Yes I would tell my child don't be silly this is what I am here for Stay put mommy is coming to get you and the mom did go to get her but it's. Heartbreaking that mom was only 2 hours late from her last sighting .There are many that go to New York and get lost amongst the homeless.😢
As one living with schizophrenia since the age of 28--I am now 65--I can relate to her sense of shame and inadequacy. I was hearing voices in my head telling me I was worthless and should kill myself. If she actually was psychotic she may have believed what her voices were telling her and felt she wasn't worthy of her mother's love. It's not rational.
@@michelegyselinck5400I was thinking the same but can think some awareness initially also could be present. Not sure but I believe some of the mental illness that can lead to episodes of psychosis often debut in that age range. If she had been well functional and ambitious up to then and started to notice symptoms she might initially have been well aware of I presume it could be very stressful and potentially worsen it. The rational thing would be to seek help but if the person think it is just something temporary even if scary they may avoid seeking help (mental illness still carry some stigma).
"I'm not free until everyone is free"... and that bit about returning her energy to the stars. She sounds sweet and very sensitive, also like she was fantasizing about leaving our mundane realm. Excellent speculation today Dr. Grande. Thank you.
All the signs of a Spiritual Awakening! I wish I could have communicated with her. From a higher perspective, no matter her fate, she will progress until the state of Enlightenment. Even if it is another round of reincarnation. There are no accidents in life!
@@erikparent8176 I was in the shelter with her, besides her bed. She would meditate under a tree and take sunshine, she was very sensitive and beautiful in another state. Julien was stalking her in her job too, so she left the job and came to the shelter after. I believe he was threatening her and she was looking up with no way out.
@@TecOneself The things she wrote were metaphysical and an indicator of a spritual awakening. I experienced the same thing and one feels as though someone is watching you all the time. Awareness expands from within and observes ones ego, thoughts and actions. It can cause paranoia. If she was being stalked she could have gone to the police, got a restraining order, end of story. I'm convinced her angst was a result of losing her identity and is refered too as Dark night of the Soul. I'd search some spritual centers, ashrams or Buddhist monasteries for her, just in case.
It’s baffling the number of cases so similar to this one that remain unsolved, both young men and women that go missing after starting to act strangely in some kind of way. Very unsettling 😕
Probably because people suffering from any sort of sudden onset mental health crisis are far more at risk of suicide and vulnerable to multiple types of criminal activity.
And he said he was in the same town, by coincidence. And he just happened to 'bump into her' shortly before she went missing, by coincidence. I don't believe either situation was a coincidence. That could account for her worsening symptoms, especially paranoia. She saw her stalker!
@@JustDr.S Agreed. It isn't "paranoia" when someone is actually stalking you, as he openly admitted to. Lol. It's actually a rational fear based in REALITY. But, two things can be true at the same time; one can be both experiencing some type of metal struggle/illness AND be being victimized. As the doctor points out, people with mental health issues are often more vulnerable to this kind of thing. I've seen it first hand myself. Also, I wonder, in light of the charges levied against her mother and brother (even if the charges against her mother were dropped), if something in the family history created another real fear, if not just significant hesitation, to go be with her mother and that's why she kept reaching out but waffling.
Yes,I believe that this has not been investigated enough.if he was following her,the stress of that could bring on an episode,that is from lack of sleep.
It appears that Dr. grande is preparing to go to a Mexican bullfight. For this I’d like to use the five factor model OCEAN O •Openness to Experience C • Conscientiousness E • Extraversion A • Agreeableness N • Neuroticism
My brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late 20s. He had a bunch of us siblings and a parent, however preferred to be homeless... I think most of it had to do with his paranoia. Anyways took alot of work to get him in a routine with meds but once he did he recounted feeling like he wasn't himself. Thanks for covering this, first i've heard of her❤ mental illness' are difficult to conquer for those involved and loved ones
This happened to a relative of my husband. we unfortunately got a front row seat to this. Among the worst things was seeing how others in the community treated this beautiful, talented, caring soul. My heart breaks for his mother and his siblings.
@@raquellofstedt9713 I'm from Sweden and your name appears Swedish. Was this the young man who left the train in Hallsberg? I keep hoping he will reappear, and I look for news about him every oncevin a while, but even if it's a different person in your case I'm so sorry for what happened and how he was treated. I have a young family member who suffers from mental illness, and this is one of my fears.
@@thatsalt1560 Sadly, I don’t know What happened to that young man. My husband’s relatives are Finnish and we lived in Helsinki at the time. His second cousin has been quite disabled since the onset. Truly sad. We live in Sweden right now, but as Iwahve said haven’t heard of What had happened with the kid in Hallsberg. We have one here in Ljungby that up and vanished too. Just so sad😞
She was being stalked by Julien from Ontario to Victoria, and then in her place of work in the restaurant so she left the work to the shelter, whether yes or no, we need unity and this is always very difficult. Sending you a big hug.
I felt so worried about her while he was telling her story. She was extremely vulnerable. One of my friends has a brother with severe mental illness. He doesn't want to admit it and he doesn't want to take his medication. It's hard.
I don't know why but I also have a problem with taking medication. I know I need it, but i think i hate the fact that i need medicine to function so i don't take it. I wonder if this is normal for mentally ill people?
I think it's normal for people who grew up in a culture that keeps telling them that one needs to be strong no matter what. If your body or mind needs help - you are defective, not normal, a bad person who is being punished for their wickedness. This is the message we get all the time. There is a stigma around vulnerability. This stigma holds the capitalist society together. Imagine if we collectively believed that mental health issues, health problems can happen to anyone, in many cases are unavoidable and nobody's fault? We would need a competely different model of society then, focused on education, healthcare, well-being...
🇨🇦 My daughter knew Emma, and frequented the restaurant where she worked in Victoria. Such a sad, sad story. Every mother’s nightmare.... receiving an anguished call from your young daughter and not making it there in time to be with her. I don’t know that I could ever survive that kind of pain. Thank you Dr Grande for covering this story.
@@JustDr.S Support housing in BC may not have had the "mission" to even admit her daughter had ever been in their system, due to LEGAL privacy issues and the "Mission Statement" most rescue homes have to act under the Provincial jurisdicTIon LEGALLY.
That was a suicide note to my mind. She said she would be dead when the reader found her note. Then she describes death from a non religious mindset - her energy goes back to being pure energy, back to the stars. Given how close she was to a trail, that she left all her stuff behind, seems to me she went in there and died. And has never been found. Or maybe she was found, by the guy who used her card. Easier to explain to the police that you found the card randomly lying on the ground than you came across a dead body and rifled through the corpse's pockets to steal. That note is a suicide note from someone who can't quite bring herself to use the words. It is extraordinarily difficult to verbalise those feelings when there is such shame attached.
@@kkheflin3 She didn’t go to prison, the charges were dropped. Her son was charged with drug dealing and money laundering,and I believe she was charged as if she knew of his crimes and was complicit in them.
Disappearances are so intriguing-thank you. Asha Degree, a nine-year-old girl who seemingly vanished of her own volition on a stormy North Carolina night, is a particularly interesting case.
I've spent way too much time pondering what could have happened to Asha and reading anything I could find about the case. I hope the parents receive answers.
This reminds me that we send our children away to college at an age they are more likely to develop mental illness, like schizophrenia, without the social support needed to save them.
The stress of moving away from home and into college will often be the trigger for a persons first psychotic break. I worked in a mental health hospital for 10 years and unfortunately I have seen a lot. It’s devastatingly heartbreaking.
I know someone who left a state in in Eastern USA, flew to Texas, was found in a rental car unconscious on the Rio Grandd and brought to a hospital, released, went into Mexico and over the course of 53 days was suffering intense paranoia and delusions yet somehow made his away all the way across Mexico (despite multiple police encounters this person was also deemed to be causing no harm) until a family member flew out and found him sheltering, scared in Tijuana. He was brought back to the US and diagnosed with bipolar disorder and having had a psychotic episode. This Emma situation feels so similar and breaks my heart.
I feel such a lot of connection to this case.I think it's because I was living in Victoria at the same time as Emma, it's also when my mental health deteriorated very severely and we're also nearly the same age with her being only a year older than I am. I ended up moving back home after about 2ish years in Vic, fortunately for me I did have something of a support network and home was just a few hours drive up Island. I wonder what would have happened if I'd been far from home with little support like Emma. I struggle to get help for my mental illness and wonder if it would have made any difference if she'd tried knowing how broken, understaffed, underfunded and difficult the system is to navigate given my personal experience. I think I just look at Emma and whatever happened to her and see how easily it could have been me if my circumstances had been just a bit different. Having my mental health deteriorate and not understanding what was happening or why, losing my ability to function was a very frightening thing and I can't imagine how it would be to also be in an incredibly vulnerable position like living on the streets or in a shelter. I've mostly come to terms with my mental illness now and have learned to manage my expectations but when I'm dealing with a lot of stress if worsens considerably and it's still scary to this day not really being able to look after myself without considerable help and support from the people around me.
I was thinking of the Lam case here and you mentioned it in the video. There was a 2009 Malibu missing person case of Mitrice Richardson. Descriptions of her behavior before her disappearance seem very similar.
I read up on that. The police told her mother that she was ok, and then they let her out in the wee hours of the morning in the middle of nowhere. The DA who promised to help her parents was quite useless too.
“So right away we know he is not a good stalker, he clearly did not read the section in the stalker handbook that talks about never admitting you are a stalker. It’s worrisome when people don’t take pride in their work” that’s so hilarious Dr. Grande! I almost fell off my chair 😅
I wondered if attraction came first but someone behaving very odd becomes both entertainment and possibly a rescue ( and happily ever after thought but not expressed. ). It was after the fellow realized his presence might be frightening to her, and contributed to her missing status, because he never had any bad intentions, just attraction and absent minded curiosity until she slipped away. Dumb to call himself a stalker but humans make bad word choices and bad choices in trying to connect.
Dr. Grande, the buttons on your shirt add a lot of sophistication to it. That was a tasteful clothing selection.👍🏼 Very interesting and heartbreaking case, thank you for reviewing it! ❤️
Edited: Here are more details on the sighting mentioned at 6:31 From an article: Until a new witness, simply identified as William, told Emma’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff, that he had seen her on the morning of Nov. 29 while driving to work. “He did have a great deal of struggle not saying anything,” Fillipoff said. “His family urged him not to come forward because he might be implicated, but he came forward anyway.” William spotted Emma while driving to Saanich from Esquimalt, driving up Admirals Road after she jumped off the street onto the sidewalk and seemed to be in distress. William pulled over, asked if she was okay and found her to be very afraid of something he couldn’t see. William offered to give her a ride into town on his way to work. After she got in the car, he said she was very calm, and asked William to take her to her friend’s place in Colwood. William was late to his new job, and offered instead to drop her off closer to Colwood. At 5:15 a.m. William dropped Emma off at the intersection of Craigflower Road and Admirals Road near the Petro Canada gas station.
Wasn't this what he mentioned around 6:31? It's the same date. though he doesn't go into detail he does state another search was given due to this info and nothing came of it.
This case is sad. I am surprised that I haven't heard of it before as I live in Vancouver; many individuals in similar situations end up living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Such an heartbreaking story. Even though we still don't know what happened to her, mental health still is a topic people don't pay close attention to it. Praying to know what happened to her and let God guide us. Thank you doctor.
Emma’s mother was so close to reaching her. Just missed her by hours. That would haunt a mother forever. Edit: Just googled for an update. Her mother Shelley, is shocked it’s been 8 years with no new information. She just wants news, good or bad, about Emma. That has to be such a painful existence hoping your child is alive but understanding the probability isn’t very good. The not knowing, hopeful one day to sinking down the next, is so awful to contemplate.
Thank you for covering this case from my home town -- and not in a sensationalized way. Victoria is relatively welcoming for people who are homeless and have mental illnesses. They are usually not hassled and there is not much the police can do, unless the person is in extreme distress. If I were there now, I could find several people with more severe symptoms than Emma seemingly had, on Government Street alone. This is only a guess, but IMO the most likely scenario is that she fell in the water near the Galloping Goose trail (it runs all the way from downtown to Colwood, and parts of it are by the water), drowned, and her body was swept out to sea by the tide.
Well done, appreciated, with some helpfully placed wit. My heart is in tears for Emma, Shelly, and those who love them. Hopefully this contributes to raising awareness why lie detector polygraphs are inappropriate.
Oh Dr. G..."He clearly did not read the section in The Stalker Handbook that talks about never admitting you are a stalker. It is concerning when people don't have pride in their WORK!" I have bronchitis and you set me off on a coughing jag because I laughed so hard!!! This is a bizarre tale. It would seem there should be enough info to find out what happened to this poor woman. It sounds like a suicide to me.
People, even stalkers, have a propensity to tell the police the truth. But, his admission, does shed a light on Emma’s so called paranoia. It’s hard to be labeled paranoid, when people confess to stalking her. The other point is the police were called and they quite correctly determined she was not a threat to herself or others in a legal sense, but she is now missing, probably forever. There should be another level of assessment on a social/mental level where someone in destress can be evaluated in a stress free environment. (Not, in the back of a police car.) A simple question,, “What’s bothering you so much you are not wearing shoes in 45 degree weather?” A terrible tragedy.
@@prant8998 Agree 100% For the most part police officers are not well trained in mental health in my experience. Or detecting signs of an impending crisis. Asking vague questions while sitting in a police car doesn't cut it. They need to ask SPECIFIC questions that are pointed as you pointed out which would be much more beneficial in determining whether someone is in the midst of a mental health crisis.
Hmmm, I've had psychosis and paranoia at some point in my life and I was in therapy for quite some time. If someone would've called the cops on me for doing nothing wrong, but simply standing at a corner/crossing and not walking, while I'm paranoid, this certainly would've p!ssed me off severely, frightened me endlessly and likely would've thrown me over the edge mentally and emotionally... I hate to say this, but people are literally brainwashed into calling the cops for everything and expecting they'd know what to do/say and how to react. & I'm far from defending the cops, bc if I'd love them so much, I certainly wouldn't write, that their "intervention" would've thrown me over the edge.
My goal in life is to one day get analyzed by the good doctor and featured on this channel. Hopefully for a good reason though, and not a criminal one, haha!
Good one. Thank you Dr. Grande. I totally agree with you about the existence of a mental health issue in the Emma Fillipoff case, e.g. a psychotic process with comorbid deterioration in social and emotional functioning... and her dread to face her mother in that state. This evolving mental health issue made Emma vulnerable to suicide.. and being taken advantage of, e.g. kidnapped by bad actor/s. Thank you for your clear and concise analysis.
Sad 💔 Appreciate your reminders that people with mental health problems need continued support. 👍🏼❤️❣️❤️ (red hearts, instead of my usual pink hearts, in honor of your carmine shirt)
Dr Grande, I have suffered from migraines for years. I started listening to you a year ago and listening to your voice is so calming. (Regardless of what you are talking about) Thank you!!
I have followed this case for a while. Having lived in the area and understanding the spiritual practices Emma was exposed to it is possible she literally left her old life behind. This is very common. I however feel the complete disappearance to date suggests foul play. I hope one day answers are found for the family.😢🙏
Oh this is a very sad case. I feel really bad for the families. I really like the taller plant on the table, its really unique. Thank you for the video 😊🌴😀
Hi Dr. G! Thanks for all of your hard work and uploads!! We appreciate you speculating on what could be happening in so many situations. You’re my fav!! Btw, red is definitely your color ♥️
Thank you for covering this story. .. I hope she is found one day .. this is truly heart breaking case .. if only she had asked for help…and shows the need for mental Heath training for first responders
Thank you Doc I had never heard this case until now. I had a familiar feeling right away though as and same as you I was reminded of the Elisa Lam case as well. They both make me feel frustrated and helpless. Very sad. Great video, thx for this one 👍✌
Thank you for keeping up making great videos Dr. Grande! UA-cam has been my lifeline during this godawful quarantine, i used to travel a lot, so closed borders are making me a bit loopy! 😰
I’ve been waiting for you to analyze this case. Emma’s story is very compelling to me. It’s also complex. It’s just a story that stays with me. If only she’d kept her passport, I could relax in the possibility that she’s alive somewhere else in the world. I don’t think that she could live in public without being found since this case is so widely known. She may be in seclusion but I don’t think she was in a state of self sufficiency when she vanished.
I was born and raised in Victoria. Over the years it has become a cesspool of drugs. A woman out alone on the streets couldn't walk one block safely. Have since left town.
I love when Dr Grande acknowledges the fact that the police using pseudoscience to clear suspects are in an active investigation looking for the tooth fairy😂They probably have a better chance of finding her than Emma🙄A very strange and sad case. Thank you for your thoughts on this Dr Grande!💖
Thank you Dr. Grande. Your mental health analyses are invaluable to those of us who are searching - so appreciated. Just want to say I recently watched the video in which you told your own personal story of your motorcycle accident. Sharing the thoughts and feelings you experienced during that life altering event was a compassionate act, and I appreciate your point of view even more. Thank you for being you!
Some of Emma,s qoutes suggest some understanding of Astrophysics and Metaphysics. ( further evidence of a beginning of a spiritual Awakening) 1. "I'm not free, until the world is free" (She is refering to spritual freedom, which is delayed until ones ego is transended and all will be free only when the collective ego is transended. Also known as Oneness!) 2. "Float about on energy or not" (This is an indication of the subtle spiritual body and most likely the Astral plane. The difference is the gross physical plane and the subtle floating energy of the Astral plane. She's not sure of graduation.) 3. " watching dying stars" (she has some Astrophysical knowledge about stars. All stars will die and most after about 5 billion years. Some will end in a Supernova and others White Dwarfs. Her explanation seems to mean she will observe this star process in the expanded perception of a spiritual body.) 4. "Dreaming milky dreams"" The entire Cosmos and all other planes, are dreams of pure conciousness. The Astral plane Appears milky white or translucent.) 5. "Shadow dancing on your time lines" ( Shadow dancing can refer to as being a Ghost, but she might mean as spirit. Spirit has a different view of "time" which is very much expanded, in higher planes and can be seen in totality. Past, present, and future may all be viewed at once, which may point to the reference of dancing on time lines) 6. Her reference to being watched, in conjunction with her understanding of metaphysics, implies a seperation between her ego and the observer/ awareness. This is common and confusing during a shift in conciousness. Spiritual Awakening.)
Dr. Grande, I love your videos and your sense of humor. Just an observation. The "Young man in Perth" looks enough like the "Green shirt man in Vancouver" that some investigation should continue in that direction. Hoping that there's a positive resolution to this incident.
green shirt guy is heavily tattooed on the arms and walks with a pronounced limp. Julien would walk all night with Emma in Perth, she strumming her ukelele and barefoot...she was going in and out of the YMCA because she had the ipod and to receive text messages from the hotspot to the left of the building you had to step out through those double doors to connect.
Dr Grande, how about an analysis on the disappearance of Richey Edwards? Former guitarist and songwriter for the band The Manic Street Preachers. It is also quite the mystery.
KARLIE GUSE case please! Everyone has stopped talking about her, and we need to find out what happened. This case haunts me. Thank you for your videos. Love your content! ❤️
As someone who's lived in Victoria most of my life i can say there is a good chance something nefarious happened, there is a very dark criminal underbelly here especially in the area where that 7-11 is and there is a terrible drug scene here its truly horrific in places.
Brilliant overview! I think she's alive and living on the west coast and watching this episode on her new iMac. I once ditched a camera so that could quickly upgrade and get a better camera.
Dr Grande I know it’s still fresh but when you have enough evidence and back story.. Can you do the Governor Coumo accusations and an apology review (if he’ll ever apologize😆)? Thanks!
I spent some time helping homeless people living in the streets. So many of them were lost to themselves in psychosis. Most seemed to have various forms of schizophrenia. How is it we aren't willing to or able to help more mentally ill people.
I wonder, Dr Grande, if Emma was suffering from a severe case of OCD. When you said d she got into the taxi then got out and she stood at the intersection, I think she may ruled by the feelings of Doom ( or anxiety) that OCD can bring. I am on meds for it and know how powerful these feelings can be. Even if you don’t believe what these feelings are telling you , they are greater than your own common sense or mutate into fears you can not rationalize away, or fears outside the sphere of human control.
I believe that she met with fowl play The homeless man just happened to find the credit card gift card. He doesn't remember where. I simply don't believe that at all. That requires more investigation. She was in a fragile state, someone would have no trouble over powering her. I also think that the Victoria police were completely negligent. She was walking barefoot in November. That should have been a huge red flag. It's freezing cold! No one should be shoeless in November. This case haunts me. She clearly suffered a psychotic episode. Whether she was bipolar or schizophrenic she was in a manic state. I never knew Emma but this case touched my heart. I wish I had met her, she had a beautiful soul.
The Fifth Estate also did a video today about a Psychiatric hospital in Ontario that I think would be interesting to hear from you about! The doctor who made the tests was really wild, he was very crass when speaking about the patients and his programs.
She was my best friend from ten years old on.Thanks for covering this case it still hurts to watch though.
Any signs of schizophrenia?
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I'm sorry for your loss ☮️
Hugs to you!
I'm sorry for your loss. What do you think happened?
As a mom to hear her say “how can I face you” just hurt my heart. My child could always come to me no matter what.
@mike severino Yes, that seemed very contradictory, unless she, herself turned her mother in and felt guilty.
It shouldn't sound sketchy, she had a history of mental illness . She would have suffered with feelings we cannot imagine.
Yes I would tell my child don't be silly this is what I am here for Stay put mommy is coming to get you and the mom did go to get her but it's. Heartbreaking that mom was only 2 hours late from her last sighting .There are many that go to New York and get lost amongst the homeless.😢
As one living with schizophrenia since the age of 28--I am now 65--I can relate to her sense of shame and inadequacy. I was hearing voices in my head telling me I was worthless and should kill myself. If she actually was psychotic she may have believed what her voices were telling her and felt she wasn't worthy of her mother's love. It's not rational.
@@michelegyselinck5400I was thinking the same but can think some awareness initially also could be present. Not sure but I believe some of the mental illness that can lead to episodes of psychosis often debut in that age range. If she had been well functional and ambitious up to then and started to notice symptoms she might initially have been well aware of I presume it could be very stressful and potentially worsen it. The rational thing would be to seek help but if the person think it is just something temporary even if scary they may avoid seeking help (mental illness still carry some stigma).
"I'm not free until everyone is free"... and that bit about returning her energy to the stars.
She sounds sweet and very sensitive, also like she was fantasizing about leaving our mundane realm.
Excellent speculation today Dr. Grande. Thank you.
All the signs of a Spiritual Awakening!
I wish I could have communicated with her.
From a higher perspective, no matter her fate, she will progress until the state of Enlightenment.
Even if it is another round of reincarnation.
There are no accidents in life!
@@erikparent8176 I was in the shelter with her, besides her bed. She would meditate under a tree and take sunshine, she was very sensitive and beautiful in another state. Julien was stalking her in her job too, so she left the job and came to the shelter after. I believe he was threatening her and she was looking up with no way out.
@@TecOneself
The things she wrote were metaphysical and an indicator of a spritual awakening.
I experienced the same thing and one feels as though someone is watching you all the time.
Awareness expands from within and observes ones ego, thoughts and actions.
It can cause paranoia.
If she was being stalked she could have gone to the police, got a restraining order, end of story.
I'm convinced her angst was a result of losing her identity and is refered too as Dark night of the Soul.
I'd search some spritual centers, ashrams or Buddhist monasteries for her, just in case.
I mean I really resonated with that line. And the “or whatever” at the end. Sigh*
@@erikparent8176 great idea.
It’s baffling the number of cases so similar to this one that remain unsolved, both young men and women that go missing after starting to act strangely in some kind of way. Very unsettling 😕
Probably because people suffering from any sort of sudden onset mental health crisis are far more at risk of suicide and vulnerable to multiple types of criminal activity.
@@tiryaclearsong421 yes, that’s for sure.
When people go off the rails, maybe some of them are good at appearing "normal" or less afflicted than they really are.
First break psychosis or mania typically hits in the late teens/20s. Odd behaviour intensifies.
Yes like the Cecile Hotel
I'm eagerly awaiting the launch of Dr Grande's version of the Rorschach test: people's reactions to cacti placement.
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I perceive a definite pattern to the plant placement, he seems to be conducting a psychological experiment of some sort.
Where is the purple one? That's what I was wondering🤔🤔
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Hilarious!
Love the red shirt! I think this is the first time I've ever seen you wearing a bold color! Looks great!
That shirt should have a name like Chili Pepper or Paprika.
@@dianamarie5663 Or Caliente! It's fire!!
Yeah, the dude who followed her all the way from Perth has always seemed sketch to me.
And he said he was in the same town, by coincidence. And he just happened to 'bump into her' shortly before she went missing, by coincidence. I don't believe either situation was a coincidence. That could account for her worsening symptoms, especially paranoia. She saw her stalker!
Yes 👍🏻!!
I believe he was involved idgaf
@@JustDr.S Agreed. It isn't "paranoia" when someone is actually stalking you, as he openly admitted to. Lol. It's actually a rational fear based in REALITY. But, two things can be true at the same time; one can be both experiencing some type of metal struggle/illness AND be being victimized. As the doctor points out, people with mental health issues are often more vulnerable to this kind of thing. I've seen it first hand myself.
Also, I wonder, in light of the charges levied against her mother and brother (even if the charges against her mother were dropped), if something in the family history created another real fear, if not just significant hesitation, to go be with her mother and that's why she kept reaching out but waffling.
Yes,I believe that this has not been investigated enough.if he was following her,the stress of that could bring on an episode,that is from lack of sleep.
How is Dr Grande going to wear that bright red shirt and not even speculate on what could be happening for someone to wear a shirt like this?
He had mambo dancing class later that day
Really warms up his skin tone. Great colour for him! 👍🏻
It appears that Dr. grande is preparing to go to a Mexican bullfight. For this I’d like to use the five factor model OCEAN
O •Openness to Experience
C • Conscientiousness
E • Extraversion
A • Agreeableness
N • Neuroticism
Dr. Grande wanted to add some vibrant color to the mute tone back ground, no analysis needed.
Love the dry wit!
This sounds SO familiar to other disappearances.
A young person is on their own and just goes downhill RAPIDLY. And is gone . . .
Because most mental breaks are when people are in their 20s.
@@Moped_Mike do you know why that is by any chance? That’s an alarming stat
Such a mystery and always so tragic when a seemingly troubled young person disappears. Thanks for your take and for covering a Canadian case.
He has covered a few Canadian cases. 8-)
My brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late 20s. He had a bunch of us siblings and a parent, however preferred to be homeless... I think most of it had to do with his paranoia. Anyways took alot of work to get him in a routine with meds but once he did he recounted feeling like he wasn't himself. Thanks for covering this, first i've heard of her❤ mental illness' are difficult to conquer for those involved and loved ones
A difficult situation that causes never-ending grief for the family 😢 take care xoxo
This happened to a relative of my husband. we unfortunately got a front row seat to this. Among the worst things was seeing how others in the community treated this beautiful, talented, caring soul. My heart breaks for his mother and his siblings.
@@raquellofstedt9713 I'm from Sweden and your name appears Swedish. Was this the young man who left the train in Hallsberg? I keep hoping he will reappear, and I look for news about him every oncevin a while, but even if it's a different person in your case I'm so sorry for what happened and how he was treated. I have a young family member who suffers from mental illness, and this is one of my fears.
@@thatsalt1560 Sadly, I don’t know What happened to that young man. My husband’s relatives are Finnish and we lived in Helsinki at the time. His second cousin has been quite disabled since the onset. Truly sad. We live in Sweden right now, but as Iwahve said haven’t heard of What had happened with the kid in Hallsberg. We have one here in Ljungby that up and vanished too. Just so sad😞
She was being stalked by Julien from Ontario to Victoria, and then in her place of work in the restaurant so she left the work to the shelter, whether yes or no, we need unity and this is always very difficult. Sending you a big hug.
Dr Grande, this is such a sad.sad case but your delivery of light and shade in every video you do is BRILLIANT.
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I felt so worried about her while he was telling her story. She was extremely vulnerable. One of my friends has a brother with severe mental illness. He doesn't want to admit it and he doesn't want to take his medication. It's hard.
It’s so important to de-stigmatize mental illness so people can feel safer reaching out for support and understanding.
I don't know why but I also have a problem with taking medication. I know I need it, but i think i hate the fact that i need medicine to function so i don't take it. I wonder if this is normal for mentally ill people?
I think it's normal for people who grew up in a culture that keeps telling them that one needs to be strong no matter what. If your body or mind needs help - you are defective, not normal, a bad person who is being punished for their wickedness. This is the message we get all the time. There is a stigma around vulnerability. This stigma holds the capitalist society together. Imagine if we collectively believed that mental health issues, health problems can happen to anyone, in many cases are unavoidable and nobody's fault? We would need a competely different model of society then, focused on education, healthcare, well-being...
🇨🇦 My daughter knew Emma, and frequented the restaurant where she worked in Victoria. Such a sad, sad story. Every mother’s nightmare.... receiving an anguished call from your young daughter and not making it there in time to be with her. I don’t know that I could ever survive that kind of pain. Thank you Dr Grande for covering this story.
Her mum was just hours late heartbreaking
Yeah, I thought the same thing when he mentioned the last time she was seen. Mother was 3 hours too late to see her daughter. So sad. 💔
Oh this was my exact thought and had just commented on it. Heart breaking.
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@@JustDr.S Support housing in BC may not have had the "mission" to even admit her daughter had ever been in their system, due to LEGAL privacy issues and the "Mission Statement" most rescue homes have to act under the Provincial jurisdicTIon LEGALLY.
Once again, a very gentle approach to a person in pain from Dr. Grande. Thank you!
I want Dr. Grande to not diagnose himself.. but speculate on what *could* be happening in the case of being Dr.Grande. 🖤
Yep. The wise cracks would be hilarious!
I’ll tell you what’s going on... speculating of course... Dr. Grande is intriguing and dare I say sexy
It's a mostly serious experience but with a sprinkle of dry humor and plant love. :)
I would almost want to move to Delaware just so I could have him as my therapist. It would be great.
Lol and let us know his OCEAN personality traits
That was a suicide note to my mind. She said she would be dead when the reader found her note. Then she describes death from a non religious mindset - her energy goes back to being pure energy, back to the stars. Given how close she was to a trail, that she left all her stuff behind, seems to me she went in there and died. And has never been found. Or maybe she was found, by the guy who used her card. Easier to explain to the police that you found the card randomly lying on the ground than you came across a dead body and rifled through the corpse's pockets to steal. That note is a suicide note from someone who can't quite bring herself to use the words. It is extraordinarily difficult to verbalise those feelings when there is such shame attached.
I agree too, sadly
That’s what I thought... poor girl. I feel terrible for her mother too. She just couldn’t get there in time.
@@lciav I am curious as to why her mother went to prison shortly afterwards? That's odd.
@@kkheflin3 Do you mean what he's referring to at 6:17 ?
@@kkheflin3 She didn’t go to prison, the charges were dropped. Her son was charged with drug dealing and money laundering,and I believe she was charged as if she knew of his crimes and was complicit in them.
Like the 'natural' light on your Dr Grande and the red shirt. I also always appreciate your balanced view on topics.
This case is so fascinating. I hope Emma resurfaces someday. I've been obsessed with it for years.
"It's worrisome when people don't take pride in their work." I'd like to see that on one of your t-shirts!
Me too, I'm nearly crying for this video, is deep in many levels.
Seemed a very strange place for humor (regarding a STALKER, no less!) but I too appreciated it as I needed a break from the grief of it all....
Disappearances are so intriguing-thank you. Asha Degree, a nine-year-old girl who seemingly vanished of her own volition on a stormy North Carolina night, is a particularly interesting case.
I have not heard of that one
Oooh like a David Paulides case???
I've spent way too much time pondering what could have happened to Asha and reading anything I could find about the case. I hope the parents receive answers.
This one's a sordid tale. One of those where it seems like there SHOULD be enough information to have found a solution...
@@aaronburns9538 Interesting view on the situation.
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@@aaronburns9538 I love Richard Dawkins. Truly a good book... The selfish gene.
@@aaronburns9538 Or it could be the devil dude playing games with unsuspecting vulnerable humans.
@@aaronburns9538 what the heck? my money is on there are just as many crazy unattractive people.
Every stalker should know that's in the second chapter of the "Stalking for Dummies" book.
This reminds me that we send our children away to college at an age they are more likely to develop mental illness, like schizophrenia, without the social support needed to save them.
Agreed 💯
And addictions..:(
And the highest rape statistics ever recorded. Quadruple the previous generation.
@@camogrrl I think people are reporting more and more nowadays, that's why the numbers are so high.
The stress of moving away from home and into college will often be the trigger for a persons first psychotic break. I worked in a mental health hospital for 10 years and unfortunately I have seen a lot. It’s devastatingly heartbreaking.
I know someone who left a state in in Eastern USA, flew to Texas, was found in a rental car unconscious on the Rio Grandd and brought to a hospital, released, went into Mexico and over the course of 53 days was suffering intense paranoia and delusions yet somehow made his away all the way across Mexico (despite multiple police encounters this person was also deemed to be causing no harm) until a family member flew out and found him sheltering, scared in Tijuana. He was brought back to the US and diagnosed with bipolar disorder and having had a psychotic episode. This Emma situation feels so similar and breaks my heart.
I'm obsessed with this case. THANK YOU.
I feel such a lot of connection to this case.I think it's because I was living in Victoria at the same time as Emma, it's also when my mental health deteriorated very severely and we're also nearly the same age with her being only a year older than I am. I ended up moving back home after about 2ish years in Vic, fortunately for me I did have something of a support network and home was just a few hours drive up Island. I wonder what would have happened if I'd been far from home with little support like Emma. I struggle to get help for my mental illness and wonder if it would have made any difference if she'd tried knowing how broken, understaffed, underfunded and difficult the system is to navigate given my personal experience. I think I just look at Emma and whatever happened to her and see how easily it could have been me if my circumstances had been just a bit different. Having my mental health deteriorate and not understanding what was happening or why, losing my ability to function was a very frightening thing and I can't imagine how it would be to also be in an incredibly vulnerable position like living on the streets or in a shelter. I've mostly come to terms with my mental illness now and have learned to manage my expectations but when I'm dealing with a lot of stress if worsens considerably and it's still scary to this day not really being able to look after myself without considerable help and support from the people around me.
Thank you so much, I'm crying for Emma and thank you for bringing awareness. I would make a long letter appreciating every bit of your video.
I have been waiting for this episode for SOOO long and today is the day! Thank you Dr G for covering Emma’s story.
Thank you for covering Emma, Dr Grande. I often wonder what became of her. I feel she is no longer alive, but sadly we may never know.
I was thinking of the Lam case here and you mentioned it in the video. There was a 2009 Malibu missing person case of Mitrice Richardson. Descriptions of her behavior before her disappearance seem very similar.
The police just dumped a vulnerable young woman out on her own. She could have been saved. 😢
I read up on that. The police told her mother that she was ok, and then they let her out in the wee hours of the morning in the middle of nowhere. The DA who promised to help her parents was quite useless too.
I really love your show. You make more sense than other channels when they present cases. I like your breakdown of facts.
“So right away we know he is not a good stalker, he clearly did not read the section in the stalker handbook that talks about never admitting you are a stalker. It’s worrisome when people don’t take pride in their work” that’s so hilarious Dr. Grande! I almost fell off my chair 😅
I wondered if attraction came first but someone behaving very odd becomes both entertainment and possibly a rescue ( and happily ever after thought but not expressed. ). It was after the fellow realized his presence might be frightening to her, and contributed to her missing status, because he never had any bad intentions, just attraction and absent minded curiosity until she slipped away. Dumb to call himself a stalker but humans make bad word choices and bad choices in trying to connect.
Dr. Grande, the buttons on your shirt add a lot of sophistication to it. That was a tasteful clothing selection.👍🏼
Very interesting and heartbreaking case, thank you for reviewing it! ❤️
"So right away we know he's not a very good stalker..."
- He Belonged to the "Stalkers Union" OR the "National Union of Stalkers", - Fully paid up,I believe... :)
Thank you for covering this. Emma’s case is one that I’ve always found to be particularly haunting.
YIPEE it's Dr Grande time : )
Dr Grande you’re a vision in red.
I wholeheartedly agree. Red is it.
Her Mother must have been desperate to get to her! If my kid was missing i would lose my mind!
It's sad that her mother was only 3 hours too late to see her daughter. 💔
Edited:
Here are more details on the sighting mentioned at 6:31
From an article:
Until a new witness, simply identified as William, told Emma’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff, that he had seen her on the morning of Nov. 29 while driving to work.
“He did have a great deal of struggle not saying anything,” Fillipoff said. “His family urged him not to come forward because he might be implicated, but he came forward anyway.”
William spotted Emma while driving to Saanich from Esquimalt, driving up Admirals Road after she jumped off the street onto the sidewalk and seemed to be in distress.
William pulled over, asked if she was okay and found her to be very afraid of something he couldn’t see. William offered to give her a ride into town on his way to work. After she got in the car, he said she was very calm, and asked William to take her to her friend’s place in Colwood.
William was late to his new job, and offered instead to drop her off closer to Colwood.
At 5:15 a.m. William dropped Emma off at the intersection of Craigflower Road and Admirals Road near the Petro Canada gas station.
Interesting.
@@CC-xn5xi Yeah she was dropped off a 2 minute drive from my apartment. I really want to know what happened 😔
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Wasn't this what he mentioned around 6:31? It's the same date. though he doesn't go into detail he does state another search was given due to this info and nothing came of it.
@@honestyisadyingvirtue Ah you are right! I didn’t catch that.
This case is sad. I am surprised that I haven't heard of it before as I live in Vancouver; many individuals in similar situations end up living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Such an heartbreaking story. Even though we still don't know what happened to her, mental health still is a topic people don't pay close attention to it. Praying to know what happened to her and let God guide us. Thank you doctor.
as someone from victoria bc, i'm happy to see you cover this. sad we are still looking.
He’s “not a very good stalker”. “Doesn’t take pride in his work.” 🤣🤣🤣
Incredible episode, Dr. Grande!
Very sad case, but that baby plant I noticed put a big smile on my face! :)
I love your sense of humor, Dr. Grande
It's so sad and frustrating how people just disappear and never been found :| Thank you for your analysis Dr.Grande it is brilliant as always!
Emma’s mother was so close to reaching her. Just missed her by hours. That would haunt a mother forever.
Edit: Just googled for an update. Her mother Shelley, is shocked it’s been 8 years with no new information. She just wants news, good or bad, about Emma. That has to be such a painful existence hoping your child is alive but understanding the probability isn’t very good. The not knowing, hopeful one day to sinking down the next, is so awful to contemplate.
Thanks 4 posting Dr. G, I was born, raised, and live in Vic. This story is so sad I hope Emma is alright
Thank you for covering this case from my home town -- and not in a sensationalized way. Victoria is relatively welcoming for people who are homeless and have mental illnesses. They are usually not hassled and there is not much the police can do, unless the person is in extreme distress. If I were there now, I could find several people with more severe symptoms than Emma seemingly had, on Government Street alone.
This is only a guess, but IMO the most likely scenario is that she fell in the water near the Galloping Goose trail (it runs all the way from downtown to Colwood, and parts of it are by the water), drowned, and her body was swept out to sea by the tide.
Well done, appreciated, with some helpfully placed wit. My heart is in tears for Emma, Shelly, and those who love them. Hopefully this contributes to raising awareness why lie detector polygraphs are inappropriate.
Oh Dr. G..."He clearly did not read the section in The Stalker Handbook that talks about never admitting you are a stalker. It is concerning when people don't have pride in their WORK!" I have bronchitis and you set me off on a coughing jag because I laughed so hard!!! This is a bizarre tale. It would seem there should be enough info to find out what happened to this poor woman. It sounds like a suicide to me.
That one had me laughing so hard also 😂🤣
People, even stalkers, have a propensity to tell the police the truth. But, his admission, does shed a light on Emma’s so called paranoia. It’s hard to be labeled paranoid, when people confess to stalking her.
The other point is the police were called and they quite correctly determined she was not a threat to herself or others in a legal sense, but she is now missing, probably forever. There should be another level of assessment on a social/mental level where someone in destress can be evaluated in a stress free environment. (Not, in the back of a police car.) A simple question,, “What’s bothering you so much you are not wearing shoes in 45 degree weather?” A terrible tragedy.
@@prant8998 Agree 100% For the most part police officers are not well trained in mental health in my experience. Or detecting signs of an impending crisis. Asking vague questions while sitting in a police car doesn't cut it. They need to ask SPECIFIC questions that are pointed as you pointed out which would be much more beneficial in determining whether someone is in the midst of a mental health crisis.
WARNING: Watching Dr. Grande's videos may be hazardous to your health.
Hmmm, I've had psychosis and paranoia at some point in my life and I was in therapy for quite some time.
If someone would've called the cops on me for doing nothing wrong, but simply standing at a corner/crossing and not walking, while I'm paranoid, this certainly would've p!ssed me off severely, frightened me endlessly and likely would've thrown me over the edge mentally and emotionally...
I hate to say this, but people are literally brainwashed into calling the cops for everything and expecting they'd know what to do/say and how to react.
& I'm far from defending the cops, bc if I'd love them so much, I certainly wouldn't write, that their "intervention" would've thrown me over the edge.
My goal in life is to one day get analyzed by the good doctor and featured on this channel. Hopefully for a good reason though, and not a criminal one, haha!
Be sure to report back and tell us how accurate it is!
How many people are featured on this channel for a good reason ?!
"Carve your name not in marble but in your heart".
@@henriquemdo8788 you will be the first, unless your name is Mr. Rogers and you are on TV for a Neighborhood show ....🌷🌹🌷
@@billhildebrand5053 I don't think so , and I didn't get the reference ...
Good one. Thank you Dr. Grande. I totally agree with you about the existence of a mental health issue in the Emma Fillipoff case, e.g. a psychotic process with comorbid deterioration in social and emotional functioning... and her dread to face her mother in that state. This evolving mental health issue made Emma vulnerable to suicide.. and being taken advantage of, e.g. kidnapped by bad actor/s. Thank you for your clear and concise analysis.
Oh, thank you for taking my suggestion!
Sad 💔 Appreciate your reminders that people with mental health problems need continued support. 👍🏼❤️❣️❤️ (red hearts, instead of my usual pink hearts, in honor of your carmine shirt)
It is sad. I feel bad for people with mental health issues who have no support system, nobody to reach out to. THAT is sad. ❤
Dr Grande, I have suffered from migraines for years. I started listening to you a year ago and listening to your voice is so calming. (Regardless of what you are talking about) Thank you!!
I agree. I watch Dr. Grande when I feel anxious because the way he talks and his voice is calming.
Hey Doc ❤️
Can you please talk about the scotty sire video “hi”?
Thank you!
Missed you Dr Grande - this case has always fascinated me so looking forward to your analysis.
I have followed this case for a while.
Having lived in the area and understanding the spiritual practices Emma was exposed to it is possible she literally left her old life behind.
This is very common.
I however feel the complete disappearance to date suggests foul play.
I hope one day answers are found for the family.😢🙏
Dr. Grande, thank you so much for answering my question! Great analysis!
Oh this is a very sad case. I feel really bad for the families. I really like the taller plant on the table, its really unique. Thank you for the video 😊🌴😀
Hi Dr. G! Thanks for all of your hard work and uploads!! We appreciate you speculating on what could be happening in so many situations. You’re my fav!!
Btw, red is definitely your color ♥️
I like Dr. Grande's videos before I even watch them.
Thank you for covering this story. .. I hope she is found one day .. this is truly heart breaking case .. if only she had asked for help…and shows the need for mental Heath training for first responders
Thank you Doc I had never heard this case until now. I had a familiar feeling right away though as and same as you I was reminded of the Elisa Lam case as well. They both make me feel frustrated and helpless. Very sad. Great video, thx for this one 👍✌
Thank you for another well research and interesting presentation; which highlights the growing problem of mental health.
"So right away we know he is not a very good stalker-" This dry wit keeps me going, some nights.
Thank you for keeping up making great videos Dr. Grande! UA-cam has been my lifeline during this godawful quarantine, i used to travel a lot, so closed borders are making me a bit loopy! 😰
I’ve been waiting for you to analyze this case. Emma’s story is very compelling to me. It’s also complex. It’s just a story that stays with me.
If only she’d kept her passport, I could relax in the possibility that she’s alive somewhere else in the world. I don’t think that she could live in public without being found since this case is so widely known. She may be in seclusion but I don’t think she was in a state of self sufficiency when she vanished.
She wanted to rid herself of her identity!
I was born and raised in Victoria. Over the years it has become a cesspool of drugs. A woman out alone on the streets couldn't walk one block safely. Have since left town.
How about Vancouver DT? Stinks of urine and feces.
LOL! "It's worrisome when people don't take pride in their work" - Oh, my gosh! On a heavier note - this story is so sad...
The SHADE Dr Grande!!!
I love when Dr Grande acknowledges the fact that the police using pseudoscience to clear suspects are in an active investigation looking for the tooth fairy😂They probably have a better chance of finding her than Emma🙄A very strange and sad case. Thank you for your thoughts on this Dr Grande!💖
Dr. Grande. I Enjoy your delivery of your analysis. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your show. You have enlightened me.
Hey Dr. G. I hope you cover the Oprah Winfrey interview with Meghan and Harry after it airs on Sunday. Would be great to hear your point of view!
Thank you Dr. Grande. Your mental health analyses are invaluable to those of us who are searching - so appreciated. Just want to say I recently watched the video in which you told your own personal story of your motorcycle accident. Sharing the thoughts and feelings you experienced during that life altering event was a compassionate act, and I appreciate your point of view even more. Thank you for being you!
When will your merch include plants? 🙌
Good morning, Dr Grande. 🙋🌵🪴🌵🪴I can't sleep, so I'm watching you. You're very Soothing. Thank You!
Some of Emma,s qoutes suggest some understanding of Astrophysics and Metaphysics.
( further evidence of a beginning of a spiritual Awakening)
1. "I'm not free, until the world is free"
(She is refering to spritual freedom, which is delayed until ones ego is transended and all will be free only when the collective ego is transended.
Also known as Oneness!)
2. "Float about on energy or not"
(This is an indication of the subtle spiritual body and most likely the Astral plane. The difference is the gross physical plane and the subtle floating energy of the Astral plane.
She's not sure of graduation.)
3. " watching dying stars" (she has some Astrophysical knowledge about stars.
All stars will die and most after about 5 billion years.
Some will end in a Supernova and others White Dwarfs.
Her explanation seems to mean she will observe this star process in the expanded perception of a spiritual body.)
4. "Dreaming milky dreams"" The entire Cosmos and all other planes, are dreams of pure conciousness.
The Astral plane Appears milky white or translucent.)
5. "Shadow dancing on your time lines"
( Shadow dancing can refer to as being a Ghost, but she might mean as spirit.
Spirit has a different view of "time" which is very much expanded, in higher planes and can be seen in totality.
Past, present, and future may all be viewed at once, which may point to the reference of dancing on time lines)
6. Her reference to being watched, in conjunction with her understanding of metaphysics, implies a seperation between her ego and the observer/ awareness.
This is common and confusing during a shift in conciousness.
Spiritual Awakening.)
Dr. Grande and his channel are so addictive! ❤️
"It's worrisome when people don't take pride in their work" 😆😅
So Ecstatic When I Saw You Had Done This Analysis. Very Interesting ❣
All Next Generation jokes aside, you look really good in red Dr Grande. Thanks for another great video!
Dr. Grande, I love your videos and your sense of humor. Just an observation. The "Young man in Perth" looks enough like the "Green shirt man in Vancouver" that some investigation should continue in that direction. Hoping that there's a positive resolution to this incident.
green shirt guy is heavily tattooed on the arms and walks with a pronounced limp. Julien would walk all night with Emma in Perth, she strumming her ukelele and barefoot...she was going in and out of the YMCA because she had the ipod and to receive text messages from the hotspot to the left of the building you had to step out through those double doors to connect.
Dr Grande, how about an analysis on the disappearance of Richey Edwards? Former guitarist and songwriter for the band The Manic Street Preachers. It is also quite the mystery.
KARLIE GUSE case please! Everyone has stopped talking about her, and we need to find out what happened. This case haunts me. Thank you for your videos. Love your content! ❤️
As someone who's lived in Victoria most of my life i can say there is a good chance something nefarious happened, there is a very dark criminal underbelly here especially in the area where that 7-11 is and there is a terrible drug scene here its truly horrific in places.
Brilliant overview! I think she's alive and living on the west coast and watching this episode on her new iMac. I once ditched a camera so that could quickly upgrade and get a better camera.
Dr Grande I know it’s still fresh but when you have enough evidence and back story.. Can you do the Governor Coumo accusations and an apology review (if he’ll ever apologize😆)? Thanks!
So horrific. Off topic, I love the new background, and that shirt is marvelous. I hope the material feels as good as it looks.
My home town Victoria BC. Thanks for making this video.💙
I spent some time helping homeless people living in the streets. So many of them were lost to themselves in psychosis. Most seemed to have various forms of schizophrenia. How is it we aren't willing to or able to help more mentally ill people.
I wonder, Dr Grande, if Emma was suffering from a severe case of OCD. When you said d she got into the taxi then got out and she stood at the intersection, I think she may ruled by the feelings of Doom ( or anxiety) that OCD can bring. I am on meds for it and know how powerful these feelings can be. Even if you don’t believe what these feelings are telling you , they are greater than your own common sense or mutate into fears you can not rationalize away, or fears outside the sphere of human control.
I love the humor that the doc uses
That red is vibrant. I LOVE IT
Just ordered my Not diagnosing mug! Much love Grande!
I believe that she met with fowl play
The homeless man just happened to find the credit card gift card. He doesn't remember where. I simply don't believe that at all. That requires more investigation. She was in a fragile state, someone would have no trouble over powering her. I also think that the Victoria police were completely negligent. She was walking barefoot in November. That should have been a huge red flag. It's freezing cold! No one should be shoeless in November.
This case haunts me. She clearly suffered a psychotic episode. Whether she was bipolar or schizophrenic she was in a manic state. I never knew Emma but this case touched my heart. I wish I had met her, she had a beautiful soul.
The Fifth Estate also did a video today about a Psychiatric hospital in Ontario that I think would be interesting to hear from you about! The doctor who made the tests was really wild, he was very crass when speaking about the patients and his programs.