One thing in the Sopranos, these Panic Attacks !

Holy Mother,

Tony has them AJ has them ! This must be something passed down , in the gene's or something ! No wonder they named the club Badda Bing ! They are always droppen here and there. Then dealing with the mother (Tony's) Uncle Jr., Janice, they gotta lot of shit in that family. I know that we all have family members that go on and on, but I think they over did it in the Sopranos. What do you folks think ?

Change in wind, fucks with your resperatory system - Johnny Sac

Haha yeah they over did the panic attacks, prozac advertisements and mental illness abit.

And Tony's father had them. They definitely overdid it, but I liked it. Especially with Tony; the world got so complicated that even a mobster can't handle it any more.

Exactly. That was the entire point of the show.

Look at every day life and the people you know these days... a lot of people are on some kind of medication for all kinds of emotional issues. It's a bit scary actually.

Some good points made here. I guess it is better to fall down and do the chicken, than kill your family with all this stress in everyday life !

I always wondered what happened to the strong silent type, like Gary Cooper. - Tony

Gary Cooper wasnt a 12 year old boy. - Teacher

Well he was at one point - Tony

Do you think the real mobsters visit shrinks these days?

Even if they did, they would never tell anyone although the news would most likely resurface one day. The reason the show focused so much on Tony Soprano’s personal problems was because the creator himself, David Chase, still suffers from panic attacks and severe depression.

They were funny first season when his mothers aggravating him would bring them on.

Don't know about these days i do know Frank Costello visited one back in the 50s though.