Are You Delusional? Do You Suffer From A Mental Illness?

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About

"Are You Delusional? Do You Suffer From A Mental Illness?" is a quote spoken by American psychologist and television host Phillip McGraw on an episode of his syndicated tabloid talk show Dr. Phil. Recently, the quote has been used as a reaction image macro, especially on Reddit communities such as r/PewdiepieSubmissions.

Origin

On February 7th, 2019, the ninety-eighth episode of the seventeenth season of the American television program Dr. Phil aired, titled "My Fiancé Believes He's A Superhero".^[1] In the episode, host Phillip McGraw interviews an individual who refers to himself as Goose Wayne Batman. At one point in the episode, McGraw inquires as to whether the guest is afflicted by any sort of mental condition. The YouTube clip shown below, which was uploaded by the official Dr. Phil YouTube channel on February 7th, 2019, received over 360,000 views and 4,000 likes in one month.^[2]

Spread

Shortly after the episode aired, the image of Dr. Phil asking the questions began seeing use in Reddit posts as a reaction image. On February 11th, 2019, Reddit user /u/zeebbbrrrraaaaa1 submitted an image utilizing the quote as an image macro to r/PewdiepieSubmissions^[3] (shown below). The image received 8,600 upvotes in twenty days.^[3] On February 13th, 2019, Reddit user /u/TheMacdondaldBorgar submitted another macro to the same subreddit (shown below). The image received over 19,000 upvotes in nineteen days.^[4]

Other edits posted over the following month include a Diogenes in /r/HistoryMemes that gained over 1,900 points (shown below, left) and a post in the /r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate that gained over 20,000 points (shown below, right).