Ludwig Gets Honest with Dr. K

This is the longest he has gone without saying “Twitch prime”

It’s okay Ludwig, I talk about our friendship with my psychiatrist weekly.

I love how Ludwig goes from "I had an indoor pool" to, "my dad died", and then to "3.0 GPA" as if it's not at all important to know that he had an indoor pool.

"Dad died, high school was great" I laughed more than I should have.

You gotta appreciate Lud’s positivity and his openness to talking about his issues. What a trooper

he’s been speedrunning since the shower races what a legend

Imagine being in actual therapy and telling your therapist: Yeah bro let's explore that, it'd be hype. Twitch makes everything so strange lmao

I'm not even halfway through the video, but it's so fascinating to see Dr.K slowly disarm Ludwig, even when Ludwig started giving involuntary reflexes to guard himself. Dr.K was able to do so in a way that could point Ludwig to what he was doing without being insulting. Kudos to him for being able to maneuver so efficiently, but doing so with empathy. And kudos to Ludwig for being open and allowing himself to be vulnerable.

This video is actually really interesting. As a person who goes to therapy, this is a real eye opening experience. It's not often that you'll see another person open up about their problems. I do really like this.

I just need a clip of Dr. K saying "You are just as deserving as everyone else" to cry myself to sleep to.

I love how at one point Dr. K is like "so you think people with anxiety are more deserving of therapy than someone who's dad died tragically of alchoholism when they were very young" and lud just agrees with him

All jokes aside, it breaks my heart that guys like Ludwig carry this kind of "I don't deserve taking up a therapist's time" sentiment with them. It's not a matter how who has it worse-- everybody deserves therapy. Ludwig's problems are just as important as someone severely depressed; he would deserve therapy even without his heavy history, and so would all of us.

Random comments aside, talking to a counselor, therapist should be normalized because you can understand yourself and others better

"When someone dies, it's a constant war to keep them in your lives for as long as you can, and you can't because you will lose to time every time." Uh, damn, did not expect Lud to be able to whip out some deep ass shit like that on the fly wtf

I had just started crying and then Dr K went for a tissue... The thing with "having gone trough some rough times as a kid but overall having had a good childhood and much to be grateful for, and thus not feeling deserving of attention or help" really hit home. I mean, it was a major theme in my 3 years of therapy and still... Everyone deserves mental health, get help sooner rather than later, friends.

I lost my brother a little over a year ago. This video helped me realize i need to go back go therapy to process this. Thank you Lud and Dr. K.

My father passed away a couple months ago due to cancer. For context, I’m 20 years old so definitely more developed and capable to handle trauma than a ten year old, but still it sucked. Actually, today his obituary was posted in the newspaper in his hometown. Anyways I found this conversation between you and Dr. K extremely relatable and that we both had a very similar coping experience with the situation that we were dealt with. It was easy to close my eyes and superimpose myself into the discussion and pretend that I was the patient. Honestly, this conversation helped me a bunch and helped ease some of my pent up sadness. I already planned to go see a therapist at my uni because its free and why not, but after watching this, it solidified my decision and gave me some urgency to make an appointment. Thank you! *Edit* Thank you for everyone’s support and good will towards this post. I also want to thank those who were brave enough to share their stories and experiences too. On a final note, I want everyone to know that there is always someone who cares about them no matter how sad or depressed they are feeling.

Ludwig: "One of those nerdy degrees" Also Ludwig: Has an english degree

Amazing and insightful chat between two of the best on here

This was great. An odd thing that occurred to me was that the kind of relationship we might form with a deceased loved one would technically be a "parasocial" one.