Mark Slapinski - April 19, 2026


Jordan Peterson’s Daughter Has BAD NEWS


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8 minutes

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168.74146

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1,482

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47

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In this episode, I update you guys on what's been going on with my dad's illness and how we've dealt with it. It's been a stressful year for my family and I can't wait for you guys to hear about it!

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, this is a video update on dad's health, as well as a much longer portion of information
00:00:05.580 about what he's suffering from, what a lot of people are suffering from, unfortunately,
00:00:10.680 and what my experience with these issues was. These updates are not fun for me. They're really
00:00:16.580 stressful. And I would have updated you guys sooner, but he's still been really sick. And
00:00:21.340 he got worse over the last few months. And I'm 25 weeks pregnant. And I wasn't able to record
00:00:27.380 anything without weeping the whole time until this week apparently uh and it stresses out my
00:00:34.100 whole family to talk about it online and there's no point in adding stress to an already stressful
00:00:38.180 situation except that because we're public dad in particular it's also stressful not talking
00:00:43.940 about it because then rumors get started and then that's all people wonder about so here goes
00:00:50.740 dad's been suffering from an old neurological injury that's more recently been causing akathisia
00:00:57.440 akathisia is the worst thing i've ever seen anyone go through that sounds dramatic but it's true
00:01:03.700 we talked about it in 2020 and 2021 when he experienced it after clonazepam injured him
00:01:10.060 and i'll explain why it's an injury in a bit i had a very brief experience with akathisia with
00:01:15.960 symptoms that were extremely horrifying but not as severe as his when i went through antidepressant
00:01:22.040 withdrawal from lexapro that was just over 10 years ago and that experience like the withdrawal
00:01:28.280 period that was really severe lasted two and a half years for me where i was nearly disabled
00:01:32.680 this was kind of before i had a public thing going on that's when i just had a blog
00:01:40.680 i've linked a bunch of papers below about everything i'm going to talk about so that
00:01:43.960 people watching can get scientific background information about what this is because it's not
00:01:48.920 talked about nearly enough for how catastrophic it is in my opinion psych med injuries and psych
00:01:55.640 meds as a whole should be considered a national emergency given one in six americans or possibly
00:02:00.520 more depending on the stat is on one of these medications and long-term use appears to cause
00:02:05.880 mitochondrial dysfunction that manifests as a neurological injury i'll get into more of that
00:02:12.520 in a bit too akathisia is a side effect that's way more common than people know usually caused
00:02:18.200 by psychiatric medications although other medications can sometimes cause it and so can
00:02:23.240 sudden cessation from those medications that's a huge trigger so like suddenly stopping one of the
00:02:29.160 medications that can also cause it and sometimes people with parkinson's can experience it too
00:02:34.840 it is intolerable discomfort that makes people want to crawl out of their skin it's a neurological
00:02:39.800 injury really a lot of people don't survive it and there's no quick fix although i'll go into
00:02:45.720 how we've dealt with it before without videotaping me sobbing and it seems like a bunch of my sadness
00:02:53.380 this week has turned into anger which is actually at least more enjoyable for me but uh without
00:03:01.380 posting a video of me sobbing i don't know how to describe how bad it is in words but i'm going to
00:03:05.600 take a stab at it. You guys could look up videos of other people suffering with it if you want to.
00:03:11.100 It's catastrophic. Before I get into it, let me be super clear. Dad has not been on a psych
00:03:17.640 medication since January 2020. This recent flare-up of neurological symptoms wasn't due
00:03:23.360 to new medications. That's partly why we had no idea what was going on for about six months.
00:03:29.080 We went to specialists, obviously, and it was misdiagnosed repeatedly, which is super common.
00:03:35.600 Then he got pneumonia and sepsis, and obviously that's a whole thing to recover from too, and dangerous, you know.
00:03:45.260 This year's just been terrible.
00:03:49.300 This recent flare-up that started last August was likely due to the stress of both of his parents, my grandparents dying last year, moving countries, selling his home, and mold exposures, which was enough to trigger a recurrence of neurological symptoms.
00:04:06.560 like what he experienced in 2020 2021 something we obviously didn't think was possible after
00:04:11.600 five and a half years away from these psych medications but i've talked to psychiatrists
00:04:16.480 who say they have patients that experience what experience this this has been unbelievably hard
00:04:23.120 on my family every day for the last year has been hell i haven't been posting podcasts regularly
00:04:28.560 online because until a few days ago i've cried every single day my brother is stressed out my
00:04:33.920 mom is stressed i mean it's impacting so many people um and of course my dad you know moms
00:04:43.280 thank goodness such a strong person and thank god for faith if it weren't for my dad and our love
00:04:49.040 for him and the strength of our family and how we've been through so many health problems you
00:04:57.520 almost adapt you don't because it's too awful but like we have got good communication skills
00:05:04.880 and we're closer if anything now otherwise this would have just crushed us i've certainly been
00:05:11.980 walking around in a state of panic for almost a year now to make pregnancy hormones definitely
00:05:17.480 don't help that and then to make matters worse i don't even want to mention this really because
00:05:22.100 i don't want to give it any attention but some journalist online reached out to me trying to 0.92
00:05:27.340 pin dad's symptoms on stem cell treatments, which is so dumb. It's hard to fathom. And I responded, 0.91
00:05:35.140 which was stupid. You just should just never respond to a journalist. But I was like, Hey, 1.00
00:05:39.120 I really appreciate you looking into doctors, but like, that's not what's going on with dad.
00:05:43.540 I'm going to talk about what's going on with dad. But it just isn't associated with stem cells.
00:05:50.460 and he ignored me and anyway that kind of thing is annoying obviously so dad had stem cell ivs
00:06:01.740 over the years a couple times uh to see if they can help with neurological pins and needles and
00:06:07.580 pain and like sensitivities and things and i had mentioned in one of my videos that last summer in
00:06:14.380 june he had a stem cell iv from a specialist this is a specialist i don't know it he was like hooked
00:06:20.300 up with him from one of his friends a great specialist but it's not someone i'm connected to
00:06:27.580 he stayed in a moldy hotel for that treatment and that brought back symptoms it wasn't the
00:06:32.780 stem cell iv he's had hordes of those and trying to link the stem cell iv in june
00:06:39.980 to sepsis from pneumonia in october is insane
00:06:43.820 anyway sepsis happens within days of an infection so not only are we dealing with
00:06:51.840 missing my dad pregnancy for me taking care of him and being really sad but we also have to deal 0.96
00:07:02.060 with morons on the internet so according to dr peterson's daughter michaela father is suffering 0.53
00:07:07.180 from a neurological issue caused by benzodiazepine usage, specifically clonazepam. This explains why 0.99
00:07:14.680 he hasn't been seen in public for the longest time. It appears to be quite serious because
00:07:19.320 her father clearly isn't well enough to go on camera even for a short period of time.
00:07:23.840 Dr. Peterson took a break from public appearances in the summer of 2025 and that was according to
00:07:28.900 a statement by his daughter and this was allegedly due to a variety of health issues he was struggling
00:07:34.480 with. Unfortunately for Dr. Peterson, this isn't the first time he's disappeared from the spotlight
00:07:39.560 due to health issues. The psychologist formerly spent time at a hospital all the way in Russia
00:07:44.180 and that was due to benzodiazepine withdrawal. Fortunately, that time he made a full recovery.
00:07:50.540 This time, he might not be so lucky. The video made by Michaela was posted on X and people in
00:07:56.760 the comment section speculated that she might be lying and that this could be some ploy by the
00:08:02.020 family. However considering the seriousness of these claims I think we should just take her at
00:08:07.380 her word and assume she's telling the truth. If we find out she lied and we have evidence that's a
00:08:12.180 whole other story. I really hope Dr. Peterson makes a complete recovery. However considering
00:08:17.020 his old age and his long history of health issues that might not happen. I'm starting to have my
00:08:23.220 doubts. Having severe neurological issues at this late age is likely a death sentence despite his
00:08:29.480 daughter's optimism. I'm really not a fan of Dr. Peterson, to be honest. I find a lot of his work,
00:08:34.500 especially his later stuff, to be rather misogynistic, to say the least. But regardless,
00:08:39.540 I still wish him the best of luck as a human being. Unlike trunk or mega types,
00:08:44.120 I try to hold myself to higher standards.