Anders Behring Breivik | Mental Health & Personality
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- This video answers the questions: Can I analyze the mental health and personality factors at work in the Anders Behring Breivik case. Breivk was responsible for killing 77 people in Norway in July of 2011.
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If a mother telling her child she wishes he was dead, hated all men and therefore hated him and projected sexual fantasies on him didn't constitute as a harmful relationship with her four-year-old son according to child services - you have to wonder what they did consider harmful!
and why the father did not get custody...was he worse?
@@susanb4816 no he was OK, he tried to get custody when he was young, but mothers almost always won in court system at that time.
You are right, he is also crazy like his crazy mother, thanks to genetics...
These Scandinavian countries are known for their feminist legal/social systems.
@@Earlybird86 that is true. But even here, in this case, it was a huge critisism of the system and the judgement of the people involved. So terrible.
I found the mothers comment about being "kicked intentionally" while in the womb to be one of the most insanely disturbing things I've ever heard.
Agreed. Can easily be compared with some of her son's ideas and feelings...
jesus..
My little one would push her foot against my side when I pushed my hand against where her foot usually was, but it was a reflex most likely. It was cute nonetheless
Sounds almost like delusional thinking, or caused by a significant lack of understanding of the mental development of the fetus.
and she was a freakin nurse too, how
Hey Dr. Grande! Here's a case suggestion: Peter Madsen, the guy who killed journalist Kim Wall on his submarine
YESSS!
That's a good one. However, I have never seen the doctor do a request.
@@kurtw531 Most of his videos have been from comment requests but he never explicitly addresses who suggested it
Yes yes yeees!
Im danish and I remember the development of this case, we would debate it at work on lunchbreaks. I knew from the get go that he did it. But other People in the begining were so naive and wouldnt believe he did it. It still shocks me too much to really think about what she went through so i have to not go there. Incidentally the worst killer before Peter Madsen was Peter Lundin, so if i ever have a son i am NOT naming him Peter
As a survivor of the 22 Utøya massacre whenever I hear about him complaining about how the prison treats him horribly!
When he started to shoot at us, his eyes where cold and no emotion on his face.
Was unfortunately to make eye contact with him before he started to shoot at me and a few of my friends. Went there with 6 friends and I lost 5 of my friends, thank god I only where shot in my leg.
I’m no mental health professional, but the way he went through with it, I can’t see him as nothing but a deranged psychopath.
You was really a survivor?
The levels of cruelty demonstrated by him are not forgivable.
@@Aaron-lr1di i believe he is, this is nothing to joke about after all
He is not
@@jandevry3985 Why do you have the old South African flag as your profile picture?
Unfortunately, you are never going to run out of crime content. Fine analysis.
@@rdietz7 heck yeah! Look at Christian/Judaism in a clinical perspective!!
@@calebteas3126 i agree , would be incredibly interesting
I heard he is bias or a shill
@@rdietz7 Wait till he reads about the life of mohammad. Anyways, given the threat to people's lives over the years, doubt he would risk a honest analysis
@@rdietz7 Maybe that had better be done by a christian psycho-analyst such as Eugene Drewermann
"My son is evil". Such a cruel self fulfilling prophecy.
Probably just an excuse she made up later on when Breivik became publicly known to try to justify her shitty behavior.
“Perfect narcissism. We can see in but they can’t see out.” Wow! Nailed it!
Those social workers that decided he should be with his mother should be serving time alongside him.
That was such a bad call... on the other hand, government agencies are afraid of separating parents from their children, especially when there´s no physical (visible) harm involved.
@@harehare I don't know what was his father story, but he did try to get custody. Maybe it would help if he was with him.
He's 41 now, so it's been a while since his childhood. It may not have been the social workers' call, there just may have not been the legal framework in place for them to take a child away based on psychological neglect/abuse, as long as the child was fed, clothed, housed, and didn't face what would've been considered unreasonable amounts of corporal punishment for the times. Maybe Norway was more advanced in that regard, in the 1980s and 90s, maybe not. I don't know. Just putting that out there.
@@Kitties_are_pretty My guess is that some social worker decided that he should stay with his mother. Or at least gave recommendation to the court.
She did get a custody.
I would bet that growing up with her influenced his f***ed up personality a lot.
But yes, we should not blame brainless bureaucracy, let them play solitaire in peace.
Maybe they could be his cell-mates.... ☻
I wonder how much differently he would have turned out if he was raised with his dad.
@@christopherduke8935 Yes, it's such a shame when they opt out of fatherhood. Here, Anders' Dad seems to have tried to gain custody; one of the good guys. So many fathers just aren't interested in parenting.
VERY DIFFERENTLY. His dad actually wanted him. That's how you know his mom was a narcissist. She didn't want him yet she blocked the dad from having custody of him. 😒
Dick Kickem you need to look at more factors than just single mother. Such as poverty and abuse. It’s possible to raise a good adult male as a single mother if you have the financial freedom and mental health to do so. Every situation is different.
Excellent point
@@christopherduke8935 hmm In my human growth and development it explained that the income level of a single mother was the determining factor, and that the children of these higher earning single mothers were as well adjusted as the ones with a father. So it points to it being about resources. If you have two parents you are more likely to have higher economic status aka money. Nothing to do with a Male role model. Correlation is not causation.
This affected the whole country in some way. Everybody knew someone who was there.. My best friend at the time was actually at Utøya when it happened.. she texted me while he was shooting, telling me how scared she was, and that there were bodies everywhere.. At the time the media had reported only 10 deaths, but i knew from her texts it had to be more..
She slept at my house the night after, since her parents were on holiday. She was shaking and crying all night.. even though its 9 years ago, it hurts to think about..
Sunny Roads I hope she’s ok now, trauma can be very destructive
@@champagne.future5248 she is still suffering from ptsd, but it gets better and better for her for every year that passes.
Sunny Roads I’m glad to hear that
The left goes out of its way to make enemies and ruin the lives of other people. Eventually, some of your victims will strike back.
@Mono Palle dude, they were kids. What is wrong with u? Anders wasn't a victim of the left, he was a victim of his awful mother, but that only goes so far when he goes so far to inflict pain on others for no real reason. Please get therapy. I know the world can be a scary and dark place but u can get through it. Life is almost never as simple as we would like it to be. Please get the help u need.
I was in Oslo when this all happened. Shock and grief all around. Guy calls himself fjotolf Hansen these days and keeps on whining how he's being treated unfairly in prison. Makes a nazi salute anytime he's near a camera. Literally a monster. Thanks for the video, though, Dr. - been waiting for this one!
yes the nazi salute is ironic Norway was under nazi occupation for 5years 1940 till 1945 making it the longest country occupied in the second world war after Poland I bet their are many people still alive though very old who lived under nazi occupation absolutely disgusted when he does this on camera
I didn't know that he's changed his name. That's odd. Do you know why?
@@vivienleigh4640 no idea as to why he did that - fjotolf is not even a real name. He did however use it as an alias for one of the fake enterprises he ran when he was buying the chemicals he needed for the bombing. The prosecutors's department have confirmed that he's in fact legally changed his name. He does it all for attention...
@@12presspart i mean he does despise the norwegian royal family for the role they played in the resistance. U're absolutely right, but there are people today that still admire quisling - though they are few.
Vivien Leigh probably to get some more attentin too
my childhood friend lost his daughter because of this devil ! let him rot in jail ! I am thinking of you Freddie !!
So sorry for your friend's loss.
It was such a horrible event! So sorry for her loss❤️😔
Left-wing parties ruin countries.
@@saxglend9439 This isn't the place to pick fights about politics. Show some damn respect for the tragedy that afflicted these people!
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In my professional career where I specialized in child development amongst my colleagues we had a term for parents like this mother: the best diagnosis was that the child needed a parentectomy.
Fits perfectly in this situation.
Thanks Dr Grande
Hilarious term lol
Parentectomy. Love it. I seriously think most people should have to earn a license to breed. Kids and idiots raising the next generation, whilst social security benefits pay for it.
All kids deserve loving parents. Not all parents deserve children. Parentectomy is a great term.
Fantastic. Some people just shouldn't be parents. My own included. Bio father is a narcissist, mother is/was an emotionally abusive and neglectful alcoholic. I became a quiet, shy, overly responsible and introverted woman who never wants to have children because it freaks me out and I'm asexual. Never been in or understood romantic relationships and considered myself to be a freak since I was a child. Fun stuff.
The mother was probably a victim herself as a child
I need to cancel my cable subscription - this is all I watch now.
Yeah fuck cable if you like to learn will being entertained dr. Grande is where its at
That’s exactly what I did. I don’t watch TV anymore.
@@dianneb2224 This, I don't watch TV anymore either.
Cable sucks because of all the commercials. Should be cheap with all of those commercials. Some are funny though
@@dianneb2224 Same here. Cancelled cable years ago.
I am Norwegian. That was our 9/11. It shocked the entire country to the core. The Utøya shootings happened when I was going for walk in the rain just a 30 minute drive from that ferry to that island. Heard there was a gas explosion in Oslo on the radio before the truth came out. I and many many others were crying for a month. Surreal time in my lifetime. EVERYONE was all consumed by this tragedy for a long time.
The whole thing is now a meme in finland
@@mikrosixtysix why
Love how we go international with these case analysis!
If you haven’t yet researched Russ and the mckamey manor you should! I’m hoping doc does a video on it finally! Hoping some more people request it!
Two observations from abroad: why don't Americans usually don't bother to pronounce foreign names correctly (in this case and my experience)? And why bother details of the gun if you're assessing mental health? Greetings from Germany
It's all about perspectives! I'm right now back in my home country of Sweden, neighboring Norway, so it doesn't feel very international. :)
I guess it’s implied when you say “youth camp”, but I think it’s important to get across that most of his victims on Utøya were children between 14 and 18. It was devastating.
@PHONOGRAPH based
I quote a fan of of the cowardly mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik letter to letter:
"it was cause it was a labour communist brainwashing place,he literally took out an entire generation of AOCs and bernies,BASED"
The ignorance of Anders Behring Breivik's sycophants is almost beyond human comprehension.
@@agolftwittler1223 based
He must have known that a gathering of adults would have retaliated.
@PHONOGRAPH This is wrong, and you are extremely ill-informed. Communism? Get out of here.
It's scary to think how much depends on the relationship with parents in childhood
Yeah right... Infact most killers start having problems with abusive parents. As the person develops, the brain can create disconnects from rational thinking and emotion
Can you analyze the mental health and personality factors in people who feel the need to comment first? Great channel Dr. Love the insights mixed with the dry sense of humour. Perfect recipe
Good one 😅
Oh gosh using the acronym OCEAN, I would say high openness, medium to low conscientiousness, high to medium extroversion, medium to low agreeableness, and medium to high neuroticism!
If anyone hasn’t, go research on Russ and the mckamey manor. Would make a great analysis video and I’ve been hoping Doc would do this video at some point. I don’t see people recommend it to him!
Right on. I'm with you. what is it about people that have to say first. Sometimes that's all they say no comment at all just first. I went into the comments of a video I watched the other day there were 19 people that claimed to be first, it was ridiculous. I kept commenting to people saying well I don't think you could be first actually because there's 18 other people that say their first and I just went down the line. It made me for once want to say something. It would be very interesting for Dr Grande to explain why these people have such a need to be first and they haven't even watched the video yet. Great comment you made.
@@dotdashdotdash i think you're accurate on all but one. i would say low to medium on openness to experience since they are literally commenting before experiencing the video.
Why are mothers so influential in someone’s development? Especially when it pertains in serial killers??
Because mothers do most of the parenting (for most children) they shape the child’s self image by what they say to the child about him or her. That’s a very brief summary. Take a Child Development class if you want more info. It will surprise you what we know.
@@leavesongrass In addition to what you said, mothers are also supposed to be nurturing by nature. Can't believe child protective services missed that.
PHONOGRAPH - leftist?
@@sherunswithscissors She was. The people he targeted on the island were the teenage kids of members of the left-wing political party in Norway.
@PHONOGRAPH PHONOGRAPH
PHONOGRAPH
2 hours ago
cause when you mix right-wing nutjobs, religion, prepping and guns with mental illness in women they take it out on weak men especially little boys, they seek to destroy them even their own.
e.g. Kyle Rittenhouse
kid grows up hating leftists and kills two people
See it isn't much different.
It's hard to imagine that such people exist. Very interesting video.
If you live in a bubble it is hard.
We don't have to imagine it... We see it...
@abc cba People see what they want to see... I don't think this will ever change. Even after busting the millionth human trafficking or child p*rn ring we'll still be "amazed" how this can happen.
Hard?! We are reminded every single day. Horrible people doing the worst things.
NO, its easy to imagine. Nobody in Europe gave consent to be over run by the most vile religion ever created, Islam. Only lefty idiots have let this happen, so he attacked lefty roots, a brutal thing to do, but legitimate targets if you intend to save the west.
Definitely need to study this guy to understand what went so wrong in his life and to learn lessons so that future atrocities can be avoided. . Tragic. Thank you Dr Grande .
Dr.Grande, your humour slays me. It is a merciful balance to the material so well presented. I can't get the picture of prisoners in fuzzy bunny slippers now. 😂
@@216trixie Wtf dude....
@@216trixie He didn't make jokes about the murders themselves, or the gore. He made jokes about Anders' narcissism and other circumstances surrounding the situation. Never the deaths.
But, that's not the point of these comments. If you watch Dr. Grande frequently, you'd catch on to his unique style of deadpan humor. Every video is peppered with countless super-clever tongue-in-cheek one-liners, that he hides among serious content and delivers with a totally straight face. If you watch any Dr. Grande video multiple times, you will notice more each time.
But your joke wasn't clever it was just corny and in bad taste. I mean, I don't really care all that much. I'm not terribly offended, just sayin'...lame.
Hi Dr Grande, love your videos. I think its important to point out that the manifesto he wrote is almost 100% plagiarised from other peoples work. He admitted this himself at his trial and it has been corroborated independently as well. That would explain why his writing looks focused and well thought out.
His own stash included an article by the far-right guru Melanie Phillips, who seems to have contributed significantly to his view of the world.
Not true!
@@saintmay1952 What are you disputing? His plagiarism or his Melanism?
@@faithlesshound5621 his supposed complete plagiarism.
He himself stated in the manifesto that only some of it was the contribution of various authors, he acknowledges their contributions and does not claim intellectual ownership of those elements.
If Dr Grande says a persons profile is frightening as a mental heath professional then he truly is a scary individual. Yikes.
This was such an interesting video! I'm norwegian, and I remember the shock and disbelief that racked the country (and still does) very well. And the fact that he had the audacity to complain about his prison conditions is just ...... I have no words. If anybody knows anything about norwegian prisons, they know that there are many worse places in the world to be. We need to understand this man and his motivations, in order to prevent things like this from happening again. Thank you for covering this case. (Oh, and it's Breivik with a hard K at the end, and not some sort of russian "Breivich", haha! Sorry, just had to put that in there ;) )
I was airsofting with my brother and cousins at our summer cottage grounds here in Finland when this happened and we hadn't found out yet. Our neighbors did get a little uneasy when they saw us with masks and real-looking airsoft weapons in our hands wearing camo.
Dude I'm a poor guy in urban New Jersey and those Norwegian prisons look like budget resorts to me. Not to mention how awesome they set you up for life upon release.
Like it legit crossed my mind that if my situation ever became unmanageably bad, to fly to Norway and commit some victimless crime or other to reset my life.
(I'm just kidding of course, I'm not actually that ignorant so please people don't take me seriously).
@@Jimmymatthewb Look up "bastøy fengsel". It is not like a budget resort, it is like a good 5 star one....
few teenagers rest were adults all commies good riddance of multiculti supporters
Lol apparently he's not even "Breivik" anymore, he's "Ftodolf Hansen" now for God knows what reason
Dr. Grande, your humor has me in stitches. The fuzzy bunny slippers not fuzzy enough. Haha.
You are brilliant Dr. Grande
Thank you for such a fascinating explanation of Perfect Narcissism and how it’s manifestation is essentially death; no empathy, desire, relationship or connection to the world. I had never contemplated what the ultimate outcome would be if you took narcissism to its limit, what a horrific life that would be and probably was for that young man and for all those he encountered. Another great video Dr Grande!
Awwsome! I love hearing new cases. But, I ♥️ anything Dr Grande. 🙌😘
NEW???? It was in 2011 how did you not know this
@@oneof134 By "case" the commenter meant Dr. Grande's breakdown of the personality factors
The new thing bothered me a little but using heart emojis to describe the massacre of 77 people....
@@Sammered247 Fair point lmao
@@Kitties_are_pretty 😁😁😁😁
There is a movie from this event, and something to add to the story is how small the island was that they were all on - he chased them around the island for that hour. Some tried to swim away but couldnt. They tried to hide, but he found alot of them... fcking horrible story about how someone could be so cold and calculated.
I saw that movie too. It was a while ago and was very disturbing and realistic. It was done from the perspective of one of the victims who was injured but survived, and his friends died. The part where they were hiding under a bluff while the gunman was right above them had me holding my breath. I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to be there. Does anyone remember the name of the movie? Because I forgot, but I think it was on Netflix.
I was watching the news of this happening, of random people who found out that something was going on, and got on their boats to try and pick up the kids swimming the water. There were people literally playing dead, next to their actually dead friends, hoping he wouldn’t shoot them. It was awfull.
I watched the I Survived episode about this. He hunted them knowing they had nowhere to go. Terrifying
@@juliedurden1320 the netflix movie is called 22 july and there's also another movie called utøya 22 juli. the latter is norwegian and supposed to be really good, filmed in one shot, but i haven't seen it
"Some tried to swim away but couldnt."
Yes most of them managed to swim away. And many of them was picket up by boats from the cold water by civilians while the police was standing on the other side doing nothing...
Dear Dr. Grande,
I like your work and enjoy your videos. As someone who suffers significantly myself, I would like to see a video analysis of the late Mindy McCready. She was a big time country music singer in the 1990's whose life spiraled out of control over the course of many years. She took her own life in 2013. I remember that day. It was very sad indeed. I was a super fan. I connected with her music and her life. I am pretty sure she had several mental health issues that were never talked about. I think you would enjoy reading up about her.
She once said in one of her very last interviews before her untimely death: "I just keep telling myself the more suffering I go through the better character I will have."
Could their be more truer words spoken?
Thank you,
Justin
🇳🇴😣Such a tragedy.....
The most hated man in Norway, no doubt....
We don’t have a long sentence here, and the prisons is like a motel.... Nothing like the US.
I’m just glad he got the strongest punishment we have!
Very interesting listening about his mental health! Very good insight and i sure learned alot more. Have a great week, Dr Grande☺️
@@chocolatewheelchair So if your wheelchair gets too hot does it melt??
@@chocolatewheelchair Glad that bloody nutter is banged up; now about that chocky wheelchair - what gives??
Tragedy?
@@johnkeller3226 Bee Gees??
This shook Norway to the core. I remember crying every day for a long time. Behring Breivik made a big fuss about not being able to play playstation in his nice appartment-prison cell. I think he might have gotten a playstation eventually, just not first person shooters.. I am glad that we believe in rehabilitation in Norway, but this is just way over the line.
Talk about a perfect storm; his childhood sounds like a combination of Hitler's and Edmund Kemper's.
The discription of his childhood is quite different from what I've read most other places and thus it makes me wonder why, and which ones to trust now...however, both describe an upbringing that wasn't ideal. But for example; the way the mother is described is very new to me...I'd like to hear her version, from her own lips, not others, before drawing a conclution. I believe one ideally should not draw conclutions before both side of the story is known... also there is a lot more to be said about the fathers role in this story...
Exactly!!! With the addition of more than a soupçon of 'roid rage.
Way worse than Hitler's.
Anders "Edmolf Hempler" Breivik
@@LindaengelustrupBlogspot As far as I have read the Father pretty much abandoned him after divorcing his Mother, but their definitely was serious issues with his Mother's behaviour towards him.
Good analysis. This man is a monster. I am from Norway and we hate this monster.
Well yeah I would certainly hope that the people of any country would hate a mass child murderer...
Mmmm, yet he's treated like a king in prison
Veldig sant.
@@orueom7720 Indeed, he has access to fitness units, videogames, visitors, is allowed to study at university, internet, tv, newspapers, books... He lives a better live than most outside. And he killed over 70 people. Given what Dr. Grande says here, he must feel this is some kind of reward for his deeds. I am glad I live in a region, where you are judged under humanistic standards, but sometimes, considering the existence of pure sociopathy or even psychopathy in humans, it just feels unfair.
@Roy Ellingsen Allright Squirt! Hva I huleste er det du prater om? Elaborate.. Nissefar!
breivik chose to wear earphones and listen to ear-splitting metal music so he would not feel empathy when he heard folks crying. seems like he had some empathy. surprised u didnt mention this as it seems a really big factor
Training in 1st person shooter video games were part of the "planning" along with the steroids and drugs. He also took drugs before going to the island.
I think a lot of gamers listen to such 'music' while shooting everything in sight on their screen. It helps them get in the groove, achieve 'flow', or whatever.
You would think so, but even in the court room he doesn't seem to care. The only empathy he had was for his country being taken over by radical islam and multiculturalism.
His lack of remorse was mainly because the victims on the island endorsed third-world immigration, which he was highly against. But he actually did apologise, for the people caught up in the explosion, only because they were not his targets.
@@jmp01a24 taking drugs is prep work for high stress situations military wise. do you have information what he took?
@@yehmen29 Id say gamers would rather hear everything around them to play better, but im not 100% sure
Great video as usual. I love the way you present these cases, it’s always educational and never exploitative. Thanks for giving us something to watch on Labor Day!
Also, idea for the 500k subscriber video: “Dr. Grande wears a t-shirt” 🙌🏼
Let's get there slowly. 500k teeshirt under business shirt. 600k teeshirt 😂
Hah!
I dunno, substandard moistuizer may fall under the heading of cruel and unusual punishiment. 🤔🤷🏼♀️ Your description of Perfect Narcissism is definitely frightening though. This incident was horrific. 😢 Great video 💖💗💖
Always seems to be a commonality to people who commit this type of crime: horrible home life.
Oh yes I agree. Don't ever let it be said parenting isn't important. So many of these stories start the same.
Bad parenting plus genetic preconditions create perfect storm.
Look up the Adverse Childhood Experiences study. 9/10 people in jail have a high score
I saw a movie about a survivor who finds the strength to be in the same courtroom as the man who killed his friends & permanently disabled him. He didn’t want Anders to see how he destroyed the kid’s life because he didn’t want to give that man any more power but by standing up to the situation, he found out that he had so much more to him than what trauma his mind & body had been through. He took back the power to decide how his life would be from Anders. Good movie, AMAZING individuals
What is the name of the movie?
Its an irony that from the moment Anders was born to point of post- massacre incident, it was all about the stories of victims. He was already one by his mother before causing more by his own hands. In short, if he could miraculously turn away from hating others later on, then god's grace has a role in it for I don't know what will.
"Not sure somebody needs a degree to figure that one out..the behavior kinda gave away..."
Hahaha. 😭
Dr Grande pumping out the content ! I love it .
I just hope Dr. Grande never loses interest in CZcams because I think he has the best mental health channel. Period,
You all should look at Russ and the Mckamey manor if you haven’t. I’ve wanted dr grande to do a video on that forever!
Jake Curtis - I also love the live abuse free channel 💜
62 (of the 69 victims) in the island Utøya were between 14 and 25 years old. I'm a foreigner living in Norway and I came here in 2012, after the attacks. Every time I think about these kids I cry bitter tears. Every single time.
Attended a Financial Crime conference last year where the lead investigator for this case spoke about the behaviour of the perpetrator in the years leading up to and during the attack. Very disturbing. Thanks for covering another really interesting case 🙂
Again a video of great quality, as we are used from the doctor. This was such a horrible case. So many innocent people killed. Thank you, Dr. Grande 😃 🇪🇬
If you haven’t yet researched Russ and the mckamey manor you should! I’m hoping doc does a video on it finally! Hoping some more people request it!
Saw his trial on tv in germany. Was shocked how cold and self righteous he was. Like a machine that thinks its better than all others. No humanity at all. 😨
It is a fascinating subject. It is incredible how much theoretical and practical work is needed in this field. Thanks Dr Grande ❤️
As a norwegian, i have read a few books about him. And his conduct during his trial speaks for itself. Narcsisist to the core. And the damage he has done to the people of Norway is severe. To this day, i feel sick hearing about this.
An analysis of people who can't stop watching mental health analysis videos. Please cover Lance Armstrong.
Ray Ross look into Russ and the mckamey manor! That video is one I’ve been waiting on forever.
I like your videos because there are things I disagree with, you make me think about these cases. Some I agree with, some I disagree with. This is the special thing about your channel, I learn from it.
Thank you for this video. So interesting and kind of shocking since his actions was very close to home. My friend worked in the justice department, where the bomb exploded. It is still a very big trauma here, in Norway, for many people. Understanding his "madness" is almost impossible, but I agree with your analysis!
Jeg er enig med ham i mye, men lurer litt på om kildene han har fått tildelt er 100% riktige... for eksempel beskrivelsen av moren til anders. Jeg lurer også på hvor de kommer fra, hvem som bekrev henne slik og hvorfor...sier ikke de er feil, det kan ikke jeg vite, men de er ganske anderledes enn de beskrivelsene jeg har hørt andre steder og jeg har lest ganske mange. Savner også mer informasjon om farens rolle, handlinger og oppdragelsesmetoder... rett skal være rett, og slike faktorer er veldig viktige i slike grusomme drapssaker
I am one of the persons (I think a number of people suggested this one) who asked about this person as a subject matter, so thank you for seeing this request and doing a video on this. Good point about more research required into extreme narcissism.
Dr. Grande, I scored very high on openness and very low on extroversion. You can therefore imagine how mentally stimulating I find your objective and analytical perspective on controversial topics. Thank you for your work.
What an amazing analysis (as usual with Dr. G.)!! Dr. Grande brings his sense of humor and sensitivity in equal measure, so that even these incredibly disturbing stories are meaningful and palatable. A powerful lesson and opportunity to feel for / humanize people who do monstrous acts at 14:10 - intense narcissism is like a one-way mirror: we can see in but they can’t see out. Amazing insight!!!
Why would he know what it is like to be empathetic with a mother like that, children are like sponges and learn what they experience.The damage was done in his early life. Some children are, and no doubt will continue to be, subjected to the most unimaginable psychological abuse, sadly, as we see in this case, not all are taken away from their abusive parents.
Not true about children being like sponges, but serious abuse is bad, yes. Personality though is much more based on genetics vs the morals of the parents.
Yes, but there are people who grow up with parents like her, or worse, who have never harmed others, and especially: not murdered 77 persons.
Cleaning the house today, time for Dr Grande marathon !
Wow, I didn't knew any off this cruel background.
Sad, sad story.
Thx, Dr. Grande
Very interesting analys, thank you! His trials was also a display of narcissism, he seemed to enjoy the attention he got. Another interesting point is that he refused to claim insanity in the court.
This guy really freaks me out. If there's a hell, I'm guessing that's his mother's current address.
Thank you for all of your hard work and quality content, Dr. Grande. Happy Labor Day!
What about his mother's parents?
What about him? Doesn't he have any responsibility for it?
@@aciska From what I read, his mother's parents were in quite an unfortunate situation. I didn't find information about them being intentionally cruel to his mother.
@@leoandersson6461 Oh, I'd say he's 100% responsible for his actions. I just think his mother is largely responsible for his paranoid thoughts and violent inclination. She was cruel to him.
@@Ricki_Raquel Your mention of an unfortunate situation got me interested and here is what I have found in wiki: "...Breivik's mother had had to take care of her disabled mother starting from age eight. The grandmother had contracted polio and became paralysed and wheelchair-bound. Wenche also lost her father as he died when she was eight years old. (...) On top of her handicap, the grandmother developed psychosis and constantly blamed her daughter for her illness. She made Wenche completely sacrifice her life for her so that she wasn't allowed to develop as a normal child at all and didn't attend school regularly or built a stable group of friends. She fled her abusive home at age 17 ...." .
children tend to be clingy and demanding, that's why we take care of them for 18 years...
It's weird, right? It's like you have to feed them every DAY!!!
I lived near Oslo when he went on his rampage, and I still remember the moment i heard the bomb blow up. I thought it was thunder, but then the reports came in. He's an absolute monster, and he killed so many kids, including an acquaintance of mine. (a classmate of my sister)
I didn't know much about his childhood before this video, and it does explain a lot. It's probably easier to end up as a bad person if your mother perceives you as evil before you're even born. Strange that she fought for custody when she felt this way about him.
His relationship with his mother sounds like "we need to talk about kevin" minus the sexual part
I wouldn’t count out Breivik being a victim of sexual abuse
@@samiam2088 I should've clarified i was talking about Kevin not enduring any sexual abuse
I would actually like to see an analysis of that movie / book
@@veronikabelina3188 me too I think it'd be interesting
I think the mom in "We need to talk about Kevin" wasn't abusive in a deliberate or negligent way. She had issues with the kid but she was trying. Kevin however, strikes me as absolutely psychopathic, even as a toddler. At the same time he also has his enabling dad in his home. Maybe i misremember it since I read it almost a decade ago but I don't think this is really comparable.
It demonstrates the impact on neurological development of the trauma inflicted by his mother even whilst he was in the womb and then during critical points in his development. Bruce Perry has written a lot about the causes of lack of empathy resulting from emotional abuse and neglect.
The docu-drama "22 July" on Netflix is about this guy. It left me wondering what his psychiatric issues would be and you, Dr. Grande, explored this very well. 5 Fuzzy Bunny Slippers for you today!
I don't usually comment, but I really hope you see this. What you just described in this video is perhaps the best description of narcissism I have ever come across. You covered so many categories of deviant psychopathology and maladaptive character traits that span so many different mental illnesses and personality disorders, and contextualized it in such a succinct, straightforward manner, that you very clearly separated and distinctified what is very obviously a severe character defect from anything else for which it could be confused.
Incredibly well-said, sir. Your words are gold.
Wow, this is one of the most chilling summations that Dr Grande has ever done, although I’m not particularly surprised.
Your videos never fail to keep me on the edge of my seat, Dr. Grande. Listening to your insight on mental health topics is just so relaxing and interesting. Speaking of Norway, why not make a video about the Norwegian Black Metal scene? It would make for a quite interesting analysis with so many eccentric characters such as Euronymous, Varg Vikernes and Dead. Keep up the great work!
This is one of those very tragic incidents that you don’t hear too much about. Good analysis doc!
How good would it be to have counselling with Dr. Grande? I honestly feel that whatever issues you might have, you’d find solutions with him.
He gives the disclaimer, "I'm not here to diagnose you, I'm just speculating about a situation *like* yours. Also, I do take most forms of insurance."
Wow. Never heard of this guy. His small, bald, deep-set eyes remind me of a former a-hole supervisor I had years ago. But...jeez...his mother really screwed him up. I'm telling you, one should need a license to have kids. Thanks for sharing your thoughts ♥
You had an a-hole supervisor? What was the problem down there?
He has 'Norwegian eyes'. Very typical eyes for people from Northern Europe
9/11. Have you heard about that?
@Kevin James no, thats asians who has epicantic folds. Norvegians has same eyes as english, germans, swedish and other north europeans and a lot of people from usa
@Kevin James
As an Norwegian myself, i can assure you what i say is right.
Bjørk is same, another group of people living in Norway
I think this: what Breivik has is simply a dismissive avoidant attachment style, caused by the cruel severe emotional abuse by his mother. It sounded like she wants to say he was evil because he was clingy! That's normal for cute little babies to be clingy and their need for presence, attentiveness and responsiveness of their attachment figure needs to be fulfilled and satisfied! However by her cruel unbearable mental torture of this child by separation anxiety she made him evil - she induced a dismissive avoidant attachment style in him.
What I don't understand is why his father was denied custody. Brevik's mother made it obvious that she despised her child; his father actively petitioned for custody. Brevik's life may have gone down a completely different road if he had an upbringing with a loving parent.
Could you please discuss the 2019 case of the two Canadian teens who became fugitives ?
Oh, I remember that. At first they thought they were *in* trouble but turns out they *are* trouble.
@@Ron4885 Yes, very interesting case. Many questions still unanswered.
@@strawbeechoca791 What has not been answered?
@@RideAcrossTheRiver True motive. Which is impossible to extract anyway.
@@strawbeechoca791 By "true," do you mean identifiable and actual? What usually motivates murderous armed robbers?
Thankyou Dr. Grande, you have a true professionalism about your technique and it shows through your logic. ❤️😄. Self absorption is death.
We appreciate the knowledge you give us about these topics on mental health. 😍😀. I believe another Swedish diplomat Dag Hammerskjold would be interesting - he was the opposite in character to this felon. He wrote a diary called “MARKINGS” in which his unselfish talk and mannerisms showed through. It would be interesting to see someone with true altruism analyzed Thankyou for your wonderful analyses. 😍😄👍
Narcissism is indeed explained here well. 🤒🤒
Hammarskjold is a fascinating character, and "Markings" is a thought-provoking read....
TUCK - Hidden Values THANKYOU FOR YOUR COMMENT 😂✈️
What a great Idea 🥰
6:30 in the morning, coffee, yoghurt and a dr. Grande mental health analysis. Perfect
One of the most revolting displays of his narcissism during his trial was how he could sit through everything smiling, until they played his propaganda video that he had himself made, and he starts crying like a child. THAT is what made him emotional, he basically moved himself to tears with how great he thinks he is. Just a horrific person, probably very interesting to study from a psychological perspective tho.
Great Grande analysis today, as always.
I wonder why they wouldn't serve him Beluga caviar with his filet mignon, medium rare? Poor fella.
What a wack job. He should be actually *punished.* Or maybe without an audience he _is._
Thank you Dr Grande. Totally interesting as usual. 👍🌹
The worst punishment he could receive, is to be denied an audience. He yearns to be remembered, he views any and all public mention as positive recognition. Hence the survivors along many norwegians strive to emphazise the victims rather than the perpetrator.
If you perceive him as a being that was created by his mothers disease, is it sensible to want to "actually punish" him? What do you mean specifically by that?
He is dangerous, deranged and will likely always be a threat to others. He is diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He has odd and excentric thinking. This isn't a normal functioning being. At the same time he had nothing but punishment during his entire childhood and youth. (You'll find much more specific facts about that than in this video when you look for it.) So the society wasn't there to protect him, even though his father tried. It enabled his mother to do this to him and to make him what he eventually became. Why add to the torture? Society is protected from him. He doesn't have an audience and the dead will never be brought back, no matter what you do to him.
What does "actual punishment" mean to you?
@@RubashowPresumptuous. I don't perceive him as being created by his mother's disease. I perceive him for what he is - a human being with the same choices as everyone else. He chose to kill people. Those are wounds that can never heal for the families. I think he should be exempt from living his life as well. Execution is the way it should be but it s not, so the world gets more and more violent. And thats on your account, and others who think like you.
@Okay. How do you know it wouldn't? Innocent people getting justice against the blood thirsty ones is a bit different. You seem confused as to who is guilty here. When it's your child or family member that's shot down in cold blood, let me know how you're feeling about that "blood thirsty" thing. It's too easy for people like you to talk. But the fact remains; justice is not allowing that prick to live. When those kids can raise from the dead, you might change my mind. Otherwise you're wasting my time.
@@elisamastromarino7123 I did not presume anything about you or him and I don't appreciate you talking down to me. Of course I had an idea of,what you were trying to say, which turned out to be true but my question marks were sincere.
A couple of points: The world very evidently doesn't get more and more violent. At no point in human history was there less violence, less violent deahts and less wars than right now. At the same time there were never fewer death penalties issued than today.
If you lock away violent offenders there is just as little violence happening as if you would kill them.
How can execution be the answer to violence in general? If you heavily beat up someone do you deserve death? You made the world more violent after all.
Ironically your way of thinking makes the world more violent, because there would be a whole lot of killing going on. In my world we would simply lock those people up.
Also this could very likely have been prevented entirely if he was separated from his mother. You seem to completely disregard that he did not have the same freedom and not the same experience as someone who is normal. If we don't realize the humanity of people like him and our complicity in allowing a child being mistreated like that, how are we supposed to lower the amount of violence in the world?
How is waiting until somebody snaps and then executing him, helping his victims and lowering violence?
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I'm always watching your videos, your, doing such a fantastic job on CZcams, informing the public. Everone who wants to learn more about psychology, will do fine with your videos 😊
The human mind is fascinating and I believe It's important for people (in general) to stay informed and aware about mental health Issues, behavior of people, why people act..the way they do...?!
Thankfully there's always something to learn from on your channel 🤓
Your calm and soft spoken voice makes it pleasant to listen to, excellent explanatory so long story short 😅
You make Psychology much more approachable, easy to follow and comprehensive.
👍Interesting & Educational 4 Everyone! 🤗
I'm glad your here to teach us about the human psyche 🧠 /behavior!
Could you do an video on Andreas Lubitz? (the pilot who flew the German Wings plane and all the people on board into a mountain)
He also seemed to have extensively planned his suicide...💀
What was he thinking, what happening with this guy, why would he want to take the lives of these innocent passengers/crew?
Can you give your view on this case?
Thank you and greetings from Holland🌷 🇳🇱
I have been following Anders appeals re: prison life over the years. In my opinion, Anders thinks he would be very popular in prison and have somewhat of a ‘Top Dog’ role and feels he is being denied adulation and comradery. What Anders has never grasped is that his actions are reviled even by white supremists as his target was not just children, but white children. He directed his (very reluctant) lawyer to approach numerous white supremacy groups for assistance or testimony and they were all disgusted by him. Sadly, his complaints actually highlight how great his life in prison in a highly developed nation is. He famously complained that he can only play non-violent games on his personal gaming system, and when you just think of all those innocent people losing their lives, it enough to make you disbelieve in prison reform.
D T believe it or not, “white supremacists” as you call them are people too. Most people regardless of political disposition believe that the murder of children is reprehensible. I’m right wing but I could see people on the left finding such acts of barbarism disgusting too. Polarisation can be a dangerous thing and just because somebody is on the opposite side of the political divide, it doesn’t make them wholly evil and in support of murdering kids
D T my argument extends to the right in its entirety, that includes the far right as well as the far left. Just because one is against mass immigration and wants to see persons repatriated to their countries of origin, this does not make said individual evil. Many people hold this belief and have good reason to hold such a belief. Once again, it does not make them evil or mentally unhinged
D T well I’m in my country of origin for one and secondly it would depend on your motives and reasoning. I for one can empathise with immigrants, I don’t blame them for coming to the west on mass, I blame the politicians who allowed and encouraged this to happen in the first place. The fact that I can empathise with the immigrants doesn’t change my stance on mass immigration however, I can see that it is tearing my country apart and the same could be said for other European countries. Once again, I can empathise with the immigrant but will I put him above the interests of my own people and the welfare of my own nation? Absolutely not, humane repatriation is the only solution to this mess of a situation
D T the UK
Reflective and insightful. Im from norway myself, was on a local festival the former night before this, people bursted into tears of course all around. Ive wept many times and still do. If he could socialize with other inmates my bet is on he wouldnt last through the day... Sorry but I believe in tooth for a tooth... Norway needs a much harsher type of penalty, Totally agree such monsters should not be given much , actually waste of resources,hes to big of a threat.
You should make a video on the character "Kevin" from the movie "We need to talk about Kevin".👍🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Can you please do an analysis/diagnosis on Dwight Schrute from the Office
or Annelise from How To Get Away With Murder
Imagine killing nearly 70 people and getting out of prison in 20 years
He won’t get out ever 😂
I'll let you into a secret. He won't be getting out.
I really enjoy your videos. I studied psychology, interested in personality and mental health. I went for a humanities degree in the end. I respect your rational and logical thinking, which gets in-depth into the topics. Psychology / Psychiatry can sometimes feel reductive, but not so much here. Have you considered a video on Vincent van Gogh? That's a big one.
Today's question asks how many days in a row can Dr. Grande put out a new video? Amazing, keep it up, makes our days better! Thank you.
During the time of this crime I heard that he suppressed his emotions to prepare for the mass murder by locking himself in his room playing "violent" video games. He would stop himself from feeling positive emotions. This stuck with me. There's no denying that he is a narcissist but is this something narcissists usually do? Also, the fact Norway has very comfortable prisons compared to the US makes his numerous complaints even more ridiculous. Having a games console in prison??
His discussion of playing COD games generally came across as bragging about his "rigorous" planning/training. This displays potential arrogance and grandiosity. He also talked about spending a year playing WoW 14 -18 hr a day. Aside from the narcissisms needed to admit this fact without solicitation or deep shame, this may indicate that video games were method for feeding his power fantasies. I would say his behavior is therefore not inconsistent with NPD.
This is very interesting, I'm from Finland and it was really huge thing here too. He had some like minded friends in Finland..
One of the most vile crimes committed by a single person, unimaginable
i dont think 67 children dying constitutes anything near the most bad crime committed by people
@@Andreabay90 - For sure there are huge amounts of hideous acts that are worse then Breiviks but as an act by a single person working alone it's up there with the very worst.
few teenagers rest were adults all commies good riddance of multiculti supporters
If I remember correctly, he was utterly offended when his lawyer wanted to use the insanity defense. (He also wouldn't like your pronunciation of his name 😉 He's so proud of what he did and it would hurt his inflated ego.) He's said that his only regret is that he should've succeeded in shooting more people, that is to say youths. He didn't shoot an eleven year old though when he could have. That's a bit incongruous.
He chose this particular lawyer because he new that the lawyer was one of the "enemy", that the lawyer was a social democrat. I suppose Breivik got some sadistic satisfaction from it.
I’m a fan of Dr Grande. It’s getting harder to follow you as you explore the psyche of so many horrible souls
Please do a video on Russ and his Mckamey Manor! It will make for great content and I’m so curious to hear your thoughts
If you guys don’t know about it, go research it and then you will see why this video is crucial!
Great analysis as always. Very thought provoking.
Chilling to think of the degree of narcissism that makes another person’s bone fragment causing a tiny cut an actual problem.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on Oscar Pistorius by the way. 👍🏽💙
Hey , I believe the good Doctor did do an analysis of Mr Pistorius some months ago! It may have been focusing more on Riva's murder
Demmi Morelle, THANKS, I’ll look for it! ❣️
I appreciate the way you bring a touch of levity to this awful tragedy, I remember feeling shocked - things like this just don’t happen in Scandinavia.
By the way, the "k" at the end of Breivik, is pronounced like the "k" in bank. :)
”vik” means ”bay” - as in Viking. It’s not the Slavic ”-vitch”-ending
He called himself "Andrew Berwick" in some of his English-language writings. A guide to how he pronounced his old name? At the time of his trial, he was referred to on British media as "Andresh."
@@faithlesshound5621 anglo-sised spelling and pronunciation is unfortunate and Scandinavian folks are used to the language being butchered. That said, like any language, it's nice if people at least try to get it right.
@@faithlesshound5621 Andresh? Wow. That's wrong. An-ders. I think the s sound at the end is a heavy s. So it's almost an English sh, but not quite. When a swede says it, you can hear the say sh more. But in English it wouldn't be wrong to just say An'-ders.
Andrej Brević
What stuns me is, that in every photo I have seen of Breivik, he looks "empty" and cold. His face is almost blank, but his expresssion is unsettling nonetheless.
I bought a wide angle lens for my camera that morning, and brought it home to unpack and check it out. Then I wanted to return to the city center, and try out the lens on some of the more prominent buildings. The facade of the tall government building, the target of the bomb, was foremost in my mind. There were also lots of other interesting buildings surrounding that entire building complex. However, the new lens wasn't working, so I was considerably delayed. I wanted to return to the camera store, which was quite close to the government building, get a replacement for the broken lens, and then head straight to the government building. When I arrived by subway and headed to the store, I ran straight into lots of people being evacuated from the area. I noticed lots of broken windows in one street. I could not get to the camera store, because of police barriers. I phoned my sister and asked her to turn on the TV, and she told me about the bomb, and news was coming in about shooting on Utøya, the island. I started photographing, and kept going for three days. My pictures are on the net. I wonder what would have happened if that lens hadn't been broken. Would I have been victim number one, standing next to the car with the bomb? Or at the facade on the other side which was just as deadly because it blew straight through the reception area? Or would I have been at least not far from the bomb, photographing other buildings, which was also a huge risk? Did I miss the greatest photo scoop ever? Perhaps I would have changed my mind about which building to go to, and been elsewhere in the city center. For some years my thoughts were "what happened is what happened", but now I've been thinking a lot about that broken lens, and all the other possibilities that could have played out.
Dr. Grande chooses the best topics.
If you haven’t yet researched Russ and the mckamey manor you should! I’m hoping doc does a video on it finally! Hoping some more people request it!
Wow, doctor, great topic. I appreciate that you do European cases as well! Sure the language barrier makes it more difficult and time consuming for you, but sometimes it's worth it, don't you think? So thank you for very much for this one.
I remember the day, when this happened very well, there was (almost) nothing else in the news these days. It took a while for me till I understand, what had happened. The pictures were so weird.
I've never seen any sign of psychosis in him. I personally think he's too hard too be a schizophrenic. Don't think that he really has much fantasy. His ideas derive from being a fascist. He's a classic poltically super right man. Pretty much the same type of person exists here in Germany and other countries, too. He's almost a cliche type of this. They always behave this extremely macho male, this is part of their, let's say, "cultural tradition". There is nothing ill about that. I admit that I feel ashamed for a part of your commenters here. It is so childish to simply state, that someone is a "monster". Actually it's inhuman, too, and very similar to what this guy says about other people. No, he's a human, even if people are to immature to accept that even fascism and extreme violence belongs to the human condition and is always and will always be a possibility, that exists. I think this has in part evolutionary roots. We have to be prepared as a society for that. Describing other people as monsters shows that people absolutely aren't. That's a problem.
I do think, that assigning him a personality disorder is appropriate. If it's NPD or something else, well you sure know this better than me. Something in the dark triad, I would have guessed. Thank you again for your expertise.
P.S. I think his last name is spoken as "breyvi-k, with a k like it is pronounced in "sick". But your subs from Norway know this better than me. 🙂
Sorry I'm so late in replying, but I had to say how much I agreed with what you had to say. I happened to be at home sick when this all happened and followed the shocking developments throughout the day. Believe it or not, I also read the entire 'manifesto' Breivik published, in the days following. It mimics the nonsense found in Nazi literature, about the mythical ancient and noble northern Europeans that Breivik hoped would stir other mini-Nazis to action.
Dr. Grande's piece is the first time I heard about his mother's deranged attitude to him as an infant. I cannot imagine that this would have been anything other than a deeply disturbing experience, that may go a long way to explain Breivik's pathological personality, his warped view of others, and his fanatical extreme right-wing ideology. But, as you point out, he is a fellow human being - though I don't blame anyone for exclaiming 'Monster' when thinking about his monstrous actions. I don't share the opinion of others who think Norwegian prisons are too cosy, unlike the stinking holes found elsewhere. Rather, I commend the Norwegians for offering criminals decent surroundings, because that is a testament to their humanity. I see no point in subjecting prisoners to degrading conditions as some kind of revenge - which would itself be a criminal act if not sanctioned by the state.
Well, not having the fuzziest fuzzy 🐰 slippers *IS* incredibly frowned upon. Outrageous I say 😂
Great analysis, Dr Grande.
Completely inconsequential to the case, but as soon as I saw the title I was curious about how the name pronunciation would go throughout this video :P Yours is probably as close to accurate as it's going to get with an American accent.
Norwegian here, just wanted to point out it's pronounced "Breivick", not "Breivich".
Good video tho!