Hannah Spier, MD

New episode dropped!
What is behind the surge in Multiple Personality Disorder/ Dissociative Identity Disorder? What are we actually seeing here.

Also: what do you all think of my new microphone??

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Hannah Spier, MD

Are women really less physically violent than men — or have we been taught to only recognize male violence?

In today’s episode, I use the Mackenzie Shirilla case to look at what we miss when female violence doesn’t fit the story we expect.

6 days ago | [YT] | 162

Hannah Spier, MD

What is the psychology behind the rise of "the Ick" and why does it seem like nothing is ever enough when you date modern women? Tell me if this aligns with your experiences!

Excited about our first Monday episode as a part of the ramp-up! On Thursday we will look at the case of Mackenzie Shirilla and as: are women much less violent than men? What do the actual numbers say?

1 week ago | [YT] | 164

Hannah Spier, MD

Since many of you are heading into the long weekend, I wanted to share a quick Psychobabble programming note.

I’m very excited about the next stretch of the channel.

Starting next week, I’m going to try ramping up to two regular episodes a week.

Monday: a lighter episode on the inflation of chivalry

Thursday: a much-requested episode on the Mackenzie Shirilla case and looking at the actual numbers on female violence!

After that, I have episodes planned on DID and the rise of fashionable mental-health labels, the quiet epidemic of low agreeableness in girls, and the way antisocial traits are increasingly glamorized like a cool tick!

I’m looking forward to this next phase of Psychobabble and hope you are here for it and continue shaping the program with me! I read you comments.

Happy 4th of July, from Hannah

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Hannah Spier, MD

New episode dropped!
Let me know what you think!

1 week ago | [YT] | 88

Hannah Spier, MD

I decided to re-release this with better quality in such a way that it appears as usual on the channel!
I’ll make sure to announce an upcoming Live better next time!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 31

Hannah Spier, MD

I observed that the live video with J.D Haltigan was less viewed than anticipated- to help me shape the program- was that because of:

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 50

Hannah Spier, MD

New episode just dropped!

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 82

Hannah Spier, MD

One thing that I think is commonly misunderstood in the Borderline Personality narrative its supposed key feature: insecure attachment or disordered attachment style. Made to sound like a story about deprivation: poor thing, her parents must not have loved her properly, attuned to her properly, or provided enough safety.

But here’s the thing: attachment system exists first to secure protection and resources, a relief from loneliness. It does not mean "she just wants to be loved and her bad behaviour is a result of her not having been loved correctly."

A person can desperately need attachment and still be low in agreeableness: desperately need others while remaining fundamentally self-focused in how they relate to them.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 316

Hannah Spier, MD

Public awareness of male antisociality has taught us to identify those traits early and the cultural instinct is to contain them.

The equivalent female pattern - borderline- is much less visible, because psychiatrists are raised in the same culture that tell us their relational aggression as empowerment, the emotional outbursts are authenticity and delicious self-expression, their promiscuity is liberation, and contempt for family life is independence, not lack of empathy.

The problem is, without a public language for female sociopathy, clinicians are much more likely to translate these behaviours into trauma, dysregulation, or suffering, rather than seeing them as an issue of character that require consequences if we hope to ever help them or society.

That’s the topic of the next episode!

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