Does this woman really know more about stephen fry than he himself does? I'm amazed that she is telling him how he is and feels! All thats been said about her lack of passivity is largely true. She is trying to sspin this man's memories.
Wow this is the first time I've actually felt sorry for Stephen, in this interview he does come across as deeply insecure and weak minded in certain ways. I think the woman got too hung up on him having sex when he was 15, at that age he was a sexual being with free choice and could have fought back if he was being raped. It's his relationship with his father (or lack thereof) that I found so sad, I think that did scar him alot more than he's willing to admit.
@gravitybongo in his autobiography he said that he use deliberately fail in a very obvious way the topics his father cared most deeply about, because he thought it better to deliberately fail then try and not live up
Someone has been reading the psychiatric textbook Pamela, you can't put everything into nice categories like that no no. I was bemused to say the least when you kept referring back to father issues. Being bipolar myself on the severe end of the spectrum have you never heard of mixed episodes? I think you are making too many assumptions on preconceived conceptions that's all I want to say.
"My name is Pamela, and I'm going to pretend to totally understand an incredibly complex personality in one session, which is, ultimately, more like a celebrity interview than any sort of psychological process."
This is like William Shatner's Raw Nerve. At least Bill never pretends to be doing something medical. He's an actor, not a doctor.
She seems bent on playing the ‘role’ of her profession. She seems always to be ‘acting’. She tries too hard. But I love Stephen – how could anybody not? He brings tears to my eyes as I recognise so much of myself in him.
@MsNimpnimp - That has absolutely no baring on my comment whatsoever, with all due respect. There are other interviewers who do the same thing - constantly interrupting and trying to force their opinion by refusing to shut the fuck up - the difference being that Pamela IS a clinical psychologist, so you would expect some basic level of professionalism in this kind of setting, if not a higher level of professionalism.
@TheWanderingAngel So when whilst achieving your Phd in clinical psychology was it that you realized passivity was the mark of higher professionalism?
@MsNimpnimp - Your pointless sarcasm aside, there is a huge difference between passivity and allowing another to express their opinion or statement without the need to constantly interrupt. It's hardly a difficult concept to grasp.
@MsNimpnimp - You do know that just because a person is a professional in their field, it doesn't mean they can't be unprofessional, right? It is entirely possible to know more in something than another and yet still be an absolute unprofessional twat about it, or do you have this naive view of the world where such things do not occur? I honestly wish all people who can call themselves professionals in their fields acted professionally, but the qualification does not guarantee such an attitude.
@MsNimpnimp - This is utterly pointless. You have nothing but sarcasm to offer in this debate, rather than any actual points. I am done with this conversation. All the best for 2012.
Does this woman really know more about stephen fry than he himself does? I'm amazed that she is telling him how he is and feels! All thats been said about her lack of passivity is largely true. She is trying to sspin this man's memories.
IgnoranceBlissful 3 weeks ago
@IgnoranceBlissful Who cares?
yoyuepz 3 days ago
Wow this is the first time I've actually felt sorry for Stephen, in this interview he does come across as deeply insecure and weak minded in certain ways. I think the woman got too hung up on him having sex when he was 15, at that age he was a sexual being with free choice and could have fought back if he was being raped. It's his relationship with his father (or lack thereof) that I found so sad, I think that did scar him alot more than he's willing to admit.
gravitybongo 1 month ago
@gravitybongo in his autobiography he said that he use deliberately fail in a very obvious way the topics his father cared most deeply about, because he thought it better to deliberately fail then try and not live up
255ad 1 month ago
Someone has been reading the psychiatric textbook Pamela, you can't put everything into nice categories like that no no. I was bemused to say the least when you kept referring back to father issues. Being bipolar myself on the severe end of the spectrum have you never heard of mixed episodes? I think you are making too many assumptions on preconceived conceptions that's all I want to say.
samkalbag 3 months ago
"My name is Pamela, and I'm going to pretend to totally understand an incredibly complex personality in one session, which is, ultimately, more like a celebrity interview than any sort of psychological process."
This is like William Shatner's Raw Nerve. At least Bill never pretends to be doing something medical. He's an actor, not a doctor.
kmanfitz 3 months ago
OMG she's so hard to take, and he's so wonderful!!!
prashantigrl 3 months ago
I think sf subconsiously wants to inpersonate oscar wild and his boy in one
I forgotthe name thats why I say boy ( was it bosy? or something like that?)
QIgorecki 3 months ago
i love stephen
first interview conducted of her I have ever seen and I m sorry to say she came across to me as being a real "bitch"
she would probably say "o, what anger what did your mother did to you?"
and I would go "sod off"
QIgorecki 3 months ago 2
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He is fine with this woman. As your self why YOU are not.
iamsandraj 3 months ago
She seems bent on playing the ‘role’ of her profession. She seems always to be ‘acting’. She tries too hard. But I love Stephen – how could anybody not? He brings tears to my eyes as I recognise so much of myself in him.
MarkLucasTube 4 months ago
@MarkLucasTube Well obviously that's your father's voice ;)
vibins360 3 months ago
Could this woman shut the fuck up for 5 minutes?! Jesus Christ, I'd hate to be her client.
TheWanderingAngel 5 months ago
@TheWanderingAngel It's an interview, not a session of therapy.
MsNimpnimp 1 month ago
@MsNimpnimp - That has absolutely no baring on my comment whatsoever, with all due respect. There are other interviewers who do the same thing - constantly interrupting and trying to force their opinion by refusing to shut the fuck up - the difference being that Pamela IS a clinical psychologist, so you would expect some basic level of professionalism in this kind of setting, if not a higher level of professionalism.
TheWanderingAngel 1 month ago
@TheWanderingAngel So when whilst achieving your Phd in clinical psychology was it that you realized passivity was the mark of higher professionalism?
MsNimpnimp 1 month ago
@MsNimpnimp - Your pointless sarcasm aside, there is a huge difference between passivity and allowing another to express their opinion or statement without the need to constantly interrupt. It's hardly a difficult concept to grasp.
TheWanderingAngel 1 month ago
@TheWanderingAngel Well, I'm glad you know better than the accredited and practiced psychotherapist in the video.
MsNimpnimp 1 month ago
@MsNimpnimp - You do know that just because a person is a professional in their field, it doesn't mean they can't be unprofessional, right? It is entirely possible to know more in something than another and yet still be an absolute unprofessional twat about it, or do you have this naive view of the world where such things do not occur? I honestly wish all people who can call themselves professionals in their fields acted professionally, but the qualification does not guarantee such an attitude.
TheWanderingAngel 1 month ago
@TheWanderingAngel What evidence do you have that this is what's happening here?
MsNimpnimp 1 month ago
@MsNimpnimp - The video.
TheWanderingAngel 1 month ago
@TheWanderingAngel What a well supported and convincing argument.
MsNimpnimp 1 month ago
@MsNimpnimp - This is utterly pointless. You have nothing but sarcasm to offer in this debate, rather than any actual points. I am done with this conversation. All the best for 2012.
TheWanderingAngel 1 month ago
thats your opinion silly lady.
Dannyp1945 5 months ago
i dont like her style at all.
minervamcgonagall86 5 months ago 2