Inception Analysis: Cobb Is The Villain
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- #Inception is famous for being a multi-layered story. But the story is nothing compared to the man that it is about. Dom Cobb shows us how a particular type of #narcissistic behavior can be both hard to recognize and difficult to deal with. In this video I will take you through my #characteranalysis that Inception is the story of a narcissist processing trauma and shame in a manner that is fairly typical with this psychology. Subscribe to Willarious The Therapist to learn more about narcissism and other psychology diagnoses.
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Idk man, this actually made the movie even more interesting to me.
Agreed....I already liked it, but now I like it a lot more.
It's like a supervillain origin story, from the point of view of the villain. It's genious!
Honestly all the theories for inception make the movie SOOOOOOOO much better
Plays into his point that villains ARE more interesting
Cobb isn’t a villain though he’s just flawed
Very entertaining analysis that also seems spot on: we always understood the real threat to the group was in Cobb’s subconscious, but he also fits the profile of villains who don’t see themselves as the bad guy really well. It doesn’t, however, spoil the movie for me, because I always saw Cobb and his team as criminals. This is a heist film and Fisher is the only victim here. Fisher may not be portrayed sympathetically, but we are given no reason to believe that he is evil or that his mind is being violated for good or moral reasons. The company that hires Cobb’s team is presented as powerful and ruthless, there is no suggestion of motives beyond self interest in their actions. Cobb and every member of his team are aware of these facts, and are also clearly acting out pure self-interest. They are bad guys, but we admire them (as is often the case in heist films) because the filmmaker portrays them as talented, daring, hardworking and honorable. We admire these traits so much, we ignore the fact that they are criminals committing a horrible crime: invading and manipulating a man’s mind.
The only thing that's not explained is whether Saito's motivations and goals are genuinely for the well being of the world or just a front for his own greed. But regardless, Fischer is being made to believe something that most likely was not true.
yes but fischer is harmed to basically stop their version of skynet. so the heist is actually for a good cause making the mission morally ambiguous for a group that is normally criminal. it just didn't require cobb going under.
@@nunyadamnbidness2531 Again, we don't know if Fischer becoming the CEO would actually lead to a energy crisis, that's just what Saito says. He could easily be wrong or he could just be lying to give a more noble reason behind his greedy intentions. And again, even if he has a good goal in mind he is resorting to corrupt methods to achieve it.
@@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168 nah he's done his homework. who goes through the trouble to convince criminals when all it takes is money. he did unneccessary work like a classic asian guy. He already alluded to the heist being his last resort.
Wow I love this opening comment and the thread. Now I'm confused as to whether the heist is ambiguous or just criminal and selfish.
My take (How does Nolan figure here?)~
This question of hidden narcissism really speaks to me personally as I'm realizing in retrospect that my late husband had clear narcissistic traits and my ... probably for now ex fiancee has the so-called "covert" or "vulnerable" narcissistic profile pretty strongly...😔
A question... Since Cobb is "the director" and Inception is widely understood to be an allegory for the filmmaking process, if we come to see that Cobb is a narcissist, is Nolan inadvertently revealing something about himself...?
This video below is also a good Inception analysis
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I recommend an an analysis of Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes. He declared himself a high functioning sociopath but I feel like you could give a great video about him.
When Ariadne in manages to shape the dreamworld, Dom seems to be jealous of how her capabilities. This would also explain why the people in his dream attacked her. Because he felt attacked by her skills.
Yay! You’re back! It’s been a while, glad you’re still making videos!
Hannibal Lecter- The Silence Of The Lambs. Sorry for the excessive comments, love the Channel.
I was going to leave a comment cause I’ve been thinking about young Hannibal from 2007’s Hannibal Rising, but an analysis of Hannibal from the whole original arch would actually be really friggin cool! I second this! Silence Of The Lambs please!!
I think that would be an interesting one to see. I in no way mean to discourage him from making this video and am not saying "it already exists", but just thought anyone interested might want to check out this mental analysis of Hannibal that I found to be really, really fascinating: ua-cam.com/video/sZMhzhBr1tE/v-deo.html
Has Willarious analyzed Patrick Bateman? If he hasn't, then it would make a decent entry in your series!
Bateman and Vaas Montenegro :)
Anton Chigurh
I feel bad for people who, like my now ex (or at least indefinitely paused) fiancee, are asked to look at their narcissistic tendencies, because there's a huge stigma out there that narcissists are barely human, evil, can never meaningfully change, and are always the bad guy. Labeling Cobb the Villain makes some sense--but it also goes along with that stigma.
I'd like to suggest a whole video about narcissistic characters in movies that tries to actually sympathize with the ego-woundedness that generates their excessive, phony self "love."
My recent research tells me that narcissists become that way because they didn't feel taken care of in their developmental years. So it's like by focusing excessively on themselves they're trying to compensate for that; they feel like they can't survive otherwise I suspect...
And there's the whole complicating issue of the "vulnerable" or so-called "covert" narcissist. This would be where my fiance has tendencies, and the reason I didn't see them is because they were a refreshing contrast from my late husband's grandiose tendencies.
I've discovered that every time you look for a Facebook group about codependency or abusive relationships--it all ends up being about Narcissists and how terrible and inhuman and evil they are.
**No wonder** no one wants to accept this diagnosis and work on their narcissistic issues...
It would be great to make a video that tries to understand narcissism from the inside out and assess how much these people can ameliorate they're incredibly problematic symptoms...
My therapist, who has 30 years of experience in this area, has said that some people with mild narcissism "can be very nice people." That's not something you ever hear in the pop psychology world, and I would like to see an exploration of what causes narcissism & narcissistic tendencies, what life looks like from inside the psyche of the person with these issues, and how people can work on their narcissistic behaviors and the underlying issues and become better people...
I hope Willarious read your comment. If nothing else, you’ve alerted me on the issue.
"Like my now ex... or indefinitely paused fiance" you've gotta be kidding with this shit.
@@daytradersanonymous9955 You don't deserve an intelligent channel like this one.
Been binging Hannibal (the show-currently on Netflix) and my GOD I’d love to see you do a diagnosis of him.
Rorschach from Watchmen (in fact, all of the costumed vigilantes from Watchmen), Howard Ratner (Uncut Gems), Tony Stark (MCU), Matt Murdock (Daredevil netflix show),
Aside from diagnosis of fictional characters I would also be interested in analysis of characters who, either in the show/film/game itself or by the creative team have been handed a diagnoses to see how accurate it is (independently of whether the rest of the show is good or not). Since a lot of mental health issues are done poorly it would be interesting to see where some fail and succeed.
Possible examples (Potential Spoilers):
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Rebecca Bunch from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Borderline)
Entrapta from the She-Ra reboot (Autistic spectrum)
Sherlock Holmes from the BBC series (self-proclaimed 'High-Functioning Sociopath)
Frank Castle, netflix Daredevil/Punisher (PTSD)
All of the Watchmen would be fascinating. Even the Minutemen would be interesting especially considering the relationships of Silk Specter II, her mother, and the Comedian. Maybe we could even get a theory on what exactly was wrong with Mothman
I have a personal theory about Sherlock. He says he’s a high functioning sociopath, but I think he may just have Aspergers Syndrome. As someone with it, I have a very difficult time creating empathetic links with others, much as a socio or psychopath might, and everything else he does checks out. He’s extremely smart, probably has high sensitivity to sensory information given his innate ability to detect things, and doesn’t intuitively “fit in”
You need to do one on Anton Chighur from “No Country For Old Men.”
Damn I just posted that request without reading your comment, totally agree
100%
Thank you for the video! Inception is one of my favorite movies by far and I have just watched it again couple days ago. I often wonder if anyone would do a psycho analysis on Cobb because he was definitely not a very nice person to hang with in real life. Like you said because he is the main character for this film and so the audience would naturally be rooting for him to succeed and no one would question much of his decisions.
I’ve been a part of too many addiction research campaigns and what not MRT CBT Been diagnosed with bipolar manic 1 Depression ADHD but I’ll tell you I love life and people who live in denial with these issues I really only hurting themselves and intern hurting themselves is hurting the rest of the people around him I came to this realization sometime ago and stay in group therapies and continuously see enlightenment and improving my state of mind this is a very interesting channel RIGHT ON Willarious the therapist
I dont think it ruined it for me bc I've always thought Cobb was kind of selfish from the way he treats his assistant and manipulates others. In fact I'd say it makes the movie even better.
Yeah like obviously Cobb was supposed to be a flawed character? Like, that’s a good thing? His story arc is what made this movie work. Otherwise it would’ve turned into a Tenet (no compelling storyline or characterization) or Interstellar (cheesy and heavy handed)
I always thought that the objective Cobb was assigned was pretty damn unethical just to take down a business partner
Well thievery is unethical in general.
It wasn't to take down a business partner. It was to keep a single business (Fisher's) from acquiring basically total control of a major (IIRC it was energy) industry. Still not all that ethical, but not as bad as trying to dominate in business. sm
I am robert fisher(Raul Fernandez), cobb is Christopher Nolan and arthur is Jonathan Nolan. We met in the mid-nineties at Diederich's coffee shop in Old Towne Orange. Your analysis is accurate. He is an MKUltra monarch.
Group with a narsassist parent this makes me travel back in time. Loving this channel.
I'm in my last year of my masters program for Clinical Mental Health Counseling. As a nerd I absolutely love your videos. Keep up the awesome work!
Your analysis makes these interesting stories more interesting.
I have a different view/interpretation of the movie's plot so I don't agree with the analysis/diagnosis, but I found it very interesting and plausible nonetheless. You produce very good content - I'll definitely be sticking around :)
Awesome video!!! I don't know if you've seen The Punisher series on Netflix but there are a lot of videos of the psychology of Frank Castle but I would love to see you breakdown the psychology of Billy Russo from the show!!! A fascinating villain (and much better than the 1 dimensional mob guy from the comics IMO) with a tremendous amount of psychological issues to delve into..
Keep up the good work and stay safe!
Laughtill YouCry277 ooOoooOooHhh I second this. Excellent suggestion.
People upvote the above comment. Please
This is am awesome take that I totally missed in my viewings of the film! Very well put together. I'd love to see this series include some video game characters, perhaps even multiple versions of the same character? I immediately think of what we could see comparing Shepard from Mass Effect as an all Paragon or all Renegade character, and how these two different takes on the same core idea could illuminate decision-making in games.
Keep 'm comming man. These are great!
I appreciate this so much. I watched this movie last night for the second time and was triggered with memories of my narcissistic ex. I've been looking for just such an analysis!
Based on your points and my experience in having to deal with low-functioning narcissistic man-child as a stalker for a year, I have to begrudgingly agree with your thesis on Cobb.
Good call. I’m really glad I found this channel.
You’re so awesome for including references for your research!
I agree 100% The inception with his wife is what therapists call the shared fantasy phase.
Love the videos! I would love to see your analysis on Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
this makes the movie even better since you realise that dom was such a well written character that his character has so much depth
I just found your channel and watched about 3 videos, back to back. Very cool analysis - can't wait for the rest of Batman's diagnosis.
A Scanner Darkly would make a great video for this series.
as would do androids dream of electric sheep
You should do Thomas Shelby from peaky blinders
Or maybe a series of videos going season by season on his progression
This is an interesting analysis, but I don't think it's quite complete. What's missing is the movie goal itself, for Dom too escape his exile. Dom's behaviors are all definitely textbook narcissistic, but what's generally understood about real narcissists, especially by those who've been victimized by them, is that the disorder is like a locked room. There's no way out, because the narcissist's inability to understand the concept of other people having their own experiences prevents them from forming habits of empathy.
Every child at some point comes to the idea that the only universe they're capable of experiencing is a figment of their own mind. The universe as we know it is an illusion created in the mind, and vanishes the minute our back is turned, only to be conjured up again when we turn around. Nothing is objectively real, because we only have our own subjective senses to experience the universe.
What most people go on to understand is that this is only the beginning. The next step is to realize that everyone we meet and interact with is having the same experience. What we understand of them is an illusion, but beneath that illusion, we must trust that there's a real, separate entity that we can't ever truly know objectively, because we only have our own brain to know them. But we quickly come to understand that for them, we are the illusion. We bridge that gap with empathy.
Narcissists stop with the first realization. To them, life is a game, and other people are simply pieces on the board, to be used to win, or sacrificed if need be. They are missing that crucial piece that reminds us that they're also players, no less important than we. They can't bridge the gap, because they aren't capable of imagining a real being like themselves on the other side.
But here we have the missing piece of your analysis. For Dom, being unable to remember his children's faces is the metaphor for his exile from others. His goal is to find his way out of isolation and back into connection. And while the analysis is sound, it ignores the primary goal of the protagonist, to escape his narcissistic isolation.
Ultimately, psychological analysis of a character as though he's a real person can never be complete. Like a person can't be an archetype, because that's only a piece of the psyche, an character can't be a person, because characters only exist to tell the story of their transformation. Dom's behavior toward his teammates is definitely narcissistic, but we must remember that in this story, in this particular world, these characters are all projections like Moll. They are his conscience, his creativity, his focus, his inner guide, and his judge. This is a dream story, so it should come as no surprise that everything in it is symbolic, from the premise itself to the goal not simply of seeing his children, but seeing them turn around and show their faces.
Dom is not imply incepting the idea into Robert Fisher of forging his own identity without his father's influence. That inception is just the premise of the deeper inception into his own mind; the idea that Moll was her own person, who lived her own life, whose death was her own death and didn't just happen to him. His projection of her is nothing like her. A true narcissist could never understand that. By separating her from his psyche into her own person and letting her go, he can start to see people not as extensions of himself but as their own complete selves, and thus, escape his locked room.
Narcissism is believing everything around you is a dream; the same toxic, negative idea Dom incepted into Moll that disconnected her from the world and eventually destroyed her. Empathy is letting go of that idea, and accepting the reality of the people around you.
@JustARandomUA-camUser If anything, a narcissist wouldn't make a good protagonist, as they would have a pretty flat inner arc. Of course, Nightcrawler arguably made its sociopathic character work. But I think this is a rare, niche kind of story, not the norm.
Regardless, I loved the analysis, and I think it adds an extra dimension to the film.
@JustARandomUA-camUser I think there's a comparison to be drawn between Dom Cobb's struggle to find his way out of narcissism, and the Man in Black's game in West World season 2. Both are trying to "find the door." Only succeeds.
I wish someone would do this for the character Larry from the movie Weekend At Bernie's. But alas... nobody under the age of 25 has even heard of that movie.
I'd like to see an analysis of Bernie and his carefree attitude . . . .
Dude, I’m 15 and I know Weekend at Bernie’s.
Hi man love the vids watched them in one sitting
Do Tony Soprano or Marlo from “The Wire”
It makes me appreciate the movie more
could be true, but it could also simply be Kobb wanted something so badly and he gathered a team that did oblige and understand the risks, maybe not all, of such a dangerous mission.
Thanks for taking one of my favorite movies, turning it on it's head and making me rethink my feelings on it, lol. One one level I always felt that Cobb was truly damaged but I always attributed it to the death of his wife. As I think about it after watching your analysis, he should feel his guilt and should suffer for it because he caused her death. I also agree in feeling bad for Fischer. He was the true victim in this film. The selfishness of Saito and Cobb will lead to Fischer blowing up his own life.
Your channel is a gem
Do a psychology analysis on Rodion Raskolnikov(Crime and Punishment-Dostoevsky)
Lol, couldn’t help but think of Peggy Hill with that description.
I know its a big ask, but I think you should do the Avengers over time, starting with Iron Man. He starts out narcissistic and apathetic and then takes on a savior complex that he compulsively follows.
It's really funny.... It seems like the movie 'Divergent' touched on this because, it looks like, the majority of the populations in the movie had excessive features of various mental or personality disorders (however you want to categorize them) by 'faction'.
For example:
Dauntless: the need to protect + the craving for recklessness or power over others - such as BPD or borderline narcissism (feeling needed while also acting out recklessly and using power inappropriately at times)
Abnegation: the need to fulfill self by helping others - "over empath' + repressed narcissistic tendencies (caring about others and understanding others creating a feeling of needing to be needed, repressing vanity or avenues to the possibility of vanity out of potential fear of such vanity and how it could harm the image)
Amity: the craving for peace - dependency and perhaps anxiety or avoidance tendencies (unwillingness to get in the middle of things and needing things such as protection or assistance from other 'factions')
Erudite: the need to always be right - narcissism + grandeur equal out to narcissistic personality disorder or power hungry disorder (obsession in spirit and mind with power to the point of harming other people if necessary)
Candor: the need to always be honest (right) and use facts to argue important points- indicator of OCD and perhaps borderline power-hungry disorder (though not as bad as Erudite; these people are definitely full of themselves and believe they have the facts, but how many of those facts have been questioned as well as taught?)
It was, you either "conform" to this perceived mental disorder (perceived as a mental proficiency or achievement in the movie) or you become faction-less, because you don't possess any of the skills necessary (or too many of the skills). Anyone else seeing this in modern society?
Alex From A Clockwork Orange would be an interesting one but I’m good with any character you do just watched most of your content good stuff.
Whoa ur back....I'm happy now!
Jives with how I’ve always seen Inception. Not that I had an understanding of the extreme narcissist angle, but since I saw the movie in theaters I assumed that Cobb is in fact wrong about his wide view of pretty much everything. His wife was always correct, that they were deeper in the dream world than Cobb realized. If he’s the villain, an uncontrollable narcissist, then it makes sense that he has convinced himself that he’s out of the dream, Mol killed herself for no good reason, and that SHE’S the problem
Yeah,i felt that watching the movie
That moment you do a psycho metrics test and you get 86% Dom Cobb.
"We all rooted for him"
Oh I guess my narcissistic mother kinda inoculated me from doing that...oh well.
Maybe that's why the movie was never ruined for me, despite not liking the main character...Cause it was still a really cool idea and stuff.
Is it possible that the experience Cobb had while ‘living like gods’ in the dream world could’ve caused or at least exacerbated these symptoms?
This is the problem with psychology / psychiatry, they try to fit the entire spectrum of human-behavior into neat little categories.
But, life is messy, complex, and the catalysts for our actions are often these conglomerates of experience, desire, and feeling. If you had analyzed Cobb's character PRIOR to the death of his wife, no way he scores 5/9 on that list.
Furthermore, what is ROUTINELY the biggest determining factor when a person considers their actions? Avoidance of pain / death. Cobb is a man in immense pain, it doesn't make him a narcissist. I'd argue that a TRUE narcissist wouldn't even be able to conjure up that level of guilt.
If I'm in a lot of pain, and I have to go to the hospital, I don't stop at red-lights. I don't care if I cut you off. I don't give a shit about anything but making the PAIN STOP.
It's too bad you ended the video saying your realization of Cobb's psychology "ruined" the movie for you - if anything, it makes the film more interesting and gave me a deeper appreciation for the writing.
Awesome video as usual!!!!
Hi, new to your channel, and I'm wondering if you can do a analysis on the Doctor from Doctor who. I idolized the character as I grew up, particularly the first three of NewWho (2005-now) but looking back I realized this character has a LOT of psychological issues
Please analyze Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men one of my favorites
my thumb is up
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader would do for an awesome analysis i think. Great vid!
I don’t know if you’ve done this one already but would love to see your take on the character of Vincent played by Tom Cruise in the movie Collateral. That is one of my favorite characters and movies.
Al Lowen @6:38 in the banner. Not quite forgotten. One of the 1st to take on the narcissist. Every1 hated Al Lowen MD, gays, feminists, mainstream P-docs. An indicator he was onto something. His character analysis: the subconscious reflected body structure. Nothing to do with phrenology or orgone boxes. He agreed that early humans were voice hearing cognitive Big Brother gods all the time. Big mistake professionally but probably true. DSM crew on psychosis today? Whatever’s convenient.
You should do a vid on whether Mad Max is really "mad"
What's always creeped me out is that we almost have the same name and I went to college to go into dream research.
I'm obsessed with narcissism. Been doing some casual viewing of psychology videos - as one does - and I've integrated knowledge of NPD in particular, since I was... sort of called out by these videos.
I asked a few people what they really thought about me, just for fun. Some said I was kind and helpful, others said controversial and eccentric, and a few others were hesitant to say anything. A select few said I made them "uneasy", which is a compliment in my mind, but I played it off as unexpected.
I bluffed to a few people I've spent time online with that I was 'a narcissist', to which some trans girl said, "Yeah, I know." Apparently she has experience with two diagnosed narcissists, her father and her ex boyfriend, and that I was just like them in terms of basic mannerisms.
Just letting y'all know - you don't have to be an asshole if you're a narcissist. It comes down to an existential philosophy which is entirely unique compared to the rest of society. While 99% of people are technically psychotic to deal with the meaning of life - that is, they externalize a significant internal construct and declare it extant, such as a "nation" or "religion", and derive personal meaning from that - a narcissist is the basis of all meaning and the standard by which all of existence is judged, then it is internalized as part of the narcissist's personal pantheon.
Hopefully, dear reader, this makes sense and constitutes reason that narcissists would behave a certain way.
Oh, so _this_ is what the villain of the story I've been working on suffers from. Interesting how that happens - like, you just pick a bunch of personality traits that matches your vision of a character, and then it turns out they're apparently a textbook example of a particular psychiatric diagnosis.
Since Cobb is "the director" and Inception is widely understood to be an allegory for the filmmaking process, if we come to see that Cobb is a narcissist, is Nolan inadvertently revealing something about himself...?
Most artists are imo
Huge fan. Great content. Please don’t limit yourself to movies/video games. Please do Disney characters, for example Doc Mcstuffins (schizophrenia), Winnie the Pooh characters across the DSM spectrum (tigger ADHD), and dear god do Disney Princesses. Parents will love it.
Do a video about shutter island please,and also Hannibal Lecter would be nice...
Next time i watch Inception i'm going to have serious fun looking at i through this new prism watching this films has given me :) hanks :)
This was awesome and my first look at one of your videos. I have a lot of fun taking deeper looks at fictional characters myself. If there is any thing new to say separate from this film. I would love if you took a look at the characters in The Prestige. I was thinking about that movie recently (not as informedly mind you) and it occurred to me that anyone with a remotely ambitious personality would just get wrecked by that movie. Keep up the good work dude
I think Dom never actually has a plan to help Fischer in the first place. The whole thing they did that job was in order for the Fischer to dissolve the company that was built by his father.
Travis Bickle-Taxi Driver
Amos from the Expanse would be a great choice for a video
Please analyze Rick Dalton from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Richie Tozier from It and Tony Soprano.
Consider analysing Jay Gatsby. I'm watching the DiCaprio adaptation now.
I'm thinking Enneagram type number 7, with 6 wing, insecure attachment style primarily (though real intimacy might trigger avoidance), narcissistic tendencies but obviously high functioning in many areas
You should do Travis Bickle. He was always a bit confusing for me. PTSD and Insomnia were implyed but there might be more to it...
I just found your channel and love it but it looks like your early vids on some of the MCU didn't get much love. I'd very much like to see a vid on Logan AKA WOLVERINE! Tell me that won't be a whole mess of crazy fun.
Excellent video. May I request Darth maul and/or General Grievous
You sir, are going places on UA-cam:)
You should make a video about Killmonger
amazing video...please shutter island x2
Yeah, he should have let her go earlier, but couldn’t. It’s not villainous though, rather reckless. It’s not like evil is on his mind (or did I miss something?) but rather it doesn’t matter to him as much as seeing his kids again. I think all the characters are twisted in their own way, so even though they did not deserve to get pulled into this, you can tell that it doesn’t bother them as they have experienced the failure of a pro social psyche as well. All of them have some kind of responsibility for some of the stuff going down and really the only person that didn’t actually act in recklessness, but rather in weakness was Robert Fischer. But there lies a failure as well, as you cannot have that much power and be weak and frail, as it opens you up for exact that kind of manipulation. Good thing he was just convinced to start an own business instead of worse. I think Cobb was the worst offender though and thus his punishment before he was free had to be the worst. Everybody can just hope to have enough knowledge of humans to never find such a social circle as these people have.
Also I like to add, that this ritualistic cleansing was indeed unnecessarily dangerous. Cobb could have simply gotten his children to another country and go to therapy to get over his wife, and use his dream skills to help people rather than robbing or manipulating them.
Would love to see a diagnosis of V from V For Vendetta
Wow. My romantic partner and I have been trying for several months to repair a relationship that had spun out of control--even including physical fights.
A mutual friend says she loves him but wonders if he suffers from Narcissistic personality disorder. As has my new therapist, who's a seasoned expert on abusive relationships. And according to the Facebook co-dependency groups I've tried seemingly EVERY bad partner or Ex is a "Narc."
He finally agreed to get back on the medication his ex wife bullied him into discontinuing (cuz "not natural") to treat his PTSD & pretty severe TBI. The psychiatrist confirmed both of those conditions and said almost-but-not-quite bi-polar...but didn't mention NPD. My therapist seemed unconvinced, though open minded.
Now as I sit alone the night before Thanksgiving thinking about how callously he's behaved over the last 48 when I mistakenly thought I had overdrawn all of my accounts (he talked me into investing half my then liquid assets with him four years ago and it's been a source of mounting anxiety and conflict ever since) -- I think I need to ask myself again -- have I yet again fallen for a narcissist?
He describes himself, once I explained to him what solipcism is, as a solipsist.
Is there a difference?
I clicked on this for distraction but it's painfully relevant.😔
I'll subscribe and watch more...
It may be that the loss of his wife led to sociopathy. He doesn't seem to care about anyone but his children and acts without regard for anyone elses safety or emotional state.
Suggestion:
Lisbeth Salander from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
You should analyze The House that Jack Built and The Watchmen
How about an analysis of Capt. Jack Sparrow??? I've always wondered what the hell (beyond rum???? And kinda being an actual extension of Johnny Depp's real personality)was wrong with him. Or Teddy Daniels from Shutter Island. Another good one.
Hi! I *just* found your videos today and I absolutely love them. You probably get a lot of requests for videos, so no problem if you can't do this but I was wondering if you'd make a psycho-analysis video on Sirius Black from the Harry Potter books? He is my *favorite* character in the stories and after all he's been through he's definitely got some baggage lol. Keep up the amazing videos!!
Can you do Ryan Howard or maybe Micheal Scott from the office
Talk about narcissist the interesting character of the movie Mr. Books celebrated Portland businessman and serial killer Earl Brooks would be a treat with how he hides he's the Thunderprint Killer and the twisted fear he has at the end of the film.
I pretty much had this idea watching the film. It's what made it interesting. Knowing how fucked up Cobb is, made it genuinely hard to guess what's real.
Cobb was clearly the bad guy in that movie. He is completely changing people's personalities, stealing information from their minds, and wrecked with guilt from previous actions. I was agast when everyone thought he was the good guy, disturbed me actually. That man was such a Villain in that film, which is why it is such a good film.
I just found this channel, real good shit, and idk if you have done him already, but i think you should diagnose Michael Scott from the Office
How about Hannibal Lecter from the Silence of the Lambs and other signature movies? That's an interesting villain to analyse
Did people not notice this? I thought the movie made it clear that Don is the fault for everything that happened in this film, he is the one that the other characters are antagonistic more than ever. I think most of the comment section agree with me that this doesn't take away from the film at all.
Please do Shutter Island
Make a video on Dexter Morgan next, please.
Honestly I do not recall that the inception ever suggested that the abuse never happened been awhile since I saw it though. The picture and such were planted there by Fisher's own mind not Cobb and company. The Inception is that the old man wanted Fisher to be his own man instead of trying being like his father. sm
NGL brilliant content