Oscar Isaac did a lot of research to try to stay true to the comics and portray DID accurately within that context. We really loved it! Using mirrors to bring internal conversations out for the audience was good. And yes, he kills people, but there's a reason for that. Some very sad moments later that explain why he developed DID, but the relationship between Steven and Marc turns out beautifully in the end.

*no spoilers* - wait until episode 5!! The Egyptian story takes over 2-4, but episode 5 was like wow- a little triggering but was pleased it gave a real portrayal of why DID comes about. Also Stephen and Marc- you will understand in episode 5.

That was one of the TV shows More respectful of our condition than I've ever seen. Although they still use our disorder to justify crimes lol, the whole composition of the DID picture was rich, grounded, relatable. Thanks doc.

Mirror archetypes is big in this show. To reflect both personalities. Often times when I look in the mirror I won't see my own face all the time. It's altered to some degree. Sometimes I see an older feminine version or a more masculine version of my face. I kind of hate it.

She-Hulk just came out and talks about an "alter ego state" and DBT...i wonder how professionals feel about including therapy interventions and treatments, portrayal of pathologized conditions, and the shift off the pedestal of the traditional hero archetype as more and more media is humanizing them in these new ways

This is crazy. Three days ago I hear about Ethan hawke on a video interview of the pianist Seymour Bernstein. The following day I hear about Ethan on a backpacker podcast. And now I hear his name again on this video!!! Incredible coincidence!!

We did a review and breakdown of each episode on our channel- the show was definitely a mixed bag but overall the most important episode was the fifth where they go into Marc's trauma. We took issue with the way the system was portrayed here, as Marvel really messed up the Theory of structural dissociation. We cover that aspect of the show in our final review and manage to make a bit of sense of it. Overall we found that the series provided fairly accurate representation of the challenges Systems face, like missing time, ect. Thanks for your thoughts on the series!

The scariest thing about this disorder for me really is the "lack of control" aspect. I've had a lot of experiences of being in my head, screaming "stop stop stop" and being completely unable to *do* anything other than watch in abject horror. It's beyond terrifying. There are no words to explain the fear i feel in those moments. Also I always find the "looking in the mirror and seeing someone else" trope very interesting, because when that happens to me, what I'm seeing isn't "someone else's face" where the face is that of an alter. What I'm looking at is the reflection of the physical body, which doesn't match my self-perception, and i'll feel anywhere from somewhat weirded out to genuinely distressed, depending of course on the alter fronting at the time. Some of us avoid mirrors specifically because we know what we're going to see isn't what we expect/want to see. I have aphantasia (can't visualize imagery; I think in spoken words. When I think of an apple my brain starts reciting the dictionary definition with accompanying adjectives) so it's really interesting to see some folks in the comments talking about actually seeing a face that is not the body's face when they look in the mirror.

I thought that this was a brilliant breakdown of everything and i appreciate you understand the blackouts are used to show us as a viewer just how confusing his life must get as a lot of people don't seem to understand that part! I hope you manage to finish the series as could only see up to episode 2 and as people said episode 5 does need a watch

I LOVED moon knight. I went in very cautious because his comic origins differ a lot ( from child hood trauma causing his DID to him just willing alters into existence in other ones ) we had no clue what origin the show would be following but I was pleasantly surprised that it did follow the origin of childhood trauma ( episode 5) Whenever people have asked my opinion on the show as someone with DID I tend to say “it’s well rooted in reality “ because like obviously it’s going to have highly dramatized depictions… it’s a super hero show it’s not real life and they don’t try to convince that it’s factual it’s very obviously for entertainment. That’s where I see a lot of people with DID & OSDD getting upset which is understandable. It’s frustrating to not get a real life example of what life is like and to have you condition trivialized for other peoples entertainment BUT I think moon knight did it respectfully & the success of the show could open up more avenues for more accurate uses of DID in media that’s not murderous . Overall it was very obvious that the creators did their research and actually listened to the professionals they hired! I am in love with the show and the characters despite the inaccuracies. & I am 100% working on a Moon Knight costume / almost a cosplay bc the show to me was just amazing and very relatable .

You have no idea how much validity you've added to finally understanding and the what was the beginning of self diagnosing what I've been going through with them since childhood but was mostly brainwashed to sweep under a rug my by christian/catholic toxic family. Most of us hyperfixate on stuff like cinema so it's easy & fun to digest deep dive/philosophical films or shows that touch on topics we are highly curious about or just love the synposis/director/genre etc. Moon knight knight rather than any of the other dissociative film references we've seen was the one to make me stop being angry with them and supressing them thinking it was their fault life has always been so hard when most of them have been helping me or trying to help my stubborn ass. especially split which we kinda liked entertainment wise because it's Shyamalan movie so its to be expected and knew the depiction would be waaay too exaggerated to pay it any mind to connect any dots to ourselves. Please watch up to atleast episode 5. It's what unbrainwashed me so I could talk to them without telling them to stfu or pushing them away but finally becoming aware that they exist too and they are just like anyone esle who just wants to be understood and a chance to exist & express themselves... it's been a lot this year so far

I didn’t even know about this show until this video. Usually I avoid watching things about mental health conditions because I don’t want to see really poor depictions which will just upset & frustrate me, but hearing your thoughts on it I think I’ll watch it! So thanks!! 😊

Thank you for this Video, you have been very gracious 😊 Personally, I just really could not stand the idea of introducing the Inner-Person by a sort of "psychotic episode" (positiv hallucination) through the independent reflections in the Mirrors. They could have chosen a different way, or just stick with the headvoice🤔 since a lot of the rest was very informed. But overall it did help us that he was possessed by an Egyptian god.😅 Also, for those with DID, a small TW: be carefull in the - I think second to last episode - it looks like one of the Inner-People dies and is left in a desert😬 that was very scary and confusing to our Inner-children, since by then we got so comfortable watching, that a lot of the System choined in on it... BUT it will be resolved later! Nobody is gonna die on the inside💪🏼

Moon Knight is our favorite!!!!!!! You're going to love it! Thank you for doing a series on this!

I loved it sooooo much! Especially episode 5, which was wonderful to see portrayed in such a caring way and felt very real.

I finally caved and watched it. And to my absolute joy and surprise I totally loved it!!! Refreshing.

Moon Knight is one of my favorite Marvel projects released so far. I am glad for your insight!

I have seen all episodes and I would also say, it is an accurate representation many times, beside the mirror scenes.

I had a friend of mine (with no psychological expertise) do a blind watch of Moon Knight. All he knew going in was "It's based on a Marvel comic book series." For the first few episodes, he thought "Mark Spencer" was a completely separate entity (ghost, demons, alien, whatever) possessing poor Stephen, and that Mark should eff off and find an uninhabited body to possess instead. x)

Great video. I've never watched the show but it was super interesting to hear your thoughts. You should definitely do more content like this!

Hey there, CTAD Clinic! Always great to see another upload from you 🙏We were wondering if you know of any good resources on Partial Dissociative Identity Disorder? Since it's a relatively new diagnosis, we've struggled finding much about it in greater depth than what we read on the ICD-11 website Hope you have a great day! Greetings from Denmark 😊

thank you for sharing your opinion! we've been too nervous to watch it ourselves so we're glad it does a good job

Thank you for going over this. I avoid DID related shows/movies because most just use it for shock value while furthering the stigma and I was curious about this show. Now I can just wait for your next videos and be a bit more at ease before deciding to watch it or not. It would be really interesting to see other reviews from this point of view.

I think you're about to change your opinion about some things that are shown in later episodes. The first one is actually the best one. Later on we see stereotypes that I really am sick of by now. Hollywood's version of DID is still limited to a specific view (an alter who's a murderer, a mental condition that's questionable, a very late realization of fugues or amnesias and ...). I am glad though, that they show at least that the "hero" has a traumatic past and struggels with his condition...

It's so hard for me to not talk about things that would give spoilers 😄 I think the show itself does a good job of incorporating DID actualities with entertainment, action, drama.. If you've only seen the first episode I really can't say much more without spoiling anything. I look forward to reviews for the rest of it 😎

This show is one of my favorites and it only gets better, looking forward to more reviews

We watched the series. Most of it was fairly okay for us. My only warning, which is NOT a spoiler for anyone with OSDD/DID, is Episode 5, where they go over his childhood trauma... It could very easily cause mental distress, it did for us in some scenes. Is it absolutely necessary to watch Episode 5? NOT AT THE COST OF YOUR WELL-BEING! It's trauma, it's trauma, we who have lived similar childhood trauma don't need to relive it. Does it have details for the show, yes, but REALLY not enough to be worth it. Does it move the story forward? In a way not really. It's a re-examination of life events. For those who DON'T have OSDD/DID, it explains a lot. For those of us that do? We already know how "it" happens. Just know that there is enough there to be triggering to someone who has experienced childhood trauma to be distressed. I will leave it to Dr. Lloyd to express his opinion on if it was realistic to OSDD/DID experience: age at time of trauma, how alter was created, how/what caused DID to become less covert, and anything else he feels is appropriate from the Episode in the realm of OSDD/DID. I just didn't want someone to bing watch it & not be aware that Episode 5 can be very rough for some.

I watched the first episode and it confused me so I stopped watching it. However my partner and advocate has been watching it. There were some scenes he felt would trigger me negatively later in the series and has asked me to skip those episodes if I choose to continue to watch the show. thank you for your critique. I just hope this show stays true to DID and OSDD and does not go off the Hollywood rails, as so many shows do…

Loved hearing your thoughts on this!!! I personally loved it 💖

Good Video Dr Mike. Please keep up the good videos.

If you have the time, I'd love to see your take on DID in Mr. Robot. I think it's one of the best depictions I've seen, but I never hear people talking about it.

Your you tube channel has encouraged me to watch Moon Knight and albeit it was a bit scary to relate to it as I did, I'm actually enjoying it at the same time though!

This was good to hear a clinical perspective and hear that it is accurate at least, aside from the superhero stuff. We only watched the first episode and found it very distressing and upsetting because it's yet another portrayal that ties the disorder to violence or in this case extreme violence. And then also with just how demeaning and domineering and bullying Marc was to Steven was extremely hurtful and upsetting to witness, to the point of bringing us to tears.

Please make a video about the first steps of OSDD/DID diagnosis and of the symptoms that might take over upon being told, thank you.

His name is Oscar my guy

** SPOILERS ** I was very grateful that they had him talk to his mother on the phone in the very first episode. I mean - we knew he has DID, we knew he must have experienced trauma, and then there was this one-sided conversation on the phone. I was very, very sure his trauma would go back to his mother, so I prepared myself mentally for it. That way, episode 5 didn't hit me out of the blue. It was painful, but it was good.

Great show.

Thank you 🙏

Steven is the protector. Fight me

I would not have watched it if not for your video! Will check it out and I would love to see you comment on each episode.

Yay!!

Hi everyone Been diagnosed with DID and still freaking out about it. Is this normal in the first few months? Thanks Lizzie

Never heard of it

@ Dr. Lloyd: I'm NOT gonna watch your following breakdowns on this Moon Knight-series! I ask myself were does a director of a clinic finds the time to watch this kind of stuff and make a video of it??? I am disappointed and questioning the seriousness of your clinic ..

Would you please be so kind to let me add subtitles on your videos? 🙏