Anyone who has read Jordanetics knows how I always expected the Jordan Peterson story to end.
Jordan Peterson’s lifelong embrace of unconventional thinking may be coming at a cost to his health. The 63-year-old Canadian psychologist and bestselling author, whose books have sold in the tens of millions and whose net worth is estimated at more than $100 million, is gravely ill.
Details have largely been scant. It is not clear whether he has been seen in public at all for the better part of a year. In October 2025, Peterson’s daughter Mikhaila posted to her Instagram account that her father had ‘got sick and came to stay with us in July, then… went to the hospital by ambulance.’ Earlier this month, 34-year-old Mikhaila shared another update, this time in a video message shared to X, formerly Twitter. Peterson has, Mikhaila said, been suffering from an agonizing condition called akathisia, which causes intense restlessness, a tortuous inability to keep still and a constant feeling of terror. It has been described by patients as the most ‘frightening hell a human can experience’ and, in some cases, it drives sufferers to kill themselves…
Now, the Daily Mail has learned that Peterson is a shell of his former self. Far from the commanding presence he became known for in debates and public lectures, he is now struggling to sustain even brief conversations.
Friends and family describe Peterson’s daily life as a grinding struggle. Even on good days, he rarely leaves his luxury compound in Arizona, which he bought during a $50 million property investment spree at the end of 2024. The crown jewel of the family’s portfolio is a $35 million estate in Paradise Valley.
Jonathan Pageau, a French-Canadian YouTuber and close friend who has visited several times in recent months, said Peterson could barely sustain a few minutes of conversation before being ‘overwhelmed with pain and discomfort. Bad days are constant pain and akathisia. He struggles to focus on anything and lapses into discouragement and despair.’
Jordan Peterson doesn’t need doctors, psychologists, or medicine. He needs an exorcist and he likely needs to repent of what I suspect is his family’s generational satanism. There will be a cost to violating his ticket’s contract, but then, he may already be paying it.
It always amused me when people used to accuse me of being jealous of Peterson’s rapid rise to wealth and fame. They never understood that those things are not only fake and manufactured, but they always come at a price that is far beyond what any rational individual is willing to pay.