Yep, that sums up Borderline Personality Disorder alright lmao. As someone who has it, Dennis is the best at showing the worst of BPD. He's the worst character that portraits BPD but it's fine because he's babygirl and I forgive him.
Even later "feels nothing" Dennis episodes get undercut with him being an emotional wreck. I think he just feels emotions disproportionate to what a normal person does. Lol. As funny as the serial killer behavior is, he's too incompetent anyway to achieve anything.
personally i don’t find the serial killer jokes funny anymore. they’ve just become overdone and tired. and i initially thought the reason they were funny in the first place was because it was so obvious that dennis is too stupid (and weak) to be a killer. but now certain viewers worship him as some kind of evil mastermind, completely missing the point. i want dumbass dennis back for s16 🤙🏼
@desert grape By all means, no one should be acting unironically like Dennis is a mastermind. Because frankly, his success - failure ratio of his schemes are very rough. Lol. The Gang Group Dates was an excellent balance between the two extremes imo. It showed Dennis' scheming ways and then contrasted it hard with failure, lack of self awareness, crying ect. Lol
@@desertgrape I always thought The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore was a good example of this. When he’s thrown in with some ACTUAL coldhearted ruthless killers, he’s just terrified and pathetic.
I think Dennis strives to be an unfeeling monster, because it's an effective strategy at life. We can see this in WHEN he gets upset, usually something targeting his masculinity or age or manhood.
yeah it’s the BPD talking too, he let those episodes of unfeeling monster empower him and make him believe that’s who he is when in reality he should embrace both types of episodes
There's a lot of slight contradictions with his psychology lol He claims to feel nothing at times, and is even conscious of it. Also in the valentine's episode he was upset everyone forgot him. He also is hyper conscious of his physical appearance and shows vulnerability about it. Also he clearly does love Dee deep down, he doesn't show it often but he clearly does. He definitely cares for Charlie and is close with him, and has a codependent relationship with Mac. These are behaviours that wouldn't fit the usual narrcisistic tag Dennis is normally labeled with. It can be argued that he fakes genuine emotions and connections as a manipulation tactic, but he's been with the gang for decades, as it isn't profiting him to do so. People tend to say Dennis is a psychopath/sociopath. There is a lot to point towards this peppered throughout the show. He manipulates women and films them having sex, then ignores them without guilt and never forms a romantic attachment. He also intended to lure women onto a boat under the guise they wouldn't deny him sex for fear of retaliation 😅 the psychopath rather than sociopath label seems more fitting. People sometimes say he has borderline personality disorder which I don't see. He can be emotionally unstable and impulsive, but I doubt he has the ability to actually feel shame and sorrow, and values himself far to much to be suicidal. Another condition people claim Dennis has is anti social personality disorder. He seems to display a lot of characteristics associated with this condition. Having problems with the law (bench warrants for sexual harresment), not being sensitive or respectful to others, having a sense of superiority, ignoring right and wrong and telling lies to get what he wants from others. In reality the whole gang could have anti social personality disorder lol In summary, I'd say he's a psychopath and has anti personality disorder. I don't believe he has narrcisistic personality disorder because he shows glimpses of his insecurities. While he exhibits some traits I don't believe he exhibits enough. He's delusional to how others view him and of his social status, but that seems more of a disassociation from reality
@@AdamOBrien29 this paragraph is nonsensical ramblings of someone who reads wikipedia articles on psychology for fun. Literally everything you said is wrong. Please do us all a favor and stop trying to act like you know anything about what you type.
@@AdamOBrien29 narcissistic personality disorder is actually an incredibly good description for it - its characterised by inflated self-importance, superiority and also incredible sensitivity to even the slightest criticism. all of the characters are supposed to act like children, and a lot of the symptoms of npd are just regular traits children would have. neither psychopath or sociopath is an actual medical diagnosis and anti-social personality disorder is characterised by risk-taking behaviour and dennis is completely methodical, so all of them are inaccurate imo. i'd suggest learning about mental illness from doctors and medical journals as opposed to criminology which is where i assume you get your information from - when diagnosing criminals they aren't actually trying to give a helpful, accurate diagnosis they're just trying to prove a point about whether they're fit to stand trial. basically, listen to people with those mental illnesses because there's a lot more to npd for example than 'thinks they're the best'
This just proves that he IS a narcissist. Narcissists aren’t people with too much confidence. They’re people with no self confidence who pretend to be arrogant to deal with themselves.
@Blackdiamondprod. There are different types of Narcissists. Some Narcissists have too much self confidence, especially those who are very well off, be it them being wealthy, be it them being successful and it goes to their head, be it them getting a lot of attention. So there are different types of Narcissists. The character of Dennis in Always Sunny has zero self confidence, so he tries to act like he’s superior to help hide his insecurities. That’s not your typical type of Narcissist. It’s basically fake Narcissism to help with ones low self esteem. A lot of people who suffer with depression and BiPolar Disorder might turn to Narcissistic thoughts to help them feel better about themselves. A lot of people seem to think that everyone with depression feels bad about themselves, while in a low self esteem way that is correct but some with depression might try and think narcissistic thoughts to help them cope. So as for the character of Dennis, I wouldn’t say he’s depressed, he just has zero self confidence in himself, which is why he hangs around with Mac and Charlie who both aren’t the sharpest knives around because Dennis wants to be superior. So while Dennis is very much a Narcissist, he’s not your typical Narcissist.
@@jeremiahg7925 dual-diagnoses exist, in fact they're very common. borderline fits really well imo, although i don't think he has abandonment issues likely because of the narcissism
RIGHT LIKE dennis isnt ACTUALLY a serial killer he's just a pathetic little guy who has an obsession with control because he was abused as a child!! nobody understands him like i do
Abused? That’s a bit of a stretch. His mother loved him dearly, compared to Dee. Frank was barely around for a lot of his childhood. If you’re talking about the librarian, it’s been established that Dennis came onto her. So that wasn’t abuse.
@@oisinmaccumhaill7037I disagree. While frank may have been absent a lot, we know that when he was around he would do horrible shit to both him and dee (the whole Christmas thing), while his mother did love him more than dee I feel there’s still a lot of evidence that she was a pretty rotten women and didn’t raise him very well, and as for the librarian thing, it still counts as rape, even if he “came onto her”. He was a child and she was in her 50s. I think out of the gang Dennis still had the best upbringing, but even then it was still rife with terrible people. It definitely effected him.
Notice how the wrathful erotic golden god serial killer behavior was mostly absent in season 1, and only grew as the series went on. A lot of Dennis' deplorable traits are just a mask he uses to gain a sense of control over the gang and to cope with the abuse he experienced as child
@fulltimeslackerii8229 They're clearly talking about the 'in world's explanation, rather than the 'real world' one. It's a little bit silly to disqualify a discussion of the former with an explanation for the latter 😅
as someone with bpd, dennis is actually very similar to the way i feel emotions. basically just at the complete wrong times-- things that most people would find emotionally triggering i am completely indifferent to (my grandmother died of cancer and i literally did nothing, it was kind of scary), but a lot of other things that most people would not care about (like watching a tv show in which a random side character dies) makes me go into emotional overdrive. obviously there is some overlap, and i dont feel emotions more often than not. another thing is that when i feel emotions, i am never vaguely feeling them, im always feeling nothing or in some kind of hysterics-- its actually pretty scary to be like that sometimes, but youre never gonna catch me taking my meds haha, they just take away the few times i do feel emotions-- wow this was a bit of a rant lol
@@deba6468 the only medications generally prescribed for BPD are to treat specific symptoms an individual case struggles with, for example I'm prescribed Lamotrigine, an anti epileptic, as it has off label uses with treating extreme mood instability and psychotic symptoms. For others they may be more depressive and so anti depressants are whats prescribed, but the only real treatment for the BPD itself is DBT therapy. so to answer your question its very much case by case
Okay so here’s what I’ve come up with; Dennis was first impacted by his mom who openly hated his dad, then he was touched by his librarian which added so much fuel to the fire, then Tim Murphy slept with his prom date which caused him to fall deeply in obsession with Maureen during there senior year. All of this caused him to secretly hate women his own age, which is why he goes for younger girls at first. Because he thinks maybe they still have a chance of being ‘good’ to him because there so young. I.E, Tammy who he was against but obviously having issues with. After Tammy didn’t work out he lost some confidence and FINALLY slept with the waitress, who triggered something in his brain. She was the first women to be obsessed with Denis, not the other way around, this birthing the DENIS system and his total mental downfall.
Seeing the early decent from trusting the gang, getting their toxic behaviors and twisting them. He's the glue that keeps the rest of those sociopaths together, because he embodies a bit of all of them or as he says, "I'm just trying to live up to your physical expectations of me". Not mental, just look at how he acts depending on who's with him. Oscar worthy acting
dennis is such a controlling freak because he doesn't want to be hurt by anyone else which is why he immediately dumps any woman he dates. the stuff that makes him go apeshit is stuff that either takes him out of control or that implies he's not in control of his life. he puts up a front so he doesn't show his actual sensible, sad side, although it slips every now and then. he's not really a serial killer, he likes controlling everyone's lives so they can't hurt him back to the point that he fantasizes about killing people which is probably like the ultimate form of control over someone else in his mind. he would never do that though because he's actually a sensitive guy who is also kind of a coward, at worst he will pretend to be another guy which is the closest to totally controlling someone else's life (wearing another man's skin as he says) he's got definitely something wrong with him as it's revealed he hurt animals as a kid and wanted to be a veterinarian for the animals' skins (???) but also i don't know how accurate that is as he's been shown to like animals (agent jack bauer and the dog pound dogs).
He's definitely a serial rapist tho and I 100% believe that if he was put in a situation where it would be advantageous to kill someone and he wouldn't get caught he'd probably do it, hell he kinda got close to killing Charlie's father
i think he just fantasized about control for so long that he believed he MUST be in control, he fantasized about killing (as an extension of control) for so long that he believed he must be a killer. and then, because he can’t handle thinking negatively about himself, he inflated this killer self-concept. i don’t really think he wants to skin animals. i think he believes that he’s a psychopath, even though he’s just wounded, and in order to not shatter that self-concept any further he just engages in these weird daydreams. i really don’t think he’d hurt anybody, either. at least, he wouldn’t kill them. i really liked the episode where it shows dennis’ sex tapes. how he talks to the women for hours, genuinely listens to their problems. this is an example of when dennis’ negative self-concept is contradicted by his actual behavior. he watched back those tapes expecting to see himself: dennis, the rapist. instead he sees a sensitive man who’s being genuinely vulnerable. his whole character is plotted around that schism. his self-image performs as obsessively violent and masturbatory- but when he’s alone and vulnerable? his bedroom locks from the outside and it’s full of horrible devices, but i don’t think he’s ever used them. it comes off as machismo to me, something he WANTS to want.
@tonoornottono if u look at the Dennis system, the main reason that he wants these women to open up about their intimate problems is so they develop a sense of emotional reliance on him. He is never shown reciprocating that vulnerability and making a genuine connection with those women
im really curious about the relationship/dynamic between dennis and dee growing up bc as much as he shits on her and isolates her as an adult, whenever he's losing it with really deep emotions (like digging up their mother or becoming crack addicts) he clings on to her like a little brother (even tho theyre twins). its really cute to see those fleeting moments
5:00 that fact that charlie had never eaten a pear and also didnt know that you didnt eat the whole pear, yet has absolute confidence that apple seeds are toxic is amazing. I love this show so much
His reaction to mr tibs is so good, the shit once he turns around is 10/10. One of the best comedy character ever and Glenn’s performance is so goddamn good
literally it was one of the scenes that convinced me to be willing to watch all 16 seasons.. such a simple joke but so good with the rest of the show being so crazy
dennis is honestly so relatable i hate it. he is me at the worst of my bpd symptoms. extreme outbursts of emotions and then yanking back from them, draining down to empty, because feeling SO MUCH ALL THE TIME hurts like hell. saying awful things and making quick breaks from good relationships because you're so terrified of being abandoned that hurting and pushing away people that love you seems easier than dealing with even the potential of feeling abandoned. being charming and sociable, even though everything hurts and you have no idea how to even begin to deal with it and you're full of so much rage you could just explode. i've gotten a lot better after years and years of therapy, but jesus, it was so hard and extremely exhausting.
Stay away from narcissists. They’ll take your emotional outbursts and manipulate you, gaslight you, or belittle you. I have a narcissistic sister and I won’t talk to her anymore.
The gang used to have thus bizarre sincerity towards each other. The Reynolds had this toxic wholesomeness to them, and how protective Dennis gets towards Charlie like it’s his lil bro, the one he ate Donny u were the good one
when the writer's forwardly address his emotional/mental state by the joke of him walking out of Dee's independent therapy session telling everyone he got BPD medication
The sad thing about dennis is that the group is so toxic and his emotions are so confusing all the time that when he does "Feel something" its so strong that it makes him breakdown. He doesn't show his emotions and it makes him seem crazy, but i guarentee if people treated him normally, he wouldn't be walking away with pills for bpd, he's very insecure, emotional bursts, guy needs love damnit!
He's not a psychopath. The show specified that he has Borderline Personality Disorder, which is very different than psychopathy or sociopathy. An actual psychopath wouldn't be so self-conscious and insecure, or so concerned with how other people see them. Yes, Dennis frequently does horrible things, but that's because the entire gang does horrible things on a regular basis, and clearly they aren't all psychopaths.
@@farrahyahia1141 i’m aware lmao. i say believer because many people brush it off as a joke or misdiagnosis. even glenn said he is not confident enough to fully back the diagnosis because he’s not informed enough about the disorder.
Dennis having an existential crisis completely brought upon, and continually escalated, by himself about maintaining perfection is one of the funniest bits. Hands down. 😂
Apparently they have their emotions amd empathy turned off by default, and can "turn it on", voluntarily or not, if needed. Contrary to regular people who have it turned on and need to turn it down if they're overwhelmed
Well, i'll agree he definitely gets emotional. And I know they say psychopaths don't feel emotions but he's definitely a psychopath so he must be the first
Its like Stockhol by proxy, but I kind of melted at that first scene when he looked sad. I'm so accustomee to the abusive, stone hearted sociopath he normally is lmao.
When he chokes up talking about/to schmitty it makes me actually so sad. he really loves these bastards more than anything and it’s so sad when you think about the deep shit he has going on connected to them and his past
6:22 this is so oddly insightful. the idea that the reason he worships himself so much is because thats filling the psychological gap where religion for millions of years filled in. it's pretty crazy to think about.
As much as the show jokes that Dennis is a sociopath or mentally unstable, of course Dennis has feelings. There is no such thing as a truly unemotional being.
Dennis is all emotions but he tries so hard to hide them. If they don't end the show with him being revealed as a serial killer I'll be disappointed lol.
@@th43_zz55 Yes, but he's wrong. He clearly does feel things and just has repressed emotions most of the time. Plus he really does not exhibit barely any of the traits that are associated with psychopathy. He's just cold *most* of the time, not always. Key word, "most".
@infoblox5359 Merriam Webster: a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies Antisocial behavior doesn't necessarily mean they don't socialize with others. In fact it's often the opposite. This definition would define Dennis with almost complete accuracy. Lack of empathy does not mean they feel no emotion. It means they can't feel other people's emotion, or imagine what something would feel like. They are still affected by a loved ones death, bullying, etc. Many definitions of psychopath can even be contradictory.
god grape your thumbnails always get rewatching your compilations, you get all the best lines. have a wonderful life you beautiful soul
im sorry bro i just get very passionate about sears
STOP or i’ll fall in love with you!!🥰💖
@@desertgrapeyou will be a star 🥹
Fax !! 💯
Bro that comment had sexual tension. Crazy.
Love how he either “feels nothing” or feels sooo much he can’t handle it
Yep, that sums up Borderline Personality Disorder alright lmao. As someone who has it, Dennis is the best at showing the worst of BPD. He's the worst character that portraits BPD but it's fine because he's babygirl and I forgive him.
I feel too much! I FEEL TOO MUCH!!!
guys I'm just trying to watch a funny video, I'm stoned, y'all got me thinking about crazy ass stoned shit now
@@MysteryStew5977 You're on a list you know
@@ryman1933 Too late, it's the next morning! I'm sober now. That would've been hilarious though
That first clip is always so funny to me because he’s genuinely really upset and they’re still just bullying him lmao
And it turns out it was mac that slept with her which explains his outrage lol
@yolkthosenuts Well yea cause Mac is gay anyway so he forced himself to bang her. 😂
@@yolkthosenuts dennis did not know it was mac at that time. When it was revealed in the reunion, dennis went crazy
When he feels, he feels sad
no angry
@@yohanbosuboth
@@happyvolts and horny
Its a curse
Envy, anger, disappointment, embarrassment, to name a few Dennis’s emotions
"my mommy is a skeleton" is actually kind of a haunting life
it's heartbreaking 💔
I hate that part so much, it’s too real!
I trace every Dennis character regression to Dee ripping up Mr. Tibbs
That made me cry, ngl.
Valid
Dee inadvertently sped up his transformation into the Golden God.
I think "The Gang Gets Whacked" was what snapped him. Having his father pimp him out, then gaining that emotional power back, has got to change a guy.
i think it was ms klinsky :’(
@@desertgrape That backstory legit made me sad.
@@desertgrape that God dang bitch!
A lotta this is recontextualized by the fact that he was raped by his librarian in school.
@@spadinnerxylaphone2622it was Mr tibs that broke him lol
Even later "feels nothing" Dennis episodes get undercut with him being an emotional wreck.
I think he just feels emotions disproportionate to what a normal person does. Lol.
As funny as the serial killer behavior is, he's too incompetent anyway to achieve anything.
personally i don’t find the serial killer jokes funny anymore. they’ve just become overdone and tired. and i initially thought the reason they were funny in the first place was because it was so obvious that dennis is too stupid (and weak) to be a killer. but now certain viewers worship him as some kind of evil mastermind, completely missing the point. i want dumbass dennis back for s16 🤙🏼
that's why he got diagnosed with BPD not ASPD
@@highdrangea790 That's actually a really good point. I hadn't thought of that. I initially shrugged it off as misdiagnosis.
@desert grape By all means, no one should be acting unironically like Dennis is a mastermind.
Because frankly, his success - failure ratio of his schemes are very rough. Lol.
The Gang Group Dates was an excellent balance between the two extremes imo.
It showed Dennis' scheming ways and then contrasted it hard with failure, lack of self awareness, crying ect. Lol
@@desertgrape I always thought The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore was a good example of this. When he’s thrown in with some ACTUAL coldhearted ruthless killers, he’s just terrified and pathetic.
I think Dennis strives to be an unfeeling monster, because it's an effective strategy at life. We can see this in WHEN he gets upset, usually something targeting his masculinity or age or manhood.
He did try to regain his feelings in church and with Doctor Love‘s bassriffs
yeah it’s the BPD talking too, he let those episodes of unfeeling monster empower him and make him believe that’s who he is when in reality he should embrace both types of episodes
There's a lot of slight contradictions with his psychology lol
He claims to feel nothing at times, and is even conscious of it. Also in the valentine's episode he was upset everyone forgot him. He also is hyper conscious of his physical appearance and shows vulnerability about it. Also he clearly does love Dee deep down, he doesn't show it often but he clearly does. He definitely cares for Charlie and is close with him, and has a codependent relationship with Mac.
These are behaviours that wouldn't fit the usual narrcisistic tag Dennis is normally labeled with. It can be argued that he fakes genuine emotions and connections as a manipulation tactic, but he's been with the gang for decades, as it isn't profiting him to do so.
People tend to say Dennis is a psychopath/sociopath. There is a lot to point towards this peppered throughout the show. He manipulates women and films them having sex, then ignores them without guilt and never forms a romantic attachment. He also intended to lure women onto a boat under the guise they wouldn't deny him sex for fear of retaliation 😅 the psychopath rather than sociopath label seems more fitting.
People sometimes say he has borderline personality disorder which I don't see. He can be emotionally unstable and impulsive, but I doubt he has the ability to actually feel shame and sorrow, and values himself far to much to be suicidal.
Another condition people claim Dennis has is anti social personality disorder. He seems to display a lot of characteristics associated with this condition. Having problems with the law (bench warrants for sexual harresment), not being sensitive or respectful to others, having a sense of superiority, ignoring right and wrong and telling lies to get what he wants from others. In reality the whole gang could have anti social personality disorder lol
In summary, I'd say he's a psychopath and has anti personality disorder. I don't believe he has narrcisistic personality disorder because he shows glimpses of his insecurities. While he exhibits some traits I don't believe he exhibits enough. He's delusional to how others view him and of his social status, but that seems more of a disassociation from reality
@@AdamOBrien29 this paragraph is nonsensical ramblings of someone who reads wikipedia articles on psychology for fun. Literally everything you said is wrong. Please do us all a favor and stop trying to act like you know anything about what you type.
@@AdamOBrien29 narcissistic personality disorder is actually an incredibly good description for it - its characterised by inflated self-importance, superiority and also incredible sensitivity to even the slightest criticism. all of the characters are supposed to act like children, and a lot of the symptoms of npd are just regular traits children would have. neither psychopath or sociopath is an actual medical diagnosis and anti-social personality disorder is characterised by risk-taking behaviour and dennis is completely methodical, so all of them are inaccurate imo. i'd suggest learning about mental illness from doctors and medical journals as opposed to criminology which is where i assume you get your information from - when diagnosing criminals they aren't actually trying to give a helpful, accurate diagnosis they're just trying to prove a point about whether they're fit to stand trial. basically, listen to people with those mental illnesses because there's a lot more to npd for example than 'thinks they're the best'
This just proves that he IS a narcissist. Narcissists aren’t people with too much confidence. They’re people with no self confidence who pretend to be arrogant to deal with themselves.
duh he’s a narcissist. never said he wasn’t. the entire gang are narcissists😂
I think he is responding to how the character was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I also feel like Narcissistic fits better.
@@jeremiahg7925 i think he fits the borderline diagnosis perfectly.
@Blackdiamondprod. There are different types of Narcissists.
Some Narcissists have too much self confidence, especially those who are very well off, be it them being wealthy, be it them being successful and it goes to their head, be it them getting a lot of attention.
So there are different types of Narcissists.
The character of Dennis in Always Sunny has zero self confidence, so he tries to act like he’s superior to help hide his insecurities. That’s not your typical type of Narcissist. It’s basically fake Narcissism to help with ones low self esteem.
A lot of people who suffer with depression and BiPolar Disorder might turn to Narcissistic thoughts to help them feel better about themselves.
A lot of people seem to think that everyone with depression feels bad about themselves, while in a low self esteem way that is correct but some with depression might try and think narcissistic thoughts to help them cope.
So as for the character of Dennis, I wouldn’t say he’s depressed, he just has zero self confidence in himself, which is why he hangs around with Mac and Charlie who both aren’t the sharpest knives around because Dennis wants to be superior.
So while Dennis is very much a Narcissist, he’s not your typical Narcissist.
@@jeremiahg7925 dual-diagnoses exist, in fact they're very common. borderline fits really well imo, although i don't think he has abandonment issues likely because of the narcissism
I always lose it when he cries "I feel too much, I feel too much!"
hes so small hes so petite
he’s babygirl
@@desertgrapehe’s a rapist.
y’all are weird
@@oscarthagrouch he's not real
@@oscarthagrouchyes, we are
RIGHT LIKE dennis isnt ACTUALLY a serial killer he's just a pathetic little guy who has an obsession with control because he was abused as a child!! nobody understands him like i do
Abused? That’s a bit of a stretch. His mother loved him dearly, compared to Dee. Frank was barely around for a lot of his childhood. If you’re talking about the librarian, it’s been established that Dennis came onto her. So that wasn’t abuse.
@@oisinmaccumhaill7037🤣🤣🤣
@@oisinmaccumhaill7037I disagree. While frank may have been absent a lot, we know that when he was around he would do horrible shit to both him and dee (the whole Christmas thing), while his mother did love him more than dee I feel there’s still a lot of evidence that she was a pretty rotten women and didn’t raise him very well, and as for the librarian thing, it still counts as rape, even if he “came onto her”. He was a child and she was in her 50s. I think out of the gang Dennis still had the best upbringing, but even then it was still rife with terrible people. It definitely effected him.
@@oisinmaccumhaill7037me when a child comes onto an adult so it's OK they were molested
I could change him.
The scene where frank tricks them into digging up their dead mother still kills me!! I need to see bloopers for that one
there’s a behind the scenes video of them filming that scene if you’re interested. it’s the last scene of the season so they’re all drunk lmao
Notice how the wrathful erotic golden god serial killer behavior was mostly absent in season 1, and only grew as the series went on. A lot of Dennis' deplorable traits are just a mask he uses to gain a sense of control over the gang and to cope with the abuse he experienced as child
Or it’s a comedy show and 1st season they didn’t have a grasp on the direction they wanted the character to go in like every other show
@fulltimeslackerii8229 They're clearly talking about the 'in world's explanation, rather than the 'real world' one. It's a little bit silly to disqualify a discussion of the former with an explanation for the latter 😅
i'm feeling TOO much!
early dennis has an immaculate kenergy and you cannot tell me otherwise
I don't know if I root for Dennis, based on all of the horrific crimes, but I do love him so much. Out of everyone, we should get him on meds first.
as someone with bpd, dennis is actually very similar to the way i feel emotions. basically just at the complete wrong times-- things that most people would find emotionally triggering i am completely indifferent to (my grandmother died of cancer and i literally did nothing, it was kind of scary), but a lot of other things that most people would not care about (like watching a tv show in which a random side character dies) makes me go into emotional overdrive. obviously there is some overlap, and i dont feel emotions more often than not. another thing is that when i feel emotions, i am never vaguely feeling them, im always feeling nothing or in some kind of hysterics-- its actually pretty scary to be like that sometimes, but youre never gonna catch me taking my meds haha, they just take away the few times i do feel emotions-- wow this was a bit of a rant lol
Wouldn't medicine help with bpd? I only know that pills can help with ocd and make you feel more relaxed and calmer.
@@deba6468 the only medications generally prescribed for BPD are to treat specific symptoms an individual case struggles with, for example I'm prescribed Lamotrigine, an anti epileptic, as it has off label uses with treating extreme mood instability and psychotic symptoms. For others they may be more depressive and so anti depressants are whats prescribed, but the only real treatment for the BPD itself is DBT therapy.
so to answer your question its very much case by case
: ) thank you for sharing this
isn't this an autism thing too? not trying to say anything, but just asking
Okay so here’s what I’ve come up with; Dennis was first impacted by his mom who openly hated his dad, then he was touched by his librarian which added so much fuel to the fire, then Tim Murphy slept with his prom date which caused him to fall deeply in obsession with Maureen during there senior year. All of this caused him to secretly hate women his own age, which is why he goes for younger girls at first. Because he thinks maybe they still have a chance of being ‘good’ to him because there so young. I.E, Tammy who he was against but obviously having issues with. After Tammy didn’t work out he lost some confidence and FINALLY slept with the waitress, who triggered something in his brain. She was the first women to be obsessed with Denis, not the other way around, this birthing the DENIS system and his total mental downfall.
he looks small
your hair looks small
Seeing the early decent from trusting the gang, getting their toxic behaviors and twisting them. He's the glue that keeps the rest of those sociopaths together, because he embodies a bit of all of them or as he says, "I'm just trying to live up to your physical expectations of me". Not mental, just look at how he acts depending on who's with him. Oscar worthy acting
His feelings only show when he's mocked, abandoned or he's manipulating lol
His only consistant emotion is anger 😂
If charlie ever tells you something is poisonous and you should throw up now! Listen to him
SPEAK ON IT!!
This was well put together
thank you!!
"I HAVE FEELINGS, I HAVE BIG FEELINGS!" - very angry sociopath
He really changed in the later seasons damn. Poor guy
i know :/ i miss the old den
He peaked.
@@danielwesterlund1905 imo he hasn't even begun to peak
They really made him into a caricature of himself
@@38RSthe point of the show is that the longer it goes on the worse they get
Not all Monsters start out as Monsters...
Mac and Frank slapping the crap out of Dennis, I can't breathe😂 And when he's met with the reality that he's not as attractive as he thinks he is😂😭😭😭
dennis is such a controlling freak because he doesn't want to be hurt by anyone else which is why he immediately dumps any woman he dates. the stuff that makes him go apeshit is stuff that either takes him out of control or that implies he's not in control of his life. he puts up a front so he doesn't show his actual sensible, sad side, although it slips every now and then.
he's not really a serial killer, he likes controlling everyone's lives so they can't hurt him back to the point that he fantasizes about killing people which is probably like the ultimate form of control over someone else in his mind. he would never do that though because he's actually a sensitive guy who is also kind of a coward, at worst he will pretend to be another guy which is the closest to totally controlling someone else's life (wearing another man's skin as he says)
he's got definitely something wrong with him as it's revealed he hurt animals as a kid and wanted to be a veterinarian for the animals' skins (???) but also i don't know how accurate that is as he's been shown to like animals (agent jack bauer and the dog pound dogs).
He's definitely a serial rapist tho and I 100% believe that if he was put in a situation where it would be advantageous to kill someone and he wouldn't get caught he'd probably do it, hell he kinda got close to killing Charlie's father
i think he just fantasized about control for so long that he believed he MUST be in control, he fantasized about killing (as an extension of control) for so long that he believed he must be a killer. and then, because he can’t handle thinking negatively about himself, he inflated this killer self-concept. i don’t really think he wants to skin animals. i think he believes that he’s a psychopath, even though he’s just wounded, and in order to not shatter that self-concept any further he just engages in these weird daydreams. i really don’t think he’d hurt anybody, either. at least, he wouldn’t kill them.
i really liked the episode where it shows dennis’ sex tapes. how he talks to the women for hours, genuinely listens to their problems. this is an example of when dennis’ negative self-concept is contradicted by his actual behavior. he watched back those tapes expecting to see himself: dennis, the rapist. instead he sees a sensitive man who’s being genuinely vulnerable.
his whole character is plotted around that schism. his self-image performs as obsessively violent and masturbatory- but when he’s alone and vulnerable? his bedroom locks from the outside and it’s full of horrible devices, but i don’t think he’s ever used them. it comes off as machismo to me, something he WANTS to want.
@tonoornottono if u look at the Dennis system, the main reason that he wants these women to open up about their intimate problems is so they develop a sense of emotional reliance on him. He is never shown reciprocating that vulnerability and making a genuine connection with those women
He's just a narcissist
@@realleon2328 i never said he made a genuine connection. he DOES genuinely listen, or at least he goes through the motions.
That first clip is even sadder after it’s revealed at the reunion episode that Mac slept with Dennis’s prom date and blamed Tim Murphy
Over the years of being untreated he has definitely spiraled downward but it makes sense that things from his past push him over
4:10 dennis having a soft spot for charlie just makes me 🥺
He has a soft spot for extreme home makeover not charlie
my number one boy
im really curious about the relationship/dynamic between dennis and dee growing up bc as much as he shits on her and isolates her as an adult, whenever he's losing it with really deep emotions (like digging up their mother or becoming crack addicts) he clings on to her like a little brother (even tho theyre twins). its really cute to see those fleeting moments
5:00 that fact that charlie had never eaten a pear and also didnt know that you didnt eat the whole pear, yet has absolute confidence that apple seeds are toxic is amazing. I love this show so much
His reaction to mr tibs is so good, the shit once he turns around is 10/10. One of the best comedy character ever and Glenn’s performance is so goddamn good
literally it was one of the scenes that convinced me to be willing to watch all 16 seasons.. such a simple joke but so good with the rest of the show being so crazy
he looked right at the camera while he turned and ruined it for me
@@oatmeal710 that’s the best part of scene lol
my mom literally did the Mr Tibbs bit to me at 7 yrs old with my stuffy & i had the same reaction as dennis lmfao
lmao thats so funny haha your mom is so cool
Lmao thats so fucked up haha your mom is so cruel
dennis is honestly so relatable i hate it. he is me at the worst of my bpd symptoms. extreme outbursts of emotions and then yanking back from them, draining down to empty, because feeling SO MUCH ALL THE TIME hurts like hell.
saying awful things and making quick breaks from good relationships because you're so terrified of being abandoned that hurting and pushing away people that love you seems easier than dealing with even the potential of feeling abandoned. being charming and sociable, even though everything hurts and you have no idea how to even begin to deal with it and you're full of so much rage you could just explode.
i've gotten a lot better after years and years of therapy, but jesus, it was so hard and extremely exhausting.
Stay away from narcissists. They’ll take your emotional outbursts and manipulate you, gaslight you, or belittle you. I have a narcissistic sister and I won’t talk to her anymore.
I’ve always seen him as a satire of the most extreme BPD symptoms which makes his character and the show all the more enjoyable and relatable for me.
So many times I've wanted to lash out at people who I hated.
Oh yes, so charming.
The gang used to have thus bizarre sincerity towards each other. The Reynolds had this toxic wholesomeness to them, and how protective Dennis gets towards Charlie like it’s his lil bro, the one he ate Donny u were the good one
"I built up a shell, a shell around my emotions."
Remember emotions, like when you were 14-15?
dennis isnt a sociopath, he just likes being thought of as one
He's definitely the type of dude that would refer to himself as a "dark empath" lmao
Because of the implication.
Seems like NPD to me lol
@@gormold4163Fuck you I spat my drink out, you owe me a shirt
Basically the premise of American Psycho?
1:37 This gives me the feels. Poor Dennis has never looked so vulnerable.
😂😂
My favorite episode for that reason
transition at 8:13 is excellent
Most of the time when Dennis does feel sad its usually just his Ego being bruised ha
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as a bpd enjoyer-- dennis represents me at my worst, heart emoji
"My mommy's a skeleton!!"
"This is irritation, okay, there's a difference."
God. I feel that, though.
My mommy's a skeleton! Hahahaha
I feel TOO much I FEEL TOO MUCH
personal timestamp: 5:28 gang gets a new member, dennis' voice cracking & crying 4 every vulnerable apology he makes
i love this
Do I look foolish?
I’m literally crying for DENNIS REYNOLDS
5:00 ... I dont know why but this is hitting the right chuckle buttons at the moment 😂
This is a superb compilation. I'm thunderstruck.
Sometimes.. Even Golden Gods cry.
There were a lot of hidden onions used in the making of this video
"Yeaaa, he has a thing for gasoline. He was born in a pool of it :)"
when the writer's forwardly address his emotional/mental state by the joke of him walking out of Dee's independent therapy session telling everyone he got BPD medication
The implication of feelings
The sad thing about dennis is that the group is so toxic and his emotions are so confusing all the time that when he does "Feel something" its so strong that it makes him breakdown. He doesn't show his emotions and it makes him seem crazy, but i guarentee if people treated him normally, he wouldn't be walking away with pills for bpd, he's very insecure, emotional bursts, guy needs love damnit!
He's not a psychopath. The show specified that he has Borderline Personality Disorder, which is very different than psychopathy or sociopathy. An actual psychopath wouldn't be so self-conscious and insecure, or so concerned with how other people see them. Yes, Dennis frequently does horrible things, but that's because the entire gang does horrible things on a regular basis, and clearly they aren't all psychopaths.
i’m a firm believer in borderline dennis!!!!
@@desertgrape It's not even a theory, it's official canon! He gets diagnosed with BPD by a psychologist in the Psycho Pete episode.
@@farrahyahia1141 i’m aware lmao. i say believer because many people brush it off as a joke or misdiagnosis. even glenn said he is not confident enough to fully back the diagnosis because he’s not informed enough about the disorder.
currently losing the idgaf about him war
i’ve been lost
0:22 i love this scene so much
The way it was shot is brilliant
The reynolds family is the family I should have been born in lol
Why?
As Frank's real child, or a bastard?
Dennis having an existential crisis completely brought upon, and continually escalated, by himself about maintaining perfection is one of the funniest bits. Hands down. 😂
I had no idea they set up the tim murphy shit from the very beginning
Psychopaths have emotions, they simply lack empathy. Sorry to be pedantic, but it's an important distinction.
i’m aware. that’s why i titled it “emotionless psychopath”
I recently rewatched the first season, and I think there were sometimes where he showed empathy, always for Charlie.
@@desertgrape Fair enough.
Apparently they have their emotions amd empathy turned off by default, and can "turn it on", voluntarily or not, if needed. Contrary to regular people who have it turned on and need to turn it down if they're overwhelmed
Dennis is the Scranton Strangler. Think about it.
Well, i'll agree he definitely gets emotional. And I know they say psychopaths don't feel emotions but he's definitely a psychopath so he must be the first
That moment with the kid was his most sincere moment
“I don’t have to explain myself to a worm sucking idiot!”🤣🤣🤣🤣
The roles reserved when Frank became manipulative psycho pimp xD
Its like Stockhol by proxy, but I kind of melted at that first scene when he looked sad. I'm so accustomee to the abusive, stone hearted sociopath he normally is lmao.
Poor Mr. Tibbs! Who's the Psychopath now Dee?
When he chokes up talking about/to schmitty it makes me actually so sad.
he really loves these bastards more than anything and it’s so sad when you think about the deep shit he has going on connected to them and his past
6:22 this is so oddly insightful. the idea that the reason he worships himself so much is because thats filling the psychological gap where religion for millions of years filled in. it's pretty crazy to think about.
He never once implies that bruh .. ur either reaching from smoking too much of that sht or sniffing too much of that sht
His reaction to Charlie's mom having cancer is the best
As much as the show jokes that Dennis is a sociopath or mentally unstable, of course Dennis has feelings. There is no such thing as a truly unemotional being.
1:24 i've never seen the idol but from what i've heard this is the entire show lol
Dennis is all emotions but he tries so hard to hide them. If they don't end the show with him being revealed as a serial killer I'll be disappointed lol.
I could change him...
a psychopath feels emotions when they are specifically affected. he cries when someone is mean to him, but not when someone is mean to someone else.
+1
Dennis isn't a psychopath tho
@@infoblox5359 he says he doesn't have feelings in the show
@@th43_zz55 Yes, but he's wrong. He clearly does feel things and just has repressed emotions most of the time. Plus he really does not exhibit barely any of the traits that are associated with psychopathy. He's just cold *most* of the time, not always. Key word, "most".
@infoblox5359 Merriam Webster: a person having an egocentric and antisocial personality marked by a lack of remorse for one's actions, an absence of empathy for others, and often criminal tendencies
Antisocial behavior doesn't necessarily mean they don't socialize with others. In fact it's often the opposite. This definition would define Dennis with almost complete accuracy. Lack of empathy does not mean they feel no emotion. It means they can't feel other people's emotion, or imagine what something would feel like. They are still affected by a loved ones death, bullying, etc. Many definitions of psychopath can even be contradictory.
i think he went from being kinda sane at the start to barney stinson knockoff to a psychopath and an alleged murderer.
The title alone had me laughing.. 😂
he eradicated the shit out of those grey hairs
5:40 5:57 6:17 He cant give compliments so he pulls out the onion move 😂😂
I forgot Frank pimped his own son
"It'll be $200 for the first hour, and $150 for every hour after that. Unless you want him to act like he's enjoying it, then it's a little extra".
Didn't think they would get me, but they got me. 11:25
Rob didn't want the gang to get better looking but they all got thicker fuller and more hair.
Dennis got tons of surgery and looks objectively worse
Why do i feel like dennis is my inner beast tho?
dont mock the golden god
i want him
1:42 this sadly is actually how a lot of physical abuse works... the gaslighting is insane.
frank is an unbelievable manipulator it’s crazy
@kafkasmilk it's pretty wild since his S.I.N.N.E.D. system is basically "mommy issues" turned into a strategy. Barbara messed him up too.
No, he never was an emotionless psychopath. He's a narcissistic sociopath. Which is worse because they can blend in better..
My mommy's a skeleton, I feel too much 😂