Is Wednesday Autistic? - Therapist Reacts! 

I liked how Enid respected that Wednesday wasn't a hugger, and gave her time to initiate a hug in her own time. 💞

My wife and I are autistic and definitely feel Wednesday is coded as neurodivergent. It's probably open to interpretation, of course, but we both definitely accepted her as one of our own. 🖤🖤

Jenna Ortega really nailed her role. where the show kinda fell down for me is how normie all the rest of the supposed 'freaks' in the school act. i mean, if i were a vampire at the high school dance and it appeared to rain blood, i'd be happy about it. Edit: the counter arguments for the fake blood reaction are valid, but that is just one example i used, there's plenty other ways that the other students are uncharacteristically vanilla.

I am Autistic, and related very strongly to Wednesday Addams, and have very similar difficulties with making social connections. My mannerisms are pretty deadpan, and I have trouble showing empathy to other people even if I do feel for them. At the same time, Idk how to relate to most people unless they are anything like me, which is very difficult because even if you sent me to a school full of weird outcast kids, I'd still be the weirdest one there. And yes, this has actually happened.

My mom actually was the first to comment on it. I recently was diagnosed and I grew up watching the 90s movies of the Addams family and addams family values. I even dressed up as her for Halloween when I was younger, I really liked how they handled her character. Because they could've very easily have stated that she is autistic but I also feel as if then it would have been back lash from it. Like it would've been taken as a reinforcement of stereotypes rather than as representation, especially given the Addams family's characteristics of murder and such. I think that if they said anything, especially before the show was released it would've been harshly critiqued

I honestly think Wednesday is coded as someone who represents childhood trauma victims (ie bullying at a young age). She's highly introverted and chooses not to show emotion. She spent more time devoted to her interests vs having friends who wouldn't get her. I'm guessing with such morbid fascinations, and her family seen as "weird" to the normies, she had an extreme difficulty making friends. Now that she has a whole school full of not normie people she is now able to come out of her shell a bit.

I’m autistic and I’m telling y’all: Wednesday is extremely autistic coded

She also smiles for her Uncle Fester. I forget who said it but I heard it’s because he’s an outcast too in a family of outcasts and she feels seen

Dr Karl Deisseroth specializes in a few things, one being autism and those on the spectrum. He mentions in his book that if a person on the spectrum has had successful treatment for anxiety. They may still have problems with maintaining eye contact in social situations. He reasons that there is a deficit in processing too much novel information at one time. A separate processing issue. That trying to find reason and patterns in real time communication can overload a person with autism not even struggling with anxiety. A tv show isn't going to cover such a concept but is fascinating and useful. One can close their eyes (or purposely look away or down) and only concentrate on the audio and eliminating the excess confusing information that comes from body language and expressions. Thou would suggest that one nods their head at times to show the person talking that you are listening.

I think I live vicariously through these videos. Wednesday is a character I relate to a lot, so when you are analyzing her behaviors I can kind of see it in myself rather then actually speaking to a therapist.

As an autistic person, I would say with 99.99% certainty she would qualify to be in the club. Kind of reminds me of myself when I was younger, and now also but I've gotten better blending in over the years. The only problem with blending in is that its too stressful and causes physical exhaustion from concentrating on not reacting how instinct tells you to. So now I usually just tell people after I get to know them a little bit that I'm autistic so if when we talk I start looking down or to the side I'm not getting bored with the conversation, I'm actually listening to them better than if I was looking at them, as well as a few other things I do that may seem weird to most normal people.

If parents think their child might have some neurodivergence, it is best to have them tested. The tests are not difficult or anything like that. It is mostly a few interviews, drawing geometric shapes on paper, and advance testing has an EEG but that is not strictly necessary, so no need to be afraid of the tests. I enjoyed them actually. My mother cut them a bit short because she did not see value in knowing more specifics about me being autistic. In retrospect, she was wrong. My understanding that I would not learn in the same way as the other students allowed me to abandon specific learning skills I was taught in school and find different learning tools that worked for me. Otherwise I might had just kept hitting a wall not understanding why I could not progress like the rest of the class.

The video we all have been waiting for! Nice cosplay, very simplistic, outright iconic and easy on the eye. Lots of people say she was autistic coded, I didn't know for sure because she is an extreme character. Even though every other character is a work of fiction, just like Wednesday, she is even more of a work of fiction and feels too unreal for how extreme she is in her likes, abilities, talents, lifestyle and behaviorsm. So I always gave her the "she's just a fun character" label, maybe neurodivergent at most. She is either black or white, speaks in catchlines all the time etc, if other characters are 100%, she is 500% in everything she does. You know, you can find a lot of fictional characters who are obsessed about peculiar things and master them at inhuman levels. But one thing that stands out for me is how she struggles with connecting emotionally. That feels too real and relateable for autism. She is not "I really don't care and I am able to connect with you and understand you but I just dgaf rn so I'll ignore you." She wants to connect and wishes she cared more, she does care but doesn't quite know how to share. Even when she tries to connect - such as the dead pet scorpion memory she shared with Enid on the rooftop - it is still unconventional and doesn't do well for the other person because it's not something exactly Enid can relate to. We all can relate to losing a pet, but a scorpion pet does not ewoke the same feeling for us so we can't exactly share her sadness there. It's the same for everyhting else, for example torture is fun for her, not for us so we find it funny but we don't understand how that would ever be fun. It's kind of like she speaks another dialect so others understand bits and pieces but not everything she says, which always sounds like autism for me. It's also interesting you mentioned the stare, I haven't thought about that but it makes sense. She is not incapable of feeling, she can show expressions sometimes and there are times her stare is not creepy but shocked with fully open eyes or sad and mellow looking eyes like during the Enid leaving her alone scene (Jenna's microexpressions are on spot). So maybe the regulat creepy and kind of aloof stare is her compensation for her supposed inability to keep eye contact and that's why she usually looks creepy because forced expressions look creepy on everyone else and give the uncanny valley effect. So combination of the obsession stuff and the lack emotional connection and confusion about it does sound like autism and maybe that is the right answer but idc personally. Btw Thing is my favourite character, no jokes. Are we ever gonna get a video about this lovely appendage? Although, I don't know how you could do that, it's just a hand after all. But it definitely has more personality than a lot of characters I've seen on tv and you'd be the first person to have a psychology video about an appendage, which sounds interesting. Also, looking at the outro cosplay, are we getting Morticia Addams? Anyways, great vid! Stayed up to write this, it's almost 2 am here lol gtg. Have a nice day!

I found it very sweet that you cut the audio off before they could say 'serial killers' so as to pair neurodivergency with something positive like 'great writers'.

I also noticed a significant moment when Enid was angry at her and moved out to a group mate's room, Wensday sat exactly in the middle of divided floor and the stained glass window so maybe it symbolized along with her words about loneliness that it wasn't as easy as she used to take it (before Enid entered her life

I like that you don't actually diagnose characters, cause we just don't KNOW these people. We have this weird parasocial relationship with them, but we don't know them. The guys over at Cinema Therapy diagnosed Anakin Skywalker with I believe Borderline Personality Disorder and I just don't agree with that. Anakin suffers from abandonment issues, fear of loss, is overprotective and obsessive, but that's about it. I'm not sure if he has any personality disorders, because I don't really KNOW him. Though I really would love for you to react to Clone Wars, or the SW movies to take a look at Anakin. He's absolutely fascinating as a character. Fascinatingly tragic.

Oh I absolutely felt wednesday was coded as autistic. The intense special interests and amazing ability that comes with that but simultaneously prioritising those so much it might harm friendships or trying to use her interests to bond friendships cause its the only thing she understands. The observational way of noting how "other people" work but still not understanding it, so problems with theory of mind and social ques. Difficulties with expression and outward emoting of empathy despite actually being extremely passionate about right and wrong, caring for those who are vulnerable, etc. On that, "black and white thinking" or as i like to call it strong unshakable integrity, she knows her moral code and doesnt let anyone else shake it. Strict routine, obvious sensory issues with colour and physical proximity or touch. Her social struggles are just so recognisable to me cause they are ones ive had all my life. Caring deeply for friends, but not displaying that in a way that is easy to understand for neurotypicals. Also, even with the visions, they have a lot in common with seizures that a large portion of the autistic population experience. Oh and bodily movement that is out of the norm which you can see in how she dances, those big swinging movements are really satisfying. All of that together plus even previous iterations of wednesdays portrayals, the character definitely reads as autistic to me, I dont think its intentional but because these traits are what in real life people deamonise as weird, outcasts, and even in many religious circles get treated like unnatural or cursed ways of existing, it makes sense for a character who exists to celebrate the bizarre to have them. I just wish people would love all these same autistic traits they love in Wednesday, the same in real life autistic people and stop shunning us as strange or judging our intense passions and difficulty with social cues.

I’m think people are finding things that they are looking for in a character. It is like a Rorschach test for personality. People see what they want and give them characteristics that reflect themselves and ignore characteristics that doesn’t conform to their perception of their reality.

As an autistic person, I really identify with Wednesday. Thank you for the video.

This is a really neat head cannon. I'm looking forward to going through the series with this thought in mind.

I was thinking that it would be quite cool if you made a video analyzing/Diagnosing just for fun (with all the caveats of "its a fictional character and only your perception and shouldn't be taken as fact and doesn't mean anyone has the the diagnosis if they recognize themself in the character etc") but seems you were way ahead of me! (also for some reason i wasn't subscribed earlier, I've fixed that critical lapse in judgement)

As an autistic person I didn't even notice anything uncanny about Wednesday, eye contact is nersrly imporssible for me so I didnt notice. Every 10 mins I felt myself going "ha, me" whenever she showed a trait.

At 7:50 timestamp Wednesday is sitting on the floor with her arms around her knees. Her shirt is highly profiled with the checkered white and black. Which is in contrast to her all-black outfits. She is having a moment of doubt/vulnerability, good art direction choice.

As an autistic person that has a lot of mental health I like this would like to talk to you about how it makes it hard to get mental health

The fact that you put your sponcers at the end not the "Here's my topic but wait! FIRST!" makes me enjoy your channel more and I watch through and hear the sponcered ads out of respect because of it. Thank you for not making me annoyingly beg the screen that can't hear me to "OMG CAN WE PLEASE GET TO THE MAIN TOPIC NOW FOR THE LOVE OF GOD" I really do appreciate it other youtubers drive me insane with this.

The color one is clearly an exaggeration, shes not overwhelmed by color, its just not her style since her character is dark and moody. She doesnt have a few very fixated and interest, she’s incredibly knowledgeable on everything and thats why she’s good in glass, all the examples seems like of like a reach to me

YES! Thank you! This was my first thought when I started watching Wednesday! I didn’t even think of some of these points!

I know a lot of people are projecting characters to be Autistic or have some kind of orientation that they identify as. Dwight from The Office has been called as much, but when the writers and creators say "No, they're just written to be like this" shows that we need to stop saying a character has a certain development. Following what The Addams Family is, she literally could be allergic to colour and break out into hives. They're written to be creepy and kookie, mysterious and spooky. In 1938 what's weirder than a little girl who's allergic to color?

Wednesday is actually pretty normal. That's the whole premise of the show and of The Addams Family. She's only seen by the outside world as abnormal or dysfunctional. Same with their family. In fact, it's the "normal" world that's actually most often dysfunctional.

I'm glad people are seeing autism in a character as popular as Wednesday! I was so excited when I started watching the series to see such a popular show portray a character who is not cookie cutter.

Great video, I always look forward to watching your content when I get the notifications.

Actually many people with autism are very emotionally sensitive so sensitive that you shut off more or less to survive.

Me being autistic: I don't feel she is autistic. Just a product of her enviroment, during the show she says she learned swords with her father, plants with her mom, corpses with her uncle. She looks a lot like Morticia (part of the plot is about this) with the only difference that Morticia is "optimistic" (in an Addams perspective) and Wednesday is a pessimist (even Morticia says about it). Wednesday just do not care about what people think about her. She has this spooky way that is like... An Addams thing? I think we can't judge just because she looks "weird" because the whole family is weird at the core. I think context matters and for me Wednesday is not autistic.

I was thinking about this the other day! I’m so glad to see you’ve made a video about it. I have Autism, and for once I felt like I could relate to a character a lot, and also find pieces of myself that I could accept and be okay with because of that character. I was afraid to make any assumptions (people do tend to get quite upset with that these days, especially with something so popular like this). I don’t have all of these traits - I tend to be more emotional and less stoic, but I admire that about Wednesday. Sometimes I wish I could be less emotional and more stoic, just for the sake of not wanting to keep getting myself into a world of emotional hurt. I think she may be on the spectrum. That would be so cool! She’d be an awesome ASD icon! Another thing is the way she speaks, her delivery, but also *what* she says, and how she says it. It’s like she can take intrusive thoughts and just say them, without fear of judgement. I wish I could be that brave! I love this show!! Thank you for making these videos. I smashed the LIKE and SUBSCRIBE buttons! You’re awesome, Georgia!!

I’m not diagnosed with autism but I’ve been around autistic people my entire life (my dad and brother are autistic as are many of my friends) and I have ADHD myself. I can definitely sense that Wednesday is on the spectrum. I kinda have a sixth sense for knowing when people have autism LOL 😂. I’ve told many of my friends that they are autistic before their doctors diagnosed them LMAO

while Wednesday has many traits, the struggle with empathy needs to be clear, not all Autistics are this way. Many of us in fact, are extremely empathetic and literally feel what others are going through almost physically, it can be quite intense. I do feel that even though it is subtle, and not specifically stated she's Autistic, she does seem to fall into a bit of a stereotypical one, though presented differently than other media previous. I do prefer Wednesday's portrayal to others, as her character is more flushed out, and she's more relatable.

This video made me consider a few things about my own neurodivergency (dyspraxia and ADHD). I have a weird blend of both an emotional and analytical personality. I am creative and highly empathetic. I suffer from emotional dysregulation and cry very easily. I bawl my eyes out at animated shorts haha But I am very analytical. It takes a lot to get angry or upset, but when I do reach that point. It's dissipates in seconds. My brain will rationalise that getting upset is pointless and will start formulating a plan of action. My fiancé, who has autism, says the speed in which I calm down is scary. He described it as cold. I can't help but wonder if I'm displaying autistic traits.

I dont care if she is or not. I just enjoyed the show and hope they renew it for season 2. And I loved how they portreyed the other Adams family characters. I liked that show as a kid

I don’t think it should be brought up in canon, I feel it should be left to interpretation, but I absolutely love the fan discussions on it. I don’t really like it when a writer feels the need to explicitly say a character isn’t autistic. They don’t need to have it as a main part of the story to just let people have that if it’s what they see.

Gotta psychoanalyze everything, put your own world view onto a TV show

Blood scene reminds me of Carrie prom scene.

Wednesday having an ASD diagnosis would not surprise me. Wednesday having an OCPD diagnosis would not surprise me. This is how I related to Wednesday. The fact that she has to go to an alternative school for gifted children so she has a chance to fit in yet she still struggles was a clear indicator that she is nuerodivergent, we just can't say exactly what the specification is or the extent to which it presents.

Omg, I have autism and ADHD. Watched this and checked your profile to check if you had anything about Robin Buckley because I identify with her a lot and you do! Also Critical Role stuff!! Subscribed!!!!

You missed out her handwriting, Note when she was trying to get into the Nightshades using her notebook. All of her writing is in large child like capitals, apart from her "i" which is always lowercase.

Me: not a public hugger, likes death topics, wears black, loves animals/pets, loves to write, likes music, likes routine, not afraid to stand up against norms, been socially awkward/loner a lot, been accused of my obsessions ruining friendships, also wishes I could care more about other people/understand them Me: also has autism. Yes I identify with Wednesday a lot (minus the killing instincts) What a great show!

Wednesday and I have very similar behavioral traits the only difference is I learned that if you mimic "normal" emotions you get better results and beat up less and I'm not on the spectrum.

In order to do that, you'd have to Talk to Wednesday... and IDK if any therapist is ready for that

I love the entire season!

I am an autistic person and I can say that I relate a lot to Wednesday so thank you for making this video

OG. These days, especially with the widening of the criteria and publicity, there is such a tendency to jump to "this person is autistic" by the general public if a person is "weird," nonconforming to social norms. I see Wednesday as a person who has experienced various traumas, such as bullying as demonstrated in the scene regarding the death of her pet, and has made decisions as to how to prevent or lessen the pain. I also interpret her inability to read and understand other people's body language as a result of isolated upbringing as historically demonstrated in her childhood in previous Addams Family movies, TV and print stories. Based on my experience, with some family abuse, some children learn to not express emotion, not even do eye contact, as a way to prevent or lessen the abuse and/or experience pain. Some children are not given the social opportunity to learn to read normal emotional behavior, or bullied to the point that there are few, if any, opportunities to engage in normal interactions with peers.

I see more INTJ vibes in Wednesday. Most of her characters traits are controlled choices of herself, like the lack of emotions or the strickt control of her emotions.

You look exactly like the sort of person who would enjoy the blood rave scene from blade.

Fun fact the blood scene is based or inspired by the film Carrie

I have Asperger's and she presents exactly like me. People say over time that I " Smile with my Eyes" because of my "stoic" demeaner.

Can you please make a video about the riddler from the Batman comics and the new movie?

I’m have an Asperger’s diagnosis through a partial HPRT gene deficiency, and I guess I didn’t take into consideration that the reason I liked Wednesday, in this rendition especially, is because she plays a lot like I feel. Learning how to talk to people, obsessiveness over certain topics (LEGOs and Star Wars for me) and the inability to connect the way others can. The easiest way I can describe it is that I feel like a robot and I’m gaining new information to make myself more “human”. I have my friends to thank for my current social abilities.

As an autistic person who is roughly around the age of Wednesday (I’m 19), I see myself in her a lot. We both have a lot of morbid curiosity and fascination, we both only show emotion when we’re 100% certain that we’re safe, we tend to stay to ourselves and even if asked, would try to keep quiet and do our own thing. I really resonated with her in season one. My friends actually have called me weird for being kind of obsessive with the show and Wednesday but it’s because I know what Wednesday is thinking a lot of the time and I can interpret how she’s feeling a lot.

Since the Wednesday show touches on some mommy issues, I would love to see you dive into the parenting skills/traits of the Morticias (Jones, Houston, and Zeta-Jones)

I'm autistic with learning disabilities and OCD I identify with wednesday massively She has behaviour and traits similar to how I react , behave and are uncomfortable with

I don’t think she’s autistic I think that children raised in certain environments especially controlling and or sheltered ones can lend themselves to several social detachments. Wednesday has always been the outcast where ever she goes which has a way of repressing one’s emotional development. I know this from experience being the outcast myself and I can see myself in Wednesday through both my parental abuse, bully’s, and my own anxiety. However what is different is how she chose to deal with it she chose to not care what everyone else though I never developed that trait.

I really appreciate how you go through the scenes and say "yes, this could be connected to autism but also could be [xyz reasons with justification]". very unbiased assessment! and your wednesday cosplay while you do the wednesday videos, love that

I believe that she is a high-functioning Aspie in this movie. Tim Burton expresses his personal quirks through his characters. You can find these very similar character quirks in all his movies and both in Wednesday and Enid the newest ones to the list.

I'm Autistic and I read her as Autistic. Just wanted to say that the diagnostic criteria are very ableist. Autistic people don't have deficits in empathy, social interactions, or empathy. It's more like we're cats in a dogs' world. Cats are not defective dogs. There's studies showing that Autistic people communicate effectively with other Autistic people (see University of Edinburgh, DART). Also look into Damian Milton's Double Empathy Problem - empathy is a two-way street, misunderstandings are easier across neurotypes.

I am very analytical myself and don't tend to show emotions I also don't take hints of others emotions well, I've been told for year's that I may have some level but I don't think so, I just think I grew up feeling emotions made life harder then thinking in logic

I really hope they show more of the family's weirdness in season 2. It's a lot harder to label Wednesday anything other than an Addams when she's put alongside every other Addams. Who could forget that scene in Addams Family Values when Morticia gives birth, and everyone in the waiting room asks if it's a boy or a girl, and Gomez loudly proclaims, "It's an Addams!" It was perfect, because until this show it was never explicitly stated that the Addams weren't human. Just heavily implied. And like, a few things had no real explanation beyond the paranormal. But since to the Addams that was all mundane, no one ever spoke about it. The point is, Wednesday is just Wednesday. It takes a lot of the fun out of it to diagnose her, and I really hate that she's getting in-show therapy to be honest. It all implies that there's something wrong with her that can be treated. There's not. She's just an Addams. And to be clear, I have nothing against people with autism. If you or someone you know is struggling, absolutely get a proper diagnosis and help. I'm not judging anyone, and I wish you the best life you can have. I just don't like grounding the Addams in reality like that. They don't need to be brought into society. In their world, they're the normal ones, and they're happy.

I see people arguing that Wednesday isn’t autistic because she’s Wednesday and she’s supposed to be different and weird. But if you think about how odd people looked at autism in the past when the characters were created is it that far fetched to assume that they could have written her that way because it’s seen as ‘different’ Obviously that isn’t the case anymore and a good thing too. But Wednesday really give off autistic vibes and I’m not saying that for some kind of trend or bandwagon. It’s a head canon and I honestly hope it becomes canon as I think it’d be good representation for people with autism. And Enid def has adhd. And I love how she respects Wednesday space and she sticks up for her!

Thanks for sharing. I gained new insight. Blessings on your day!

considering Wednesday is a made up identity played by a non-autistic actor, I wouldn't draw any conclusions from the performance

If having some traits doesn't guarantee you autistic and not having some doesn't mean you're not, how do doctors find the balance for accurate diagnosis?

I left another serious comment but felt the need to leave this one going: “MAM, BLADE BLOOD RAVE?! ITS A CARRIE CALL BACK.” Hahahah

No wonder why I'm sorta gothic and intellectual. I can relate to Wednesday in some ways. But I also like a splash of color but not too much. It really depends on my moods. I can be a little stoic sometimes, especially if I'm too tired to express them. But I have my special interests like researches and artistic skills.

Why did she miss the scene where Thing almost dies????????

I've never been interested in trying nebula until now. I can only imagine the thoughts you'd have on the chaos that is VM.

Continuing to love and appreciate your content!

not sure this is the right place for this but you should look at god of war ragnarok. [spoilers ahead] there are some interesting relationship dynamics and mental health questions (mostly related to growing up and separating from one’s parents). also: -atreus/loki and self identity -atreus and thor -thor and odin -odin: manipulative personality impact on family. -loss of a child, freya’s journey through grief -freyr vs freya : the irresponsible child and the responsible one. *gryla’s coping mechanism for grief and her alienation from angaboda. -angboda snd loki: to isolated children trying to make connection with others. -sindri and brok there are ton’s of topics (yours would be much better than mine)

Interesting 🤔 I never heard about the autism debate on Wednesday. You make some good points but she could just as easily have other things going on. I always related to her character... So I guess that's why it never crossed my mind. But definitely interesting. Thank you for sharing 👍

Let’s not read into this too much. She’s a television character.

4:32 I think the points that are mentioned in this video are right. Of course they are, this woman is the expert and I'm far away from being an expert. But I personally think Wednesday is misunderstood from many many people when it comes to the emotion topic. I think showing or expressing little to no emotions doesn't always mean that someone is autistic and it sometimes makes me a bit sick when people think that and doesn't consider that they might be different explanations for something like that. I think that personallies who behave like this without having autism do exist. That not the only explanation that I belive in. Wednesday has antisocial tendencies. I don't if she has ASD or not but she has clear tendencies. And this is a result from a childhood trauma. I think her trauma is a loss of a loved one. I believe it's called shock trauma or sth like that, I'm not sure. Wednesday had a weird pet when she was a child. I forgot which animal. She loved that pet and it died bc of others. She cried a lot over that loss. She said that she decided that she will never show emotions again. She grew up believing that showing/having emotions is sth. that makes u weak. This and her motionless behavior is a clear sign of a (childhood) trauma and that's the exact reason why I belive that this is not an autism symptom in her case. Showing little to now emotions does not always mean that u don't know or understand how to do that. I know, the women mentioned that a little but I think she spoke about that not enough. And yes, I also know that the women explained that u have to do a difference diagnosis. Showing symptoms if sth doesn't always mean that u have it but I'm a bit annoyed from people who strongly believe that Wednesday is autistic because they seems like they want her to be autistic and that they don't wanna think about that trauds from different ankles. They often think that a character is autistic when they seems to be antisocial bc they are a bit motionless and ignorant towards of the emotions from others. I'm sick of it. Similar things happened when people talked about Rick Sanchez.

I’ve just noticed her pet was called nero ………. Nero divergent 🤷‍♀️

Ya know, I really love how Enid picks up that Wednesday is trying to cheer her up in her own way, but is just bad at it. Most people wouldn't realize that's what Wednesday is trying to do.

I don't know if it's a thing but I relate to Wednesday because she says out loud things I think when talking to people but never voice because they are not socially acceptable.

While you are doing tv show characters I would love ones on the shows: leverage, scorpion, and signed, sealed, and delivered. There are arguments for at least one character in all of these shows to be undiagnosed autistic. I would be interested in your proffessional opinion. I know these shows aren't as popular so might not guarantee as many views so if you dont find It worth your time I understand but I do think they could make for some interesting video topics.

The way the actress portrayed her and that the character is very smart, multi-talented (Fencing, Cello, dancing, writing) and eloquent for her young age makes me think she has Asperger Sydrome.

Seriously she is a character. She has emotions until her scorpion was killed.

What is it with eye contact? Why do autists struggle with it? I wouldn't call myself as autistic, displaying only three of a dozen traits (the other two being suppressed emotions and low empathy, but both are most definitely caused by trauma). I don't understand why humans are so obsessed with eye contact. To me, it doesn't come natural and thus requires constant effort. This means that my gaze will drift off as soon as I imagine something (e.g. what I just heard) or think of what to say next. Plus, eye contact feels to me very awkward. I can stare at someone until he, or she gets creeped out, but I hate it, when others establish eye contact with me. It feels like an intrusion of privacy, like an unwanted touch, or someone getting in your face. Either way, I subconsciously regard it as an hostile act (similar to how many animals perceive it).

Georgia do you enjoy the old Adams family as well!?!?!?

As an autistic person I felt so validated and seen with both enid and wednesday traits

Interesting video!

Trying again for Psycho Pass

Although I never watch anything with Kids in Leading roles I watched this last night and really enjoyed it. “Thing” is convenient to have around as well. 🖤. Special thanks to CuriosityStream and Nebula…. the very best content on this or any Planet 🌍

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I'm a little late to the 'party'; however, one thing I noticed that the character "Wednesday" does that I haven't seen many others do - break her 'posture' or 'move' when she's being yelled at. I know, being ASD Level-1, that it is very difficult when understanding social cues that its hard for me not to want to "hide away" because my senses are being overwhelmed by the over exaggerated emotions of others when they're really upset or happy. Enid is very, VERY emotive to the point of where I become irritably self-conscious watching her on an 'instinctual' level of being unable to connect with those emotions. Wednesday; however, shows restraint and 'resists' the emotions of others while she listens to them. This could be a result of being 'yelled' at constantly and defiantly waiting to speak or PTSD where she retreats into herself. When senses are being overwhelmed, it's very hard to break out of animalistic reactions unless 'forcing it.' When loud sounds occur, one wants to move away or as with me my body 'pulls me away'. As for Wednesday's reaction to color? I saw that more as a sarcastic comment that was articulated 'perfectly' through deadpan delivery. She's not 'allergic' to color because if she was then the reflections of the light from the window's plastic sheeting would bounce all over the room causing more sensory overload. Enid's fabrics hanging all over the place is "disturbing" to me in their organization and colorful display. It's distracting to the eye and gives a sense of chaos in the peripheral vision. As someone who is prone to structuring their life, to be able to function independent of others to overcome ASD, I couldn't handle all of 'that' myself. It's an 'all or nothing' crystalline reaction to help soothe my tendency of being hyperaware of my surroundings and needing to 'soothe.' You also missed the other 'reactions' in her face that are smiles throughout the Pilot. She smiles and smirks more often than people saw apparently. As someone with ASD, watching the face has been 'trained into me' as I cannot keep eye contact very well. There's that whole "eye tracking" study where people with ASD go one of two ways - we hyperfocus on a point of the face where it appears we are making eye contact or we look at other facial structures almost 'non-stop' to attempt to identify the emotions of others being expressed through the...well microexpressions. Another thing, she doesn't finish other people's sentences based upon her past interactions with others. She always knows what to 'say' without melting down, and she doesn't 'argue' much to have people see it her own way through her perspective. She mocks other people for their own ways of thinking. These are not 'classic' traits as I've come to know them as we attempt to show our values (as our identity) instead of opinions through social interconnection. Even though she's very 'direct' in her approach to making conversations, she opts for asking others instead of first trying to find things out herself. Such as, walking into crowds to speak to people (boat-painting) or talks about the history of Fudge, In German, to a large crowd without showing obvious signs of distress. I don't get the impression of ASD from her but in the pilot Pugsley showed some more traits that I can identify with. I couldn't make any type of divergent diagnosis either without feeling like she 'ticks' a bunch of different boxes of shared traits with other ND areas. Have a great day!

I can see similarities in autism and Wednesday here. Coming from a spectrum of Aspergers syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

I think that a video about Jason Todd and Batman from under the Red hood would be interesting

Personally, I felt as if she was more ASPD than autistic. The color thing is just how The Addams Family is, the rigidity is more akin to self discipline enforced by a desire to not become her parents. The curiosity thing, I’ll grant you, isn’t typically associated with ASPD, but plays into another trait Wednesday shows often in the show: narcissism. She’s very much an arrogant individual, as evidenced by the latter events of her investigation in Season One and her reaction to the advice of publishers on her novels. She’s not willing to change herself too much, valuing herself over others until she realizes at the end of the season that even though she doesn’t really fit in with them, the Outcasts are her people. But you can interpret the show in several ways. It depends on the perspective of the viewer, and if you have ASPD or Autism, you can easily find and identify with traits evident within this version of Wednesday Addams.

I'm just gonna throw it out there just out of curiosity. Have you seen the tv series Hannibal? Would you consider doing a video of the characters, Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter?

I definitely got a sense that she at the very least has Aspergers. Regardless, Jenna Ortega nailed the role and this was a great show and exceeded my expectations. Looking forward to season 2.

I have no idea why so many people these days connect just being different with being autistic, I get the creator is just providing info on a fictional character but I have had my share of people ask me if im autistic in some way and no, im not autistic, im just different

Idk I found her relatable. I was asking myself what freaking signals he even had to get confused with. Besides everyone has to fake some kind of emotion when others cry, how else do you handle it.

Thank you so much for this video. I have Asperger's (ASD). I am not like everyone and I struggle (too much to try to fit in one comment; and was probably hittining the backspace button more ...trying to express my life or explain things.) In simple words; I agree with you about Wednesday having ASD. But you missed out on some deatails... I would be honored to share them with you in a video appointment. Zoom?? I was obsessed with this show... And when I watch TV my focus is like 110%... I break everything down in my head charters and social interactions and how they react to outside stimuli (why can't I be like that in real life? But unfortunately I struggle with "things" -which other NEUROTYPICAL beings take for granted). Please feel free to reply; if anyone else has Autism and... PS I am in the process of writing a novel on Wattpadd about my life with Autism. The title of my novel is (The Sky is Green- by Silverbabyradu ©) Thank you