Psychotherapist Reacts To Bo Burnham - Can't Handle This

The "i hope your happy" at the end gets me every time because he wants them to be happy even though he clearly isn't

Did you know during this song when he was screaming at the end, was him screaming because he was ACTIVLEY having a panic attack, then after the show he quit comedy for a full 5 years before he returned in 2020 during the pandemic.

Bo has always had a knack for luring you in with his comedy and musical talent only to completely shift the tone halfway through and deliver the truth of the matter. A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. As a fellow Millennial, I can’t even begin to explain how much his art has meant to me over the last 18 years. I’m always happy to see someone of a different generation experience one of his performances for the first time. Thank you for sharing! I hope you continue to seek out his stuff and react to it ❤

Right brain/left brain is fantastic by him, as well as perspective of god and the entirety of the Inside Netflix special. I’ve been watching Bo since 2010 and he is absolutely an amazing writer, comedian and artist.

I highly recommend his Netflix special "Inside". Made during the pandemic, it is raw, brilliant, heart breaking, inspiring, and one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen.

I was a latecomer to Bo Burnham as well, but I watched his Netflix pandemic special, and wow! He is a true musician, so talented and creative. It’s a true journey that validated a lot of what many of us felt during lockdown. “Welcome to the Internet” is outstanding!!

I love the new generation of comedians externalizing and being open with their mental health. I hope it means we never lose anyone like Bo the way we've lost so many of the last few generations. RIP Robin, Chris, John and all the rest.

I'd definitely recommend watching his netflix show "Inside". That got me!

You should absolutely check out Bo's special "Inside". He made it during the Covid shutdowns and it gives you a really great look at his mental state during that time

Drops an amazing introspective, a minute after "I'll blow my dad before I eat a burrito with a fork." That's Bo yo 😂

For some insight into Bo's journey. This was the last performance he gave before quitting comedy for 5 years, towards the end of the performance, he started going through a panic attack. He has a song from his special, Inside that talks about this experience. The song from Inside is called, All Eyes on Me that's worth a listen.

Always thought the burrito bit was his way of explaining the fame and popularity he gained so quickly spilling over and being too much for him to handle.

You said it: it’s heartbreaking

There are so many layers to this performance with the metaphors with the Pringle can and Chipotle, the meta manipulation of the audience to prove his point, the foretelling of his absence, the storytelling, etc. Bo is a tortured soul that has a true gift. I love what he is able to give us, and I feel terrible for liking something that brings him pain. I truly hope Bo continues to find things that bring him joy in life. I've met him after a show once, just standing outside alone drinking some tea, and he's a good person. He was even kind enough to let us get pictures with him while I had no idea at the time that he was probably dealing with the things he talked about in this performance.

Would absolutely love to see a full-length reaction to his special Inside. It's a masterpiece of solo-filmmaking. Even if you have ro chop it up into bits for YouTube, it's worth watching as a whole.

"laught as he attempts to give you what he can not give himself" hurt me in a way I didn't expect. It's rare to have the ability to make your audience feel so much in so little time, going from jokes to silly to sad to depressive... just awe inspiring

And when he said that he should just shut up and get back to it some of the crowd cheered. I feel like those folks missed the point.

Yay! I LOVE watching people see Bo for the first time. The dude’s a genius and his back catalogue is nothing but pure gold. Bo has always been very open about his struggles with mental health and his art shows it. Even back when he was a kid (he started out on YouTube when he was 16) he had an amazing knack for expressing the headspace that comes with being symptomatic. Here’s some recommendations in no particular order: -Welcome to the Internet -From God’s Perspective -Pandering -How the World Works -Art is Dead -Left Brain, Right Brain -We Think We Know You -All Eyes on Me Liked and subscribed for more Bo! Cheers

This guys whole story is so relatable to me and he's someone who I grew up following on and off. I remember being on youtube as a kid and seeing his song Rehab Center for Fictional Characters and I immediately fell in love with the comedy. But years and years later this special was put on Netflix and it blew me away. His special Inside is so compelling. He has a way of ending his shows very dramatically and climactically while showing he is human and struggles just like all of us. It unfortunately makes me think of people like Robin Williams, the brightest person in the room, the person who brings laughter to crowds, but inside they're tormented with self doubt, anxiety, etc.

This is probably one of the most emotionally intense and real performances I've ever seen.