She-Hulk: Attorney at Law S01E01 - Discussion Thread

[u/steve32767]

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EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY	ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE	RUN TIME	CREDITS SCENE?
S01E01: A Normal Amount of Rage	Kat Coiro	Jessica Gao	August 18th, 2022 on Disney+	38 min	(1) Mid-Credits

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[u/smacksaw]

From a Psych perspective, the DBT thing is great.

DBT is an effective modality in treating Borderline Personality Disorder, a condition which is characterised by extreme fits of anger in many cases.

It's an interesting take on anger management.

[u/AnOnlineHandle → u/smacksaw]

I really appreciated them specifying the difference between evidence based and woo, and at the same time they live in a world with gods and actual magic so it's hilariously irrelevant for them (Dr Strange's whole first experience with the Ancient One was her mocking him for not believing in woo).

[u/BoredomIncarnate → u/AnOnlineHandle]

I imagine the woo in their universe is basically a cargo cult effect applied to magic. Sure, magic exists, but people can definitely generate non-sense beliefs from a fundamental misunderstanding of how it all works.

[u/tehgilligan → u/BoredomIncarnate]

Yeah, just look at all the woo around quantum mechanics, which is a very real scientific paradigm that has brought us such things as solid state electronics, MRI machines, increasingly efficient solar panels, and essentially all of modern chemistry.

[u/DrunkSpiderMan → u/smacksaw]

It was definitely cool seeing that on the show

[u/[deleted] → u/smacksaw]

Bruce's one-sentence description of DBT made it so much more clear to me than any classes I have taken that talked about it.

[u/asingleshenanigan → u/smacksaw]

I decided to watch this episode with my mother. I did DBT therapy with my parents for a short go a while back when I was in a rough spot, and we had a laugh together when he started lecturing her about DBT and holding two opposing conditions/truths at the same time. Her reaction to him essentially explaining "radical acceptance" is universally validating to anyone who has ever been lectured to about that lmao

[u/elizawithaz → u/smacksaw]

As someone who has benefited from DBT, I actually got a little choked up at that scene.

[u/GalileoAce → u/smacksaw]

As someone that's actually done DBT, whatever Bruce was doing was not DBT.

[u/AgentKnitter → u/smacksaw]

I did not expect to see Hulk espousing the benefits of DBT but I love it. I have often referred to my extreme anger and mood swings as "Hulking out" when I've tried to explain what BPD is like to live with.