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Holy Paxil, Batman! Not that Batman would even know what Paxil is -- he's too busy fighting crime to take stock of his own mental health. Luckily, some nerdy doctors are here to help.
Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Debowy just gave a talk at New York Comic-Con titled "Psychiatry and the Superhero," and apparently mental health experts can't even get a read on the guy.
"He just lives his life," puzzled Dr. Debowy, but it seems to us like it might go a little deeper than that: The dude dresses up in a bat costume, fights crime and has serious commitment issues. (At the same time, commitment schmomitment -- look at those abs! Hubba hubba *old-fashioned horn noise* *panting* *etc.*)
It's funny because psychiatry is not portrayed particularly flatteringly in Batman lore. Arkham Asylum is closer to "Shutter Island" than a respectable mental hospital, and many shrinks in the comic end up becoming villains. But he remains interesting to doctors as a weird literary representation of post-traumatic stress. (He sees his parents murdered and then, um, puts on a bunch of rubber and fights evildoers.)
Don't these doctors who are trying to tackle Batman know that tackling Batman will probably get you a face full of grappling hook? We feel like they may be reading too much into things. But then again, that's what we pay them the big bucks to do.
Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Debowy just gave a talk at New York Comic-Con titled "Psychiatry and the Superhero," and apparently mental health experts can't even get a read on the guy.
"He just lives his life," puzzled Dr. Debowy, but it seems to us like it might go a little deeper than that: The dude dresses up in a bat costume, fights crime and has serious commitment issues. (At the same time, commitment schmomitment -- look at those abs! Hubba hubba *old-fashioned horn noise* *panting* *etc.*)
It's funny because psychiatry is not portrayed particularly flatteringly in Batman lore. Arkham Asylum is closer to "Shutter Island" than a respectable mental hospital, and many shrinks in the comic end up becoming villains. But he remains interesting to doctors as a weird literary representation of post-traumatic stress. (He sees his parents murdered and then, um, puts on a bunch of rubber and fights evildoers.)
Don't these doctors who are trying to tackle Batman know that tackling Batman will probably get you a face full of grappling hook? We feel like they may be reading too much into things. But then again, that's what we pay them the big bucks to do.
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