Dr. Phil

Stabbed and Abandoned/Addicted to Video Games? (12x82)

Air date: Jan 16, 2014

Twenty-four-year-old Shannon says two years ago, her ex-boyfriend, Sam, stabbed her multiple times in the face, hands and arms with a butcher knife — and she feels betrayed by her family, including her mother, Diane, because they didn’t visit her in the hospital. Diane says she had too many obligations at home, and had this been a “life or death situation,” she would’ve taken the trip to see Shannon. Is she lacking compassion, or is Shannon being a drama queen? When the two come together on Dr. Phil’s stage, can they put the past behind them and repair their fractured relationship? Then, Kasey says she’s fed up with her 24-year-old son, Jason, who is still living at home, refuses to get his driver’s license and plays video games all night long. Is Jason addicted to gaming, or is Kasey enabling her son? Find out why Jason blames his mother for his current situation. Can he learn how to survive on his own — and does he want to? Dr. Phil enlists the help of best-selling author and psychologist Dr. Art Markman to help this mother and son start fresh.