociopathy isnt so good but adhd isnt that bad
@@plutolunaplays Sociopaths aren't bad people tho....Being a sociopath doesn't automatically make you a bad person
@@plutolunaplays stop equating personality disorders with being a bad person 😐
@@ok.4720 same with stuff like NPD
“Suicide warning ahead”
*Sees Adventure time.*
Wha-
Yeah, I was so confused lol
Considering I named my Xbox game tag a combination of the chaos gods of adventuretime and hellboy, I understand it
@@frankteng
Ok.
The_Weewoo_Man oh yea I remember that. I don’t think that’s exactly triggering to people tho
There’s suicide in adventure time tho-
i hate it when someone says that “their ocd is getting triggered” or “they have ocd”.
i know it seems stupid but i honestly hate when people mix up being a perfectionist or neat person in general with having ocd. basically i hate everyone.
yaboiplekka The fact that you’re correcting yourself means you’ve grown more aware and more knowledgeable. From somebody with OCD, don’t beat yourself up my dude.
Oh my god, this. I have both OCD and OCPD and it affects my daily life drastically. I spend literal hours a day partaking in my compulsions so I don't have an anxiety attack or something. It's so mentally draining and tiring and I would give anything to just finally be cured of these god forsaken thoughts. So to see people with slight perfectionist tendencies be like "Haha oopsies sorry I have OCD!!" is just awful. Like, please, you don't even know the half of it. Hell, you don't even know a *quarter* of it.
Sorry I kinda went off on a tangent there. :(
@@ルーカス-y9c so do you repeat things over n over until you get it right? I'm sorry but the only knowledge I know of is the often misleading and offensive stereotypes that surround it. Educate me
^mmmm if thats the case then i do this thing where whenever i click on a yt video i have to memorize the day,month, and year it was posted, the percentage my phone is at, the time it is, and like every video i click on all at once and since i have bad memory i spend the whole video repeating and checking all of those things to make sure i got it right and by like my 2929929291th time of checking im super stressed out and the videos already over. Now recently its gotten worst, im now forcing myself to memorize the views the video has, the likes it has, sometimes the number of comments, and for some reason now im adding videos to my playlist constantly. Like i cant even just sit down and enjoy a freaking video. If its ocd or something else plsss someone let me know its exhausting and frustrating!!
@@dizzee6089 No, it's okay!! You know about all the misrepresentation and stereotypes out there and are trying to get the real info, which is good.
Some people with OCD do repeat their compulsions until they feel like they've done it "right", even if there isn't really a correct or incorrect way to do the activity. For me, I repeat my hygienic habits until I feel like whatever I'm cleaning is "clean enough". This includes showering, hand washing, disinfecting surfaces, doing the dishes, ect. I also have this other odd case of "until it's right" repetitive behavior where I collect things (mostly marbles and trading cards) and count out my collections multiple times until I feel like I've counted every single one? I dunno, that one is a bit weirder.
But there are also some cases of OCD where people don't have "until it's right" repetitive behaviors for their compulsions, such as people walking in and our of the doorway five times before finally going through into the other room. The difference between my hygienic compulsions and this hypothetical doorway compulsion being that mine have no exact measurement, while the doorway example is an exact measurement of five everytime. And some people don't even have compulsions, which is often called "pure O" meaning "pure obsession", which is where someone has obsessive thoughts but no compulsive behavior (although some argue if this could technically if this is a branch of OCD or not). It's just important to remember that OCD can be experienced differently for different people. No two cases of OCD identical.
I'm not as sure about OCPD as far as "until it's right" repetitive behaviors go, because I was only recently diagnosed with it, while I've been diagnosed with OCD for much longer. I've been suffering from both for years, so my personal symptoms of both are kind of melded together for me, but I still somewhat understand the differences. But if you're curious about that too, you could try asking a professional!
Edited for clarification. :)
Someone: you can talk to me
Me, tearing up: that's so nice and kind of you but i can only express myself through memes because I'm scared
*Gives hugs*
@@notawarpspawn2107 thanks ;_;
Don’t worry, you’re not alone there
Wonder Women *hugs* I feel ya sis
Mood.......
I wish ADD/ADHD was accurately represented in movies and shows, if at all.
Sabrina Trimble same here, I’ve never seen a cartoon character with ADHD/ADD
I’ve only seen it represented well in books, but that’s about it.
OMG yes! I'm so tired of people thinking it's all hyperactivity and creativity. Ignoring the anixety, stress and confusion that can come from it.
@@VC-bk4di yeah I know I love clone high dude
yeah. its a bit frustrating.
"Romanticising something is when you take something that is harmful and making it look good or better than it actually is, and it is very, very, very harmful, please dont do that"
Me: shit
_Tumblr has left the chat_
This is actually a really good, clear definition! I so often see it used incorrectly (Tumbler,,,)
Best example is when number of people glorify Joker and Harley's relationship.
@@delariohandy2729 or when i say that depression aint THAT bad, i stay up til 3 and im up by 5 so i can do whatever i want because i cant sleep
I think my mental illnesses got a lot worse because of this. A lot of people around me think it's edgy or cool almost to have anxiety. And even me. But that's why it took me a long time to decide I want to be better. And when I started to work on it I found out how shamefull it actual is to try to get better. Dealing is doable, working to be better is really hard and makes me only feel ashamed. Because I have to say no to things I really want to do. Or cry in front of people. And talk about my anxiety with people and it doesn't make sense. So I feel stupid. It's a really slow and difficult process. And it doesn't get any recognition.
"AND NO ON LIKES THE SELF-DIAGNOSIS TUMBLR CROWD."
I've never agreed more with anything on the Internet.
I disagree
@@TheobaldLeonhart hmm?
@@TheobaldLeonhart They literally waste professional's time for the people who do have mental illnesses.
@@TheobaldLeonhart your arm chair psychology doesnt mean shit in the professional world. self diagnosis is laughable at best and deadly at worst.
Omg I'm reading this and he immediately starts saying that and I'm like "Oh GoD-"
The bit about romanticizing is crucial, I'm glad you mentioned that.
Not that I needed more convincing to watch A Silent Place, but it's on Netflix, so NO EXCUSES.
Woops, think you meant *A Silent
Voice, not A Silent Place-
@@SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer this commenter, watching the quiet place: *Oh No,*
That movie made me cry
Spooky scary child death in the first 2 minutes
For those that don't have Netflix or can't use Netflix you can find A Silent Voice on RUclips 🙂
5:25 “she hisses at people when shes overstimulated”
as a person diagnosed with ASD (and was also raised with cats),
yep
Yep
I growl and hiss...I get it
@@hannahwolfmusic2082 me too and i have echolia which is repeating phrases
I hissed at a fly once...
mhm. i tend to hiss at people when they get on my nerves or are being too loud. its just a thing i do.
What's hilarious about this is with all the representation we have on mental illness, our loved ones often watch these portrayals and feel empathy for the fictional character,
whilst when it comes to their own child/spouse/relative/friend the stigma remains.
It hurts how much I think that is true
This has been true in my case as well.
......Yeah.... :(
unfortunately yeah...
the thing for me is that people with mental illness/disorders don’t want empathy, or at least I don’t. we just want to be heard and accepted and receive help if needed. and to be acknowledged.
Lapis definitely has PTSD. I can't believe people forget that PTSD is a disorder.
And Peridot is my favorite character! I love her so much!
Same
Same sis
Now future Steven has PTSD-
Starmadien yeah but it sucks cause they don’t expand on these characters at all
I feel like everyone in steven universe has PTSD. Steven having PTSD is pretty much the entire basis of Steven Universe: Future
I'm certain that we can add Steven himself to this list now.
Yes
I love your pfp lol
Y'know, I always wondered how he didn't have PTSD,future answered,and it said "yeah,he does"
i figured him and rose have adhd
His representation was poorly done. The crewnuiverse portrayed depressed people as agressive and threatening people
Big yikes
I really want an actually well written character with ADHD who isn’t just random or crazy or super smart with no friends because that’s not what we’re like
I would love that!!!! For someone with ahdh.
Not animated, but Anne with an e is adhd coded, and since I was little I’ve identified with Anne of green gables. She isn’t always hyper, she’s hardworking and determined and her hyperfocus on the things she cares about and her different way of thinking is really admirable but sometimes just so relatable.
BRO SAME-
Ouf this!!
Exactly! We aren't "super quirky and wacky", we just have hard time focusing
I just watched A Silent Voice, and god damn, I was crying so hard. Thank you. I struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings and there’s honestly been times where I was planning for it. But seeing that movie helped me cope. To anyone who reads this comment, I can’t recommend this movie enough. It’s beautiful and heartbreaking and bittersweet. I loved every minute of it
I found that Violet Evergarden helped me as well.
I have PTSD relating to abuse, and enduring periods of homelessness and lack of resources...
Anyway. It helped me realize that I had been repressing my emotions to the point, where I pretty much broke into Bipolar.
Now I'm too emotional one week, and back to listless the next two...
I was crying all the way through tho. So there's that.
@KrystalKat LuvsCreepyPasta WOLF CHILDREN GOT ME MESSED UP, NO-
Actually I believe silent voice has manga version but I don't know witch came first though.
@@charleshagen1985 there is a manga, and if you mean which came first the movie or the manga, it was the manga
It made me cry too, I don't personally think I have depression or anything like that (or maybe I'm in denial, idk) so I don't know what your going though but I hope things get better for you soon
"The worst thing about being mentally ill is that people expect you to act as if you _don't."_
- Arthur Fleck, Joker (2019)
That movie was relatable in odd ways. It's difficult to describe, I dunno, his general situation and illnesses weren't like mine but at the same time the way he articulated his experiences and the reactions of people around him- fear, disgust, dismissiveness- were incredibly relatable.
I was genuinely cheering by the end of the film; not because he was being violent, but simply because he was embracing himself and acknowledging his emotions, in a very... unapologetic way. I feel like those aspects are way more important than the violence.
you don't what?
@@godlyvex5543 have a mental illness.
@@GohanLSSJ2 well the grammar is weird. the way it's phrased is 'you don't being mentally ill'.
Godlyvex5 how does that make any more sense?
While death the kids rep is played for laughs at a lot of points, the show does go to great lengths to show that it is a detriment and not a plus. I had OCD, which was since treated, and I've seen so many shows romanticize it and use it as the base for how talented the character is. Death the kid is suffering, and it's highly implied that it's because of all the pressure he's under since he is the son of death, which causes him to want to be "perfect" and obsess.
In the Manga, it's explained that Kid suffers from the Madness of Order because of his Lines of Sanzu.
souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Madness_of_Order
I suppose since it's not focused on its considered bad. But someone (Stein maybe?) explained he had Liz and Patty for weapons as they eased his OCD tendencies right?
Yes period preach!
Yeah I have ocd where I obsessively pick scabs sometimes I don't realize it even and it's because I feel like it doesn't belong or something and then people are like
omg that gives me ocd 😂😂😂
@@bigsaroo5775 OMG THAT SOOOO OCD~
Me in the corner having intrusive thoughts about pedophilia for 10 mins:
When you mentioned Death the Kid, i remembered how my own OCD traits used to be treated as a joke a lot of times by the people around me. People liked doing the things that would set me off just to see me get upset/anxious. And for a long time, I indulged them. I wasn't weird, I was entertaining. After I realized this was only doing me harm, it was difficult to get people to understand that this was serious, and it bothered me. Most, if not all, of the people I'm talking about watched Soul Eater. I still love the show, and Kid is still my favorite character, but I always wonder if all of this would of been different for me if the show had treated his OCD as anything other than a joke.
The manga is better. Not only is the story more interesting but it also goes into depression, complexes that involve with insecurities, etc. It’s great.
Yes this is why OCD shouldnt be treated as a joke in media. It is a seriouse thing that harms the people who have it, and thus should be treated seriously. Pluse when it is treated like a joke in media, it can warp peoples belifs into thinking its not that bad and romantisising it. Witch is harmfull for people with OCD.
I see that its bad to see ocd as a quirk, but didn't Kid also get hit a lot of times because of his OCD?
@@randowl404 yeah but the stereotyping of ocd makes a negative impact on people who have it.
@@abidaabida1624 I don't think it's always wrong to frame OCD comedically, but not acknowledging the serious side of it is definitely not good to sensitize people to it.
Rick really does represent depression well. His emotions are manic, going from extremes. Maybe people don’t recognize the sadness at first, but that is the point. Depression isn’t just sadness. It’s these unstable, extreme emotions.
Personally. I first assumed he had Bipolar, because that's what I have.
People think Bipolar is just this thing where you're just "switching ", and are unstable.
But for someone like me, it's. Well.
It's confusing, and scary. Depending on what the week turns out to be like.
People don't understand that the mania has a soul crushing opposite, and that soul crushing opposite has an incredible taste for life.
Only to swing right back a week later.
I can't bring myself to watch Rick and Morty, due to Rick's behaviour. It's an unpleasant mirror, and like another commenter stated.
I do not want to be that person. That stigmatizing stereotype of what someone with Bipolar is
@@colleennewholy9026 I've often wondered if he had Bipolar Disorder too. Since he does make pretty big swings sometimes. With the episode with Unity, he's got a really nice high from being with her and then really low at the end of the episode. I wouldn't be surprised if he had a mix of both.
Rick clearly represents NPD/ASPD
Jackson Scuitto it’s possible to have multiple mental disorders, dumbass.
@@jacksonscuitto32 I don't think so. He has those traits but it's highly unlikely he has it.
Rick has displayed having empathy, going as far as even sacrificing himself for others.
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ikr it made me cry
Dude same, insta subscribed
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“Here comes a thought” is amazing.
I 100% agree
As a person with anxiety, i still listen to it 💗
It honestly helps with my ocd a bit.
Yes
the show still sucks
pretty disappointed you didn’t bring up bojack. for me, he is the most human, realest representation of somebody who has depression.
I agree. Like that show gets real that it’s hard to watch actually
And your profile picture and username. LOL
I feel called out-
Two many kokichis
i see him as more bpd representation than anything
One word:
Incredible
Bojack's more of a C/PTSD show imo, dunno if that's just me though
Lapis is one of the most misunderstood characters I've ever seen depicted. I've seen so many people try to argue that she's the abusive one in the show. Imagine just being released from a prison, and then immediately getting captured by two strangers and locked in another prison, being interrogated, and finally being released and then having everyone expected you to not be angry at that, and to immediately forgive them. Like what the fuck. That episode where everyone fucking expected her to immediately forgive peridot is a strong indication that many people who watch Steven universe don't understand how real life people react to abuse. Even having her lashing out at one if her abusers ie Jasper. That's realistic, shit like that happens.
It really pissed me off cause so many people portrayed her as a bad character until the episode where they saved her.
@Evan Rosato I'm not denying any of that, I think Rebecca said that was suppose to represent an abused victim lashing out at their abuser. but I've seen people try to make the argument that lapis was just the abuser and not a victim, like you'd have to be purposefully misinterpreting the show to miss lapis being abused or just plain ignorant, and so many people have done that.
While I get your point, honestly Lapis kind of gives me the creeps when it comes to how she's represented sometimes. I think it's a good idea to explore the experience of a victim lashing out like how it can be in real life. However my problem with her isn't that she's more cold then other characters, that's okay, but the way that she can do truly terrible things to other characters and not have to suffer any real consequences for them, sometimes the things she does not even being recognized as bad. In that same episode where Lapis struggles with trying to forgive Peridot, she breaks Peridot's most valued possession and then tells her that she has to be the one to leave the barn, both actions she never actually had to apologise or ever even acknowledge again. Hell, we even get a scene in the next couple of episodes where Peridot says that she still feels bad about Lapis breaking her cassette tape, and yet it's played off for laughs, and then never acknowledged again.
I could go on, but I hope that example is enough. I think Lapis is an incredibly complex and interesting character, but the way she's written gives me a really bad message of "If you had a bad past, then it's justifiable for you to hurt others cause of it," which is a pretty dangerous message to be sending to kids who could be going through the same thing, and promotes victimization over recovery. I know that's most likely not what the show is trying to send, and most fans don't seem to get the same message from it either, but that's just me.
The thing is, when jasper asked to fuse with her, she willingly accepted meaning jasper didn’t do anything in that scene except for grab her wrist and ask her to fuse. She then fused and trapped jasper under the ocean. She also says that she took her anger out on jasper which basically alludes to lapis abusing jasper, and jasper is manipulated into liking it, as jasper asks to fuse again (not saying jasper didn’t do anything wrong, but it outright says lapis is the one who abused jasper). It’s just that it’s brushed off and everyone’s just pinning all the blame on jasper
It’s probably because Lapis’ character is kinda written _not that greatly tbh._ She’s a very flip-floppity character.
the worst part is edgy kids saying they're "depressed" because its "cool"
in what way does have depression "cool"
And it makes people think teenagers can’t *actually* be depressed
Yeah I’m scared to get it checked out, idk if I’m just not good at handling emotions/ talking to people about them or if I legit have depression. Maybe those are related?
Insensitive humans: *Omg I’m harming myself cuz the depressed kids are doing it. So cool!*
People who actually have depression and other serious things going on: *Are we a joke to you?*
I'm worried about a few of my personality traits that I believe have kind of taken over and really messed with my life but then I see 'haha lolz fourteen year olds thinking they're depressed' and it makes me so anxious to ask for help
@@unlimited-edge if you have emotions you want to talk about but for some reason can't chances are you have depression... And if you don't get help for it, or at the very least talk to the person you trust the most, you might develop anxiety. That's what I think partially caused my anxiety, of course there were many more factors but bottling up all those feelings for years of my teenage years can't have helped at all. I pretended to be happy, a pretended a LOT in those times... Since then I have decided "fuck that, I'm gonna become an over sharing bastard and I will do my best to always show my true feelings" which equals instead of me pretending to be happy as I write this comment I am openly being depressed so my boyfriend knows that life sucks for me right now and I don't have motivation to do stuff
Just had a tic attack and punched myself in the jaw.
That's irrelevant but i just wanted to say it somewhere.
FrenchBread Lolita Charlotte is your jaw okay?
Oh my god I was just about to asked if you were okay and if it hurt still and then I realized this was made 3 months ago
Hey i know it's been 5 months but , you okay ?
Do you still have that tic??? Is your jaw okay?
Is your jaw okay?
One thing I really want more rep for in media is ADHD, because it's WAAYYY more than I just can't sit still, it's lacking object permanence, rejection sensitive disphoria, not having a concept of time, hyperfocus, and hyperfixations
same with add!
Theres the percy jackson + heroes of olympus series. Theres a lot of characters with ADHD in it.
I think it's confirmed that Luz from the Owl House has ADHD.
Not trying to be rude, but object permanence isn’t the right phrase. Object permanence is about understanding that an object exists even when you can’t see or hear it - in babies, it’s why they find “peek-a-boo” so entertaining, because they actually think your face ceases to exist when you hide behind your hands. If somebody lacks object permanence they think that the only things that exist are the things they directly see and hear in the present moment.
I know “forgetfulness” isn’t the best word either, but it’s slightly closer to being accurate.
@@ionabab7274 I used object permanence for a reason, I know what it means and it is definitely the right phrase, I live with ADHD every day and struggle with object permanence, not forgetfulness, I can remember things just fine, but if they aren't in my direct line of sight they might as well not exist. Like I can remember that there's a paperclip on the right side of my dresser in the floor only because it is in a place that I see regularly, if it was behind my dresser it stops existing
i love how you talked about A Silent Voice. i love this video in general. thank you for talking about this
Victoria J. I love a silent voice! It’s one of my favorite movies
I love it
On the self-diagnosis thing...
While I get the frustration with people who romanticize mental illness and disorders, just remember that professional diagnoses have problems as well. For example, boys are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. And of course there’s being unable to get a diagnosis; a friend of mine who suffers from seasonal depression was never taken to a medical professional because her parents were convinced that she was “just being over dramatic.” She had to look up the symptoms online to figure out what was going on.
When the person does their research and doesn’t rely on media representation, self-diagnosing can be helpful and even save lives.
^^^ fuckin this. Some of the shit I've struggled with I either 1. actively hid from psychiatrists, or 2. I didn't articulate things in the correct way. Not having an ""official"" diagnosis doesn't mean you CANNOT POSSIBLY have something.
There's a huge difference between trying to fit into a diagnosis so you can say you have it vs. finding something after years of struggle and realising it perfectly describes your symptoms. The latter perfectly describes my experience with BPD. I just wish I had learned about it sooner so I'd feel less fucking insane.
There are more diagnoses in boys because boys are more likely to be autistic.
Yeah no. I think that people who self diagnose are attention seekers. And I think 99% of them don't actually have it. As someone who's actually been diagnosed with autism and bipolar, please don't ever even try to self diagnose or look up you're symptoms. You don't have it. That's it.
@@mr.dr.kaiser4912 autism spectrum disorders often manifest differently in girls than in boys, or is harder to diagnose in girls because there's more pressure on them to know how to socialize correctly, so they're almost forced to hide it. it's still up for debate whether boys are truly more likely to be autistic or if the criteria underdiagnoses girls.
Dodger the Crocodile good for you, not everyone is that lucky.
you, a whole stranger, just made me feel more welcomed then anyone else in my life.
thank you.
hi makoto
He really is one of those rare, special youtubers who treats their channel like a friendly discussion, and thinks of their subscribers as real people (which they are). I’m not saying every RUclipsr should do this- I love lots of RUclipsrs who don’t address their audience specifically or with extra kindness- but when someone does, it’s very welcoming. 😌
Hi I see this is getting views again and someone brought up an important thing that’s implied but I should explicitly say. I am in no way a trained professional by any means and am only talking from my own research and limited experience. That experience and research has only grown since the creation of this video a year ago.
The beginning animation is from Lupin the third. VHS begining edit from ruclips.net/channel/UCbIZCUQrF65R4JxHdyLUbaA
Hello!
Also what is the name of the movie you recommended?
You're a good man. Thank you
It doesnt matter if you are a trained professional. For things like depression and suicidal thoughts, its always beter for the person to either talk to someone that they look up to or someone they love. Its pretty cool that this video is getting more views
Where is bojack horseman?
“Self diagnosing tumblr crowd” Me:sorry *remembers that I actually have mental illness that I see a therapist for* oh wait no that was the invalidation talking
LMFAO right, I'm still in denial about the diagnoses I have, despite having them for years.
Also, I actively *hide* shit from my psychiatrist and then I'm like "haha I'm not diagnosed with this thing I very clearly have so it's not real."
doodily doo haha yeah, I hate lying to my therapist but when you’re conditioned to think of the truth as false... then being honest gets complicated
yeah so you don't count lmao. but i do hope you get better if you aren't already
I felt this, like I have gotten diagnosed with depression and adhd but I feel like NO
@@koolk1dde Help yourself out but then again I have to admit illness makes me feel interesting
"Death the kid made OCD hot."
Me: hOLd UP whAt?!
《Yasaka chan》 ikr I laughed so hard when he said that
In the manga there’s an explanation that he doesn’t *actually* have ocd and he just obsesses over things because of his status as a “god of order” or some shit like that
The whole thing was basically just for comedy. The show is dark enough and it needs the lighter episodes and comedy to balance it out and keep the audience from getting too depressed
"Pidge is literally just human peridot, they're both green."
Honestly, that's great
They're both green and small
small green nerds
_let's commit some crime, moomin._
@@stoobergingerbell1441 SNUFKIN!
Truer words have never been spoken. They’re both green nerds in space. And I love them
im autistic and i really vibe with peridot. She displays a lot of the same traits that i do and it's comforting to see in such a popular show.
same, it makes me feel validated :D and i really appreciate that since i’m not in a very supporting environment :^
I relate it to
Same
I hate it when 14 year old girls act like they have depression just for aesthetics. Its not cool. It honestly isn't.
Tony Z O have never had depression but I understand it is terrible but is it like you don't care there's no reason to feed yourself get out of bed or do anything it's just like you feel like nothing just floating there without reason and you just don't enjoy much of anything? (again I have never experienced this I'm just going from what I've heard sorry if I'm way off)
@@Peepeeluvr69420 It is very similar to it.
For me, it is constant stress, about literally everything, the things you wrote too.
Repeatingly pushing yourself in ways you shouldn't, feeling down and having existential crisises on each other.
I know people will disagree with me, but a lot of teenage girls(and boys) are really confused about their feelings and emotions, and when they hear people talking about depression/anxiety they can often relate to the symptoms. This doesn't immediately mean that they have depression/anxiety, but some teens actually have depression, and when they hear people like you talk about how "teenage girls have depression for the aesthetic" they feel invalid and ignore their mental health, which is definitely not good. This is not always the case ofc, but please stop making teenage girls/boys feel invalid for their feelings :( also, some people joke about their mental health as a form of coping, i did it, and that doesn't mean that I think of mental illnesses as a joke. So just please be careful when you talk about depression, the best thing you can do to prevent people from actually using depression as an aesthetic is to inform them about what it means/feels like to be depressed. And if they have serious concerns push them to seek professional help :)
Holy shit I wrote a lot... thank you for coming to my ted talk I guess?
@@Jade-ck2db thank you, as a teenager with depression, I feel like so many people think I'm faking it. It's nice that some people realize that teens can have depression too
Not so long ago, I literally won't honestly answer a survey about depression in a clinic. I ain't sure if I was depressed myself, but the questions were somehow the same in my situation. Answering those questions just gave me anxiety and I felt very miserable about them knowing about what's going on with me. I thought I was only going to bother my family. Also what you said about anxiety happened to me too. I felt too self conscious about everything I did that I just wanted to cry, even if it was the tiniest mistake. I honestly don't have these problems anymore, and I hope you guys find the help you need.
I'm glad you are overcoming that my dude, I struggled the same thing when I was younger. I just thought maybe the doctor would ask about it, or someone would ask me if I was really okay. But they never did and just took my lie as it was. But now it's a lot better, finally recognized something was up with me and working on it XD Hope you be doing well my dude still :)
it's nice to hear someone talking about the positive representation in steven universe for a change. too many people just want to dunk on the show for whatever reason.
TalkingSoup because it’s shit it’s not bad as RWBY though
@@LTDLetsPlays You speak the truth.
@@LTDLetsPlays Care to elaborate?
@@kevins.4185
easy complaints
character models are inconsistent in some cases in the same episode character models change for some weird reason only one episode in the series that didnt had the issue but that was thanks to a guest animator
no actual villains for most of the show and their presence is meh they didnt even do too much
too many town episodes which doesnt progress the plot or characters most characters repeat the character progression in town characters
mood backlash
dramatic plot progressing event happens with a cliffhanger or CLUSTER arc where plot always continue towards to that and characters not goofing off town episodes makes this much worse
the show doesnt know what it wants to be
is it a slice of life show?
is it a action show?
what is it?!
Psychotic Gamer Steven Universe isn't supposed to be an action show. It's supposed to be centered on characters working through emotions and growing as people, not epic fight scenes. It tries to convey deeper meanings of things like acceptance, growth and change, so if you look at it as an action show you're completely missing the point. And I'm not saying the show is perfect, there are plenty of short comings in it just like every other show. My point is that if you look at it as an action show you're going to be disappointed. Am I saying you have to like the show? No, we're all entitled to our own opinions and I respect that. But shitting on the show isn't necessarily helping either.
Steven Universe future comes out:
Steven: **Joins the ptsd crew**
yeah, sadly
(You have changed teams to BLU)
Lapis is a favorite character of mine because the show realistically portrays her trauma and recovery and how people expect you to just “get better”. Like lapis went through so much insane shit getting abused for thousands of years... and the gems literally expect her to get better and forgive Peridot in a single episode. My bf has ptsd and people react exactly how the gems do, expecting him to be completely fine right away and sometimes getting angry when he isn’t at 100% 24/7. And people missing the point of Lapis and her story arc don’t understand that recovery isn’t a straight shot to success, it’s a jumbled mess and every day is different.
Not animation, but the character of Sans from the game Undertale is legitimately the thing that got me on the path to seeking help for my mental health issues. I was on RUclips one day and in my recommended videos, there was one about how Sans was an accurate representation of depression. Since I liked the game and the character, I clicked on it. And had several minutes of "haha this is so relatable! *Wait*"
Right? When you had the final battle with him, a lot of people expected him to be like "Haha I'm the big tough bad guy and you're SO going down, loser!" but instead his whole speech was about how he had given into depression and laziness not because it was easier, but because he felt he had no other choice. Of course, in the game, he really _doesn't_ have much of a choice, but the speech fits how a lot of people with depression feel like there's no better option, that no matter what they do, it won't matter in the end, so why even try?
The fact that people _like_ the Genocide route and love playing it is a little concerning. Not to say anyone who enjoyed the Genocide route is a bad person - but you're not SUPPOSED to enjoy it. It's supposed to make you want to quit and turn back at EVERY point. To make you feel like shit. Like yeah it's just a video game, but it's a video game that hits _way_ too close to home most of the time, and its messages are meant to be taken seriously. Both the positive and negative ones.
I know this should probably be serious but I had to))
*W A I T*
how do people think ppl with autism are “emotionless weirdos”.. i have a couple friends on the spectrum and theyre really fun and cool to hang out around :)
moved : same!! Me and my friend on the spectrum talk about Harry Potter all the time!
As a person with autism thanks
its because usually when autism is brought up in mainstream media. its usually a kid who can play any instrument having hearing it once or can recite every single phone number by dial tone but usually freaks out or just straight lacks 100% of social skill.
so the concept of autism is usualy wroped up into the "extreme" zones.
@@MrOrdosan that is called a savant.
@@MrOrdosan that is called a savant.
the thing with the "self diagnosis tumblr crowd" part that kind of bothers me is how professional diagnosis can be expensive or inaccessible for many people, and most people who do self diagnose do a lot of research and self reflection (though I'm assuming you mean those types of people who think mental illness is fun and cool and try to romanticize it? which I totally agree with, but I honestly don't think they're nearly as common as they seem) Not to mention, doing your own research and learning about something you feel you have can help you when you do talk to a doctor about it
I hope this doesn't come off as argumentative or rude I'm a bit bad with my tone haha I guess it's more of an observation on something very personal to me. My best friend was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and was completely disregarded when she tried to bring up that she thought she had autism. The medication they put her on took her to a very bad place in life and it wasn't until she went off her medications and started to explore her self diagnosis more/join autistic communities that she got back on track in life. And when she finally saw a better therapist, it turned out she was in fact autistic. It can take a while to find a therapist who fits right
Not to suddenly switch topics but great video btw, its always comforting to hear other people talk about their experiences with anxiety and depression and whatnot, knowing how the world isn't so lonely for someone like me
ik this comment is kinda old but I've dealt with anxiety for a long time and severe panic attacks. the symptoms just pop out of nowhere and I cant help feeling like it. when I have panic attacks, not only do I lose my entire sense of self, I start disassociating from the world around me. having a panic attack literally feels like drowning. it also triggers my migraines which impair my vision. noises are muffled. all in all its terrifying. my anxiety on the other hand makes even the most simple tasks seem daunting. I cant tell you how many times I've had a breakdown over having to turn on the dryer or the microwave cause I thought it would somehow malfunction and kill me. being surrounded by lots of people literally makes me shake and want to cry. I also have many symptoms of adhd/add(not sure which one yet) for people who are afab. my entire life has consisted of me being constantly confused and out of it while everyone yells at me to just fucking pay attention. im too scared to tell the doctor if my mom is there, which she is going to be until I move out. my family cant afford for me to get diagnosed anyway. it fucking sucks living like this and I wish I could get evaluated so I dont constantly feel guilty for self diagnosing. also I'm sorry I'm randomly ranting in your replies. I'm just tried today and I felt like typing it out.
My god, that's so well put. Especially for ADHD some doctors will flat out refuse to test for ADHD in adults (more frequently men, but it's common for women, too) over the age of 18. And it sucks because this disorder has fucked me out of a lot in life because I just forgot something or COULDNT MAKE MYSELF WALK OUT THE DOOR. I welcome any self-diagnosers for this reason. I know the struggles, I know how it can feel to have your parents consistently refuse to explain things in ways you can comprehend because their brain doesn't work that way, and neither should yours. The fact parents can refuse to get you screened when a counselor or doctor suggests it should be criminal
I completely agree. Right now I'm really arguing about seeing a professional about ADHD or ADD, but I'm underage so I have to go with my mom which probably won't believe me if I said to her "Ya know what? Maybe I have ADHD"
I sometimes struggle with some symptoms like slight depression and anxiety, the distraction between activities (like I stop doing something because I thought or started doing another activity) and extreme forgetfulness. Some things like dates, deadlines and tasks are just erased from my head cause I got distracted by another thing or I say "I'll do it later" and don't remember until next week.
And sometimes I'm just like "maybe I don't have it" so I don't talk about it either. It's kinda confusing, and self diagnosis me kinda scares me a little bit, I don't want to think something about me that is not correct.
That what’s scary being mis diagnosed, I feel guilt talking about mental health , but ik something isn’t right w me
i agree. personally, ive had a doctor who refused to actually go through the proper diagnosis steps for autism and only did an iq test that required verbal answers when i was nearly non verbal. i was 4 at the time. it's situations like this that make me understand why people self diagnose.
This video ended before I realized. I'm glad there's representation, mainly to show people that they aren't alone, that what they are feeling is something that others experience. Bad representation is obviously, well, _bad representation_ but media is getting better at representation (I feel like I'm saying that word to much *aaAAh*) even if most media sources have a long ways to go.
Great video!
your videos deserve nothing but attention and praise
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I watched "A Silent Voice" with my mum because of the deaf character (mum's an audiologist). I think I cried at least three times during that movie, there were a couple moments that just....hit really hard.
Same!
IMHO death the kid isn’t ocd. He’s a perfectionist obsessed with semmetry. OCD is far more than “I just want thing to fit/look/match nicely” or smth similar. It’s having one concept that completely takes over your thoughts to the point where the only relief from the thoughts is to act on it. It can also take the form of unhealthy rituals. This can be really harmful to ones self and their relationships. It’s not smth where you visit their room and it looks perfect. It’s more f a you visit their room and they have a large amount of irrational rules they have and may expect you to follow as well. It also often comes with hoarding amon other things. If you see someone go “haha I’m so ocd” no they’re probably not. They’re someone who has strong preferences at most. Keep this in mind.
As a rule of thumb think of it like this, OCD, ADHD, ASD, etc have the D at the end that stands for disorder. If it doesn’t actively get in the way of living your daily life, it’s not a disorder. You can be hyperactive without ADHD, you can be obsessive and/or compulsive without OCD, you can have anxiety without an anxiety disorder. And although it’s smth real, it’s not a disorder. Although so many of my disorders have made me stronger and helped me grow in ways I wouldn’t have otherwise, I wouldn’t wish them on anybody because they are actively detrimental to my life.
but it does get in the way of his life. he has to leave and fix whatever is going wrong in his mind. he panics when he thinks he didn’t do that ONE THING.
@@miles8571 true. As somebody with ocd this is how i feel with my ocd sometimed. But honestly people experience ocd in different ways so obsession isnt like an autimating chrck off. But still If you feel that way you might have ocd. But you should exctensivly reaserch it and then go to a proffesinal to get diagnossed if you still feel like you have it.
ain't nobody knows what DCD is huh
8th grade i listened to here comes a thought non stop because that was the first time i experienced heartbreak before. i also played earthbound
Honestly weeks of Earthbound and SU music sounds like an awesome time
First few weeks of college, I downloaded Here Comes a Thought. It helped me come through the anxiety and loneliness of the college life. I once had an attack and just went to the bathroom and played it on repeat till I calmed down.
@@kaydwessie296 earthbound is the reason why i defend ness mains on smash
When I was ever in a dark place I would lay down on my bedroom floor close my eyes and try to get clear my head. Music is my safe place
Litterally nobody:
RUclips: Let's put an ad right after a very emotional part
*I love this video though*
I feel youtube has gone crazy with the ads, I see things that have ads in the show which I was told minimized ads the video got outside of the vid, and will STILL get three ads from youtube before I can watch my show...I remember how people went to youtube and other online systems to avoid commercials.
What I felt relatable with silent voice was that he blocked out everyone else in high school. I felt that same way in high school but it wasn't for the same reason it was because I had moved into the small town in my sophomore year and this was the type of town where everybody grew up together from a very young age and if you weren't from there and were a introvert you're kinda fucked so after a few times of not being accepted except by a small group of people which was the basketball team I was on I just basically did what he did. Not talk to really anyone and just not even try because i would come off as a weirdo and shit. Which over time I kinda realize that these people weren't even worth the time because they ended up being the type of people I really don't fuck with now.
Bro same.. Hope ur doing ok
This is pretty accurate. I moved to a small town when i was in elm school but made friends with a girl who was apparently a bully to other kids (nobody told me for until high school). She moved away within the next two years, never really giving me any indication that she wasn't just an excitable person. Even after she left, it was like the other kids wanted nothing to do with me and there was some minor bullying from the "popular" kids. Every friend i made was stolen away by them, so i just gave up and did not associate with anyone until high school, to the point where i probably wouldn't have recognized them outside the school setting. I don't remember how i made friends with this one person, but he kinda sorta tricked me into auditioning for the school play and that was the turnaround point for me.
I have been hesitant to watch silent voice because of this. I worry that it'll hit too close to home and i wouldn't be able to just talk about it with someone. Bojack horseman also gave me that feeling and so i haven't been able to get past the first few episodes
The way people responded to Lapis really upset me honestly. I always thought she had PTSD and i myself suffer from that. People hate her because at one point she was toxic and full of rage, but they dont recognize how that relates to the trauma she's faced! Not to mention that she did improve. And a lot of people hated that she improved. Rage is often a factor in figuring out if someone has trauma or just depression.
something I wish has good representation: D.I.D.
we don't have really any good representation from what I've seen, but I may not have heard of something. there's defiantly not enough
Yeah, but it is tricky to have an accurate representation as many people cannot fully understand D.I.D unless they themselves have it. Hope to see it represented well one day too!
I know people on discord who are part of a system, like they use a bot that changes their name and they talk about their other self in third person. Is that D.I.D?
@@bearplaysstuff580 you should ask them, I couldn’t tell you, D.I.D. Is just the presents of more then one identity in one body, through disassociating
@@XPUPPYKITTYZX Ah alright, thanks for the info, and I agree there should be more rep for D.I.D.
@@bearplaysstuff580 I also have a friend that uses a bot! It's called pluralkit, and they invited it to our server. Though some of my friends are using the bot for roleplay, which is making me pissed due to the fact that the bot is specifically for systems. I've told them to just use tupperbox instead, but they aren't listening.
Okay but Death the kid's OCD comes from in-universe lore, he has the Madness of Order which manifests itself in part as his sever OCD.
Yeah and it still is played as a joke mostly. Also WHY DOES HE MAKE UNSYMMETRICAL POSES
Kevin S. ahh yes that is true, but as someone with diagnosed ocd it does also show that it can be crippling, he literally has to return home from a mission because he didn’t fold toilet paper correctly. which is fucking aNNOYING, that i believe shows that it’s not up to us and these obsessive thoughts ARE indeed compulsive (hence the name) and we HAVE to follow through or we panic and can’t get stuff done :)
Ya but, Pistols with pinkies might be going to far.
I disagree with the Death the Kid interpretation. My OCD was crippling when I was much younger. I would have mental breakdowns and temper tantrums when things triggered it and it was just as much of a nightmare for me as it was for everyone else around me.
I eventually grew to be more composed with my frustrations and eventually get it under control enough for it to not be my biggest detriment.
Seeing how Kid's OCD crippled him just as much as it crippled me and how much it bothered Liz and Patty made it feel more relatable. That and I've found that being able to laugh at the tougher things in life helps to ease the pain of it. The scene where Kid is enthralled with the cloud formation is one of my favourites for him because of how relatable it was from every character's point of view.
Don't get me wrong, I can see how some people can see it as bad representation, but as someone who has had it in a much worse state than I do now, I don't think it's an objective interpretation.
Hurray for Death the Kid support! It makes me so happy, I was so bummed out by how the video treated him as a bad character for mental illness. Kid was the first character I ever had as a kid to reassure me that my mental illness (didn't realize I had mental illness at the time, didn't even know mental illness was a thing, I just came to the conclusion I was flawed) didn't make me useless or stupid, I was just different and that was ok, people could still care for me!
There's a good anime called Banana Fish where it tackles many different mental disorders. It sure was a rollocoster I'm still sad about it.
ayyy banana fish! didn't think I'd see that mentioned! Absolutely loved it, Ash's breakdown hit hard asf.
Self-hatred is like a personal hell on earth.
You destroy yourself over the little things and can’t find any redeeming qualities in you, so you cling to your past and walk through life knowing that you are a parasite that needs to be made extinct.
People might try to encourage you, but their words become empty. It gets to the point where you want to stop asking for advice, because you fear that you’ll just hear the same crap you should have learned before all over again and that people will be disappointed in you for asking.
You feel like a weight on people’s shoulders, and that one day, they will take that weight off themselves.
You stop trusting people, and you hurt the people you love, so you are left to wallow in your regret even more.
Life doesn’t seem that appealing anymore. The vibrant nature of youth is gone, and all you can think about is what you did wrong.
I hope that one day, I’ll be able to let go.
[okay i usually hate those comments that like add a ton onto vid/(idk why) but uhh idk i just wanted to mention this cuz im the biggest, worst, weeb]
as someone with autism I feel like mob from mob psycho is an amazing representation of autism and im honestly suprised it isn't canon (to my knowledge) the way he interacts with other people and how ppl interact with him rlly closely reflects my personal experience with autism and more specifically Aspergers. also like, the fact that one chose to use the word "esper" to describe mobs powers seems like a (possibly accidental) reference to the term "asper" to describe Aspergers
[lol sorry if theres grammar errors, im on my phone and its such a pain to reread, i bet i missed a ton of typos n such lol]
I feel kinda the same way about rei from sangatsu
yES Mob is great
When I was 13 i showed signs of severe depression , long story short I eventually was diagnosed with chronic depression, GAD, PTSD, and a few other things. Basically what im saying is that whenever a show had good representation about that stuff it makes me happy. Mainly because for so long I was told I couldn't be so depressed because I was so young.
A lot of people believed that because I was a young teen I had no reason to be depressed and I was just trying to be edgy.
As someone who has a bachelors in psychology i can say that the way metal health and sickness is treated, across the globe, is incredibly poor and neglected. Outside of paying for your meds, you probably wont get financial suport for your insurance. And faculties arent very good either. Its prety much a dice roll if you get a good one.
I feel like Rick is a good representation of Bipolar disorder. Those with Bipolar disorder experience depressive and manic states, often described like a roller-coaster. From the lowest lows, to the highest highs. Because mania isn't explained of talked about oftrn, I'll talk about it. Mania makes you feel like you're on top of the world, that you can do anything. It causes you to be extremely impulsive and reckless, and can lead you into doing things you usually wouldn't. Can make you feel like you're greater than everyone else, can name you anxious to do something, overly motivated. Your mind going 100mph. Your mood can fluxuate rapidly.
And like a bad trip, after you can end up spiraling down into a deep depression. Apathetic and regretful of your past actions.
Sound familiar?
There's also manic-depression. Literally makes you feel like a ticking time bomb. Don't recommend it. 0/10 experience caused me much anxiety.
I have it, I hate it but I use medicinal Marijuana to help with it and I can say it balances everything out way better than the prescriptions I have been on since age six. No side affects aside from wanting to eat (I have a preference for Fruits and veggies as my to go munchies.)
Rick is not a good representation of anything. He is an awful human being with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Trying to excuse what a relentlessly godawful human being he is by equating him to a mental illness is the single worse thing you can do for that illness. If, by definition, Rick is a "good" representation for bipolar disorder, then Chris-chan is a "good" representation of autism.
Side-note: I, myself, am bi-polar and I try a lot harder to be a good person that Rick ever has or has ever cared to do. He is the most harmful character in fiction.
Wow, I never knew that the mania side of bipolar disorder was like that. I know a person who's bipolar, but they've never described to me what it's liked and I don't try to probe them on it. I wish you the best of luck with handling it, I'm sending you good thoughts!
Too real, man. That hit close to home. You can barely have a good time, cause you know that something bad is going to happen
Manic depression is an older term for bipolar disorder. Just saying. That’s like saying: “being slightly autistic sucks but it’s no where near as bad as being on the spectrum”
"I don't wanna spoil much..." shows like the actual big spoilers
lol
there's more 😔
@@VeridisJoe Of course there's more, but I mean you showed a big emotional spoiler scene. I just thought it was a funny contrast to what you were saying
I mean, the audio wasn’t on so you didn’t hear anything, sooooo I guess it wasn’t a spoiler?
I'd argue the representation that rick brings is negative and romanticize's ricks issues solely because the show treats him as if he's right. When he's smart he's right, when he's cruel he's right. It idolizes those cruel and upsetting behaviors, usually satirically but many don't interpret it that way
I agree wholeheartedly. Everyone is free to relate to any character they want and like them, but I think Rick is not a healthy choice as this character to idolize, especially for those of us with autism in particular. I find myself more self deprecating when faced with exposure to a character like him, mostly because of how he can be interpreted. I would not want him to "represent" autism nor would some of my fellow autistic friends.
I’d have to negate that morty is right often enough himself Rick is the type of character to go out of his way to prove he’s right the idolization effect comes from people wishing he was right more often than not (in our world) because then it means it’s ok for them to not deal with their emotions and pain Ricks main idea is that being smart means nothing matters but every suicide attempt proves himself wrong over and over again because even if he won’t ever admit it to his family there’s something that matters even to the “smartest man” in the universe
“Here comes a thought” helps me so much with OCD when bad thoughts come. (Here comes a thought, that might alarm you) (You’ve got nothing, got nothing, got nothing to fear” “And it was just a thought just a thought just a thought just a thought, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay, it’s okay. Iv got nothing, got nothing, got nothing, got nothing to fear”
The beginning animation is from Lupin the third. VHS begining edit from ruclips.net/channel/UCbIZCUQrF65R4JxHdyLUbaA
Thanks Buddy!
I thought it was hentai tbh.
What’s the song you used in the beginning @Verdis Joe ?
Veridis Joe I noticed! That made me very happy 😊
Thanks for the heart 😊
i related to peridot a lot
i have aspergers
when i watched the show when i was little, i didn’t pick up on her behavior being abnormal because it was a lot like me
i didn’t even think about it until watching this video that she’s an oddball
1: same
2: when I watched SU I already knew what autism and it’s symptoms were so while I did pick up on the fact it wasnt what people usually do, I kinda just watched and went haha me
One thing I learned about my anxiety, is that I developed an OCD habit of patterns. If things weren't right on a pattern I would literally freak out. Some of the highlighters were upside down in the box? I have to fix it, or I will die. I didn't realise what I had until I finally got a therapist. She told me that me obsession with patterns was my way of coping, since repeated patterns are soothing to look at. She actually recommended buying mandala colouring books, since their patterns were my favourite type. And it helps. Having a pack of pens and a colouring book helped me a lot when I was travelling on long train rides, as it's hard to move around on one.
Patterns are really soothing.
@@princemochi2018 I know, bro.
And now I can add Autism to my reasons for liking the patterns. I went to my GP soon after making my comment, and he referred me to a specialist. I don't have an appointment, but he was _convinced_ I'm Autistic. So yea
I'm a walking 'tism who drools over patterns
@@dancingcarapace
i do like coloring books like those but i always mess up the colour patterns i make. Infuriating.
Pearl and lapis: i'm scared of no man but that thing
*steven with his ptsd and most likely other mental illness*
Pearl and lapis: *it scares me*
I struggle daily with my diagnoses (Depression, PTSD, Anxiety, OCD and Panicattacks) so i think i know a lot about this topic. But the thing is mental disorders are different for everybody thats why i think that if these Representations are intentional that there are no wrong Representation. Also love your vids
I have ocd myself (diagnosed by a doctor) and I personally don't hate Death the Kid. I understand how some people can find it harmful but to me I can almost relate to him (but not on his extreme). It would've been nicer to see him improve in the anime, though (like if at some point near the end he would be stronger than his ocd)
i'm sooo happy you brought up A Silent Voice. it's a very underrated movie and i only watched it because some anime youtuber mentoned it in her video (thanks akidearest). excuse the full on dump but i've dealt with depression and anxiety for most of my life, along with it being amped up by severe bullying and my mom shoving me into a divorce that never happened. i have a severe self-harm problem which is REALLY hard to talk about because people think you're doing it for the edge, suprise(!!!) i'm just really fucking depressed. a silent voice helped me better understand what i was going through and i ended up getting therapy. i still got a ton of shit considering i'm a teenager but i'm sooooo happy you made this video. thanks man, keep up the good work!!
"It's great, and, you are too"
Dude you have no idea how hard that hit me- Seriously, it's just, really nice to hear those words, specially when you're struggling with keeping up a good mood
just
thank you, thank you a lot
my boy really said *"m a c h a l i t e"* anyways this some good analysis i don't know why you thought you weren't cut for this 🤔
Y'all keep dragging me 😩
You’re literally such a good and wholesome person. Your so kind and respectful and I really love your content! :)
Honestly, I've been diagnosed with Asperger's (a dorm of autism) and I find so much of myself in everyone you mentioned, I mostly identify with peridot since I have friends (a good amount) yet I don't understand them, our relationship, or their emotions in general, another thing, thank you so much for pointing out that autism is different for everyone!
tbh death the kids entire character was he needed the twins. He was a "joke" but also very real character. Without the twins he would've fallin ever more into his disorder they grounded him allowing him to grow past it like when he would fix a peice of toilet paper 5 hours. Death for instance was incredibly well defined and one of the most aged characters in the show other than excalibur but because they live a solitary life mostly they are hard to work with.
Recommend to read the manga, it is less exaggerated and he actually has a personality in the story.
Oh and Dendy and Peridot are some of my favorite characters
My mom is a behavioral therapist for children on the spectrum. Ever since I was little ive gone to work with her as a "peer example" because of that, I'm good at speaking with people of such, and more open to what those types of people are like. As opposed to kids at my school who just say "oh look, it's just *another special Ed kid* ".
Anyway, so I've been quite happy with the decent amount of rep put into shows and cartoons that seem to have characters on the spectrum. Or at the very least, characters with very impaired social skills. So many people are misinformed about those on the spectrum and they assume the worst of such people. They assume their either complete robots or complete weirdos. I personally, don't, of course but my friends do. So I'm happy a light is being shined on this.
Sidenote; another good character to use as an example would've been entrapta from she ra the princesses of power or Ed from cowboy Bebop :D
Anyway, thank you for making this video :)
YES THANK YOU I totally headcannoned entrapta as autistic too
As someone who has been diagnosed with bpd, I felt all too hit when the whole Lapis & Jasper scene happened; it really put in perspective that bpd, which is also a trauma induced disorder (or at least what I was told when I was diagnosed), often the lengths we go through no matter how pure the intention is starting out, eventually we can be so consumed in our partner or-in my case throughout my life-anyone that shows me any kind of affection is at risk of becoming my favorite person, and I cried so hard in the episode where they fused because I screamed at the TV for Lapis not to do it 😭
(I should add I personally think Lapis exhibits BPD rather than ptsd)
A silent voice is a movie i hold so dear to my heart, im glad it was mentionned. I tend to have certain times throughout the year when my mental health plummets even more than usual and it becomes extremely hard to cope with it during those times. I came upon the movie last year and now watch it whenever i need comfort or peace of mind. Everything in the movie is portrayed in such a realistic way, i could immediately identify myself with its characters. My feelings, worries and doubts were all put on display before me. The gradual resolve to the end of the movie makes me break down into tears everytime because, well, it makes me feel as if everything will be ok. That it'll just take time, but that I'll eventually get there. It's exactly what I need sometimes, and the movie provides it along with a welcoming and warm feeling. The soundtrack is something I listen to in order to help me calm down and cope as well and I find i couldn't ever be more grateful for such a piece of media to exist
Holy shit I just subbed like, an hour ago and I'm fairly early.
And
Honestly
Thank you for this video because I really love all of your opinions, videos, and just how you tackle hard issues. And the fact you're only a year older than me is like. Wow.
As a child i was severely misdiagnosed with depression AND adhd, i just had really bad depression.
The depression is decently healed and i am in a much better place.
@《•LazyRose•》 yeah nevermind i was wrong iust grew out of adhd like a normal person
Representation for the sake of representation is poor writing. It doesn't tell you about the person's character. Much less why the audience should care about them. Minority representation is subjecting a character to a premeditated agenda rather than it being genuine story writing.
Rebecca Sugar did it right avoiding this pitfall with Steven universe. A show ABOUT these things because she is a great story board artist. She showed these traits but never shoved it down our throats because of the great story around them. Not once did I care about who had what skin color or sexual preference. Couldn't give one shit fuck or damn. But them going to space. That was my favorite part. I lost my mind when Lars became a space pirate fighting Emerald.
actually, I feel that "forced" representation now will lead to more genuine representation down the road, since people learning to write in this time will learn more about what kind of people might be seen in a specific situation
As someone with autism, I can identify with Peridot while still knowing that Peridot isn't autistic, she's just an era 2 gem made differently and didn't experience the time and growth the others have. I think the intent with her was to show just how alien she was compared to the other crystal gems who have been on earth longer and had more time to adjust and become a bit more "human"
That's not representation, that's just something people can identify with and relate to, but that's still a great thing to have in a show.
You probably won't see this, but I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed and appreciated this video. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
"A Silent Voice" had multiple angles... I can hear but I'm hard of hearing enough that I do get frustrated because I'm missing information and I can't compensate by reading lips (I FUGGIN HATE MUSTACHES AND BEARDS). It's nothing compared to the struggle of Deaf people. Shoko is a powerful character and she goes through this. She struggles with this all the time. That level of self loathing is very real with people who have disabilities... Japan has a problem of not talking about physical disabilities and psychological/emotional/developmental disorders. This is a powerful story for a lot of people...
I suffer from depression via a lack of seritonenen and imnsomnia, my adopted sister has anxiety, had suicidal tendency, and may be on the autistic spectrum, my adopted brother has anxiety and depression, my brother is on the autistic spectrum with aspburrgers (I spelled that wrong most likely) as well as OCD and anger issues, my youngest brother has sever social anxiety... And to top it all of both my parents have PTSD from being in the army...
My family is a clump of disorders and some even suffering from the same aliment. My parents have adopted the two as mentioned before because of these aliments, they need professional help that we as their children were already getting. I go to regular counciling as well as my brothers and sister and parents. I'm now on medicine as well as a few others who need it. The moment I saw peridot i had to show my brother. Same with lapis and pearl... I have my days were everything his horrible and I can't catch a break... But I know that it'll get better.
As much as "Here Comes A Thought" made things better for me originally, it now makes me think of all the things that make me feel sad and makes it worse... I ended up using "Isn't It Love" as a coping song. It's one of my favourite scenes in the movie and is short and cute, easy to remember if I'm in a state, and it helps me feel better!
I just wanted to say, as a person who suffers from depression and have attempted before, your offer to talk to anyone who needs it brought me to tears for just hearing the offer. I'm not used to that, and it made me feel like I was given a hug in a way. So um, thank you. 🖤
My man said “Machalite”
song at 13:15 is Money - The Drums. go listen to it, it's really good.
do you know the anime that plays after it? at like 13:30?
What about the music that starts at 2:50!? I've been looking for 2 weeks now.
@@hunterloxar0269 I've been trying but i cant find it anywhere
@@raphaelmatos1321 Veridis really need to get into a habit of putting all of the songs included in the video in the description. I thought having to ask for a song name was just trolling these days lol. Guess not.
@@raphaelmatos1321 Yeesh, 2 months and nothing for me either. Thanks for looking though, I appreciate it :D. Don't let it bother you too much' i've sorta gave hope trying to look for it myself. I think i'll just spam the comment section until Veridis replies.
1:16 “Now, lets get into some characters”
Subtitles: “you”
Me: *sniff* you right
I'm sorry, I really am,
BUT WHO TF IS 'MAKALIGHT'
*sighs*
Abusive fusion
@@lori8095 no he said the name wrong, that’s the joke lol.
I love Lapis so much. I could relate to the way I feel calm around other people because they didn't have anything to do with what happened, but if someone was even present, it makes me feel anxious, like they'll bring it up for no reason and I'll backtrack.
I have literally not seen Steven Universe in years, and when you said "here comes a thought" was specifically designed to help people deal with anxiety, I decided to listen to it again, and with the extra context and stuff... I started crying...
Connies representation IS AMAZING TO ME the song is her anxiety attack scene helps me so much to calm down.