Oct 10, 2026 · 39 min · 14 segments
In this episode, Dr. K reacts to stand-up comedy clips to break down the psychiatric mechanisms behind jokes about mental illness, trauma, and therapy. He explains how severe trauma shatters…
Alok KanojiaHostSelf-diagnosed with disassociative
disorder.
It's dissociative.
It wasn't me cheating on you.
Self-diagnosed.
Important.
What does that mean, though?
That's what used to be known as multiple personality disorder.
This is correct.
It's an controversial diagnosis.
I'm not getting into it.
Yeah.
You can, just so you know.
Like, you can totally.
You get
to walk off stage after this.
I've got to meet these people in the parking lot.
When you say these people, do you just mean one?
Okay, so let's get into multiple personality disorders and why it's a controversial diagnosis.
So I once asked one of my mentors, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, hey, are multiple personalities real? And he said, I believe in multiple personalities in the same way that I believe in aliens, which is like statistically, yes, there is probably something out there called multiple personalities or people do really have multiple personalities, but I never believe anyone who says they've seen one.
You know, it was it happened within literally 24 hours.
And it was like, here's my two other personalities and their names.
I was like,
Self-diagnosed with disassociative
disorder.
It's dissociative.
It wasn't me cheating on you.
Self-diagnosed.
Important.
What does that mean, though?
That's what used to be known as multiple personality disorder.
This is correct.
It's an controversial diagnosis.
I'm not getting into it.
Yeah.
You can, just so you know.
Like, you can totally.
You get
to walk off stage after this.
I've got to meet these people in the parking lot.
When you say these people, do you just mean one?
Okay, so let's get into multiple personality disorders and why it's a controversial diagnosis.
So I once asked one of my mentors, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, hey, are multiple personalities real? And he said, I believe in multiple personalities in the same way that I believe in aliens, which is like statistically, yes, there is probably something out there called multiple personalities or people do really have multiple personalities, but I never believe anyone who says they've seen one.
You know, it was it happened within literally 24 hours.
And it was like, here's my two other personalities and their names.
I was like,
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