Confessing Unresolved Trauma & Revealing Internalized Ageism on Golden Bachelor | Season 2 | Recap Episode ::} 107

2025-10-06

Examine how castmates reveal ageist bias and confess unresolved trauma on Golden Bachelor (episodes 1-2 of season 2) with Doctor Kay and Doctor Ray!A free excerpt of the video version of this episode is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9tXg-ShLiSgDr.s Kay and Ray recap the first two episodes of The Golden Bachelor, starting with a lengthy exploration of their views on the second Golden Bachelor himself, Mel. In addition to recapping the episodes, they also applied their 6 psychology segments, taking brief moments here & there to...

Examine how castmates reveal ageist bias and confess unresolved trauma on Golden Bachelor (episodes 1-2 of season 2) with Doctor Kay and Doctor Ray!

A free excerpt of the video version of this episode is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9tXg-ShLiSg

Dr.s Kay and Ray recap the first two episodes of The Golden Bachelor, starting with a lengthy exploration of their views on the second Golden Bachelor himself, Mel. In addition to recapping the episodes, they also applied their 6 psychology segments, taking brief moments here & there to discuss mental health, sociopolitical oppression, and relational dynamics that regularly crop up–spilling the mental health tea in reality TV!

During Reality Check, Dr.s Kay & Ray brought in studies that accidentally aligned, due to sharing a theoretical domain: positive psychology. The hosts explored themes related to resilience in the face of ageism and control over the determinants of happiness, diving in only after discussing the dangers of toxic positivity and bypassing.

What do you think: How much of your happiness is determined by your external circumstances? Genetics? How about Intentional Decisions under your Control?

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Reality testing is when we check an emotion or thought we’re having against objective reality.

So, here in Reality Test, we’re going to be testing the thoughts, emotions, interactions, and producer antics of reality television against what we know, as licensed psychologists, about objective reality.

Come with us, let’s Reality Test!

Hosts: Dr. Kay & Dr. Ray

Thank you to our sound extraordinaire, Connor!