Psychiatrist Breaks Down Psychopaths From Movies & TV | GQ

Anakin: kills younglings Eric: "that's a major red flag"

Describing a psychopath's routine as something you might see in GQ while doing a video for GQ has to be the greatest power move I've ever seen.

Eric’s analysis on Joe Goldberg in You was actually insightful. “Serial killers can have relationships with other people but ultimately it’s about them and what they can get out of it.” Joe was always trying to find someone to fill that hole of abandonment placed by his mother.

I'm glad he said Anakin was not a psychopath. I think his explanation that he has more BPD symptoms makes much more sense. Part of the reason Anakin even turned to the dark side is because he had this love for padme which made him do anything he could to make sure his vision of her death didn't come true. His fear blinded him so much that he essentially did the opposite of his goal which was that he ended up having some responsibility in her death.

I love how he knows everything about Star Wars

Shoot, Clark Kent went into psychology

Anakin being borderline makes sense. He's not really cold and unfeeling (if anything he's overly passionate). He's a control freak that can't fix his world, and the more he tries the worse things get, which just digs him deeper into crossing moral boundaries. That's the big shift in the Star Wars series prequels. Vader is revealed to be just a tragic henchman, who has resigned himself to doing evil because he feels trapped by his own predicament.

Kathy Bates’ performance in Misery is truly amazing

Titlte should be: "Psychiatrist analizes Star Wars' Anakin Skywaker, and explains why he became a Sith Lord, but does not grant him the rank of psychopath"

Can we have a “Graphic Designer Breaks Down Paul Allan’s Business Card” ?

They dropped the ball not letting him do "The Talented Mr. Ripley" or "Primal Fear".

"Mental Illness is very rarely associated with violence" THANK YOU! 🙌

"Granted, killing younglings is never acceptable so that raises a red flag in my head." Thank you, doctor, for that brilliant analysis. :)

I'm more impressed he got a facial mask off in one go as I thought that was impossible

Misery is an excellent movie and Kathy Bates' performance as the definitely-not-ok "rescuer" is seriously unnerving. Good to see it brought to the attention of those who may not have been aware of it.

Cinema Therapy did a video on Anakin, and they said, as Dr Bender said himself, he would qualify for BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder. Some of the symptoms include (but are not limited to): fear of abandonment; unstable relationships; unclear or shifting self-image; impulsive, self-destructive behaviors; extreme emotional swings; chronic feelings of emptiness; and explosive anger.

What I really liked is him pointing out something that people forget is true: people with a mental illness are far more likely to be victims of violence than committing violence themselves.

The Jedi also taught Anakin that ALL emotions were bad. And the only way to not fall to the Dark side was to suppress or avoid all emotion. That was a dangerous line of thinking for someone with Anakin's personality traits

I had a commanding officer who was a forensic psychiatrist, he was the most terrifying person I have ever met. Not quite Hannibal but equally terrifying

I always loved the Clone Wars series because it brought more context to who Anakin was and why he turned. The guy was a child they turned into the face/hope of an entire organization. By his teenage years his "peacekeeping" cult is leading a war and he's relied on by the Jedi and the Republic as one of their best commanders and the best pilot. He's leading tens of thousands of lives, training a padawan (who leaves because she doesn't agree with how the Jedi act anymore), and has to hide what's important to him everyday. All this while growing up and is still a young man. Makes him seem less like a sniveling brat and more like a man who breaks.