Ok his comment about him not being responsible for overspending, and that its the trolls and youtubes fault for his lack of spending money makes me 100% believe he is on the autistic spectrum, probably aspergers. Not trying to power level here but I have a recreational therapy degree, and worked with kids and adults with mental impairments like autism, aspergers (a type of high functioning autism), and other mental impairment disorders. Phil displays similar symptoms with people with aspergers, and I can say it is heavily indicated that he might be on the spectrum. Look at these examples of symptoms you might find in people with aspergers.
"They're just as smart as other folks, but they have more trouble with social skills. They also tend to have an obsessive focus on one topic or perform the same behaviors again and again."
He brings up detractors all the time, talks about his past all the time, and does his rocking, beard strokes, and other ticks over and over. Plus he burps into the mic all the time like he doesnt really understand why that may be disgusting. Yet he knows and still does it, indicating his lack of social skills.
"You may also find that your child seems awkward in social situations and doesn't know what to say or how to respond when someone talks to them."
He gets defensive, lies, and embellishes the way he talks when speaking to his audience, like instead of ignoring troll messages he reads them and tries to justify his answer. Even though most people would just ignore them.
"If your child has the condition, they may talk about themselves most of the time and zero in with a lot of intensity on a single subject, like rocks or football stats. And they might repeat themselves a lot, especially on a topic that they're interested in. They might also do the same movements over and over."
Again the repetition of talking about his past exploits, trolls, and other meaningless crap. And how he says trolls dont bother him, but is so intense if he gets a message from a troll and needs to spend too much time on it.
"They also may dislike change. For instance, they may eat the same food for breakfast every day or have trouble moving from one class to another during the school day."
Phil hates to change his stream format, like how it took forever to use a capture device or using a camera for YEARS. He has a schedule for his meals on a calendar like who has a meal calendar unless you are dieting and lets face it he doesn't diet. Also how he complains about changing his days off because of his "WiFe" which is weird to bitch about. People's schedules change all the time at a job, yet he complains if his day off changes.
That being said I am not a doctor but a recreational therapist who sees patients like this all the time. Phil is probably on the spectrum like on the aspergers level. Now some might say he is a spoiled child, but usually those kids out grow that mentality when they are adults especially at 39 yrs old. Plus his behavior hasn't really change in years which leads me to believe that its not the result of his environment but he himself having aspergers. The thing is people with aspergers can be nice and sensitive people, but other times they can be like DSP, especially if his parents didn't know or care he had a condition. Also people with aspergers can be quite smart, so having a valedictorian title or college degree doesn't mean you don't have it. Remember aspergers is a behavioral impairment, doesn't mean you are dumb just a lack of social skills average people may have.
Also he said he was on a cocktail of medications in high school. Why would his parents put him on medication? Probably since he was a kid he was awkward, and unfortunately a lot of doctors would misdiagnosed kids with aspergers as a "chemical imbalance" or just being hyper active so they would give them drugs to calm them down. The fact Phil never said why he was on a cocktail of medications makes me believe strongly that he was misdiagnosed with some "child awkwardness" condition or he had aspergers and they gave him medication to sedate his awkward behavior. Again I could be wrong but he displays asperger symptoms pretty damn well.
