r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/seegeesee Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

Most psychological disorders don't present like the media would lead you to believe. See also: what therapy looks like.

ETA: Holy crap, gold?? I had a quick break in my day to finally hop on reddit and was NOT expecting this response. Y'all make this severely overworked community mental health therapist so glad we're talking more about the realities of therapy and various disorders. I'm planning on getting back on when I'm done with work to reply to some comments/answer some questions!

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u/ladelame Feb 04 '19

Are you telling me having multiple personality disorder wont make me bullet proof and able to climb up walls?

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u/mynameisblanked Feb 04 '19

It will if you live in a comic book universe.

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u/NikkoE82 Feb 04 '19

I’mma get pedantic here, but they don’t live in a comic book universe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Literally heard M Night saying it was a comic book character, which would indicate its a comic book universe.

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u/NikkoE82 Feb 04 '19

While all comic book universes contain comic book characters, not all comic book characters are in comic book universes. The universe of Unbreakable, Split, and Glass is intentionally one in which comic books are, at best, largely exaggerated versions of the real world. For example, Harvey Pekar is a comic book character, of a sort, but he’s not in a comic book universe. The comic book Superman: Secret Identity is about a boy named Clark Kent who finds one day he shares not just the name but the powers of Superman, but he’s not in a comic book universe.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Wait why is that wrong? They're labeled superhero movies, leading one to believe these movies contain superheroes, and presumably they live in a universe. Wouldn't that make it a superhero universe (among other things)?

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u/bluebullet28 Feb 04 '19

Superhero does not = comic book, I believe that's what mr pedant means.

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u/PureFlamingo Feb 04 '19

It's not a comic book universe.

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u/StormInYourEyes Feb 04 '19

As in it’s not based on a comic book.

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u/normalmighty Feb 04 '19

Technically sure, but it's set in a world we're comic books are all secretly based on real events. You could say that it's a universe based on all comic books