Doctor Analyzes SQUID GAME | Psychiatrist Analyzes Mental Health Scenes | Doctor Elliott 

I always freeze in situations. It's not just fight or flight. The freeze is really underexplained. Thank you for pointing that out!

Every single time a person who's "studied the human brain" says that the freeze response isn't real, I want to slap them across the face. Not only is there an "ancient evolutionary purpose" for freezing, since that's the "biological" angle they use to justify fight and flight, but freezing is also the response I have most when something sends me into a panic. It's like they're ignoring a common human experience just because it wasn't mentioned in textbooks published at least 20 years ago. Science moves on. Freezing is real, and more people need to acknowledge that.

I had both subtitles and the dub on but I’m so used to reading subtitles and not focusing on the actors’ mouths that I didn’t even notice how bad it was

Midnight Mass would be great considering how much guilt, addiction and manipulation play in that series. It would interesting to see Dr. Carthy's thoughts on the scene between Joe, Father Paul and Riley at the A.A. meeting.

Yeah. It will never cease to baffle me why some countries even make dubs for content that is not meant for children, and then they're so bad at it. If you do it for every foreign production why didn't you learn how?

I didn't have a problem with the dub version. There were some parts that I think could have been better for sure. But overall, it was fine.

@@fleshTH Proves the point how low the overall quality of dubs is if that can be considered fine, but the most important part is that you were able to enjoy it :) I can totally relate to getting used to things like that - most TV in my youth was just one dude reading all the dialogues with the original track still audible in the background. It's still pretty common. So, you know. The brain learns to tune out the weirdest inconveniences :P

Yes absolutely!!!

as to what I have learnt no person is inherently good or evil, it's the surroundings you're grown in that you are conditioned to be. Also it depends on the situation, Sang Woo probably did it bc he knew he would rather save himself than the person he just met a few days ago, most people would choose that too

That mf was all about the grind set

I think the point of the show is that no one who participates in the games is evil; not Sang-woo, not Deok-su, no one. They’re all victims of the same system hellbent on keeping them poor, portrayed by the Frontman, VIPs, etc. And also, think about it, was he really evil? He did morally questionable things, sure, but I don’t think you can apply the same morals to this life-or-death game as you can to the real world. When it’s really “me or the other guy”, and death is on the line, I think most people would choose themselves

@@nonacrina I think Sang woo is "evil", or at least is meant to be understood as such (I'm not really into notions of "good" vs "evil" myself). Consider how the people ended up in the games to begin with. ISTM the characters who are coded as "good" (like Ali, or Sae-byeok) are shown to be as downtrodden as it gets, hurting other people yes but hurting people who have power over them or out of survival, and otherwise being motivated by family concerns. Deok-su is coded as "evil", and it's clear his money problems are mostly of his own devising and he hurts people he has power over (his subordinates). Gi-hun is kind of in between: like Deok-su he hurts people he has power over (his daughter and mother) and his money problems are largely of his own devising, but like Ali and Sae-byeok he does care about his family members and they're his main motivators, and his money problems aren't *completely* his fault, he also is legitimately downtrodden. Sang-woo in this model is a bit hard to figure out; in some ways he seems to be "good": we don't see him hurting anybody "outside", and he has this big scene with Ali saying he's doing this for his family, who'd be killed otherwise. But we also know he lost all this money via embezzlement, and his dramatic scene with Ali is undercut by the revelation he did other things to play the poor sap in order to win, and we had no indications outside of that scene that his family was in any danger. So all evidence is that he's in it for himself; that even though Gi-hun and everyone in his community sees him as an avatar for the community, one who "made it out", he made it out for himself, embezzled that money for himself, entered the game to get the money back for himself. That doesn't mean he doesn't have warm feelings for Gi-hun or care about him, or that he didn't care about Ali, but it does mean that those feeling aren't going to carry the day if his own self-interest is on the other side of the balance. As it was with Ali, who he screwed over - with maybe some guilt but no apparent hesitation. And of course Sae-byeok, whom he reveals he killed only to make sure she and Gi-hun didn't outvote him to stop the game (and therefore lose the money). And as it wasn't at the end with Gi-hun, where he died in an apparent self-sacrifice for Gi-hun to get the money, but it's pretty clear it was mostly a suicide... like, it was either Gi-hun gets the money or he survives with no money, and option 2 did not appeal, so it wasn't so much that he cared more about Gi-hun than himself, but that he no longer had any option where he "won" anyway so might as well help Gi-hun.

Many people think he faked it...he had a water bottle right next to him when the covers get pulled back. 🤷‍♀️

He was faking the whole thing except the cancer

@@TheIndigoSystem I know... I watched the show! But when I watched that particular episode, I thought he was traumatized.

Pose 😍😍😍

Omg yes, bob’s burgers would be a buffet of topics for him to analyze

Was the show written in Korea? I'm not familiar with the production.

July Buffalo Yes, written and produced, it is a Korean drama

I was looking for this comment! :D

I wondered about this. There might be a similar idiom or maybe a different one that they back translated.

You’ve now convinced me to start Mr Robot!

I have DID maybe I should get around to watching this

Still used in emergency departments too. It's def has its place but I don't think anaesthetists use it anywhere as much as they used to as a general anaesthetic

Might be coming next week if you're all well behaved 😏

@@DoctorElliottCarthy Haha! Never! Looking forward to it. That show has A LOT of medical info in it (pharmacology and psychopathy. The worst combo!)

Send your suggestions my way and I'll try and check them out.

@@DoctorElliottCarthy Hospital playlist Psychopath diary Beyond evil Mouse Birthcare center Flower of evil It's okay to not be okay It's okay that's love Kill me, heal me mad for each other Mother save me soul mechanic strangers from hell voice (it has several seasons)

@@DoctorElliottCarthy I only now realise the size of my answer. I got a bit to excited... Thank you for considering my suggestions!!

@@danielarodrigues9796 Um hi Just wondering if you seem this movie called Bangkok love story object of affection I think he would enjoy this one too

@@danielarodrigues9796 what about Prison Playbook as well?

Some people CAN'T read subtitles for whatever reason. Don't gatekeep how someone is able to enjoy a show. If they need dubbed to enjoy it...just let them. It's okay. Some ppl with ADHD struggle to focus when subtitles are there...for others with ADHD it can help them focus better. This show has really really brought out the sub vs dub gatekeepers. It's always been bad...but this show being as popular as it is... it has gotten much worse.

I normally hate the gatekeeping, and I totally get and appreciate folks' individual challenges. But the dubbing is, honestly... pretty meh.

@@wtimmins it's not the best, true. But I've seen waaaaaaay worse. Regardless, he commented below saying he was using the dub on RU-vid for his audience because some can't read subtitles and he wants as many ppl to be able to enjoy his video as possible. He seems to have also watched the subbed and agrees the emotions are coveyed better...but that's literally always the case with sub vs dub. 🤷‍♀️

Fair enough! I only mentioned it here because usually I roll my eyes about the arguments, but I was almost shocked watching the show again dubbed. Like, a lot of the actors sounded bored. Wha.

Very good point. Ambiguity would certainly undermine the concept of informed consent.

​@@DoctorElliottCarthy Yeah, there was a lot of ambiguity the whole time. Even when the players came back the second time. Most prominently they were never told explicitly how many people can finish the game. We saw the policeman going through the files and since the early 1990s, there was always only one survivor. But the players clearly believed that any number can make it. Then there was the fact that the "player can be eliminated" rule didn't just apply to games, it simply meant that murder was OK. The list is pretty long.

yes! and also borderline personality disorder

As far as I know it isn't.

No it doesn’t. I guess we say losing your mind or letting go of your mind something like that.

Where do you live that you don’t see a lot of drinking advertisements? I’m genuinely curious, here there are loads of ads on it. I wholeheartedly agree it should all be banned. I don’t understand why smoking is completely banned to the point stores can’t even have cigarettes on display, but alcohol and gambling can be advertised. Here marihuana has also been completely legal for ages, but also illegal to make ads for, while it’s generally less harmful than alcohol. It’s weird Congrats on being in recovery!!

I’m guessing close to 100% :’)

Haha. I did the dubbed version as I thought it would be more accessible for people with sensory processing difficulties who might struggle with subtitles but I agree they do take a lot of the emotion out of it

Have a look on the channel as I've done one already 😉

@@DoctorElliottCarthy ;) do another?

Video games can be addicting. They use the same criteria for video game addiction. It's the same as any other addiction. If it start affecting your day to day life and you are neglecting hygiene or family/significant others and it is uncontrollable and extremely hard to stop playing...it might be an issue. Dr.K ( The Healthy Gamer)on RU-vid talks about it a LOT. He is great.

Ooo second its okay to not be okay

second shutter island!! old movie but I feel like there's a lot to analyse

@@clownsoftheearth Um hi Just wanna say Thanks for the second 💖 Just wondering if you seem this movie called Bangkok love story object of affection I think he would enjoy this one too

@@psycatlogist Thanks for the second 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

There's plenty about mental health too. Jeff's narcissism, Abed is on the spectrum, even things like Shirley's baking obsession. Annie's Adderall addiction and overachieving nature, etc. It would make for a really interesting analysis.

Also the removed episode that deals with potential su*cide, but that one would probably get him in trouble.

I think it's more gambling addiction like they say at the end...than depression. It isn't a ahedonia. It's the thrill not being as intense anymore so they have to make it ...more. it's more addiction than depression. Source: I have depression.

Its more accessible if people have difficulties with sensory processing, so suits an analysis video better though I personally loved the original with subtitles

It's the right way for an analysis/reaction video though. Not everyone is able to read the subtitles and enjoy it in that way, but I agree that the original with subtitles is better. The emotions are much more real.

More accessible for lots of people with sensory difficulties on a reaction/analysis video tho (but I preferred the original with subtitles)