Thoughts about DSP's Psychology - Dr Fred Freud's Office

[Cyber Bowling]

Checking off 95% of the common symptoms of autism is not "broader strokes". I would bet 1000 USD if Phil was to go to a psychiatrist and get checked out he would be diagnosed as on the spectrum.

I meant a lot of the symptoms that were listed are very broad strokes. A lot of places will list things like "has trouble making friends" "socially awkward" etc. Sure, maybe he doesn't have friends because his autism makes it hard to socially interact with people. Or maybe he's just incredibly selfish and has shown himself time and time again to put his needs above everyone else. Maybe his autism keeps him from picking up on sarcasm or understanding the literal meaning of things. Or maybe Phil is just not very bright. Maybe his autism is why he hyperfixates on drinking and ordering Door Dash, or maybe he's just a lazy alcoholic. Now, if the checklist had something like "repeatedly uses the word robust to describe food" then I'd be more likely to agree.

I definitely don't think it's impossible. Hell, if someone leaked authentic looking documents containing a diagnosis (which in the goutsphere, genuinely wouldn't surprise me) I don't think I'd bat an eye. I just don't think things like "Phil likes schedules (except when he doesn't)" or "Phil has poor social skills" automatically mean he's autistic. If I absolutely had to pick something a little more solid that pointed to Phil being autistic, I'd at least go with his constant rocking back and forth and t-posing, which could potentially be his version of stimming.

To put it into comparison, look at someone like Derich, who is a confirmed tard. Now that's someone with autistic fixations, as shown by his hundreds of tweets everyday, spamming the chat with the same messages over and over, commonly re-wording what people say to him or having to look up basic facts on Wikipedia because he can't actually communicate with people, a complete inability to read the room and understand when he's aggravating people, unable to comprehend when people are insulting him, obsession with hearing his name, hyperfixation on childish hobbies (that includes watching DSP) etc.

 

[DeeTracktor]

As with many mental health disorders, a description of the symptoms is often vague enough to apply to just about anyone.

This.

 

[Corpun]

I don't think DSP would ever see a shrink, and if he would he'd treat them like Tony Soprano treated Melfi in Season 1 and make it out like the trolls would track his shrink down and attack them.

Also I doubt Phil even understands Doctor-Patient confidentiality.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

To put it into comparison, look at someone like Derich, who is a confirmed tard. Now that's someone with autistic fixations, as shown by his hundreds of tweets everyday, spamming the chat with the same messages over and over, commonly re-wording what people say to him or having to look up basic facts on Wikipedia because he can't actually communicate with people, a complete inability to read the room and understand when he's aggravating people, unable to comprehend when people are insulting him, obsession with hearing his name, hyperfixation on childish hobbies (that includes watching DSP) etc.

Derich is a lower functioning autistic then Phil is which is why his behavior is so much more pronounced. Phil is very much high functioning. It's a spectrum.

I definitely don't think it's impossible. Hell, if someone leaked authentic looking documents containing a diagnosis (which in the goutsphere, genuinely wouldn't surprise me) I don't think I'd bat an eye. I just don't think things like "Phil likes schedules (except when he doesn't)" or "Phil has poor social skills" automatically mean he's autistic. If I absolutely had to pick something a little more solid that pointed to Phil being autistic, I'd at least go with his constant rocking back and forth and t-posing, which could potentially be his version of stimming.

I would bet good money Phil was never diagnosed and there are no documents to leak. He grew up in the 1980s and 90s before autism was fully understood. He's just high functioning enough it wouldn't have been enough of an issue where his parents would need to take him to a shrink.

 

[Corpun]

Same goes for serious mature adults - I don't think I've ever heard someone other than DSP refer to himself/herself as those things.

Same with Mature Adult House. His whole maturity thing is a massive LARP just to validate himself. No mature adult throughs a tempter tantrum over digital women, it's all to detach himself from when he was jerking off over scantily clad super hero figurines. Can't find the video but in particular this figurine here he went, "Boobies boobies boobies titties titties titties."

And considering he has probably always been a weird asexual freak (The nuns fault dood) that whole thing was a massive LARP too.

I have heard of Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) before but I thought it was only something that can be diagnosed in kids, apparently not. Since it has been getting brought up in the threads after Phil's mask off "the more people tell me to do something the more I feel compelled to do the opposite" moment, here is an excerpt of the diagnostic criteria for ODD:
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Given some of his past work history that ALT covered on WPIG, he does fit the whole defiant towards authority figures thing. Every single past job he has had involved some sort of arguement with managment where he basically refused additional training or told them to fuck off and that he wouldn't be doing their shit.

This could just be narc ego, and I am inclined to agree, since on at least one occassion he used the bullshit arguement of "That training wasn't something in my contract" despite everyone in his department going to get the training (It was BestBuy or some other retail, so dumb as shit training just for a raise). A lot of this can just fall under his massive narc ego and bloated sense of self-worth, but I gotta say, it would be interesting to see how he crashes once it all comes tumbling down. Sometimes I wonder if he became a crippling alcoholic just to cope with no one thinking he is hot shit back in the FGC days.

 

[marlintan]

His whole maturity thing is a massive LARP just to validate himself. No mature adult throughs a tempter tantrum over digital women,

Anecdotally, I never felt like a real man until i inserted my penis into a vagina when I was 17, the last person I knew to lose their virginity... that intimidation may be a cause to his a sexualism, because he was ridiculed for being a virgin with an oddly shaped head, certainly in his basketball american high school?

 

[Sicko Hunter]

I always thought Phil's weird obsession with maturity stemmed from his parents calling out his manchild behavior in his 20s. Like he wanted approval from his parents and him marrying Kat and larping as having a family was him trying to win their favour. "See I have a condo and a wife I'm a big boy now mom and dad!"

 

[Corpun]

I always thought Phil's weird obsession with maturity stemmed from his parents calling out his manchild behavior in his 20s. Like he wanted approval from his parents and him marrying Kat and larping as having a family was him trying to win their favour. "See I have a condo and a wife I'm a big boy now mom and dad!"

Probably. I've always had the pet theory that Dave is really dissapointed in how Phil turned out. My only real evidence for this has always been their lack of contact and the fact when DSP does bring up his parents, his mom is mentioned directly a lot more than his dad. Even then his parents rarely get a mention except in pass, but it seems that while Phil barely contacts his parents, he only ever contacts his dad directly if he needs help.

It was Dave who helped set up blinds and shit all around the house when they visited Seattle. It was Dave who helped clean it up the same trip. It was Phil who forced them to live in a hotel that trip despite having guest bedrooms. It was Phil who texted his dad during the stolen tire scam and all he got back was a picture of a fish Dave caught.

It seems really clear that at the very least Dave doesn't give a shit about Phil anymore and Linda might not even care now either, if she is aware he has completely tossed the ten-year plan they discussed. Anyways, my 5 cents from all this is I hope that Phil gets nothing from them when they die and for maximum cope everything goes to the cousin.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

It was Phil who forced them to live in a hotel that trip despite having guest bedrooms.

Wait wait wait, he forced his own parents to live out of a hotel when he has that oversized condo with only two people living in it? What a massive piece of shit. It's a 3 bedroom condo. Even if Panda slept in a separate room they could have gave them one.

 

[Corpun]

Wait wait wait, he forced his own parents to live out of a hotel when he has that oversized condo with only two people living in it? What a massive piece of shit. It's a 3 bedroom condo. Even if Panda slept in a separate room they could have gave them one.

He was a generous man though, he trusted his parents enough to let the borrow his leased BMW.

We all know he only did it to try and flex how successful and mature he was. Probably told his dad all the bullshit the car salesmen sold him on because DSP is such a fucking mark it is insane.

 

[UncleTusky]

Probably. I've always had the pet theory that Dave is really dissapointed in how Phil turned out. My only real evidence for this has always been their lack of contact and the fact when DSP does bring up his parents, his mom is mentioned directly a lot more than his dad. Even then his parents rarely get a mention except in pass, but it seems that while Phil barely contacts his parents, he only ever contacts his dad directly if he needs help.

It seems really clear that at the very least Dave doesn't give a shit about Phil anymore and Linda might not even care now either, if she is aware he has completely tossed the ten-year plan they discussed. Anyways, my 5 cents from all this is I hope that Phil gets nothing from them when they die and for maximum cope everything goes to the cousin.

I don't think Linda is there - if I remember right his parents told him in ~2016, maybe 2017, that they were done bailing him out. Maybe Linda thought she meant it in 2016-2017, for all I know he asked her for money in 2018 and she told him to go to Hell in response, but even if she did that she broke down and bailed him out again in 2019 when he came to Connecticut for the wedding. At least in my opinion, it's hard to believe she'll stick to her guns this time since she already caved once - she might be disappointed but I don't think she's completely given up on him.

David has probably given up but the practical impact of that will be nil unless/until he stops his wife from bailing out their idiot son.

On a brighter note I do think Phil's cousin will get much or all of the estate. Apart from being less of a screwup than Phil she needs the money more (the bitch is hood trash) and still lives in Connecticut (so it'd be much easier for her to deal with issues with the estate than Phil, especially anything that involves Linda and David's house or requires a meeting with an attorney).

It was Dave who helped set up blinds and shit all around the house when they visited Seattle. It was Dave who helped clean it up the same trip. It was Phil who forced them to live in a hotel that trip despite having guest bedrooms. It was Phil who texted his dad during the stolen tire scam and all he got back was a picture of a fish Dave caught.

Wait wait wait, he forced his own parents to live out of a hotel when he has that oversized condo with only two people living in it? What a massive piece of shit. It's a 3 bedroom condo. Even if Panda slept in a separate room they could have gave them one.

He was a generous man though, he trusted his parents enough to let the borrow his leased BMW.

We all know he only did it to try and flex how successful and mature he was. Probably told his dad all the bullshit the car salesmen sold him on because DSP is such a fucking mark it is insane.

It gets worse - Phil made a big deal of their visit because they 'aren't that mobile anymore' (yes really), had them do manual labor around the house, while he............streamed and made clickbait for KOGaming. If memory serves Mirror's Edge 2 had a last-minute delay, the new release date overlapped with his parents' visit, and he wasn't about to give up Day 1 views just because family was visiting.

Edit to add: The fact that Linda still bailed Phil out in 2019 despite him treating her like dirt when she came to visit says a lot about how entitled he is + how unwilling or unable she is to cut the cord. Add this to the reasons she will back down and bail Phil out again if he asks.

 

[Malakim Phoros]

I know theres a lot of speculation on Phil's parents and he even said that by the time he was 18 they were nasty to each other and he wanted out. But I feel like its more of Phil hates his mom and dad rather than the other way around. And he only sees them as someone to send thanksgiving meals and a last resort beg. I mean why fly all the way across the country and in ten years only see them about 3 times. I know Phil really wanted to leave CT, but if you have any meaningful connection to your family you'd make those sacrifices at least on holidays and show them your "soulmate" more than one time

 

[Malakim Phoros]

Had a new thought when watching his EDP discussion. Whenever he brings up Boogie or Wings or now EDP he says hes not a lolcow like them and he'll bring up that theyre fat and tried to get better but still eat fastfood and fall back into old habits and get fat again. And with the boxing match and now the new doc he brought up how grossly oversight they are. Anyways what I want to say is does he not see Kat as fat as they are, and how that would make her feel when he rips into them for being fat.

 

[Sheriff of CWCville]

I think in my time watching DSP I’ve really picked up on two major aspects of his psychology. He normally exhibits the traits of textbook Fat Faggot Disorder, while also displaying the tendencies that could be classified as or associated with Dumb Nigger Syndrome.

 

[Malakim Phoros]

https://www.youtube.com/live/c_PhG920XGQ?si=DD1I_FkZ-AcKmG_y&t=7157

At around the 2 hour mark DSP gets a video of this kid crying in his car about how he feels that his friends dont respect and him and how he feels alone and abandoned. And while yes this is probably some teen melodrama, Phil just starts cackling saying shit like "How is this a comedy he's so sad. Whats the joke?" Just another tally for phil doesnt have any empathy and cant read the emotions of anything presented to him even when its blatantly clear this is not a comedy video.

 

[BlastMonk]

https://www.youtube.com/live/c_PhG920XGQ?si=DD1I_FkZ-AcKmG_y&t=7157

At around the 2 hour mark DSP gets a video of this kid crying in his car about how he feels that his friends dont respect and him and how he feels alone and abandoned. And while yes this is probably some teen melodrama, Phil just starts cackling saying shit like "How is this a comedy he's so sad. Whats the joke?" Just another tally for phil doesnt have any empathy and cant read the emotions of anything presented to him even when its blatantly clear this is not a comedy video.

'He's hard to read, he's pretty dead pan' He's clearly CLEARLY really upset and trying to maintain compsure while focusing on expressing himself while saying what he needs to coherently he really is an autstic fuck to not hear and see that. DSP has never dealt with negative emotions ina healthly matter and has no idea how to. DSP drinks and gambles becuase he can't do what the guy in that video is doing.

DSP laughs when he sees he starts crying as well, that really should be clipped to show what a total piece of shit DSP is, in quick 5 second clip. Hes a fucking bully, and isconstantly looks for angles to bully and belittle whoever hes talking to or watching. Ironically that guy made a video that DSP claims he makes, which is a meaningful video and helps his viewers get through tought times, and DSP while claiming thats what he does day day out can't see the difference between them.

 

[Malakim Phoros]

Few days old but again we're getting the "I'm wired" comments again. But look how deranged this fucking sounds. "I changed so I'm not wired to think like that" says the guy who cant watch two adults kiss in BG3 and says we're the weirdos who can't handle romance

 

[marlintan]

Few days old but again we're getting the "I'm wired" comments again. But look how deranged this fucking sounds. "I changed so I'm not wired to think like that" says the guy who cant watch two adults kiss in BG3 and says we're the weirdos who can't handle romance

The nebulous "alot of people" goes back to 2013 in DSP's head canon, no one commented on his videos but to shit on him, but he picks out "too oversexualized humor" as the goat to blame...

 

[UncleTusky]

Swiped from the main thread:

I feel like his birthday bashes are not sheer narc ego anymore, but a way for him to cope about how much of a irrelevnt dinosaur he is by forcing his dents to play along. I don't know any adult who is as excited for their birthday like DSP is to celebrate it for a week.

Half agree here, to a narcissist like Phil irrelevance and unpopularity are the worst fate imaginable so pretending he's not a has-been and protecting his ego are near synonymous.

IMO things have gotten more extreme in recent years because he's going through a mid-life crisis: He has hated his "job" for years, but it's starting to sink in that he's stuck doing it until he dies..... which isn't as far away as he thought.

Edit to add: If my theory is right we can expect even more half-baked attempts at rebrands/diversifying in the coming years as Phil refuses to come to terms with this. If we are very lucky he might even flat-out demand a dent-funded vacation so he can "escape" from his self-created hell and inevitable demise stressful life.

Maybe this is just me always having existential dread around my birthday, but it's absurd that a 42 year old treats his birthday like a holiday.

It's not just you, many people hate being the center of attention even for something positive.

Edit to add: This goes double for a birthday because most Serious Mature Adults (the real kind, not the DSP kind) don't care all that much about their birthday - the most anyone I know does for his/her birthday is take the day off work and get dinner with friends.

Dave and Linda really must have ingrained in his head that his birthday is a huge week long bash or something. Is that even normal? Growing up we'd only get a birthday party every 'milestone' (Age 7, Age 10, etc.) until we grew out of it.

It is not normal - I got one every year but by age ~12 I'd + or - grown out of it and the 'party' was just my parents treating me to a meal somewhere nice. By age 18 even that had stopped.

Did Phil hold these week-long "parties" in the early 2010s? If he didn't this might say more about his isolation putting his NPD into overdrive than David and Linda's failures as parents.

 

[Corpun]

Did Phil hold these week-long "parties" in the early 2010s? If he didn't this might say more about his isolation putting his NPD into overdrive than David and Linda's failures as parents.

If Jahn Rahmbo or Howard ever poke their head in the vortex, this should be something they are asked about. Them and any old FGC guys Phil knew by proxy, because if he was throwing birthday bashes I'm sure he was waving invitations around to literally everyone.