My son thinks he is a “Skibidi Toilet”

I’ve taken him to several therapists but nothing works. My son thinks he is a “Skibidi Toilet”. He honestly and truly convinced he is one of these singing toilet creatures, and will not stop insisting that everybody else believe him too. It is relentless and unnerving.

The obsession with “Skibidi Toilet” started with Roblox, where I was oblivious to the psychological harm it would cause us at the time, and often gave him money to buy things from the game. Looking back now, I notice every purchase on my credit card went towards some stupid accessory in only the games about the toilets.

He started watching the “Skibidi Toilet” YouTube series. Over and over again. He would sing the song along with the toilets, until he had it memorized, and started singing it all the time. He watched videos from lore and film theory channels, learning anything and everything about the “Skibidi Toilet” ever thought and recognized in the “Skibidi Toilet” universe. I’ve caught wind of several of these videos when they’ve been on in the house, but I don’t understand if there’s any coherent narrative to any of them.

My kid used to be smart and bright but his mental capacity is waning because of this. I fear for his future development and potential growing into an adult. His schoolwork and reading comprehension scores have gotten lower and lower, and his social interaction skills have faltered as well. I used to expect a “hello” or “good morning” from him, but now all I get is a "“Skibidi dob dob yes yes yes, Skibidi dob dob dip dip” … you know, “Skibidi” this and “Skibidi” that. I’ve had it with this stupid fucking song and everything.

The effect this phase has had on him is almost too much to bear to witness as his loving and deeply concerned mother. He started climbing into public toilets and cramming himself into the bowl. He has been sent home from school early several times because of this unexplainable behavior, which ends up involving several adults forcefully pulling him out and suffering a tantrum back from him.

Now I leave him at home and keep him suspended from school. I don’t believe he is ready to return anytime soon. I am on the verge of breaking down in tears. I keep the bathroom locked, but he often finds a way in regardless. There is nothing he likes doing more than crawling into the toilet and singing the “Skibidi Toilet” song. He believes now 100% that he is a “Skibidi Toilet”, referring to our bathroom toilet as his “exo-skeletal shell”. I woke up to him doing this at 3:00 AM this morning and was so exhausted that I did nothing and tried to go back to sleep. I feel like a failure as a mother. I just don’t understand this.

Our lives a “going down the toilet”, so to speak. I can’t “handle” much more of this. I just “can’t stand” to see my child’s mind and soul hit such a low point in life, going so deep down in the “sewer”.