I'ts been 84 years... FINALLY more Hannibal videos

Hannibal lying about wills encephalitis was a big turning point i feel in show. Letting everyone know this isnt dexter, hannibal is not going to play nice he will ruin everyones lives for his game

I adored the show. I did think it was hyper-stylized and thematic, leaning into symbolism in a way that often made it feel more like a fantasy-horror than a detective drama. For those reasons I’m kind of surprised in how much they got right. I really expected more inaccuracies. Especially because it always had an unreliable narrator frame, I could never be certain how much we were seeing on screen was an accurate representation of the reality of the world the show was portraying and how much of it was Will’s perception.

My dad was in a bad accident when I was fifteen. He had a closed head injury and his personality changed after. My mom and I noticed it, yet it wasn’t drastic enough for the extended family or friends to notice. My relationship with him has never been the same since. It’s been twenty years and it’s never occurred that me until this video that maybe my complicated feelings about him include grief for how we were before the accident.

"A delusion is a fixed, false belief that's held with 100% certainty" is the psychiatric version of Dr. Mike's "Chest compressions, chest compressions, chest compressions!" 😅 But seriously, I've learned so much from your reactions and how you explain the real-life conditions and tests and experiences for us. Thank you for that, and for your kindness and empathy. It shows us what our standards of care should be like.

Despite being mentally ill myself (anxiety disorder), I'd prefer a physical cause vs a mental cause because a lot of the time a physical cause has a cure/treatment. Not always, of course, but I think Will was looking more for an acute cause vs chronic cause more so than physical cause vs mental cause.

I remember how disturbed I was by Hannibal's betrayal, lying about Will's diagnosis. Wishing him harm out of curiosity. It bothered me more than I thought it would. I've heard so many stories of doctors ignoring patients and not testing them and people ending up suffering for years (like endometriosis) or even dying from late stage cancers that went undiagnosed until too late. Trust in the medical industry is such a huge thing, especially now after Covid.

As someone who has experience with both, I prefer physical illness over mental illness because there is a much clearer vision and path to fixing it. Unless it's something very complicated, most physical issues have a specific treatment; take this medication, get this surgery, etc, and then you'll either be cured or dealt with. Mental illness has no clean-cut "healthy" vs "unhealthy" lines and treatment is messy and long even if you know exactly what's wrong.

I always wondered if Hannibal somehow magically induced his condition just out of curiosity as to how he'd react. Curiosity is one of Hannibals biggest motivations for doing anything.

i want to talk like will graham like i want his verbage like it sounds so poetic i want to sound like that idk if its just bc i actually want to or if its my bpd wanting to mirror my favorite characters bc i dont know my own sense of self

Wills brain: FIRE!!!!!1!!!1! Hannibal: Let's pour some gasoline on that just because i feel like fucking around. Absolutlely the worst off the walls behavior, i love him.

I had a migraine cause temporary prosopagnosia once. I was watching a TV show, and was puzzled if the episode I was watching was some kind of 'gimmick episode', because all the actors appeared to be replaced with other actors that 'fit the same description'. Then I went to the bathroom, and didn't recognize my own face in the mirror... I'm really glad I didn't have any kind of mental instability on top of the migraine, because that was an *incredibly* unsettling experience.

I've been waiting for a breakdown of this episode for a while. I was always intrigued of how accurate they were with Will's condition, because it was stylised visually on the show. I can't help but wonder if any Fannibals "invited him to dinner", maybe that's why we got another episode 😋

been obssessed w hannibal since 2017 and you make me somehow even more into it w your knowledgeable contributions and contextualization. glad you liked this episode so much and hope you do these reactions forever

I know it has no comparison, but the question about why people prefer it to be "physically ill" than "mentally ill" reminded me of a long time ago, after I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and my mother hated the diagnosis, she fought with doctors and threw tantrums about it. To the point that once I had a neurological checkup, and when I told her that everything had come up right, that I had nothing wrong with my brain, she answered; "What a shame" 😅 *Edited for misspelling :)

There is an incredible film, by Charlie Kaufman, called Synecdoche, New York that features a central character with what appears to be Cotard's syndrome. It's also a portrait of obsession, the nature and purpose of Art, identity/duality and more. An absolutely towering performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, atop an excellent cast.

Great reaction as always… so miss Hannibal series. The sound production and staging was fantastic. All those weird drum noises… in surround sound added so much to the presentation, really helped to set the feeling of unease.

I wish i could let a physchiatrist watch my life like a Hannibal episode

As a neuroscience student and a fan of Hannibal I loooooove your videos! And this one was perfect to analyze! Thanks!!❤

Yes another Hannibal reaction?! Love it. Your insights are so interesting! Thank you

I’ve had cancer in the past and a mental illness right now, and honestly what i can say is that there’s a strange comfort from having a physical illness that isn’t there with a mental disorder. With a physical illness you know the treatment you’re gonna get, how long it’s gonna take and that you’re gonna be cured after that. Having a mental illness feels like a nightmare because (in my case) you know you’re never really gonna be cured and it’s really hard mental work, every day all day long. Also since i feel a lot of panic and anxiety, the amount of physical symptoms due to a mental disorder is unreal and sucks ass. And not in a fun way

YES! FINALLY HE'S WATCHING THIS EPISODE! I'M SO EXCITED! Especially with all the health aspect that you can find in this episode, OH MY GOODNESS I'M SO HAPPY

Firstly, as someone who discovered your channel when you released your first Hannibal analysis, thank you for continuing to return to this show - not only because I adore listening to your thoughtful commentary, but also because it's another opportunity for this excellent television series to get its moment in the sun; the performances, writing, visuals, direction, etc. are all top notch and I appreciate getting to revisit this show with someone like you, who has unique insight to provide! Although your Hannibal reactions were what first brought your channel to my attention, I have, over the past year or so, continued to expand the videos on your channel that I go back and watch when I have the time to do so. I enjoy the compassionate and empathetic approach you take with each show, historical video, etc. which you provide commentary on, while still being able to have a sense of humor. All that being said, I have wanted to suggest that you watch/react to the Disney+ series Moon Knight for a while now. Generally I don't post comments online, however what gave me the push to do so was hearing some of your opinions about dissociative identity disorder (the condition the main character of Moon Knight has) which you expressed in several of your older videos. Specifically, the video I watched within the past week which caused me to finally decide to comment was one where you reacted to an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine called "The Therapist." In that video, around the 12 minute mark, Andy Samberg is attempting to fool a doctor into believing he is her new patient with "multiple personalities"/ dissociative identity disorder. The doctor who he is speaking with requests to speak to various different personalities, and in response you state: "We shouldn't be encouraging this idea that they're separate people, because they're not. They're all the same person; they are you. It's parts of you manifesting in different ways, but it is still you. And we have to take this mind that is now disintegrated into these different personalities and try to reintegrate it as one, so your mind isn't forced to use this defense mechanism as a way of managing stress." When I watched the Moon Knight series (which came out March 2022) I was curious about the condition being depicted and so I looked for different perspectives from real people who were watching the series as well as what various professionals who specialize in the condition had to say. While there are conflicting opinions expressed, your quote above seems to be contradictory to the way DID is currently viewed and treated according to the information I found at the time the show aired (i.e. according to many, reintegration is not always necessarily a desirable goal). This makes me even more curious to hear your perspective on the show if you ever have the time and inclination to do so. It is only a six episode series, (about 4 hours run-time, I think). And DID aside, there are many other mental health topics which could potentially be discussed in conjunction with this show. Also, the main character is played by Oscar Isaac who is acting his butt off throughout the entire series! Just in case you (or anyone else who reads this ridiculously long comment) is interested or curious, I'll include the link here to a playlist of a KZfaq channel called "The Infinity System" which is a person who has DID that created videos about the show while it aired and who I felt provided very insightful commentary in regards to the show from the perspective of being diagnosed with the condition being depicted: kzfaq.info/sun/PLobTPrP5Q_6GmFY4YlFP8WZn80mPfIV4c Anyway - apologies for the lengthy comment, but I do hope you see this! I'd genuinely be interested in your thoughts. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into your channel. As I said, I truly enjoy your fun, good-spirited, insightful, non-judgmental commentary and I will continue to be an avid viewer of your content!

My brother came to visit me from out of town, feeling fine. I told him he smelled of oats, quite strongly, he went to the doctor, and he was indeed sick. That was pretty cool, and weird.

Always a good day when you upload a Hannibal video!

I'm an undergrad psychology student and I LOVE your channel, it helps motivates me to keep plugging along and I find the material you talk about super fascinating and educational.

I've been an avid fannibal since the show was on TV So glad you're doing more!

I've been regularly experiencing every symptom you listed for TLE as long as i can remember, and just assumed it was normal. Guess I have some homework to do.

Your videos are an absolute delight, as are you! Super entertaining, insightful and helpful with my own introspection 😊 keep up the amazing work!

Love everything you put out, thanks for the informative and fun content x

My mirror neurons are SUPER effected when I see someone get emotional: I will instantaneously start crying. It’s sometimes embarrassing, but I’m 38 now and have more or less gotten over my self-consciousness. Edit: it’s funny though, because when people are faking emotion I don’t start crying. But even the slightest bit of genuine crying happens, I’ll well up and get upset. Making me a great lie detector for KZfaq apology videos 😅

Another Hannibal!! Yay! Please react to S2 and S3 too because that’s when their co-dependency and folie à deux became undeniable! Also, Will’s ‘Becoming’ in the S3 finale is something I hope you’ll witness, and I’d LOVE to hear your professional insight about it. 🖤🩸😄

I love watching your videos as a new psych student because theres information that helps me learn but its also not too much so it makes sense for someone who isnt in the know. Also its good to know most of Hannibal is generally correct which is great cause i LOVE this show.

I love your reactions to Hannibal. Would love for these to be a regular series.

Dr Elliot I enjoy your enthusiasm and knowledge so much. Especially when it plays out with a Hannibal episode. Thanks so much for this.

wow i was surprised about the amount of scientific material you found to talk about here. was very insightful. And when I saw the show originally it was like a lot of the conditions were so foreign. But also your pointing out all the ways that the story is reflecting the fears Will is facing with his mental illness concerns were also very good.

I think that people prefer physical illness as it is easier to understand cause and effect. X is the usual range. There is a problem with Y protein. Z is the treatment. Even where that's not the case, there's the perception that with study, the cause and effect is theoretically understandable to anyone. With mental illness, I think most people feel that it's theories upon theories, and it's hard to understand both cause and effect. If someone says "are you feeling better?" It's easier if you were limping and now aren't, but if you're still having negative thoughts, how can you tell if they're really less negative or if you're having more or fewer thoughts.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HANNIBAL This was the episode I really wanted you to react to! Lots of good stuff.

I've been waiting for this. Another Hannibal reaction. Thank you so much!

cannot wait for the next Hannibal vid!! this is by far my favorite series on youtube! makes my urge to go into research psychology that much stronger

Yay! I genuinely look forward to your Hannibal reactions! And no worries, the tagline of the show is "eat the rude" ;) Jack is finally concerned. Which he should have been 6 episodes ago. Jack likes his useful empath tool too much to let him go. I don't like Jack all that much (is it obvious? ;) ) Part of Will's fears is probably the more or less canonical fear of being studied (and judged). Like, he avoids psychiatrists for a reason because he doesn't like being studied at all. There are many fan theories as to why, ranging from "just 'cause" to "Will's father let him be studied for money" since they were poor from what the tv show strongly implies and the book says outright. And I'm sure Will feels the stigma of mental illness as well. His boss pries into his private business a lot. And Hannibal lets him. Hannibal casually sharing private medical information with his boss! And Jack doesn't stop him to say, hey maybe don't share this with me, I shouldn't have this information. Hannibal technically stopped treating Will, they're only having conversation after all. So, you know, no pesky rules to take into account. Hannibal doesn't want to treat Will. He likes to see what will happen. Plus Will is so much easier to manipulate if he isn't as aware as he otherwise would be. "I hope for her sake she doesn't remember much" because it's such a hassle to have to kill witnesses/patsies.

I love how clear you're with your explanations and how you talk about the relationships between all details of the show. You are very easy to understand!

I love these episodes you talk about!!!! Thank you for sharing your experience on Hannibal episodes!! I share these on the social media!! Thank you for humanizing mental health!

7:41 my guess is that because will has been told he's crazy, seemingly his entire career or even life, he doesn't want those people (i.e. chilton and lounds) to be right

omg yaaay, thanks for continuing the Hannibal reactions!

Thanks for uploading this! A lovely treat.

I absolutely love your reactions to Hannibal. It's incredibly interesting to see how much (or how little) they get right!

You get that we only get mega-excited about you re-acting to Hannibal because you make it so informative and fun, right?

I love how happy he is with the show getting the psychology / therapy right! It hurts to see things like that distorted, especially since it oven causes harm, either by thinking all therapy is a horror show, or a mental illness is the end of your life. (Not as much as a blood clot in the brain is!!) I wish that show hadn't overdone its own style so massively in the third season, I feel like that was what killed off the show. And it would have been so cool to see an imagening of "Silence of the Lambs" with Mads Mikkelsen!

Thank you for your kindness for those with mental illness. Bless!

also temporal lobe epilepsy can cause loss of time as well. like you’ll blink and suddenly 2-5 minutes past without you knowing.

"8 or 9 is a bit young even for depression..." Me: Oh...

I love your hannibal videos!! ❤❤

As a British Fannibal who is also queer and with a passion with psychology, I just love when you do a Hannibal reaction and commentary !

love love loveeee this jumper !!

I'm just waiting for the Amanda Plummer episode, personally.

Physical illness is often tangible and sometimes even visible. It is something that can be understood and perceived by the victim and the person delivering medical treatment. Though there are always exceptions. Mental illness is far more chaotic. It only tangible by the victim and all the insight anyone can get is what the victim tells them. There is no true classic text book case with any mental illness because the symptoms a person displays depend on the individual. Imagine trying to explain something you don’t understand to someone who understands even less. It’s confusing and impossibly frustrating for the victim because it feels like no one can help and that they can’t even rely on themselves. Not to mention some mental illnesses can change personalities and warp perception of reality, possibly destroying relationships and even their understanding of getting help. It’s unforgivingly isolating and impossibly frightening. It’s the simple question of choosing something you can understand versus something that you don’t. That’s exactly why I’d go with physical rather than mental, but unfortunately beggars can’t be choosers.

I hope you can finish this series before i pass away from this world

“You don’t need to smell wee anymore.” Dang. There goes my weekend plans

as always very informative and entertaining to watch! love you hannibal rections, hope you'll react to the rest and please do more of crazy ex-girlfriend!!

0:54 Love how excited you are 😂🙌🏻

YEEESSS MORE HANNIBAL TY 🔪🩸

this might be an odd question, but: does the clock test "work" (given the caveat you mentioned about it not being a perfect test) if someone is aware it exists? or would its effectiveness be reduced by a patient knowing about it/what's being looked for/what different results mean? (i feel like this gets into a larger question i've wondered about re: if therapeutic techniques work less if it the patient themselves is a therapist/works in psychology, lol)

Funny prosopagnosia story: My friend and I are both moderately face-blind. Before we became proper friends, we actually met and hit it off three times at three different locations, all within a couple of months, without recognizing each other at all. The third time, there was another party who had been there when we met the last time, who had to tell us that we all already knew each other. I had gotten my phone out to offer swapping contact info and yep sure enough we had done that last time we met but not really followed up to do anything together. I have a lot of friends with unusual personal styles (kilts, hats, facial tattoos or piercings) because it causes them to stand out to me when I meet them again. I'm also a knitter, and I often recognize my knitting friends when we run into each other in unexpected places by noticing that someone is wearing a familiar-looking hand knitted item before I am able to place their face.

Nice to see how accurate hannibal is!

it’s so funny how proud you get anytime any of these shows get something even remotely correct akdjsksj

I was born with epilepsy due to some of the layers in my brain not developing properly. A smell that I smell when having an aura is that awful smell of that glue they use when you'll have to have the EEG wires on your head for a few days. Sometimes I will also wake up to that smell and it won't go away unless I turn to my other side, sitting up won't take the smell away.

I literally check youtube everyday to see if more Hannibal videos come out

ladder scene slay

Yeeey more Hannibal videos!!! Could you react to Killing Eve next?

oml as Hannifan I was dying at the ladder scene. 👨‍❤‍💋‍👨

Never heard of two of that diagnoses, cheers Doc. My bad;....still don't need to know anymore. Retired.

8:04 Imma be way too vulnerable to a KZfaq comment section for a moment because I feel way too seen by this comment. I'm going to speak from my perspective only, but hopefully, it answers your possibly rhetorical question: I remember the first time I had wished I was outwardly disabled. I was in the 6th grade, 12yo, struggling with depression, self-harm, bullying, and abuse. All I wanted was for someone to see how miserable I was, how bad my parents were, and to rescue me or, at the very least, be just a little kinder to me. I thought, "If I'm physically disabled, then maybe my parents would be forced to care about me." Now, as an adult, the desire of being physically disabled returns from time to time, much to my chagrin. The desire usually returns after having to explain to someone why, despite not being able to hold down a job, I'm so tired all the time. I didn't know how to explain to them about CPTSD and all the stuff I have to deal with mentally that's exhausting to me, how all of that is why I can't hold down a job, without just trauma dumping on the person. And I thought to myself in that moment, "they wouldn't be asking me this if I was physically disabled." So, I suppose you could chalk it up to societal pressures? Society considers you lazy if you don't have a job, but if you are disabled, you get a pass. Yet, society doesn't deem mental illness good enough to qualify as disabled, so someone like me, is still just labeled as lazy.

More Hannibal please ☺️

Joy Milne? Interestingly, neurological disorders can produce a smell, as she became famous for her ability to diagnose Parkinson’s disease. Amazingly, she detected Parkinson’s in a member of the non-Parkinson’s test group.. 8 months before he was medically diagnosed. For Hannibal to smell encephalitis isn’t beyond the realm of possibility for viewers who are familiar with such rare stories, though such a sensitivity would be extremely rare.

Please do more Hannibal

"You do not need to smell wee anymore." Put that on a shirt.

I think the reason mental illness is so threatening to accept in oneself is because the mind is where our identity is. Accepting your mental illnesses means accepting that you are different than you thought you were. There is the societal implication of weakness for some people. For others its just the difficulty of trusting yourself and your perception/interpretation of reality now that you have confirmed something is wrong. This kind of distress can seem inescapable and intolerable so anything else seems better. Ignoring a diagnosis seems more tolerable than dealing with the recalibration of identity and perceptions. Thus, denial. Physical injuries and illnesses are often directly observable and harder to deny. They dont always affect ones core being, they are seen as more treatable, possibly curable, and have less social stigma. You get real sympathy for an injury and offers of concrete help from others. Mental illness often makes other people feel helpless and uncomfortable.

What happens to Georgia is the worst fate in the show I think, Hannibal was pretty charming until the next episode when I first watched it!

I think a reason why many (maybe even most) people prefere a physical over a mental illness is a deep-rooted belief in the duality of body and mind. Partially taught through religion, partially through philosophy the idea that we are non-material "spirits" in a material "vessel" is in my perception the vast majority in most western societies. Following this premise I think that for many the body is almost external, a part of reality you have not total control over. When we conceptualize ourselves as spirits in a biological vessel, a broken bone (or something similar) is an problem of that vessel, something repairable, something one self has not total control over - but given that we are spirits and the mind, a mental illness is seen as a character flaw, something you ought to have a much tighter control over. Disregarding how one sees these ideas of the self - I see nearly all of them as harmful half-truths or outright falsehoods - the ideas are real and have a profound impact on how we see us and how much we are to blame for dysfunctions. Personally I think that we are not spirits in a body, we are the body. Anything beyond our biological existence is not spiritual, but social, how we as individuals interact with the totality of human society. But in these waters I think we inescapably are leaving science and enter a realm of metaphysical thought.

8:00 I’d say for a lot of people the idea of being physically ill is better than mentally ill because of the nature of the two things. Being physically ill means something is wrong with your body. We are faced with that all our lives through colds and bruises scrapes etc. we are accustomed to it. Mental illness means there is something wrong with your mind, how you think. And how we think is an integral part of who we are, or perceive ourselves to be. Like… for most people if you were to say you swapped bodies with another person, you’d still be you. But if you swapped minds with another person… are you still you? Now… there is the not insignificant matter of how much of your mind is just chemicals and the physical aspects of your brain. But I’d argue the average layperson isn’t going to get that deep into it, and just settle for the surface level fear that their sense of self is inherently flawed or wrong somehow.

Drags the neurologist for also knowing psychiatry, then proceeds to explain the difference in and function of CT and MRI scans. ;) Projecting a little ourselves, are we? All joking aside did you learn that as part of your psychiatry schooling, or do you learn it because you like to know?

i could smell a certain scent when i had cancer, weirdly enough

Could dogs maybe smell encephalitis? Like they do with some kinds of cancer?

Hannibal is a very good show I must say

Can you try Psychonauts please. Pretty please

It's better to be physically ill because then society accepts you and helps you. You aren't left alone or put into one type of box FOREVER. Very simplified way to see it... Try to collect money for cancer patient or someone with pretty much any mental illness. To this day cancer gets way more donations. With mental illness, even if you're rich, you're more likely to be left alone and always seen as sick - hope has been taken away. When comes to physical illness, society and others give you hope and you will be taken seriously. And also for the person... With physical illness you kinda know better where is the limitation or when you die. Mental one is a mystery and you might never trust yourself, and that's all what's left to rely on when you're marked with mental illness. In most cases. Just YOU. Without anything to lean on. (Sorry for being a bummer to anyone who might read this one. Society sucks.)

I wonder if you meant "Pear drops" for Ketosis, rather than Pearl Drops which is a toothpaste. :)

14:21 god, this plot point was SO SAD. will thought he was losing it and TWO health professionals (one of whom he trusted) lied to him for their own gain.

Just trying to ask a question - that's why it's probably everywhere. From a young age, William Blake claimed to have seen visions. The first may have occurred as early as the age of four when, according to one anecdote, the young artist "saw God" when God "put his head to the window", causing Blake to break into screaming. What would you think about this?

Will is terrified of being identified as dangerously mentally ill and committed to an institution like Dr. Chilton's. I suspect he got called crazy and weird a lot as a kid and maybe threatened with being sent somewhere. We know he only had his dad growing up, who was busy and distant and they were not close. It's long been my assumption that the reason his mom was not around is because of mental illness or a personality disorder, possibly paired with violence. Throughout the course of the full show, we're given the impression that the reason Will doesn't want anyone examining him is because he thinks he's a bad person, and the reason he didn't want to go into a high security mental hospital is because he thinks he's going to forcibly end up there as a patient someday.

YESSSSSSSSSS

You're the best

Somebody please help Will Graham!

Is it true that psychopaths don't have mirror neurons?

Weird, I'm completely faceblind, to the point that i cannot recall my mother's face, i introduced myself to my next door neighbour in university accommodation six or seven times, but i don't have prosopagnosia i think. I can imagine visual things in my head, just not faces. I can understand how some people's faceblindness could stem of prosopagnosia but I don't think everyone's does.

Draw me like one of you’re clocks

What's does it mean if my urine smells like chicken soup?

I am speaking from ignorance, but I went to a psychiatrist for many years. I dealt with my allergies, and alcoholism this year, and I got better fast. I got worse when I went to a psychiatrist. How isn't this just guessing working? I even feel like therapists are a scam. I don't know anymore, but all of this feels like a scam to make money, but I don't know.

my name is will diagnosed schizoaffective depressive type apparently experience capgras cotards clinical lycanthropy "reverse" intermetamorphosis persecutory , delusional companions the team that worked on me in hospitals was quite firm on assessing each experience i suppose