Originally posted by
Aragorn
I'm not interested in and don't care about his sexual orientation, but there's something "off" about him, in my perspective. He always appears utterly calm and doesn't show any sign of emotion in his videos, no matter how long they are. There's not even a hint of a difference in vocal inflection. He does on occasion insert a few humorous comments ─ or attempts at that ─ into his analysis, but all without changing the tone of his voice or his facial expression, as if he doesn't even find his own jokes amusing. Which he probably doesn't.
He also keeps on asking for people to subscribe, like and comment on his videos, which means he's monetizing them ─ and thus, he's probably not earning a lot from being a psychiatrist, which is already weird in and of itself ─ and he introduces himself as Doctor Grande, which has a connotation of the old-school paradigm for me, where people were somehow regarded as more respectable if they had some sort of social title in front of their name ─ e.g. doctors, lawyers, notaries, teachers and headmasters, politicians, et al.
For instance, my mother went to school with the wife ─ now widow ─ of our family's general physician, and she would therefore always address said woman as "Madame" instead of by her first name. Likewise, the pharmacist and his wife were addressed by my parents as "Sir" and "Madame". I don't do that. I address my general physicians by their first name, and when people who've known me for years ─ such as my opticians, who have by now known me for 26 years already ─ address me as "Sir", then I just tell them to drop the formalities and address me by my first name.
Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if Dr. Grande were to turn out a psychopath, in the clinical sense. Many of the videos on his channel are dedicated to the topics of psychopathy and narcissism, which I find peculiar. Besides, most psychiatrists are people with issues anyway ─ that's why they've taken enough of an interest in the subject to study it.