Amateur Diagnosis
IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE
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I mean, sometimes it's just that obvious . . . also, Elliot is a MOOD with that level of anxiety.
Call us out why don’t you
I just so happened to recently also come to this conclusion for myself.
That moment I described a set of symptoms to a neurologist and he's like "sounds like an anxiety disorder, those aren't my area, you should see someone about it though" and I'm like "oh... yeah, that tracks"
i love Elliot so much. I feel his anxiety spirals.
Clinton needs to take Elliot home right now and pet him 'til he calms down. ^_^
Im sure Dora could reccomend a decent therapist..
Dora's therapist refuses to see any of her friends anymore XD
This doesn't seem to be the Elliot that took a punch to the chest and told some guy he'd drunk too much.
That was work. This is personal.
Please, please, please. let Elliot meet Mrs Augustus, call her that and have her say "Please, call me [Mrs A's first name, which we still don't know]!"
Mrs. June Julie Augustus? :)
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe?
Is Elliot a secret Canadian?
Constantly apologizing, overly anxious about being too forward with the person he's interested in romantically. Yup, Elliot is me. And considering how I have multiple anxiety disorders, its probably not a stretch that he does as well.
Let's focus on the positives Dinner date and meeting the parent at the same time. Plus there will be a dog
Part of me is cranky about how perfectly normal first date nerves are getting pathologized here. But OTOH, I have a couple-few diagnoses myself, and my sense of normal might not be.
I think nerves went out the window last week and he's getting deeper into overreaction territory, now!
THIS POOR MAN NEEDS A NAP, GODDAMNIT.
The Bouncer/Baker combo is NOT healthy.
oh Elliot the *feels* I should not be wanting to glomp an imaginary character who sets off my anxiety empathy. Ordinarily I am a Brun but this comic gives me the opportunity be more like a Clinton and pattern-match the situation better than he does :D
Hahaha! Clinton's line in the last panel is basically what my PCP and therapist said after I said I was stressed all the time and took some basic tests.
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Elliot's anxiety is in perfect working order. No disorder I can see...
PLAUSIBLE
Oh Elliott you poor sweet idiot baby😭
Feeling both "of course he has an anxiety disorder" and "what do you mean everyone's not like that".
Clinton, springing a dinner guest on your mother with less than a day's notice is kind of inconsiderate.
Clinton is not anxious enough
This is what it's like to live with General and/or Social Anxiety.... so absolutely.
Elliot, just relax a little and take a few breaths! You only told Clinton you're interested in him, not that you want to have his children!
mood tbh
ordinarily inviting your anxious crush to meet your mom would not exactly help their anxiety! ... except that Clinton's mom is super chill, so maybe this will all turn out alright
Also, she'll probably be high as balls!
You don't need an anxiety disorder to have these reactions... But it helps
God I've missed Cosmo.
I APPRECIATE ALL CAPS STATEMENTS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THESE!
He's so cute!
Soft Boy Syndrome?
Now Clinton is the confident one? And Elliot is just being adorable here.
Clinton (like many introverted intellectuals) is always confident when it comes to a "problem needing solution." See him asking Brun about how she feels about Elliot, to solve the issue at hand. Unfortunately, that does not translate well to emotional situations, dating, respecting boundaries, etc. So while he has trouble figuring out how to handle Elliot's declaration of love, he has no problem noticing the pattern in Elliots talking, and offering a potential course of action. (Okay, this response is too long, and probably shows that I'm a "Clinton" lol)
Are the ladies still there, just out of frame?
They've got popcorn!
These two idiots are such fun to watch.
Yissss, this is so cute!
It's all starting to make sense, lmao
Where are THEM?!
Do you mean Yay?
Who in this comic doesn't have one?
Who reading this comic doesn’t? :)
This arc is just what we needed right now. Thanks Jeph ❤️
Elliot is going to love Cosmo.
relatable anxiety content
Definite anxiety disorder.
ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE
Elliot is having a Claire “YES ICE CREAM” moment and I’m thoroughly enjoying it.
Don't forget that Hannelore had one of those as well.
Good fucking lord why does this feel relatable
Because it is. For a lot of us.
I FEEL VERY SEEN HERE
Came here to say the same 😬