This video is amazing there so much detail i just didn't like the fact about the narcisistique part were you say it's word origin is Roman and wich is supposed to be Greek but if i'm being honest it's not that import i just want to say keep up the good work👍
I’m a big fan of the emphasis on crediting footage used (I’ve struggled to find full clips/contexts from other videos that before) also putting all the iceberg entries and timestamps in the description is a huge quality boost
You're so right. My psychotic outbreaks were effing horrible when I wasn't being treated. All the cockroaches, holes, and puke everywhere, everywhere, everywhere... I picked and scratched at my skin because I felt the roaches under it... And the smell... I'm so lucky I only have paranoia episodes now. Modern medicine is a godsend.
@@realm_relampago From one to another. Though back then, without modern medicine, our psychosis would have likely differed wildly. Think of all the shamans and such, they were psychotic in different ways, they thought they were gods messengers (though some do still have delusions that they are a messenger of a god), from my understanding, the ones who were, like in my example, shamans, they had less negative or more positive delusions than people do now. But who knows? It was such long ago, and we have no idea what they experienced. Cheers!
@@user-ym4sn2oz8r the GREEK myth is that Narcissus saw himself in a pond and loved his reflection so much that he was immobilised and could do nothing but stare at it. He refused to eat or drink and eventually died staring at his reflection. The flower takes its name from narcissus because it grows on riverbanks, next to the water. Roman mythology is Greek mythology with all the names changed. Frustrating as I'm Greek/Aussie so I would read a lot if Greek mythology books as a kid because I loved it, yet now as an adult I see the Roman myths referenced more and I don't know who any of these planet people are.
I have OCD and can tell you that environment can play a massive part. When I was younger my little sister (a baby at the time) caught RSV really bad and had to be admitted to the ER. It scared the life out of me seeing how she went from happy and healthy one day to being on a ventilator the next, and I started obsessing over cleanliness to the point where I was formally diagnosed. It also isn't always about cleanliness or locking doors, either. It can also cause intrusive thoughts about the most horrible shit you can imagine which are COMPLETELY involuntary but can still make you feel disgusted by yourself. OCD is some bullshit man
i’ve had ocd since i was a kid and environment plays a HUGE part in mine. there are some of my past ocd themes that were developed due to life experiences. like for example when i was 11ish we had a lesson about fire prevention which included leaving plugs switched on overnight (i’m scottish and our outlets have switches on them). i couldn’t go to bed until i checked if everything was switched off but i had to do it over and over again in a specific way because i thought the house would burn down.
I hate how misunderstood OCD is. I’ve been struggling with it for many years and it truly is a painful mental disorder. Especially when untreated, it can make you question your morality or even sanity, especially in my case. I urge people to learn more about OCD and support people you know with it.
I luckily only had a year long episode of it due to an abusive household. Weird rituals were the only way to get any sembelance of control over my life. Once I moved away from the situation the symptoms subsided. I can't imagine a whole lifetime of that serious condition
If you would not mind me asking what do you do? I have a hand washing issue but it’s not out of hand. no pun intended 😅 how does it affect your morality more specifically?
@@minkoil00in my case it was that my obsessive thoughts were about harming other people and since they were nonstop, i would always be questioning whether i was actually a good person and one of my compulsions for example was googling symptoms of insanity to make sure i hadn't lost my mind. it was HELL
fr I hate how a lot of people think ocd is just like "i Do ThIs In OnE cErTaIn WaY i HaVe OcD uWu" like no it's a lot more, just because you flip the pages of a book in a certain way does not mean you have OCD 😭
I'm a veteran diagnosed with PTSD and I just want to say that people that have PTSD that isn't military related is SO VALID. If you've gotten into a car crash and have PTSD, It's just a serious as my diagnosis. If you have childhood PTSD, it's just as real.
Thank you so much, we are a DID System who more then likely also has C-PTSD. This means a lot. You are also valid however and we hope that you can find some calm in your life, you deserve it. ^^
Totally gots the ptsd. Never served. I kind of just toughed it out and became really stoic and disciplined. Often people would ask if I served, which made sense looking back.
My best friend has PTSD. he was a soldier during the early days of the russo-ukrainian war, luckily he's now retired due to injuries. But since he came back home, his mind and personality is pretty much unrecognisable
@@steffomca762 Yeah, he will probably need a lot of time and therapy if he is willing. Things like trauma can really mess with a person in the bad way... Living with endless panic attacks, not feeling safe, re-experiencing things you are no longer part of... its all something that is going to change a person at least a little. A lot of people suffer from it their whole lives. The symptoms just become easier to manage for most
It cannot tell you how sick it makes me, knowing that some people on social media think it’s cool to pretend to have some mental illness, when they ruin the lives of people who genuinely suffer with them.
it is explained in the video how its a disorder where, like with ASPD, it's more that their brain is tricking them into thinking its okay. and be more positive about it please. saying it makes you sick is unnecessary.
i know. i remember the trend like 4 years ago of people mocking people with ocd, saying that they have it because they are a perfectionist. i have had ocd for my whole life and i ocd is nothing like people said it is. i am not tidy, but i have thoughts that are obsessive, they will never leave my mind and i try to get rid of them with my compulsions, and that doesnt work. ocd is so hard to deal with.
i've been diagnosed with DID this year and trust me. this has to be disorder that has the most fakers. literally so many people say stuff that just isn't true and aka have "wild alters" which just isn't true. i hate it and it often makes me feel sick that there are people like that who think DID is a cool disorder when it isn't.
i thought you were talking about the creator of this video for a sec lol anyway i agree, people who “self-diagnose” are usually complete idiots who want attention
I have sociopathy and we do not purposely manipulate people, it’s a mental disorder just like OCD and social anxiety. I have been in therapy for a while and I think I’ve improved. Also no not all of us are serial killers, r*pists, or animal abusers. We are people, so yeah. Treat us like it.
absolutely. i hate the scorn in which people speak of people with a cluster b disorder(s). it is particularly frustrating when people with bpd pretend to be 'activists' about the disorder, then turn around and spew their ableism against other disorders of the same cluster; they share a cluster for a reason. i hope your therapy continues to go well for you, though.
@@null6353 exactly !! Especially with NPD it's such a shame that most of the channels talking about mental health and more specifically about survivors of abuse demonize these disorders so much
thank you for including OCD. it's a disorder that's been ruining my life since i was about 10 years old and people tend to not take it seriously. it really sucks to see ppl not even recognize it as a real mental illness and going ''i'm so ocd'' or saying they have intrusive thoughts when they're just impulsive thoughts. then when they hear about the unwanted, disturbing thoughts we are forced to live with they think we are terrible people. but we don't WANT to think these things, that's why they're called INTRUSIVE and cause us such distress and anxiety. ocd attacks your morals and biggest fears. there are so many types of intrusive thoughts and compulsions you can have and it's absolute hell on earth. it's constant, all day every day.
not to be the "um actually" guy but I think Stockholm Syndrome has recently been disregarded as diagnosis? I mean it's still a thing, but it's not a disorder, rather a word for understanding the emotional turmoil a person's going through in a case being kidnapped or sth
Yeah, the authorities failed to protect them and the hostages were quite nice to them. I believe the syndrome was then made up to explain this "irrational" behaviour...
The syndrome was made up to explain away rational survival strategies because the psychologist couldn’t understand why the women didn’t just resist against the armed attackers.
It shouldn't have to be though imo it's still a disorder. People argue that it's a survival mechanism, but the same argument can be made for all disorders.
@@vleaky3430 well I'm not a psychologist or a psychiatrist so it's not up to me to decide, I said what I did in the comment because that's what I've heard/read from actual specialists
I have dpdr. I was diagnosed at about 12 years old. Anxiety medication and age has helped it a bit. As a child I would become genuinely terrified because I didn't know if I was real or not. I spent a long time feeling like I was dreaming and that my whole world was fake. even now the world does feel a little less clear than I feel like it should, i guess? but things are much better. The 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can smell, and one things you can taste is a good method to calm down. It distracts me. However, it feels like watching tv and focusing on that rather than reality.
@@SetariM for me it kind of feels like trying to move around in a pool, when you can't quite balance or latch on to anything. I get the zoning out thing, people always think I'm sad and I'm like "no, I just mentally disappeared from the planet lol"
Sometimes I get episodes of it. It makes me panic at first. The longest episode I had was a few months. Sometimes talking to people can ground me really quickly because being able to see people respond to me gives me back control
@@metapuns9004 oddly enough, talking to people would make me worse. I would always try to look for little inconsistencies in what they said to prove they weren't real. But it's great to find a way to ground yourself, for me unfortunately i couldn't trigger it myself.
OCD isn’t necessarily about cleanliness or organization, like i went months drinking three glasses of water each night before bed, and with each one i couldn’t take a breath while i was drinking until i was done with one glass. if i didn’t do this, i couldn’t sleep.
I don’t think I have OCD but two things I use to relate to ppl w/ OCD is how I a) won’t be able to sleep without fear unless I hold my breath while walking from the bathroom to my bed, and b) always hit my head whenever I have a thought I don’t like, in order to “get it out,” if that makes sense. So like it’s the fear of something happening (a) and the fear of intrusive thoughts (b). Lmk if I’m getting this wrong FHDJFNFHN 😭
For me sometimes OCD is like fear of failure, perfectionism but in another level. And for some reason, the way the video described OCD made me wonders that whether if I have it too, since I also checking things and doing simple tasks over and over again, which made it time-consuming, (mostly cuz I feared of something happens like forgetting things that I should have brought them with.) Edit: Compulsive behaviors and intrusive thoughts on the go then.
lol OCD is weird to me. sometimes my brain just gives me a weird and random goal where if i dont complete it i feel so unsettled. like this. I often find myself awake for hours past midnight trying to do something that might seem like a "just do it tomorrow" kind of thing because it has 0 importance
Holy shit, I experienced Alice in Wonderland when I was a child. I can remember laying on my bed, focusing my sight on the wall in front of me and feeling that my room turns huge and I'm hundreds of metres away from the wall. Then my hand got enormous, like It was barely enought space in the room for it. I had those syndroms from time to time, mostly in the evenings. I dont have it now as an adult.
It's definitely crazy. I've had them since I was about 9 or so, associated with chronic migraine. It becomes a huge issue when one moment you're trying to focus on schoolwork, and the next you feel like the arm you're writing with all of a sudden is shrinking and you're ten meters in the air. I haven't actually met anyone yet who has had more than just a couple of episodes (which I guess is lucky for them lol) and have it persist into adulthood like me without having had some sort of brain damage, like a stroke or TIA or something similar, which kinda sucks. I swear it's not a super rare thing like these videos make it out to be-maybe to have recurrent episodes of, sure-but I feel like most people have experienced something like it at least once.
did you talk to other people about it asking why things look this way, or did you accept this is reality and tried to hide your fear or confusion when your perception was weird? personally i have memories of asking my mum about it and feeling embarrassed bc she would say its bc im only 4 or smth, and then not asking again and pretending things looked normal. i dont know if i had alice in wonderland syndrome; im just wondering if my experience was similar to yours since you had it
@@jayessemar I genuinely thought that everybody experience it when they focus their sight at one point while laying on bed. I believed it's 100% normal.
Remember THESE ARE SYMPTOMS and everyone will have some from time to time. If anyone after this video feels that they may relate in any way to multiple of these that is normal. If you genuinely believe now that you may have a disorder make sure to get it checked and confirmed with a trusted professional. Just felt like this can not be said enough in regards to these kinds of videos. Thanks for keeping it as informational as possible I really enjoyed it btw I am not trying to say this video is meant to do that in any way. Much love! ❤
yeah autism also encompasses many symptoms that are present in the top of the iceberg disorders. directly and indirectly. e.g. you may not have ocd but instead just sensory disorder present in autism or the other way around. Or indirectly autism is associated with anger issues and with others i know they'd hit themselves in a fit and cause brain damage and memory issues like present in other disorders.
As someone with clinically diagnosed with bipolar, cptsd, and dpdr, nothing makes me more angry than people self diagnosing based on a video on the internet.
Im autistic with adhd, anxiety and depression. I saw this video the other day and related a lot to bipolar. I was shocked. Today I met my pscycastrist (dont know how to spell it) said “I think I might have bipolar 2” he had written down before about possible bipolar. Now I’m starting bipolar medication. Its a shock but makes a lot of sense
@@mikesanders8621im autistic and agree 100%. After i saw the bipolar part, i related a lot (mostly with anti depressent doesnt rlly work). But instead of self diagnosing, I went to my psychiatrist today and got a bipolar 2 diagnosis
@@Iceicebaby0117I’m gonna put it out there to be careful of prescribed mood stabilizers and antidepressants, make sure to report side effects. A lot of them can cause akithesia (movement disorders), and their more permanent cousin tardive dyskinesia. No one told me and I always assumed doctors know best, so I was talked into an abilify shot and I promise you I never felt worse in my entire life. They then put me on beta blockers (blood pressure meds) to try to correct it and they didn’t work at all. Be really careful
4:20 The story of Narcissus originates from ancient Greek mythology, not ancient Rome. In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and became so enamored with it that he could not bear to leave. Eventually, he wasted away and died, and in some versions of the myth, he was transformed into the narcissus flower. This is just an anime, not the real story
@@lainiwakura1776 well locally in Greece from what I've learned is that Narcissus looked his reflection on a fountain drowned and died since ancient Greeks never knew how to swim and so that's the end of the story and possibly how the story got spread across ancient storytelling but I still think to myself ''How he died? like how deep is that fountain?''
DPDR is always a strange experience to try and describe to people, but I feel you do a good job of describing it. Im sure others experience it differently, but for me when I have episodes that last for a long while, after I come out of them it often feels like waking up from a dream, and suddenly a month has gone by and I can hardly remember any of it.
For me it's at its strongest when I 'wake up' frequently throughout the day rather than when I'm not 'waking up'. I believe it's due to the realisation of existence being more frequent than the usual 'auto pilot'
I can remember things alright it’s just the actual memory of them is so hazy, I struggle remembering things continuously happening and the memories are very chopped up with little bits.
I’m suspected to have bipolar and after I woke up after what I think was mania I barely remembered the past few days and what I did seemed like a dream.
I always feel sympathy for people that have mental disorders that are viewed negatively. Most of them come from childhood trauma or just from how they were born, and they're just trying to navigate through life like we all are but with these added challenges. And people tend to see them as bad people just because of the disorder
@@SusanDelgado1177 If they’ve been abusive, then so do I. I don’t want to generalize entire groups of people as inherently abusive though, I don’t think that mindset really helps anyone
@@SusanDelgado1177 yeah as orionsbelt said thats not all. for me my brother is just a bit of an inconvenience but i still share moments with him and try to be nice. classifying abuse and slight inconvenience isnt right. instead of only feeling sorry for narcissists when you are done. feel sorry for abusers.
@@SusanDelgado1177 I grew up in one too. I ended up inheriting those same traits. I do my best not to hurt others, but I find that I end up doing so anyways whether by pushing them away so I don't blow up on them or because they keep hitting my triggers and I grow to resent them. Most cluster B disorders form due to disorganised attachments during childhood meaning the way they navigate relationships has more barriers. Even then it doesn't excuse the hurt that I have done to others, but I'm trying to be better. Similarly, it doesn't excuse what your household did to you and I'm sorry for that
I firmly believe the DSM-V classification for OCD will change in future iterations. OCD is currently classified as an anxiety disorder, but anyone who suffers from it can tell you it's a whole lot more. The fantastical thinking that's inherent to the obsessions and compulsions puts it more in line with delusional and psychotic disorders. Things like... "I didn't check the door x times, so now the house will burn down." or "I saw the number 6 too many times today, so now the people I love are in danger." As more research is done on neuroanatomy, I have full faith that treatments for OCD are going to become more sophisticated and available. People are becoming more and more aware of how the condition actually works and presents itself, both in the medical field and in popular culture (thanks to videos like this one). The more people know, the easier it is to have real honest conversations about it and recognize errors in previous ways of thinking.
@@eepinwillow they sometimes add antipsychotics for people with anxiety so why not try it for OCD patients? I mean, if they need it of course. Just as some people do fine with one anti-anxiety or anti-depressant, some need something more or something different.
Reading the DSM-V, OCD is in it's own category now along with other compulsive disorders like skin picking or hair pulling. I remember it used to be categorised as an anxiety disorder but I think now they just made a whole separate category
i mean, ocd victims tend to be aware it is not real and are anxious because of that too, because it feels irrational. as somebody who's had delusions, i was convinced it was real for prolonged periods of time. there absolutely 0 doubt.
I’m dating myself, but I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1994. At the time, there were only a couple medications. One of them didn’t work and the other had a lot of terrible side effects. Now they have a ton of medications that help. Hopefully the same can happen for OCD. My life was absolute chaos for about 7 years, but I have been almost completely stable since 2001 (I’ve only had one episode since then). I really feel for you and wish you nothing but the best ❤
@ctobolsk keep taking your meds ❤❤ the people in your life need you to. i know many people with schizophrenia, bipolar, or that one mixed one, and some of them have went off their meds. its heart breaking to see someone you love so dearly break down.
I used to live next to schizophrenic. He was the nicest guy… the third nicest guy I’ve ever ever met my whole life (that is saying a lot!). He saved my daughter from freezing to death by letting her in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend, she wasn’t home at the time. He was so kind to her. (Something happened… I wasn’t able to get home on time to let her in from school. I think he was actually worried about his schizophrenia in regard to her. He needn’t had worried so! More a sign of his caring for another person above himself! I feel bad for him about that part). After this happened is when he told me he had schizophrenia. His girlfriend was super sweet too, being their neighbor: sometimes they liked to throw parties for their young friends (they were in their early 20’s). She would offer me a beer and come over to visit during those parties. I wish I had taken her up on her invitation. I wasn’t sure if she was just being kind. For my age, I would’ve been a little awkward I think. Well, that and my social anxiety… 😬😄
I lived across the street from a young man living with his family who i watched have his first psychotic breaks and had to be one of the people to tell him that the things he was saying weren't real. It was extremely difficult and probably much harder for him. He would show up at my house in the middle of the night and beg to stay cause he thought he was being chased. I coincidentally had been up and outside at midnight the night before he asked me if i saw shadowy figures stalking him the night before. I asked him how he knew they meant to hurt him and he didn't know how but he was sure. I told him i hadn't seen anyone and i was sure i had been there. The poor guy was trying so hard but it couldn't be helped. I moved away around the time he started getting actual help
Honestly it's not actually that uncommon. I think people think it's a fake thing or just soneone being stubborn. But it's more of a result of a mental condition than other conditions. Selective mutism almost always is associated with autism, anxiety, trauma, and many other things. Though im sure it can happen without anything else, and it isnt present in all of those things as a symptom so thats why its recognized as a seperate condition. I was friends with a few selectively mute people, one girl from my small elementary school, one girl from my college. I myself go mute when overstimulated as I have autism, which can be considered selective mutism.
@Durandio Its when certain situations or circumstances cause you to stop speaking. You can often speak at other times. But in these situations, You can't choose to speak and when you're pushed to speak it's extremely distressing and almost painful. For me It feels like you want to talk but you can't move your mouth, and the words are filling up your brain and making it feel like it's going to explode. Some people only have it in certain places like schools or when they're asked about certain things.
holy shit i experienced that from when i was born till i was almost in high school and most doctors would say i'm just shy but i just found the disorder i had
I have a classmate with DID and no one likes hanging around her or talking with her. She got DID after being abused by her father when she was younger. They (rather than she) have trust issues around almost everyone and the way they interact with people depends on which of them is more active as far as I can tell. One time she might go throughout the day like normal and the other time she draws me something like a kid would and starts behaving like a small child. She physically is an adult, but I still often have to walk her to the taxi place thanks to her "switching". Even the teachers often don't know what to do and her other "personalities" don't trust each teacher as much, so I try to be a helpful friend. Sometimes I have to tell the teacher to call her mother when she switches, since one of her "alters" doesn't know how to go to a toilet and that might make her look bad while the entirety of the class is watching. During most other times they just let her alters do whatever they want, like letting the younger alters draw or read books. She is happy to see me every time, which makes me happy. I can't just ignore her even if she takes quite a bit of my time at school, I want her to feel safe.
Oh yeah, sometimes the personalities go against eachother which is problematic. Like one carved something in the hand and destroyed the phone's glass by dropping it on the ground. Some of the alters intentionally hide stuff et cetera. Those are examples that hurt her. Even during exams, if she switches, she may not be able to perform well.
@@CodeProto You're an absolutely amazing and kindhearted human being with a heart of gold and I really want you to know that! You two deserve the absolute best in the world! 💜 Edit: I screenshotted your comment so I can remember you and your story whenever I have no internet and I am looking through my good old gallery on my phone =)
As someone with DID, I want to say thank you for being her friend. Despite having DID myself, I have had a few friends who also have it and it is quite stressful at times to be around, so make sure to take care of yourself too and it’s not your job to be your friends caretaker, but I admire how kind you are to her. We have worked so hard to become a stable system and hope to help others with DID learn to help their alters live peacefully together. We wish you well 🖤
Being a DID system, having someone at least trying to understand and help is great. I had trouble with others just ignoring me because they didn't know how to handle switches. That doesn't help.
Loved the content so far but I need to preface that some of these disorders, like dementia, are not onset mental disorders but are classifications of specific types of mental disorders like alzheimers, and fall under the umbrella of neurological degeneration. I think it's important you highlight the disorders or issues discussed in videos with more care as to likely root causes rather than characteristics of the disorder, given a lot of these issues are unpreventable for some persons and its important that others who don't suffer from it realize that some disorders are linked to brain atrophy or physical harm
I'm glad that more people stopped confusing borderline with bipolar. The common response I got to telling ppl I had it was, "But you don't act bipolar."
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in Switzerland. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He's 59 & has many mental health issues plus probably CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD knows if it is common for an obsession with violence.
My father is someone who suffers from mirror self syndrome, he can recognize me but when he sees himself he gets very upset and is wondering why there 's this man inside his house. He is in middle-late stage Alzheimer's
I suffer from BPD and Bipolar 2. I only clicked this video in an attempt to upset myself with the BPD entry. I think I'm more upset it wasn't included. I won't be finishing the video now. Kinda happy I didn't get to continue my ew feeling, as I'll call it
@@little2526 The fact you only came here to upset yourself with BPD is such a BPD trait at least for me i call it a self-triggering/self harm urge personally as i was doing the same, i think they clumped it with Bipolar or Antisocial personality disorder which would make me upset as i dislike the stigma very much.
My mother has OCD and engaged in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and you won't believe how difficult it was for me to not start sniggering every time she mentioned the acronym at first😂😂
I highly recommend Will Wood and The Tapeworms to anyone interested in songs based on psychiatric conditions-the album SELF-iSH features a song called Cotard’s Solution based on Cotard’s syndrome and Mr. Capgras based on the Capgras Delusion
I heard recently that a theory that ASPD is possibly high-masking autism. They have a really high overlap of traits an behaviors. It's funny because people already treat "high functioning" autism very similarly.
@@redcherry8137there’s various other symptoms such as chronic boredom, struggle with feeling and expressing emotion (shallow emotion), high cognitive empathy but low emotional empathy (tho this differs ofc), feelings of alienation (due to a struggle to connect to others), and a lack of fear or sense of danger, and adrenaline seeking. Does this help?
@@redcherry8137additionally I have a handful of more personal experiences I’ve heard from others with the disorder, but they aren’t really anything I’d call symptoms; but they’re common experiences I’ve heard of. For example, I’ve known many who have a better time connecting to animals than humans. If not that, they feel connection with plants and enjoy taking care of them. This is because these things feel “simpler” than humans; a dog doesn’t expect someone with aspd to mask their symptoms like society does. It just wants food and affection. It’s easier and much more relaxing Many people with aspd report having to mask a bunch; primarily their chronic boredom and apathy. Some use cognitive empathy to understand when someone they care about is upset, but due to a lack of emotional emotion, often offer advice rather than comfort since “logic” works best for them. I’ve known people who say they feel frustrated when comforting people because they feel peoples problems are easy to solve; this comes not only from their struggles with empathy, but the fact they themselves often have shallow emotions They still feel emotions, of course. They can cry, love, laugh, and feel anger. It’s just different. When it comes to love, I’ve seen two different expressions. For some, both may occur, for others, only one. It depends The first way I’ve heard someone put it was “I know I love someone when I am comfortable with them. If I am used to them being in my routine, I would miss them if they were to disappear. Thats how I know I love them” It’s quite “simple” in a sense and fitting for the shallow emotions they often face. I personally find it oddly sweet. The other has much stronger emotions; this type of love expression is the one I’ve seen most in my friends with aspd describe. It’s a bit more of a “protective” and “carefully chosen” love. Due to a struggle to connect to others, whenever someone with aspd is able to connect and truly *trust* someone, they may put this person on a pedestal. (A common occurrence in cluster b disorders; in various ways. Think bpd “favorite person”) I’ve heard things such as “I don’t care when someone insults or tries to harm me. But when someone insults or harms someone I care about, I feel angry. I take it personally. How dare someone hurt someone *I* care so much about?” And “I feel violently angry when my loved one is harmed. I feel protective and want to avenge them in some manner” As someone who’s received this type of love, I find it very sweet and beautiful. I think the way people with aspd often experience such affection to have beauty in it. I’m sure that may seem odd but it’s worked well for me; more than once in fact Though I have also seen the downsides. Sometimes they may be too protective or get too caught in their anger they can’t properly comfort or be with the person they love for a bit. Also sometimes people would prefer explicit comfort, and that’s not something people with aspd are always good at or even like doing due to their strong sense of logic That’s not a bad thing, though. It’s just a up and down that’s likely to happen in a relationship, you know? Hope you don’t mind my ramble haha. I am someone who’s passionate about this. I don’t only take the experiences of those I know, but strangers as well. It’s a very complex and misunderstood disorder; and the experience is different for everyone I’ve known of people with aspd who are more controlled by negative emotions like anger and jealousy and how it’s affected them and their relationships. I’ve seen people who heavily deal with apathy and struggle to feel or care much for things. I’ve even heard a few claim they don’t know how to love or can’t love. Some have been extroverts who thrive off of interactions and others who choose to stick to themselves and no one else. The reason it’s important to be aware of these things is to understand how diverse experiences and symptoms can be. This is something that applies to most all disorders. The shame is that most people don’t understand that and think everyone with aspd is “heartless and manipulative” Yes they can be manipulative, but they can also be manipulated. They can be hurt, like anyone else (especially since the disorder often comes from trauma) But manipulation has nuance. Sometimes it’s extreme and harmful, sometimes it’s far lesser and the “victim” never even realizes it/is hurt by it (example: fake flattery to get what you want) Due to all this, it’s frustrating to see the Forster boiled down to “manipulation that hurts people” and “serial killer”. Hope you enjoyed this! Sorry it’s definitely long.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 13yo, it's a really young age to get diagnosed at, and everyone was scared that it would turn into something out of control. I lost friends because of it, people were scared I would go after them and kill them etc... I'm almost 19 years old now, I'm medicated and I'm doing fine. I'm a functional living person wow what a surprise. Yes there are a lot of people that suffer with extreme cases of schizophrenia but that's not the norm and It frustrates me that people are so uneducated about it, people automatically assume the worst when they hear the word "schizophrenia", we're not monsters, we're not crazy, we're just trying to live a normal life like everyone else.
dang, that is very young to be diagnosed, but it makes me happy that you are doing well and taking care of yourself. keep thriving :) and yeah until i worked at a psych unit i also had the ignorant thought that psychosis automatically meant someone is violent, but that's not true at all, and actually schizophrenics were always my favorite patients, literally some of the sweetest most intelligent people you could meet, and i could tell many appreciated me because i never listened to them with judgement, i appreciated them for who they were and actually tried to listen to them.
Oh my god, DPDR sound like something I told my therapist looong ago and they shrugged it off. I never knew it was a thing. That everything feels fuzzy and I feel like "I" am on autopilot. In the worst moments it feels like a feverdream.
I was actually waiting for excoriation disorder/dermatillomania (chronic skin picking) since people aren't aware of it enough. ik a lot of things about it so ima become a nerd and educate curious people abt it rq This is a compulsive stress disorder that affects 2% of society, and the main symptom is the uncontrollable urge to compulsively rip bits of skin off and some individuals (like me) also engage in actually eating the skin. The causes are commonly shame, anxiety, boredom or self harm. Some people self-diagnose because they bite their nails or pick at hangnails but this is MUCH more severe, it usually requires medication, or wrapping your limbs in bandages because your skin gets so prone to infections since bits of the flesh are exposed but it depends on the severity. Mine is severe enough for me to constantly reopen scars in the healing process so the healing process of a little cut takes weeks or even months and i usually eat the dead skin (recently found out that this counts as autocannibalism just like nail biting) and i was sent home from school a few times because the urges get extremely uncomfortable and nauseating. There i felt like y'all want extra knowledge XD Oh and a little reminder, if you see someone excessively picking at their skin they might not realize it until you tell them and instead of telling them to stop or even promise not to do it again (which the affected individuals HATE and can't manage) try distracting them with something else to fidget with, hope this helps!
My mom had to take all the mirrors in the house down, and all the good lighting in the bathrooms because of this. She kept me home from school sometimes bc she was concerned ppl would think she threw boiling water on me. I'm now almost 40 and still struggle, but so much better now ❤ thanks for sharing your story
I think I have dermatillomania, but I'm not sure. I only pick scars and scabs and only sometimes pick the healthy part of the skin. I can't control it and I do it without even realizing it. I have the worst scars on my body and I'm very ashamed of wearing anything that shows my body, but ever since I started playing video games to keep my hands busy, used makeup and skincare products to protect the skin from touching it, I pick my skin a bit less now. It still happens, but I'm doing a bit better.
This! I’ve pulled so much skin off of the tips of my fingers that they just don’t tan at all anymore. I also have trichotillomania where I compulsively pull my hair out, it’s gotten much better than it used to be, but it’s likely always going to be with me.
Body dysphoria CAN be far worse than you're explaining. I have it to an extreme extent to where I regularly think about doing plastic surgery on myself and mutilating parts of my body (Unwanted thoughts). It isn't just being insecure or seeing a girl online and wishing you looked like that, it's wanting to become that so bad that you're genuinely willing to do whatever it takes to look like that. I'm unable to go outside, I'm unable to enjoy things or take pictures with family, every time I go into the bathroom I turn the lights off, if I see myself in the reflection I burst into tears, I am utterly disgusted by my existence and I feel genuinely sorry for anybody that has to witness my putrid body. Most people around me don't fully grasp how bad it is. I had anorexia for around 3 years because of it and recently I have been trying to gain weight/muscle in the past year because I couldn't hold a coffee pot I was so weak. (I now am able to hold a coffee pot and i can do 10 pushups)
i understand your experiences and am not here to put you, your experiences, or your opinion down but he has 40 mins to explain 31 disorders. with some being very complicated and needing more than 1min that leaves little time for each and so while he did sort of gloss over it a bit, he did mention your thoughts. if he had more time im sure he'd explain it further. hope youre okay thought, must be tough
I went into a somewhat severe depression after a couple anxiety attacks and instead of dealing with the issue (like I had in the past) my mind began to depersonalize. It’s genuinely the weirdest I’ve ever felt and sometimes I still worry that it’s happening. It takes forever to recover from as well
I apologize if it seems like I'm venting in this comment, but my dad, mum, and my sister all have depression, and they've told me about things that have happened when their condition were worse then they were today. They are okay now, but they still sometimes have those moments where they dont feel the best, but they try their best. They think I show signs of it as well but I havent gotten it checked out. I remember a few months ago that I would barely leave my room, but I believe that I am a little better. Thank you for talking about it and showing that it isn't that simple.
You don't have to apologise ! Most if not all of the comments are related to other people's experience with illnesses mentioned in the video so it's not "inapprioprate". That aside I think people should be more sensitive when it comes to their approach to seeing others share their struggles, the most important thing is to support the person in need and making them and their struggles feel little is cruel, unfortunately this topic is not talked about often but still - putting yourself in the 2nd person's shoes before commenting something rude can save a lot of burden for the receiver I wish the best for both your mum, dad, sister and you, depression is an awful disorder but with the mutual support of your loved ones and most importantly - help of psychologist you can win, no matter how long it will take ❤️
yeah. depression is misunderstood and i hope youre okay now. if you do believe you have it make sure you are right. basic thing is if its more than just a few days of sadness. if you do think you have it check with a doctor as it can be a bit of relief to know what is causing your sadness rather than not be 100% sure.
Depression is a common occurrence and everyone suffers in their own way from it. Most all the women in my family, myself included, have it. With me, it's hard to talk about because I always seem so happy thanks to my ADD and personality; despite being disabled mentally and physically, people doubt me because I am happy. However, depression can still be in happy people. My body is falling apart and yet I am barely in my 30s but I have been in and out of hospitals my whole life. It's a tough illness to deal with. My mom and sister have it really bad; I've had to help them through actual mental breakdowns and it sucks. If you think you might have it, definitely talk to someone instead of leaving it alone.
OCD is so heavily misunderstood. I hate how people think that it’s just an obsession with cleaning, when in reality there are so many more subtypes. I personally have personal contamination OCD in which I always have to make sure I feel clean. However, I also have rarer types like order and symmetry and sexuality. These rarer types are so misunderstood 😢
GUYS please do not self diagnose based on this video go to a doctor if you suspect something, but most of these are very rare and it's unlikely that you have them again if you suspect anything go to a doctor or psychiatrist
Thank you mentioning that Bipolar has different types, not just one! For someone that has Bipolar 2, that’s awesome that you mentioned that. It helps people learn that mental illness is not just all in one and easy, if that makes sense. Thank you so much! I would not wish this on anyone. It sucks
I loved that he mentioned hypomania, too. I'm hypomanic and I NEVER hear it mentioned. Which means when I tell people about it, they just kind of go "... huh?"
I hate my OCD, I used to clean myself with alcohol for 9-11 hours a day... my skin bled with horrible cracks on my hands and everywhere😱, that hurt even more the next day, and the next and the next... im down to 3 hours now!
as someone with diagnosed agoraphobia, it's nice to see someone actually explain the complexities and difficulties of it instead of brushing over it like most people.
Person with BID here - there aren't words for how much I loathe the term "transabled" and I know I'm far from alone. A lot of us hate it. I block anyone I see who uses it.
Yea it's kinda sad bc I like to compare BID with transgender sometimes for the first easiest explanation before going into the more complex details but transableism has a wrong connotation since it's used also by people who confess that they want the attention. But that is of course not true for us with BID and is one of the causes for the great stigma and that most of us are scared to tell their friends or family about it
Also with BID- I agree, I despise that term with a passion. It implies that we "want to become disabled", which is a widespread misnomer. We want to fix our bodies, which yes, often results in also becoming disabled. But that isn't what the desire is. It's like saying transgender folks "want to become sterile". No, we don't, but it's a side effect of a full medical transition.
A friend of mine was bipolar. He was employed at a firm but it didnt work out and him and his boss got in a nasty fight. So he did what any reasonable person would do. Burned the building down and commited suicide by jumping off a high bridge into a river. I always knew it would end up something like this, but him risking the life of other people was something i wouldnt have seen him do
Thank you for including bipolar. It's really bad, especially when I can't sleep, and people never seem to understand when I have an episode on any level.
I had delusional parasitosis in 2021 as a result of stress from the world being shut down in 2020. Let me tell you, it was WILD. You'll never fully comprehend what it's like to be in a state of delusional psychosis until it happens to you. After you come out of the whole ordeal and recover completely, you will forever have a profound sympathy for those currently experiencing psychosis. Thanks for your content. ❤
Thank you for explaining DID the right way. It enrages me how so many people fake the disorder. Saying they know their other personalities and can switch on command. Having gaps in your memory and having people tell you that you acted like a completely different person and not remembering it is traumatizing. Not trendy...
Hi! As someone with ptsd, anxiety, bipolar, depression, ocd, panic disorder, autism, and other more physical diseases (irrelevant to video), lots of these were accurate! All of these mental disorders are horrible, absurd, and painful whether it be physical or mental. Thank you for not dancing around the subject and actually educating.
OCD is more than just physical obsessions and compulsive behaviours like many believe. These obsessions can also infiltrate one’s mental and spiritual ideology to the degree that one can change their entire outlook on life/quality of life if left unchecked and undiagnosed. One may also receive intense pictorial or visual images of things like severed body parts, cutting off one’s own limbs, one’s own limbs mutilated, faces of people one may obsess over unhealthily, horrific reality-based nightmares that happen in both sleep and reality, visualizations of computing machines, contraptions and blueprints, and intense panic if the delusions are ignored to the point they become dangerous or are over indulged with, and straight up delusions can happen when combined with stress, drugs or other illnesses. I was diagnosed at 25 with OCD after I broke from reality and experienced obsessive delusions - I argued I didn’t have it with the psychiatrist due to not having an obsession with something simple like “cleaning” or “counting”. The knowledge of this illness in its state of assumption is both harmful and dangerous.
I have a DPDR disorder, and to explain it better it feels like in the movies when they hear and see everything very far, you feel like you are not yourself, out of your body as if it you were playing a game in first person but not actually there. For me it became a coping mechanism as mentioned in the video during childhood. Now days i'm doing much better i've found other ways to cope but sometimes under a lot of stress I disconnect myself again unconciously days or weeks go by on autopilot and I'm unable to remember things during those periods of time.
Could you tell me some ways to cope? I had been having this for about a year now. It's the worst feeling, whenever I'm with my friends or having a good time, the feeling hits me like a truck and makes everything around me so fake that I can't enjoy the moment.
@@User-vq4jl I've been on therapy and meds for about two years now. That's mainly what's been my key to get better but my therapist tought me some ways to calm down before it happens. 1. Pressing softly on your fingers they will go white and slowly turn back to red. To remind you are real and your body is one with your mind. 2. Smelling strong essences like alcohol will help you to come back to yourself. And there's one thing I like to do that is putting my ear in the chest of a loved one and hear their heartbeat. It helps me to silence my thoughts for a moment.
i end up going wildly back and forth between feeling like i’m fake or the world around me is fake. it’s really rough, for me it feels like walking in a dream a lot of the time. sometimes i’m convinced i’m in an alternate dimension that’s similar to the correct one, but just slightly off enough that it sets off anxiety alarm bells in my head. it’s exhausting
Yeah, I take these kinds of videos with a grain of salt because you really can't smush them down into 1 or 2 minutes, so I am not sure how helpful this is in the long run, just fuel to have people go Hey that's me
@@reeferseasalt its helpful for people who are here, for the purpose of the video and that actually listen to it properly. some are taking the points and twisting them around to complain, some are complaining that they werent represented, and thats why society cant work properly with eachother
i have munchausen syndrome, (diagnosed as factitious disorder) and i would like to add on some more insight towards what causes it and everything surrounding it, as as much as i like your video, it wasnt really touched on well. munchausen syndrome is commonly caused by neglect, unwarranted loneliness, and abandonment. because it is so barely researched, it isn't clear as to what goes through the minds of people who have this disorder, but for me personally, it is the need for pity from others, however, i would rather not touch on why, although i have also been diagnosed with PTSD, told by my psychiatrist that is was leaning way over towards C-PTSD, but that is not an official diagnosis. it is also quite common for people with this disorder to have some kind of PTSD. it is not necessary to be diagnosed with munchausen syndrome, but it is not very common.people with munchausen syndrome are extremely likely to be completely unaware of themselves. i was not one of these people, so it took me longer to be properly diagnosed. a person with factitious disorder is not, and never will be, a bad person. there's a LOT of stigma around people faking disorders, and yes, some may be doing it for unethical reasons, but some may have an entirely different disorder that is affecting the way they act, and even if they dont they must be faking for a reason. they clearly have some kind of mental instability happening, and its not a good idea to hate on anyone, ever.
Never knew about Cotard syndrome. I got hit by a car and ever since then I have moments of thinking I actually died and this is a dream. They’re passing thoughts and I get over them quickly but it’s strange to know that the human brain sometimes does that after a traumatic event
In my experience, it's more of a symptom of ADHD but perhaps this video is describing something so severe it becomes it's own separate thing I'm not sure.
Dissociation is a symptom of many disorders and is usually just a response to extreme stress. It only becomes it's own disorder if it's debilitating and chronic
Usually a big fan of your stuff, previous iceberg vids were fantastic. This was sloppy though. Video being used for different disorders than what's actually being portrayed. Not sure why Plank was used for alien hand syndrome. And was disappointing that Stockholm was really even mentioned, especially as far down as it was. And that you didn't mention how the 'origin' was because in that hostage situation, the police were incompetent and not taking hostage safety into account with their actions, whereas the actual criminals were more open to negotiation with the hostages and quite possibly were the less risky of the two sides to deal with.
I totally agree with you. Stockholm syndrome is NOT and never has been a real thing. It was made up by the police to discredit a female hostage for criticizing them.
okay im confused half of this is complaining about the police? i may just be being dumb though lol. just want to understand not a argument or "debate". "Video being used for different disorders than what's actually being portrayed" - i assume you mean that the videos/images used dont match what is being talked about. "Not sure why Plank was used for alien hand syndrome." - not sure who/what Plank is "And was disappointing that Stockholm was really even mentioned, especially as far down as it was." - Based on what I've read i assume its because its controversial whether its an actual disorder which yeah makes sense. although i will say its tough to compare disorders as many are so different and so to make this part more constructive you could've maybe suggested not using the iceberg to explain and categorize them. "And that you didn't mention how the 'origin' was" - not sure what this means (the rest) - if you believe that's important sure but to me this is a video to explain and give awareness to disorders, not situations where they have been prevalent. It would also mean that the video might be a bit too long to gain as much reach with as much information. i will say though i might be wrong since i dont understand whats meant by the first part so please excuse me if im wrong, thanks
i remember when i was younger and my apartment was infested with roaches, i was absolutely convinced one crawled in my ear. because i could hear my pulse through ear ( i didnt know it was possible) , i was absolutely terrified that i had a bug in my ear , and when i went to an ear doctor, they didn't find anything, but even after that i was convinced it was there. i sometimes nowadays have this belief too but its rare now because i moved, but still very rarely i feel like i have a bug in my ear. I don't think it counts as Ekbom's syndrome, but it really reminded me of that upon watching. :)
I’ve experienced derealization before and your description of it was actually pretty accurate. It’s almost like you’re in a dream, or like your body is just doing things and you are sat there watching it.
It’s insane I see comments like “goat of iceberg” and “best iceberg channel” and “one of the best channels.” Keep in mind this guy only just started making 4 months ago and we got comments like those. Congrats on 100k subscribers and keep the good work.
I was diagnosed with clinical depression and GAD 3 years ago, and still struggle with functioning properly in everyday life to this day. One day I hope I can overcome these challenges, and feel somewhat normal again. Good videos, also love to the all the people struggling with mental illness, and support for the war that others can't see.❤
I feel like narcissist tendencies are far more common than we think. I had a friend and a partner, both male, both showing narcissus traits. They didn’t have any deeper friendships, didn’t care for those and every connection was superficial. They had issues but tried to be extremely liked by everybody to the point of manipulating people and partners. Their emphasis on self image was unhealthy and they had even unhealthier coping mechanisms, like severely promiscuous behavior plus the emotional downbeating and mistreatment of those they came close to for short amounts of time, all accompanied with immense gaslighting
22:10 I've struggled with depersonalization for almost a decade, and my experience is basically the inverse of what you said. I very much have a sense of self and always feel like I am "myself". However I struggle to feel "connected" to any sort of identity or who I am as a person - my personality so to speak, it's completely alien to me.
one of my close friends has DID, and i can only know the surface level of how difficult life is for them. plus, it’s often not properly understood and stigmatized. i appreciate that you discussed it here and took the time to research.
40:08 as well with BIID it seems to stem from, nerve damage in some some cases, as a limb “doesn’t belong” to them possibly because it isn’t actually recognised in their brain. Some people with BIID got tattoos on their “missing” limbs and reported that it made them feel better about having them
i struggle with kleptomania, and im so glad you covered it because i see so many people demonizing people who struggle with it. imo, you handled it surprisingly respectfully for what it is
A couple of years before her death my greatgrandmother, who was a textbook narcissist who was just starting to show signs of Dementia at the time, called my grandma saying she had to come visit urgently because there was an emergency. My grandma rushed around to greatgrandmother's house as quick as she could. When she arrived greatgrandmother met her at the door, looked around like she was afraid someone might be watching, pulled my grandma just inside and handed her a little 35mm camera film tube. "Shhh!" She whispered. "Do not open this until you are somewhere safe. They're Prisoners of War. Be extremely careful." My grandma was quickly ushered out of the house and took the mile walk home wondering what on earth could possibly be inside. She got home, laid newspapers out on the table, held a rolling pin in her dominant hand and popped open the tube. It was a handful of ends of spring onions. Now I tell this story because I'm wondering if anyone here has any idea what on earth that was about. Plenty of my family have gone through severe dementia (and plenty more the narcissism), but we've never seen anything like this before or since, or heard similar stories from others. What exactly was going on?
Something about OCD that many people probably don't know is that, aside from psychiatric support, no power on earth can stop the obsession one has even when knowing that the mental disorder is present. I have OCD, I know I have OCD, I know it's all obsession and paranoia, but I just can't control my hands. Realising the issue is a step towards solution, but we still are dependant on seeking help, let's all seek help together
Here’s a simple exercise to bring some change to your personality and calm your senses down. Whenever a manic or depressive episode hits, you need to do nothing. Absolutely nothing. The more you give into those urges, the more you will make them last long. Try to just accept the mood as it is, this requires a lot of control and will power. But since you are bigger than your mood, no matter how strong your feelings are, they are inside you for a reason, they are yours and yours to accept or reject. Always accept. Acceptance is the key to solving any issue. Then noting down your issues, factors affecting them, number of episodes, this can help you.
i have Alice in Wonderland Disorder and you covered it excellently. one interesting part about it is that everyone experiences it differently! i dont get any visual effects, its all auditory, sensory and temporal warping. quiet environments are most often the trigger, but i typically only get an episode once a month. the episodes also go away during periods of low stress. very little is known about it, and many people will have it without knowing it. some estimates say that as many as 5% of the population may experience at least one episode at some point in their life. thanks for including it!
I haven't been diagnosed with anything but after seeing that you can scan someone's brain and see differences between a healthy and unhealthy brain I think that's how I'd want to find out, I'm a little too scared and untrusting to get help after all I've been unhealthy for almost a decade now I think, for a long time I thought it was MDD but more recently I started thinking it might be PTSD when I had a panic attack just talking to someone online once, the conversation reminded me of a past experience. Why would I freak out so much over it? Well when all of your conversations with people have managed to end poorly, and you manage to lose every friend you make no matter what suddenly you lose sight of how to actually speak to people or how to be friends with someone. And yes you can get PTSD from things other than warfare, in my case endless abandonment and betrayal has killed me, my brain always looks for something to blame I don't want to blame other people so it's me who has to take the hit but when you believe you have no value why would you bother trying to make friends? Why would anyone care about someone who has no value? This is the loophole I find myself in.
PTSD comes usually from a single traumatic event. What you're talking about and possibly suffer from is C-PTSD (Complex PTSD). It comes from repeated and/or prolonged trauma, especially experienced in childhood or adolescence.
Praying for all beings everywhere. May you be granted with love and kindness. Sending my goodwill and a healing vibration to all of creation. May your dreams come to full fruition and may you find the power you hold within yourself.
I have The Truman Show Delusion and it's an absolute nightmare to live with. I swear there have been a few times we're I've heard my mum talking to people and saying the words "Have you looked at the script?", I think that people are watching me through the eyes of my plushies, anytime someone looks or stares at me in public its because I think they known I'm the character in the show, I even had this thing in my head once were the creator of the show would put out these challenges and whoever could get the closest to me would win ("Family" wasn't included because they're with me 24/7), I sometimes think they keep me safe from harm like one time i was going to do something I didnt want to so I said in my head "If i have to do this I'll harm myself" then out of nowhere we weren't doing the thing anymore. It's crazy dude 💀
If you think about it, every human alive is a main character, they'll have their stories and other things i ain't gonna talk about, if they just die in the first seconds, they become dead NPCs Also Watched Truman show Pretty good movie Let's hope the disorder fades so you can live a normal(?) life
As someone who suffers from BID, it really sucks. My lower left leg disgusts me and i need it gone as soon as possible. It shouldn't be there. I know a doctor will never help me, as it's not a necessary surgery to do as my leg is healthy and fully functioning. But i hope some day, i can become how i am supposed to be. I have plans that i won't bother people with should i need to take matters into my own hands. But i hope i can find a doctor who sees my suffering as reason enough to aid me
The human brain is truly fascinating, I can’t wrap my head around why someone would want to amputate their own healthy leg. Can you tell me why it disgusts you?
Thanks for mentioning DPDR. Because of it i have no idea anymore if I'm actually alive. Everything feels like a simulation and nothing ever feels like it's coming on my own. But rather as a reflection to deal with the people in front of me. Even though I can't actually see them completely
Anton syndrome should have had a place here. It’s completely fascinating. A person who has usually suffered a stroke in the visual cortex, if memory serves, doesn’t realize they are blind. They refuse to believe they now have no sight despite repeating being told. One woman was asked by a doctor what color tie he was wearing. The lady made up this whole description about the tie. The doctor wasn’t wearing one. These people can fall over objects, run directly onto walls, etc, and they still won’t grasp the fact of their blindness. Functional neurological disorders, previously called conversion disorders, are another fascinating phenomenon. I went to the school for the blind with a girl, Audra, who was diagnosed after falling from a playground swing. It made her see only in black and white, made her nearsighted, hypersensitive to touch and sound, and could not listen to music because her brain couldn’t process the sounds as a whole, and it would make her black out. People with the disorder can be fine physically, but display symptoms that just don’t follow a normal medical course. Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures are one example of this. These people are not faking and have no more control over their seizures than I do my epilepsy. They are still having seizures, they just don’t come from abnormal electrical discharges in the brain.
I came into this video expecting the classic "People with ASPD are horrible evil people who kill others for fun" and "OCD is when you need to clean your hands a lot so you feel okay" but I am very happily shocked that this hasn't done any of that!
