“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14 NIV
I don’t think you’d be excited to be confronted with whatever trauma or lack of normal social interaction brought you into displaying a full fledged diagnosable psychological syndrome.
What's hard with identifying someone as a hypochondriac is all the medical gaslighting today. You can be a "hypochondriac" until you get the right doctor. I wonder how rare it is to truly be one.
Very good point. For most of my teenage years I had a pretty severe issue with low blood sugar, to where I'd run the risk of passing out multiple times every day. When I brought the light-headedness up to my doctor I had back then, he didn't even get blood work, or ask any questions about it; and just dismissed the entire situation. I didn't find out I had an issue with my blood sugar until I was an adult, and my blood test came back super low. I don't know why people don't listen to their patients anymore. It's so counterproductive.
Been kicked out of two hospitals because of this. Yelling at me, telling everybody I was wasting their time, accusing me of not having the money anyway. They both said it was stress related and I was a hypochondriac
To people in the comments: This video is NOT for self-diagnosis! Stop self-diagnosing yourself in the comments; this video is for educational purposes only and is NOT a substitute for a real diagnosis. All this video does is briefly describe some common psychological disorders; while I applaud the creator for making a video on this topic, the people watching it should NOT form an opinion nor assume they have a disorder listed solely based on this video and other surface-level media. For people who think "i do this all the time, I'm going to guess I have this disorder": seek a professional diagnosis if you are genuinely concerned!
Self diagnosing is fine as long as the person does extensive research on it before claiming they have it. Getting a proper diagnosis isn't always available to everyone because of how expensive it is. Unless if the person says they have a disorder with little to no research, they're fine self diagnosing.
Derealization sucks. It wasn't chronic, but there a few months where nothing felt real. It's especially weird looking at a parent or a good friend and feeling disconnected, simply watching. So hard to explain
I've always questioned me about saving it since I had those same symptoms of an episode of derealization, but the problem is,I don't know how to tell anyone about it since it's kinda hard to explain How did you tell others about you having it?
I had an episode of derealization for about three years, and to me it felt like I had crossed into another timeline where I didn't belong. I had to act normal so I didn't ruin the life of the other 'me' in case we switched back, but it felt like I was an actor playing someone else. It was alarming for my husband because I didn't feel like he was my husband, he was the alternate timeline me's husband. After spending time with a therapist I felt real again but it was more alarming for my family than for me at the time.
i don’t have the disorder but i’ve been in like a genuine state of derealisation for 5 years straight and it sucks. it’s like my mind isn’t part of my body anymore, like a sheet of glass has been put between me and the rest of the world. wouldn’t recommend lmao
I have trich. I haven’t had eyebrows since I was 14. I just turned 30 in December. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER HALF MY LIFE, I HAVE EYEBROWS AGAIN!!!! It’s so weird but I’m happy! My technique is using fidgets and a PAINT BRUSH! I can play with it the way I’d play with my hair. When things are extremely stressful tho, I’ll lose some of my eyebrows. Legitimately, it was easy for me to quit vaping and smoking! Cold turkey for them! Pulling my hair is my smoking. I also have a vast medical knowledge, and my anxiety now manifests in extreme panic attacks where I think I can’t breathe, or having a heart attack or stroke etc. It’s miserable. My mental health issues stole from me and warped my love and knowledge of medicine. It turned it against me…
Damn I have trichotillomania as well since 2020, and it's not as severe as to losing my eyebrows, but it's still a problem. I could explain it as trying to quit smoking.
I also have trich, I actually hate myself for it ever since my grandpa died it started happening in 2021. And ofc I’ve tried shaving my head to stop but it just doesn’t work now I have thin hair on top and idk if it will grow back thick I hate myself
@@Liusilabubble gum without sugar! My brother ended up with oral fixation after quitting smoking, he has pretty sensitive teeth and when he was a teen, he chipped one of his front tooth, being a traumatic experience for him. He doesn't eat with metal cutlery, don't drink from some vases or bottles without a soft straw, etc... most of the things he could bite or do trigger his fear of chipping another tooth (even when this happened a long time ago and it happened because he bit something very crunchy). He buys (by packs, for real) sugar free bubble gum and drinks a lot of water to help him with the habit of biting his lips and pulling dry skin from them. (Another oral fixation). The bubble gum has helped him for years (I mean more than a decade) and it helps with his anxiety, oral fixation, his trend to clinch his jaw during the day, and biting his inner cheeks. I'm a inner cheeks biter too and biting the soft mixer straws and bubble gum helps me a lot.
I have pretty extreme Misophonia, and it’s destroyed much of my life. It started with just lip-smacking. It has since expanded to a massive range of noises. At first, noises become just a little tiny annoyance. It’s just enough to be disruptive, but not really bad. This causes frustration because I can’t focus on what I’m actually doing, and little by little the frustration gets worse and worse the more I hear the noise. Eventually it gets to the point where everyday noises are like a sledgehammer for my thoughts, and I can’t focus on anything else.
I, too have extreme misophonia and nobody gets exactly how bad it is. Whenever i tell my friends, they just forget immediately after because they dont think it's anything important. I cannot concentrate in classes when someone is chewing gum, and whenever i am exposed to my trigger sounds, i no longer feel like myself and instead get this overwhelming urge to just end myself on the spot so that i won't need to hear the sound again. I know it sounds dramatic, but I can't help it. Also, every time i travel, i MUST wear earbuds, because there is always at least one person eating something on the bus or train. Glad to see someone else with this condition in the comments.
@@bellaander I have this too and it's been debilitating for a lot of my life. We all feel a bit dramatic, but the best thing to do is surround yourself with supportive people... my partner is so accommodating of my misophonia, it's been a massive help. best of luck to you and the original commenter (and anyone else who may struggle with misophonia
Have you ever run into someone faking it in order to get away with shit? If so, what was that like and how do you figure it out? I run into a shockingly high amount of people claiming to have it these days despite it being on the rarer side. I've even had one try to tell me it's actually super common.
@@kilderokDID and OSDD-1 *are* a lot more common than you'd think (about 1-2% of the population for DID alone). You can't tell if someone is faking unless you are a trained professional and have been working with them for a long time. All systems are different and the way symptoms present themselves often depend on specific traumas. It does not matter if a person using DID as an excuse is lying or not - there is such a thing as system responsibility. Alters are not fully separate people but dissociated parts of one person. If one alter does something, the entire system is responsible. Just like when someone makes a mistake unconsciously, they are still responsible.
It's bizarrely comforting to know that despite my depression stemming from my anxiety and ADHD, there's actually quite a lot that isn't wrong with me. I struggle a lot with being grateful for what I have when I doubt the worth of everything, but at least I can be grateful that there are symptoms and disorders I'm not suffering from
Hey! Nothing it's wrong with you, you're just different and still a precious human being, regardless the conditions you live with. It truly sucks because I share the anxiety and 2 depressive disorders, I don't have ADHD, but other conditions as dyscalculia and disorganized thinking pattern. But remember that we are not our conditions, we just happen to have them and despite them, we are awesome.
I used to suffer from hypochondria. Ironically, I ended up literally worrying myself sick. Frequent chest pains, nausea, vomiting, and strange sensations by my liver. I was dead set on the idea of having diabetes and liver disease, specifically. After being given reassurance from doctors and seeking help, these weird symptoms I experienced started to gradually go away. I also started trying to fix up my diet and increase my sleep and exercise to reduce my risk in the future. I still wouldn't wish that disorder on my worst enemy. It is the worst type of anxiety you can have, especially as an American who cannot afford health insurance. 😣
PLEASE GUYS, this video is not for self-diagnosis, this video is solely for educational purposes and for people to learn, not an evaluation for a diagnosis. if you do suspect that you have one or two of these, just go get diagnosed by a professional and don't automatically assume that you have it.
Although I agree not to armchair diagnose oneself, I just want to educate you on a few things since you seem like you don’t know. It’s not easy to simply “go get a diagnosis.” Even for more common disorders like anxiety and depression, it’s possible they can take a while to diagnose. Ive had GAD for practically my entire life but I was only diagnosed 2 years ago, which was a long time after getting mental health treatment. The same goes for my Depression diagnosis. Atleast in modern psychiatry, more complex disorders take **years** to diagnose. Not everyone has the money, time, or resources to even access a mental health professional capable of diagnosing such disorders. Perhaps my experience with the mental health field impacts my view on this topic. I remember i was seeing a counselor for a while until she moved onto another job. I was put on a waitlist to be put in with her replacement, but I was never given one. I did not see a therapist for a year until I made an attempt on my life and ended up in the hospital. I absolutely adore her though, and I’m glad I have her as my counselor. On another hand, I was on the waitlist for over a year to even book an appointment with a psychologist, and I’m lucky that insurance could cover it. Maybe this is just how the mental health field functions in the United States, but it’s just unfortunate. You’re either “not sick enough” to receive treatment or even be considered for a diagnosis or you’re so sick you’re locked up into a hospital or asylum. There’s rarely a middle ground. I’m sorry for flooding your comment with my reply, but I feel like I laid out some important things for you to know about the mental health industry. Thank you for reading.
It’s hard to self diagnose. I didn’t diagnose myself, but I suspected I had schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder for years due to persistent delusions and paranoia, flat affect, etc - but it turns out my paranoia and delusions were actually from untreated bipolar, and flat affect from autism. if you can, it really is key to leave it to the professionals.
I had to convince doctors for 6 years as a 23 yo female that I have a hormone disorder. Finally got tests this year after a gynecologist requested. Guess what the blood work showed
I'm genuinely convinced I have dermatillomania. I CONSTANTLY pick at my skin, and I get excited whenever there's something new to pick at. I even literally seek out new things to pick at, and feel anxious when there's nothing. I sometimes will even sort of pull my shirt down over my shoulder to pick in public (since my shoulders get acne a lot). I know that it causes scarring and infections, but I literally cannot stop. Sometimes I can pull myself out of it but most of the time I can't. I do have anxiety and ADHD, so those probably contribute as well lol
Probably! It falls under the umbrella term, bodily focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB's). I have trichotillomania, or had it as a teenager. It started with picking at my lip skin, before moving onto my hair. My sisters pick their skin as well, and my kiddo bites their nails CONSTANTLY (which is also in that category). I also can't NOT pick at my face/pimples. Just be careful! Can open you up to infections and stuff, and lead to scarring. But ultimately I think it's not the worst disorder...unless it gets really out of control, and cause shame and embarrassment (like it did for me as I was a high schooler), it at least won't cause lifetime physical damage. It's more common than you think!!!!❤
I believe I also have it, and I almost exclusively pick out all skin under my nails, usually to the point of bleeding, even if I know it hurts I still feel compelled to do it
I have dermatophagia sooooo bad it’s such a horrid problem for me there’s times where I can’t even pick up my pencil at school or type on my school laptop because of it so dawg it feel you. Something about having skin on my hands and toes just isn’t for me I guess.
i’m autistic and i’ve struggled with severe derm and trich for as long as i can remember. it’s the main way that i stim and it’s frustrating when i cannot do so. i’ve been able to diminish how impactful the urges are by therapy and habit reversal training, but i fear this will just be something i’ll have to live with.
There are some gems in here! I myself was diagnosed with Borderline PD. I hate that all everyone seems to know about it is, that its the self harm disorder. Quick question, I do speeches about mental health and mental neurotic illnesses. There are some illnesses in here, that I talk regularly about, would it be cool if parts of the Video would be used in one of those speeches? (With proper Citation and attribution + link to the full video of course!)
Borderline PD isnt a selfharm disorder man. I’ve lived with borderline PD my whole life and never harmed myself. Yes I had bad thoughts but its all about a persons mindset.
@@Kenza69420 Preaching to the choir here! Its about the regulation of emotion, but its sadly stigmatized as people self harming. One of the main reason why I started the talks about mental health awareness, to get rid of Neurotic disorders being stigmatized.
I have bpd and i never even heard of it being a self harm disorder. So that is why my therapist keeps asking if i did self harm every 5 secs. I probably did do self harm by taking a bunch of sleeping pills to get rid of feelings.
I also have BPD! I’ve never heard of the self-harm stigmatization (even though I did SH in high school), but I’m very used to hearing people with BPD being referred to as abusers or awful people. It’s very upsetting and disheartening
As someone with trichotillomania i love the way you explained the disorder and another thing about is having hair pulled doesn't hurt idk if thats the disorder or something else though
Reading through these psychological disorders is like peeling back the layers of reality and diving headfirst into a carnival of the extraordinary. From thinking you're already dead to believing the world is a stage and everyone's an actor, these disorders showcase the incredible diversity of human perception.
@@tophatcat1173 why is this the immediate response to someone using half of their brain to create a true and interesting statement? it's not even that long and uses basic human speech.
Munchausen by Proxie: Usually this is characterized in parents. This is where a parent lies about an illness their child doesn't have/exaggerates the extent OR flat out makes their child actively sick on purpose so the parent can gain sympathy.
As someone with dermotillomania and trichotillomania, it is a living hell. The amount of times I’ve had to shave my hair off so I don’t pull it out is insane. The scars across my arms, legs, and fingers from picking at my skin too is crazy.
8:26 The not remembering bit isn’t always true , it’s not always blackout amnesia and sometimes it’s just partial amnesia described as grey outs or white outs
So far we have diseaseballs, lawballs, disorderballs, mathballs, empireballs, mythology balls and scienceballs all from this channel. What’s next? Cheeseballs?
Bulimia is no joke. I remember feeling so much anxiety for gaining a single pound over my “safe weight” and I would purposely not drink water and weigh myself multiple times a day just to see the scale go down. And I personally did not throw up after binging but I would abuse laxatives and do excessive exercise. But it’s been a few years since I’ve done anything like that, though I still struggle with eating sometimes.
Disorders like Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Agoraphobia depict intense preoccupations and fears related to appearance and specific environments, respectively. These disorders shed light on the diverse manifestations of mental health challenges and underline the importance of awareness, understanding, and support for individuals facing such conditions.
i definitely have dermatillomania i most commonly pick the dead skin around my nails rather than my actual nails until all the dead skin is gone and my fingers become raw and start to bleed and many times have noticed i started picking at perfectly healthy parts of my thumbs that have resulted in tiny yet noticeable scars that eventually healed up but i remember one time i was subconsciously picking at my fingers in the store, with absolutely 0 pain so i thought i was in the clear until i went to pick up a pack of ribs, i continue picking for about 5 minutes until i looked down and noticed my hand covered in blood, thinking it was the ribs i ran to the front of the store to get a wipe and clean my hand up, only to find the culprit being my finger i also pick my lips until they become so painful that i can barely close my mouth without a stinging sensation on the freshly picked areas
I feel you, the picking in the fingers is such a Bad habit but i just can not stop it. When i look at my fingers now i have one that looks nearly untouched, five that do have some kind of "cut" and four that look really bad. For me, it's always worst on the thumbs.
@@RANDP117 mine dont look as bad rn as they’re kinda healing but i under the thumbs completely its the easiest finger to pick and has the most surface area to pick from my bad fingers usually always Thumbs and the Pinky (index, middle, and ring are all equal in damage)
i know someone with it. yours is likely not dermatillomania. it cold be a form of it though, as i am not very edcated on it with only having a close friend have it.
@@PinkHairPluto it generally isn’t normal it spend hours picking at your skin to the point it’s raw, it’s bleeding, or it impacts every day life (it may hurt to touch certain things, bring you shame to go out in public etc) for me there’s two modes„ Unconscious/Uncontrollable picking that occurs without realization. and the "I need to make my fingers beautiful with 0 imperfections" where I spend hours scratching, picking, clipping, and biting pieces of my skin until i can't even touch them anymore
the way you described Oppositional Defiance Disorder sounds like a thing adults made up to avoid accountability.. the symptoms mentioned in this video sound like a common response to things like unreasonable punishments, abuse, tiredness, unsafe environments involving lack of trust.. i'm not a doctor though, nor a parent, but i do know a thing or two about how kids behave in these particular circumstances from first hand and second hand experience.. if the disorder turns out to be real, i think it's important to make the clear distinction between when something is a disorder and when something is purely reaction..
ive seen a lot of adults who were diagnosed with ODD as children either turn out to have been abused, or are autistic and were struggling to communicate thoughts & feelings w (often unsympathetic) caregivers. 🥴 like idw to say its Definitely Never Real but i imagine its one of those diagnoses that will give way to many more accurate and more empathetic diagnoses. like how we dont diagnose people with hysteria or shell shock anymore
@@fish-d6488 this is interesting.. to that i also want to add that i went to a school for autists and once had a classmate who was diagnosed with ODD.. so i'm willing to accept it as real.. i just find the way it's described in the video a bit dangerous because it gives power to abusive parents
@@fish-d6488YES! Omg thank you for mentioning this! The countless stories from autistic people I know who had to deal with this... worst part is that a number of them where just showing traits of autism but got diagnosed with ODD because they were a person of colour. It's insane what doctors can get away with
@pipevinethehybrid7049 No. No it absolutely is not. Bipolar is a MOOD disorder, whereas BPD is a Cluster B PERSONALITY disorder. Not even remotely the same thing. Do not speak on topics you clearly know nothing about. This is how misinformation spreads so rapidly.
@@supercharger5727 the real reason why this list lacks so much is because its a copycat channel trying to farm views without research. half of these nobody serious would classify as extreme
I actually had hypochondria for the longest time [together with ocd]. It started from when I was 9 and had to constantly recheck the ingredients of different food items and refusing to eat “unnatural” ones with potentially harmful ingredients and I constantly worried about serious health conditions and thought about them obsessively. When I was 12 I had a panic disorder and I developed chronic breathing problems and my heart always felt very weird from the palpitations and I used to tell family members that I needed to go to a hospital because I was starting to believe I might have had a heart disease or something. I still had anxiety on the way there and didn’t know what to expect. This other time I cried because I had to go to a hospital because I was scared of hospitals because they felt ominous. What makes this so much worse is looking up every small symptom online and it always lists a few reasons and some of them are always creepy. Also I had derealization on different occasions. The first time I experienced it is with ptsd flashbacks. Whenever I briefly recalled the time I fell down, I get a panic attack and around 10 seconds of derealization. It feels like your memory refreshes every second and like everything feels familiar but unfamiliar at the same time, it’s like being in a simulation or dream and suddenly being aware that this isn’t real. The other times I had this is when I accidentally overdosed on caffeine [12], I was in a state of derealization for around over a month or 2-3 weeks after being sick. Sometimes when I think about derealization or randomly become aware of the surroundings, I start to get derealized. It’s weird.
There’s a TON of CZcams channels that make videos like this that I keep getting recommended. It’s weird cause all of them have the same editing and drawings/titles in the thumbnails
i have UDD and it’s nice to see a video not mocking or being disrespectful to dissociative disorders :) this was also really educational about things i’ve never heard of
I have trichotillomania and you described it perfectly. Whenever I have an urge to pull out my hair, my hands feel really antsy and my fingers just want to feel the texture and sensation of it. So, I pull out one strand, one turns to two, two turns to three, and so on. Wearing beanies helps with combating the urge to pull out my hair for whatever reason, so I have a whole collection of them. I even wear them to bed so I don’t zone out and start pulling. I don’t have too many bald patches on my scalp since I’ve been doing way better, but rewind about a decade ago and I had to get a false hair barrette to wear to my cousin’s wedding because of just how much I was missing.
I'm 26 and have been bulimic since I was 14, on and off. It's not just about guilt/weight gain but purging is a high. Losing weight while eating garbage is a high. It absolutely controls my life and I hate it but it just feels like a part of me now. I'm very concerned being somewhat older now and doing it for so long but I can't stop. Just screaming this into the void. Also have BPD, misophonia, I self harm, whole lotta shit really lmfao. All of it is due to trauma. I honestly hate all the labels, ALL of my mental health shit stems from being traumatized my entire life. Life is okay now, I'm an adult and a lot has leveled out but those scars remain.
As someone who has DID, you described it perfectly. There have been times someone else hurt my mom, and I don't remember it. I don't know why people act like it's having friends in your head. Yeah sometimes it can be "fun" but it's also very stressful
I've been diagnosed with mild Agoraphobia. It only flares up in me when I'm convinced that I have no method of escape. So if I have to stay in a stressful area because I physically can't leave or because I'm obligated to stay, I panic. I've also got brain damage and autism that act up with my Agoraphobia panics, causing all of my senses to shut down one at a time. I literally lose the ability to perceive the world around me, leaving me trapped in my own body and unable to even cry in fear. It sucks, but I've gotten used to recognizing when things are acting up so I can get myself out of bad situations.
I have dermatillomania (also known as skin picking disorder or Excoriation disorder) along with dermatophagia (eating my skin). On many days, I spend an hour or more obsessively picking at my skin. My skin, especially on my face and hands, is constantly torn up from my constant picking. For me, it's often an anxiety response and mostly has nothing to do with any perceived blemishes or anything like that. I've tried to get help for it because it does significantly impact my daily life, but doctors, even mental health professionals, always say something like "Well have you seen a dermatologist?" I'm picking at and eating completely healthy skin (even if I did have a skin condition, the eating part is definitely not normal and should be looked into), so I have no idea what they think a dermatologist can do for this issue. Some mental health professionals I've talked to don't even believe that dermatillomania exists and think I'm just getting rid of normal dead skin as everyone else does. The many times I've picked and chewed half of my finger prints off would beg to differ.
I’ve had derm since i was 5/6 years old. It’s characterized by trauma or high levels of anxiety. I’ve tried as well getting help for it. But I’ve been doing therapy within the last few years and I’ve noticed i have decreased in skin picking. I used to pick until it bled and it was truly painful. I don’t like the texture on my thumbs now as it’s grown back thick and makes me want to pick it until it’s thin again. My thumbs are discolored but I’m trying to get a hold on my anxiety and negative thoughts.
Omg thanks for bringing up dermatillomania. I've been dealing with it since I was 13 (I'm 21 now) and it's hard to explain to others why I can't just stop. I'm like this due to trauma and not learning proper coping skills and its really hard to switch to better ones even now
Watching derealization described so accurately gave me such a rush of anxiety. I honestly didn't even know what I was experiencing until I found out a couple of years ago there was a term for it and it's an actual mental disorder. For years I thought I was experiencing something no one else could understand. I burst into tears when I found out I wasn't alone.
This is so real!! I already felt alienated bc of the derealisation itself, not finding a term for it made me believe that I was the only one experiencing it. I was so happy to find a term for it (and get diagnosed)
Sadly for me, I suffer from both Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania. I legit have no eyelashes or eyebrows, have very little hair and pull off dead skin addictingly. I've tried for years to stop it, but I just can't.
I have pretty bad agoraphobia. The only times I leave home are for doctors appointments and often I panic hard and skip them. It's been that way for like 5 years I think? It only gets worse
I hear you. I was like that as well. I still struggle with many things and usually spend time alone so i don't fear embarrassing myself in front of people i know. I take a fidget toy with me when I go out and it helps me get distracted from my thoughts. What helped me was slowly doing exposure, i did it during covid because there werent many people outside. But you can still do it. And try anxiety medication if you can, i really regret not having tried it sooner. I had to stop due to other health issues, but i still take a benzo occasionally and it helps you slowly be less afraid of some situations.
@@bosmer3836 I'm way far beyond the use of a fidget toy lmao. Exposure doesn't work for me atm, we're looking for a better medication first. I'm not even kidding, the front door will make me fucking spaz. Try to make me go outside and I will scream, cry and beat the everloving shit out of you. I dissociate and sometimes pass out when forced outside. Getting the mail makes me panic so fucking hard that I vomit. The shit you're preaching to me has been tried and tried for years and I'm getting sick of hearing "oh well if you just do this" because chances are I fucking did try that and it's useless. I've been on and off of meds since I was 10. The fact that we haven't found something to properly sedate my ass into a state of being able to accept reality yet is pissing me off. Not to mention the fact that I only get worse with time. I'm genuinely at a loss here lol probably gonna just have to krill myshelf if I'm being real
I have slight hypochondria, and it drained my sleep a few times. When i learned that rabies, the deadliest disease in the world, has simmilar symptoms to common flu, THEN paranoia went to 100. Now its become a ritual before bed to check my house if there isn't any lost bat (there were a few cases of rabid bats being found in a town next to mine, so we better always be careful).
I can't tell if this is a self-diagnosis or you actually got diagnosed with it, but if you did so sorry you had to deal with hypochondria, it really sucks
Duuuude I’m similar, not in being deathly afraid for my health, but rather every night before I fall asleep I always check behind my pillows and bed for spiders to ensure a venomous one doesn’t bite me in the middle of the night
i have derealization disorder and it’s just the worst. sometimes i feel like i can’t control my fingers, or like someone else is moving them. sometimes the world just feels fake, like the sky is too bright, or it’s too beautiful out, to the point where i can’t just enjoy nice days. vacations and days out become dystopian sometimes if the buildings are too big/tall or if there’s too many people in a crowd.
Add on for DID, OSDD-type etc. Alter is mentioned, and is the proper word! Thanks for mentioning it. According to the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization it is classified as a Dissociative disorder and not a Personality disorder. Using "personality" can also perpetuate the idea of them being just that, and not separate individuals. Although diagnostic criteria within the DSM-5 is stated as "Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states[...]" Note the use of "personality state"! Hope this is somewhat informational and can help break the stigma of "multiple personality disorder"
so true, i was getting nervous the video would be spreading around misinformation by calling it "personalities", so i was so very relieved when they finally said alter!!
Omg yes please. Self diagnoses are probably one of the most irritating phenomenon on the Internet nowadays. Also the one with the child being aggressive and defiant I think that's just most children, especially kids that were abused. I was diagnosed with body dysmorphia and it's awful. I was trans for 4 years and it didn't fix anything, I still hated the way I looked even as a male and now that I'm trying to detransition I still get a lot of dysphoria because I constantly get misgendered and called a man or "he" even tho I was born a woman and present myself as such. I haven't been on hormones for 2 years and the changes never went away. Its awful. Transitioning is a serious issue and so many young people nowadays are doing it not thinking of the long term consequences :(
That's why the stigma needs to disappear about transitioning and trans people. There would be more options and information available thus less stories like yours. And good luck with the disorder, you may actually want to find the root of the issue if you haven't tried already.@@thesaddestpikachu
Self diagnosing is bad when it's someone who has done little to no research on the topic. Getting a diagnosis is way to expensive for some people, and as long as they do lots of research on it before they claim they have it, they should be fine.
@@drkstripetheightphoenix6592 it’s never fine to self diagnose, you should know this. Thinking that you might have something is fine but actively telling folks that you have this disorder is not.
I have Dermatillomania, it's similar to Trichotillomania but any scabs, pimples, or "imperfections" drive you crazy until you just have to pick it off your body, then you're covered in scars and just feel worse 😢
i have dermatillomania and that was a really good explanation. i get an itching sensation similar to trichotillomania for the skin picking. and the areas most affected are my arm, face, and back. i have had it since i was about 6.
2:04 I was diagnosed with OSD when I was maybe 7 or so? I think it may have been younger, but I'm unsure. I think it mostly depends on the person. While I'm not saying that it isn't just the defiance of authority figures, I feel like it also has "triggers" (for example, certain people, or environments.) My "experience": I was always getting in trouble at school. Refusing to do projects, not listening to teachers when they told me to do something. Calls were always being made to home, saying stuff like "___ did X", "___ keeps refusing to listen." My mother never really understood why, or what was going on because I was never like that with her at home, I would (most of the time), do what she asked me to. Eventually, I got diagnosed with OSD, and then it just suddenly made sense to her. It can develop different in different people.
i have borderline personality disorder, i'm thirteen, and i've been hospitalised at least three times for self harm and suicide attempts. i have to get stitches every time i self harm, and i'm too much for my family and friends, causing everyone to leave me. i lost my only friend yesterday because they couldn't stand my mental health
I kind of feel you, I’m have diagnosed Bipolar disorder and there have been a few times where I completely loose touch with reality, it’s like all my senses are maxxed, I can’t keep my eyes still, and my body just twitches and I’ll do things that i usually don’t do. I remember this one time I had completely cut up my face, arms, and hands and then just scratched violently at my neck for hours, for some reason I also felt horribly paranoid. I was about 14 or 15 when it happened but I remember waking up in a hospital and just going straight into a panic attack. Things like that have happened, albeit lighter, to me a lot so I don’t really have much friends.
For those that are saying that self diagnosing isn't good, you're sorta right. Though it's better to have a professional diagnose it, some professionals can diagnose it incorrectly. Like with some psychologists telling people that they don't have a disorder, but other psychologists telling the same people that they do have a disorder. Some people can't afford an appointment to get diagnosed too. But what you are right about is self diagnosing with only little to no research. It is wrong. Self diagnosing is only valid when you have done lots of research on the topic before claiming that you have it(unless if it is a more rarer disorder, then it's better to get a diagnoses). I know I have skin picking disorder because I pick my scabs until they become scars on my body(and it's a challenge I've been fighting for years). That's something that is a clear sign I might have skin picking disorder. If it's something minor and not as damaging, you most likely don't have it. All in all, please tell the people who are only going off of this video that what they're doing is bad. Not people who have done a lot of research on the topic and know they have a chance of having it. Thank you.
trichotillomania Is absolute shit to deal with😭. I’ve genuinely had it for more than a year now and I’m still struggling to part my hair so that bald patches aren’t showing. It definitely isn’t as bad as it could be, but I still find myself running a hand through my hair and pulling out small clumps at a time.
I once had a therapist try to diagnose me with Oppositional Defiance Disorder... Yeah, turned out I'm PDA Autistic with comorbid ADHD, who was suffering from extreme burnout and executive dysfunction. IE; they thought I was being defiant just for the safe of it, when in reality I was perpetually fighting with myself trying to get anything done to the point it caused me extreme turmoil. And people asking me to do chores would literally activate my flight or fight because then I wasnt just getting them done, I had a standard and method I had to uphold. Which put even more pressure on me and made it harder to do anything at all. I've lost quite a bit of faith in doctors and therapists for not only not catching me sooner, but actively ignoring me when I was begging for genuine help when I was younger.
As someone who dealt with trichotillomania throughout my high school years. It's a horrible cycle of causing pain and then hating yourself for it. After years of dealing with it im happy to say my hair is to my waist in length. I'm proud to be here. Especially considering i used to sit and cry in front of a mirror and i literally tried shaving my own head to stop myself before. Just having long hair of my own again now feels amazing and i feel proud of myself for overcoming it So if anyone else is dealing with this, i recommend playing with something in the hand you do it with. Like use a kneaded eraser/play doh/putty, or maybe a stress ball, or a fidgit toy of any kind. Keep that hand busy! It helped me so it may help you too. Anyways. Thank you for mentioning this. It's a horrible thing to deal with.
In 3rd grade I had an adverse reaction to an ADHD medication and started pulling my hair out. I still find hairballs in old pencil boxes, which I sometimes disposed of them in. Usually, my desks at school were surrounded by hairballs. My mother would say I looked like a chemotherapy patient, as if that would make me stop. Out of shame, I would start picking at my lips. So basically, I developed dermatillomania because it was getting harder to feed the trichotillomania because I got in trouble. My sleeves would have blotches of blood all along them, and most of my shirts from middle school are stained permanently. During the pandemic, wearing a mask thankfully weaned me off of lip picking. However, my focus shifted from my face to my fingers. My fingertips are usually at various stages of healing with multiple layers of skin visible depending on the location. My ring fingertips and thumbs are the worst. I go through bandaids like crazy. Couldn't play piano because bandaids made my fingers slip, and having no bandaid over my always fresh lesions made touching the keys painful. I've been struggling with dermatillomania for years now and just now realized, I never even told my therapist! I think I have struggled for so long to no avail that I don't consider treatment. I'm aware of my dermatillomania, but it is hard to notice in the moment. I will do it during lectures, exams, playing video games, eating, even going to sleep. Anyways, good video 👍
i have trichotillomania, it’s reduced a lot over the years but at 4 i used to pull out my hair so much i had to get my head shaved. but still, the back of my head (where you’d get an undercut) is still quite short
I have trichotillomania, I pull my eyelashes and sadly have been starting on my eyebrows and hair just a bit. It doesn’t hurt after a while but it honestly teaches you the importance of hair especially your eyelashes. I have gotten stys, infections, bumps, scabs, scars all on my eye from pulling my eyelashes out. Please don’t take your hair for granted even if it sounds silly of what I’m saying, appreciate the little things because it just hurts you in the end if you don’t.
I used to constantly pick at my skin and bite my fingernails; I would even bite the quickes until my fingers were bleeding. I think as early as five or six year old. It took until high school when I had many purple/white scars on my arms and legs that I thought “wow I really need to stop this” I never addressed it with therapists (though I should have) and just tried to distract my hands with other stimming behaviors, and wear long sleeves so I couldn’t feel my skin. Today, I still pick occasionally, but not as severe or frequent. If I slip up, I make sure to wash the area immediately to help prevent infection. Still need to work on it. I think on a subconscious level it was scabs that formed unevenly, or any part of the skin that was different that got targeted. So I have found exfoliating in the shower helps reduce areas that might grab my attention.
Derealization Disorder, and dermatillomania are something i just figured out that may be the cause of whats wrong with me, or im lying to myself without realizing and im just overreacting, idk. I cant tell how i feel, my therapist had a whole session with me on emotions because i always respond with "im tired" when he asks how i feel, he said it isnt an emotion and i have to say smth like "happy, sad, mad, ect." When i dont know if i can feel it. He searched up if feeling empty was a thing, it is and he said the different definitions to see what fit me, i found only one out of the 5 he read, i just fake my emotions and feelings so i dont seem like a weirdo, sounds depressing cuz it is. And i always pick at my skin, after blood starts coming out is when i realize what happened, its on my lips, my forehead, my cheeks, and on the outside of my lips, it kinda hurts but i got used to it after the years and just dont feel it much, its a habit. Then people ask in concern why im bleeding or have blood on me, i sometimes get it on my schoolwork, my biggest problem with this is that it just made me more insecure about my face, i have so many scars on my head and lips, and the outside of my lips are red because i got a rash or smth and i kept peeling the skin, i hate it so much, i cover my head with my hair because of it, i wish i could stop but i cant, i do it when im not paying attention, when my anxiety is going up, to comfort myself, to "fix" because i felt my forehead and its uneven and i just want the scars and bumps to heal, ect. Its just something im used to. Anyways, is there anyone else with these problems or just me?
Thanks for the tip, im used to warm showers so maybe it can help, I have only tried sh once but failed and was too lazy to really care to try anymore, it's great that I never did it, but the reason is just because I'm depressed, overworked, sleep deprived, and just not in the right headspace to do anything at all other than lay in bed and starve for 8hrs straight because I forgot food existed and I can't feel hunger. I dont exercise much, best I do is go outside to check on my dogs and stuff, then head back inside after 5mins max. Reason is the same reason why I didn't do sh, so im just extremely vitamin d deficient (the lowest healthiest number is 30, I got a 10-12 smth like that) but since summer is coming I might be able to get out and exist for once, I might exercise, depends on if someone can come with me though since I have some trust issues with society lol. Maybe I'll come back with an update in the future, I just gotta remember for that part (I probably wont) but thanks again for the tips on how I can try figuring out how to feel real and be healthy for once (I haven't been healthy ever), only problem is that I have some health problems and can get panic attacks or have heat exhaustion very easily in the heat (I have had panic attacks in the shower, heat exhaustion at the zoo, and have came close to getting it multiple times) so I have some trauma with doing basic things everyone does, im scared to shower because I can't scream if I get a panic attack or smth no matter how hard I try, im scared to get out of the house or go in the sun because of heat exhaustion, im scared to go to people's house now because if certain other things, my trust issues and anxiety keep piling up. I'm going to try my best to force myself to trust things like showering again im hopes of feeling better, and ima try out your tips and stuff to also help out lol, thx
Seeing the comments on this video posted by people with some of these disorders makes me feel bad for them, I hope they get the medical attention they do need. Also I recognised DID from Mike TDI and an IRL friend I have, and I recognized Hypochondria from stage 2 of the original Bio Inc
I had severe MDD+BDD+OCD as a teenager. I spent an unfathomable amount of hours a day (must have been about 5-6 hours) applying makeup and doing other beauty rituals, lived in constant fear of people noticing my imperfections and despising the way I look. I used to carry around a pocket mirror so I could constantly check how my face looks. It induced anxiety and made me go to the bathroom to fix it up very often. I touched and fixed my hair A LOT. I also had to do it 8 times in a row every single time. It got worse and worse until I lost my friends and dropped out of school. I didn't go outside at all except when I had an appointment. My psychiatrist tested many different antidepressants on me over the course of 3 years but none of them helped ease the symptoms. I settled on the one with the least side effects. I was lucky enough to have my BDD and OCD tone down as my teenage years came to an end, and I graduated at a different school. I was 3 years late but at least I got through. This makes me wonder: is it easier to overcome mental disorders as a teenager? I still have bad MDD but BDD and OCD symptoms have stayed mild.
I know someone with an ODD diagnosis who ended up having PANS (basically lifelong encephalitis caused by a childhood infection, mostly but contestedly associated with strep). Treatment is an indefinite antibiotic course, which doctors do NOT like to prescribe.
Thank you for covering dermatillomania. I’ve actually had this since I was a young girl around 5/6 years old. My mother would scold me so bad and tell me i was disgusting for eating the skin off my thumbs. It was so painful and would bleed a lot. I was always constantly anxious and i did experience ridicule and trauma as a child. Lately I’ve been doing therapy and have decreased on eating my thumbs to the core. But the skin has grown back healthy but very thick. I have thoughts of pulling the skin back as the texture feels so different from what I’m used to. Although it used to hurt and bleed so bad, i got a rush from pressing on the painful part to see if i could tolerate the pain. It’s something to be looked into as many practitioners do not see it as a prelude to something greater.
One of the kids in my class has ODD. To get him to do anything I have to show him the rationality behind what we’re doing. Once in a while it works. Most he destroys the work I give him/the pencil in his hand/ bangs on the table or punches the wall. It’s wild. And mostly I let him have his outbursts because I know he’s not in control over his actions. After his moment, I will have another copy and we work on it together.
I have agoraphobia, something that held me cut off for nearly all of my childhood. When other kids met to play, I barely got out and met them, mostly came up with some sort of excuse. I think in my 4 years of elementary school I only went 2 times to someone else than my best friend. When she moved it was kinda hard to find new connections. Birthday partys were horror and it went that far that I were never invited anyways since I never showed up. It took me all the way to highschool until I let me get checked. After that I immediatly started to change. Went to be a paramedic since I was in a situation were someone needed my help but I never knew what comes to me in these situations and then became and occupational therapist. It's still quite difficult for me to speak in front of people and meet large groups of strangers but thanks to my experience and my boyfriend it became way better. Still not over it sure, probably never will but I'll try
manchausen syndrome is odd to me in that i feel like i identify with it even when i am very obviously sick to myself and those around me. recently i have had a severe ear infection lasting weeks and i get an odd satisfaction from medical treatments in some ways and the act of obsessive research. mostly its the feeling of being taken care of, like youre safe with doctors (although i have struggled a lot to actually get the proper medical attention i need and have suffered from chronic vertigo as a result, so much for being safe in the hands of medical professionals)
Diagnosed trichotillomania here, its very difficult fo snap out of ghe trance but luckily with the help of my family and friends, it seemed to lessen to a degree. My main hair pulling is my eyelashes. One set of eyelashes are already healed and grown but i have a quite clear bald spot on the other set of lashes and it sucks. My glasses make it harder to see the baldspot but it's painfully obvious without my glasses so i hope that i can finally heal from this fidgety of a disorder. I was also diagnosed with adhd so it becomes even harder, but I'm getting there rn ‼️
I think I have dissociative amnesia and body dystrophic disorder, I always look at my body in the mirror telling myself I’m like a rat, and I can’t quite remember my whole primary school experience, all I remember is that it was traumatic as hell
Had a terrible experience with weed that gave me a TERRIFYING derealization episode. I’ve smoked before and was totally fine so im not sure what made that switch flip lol. Might be new meds. 😅 And my younger sister suffers from severe dermatillomania. She always has bloody/redish pink blemishes on her face. I worry a lot about her and suspect it’s some undiagnosed OCD type of disorder. This was a very interesting video! Love your content. Very informative. 🫡❤️
I had a friend in high school that i really liked hanging out with but she would di things that seemed like another person And watching this video helped me consider that she might have dissociative identity disorder She had been through alot and i wasn't the most aware person at the time I hope shes alright
I have a small case of trichotillmania, I pull out my hair a lot and it's painful but I can't resist the urge aswell. It only happens sometimes, so that's why it's just a minor case of it.
i have mild dermatillomania. i have keratosis pilaris on my arms and legs and i hate being bumpy. my basic instinct is "remove bumps." so i pick. but the bumps aren't gone and they never will be. between the KP and the HS i have two lifelong, chronic skin conditions and i'm TIRED OF IT
When I used to get rashes I would pick at each bump until it bled. For me, it used to be that blood is better than scabs or bumps. It gets better. I now don’t pick at rashes only scabs.
This video was pretty educational, didn't really expect anything familiar with the things I'm diagnosed with not being listed...untill I got to the body dismorphia disorder. For some reason, that seriously hit me emotionally. I realized, throughout my life, I have generally avoided looking at mirrors, reflections, and even pictures for all the same reasons. I haven't been very familiar with my appearance for 19 years, and only then have I started to really notice these past 4 years into my 20's. It's caused me to neglect my appearance at times, and deluded me into thinking I was ugly. Having ADHD, anxiety, RSD did NOT help with hearing some off, mean-spirited comments either. However, I've noticed I could've, or have, actually looked above average for a while now, yet could never internally believe that. That's even considering that I've been in many *many* relationships before, and noticing many actually find me attractive! Like, shit...I have not been kind to myself. So seeing this here make me kinda tear up. With how detrimental and defining this has been in my life, I now KNOW this is a serious issue which needs professional attention. I guess now another difficult disorder on my list to tackle in my life...damn 😮💨
I think I have trichotillomania, i remember I accidentally pulled out an eyelash, liked the way it looked, and all of a sudden I couldn’t stop. I still don’t have all my eyelashes back and my family teases me for it… I also nearly pulled out my eyebrows entirely, but i stopped because i felt shameful looking weird like that, lol.
Lol I had a similar experience. I accidentally pulled out an eyelash once when I was like 9, and my Aunt told me to make a wish, so I began to pull out more so I could have more wishes and yeah it spiraled 😭
Psychological effect: The more somebody learns about various disorders/disabilities, the more they tend to identify their day-to-day issues as cause of some disorder/disability.
It could also be that learning about disorders… teaches you when you might have a disorder, when previously you might’ve presumed everyone was like this or you were just broken in a way no one else was.
Well, this isn’t quite true, especially for physical disabilities, because if you’re at the point of deep diving for info, you’re probably already quite sick and quite miserable but without diagnosis
hi! i’m professionally diagnosed with DID, and the description is pretty good. however, blackout amnesia is not required for DID. you do have to have some sort of amnesia, though this can be retrograde amnesia (amnesia about the past), rather than amnesia when different alters are fronting. what is known as “greyouts” are also pretty common. there are lots of different kinds of dissociative amnesia, and it doesn’t always mean completely blacking out!
I had erotomania and thought I was communicating telepathically with a famous serial killer of my country and a hacker too, now I’m diagnosed with delusions and taking meds.
As someone with dissociative amnesia you explained it pretty well! Mine is severe enough that it nearly took away a whole decade of my memories, due to how persistent my trauma was. (Rq, tw for SA and sh) I only remember small blurs of what happened to me, and from what I know I was emotionally and s3xually abused by my older sister. Just this year I found out that I was assaulted by her (luckily it didn’t go into r4p3) and it triggered a derealization and depersonalization episode. Thanks to my cat it only lasted about 30 minutes. I genuinely thought I wasn’t real, my surroundings weren’t real, and that my skin had to be removed. It was honestly terrifying lol ;-;
Comments like these ones are what stops ppl from actually speaking up about their mental health concerns in fear of ppl thinking they’re just wanting attention or is what even makes them convince themselves that they’re just making it up or overreacting, i have very bad diagnosed ADHD and am currently on medication and i still catch myself second guessing myself about having it due to reading things like these. My point is people read ur comments, and young people especially, will take what your saying seriously.
@@tankenjoyer4225Yeah they should, but let people say whatever they wanna say, they arent self diagnosing themselves, they are just talking about their problems and etc. You shouldnt call them attention-seekers, thats rude af.
@@autumn5360 no it isn't. if I recall, there is a way to slightly edit videos after being published. not sure if it is actually a thing, but it might be. they could also just put a tw in a pinned comment and/or the description if they can't edit one in
Nice to see olfactory reference syndrome on here since I unfortunately suffer from it. It's gotten better, but I still don't go outside due to the extreme anxiety. Thanks for the video.
FR. I SEE SM PPL SELF DIAGNOING IN THE COMMENTS WITH MINIMAL SYMPTOMS THAT EVERYONE DOES. IT PISSES ME OFF. LIKE BFFR AND DO RESEARCH INSTEAD OF A FIVE SECOND DESCRIPTION.
Sometimes I feel like having symptoms related to Derealization syndrome. Sometimes Im energetic, other times Im apathetic and cold. Foggy and like im a character of a story, progressing without any freedom. Like my consciousness malfunctions. Sometimes its due to exhaustion but in other times its probably due to various disappointments, that I get from news and events, and my maybe my general nihilistic approach in life. Constantly looking at all things from a distant perspective. Sometimes it feels good, like an out of body experience and a total relaxation/detachment from your shell, but other times it just distracts me from finishing a task and gives me brain fogs.
My mother was diagnosed with ODD in her adulthood, actually when I was in high school, and I definitely should look at getting an official diagnosis or reconfirmation if I already have one. In adulthood at least, it's not just about being defiant, it's about the perceived worthiness of the authority figure. One notable example in my own life was my interactions with a peer who I knew very well who was put in charge of a group including me. They were particularly anxious and thus fairly ham-fisted and strict in their leadership methods. This would ultimately lead to a breakdown of relations halfway through the project. After some hashing out of differences, order was restored by us and the teacher, who I still have a great deal of respect for. When my turn was up the following year, I wisely passed on the opportunity to be the leader of the group. So, what was the difference between my classmate and my teacher? Both were authority figures, and the teacher was also on the strict side. The difference, I think, is how the teacher treated us. Even when chewing you out, you didn't feel like they were angry with you, or like they saw you as anything less than a human who was just as capable as everyone else in that class. You felt like they respected you. As a person with several diagnoses such as autism, it was something I had been craving. My experiences in the class were some of the happiest times of my life because of that. Respect is a two-way road, especially when dealing with ODD.
8:55 This isn’t a self diagnosis or anything but I definitely experienced this for a week or so while I was quitting marijuana. It was hell and I was scared to even sleep because I thought I’d die. I’m much healthier now and I’m doing better.
So real i was dependent on it for a few months and the withdrawal gave me symptoms I never experienced before, which included derealization, depersonalization, and panic attacks. Luckily i felt fresher a month after quitting.
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Imagine how excited people with munchausen syndrome would be when they find out they have munchausen syndrome.
I don’t think you’d be excited to be confronted with whatever trauma or lack of normal social interaction brought you into displaying a full fledged diagnosable psychological syndrome.
if you thought regular munchie's was bad, munchie's by proxy is way worse.
LMAO
Actually they tend to avoid being accused of it and ghost doctors who start to figure it out
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Who is bro modeling that guy off of 🤨
What's hard with identifying someone as a hypochondriac is all the medical gaslighting today. You can be a "hypochondriac" until you get the right doctor. I wonder how rare it is to truly be one.
Very good point. For most of my teenage years I had a pretty severe issue with low blood sugar, to where I'd run the risk of passing out multiple times every day.
When I brought the light-headedness up to my doctor I had back then, he didn't even get blood work, or ask any questions about it; and just dismissed the entire situation. I didn't find out I had an issue with my blood sugar until I was an adult, and my blood test came back super low.
I don't know why people don't listen to their patients anymore. It's so counterproductive.
This 100%. Going to the doctor feels pointless because I know describing my symptoms is unlikely to lead anywhere.
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Been kicked out of two hospitals because of this. Yelling at me, telling everybody I was wasting their time, accusing me of not having the money anyway. They both said it was stress related and I was a hypochondriac
@st0rts11D4 , I'm so sorry. Were you able to get to a good doctor who would listen?
To people in the comments: This video is NOT for self-diagnosis! Stop self-diagnosing yourself in the comments; this video is for educational purposes only and is NOT a substitute for a real diagnosis. All this video does is briefly describe some common psychological disorders; while I applaud the creator for making a video on this topic, the people watching it should NOT form an opinion nor assume they have a disorder listed solely based on this video and other surface-level media. For people who think "i do this all the time, I'm going to guess I have this disorder": seek a professional diagnosis if you are genuinely concerned!
you need to question if you have a disorder before getting a diagnosis
@@sylvianimates questioning is one thing, automatically claiming that you have something w/o proper evidence and/or examination is another
@@sylvianimatesQuestioning = fine
Self diagnosing = not fine
This comment is referring to self diagnosis
Please pin this. This is very important. Thank you.
Self diagnosing is fine as long as the person does extensive research on it before claiming they have it. Getting a proper diagnosis isn't always available to everyone because of how expensive it is. Unless if the person says they have a disorder with little to no research, they're fine self diagnosing.
Derealization sucks. It wasn't chronic, but there a few months where nothing felt real. It's especially weird looking at a parent or a good friend and feeling disconnected, simply watching. So hard to explain
I've always questioned me about saving it since I had those same symptoms of an episode of derealization, but the problem is,I don't know how to tell anyone about it since it's kinda hard to explain
How did you tell others about you having it?
I had an episode of derealization for about three years, and to me it felt like I had crossed into another timeline where I didn't belong. I had to act normal so I didn't ruin the life of the other 'me' in case we switched back, but it felt like I was an actor playing someone else. It was alarming for my husband because I didn't feel like he was my husband, he was the alternate timeline me's husband. After spending time with a therapist I felt real again but it was more alarming for my family than for me at the time.
Yeah, derealization was definitely the worst thing I've ever gone through. It felt so bad
I had the same thing but it was a little different
i don’t have the disorder but i’ve been in like a genuine state of derealisation for 5 years straight and it sucks. it’s like my mind isn’t part of my body anymore, like a sheet of glass has been put between me and the rest of the world. wouldn’t recommend lmao
I have trich. I haven’t had eyebrows since I was 14. I just turned 30 in December. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER HALF MY LIFE, I HAVE EYEBROWS AGAIN!!!! It’s so weird but I’m happy! My technique is using fidgets and a PAINT BRUSH! I can play with it the way I’d play with my hair. When things are extremely stressful tho, I’ll lose some of my eyebrows. Legitimately, it was easy for me to quit vaping and smoking! Cold turkey for them! Pulling my hair is my smoking. I also have a vast medical knowledge, and my anxiety now manifests in extreme panic attacks where I think I can’t breathe, or having a heart attack or stroke etc. It’s miserable. My mental health issues stole from me and warped my love and knowledge of medicine. It turned it against me…
I bite the inside of my mouth and lips, I need something similar for that as a substitute action.
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Damn I have trichotillomania as well since 2020, and it's not as severe as to losing my eyebrows, but it's still a problem. I could explain it as trying to quit smoking.
I also have trich, I actually hate myself for it ever since my grandpa died it started happening in 2021. And ofc I’ve tried shaving my head to stop but it just doesn’t work now I have thin hair on top and idk if it will grow back thick I hate myself
@@Liusilabubble gum without sugar! My brother ended up with oral fixation after quitting smoking, he has pretty sensitive teeth and when he was a teen, he chipped one of his front tooth, being a traumatic experience for him. He doesn't eat with metal cutlery, don't drink from some vases or bottles without a soft straw, etc... most of the things he could bite or do trigger his fear of chipping another tooth (even when this happened a long time ago and it happened because he bit something very crunchy). He buys (by packs, for real) sugar free bubble gum and drinks a lot of water to help him with the habit of biting his lips and pulling dry skin from them. (Another oral fixation).
The bubble gum has helped him for years (I mean more than a decade) and it helps with his anxiety, oral fixation, his trend to clinch his jaw during the day, and biting his inner cheeks.
I'm a inner cheeks biter too and biting the soft mixer straws and bubble gum helps me a lot.
I have pretty extreme Misophonia, and it’s destroyed much of my life.
It started with just lip-smacking. It has since expanded to a massive range of noises.
At first, noises become just a little tiny annoyance. It’s just enough to be disruptive, but not really bad. This causes frustration because I can’t focus on what I’m actually doing, and little by little the frustration gets worse and worse the more I hear the noise. Eventually it gets to the point where everyday noises are like a sledgehammer for my thoughts, and I can’t focus on anything else.
Danm that must suck.
I hope that you can find a way to get help with mitigating this disorder's impact on your life
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I, too have extreme misophonia and nobody gets exactly how bad it is. Whenever i tell my friends, they just forget immediately after because they dont think it's anything important. I cannot concentrate in classes when someone is chewing gum, and whenever i am exposed to my trigger sounds, i no longer feel like myself and instead get this overwhelming urge to just end myself on the spot so that i won't need to hear the sound again. I know it sounds dramatic, but I can't help it. Also, every time i travel, i MUST wear earbuds, because there is always at least one person eating something on the bus or train. Glad to see someone else with this condition in the comments.
@@bellaander I have this too and it's been debilitating for a lot of my life. We all feel a bit dramatic, but the best thing to do is surround yourself with supportive people... my partner is so accommodating of my misophonia, it's been a massive help. best of luck to you and the original commenter (and anyone else who may struggle with misophonia
@@bellaanderi might have ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
As someone with professionally diagnosed DID, I have to say, you explained it pretty well! Other CZcamsrs explain it soooo wrong but yours is good!
I hope your system is doing well!
Have you ever run into someone faking it in order to get away with shit? If so, what was that like and how do you figure it out? I run into a shockingly high amount of people claiming to have it these days despite it being on the rarer side. I've even had one try to tell me it's actually super common.
Minus the part where he says the different alters always have no memory of what the others did while in front?
@@kilderokDID and OSDD-1 *are* a lot more common than you'd think (about 1-2% of the population for DID alone). You can't tell if someone is faking unless you are a trained professional and have been working with them for a long time. All systems are different and the way symptoms present themselves often depend on specific traumas.
It does not matter if a person using DID as an excuse is lying or not - there is such a thing as system responsibility. Alters are not fully separate people but dissociated parts of one person. If one alter does something, the entire system is responsible. Just like when someone makes a mistake unconsciously, they are still responsible.
Isn't DID extremely rare? People have been jumping onto the tiktok 'trend' of having DID.
It's bizarrely comforting to know that despite my depression stemming from my anxiety and ADHD, there's actually quite a lot that isn't wrong with me.
I struggle a lot with being grateful for what I have when I doubt the worth of everything, but at least I can be grateful that there are symptoms and disorders I'm not suffering from
ADHD gang here
Hey! Nothing it's wrong with you, you're just different and still a precious human being, regardless the conditions you live with. It truly sucks because I share the anxiety and 2 depressive disorders, I don't have ADHD, but other conditions as dyscalculia and disorganized thinking pattern. But remember that we are not our conditions, we just happen to have them and despite them, we are awesome.
We’re living the same life
Lol
I used to suffer from hypochondria. Ironically, I ended up literally worrying myself sick. Frequent chest pains, nausea, vomiting, and strange sensations by my liver. I was dead set on the idea of having diabetes and liver disease, specifically. After being given reassurance from doctors and seeking help, these weird symptoms I experienced started to gradually go away. I also started trying to fix up my diet and increase my sleep and exercise to reduce my risk in the future.
I still wouldn't wish that disorder on my worst enemy. It is the worst type of anxiety you can have, especially as an American who cannot afford health insurance. 😣
im really struggling w hypochondria rn, i really hope it doesnt happen forever. thank you for giving me hope! :)
PLEASE GUYS, this video is not for self-diagnosis, this video is solely for educational purposes and for people to learn, not an evaluation for a diagnosis. if you do suspect that you have one or two of these, just go get diagnosed by a professional and don't automatically assume that you have it.
It's too expensive. The best thing you can do if you can't afford it is to atleast research about the topic more
Nobody is self diagnosing stfu these comments are annoying asf
Although I agree not to armchair diagnose oneself, I just want to educate you on a few things since you seem like you don’t know. It’s not easy to simply “go get a diagnosis.” Even for more common disorders like anxiety and depression, it’s possible they can take a while to diagnose.
Ive had GAD for practically my entire life but I was only diagnosed 2 years ago, which was a long time after getting mental health treatment. The same goes for my Depression diagnosis.
Atleast in modern psychiatry, more complex disorders take **years** to diagnose. Not everyone has the money, time, or resources to even access a mental health professional capable of diagnosing such disorders.
Perhaps my experience with the mental health field impacts my view on this topic. I remember i was seeing a counselor for a while until she moved onto another job. I was put on a waitlist to be put in with her replacement, but I was never given one. I did not see a therapist for a year until I made an attempt on my life and ended up in the hospital. I absolutely adore her though, and I’m glad I have her as my counselor.
On another hand, I was on the waitlist for over a year to even book an appointment with a psychologist, and I’m lucky that insurance could cover it.
Maybe this is just how the mental health field functions in the United States, but it’s just unfortunate. You’re either “not sick enough” to receive treatment or even be considered for a diagnosis or you’re so sick you’re locked up into a hospital or asylum. There’s rarely a middle ground.
I’m sorry for flooding your comment with my reply, but I feel like I laid out some important things for you to know about the mental health industry. Thank you for reading.
It’s hard to self diagnose. I didn’t diagnose myself, but I suspected I had schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder for years due to persistent delusions and paranoia, flat affect, etc - but it turns out my paranoia and delusions were actually from untreated bipolar, and flat affect from autism. if you can, it really is key to leave it to the professionals.
I had to convince doctors for 6 years as a 23 yo female that I have a hormone disorder. Finally got tests this year after a gynecologist requested. Guess what the blood work showed
I'm genuinely convinced I have dermatillomania. I CONSTANTLY pick at my skin, and I get excited whenever there's something new to pick at. I even literally seek out new things to pick at, and feel anxious when there's nothing. I sometimes will even sort of pull my shirt down over my shoulder to pick in public (since my shoulders get acne a lot). I know that it causes scarring and infections, but I literally cannot stop. Sometimes I can pull myself out of it but most of the time I can't. I do have anxiety and ADHD, so those probably contribute as well lol
Probably! It falls under the umbrella term, bodily focused repetitive behaviors (BFRB's). I have trichotillomania, or had it as a teenager. It started with picking at my lip skin, before moving onto my hair. My sisters pick their skin as well, and my kiddo bites their nails CONSTANTLY (which is also in that category). I also can't NOT pick at my face/pimples.
Just be careful! Can open you up to infections and stuff, and lead to scarring. But ultimately I think it's not the worst disorder...unless it gets really out of control, and cause shame and embarrassment (like it did for me as I was a high schooler), it at least won't cause lifetime physical damage. It's more common than you think!!!!❤
I believe I also have it, and I almost exclusively pick out all skin under my nails, usually to the point of bleeding, even if I know it hurts I still feel compelled to do it
I have dermatophagia sooooo bad it’s such a horrid problem for me there’s times where I can’t even pick up my pencil at school or type on my school laptop because of it so dawg it feel you. Something about having skin on my hands and toes just isn’t for me I guess.
i’m autistic and i’ve struggled with severe derm and trich for as long as i can remember. it’s the main way that i stim and it’s frustrating when i cannot do so. i’ve been able to diminish how impactful the urges are by therapy and habit reversal training, but i fear this will just be something i’ll have to live with.
Probably best to go to your local doctor to get diagnosed❤
There are some gems in here! I myself was diagnosed with Borderline PD. I hate that all everyone seems to know about it is, that its the self harm disorder.
Quick question, I do speeches about mental health and mental neurotic illnesses. There are some illnesses in here, that I talk regularly about, would it be cool if parts of the Video would be used in one of those speeches? (With proper Citation and attribution + link to the full video of course!)
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Borderline PD isnt a selfharm disorder man. I’ve lived with borderline PD my whole life and never harmed myself. Yes I had bad thoughts but its all about a persons mindset.
@@Kenza69420 Preaching to the choir here! Its about the regulation of emotion, but its sadly stigmatized as people self harming.
One of the main reason why I started the talks about mental health awareness, to get rid of Neurotic disorders being stigmatized.
I have bpd and i never even heard of it being a self harm disorder. So that is why my therapist keeps asking if i did self harm every 5 secs. I probably did do self harm by taking a bunch of sleeping pills to get rid of feelings.
I also have BPD! I’ve never heard of the self-harm stigmatization (even though I did SH in high school), but I’m very used to hearing people with BPD being referred to as abusers or awful people. It’s very upsetting and disheartening
As someone with trichotillomania i love the way you explained the disorder and another thing about is having hair pulled doesn't hurt idk if thats the disorder or something else though
i used to have it and i remember a lot of the times it didn’t hurt or i didn’t mind the pain
I have dermatillomania and it doesn’t hurt when I pick my skin because it just feels so automatic
@@SeraphinaX0me too. It’s kind of a satisfying feeling
@@SeraphinaX0i think i have it too and i feel the exact same way, it's just kind of a robotic motion for me
Yep, I have undiagnosed dermatillomania and skin picking doesn’t physically hurt, it’s more of an emotional pain for me
Reading through these psychological disorders is like peeling back the layers of reality and diving headfirst into a carnival of the extraordinary. From thinking you're already dead to believing the world is a stage and everyone's an actor, these disorders showcase the incredible diversity of human perception.
Did you ai generate this?
High school essay ass comment
@@tophatcat1173 why is this the immediate response to someone using half of their brain to create a true and interesting statement? it's not even that long and uses basic human speech.
@@----------------------163 it uses speech structured like ai writing, all there is to it mate.
@@tophatcat1173i mean, ai like chatgpt did learn how to write like that from human made books, articles, etc.
Munchausen by Proxie:
Usually this is characterized in parents. This is where a parent lies about an illness their child doesn't have/exaggerates the extent OR flat out makes their child actively sick on purpose so the parent can gain sympathy.
literally gypsy rose's mother
I love how the Oppositional Defiant Disorder kid looks like DW from Arthur.
As someone with dermotillomania and trichotillomania, it is a living hell. The amount of times I’ve had to shave my hair off so I don’t pull it out is insane. The scars across my arms, legs, and fingers from picking at my skin too is crazy.
8:26 The not remembering bit isn’t always true , it’s not always blackout amnesia and sometimes it’s just partial amnesia described as grey outs or white outs
that’s a different disorder, DDNOS or OSDD, part of the diagnostic criteria for DID is complete amnesia :3
@@coolbeans1298 No OSDD has no - little amnesia at all 😭 not just not having blackouts , unless you mean OSDD 1a which isn’t focused on amnesia
So far we have diseaseballs, lawballs, disorderballs, mathballs, empireballs, mythology balls and scienceballs all from this channel. What’s next? Cheeseballs?
We already have that
Meatballs
@@Ashevzkyi cheeseballs exist? What’s the vid?
Meetmyballs
@@thestruggler1haha
Bulimia is no joke. I remember feeling so much anxiety for gaining a single pound over my “safe weight” and I would purposely not drink water and weigh myself multiple times a day just to see the scale go down. And I personally did not throw up after binging but I would abuse laxatives and do excessive exercise.
But it’s been a few years since I’ve done anything like that, though I still struggle with eating sometimes.
For real, I went from 91lbs at 5'9" to 160 and it's a fight everyday to maintain it.
@@vibechecked7522 you can do it! I’m glad you’re doing better.
Disorders like Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Agoraphobia depict intense preoccupations and fears related to appearance and specific environments, respectively. These disorders shed light on the diverse manifestations of mental health challenges and underline the importance of awareness, understanding, and support for individuals facing such conditions.
AI style comment
i definitely have dermatillomania
i most commonly pick the dead skin around my nails rather than my actual nails until all the dead skin is gone and my fingers become raw and start to bleed and many times have noticed i started picking at perfectly healthy parts of my thumbs that have resulted in tiny yet noticeable scars that eventually healed up
but i remember one time i was subconsciously picking at my fingers in the store, with absolutely 0 pain so i thought i was in the clear until i went to pick up a pack of ribs, i continue picking for about 5 minutes until i looked down and noticed my hand covered in blood, thinking it was the ribs i ran to the front of the store to get a wipe and clean my hand up, only to find the culprit being my finger
i also pick my lips until they become so painful that i can barely close my mouth without a stinging sensation on the freshly picked areas
I feel you, the picking in the fingers is such a Bad habit but i just can not stop it. When i look at my fingers now i have one that looks nearly untouched, five that do have some kind of "cut" and four that look really bad. For me, it's always worst on the thumbs.
@@RANDP117 mine dont look as bad rn as they’re kinda healing but i under the thumbs completely
its the easiest finger to pick and has the most surface area to pick from
my bad fingers usually always Thumbs and the Pinky (index, middle, and ring are all equal in damage)
i know someone with it. yours is likely not dermatillomania. it cold be a form of it though, as i am not very edcated on it with only having a close friend have it.
that is just average?? everybody does that??@TheThreeCat
@@PinkHairPluto it generally isn’t normal it spend hours picking at your skin to the point it’s raw, it’s bleeding, or it impacts every day life (it may hurt to touch certain things, bring you shame to go out in public etc)
for me there’s two modes„ Unconscious/Uncontrollable picking that occurs without realization. and the "I need to make my fingers beautiful with 0 imperfections" where I spend hours scratching, picking, clipping, and biting pieces of my skin until i can't even touch them anymore
the way you described Oppositional Defiance Disorder sounds like a thing adults made up to avoid accountability.. the symptoms mentioned in this video sound like a common response to things like unreasonable punishments, abuse, tiredness, unsafe environments involving lack of trust..
i'm not a doctor though, nor a parent, but i do know a thing or two about how kids behave in these particular circumstances from first hand and second hand experience.. if the disorder turns out to be real, i think it's important to make the clear distinction between when something is a disorder and when something is purely reaction..
ive seen a lot of adults who were diagnosed with ODD as children either turn out to have been abused, or are autistic and were struggling to communicate thoughts & feelings w (often unsympathetic) caregivers. 🥴 like idw to say its Definitely Never Real but i imagine its one of those diagnoses that will give way to many more accurate and more empathetic diagnoses. like how we dont diagnose people with hysteria or shell shock anymore
It is very real but I do agree because it gets overdiagnosed a lot
@@fish-d6488 this is interesting.. to that i also want to add that i went to a school for autists and once had a classmate who was diagnosed with ODD.. so i'm willing to accept it as real.. i just find the way it's described in the video a bit dangerous because it gives power to abusive parents
Yeah, that's like exactly what I was like as a child. I wasn't trying to rebel, I was just a kid with AuDHD suffering from neglect and abuse.
@@fish-d6488YES! Omg thank you for mentioning this! The countless stories from autistic people I know who had to deal with this... worst part is that a number of them where just showing traits of autism but got diagnosed with ODD because they were a person of colour. It's insane what doctors can get away with
Am i missing something what happened to bipolar, mdd, generalized anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, and stuff like that
borderline personality disorder is bipolar
@pipevinethehybrid7049 No. No it absolutely is not. Bipolar is a MOOD disorder, whereas BPD is a Cluster B PERSONALITY disorder. Not even remotely the same thing.
Do not speak on topics you clearly know nothing about. This is how misinformation spreads so rapidly.
@@pipevinethehybrid7049 no its not lol
It said extreme psychological disorder which all are but really extreme
@@supercharger5727 the real reason why this list lacks so much is because its a copycat channel trying to farm views without research. half of these nobody serious would classify as extreme
I actually had hypochondria for the longest time [together with ocd]. It started from when I was 9 and had to constantly recheck the ingredients of different food items and refusing to eat “unnatural” ones with potentially harmful ingredients and I constantly worried about serious health conditions and thought about them obsessively. When I was 12 I had a panic disorder and I developed chronic breathing problems and my heart always felt very weird from the palpitations and I used to tell family members that I needed to go to a hospital because I was starting to believe I might have had a heart disease or something. I still had anxiety on the way there and didn’t know what to expect. This other time I cried because I had to go to a hospital because I was scared of hospitals because they felt ominous. What makes this so much worse is looking up every small symptom online and it always lists a few reasons and some of them are always creepy. Also I had derealization on different occasions. The first time I experienced it is with ptsd flashbacks. Whenever I briefly recalled the time I fell down, I get a panic attack and around 10 seconds of derealization. It feels like your memory refreshes every second and like everything feels familiar but unfamiliar at the same time, it’s like being in a simulation or dream and suddenly being aware that this isn’t real. The other times I had this is when I accidentally overdosed on caffeine [12], I was in a state of derealization for around over a month or 2-3 weeks after being sick. Sometimes when I think about derealization or randomly become aware of the surroundings, I start to get derealized. It’s weird.
This feels like video quality that a 250K channal would post, I gotta say well done for the video, I learnt a lot!
holy wow they do have like 3k, that's weird-
There’s a TON of CZcams channels that make videos like this that I keep getting recommended. It’s weird cause all of them have the same editing and drawings/titles in the thumbnails
i have UDD and it’s nice to see a video not mocking or being disrespectful to dissociative disorders :) this was also really educational about things i’ve never heard of
I have trichotillomania and you described it perfectly. Whenever I have an urge to pull out my hair, my hands feel really antsy and my fingers just want to feel the texture and sensation of it. So, I pull out one strand, one turns to two, two turns to three, and so on. Wearing beanies helps with combating the urge to pull out my hair for whatever reason, so I have a whole collection of them. I even wear them to bed so I don’t zone out and start pulling. I don’t have too many bald patches on my scalp since I’ve been doing way better, but rewind about a decade ago and I had to get a false hair barrette to wear to my cousin’s wedding because of just how much I was missing.
I'm 26 and have been bulimic since I was 14, on and off. It's not just about guilt/weight gain but purging is a high. Losing weight while eating garbage is a high. It absolutely controls my life and I hate it but it just feels like a part of me now. I'm very concerned being somewhat older now and doing it for so long but I can't stop. Just screaming this into the void.
Also have BPD, misophonia, I self harm, whole lotta shit really lmfao. All of it is due to trauma. I honestly hate all the labels, ALL of my mental health shit stems from being traumatized my entire life. Life is okay now, I'm an adult and a lot has leveled out but those scars remain.
I hope life gets better
My mom has it and she’s never stopped. She has done it for 30+ years. I worry about her.
As someone who has DID, you described it perfectly. There have been times someone else hurt my mom, and I don't remember it. I don't know why people act like it's having friends in your head. Yeah sometimes it can be "fun" but it's also very stressful
I've been diagnosed with mild Agoraphobia. It only flares up in me when I'm convinced that I have no method of escape. So if I have to stay in a stressful area because I physically can't leave or because I'm obligated to stay, I panic. I've also got brain damage and autism that act up with my Agoraphobia panics, causing all of my senses to shut down one at a time. I literally lose the ability to perceive the world around me, leaving me trapped in my own body and unable to even cry in fear. It sucks, but I've gotten used to recognizing when things are acting up so I can get myself out of bad situations.
I have dermatillomania (also known as skin picking disorder or Excoriation disorder) along with dermatophagia (eating my skin). On many days, I spend an hour or more obsessively picking at my skin. My skin, especially on my face and hands, is constantly torn up from my constant picking. For me, it's often an anxiety response and mostly has nothing to do with any perceived blemishes or anything like that.
I've tried to get help for it because it does significantly impact my daily life, but doctors, even mental health professionals, always say something like "Well have you seen a dermatologist?" I'm picking at and eating completely healthy skin (even if I did have a skin condition, the eating part is definitely not normal and should be looked into), so I have no idea what they think a dermatologist can do for this issue. Some mental health professionals I've talked to don't even believe that dermatillomania exists and think I'm just getting rid of normal dead skin as everyone else does. The many times I've picked and chewed half of my finger prints off would beg to differ.
I’ve had derm since i was 5/6 years old. It’s characterized by trauma or high levels of anxiety. I’ve tried as well getting help for it. But I’ve been doing therapy within the last few years and I’ve noticed i have decreased in skin picking. I used to pick until it bled and it was truly painful. I don’t like the texture on my thumbs now as it’s grown back thick and makes me want to pick it until it’s thin again. My thumbs are discolored but I’m trying to get a hold on my anxiety and negative thoughts.
As someone who just recently overcame Trichotillomania, I'm so glad it was discussed :)
DID is also characterised by derealisation and depersonalization and dissociative amnesia as well as the separate parts/alters.
Omg thanks for bringing up dermatillomania. I've been dealing with it since I was 13 (I'm 21 now) and it's hard to explain to others why I can't just stop. I'm like this due to trauma and not learning proper coping skills and its really hard to switch to better ones even now
As someone with diagnosed Dissociative Amnesia who doesn’t hear it talked about often, thank you. I’m missing years from my memory.
Watching derealization described so accurately gave me such a rush of anxiety. I honestly didn't even know what I was experiencing until I found out a couple of years ago there was a term for it and it's an actual mental disorder. For years I thought I was experiencing something no one else could understand. I burst into tears when I found out I wasn't alone.
This is so real!! I already felt alienated bc of the derealisation itself, not finding a term for it made me believe that I was the only one experiencing it. I was so happy to find a term for it (and get diagnosed)
Sadly for me, I suffer from both Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania. I legit have no eyelashes or eyebrows, have very little hair and pull off dead skin addictingly. I've tried for years to stop it, but I just can't.
I have pretty bad agoraphobia. The only times I leave home are for doctors appointments and often I panic hard and skip them. It's been that way for like 5 years I think? It only gets worse
I hear you. I was like that as well. I still struggle with many things and usually spend time alone so i don't fear embarrassing myself in front of people i know. I take a fidget toy with me when I go out and it helps me get distracted from my thoughts. What helped me was slowly doing exposure, i did it during covid because there werent many people outside. But you can still do it. And try anxiety medication if you can, i really regret not having tried it sooner. I had to stop due to other health issues, but i still take a benzo occasionally and it helps you slowly be less afraid of some situations.
@@bosmer3836 I'm way far beyond the use of a fidget toy lmao. Exposure doesn't work for me atm, we're looking for a better medication first. I'm not even kidding, the front door will make me fucking spaz. Try to make me go outside and I will scream, cry and beat the everloving shit out of you. I dissociate and sometimes pass out when forced outside. Getting the mail makes me panic so fucking hard that I vomit.
The shit you're preaching to me has been tried and tried for years and I'm getting sick of hearing "oh well if you just do this" because chances are I fucking did try that and it's useless. I've been on and off of meds since I was 10. The fact that we haven't found something to properly sedate my ass into a state of being able to accept reality yet is pissing me off. Not to mention the fact that I only get worse with time. I'm genuinely at a loss here lol probably gonna just have to krill myshelf if I'm being real
I have slight hypochondria, and it drained my sleep a few times. When i learned that rabies, the deadliest disease in the world, has simmilar symptoms to common flu, THEN paranoia went to 100. Now its become a ritual before bed to check my house if there isn't any lost bat (there were a few cases of rabid bats being found in a town next to mine, so we better always be careful).
I can't tell if this is a self-diagnosis or you actually got diagnosed with it, but if you did so sorry you had to deal with hypochondria, it really sucks
as a severe (diagnosed) hypochondriac, that is not slight. if you are not diagnosed already, please talk to a doctor.
Duuuude I’m similar, not in being deathly afraid for my health, but rather every night before I fall asleep I always check behind my pillows and bed for spiders to ensure a venomous one doesn’t bite me in the middle of the night
i have derealization disorder and it’s just the worst. sometimes i feel like i can’t control my fingers, or like someone else is moving them. sometimes the world just feels fake, like the sky is too bright, or it’s too beautiful out, to the point where i can’t just enjoy nice days. vacations and days out become dystopian sometimes if the buildings are too big/tall or if there’s too many people in a crowd.
Add on for DID, OSDD-type etc. Alter is mentioned, and is the proper word! Thanks for mentioning it.
According to the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization it is classified as a Dissociative disorder and not a Personality disorder.
Using "personality" can also perpetuate the idea of them being just that, and not separate individuals.
Although diagnostic criteria within the DSM-5 is stated as
"Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states[...]"
Note the use of "personality state"!
Hope this is somewhat informational and can help break the stigma of "multiple personality disorder"
so true, i was getting nervous the video would be spreading around misinformation by calling it "personalities", so i was so very relieved when they finally said alter!!
These videos are incredible! Can’t wait to see more:D
*THIS VIDEO IS NOT MEANT FOR YOU TO SELF-DIAGNOSE GUYS,* go to the doctor
Omg yes please. Self diagnoses are probably one of the most irritating phenomenon on the Internet nowadays.
Also the one with the child being aggressive and defiant I think that's just most children, especially kids that were abused.
I was diagnosed with body dysmorphia and it's awful. I was trans for 4 years and it didn't fix anything, I still hated the way I looked even as a male and now that I'm trying to detransition I still get a lot of dysphoria because I constantly get misgendered and called a man or "he" even tho I was born a woman and present myself as such. I haven't been on hormones for 2 years and the changes never went away. Its awful. Transitioning is a serious issue and so many young people nowadays are doing it not thinking of the long term consequences :(
That's why the stigma needs to disappear about transitioning and trans people. There would be more options and information available thus less stories like yours. And good luck with the disorder, you may actually want to find the root of the issue if you haven't tried already.@@thesaddestpikachu
Self diagnosing is bad when it's someone who has done little to no research on the topic. Getting a diagnosis is way to expensive for some people, and as long as they do lots of research on it before they claim they have it, they should be fine.
@@drkstripetheightphoenix6592 it’s never fine to self diagnose, you should know this. Thinking that you might have something is fine but actively telling folks that you have this disorder is not.
@@lunacy3 That's only when you are only going off of signs and not the research itself.
I'm very surprised that you don't have at least 5k subs yet, this is such a good video! :)
Thank you! 😊
his first video was only 2 weeks ago bruh
@@theonewhocaredandasked9126 fair lol
i think that this channel will be very popular soon anyhow
I have Dermatillomania, it's similar to Trichotillomania but any scabs, pimples, or "imperfections" drive you crazy until you just have to pick it off your body, then you're covered in scars and just feel worse 😢
i have dermatillomania and that was a really good explanation. i get an itching sensation similar to trichotillomania for the skin picking. and the areas most affected are my arm, face, and back. i have had it since i was about 6.
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I was diagnosed with OSD when I was maybe 7 or so? I think it may have been younger, but I'm unsure. I think it mostly depends on the person. While I'm not saying that it isn't just the defiance of authority figures, I feel like it also has "triggers" (for example, certain people, or environments.)
My "experience":
I was always getting in trouble at school. Refusing to do projects, not listening to teachers when they told me to do something. Calls were always being made to home, saying stuff like "___ did X", "___ keeps refusing to listen." My mother never really understood why, or what was going on because I was never like that with her at home, I would (most of the time), do what she asked me to.
Eventually, I got diagnosed with OSD, and then it just suddenly made sense to her.
It can develop different in different people.
i have borderline personality disorder, i'm thirteen, and i've been hospitalised at least three times for self harm and suicide attempts. i have to get stitches every time i self harm, and i'm too much for my family and friends, causing everyone to leave me. i lost my only friend yesterday because they couldn't stand my mental health
I kind of feel you, I’m have diagnosed Bipolar disorder and there have been a few times where I completely loose touch with reality, it’s like all my senses are maxxed, I can’t keep my eyes still, and my body just twitches and I’ll do things that i usually don’t do. I remember this one time I had completely cut up my face, arms, and hands and then just scratched violently at my neck for hours, for some reason I also felt horribly paranoid. I was about 14 or 15 when it happened but I remember waking up in a hospital and just going straight into a panic attack. Things like that have happened, albeit lighter, to me a lot so I don’t really have much friends.
You can’t have a diagnosed personality disorder until you’re 18.
@@ReginaWrites are you stupid on purpose
For those that are saying that self diagnosing isn't good, you're sorta right. Though it's better to have a professional diagnose it, some professionals can diagnose it incorrectly. Like with some psychologists telling people that they don't have a disorder, but other psychologists telling the same people that they do have a disorder. Some people can't afford an appointment to get diagnosed too.
But what you are right about is self diagnosing with only little to no research. It is wrong.
Self diagnosing is only valid when you have done lots of research on the topic before claiming that you have it(unless if it is a more rarer disorder, then it's better to get a diagnoses).
I know I have skin picking disorder because I pick my scabs until they become scars on my body(and it's a challenge I've been fighting for years). That's something that is a clear sign I might have skin picking disorder. If it's something minor and not as damaging, you most likely don't have it.
All in all, please tell the people who are only going off of this video that what they're doing is bad. Not people who have done a lot of research on the topic and know they have a chance of having it.
Thank you.
Hearing Dermatillomaina mentioned brought me so much joy. It's so often forgotten about, but hearing it talked about makes me feel so seen
trichotillomania Is absolute shit to deal with😭. I’ve genuinely had it for more than a year now and I’m still struggling to part my hair so that bald patches aren’t showing.
It definitely isn’t as bad as it could be, but I still find myself running a hand through my hair and pulling out small clumps at a time.
I once had a therapist try to diagnose me with Oppositional Defiance Disorder... Yeah, turned out I'm PDA Autistic with comorbid ADHD, who was suffering from extreme burnout and executive dysfunction.
IE; they thought I was being defiant just for the safe of it, when in reality I was perpetually fighting with myself trying to get anything done to the point it caused me extreme turmoil. And people asking me to do chores would literally activate my flight or fight because then I wasnt just getting them done, I had a standard and method I had to uphold. Which put even more pressure on me and made it harder to do anything at all.
I've lost quite a bit of faith in doctors and therapists for not only not catching me sooner, but actively ignoring me when I was begging for genuine help when I was younger.
As someone who dealt with trichotillomania throughout my high school years. It's a horrible cycle of causing pain and then hating yourself for it.
After years of dealing with it im happy to say my hair is to my waist in length. I'm proud to be here. Especially considering i used to sit and cry in front of a mirror and i literally tried shaving my own head to stop myself before. Just having long hair of my own again now feels amazing and i feel proud of myself for overcoming it
So if anyone else is dealing with this, i recommend playing with something in the hand you do it with. Like use a kneaded eraser/play doh/putty, or maybe a stress ball, or a fidgit toy of any kind. Keep that hand busy! It helped me so it may help you too.
Anyways. Thank you for mentioning this. It's a horrible thing to deal with.
Thank you! Truly informative!
In 3rd grade I had an adverse reaction to an ADHD medication and started pulling my hair out. I still find hairballs in old pencil boxes, which I sometimes disposed of them in. Usually, my desks at school were surrounded by hairballs.
My mother would say I looked like a chemotherapy patient, as if that would make me stop.
Out of shame, I would start picking at my lips. So basically, I developed dermatillomania because it was getting harder to feed the trichotillomania because I got in trouble.
My sleeves would have blotches of blood all along them, and most of my shirts from middle school are stained permanently.
During the pandemic, wearing a mask thankfully weaned me off of lip picking. However, my focus shifted from my face to my fingers. My fingertips are usually at various stages of healing with multiple layers of skin visible depending on the location. My ring fingertips and thumbs are the worst. I go through bandaids like crazy.
Couldn't play piano because bandaids made my fingers slip, and having no bandaid over my always fresh lesions made touching the keys painful.
I've been struggling with dermatillomania for years now and just now realized, I never even told my therapist! I think I have struggled for so long to no avail that I don't consider treatment.
I'm aware of my dermatillomania, but it is hard to notice in the moment. I will do it during lectures, exams, playing video games, eating, even going to sleep.
Anyways, good video 👍
i have trichotillomania, it’s reduced a lot over the years but at 4 i used to pull out my hair so much i had to get my head shaved. but still, the back of my head (where you’d get an undercut) is still quite short
I have trichotillomania, I pull my eyelashes and sadly have been starting on my eyebrows and hair just a bit. It doesn’t hurt after a while but it honestly teaches you the importance of hair especially your eyelashes. I have gotten stys, infections, bumps, scabs, scars all on my eye from pulling my eyelashes out. Please don’t take your hair for granted even if it sounds silly of what I’m saying, appreciate the little things because it just hurts you in the end if you don’t.
Try to use blue light glasses and bucket hats, they block your hands
I hate this disease
I feel you ;-;
I used to constantly pick at my skin and bite my fingernails; I would even bite the quickes until my fingers were bleeding. I think as early as five or six year old. It took until high school when I had many purple/white scars on my arms and legs that I thought “wow I really need to stop this” I never addressed it with therapists (though I should have) and just tried to distract my hands with other stimming behaviors, and wear long sleeves so I couldn’t feel my skin.
Today, I still pick occasionally, but not as severe or frequent. If I slip up, I make sure to wash the area immediately to help prevent infection. Still need to work on it. I think on a subconscious level it was scabs that formed unevenly, or any part of the skin that was different that got targeted. So I have found exfoliating in the shower helps reduce areas that might grab my attention.
Derealization Disorder, and dermatillomania are something i just figured out that may be the cause of whats wrong with me, or im lying to myself without realizing and im just overreacting, idk. I cant tell how i feel, my therapist had a whole session with me on emotions because i always respond with "im tired" when he asks how i feel, he said it isnt an emotion and i have to say smth like "happy, sad, mad, ect." When i dont know if i can feel it. He searched up if feeling empty was a thing, it is and he said the different definitions to see what fit me, i found only one out of the 5 he read, i just fake my emotions and feelings so i dont seem like a weirdo, sounds depressing cuz it is. And i always pick at my skin, after blood starts coming out is when i realize what happened, its on my lips, my forehead, my cheeks, and on the outside of my lips, it kinda hurts but i got used to it after the years and just dont feel it much, its a habit. Then people ask in concern why im bleeding or have blood on me, i sometimes get it on my schoolwork, my biggest problem with this is that it just made me more insecure about my face, i have so many scars on my head and lips, and the outside of my lips are red because i got a rash or smth and i kept peeling the skin, i hate it so much, i cover my head with my hair because of it, i wish i could stop but i cant, i do it when im not paying attention, when my anxiety is going up, to comfort myself, to "fix" because i felt my forehead and its uneven and i just want the scars and bumps to heal, ect. Its just something im used to.
Anyways, is there anyone else with these problems or just me?
Thanks for the tip, im used to warm showers so maybe it can help, I have only tried sh once but failed and was too lazy to really care to try anymore, it's great that I never did it, but the reason is just because I'm depressed, overworked, sleep deprived, and just not in the right headspace to do anything at all other than lay in bed and starve for 8hrs straight because I forgot food existed and I can't feel hunger.
I dont exercise much, best I do is go outside to check on my dogs and stuff, then head back inside after 5mins max. Reason is the same reason why I didn't do sh, so im just extremely vitamin d deficient (the lowest healthiest number is 30, I got a 10-12 smth like that) but since summer is coming I might be able to get out and exist for once, I might exercise, depends on if someone can come with me though since I have some trust issues with society lol.
Maybe I'll come back with an update in the future, I just gotta remember for that part (I probably wont) but thanks again for the tips on how I can try figuring out how to feel real and be healthy for once (I haven't been healthy ever), only problem is that I have some health problems and can get panic attacks or have heat exhaustion very easily in the heat (I have had panic attacks in the shower, heat exhaustion at the zoo, and have came close to getting it multiple times) so I have some trauma with doing basic things everyone does, im scared to shower because I can't scream if I get a panic attack or smth no matter how hard I try, im scared to get out of the house or go in the sun because of heat exhaustion, im scared to go to people's house now because if certain other things, my trust issues and anxiety keep piling up.
I'm going to try my best to force myself to trust things like showering again im hopes of feeling better, and ima try out your tips and stuff to also help out lol, thx
Seeing the comments on this video posted by people with some of these disorders makes me feel bad for them, I hope they get the medical attention they do need.
Also I recognised DID from Mike TDI and an IRL friend I have, and I recognized Hypochondria from stage 2 of the original Bio Inc
I had severe MDD+BDD+OCD as a teenager. I spent an unfathomable amount of hours a day (must have been about 5-6 hours) applying makeup and doing other beauty rituals, lived in constant fear of people noticing my imperfections and despising the way I look.
I used to carry around a pocket mirror so I could constantly check how my face looks. It induced anxiety and made me go to the bathroom to fix it up very often. I touched and fixed my hair A LOT. I also had to do it 8 times in a row every single time. It got worse and worse until I lost my friends and dropped out of school. I didn't go outside at all except when I had an appointment.
My psychiatrist tested many different antidepressants on me over the course of 3 years but none of them helped ease the symptoms. I settled on the one with the least side effects.
I was lucky enough to have my BDD and OCD tone down as my teenage years came to an end, and I graduated at a different school. I was 3 years late but at least I got through. This makes me wonder: is it easier to overcome mental disorders as a teenager? I still have bad MDD but BDD and OCD symptoms have stayed mild.
I know someone with an ODD diagnosis who ended up having PANS (basically lifelong encephalitis caused by a childhood infection, mostly but contestedly associated with strep). Treatment is an indefinite antibiotic course, which doctors do NOT like to prescribe.
Thank you for covering dermatillomania. I’ve actually had this since I was a young girl around 5/6 years old. My mother would scold me so bad and tell me i was disgusting for eating the skin off my thumbs. It was so painful and would bleed a lot. I was always constantly anxious and i did experience ridicule and trauma as a child. Lately I’ve been doing therapy and have decreased on eating my thumbs to the core. But the skin has grown back healthy but very thick. I have thoughts of pulling the skin back as the texture feels so different from what I’m used to. Although it used to hurt and bleed so bad, i got a rush from pressing on the painful part to see if i could tolerate the pain. It’s something to be looked into as many practitioners do not see it as a prelude to something greater.
i have that too but i rub the nintendo switch game cartridges all over my fingers so they taste really bad and i dont wanna bite them
Oh hey! Is this Mainly Facts? Cool to see you branch out into this format thats been popping off recently
One of the kids in my class has ODD. To get him to do anything I have to show him the rationality behind what we’re doing. Once in a while it works. Most he destroys the work I give him/the pencil in his hand/ bangs on the table or punches the wall. It’s wild. And mostly I let him have his outbursts because I know he’s not in control over his actions. After his moment, I will have another copy and we work on it together.
Is he autistic?
If he is autistic he might be overstimulated by all the sensory
I have agoraphobia, something that held me cut off for nearly all of my childhood. When other kids met to play, I barely got out and met them, mostly came up with some sort of excuse. I think in my 4 years of elementary school I only went 2 times to someone else than my best friend. When she moved it was kinda hard to find new connections. Birthday partys were horror and it went that far that I were never invited anyways since I never showed up. It took me all the way to highschool until I let me get checked. After that I immediatly started to change. Went to be a paramedic since I was in a situation were someone needed my help but I never knew what comes to me in these situations and then became and occupational therapist. It's still quite difficult for me to speak in front of people and meet large groups of strangers but thanks to my experience and my boyfriend it became way better. Still not over it sure, probably never will but I'll try
i love your videos, please keep making them!!
I have trichotillomania 😕 been doing it for years now
Same
I don't think it ever goes away
It’s hard, but it’s possible. As someone’s who’s experienced it and overcome it on my own, I believe in you
manchausen syndrome is odd to me in that i feel like i identify with it even when i am very obviously sick to myself and those around me. recently i have had a severe ear infection lasting weeks and i get an odd satisfaction from medical treatments in some ways and the act of obsessive research. mostly its the feeling of being taken care of, like youre safe with doctors (although i have struggled a lot to actually get the proper medical attention i need and have suffered from chronic vertigo as a result, so much for being safe in the hands of medical professionals)
i have both agoraphobia and did (professionally diagnosed) and let me say, you explained it BEAUTIFULLY.
Diagnosed trichotillomania here, its very difficult fo snap out of ghe trance but luckily with the help of my family and friends, it seemed to lessen to a degree. My main hair pulling is my eyelashes. One set of eyelashes are already healed and grown but i have a quite clear bald spot on the other set of lashes and it sucks. My glasses make it harder to see the baldspot but it's painfully obvious without my glasses so i hope that i can finally heal from this fidgety of a disorder. I was also diagnosed with adhd so it becomes even harder, but I'm getting there rn ‼️
As someone with suspected DID I'm getting teary-eyed over the well explanation with correct language and everything
I think I have dissociative amnesia and body dystrophic disorder, I always look at my body in the mirror telling myself I’m like a rat, and I can’t quite remember my whole primary school experience, all I remember is that it was traumatic as hell
You my guy (or gal), should seei help for treating these neurotic Illnesses
@@djangel3108 if only I could bro, if only I could
Dysmorphia is quite common outside of that disorder
Had a terrible experience with weed that gave me a TERRIFYING derealization episode. I’ve smoked before and was totally fine so im not sure what made that switch flip lol. Might be new meds. 😅
And my younger sister suffers from severe dermatillomania. She always has bloody/redish pink blemishes on her face. I worry a lot about her and suspect it’s some undiagnosed OCD type of disorder.
This was a very interesting video! Love your content. Very informative. 🫡❤️
I had a friend in high school that i really liked hanging out with but she would di things that seemed like another person
And watching this video helped me consider that she might have dissociative identity disorder
She had been through alot and i wasn't the most aware person at the time
I hope shes alright
I have a small case of trichotillmania, I pull out my hair a lot and it's painful but I can't resist the urge aswell. It only happens sometimes, so that's why it's just a minor case of it.
i have mild dermatillomania. i have keratosis pilaris on my arms and legs and i hate being bumpy. my basic instinct is "remove bumps." so i pick. but the bumps aren't gone and they never will be. between the KP and the HS i have two lifelong, chronic skin conditions and i'm TIRED OF IT
When I used to get rashes I would pick at each bump until it bled. For me, it used to be that blood is better than scabs or bumps. It gets better. I now don’t pick at rashes only scabs.
This video was pretty educational, didn't really expect anything familiar with the things I'm diagnosed with not being listed...untill I got to the body dismorphia disorder. For some reason, that seriously hit me emotionally.
I realized, throughout my life, I have generally avoided looking at mirrors, reflections, and even pictures for all the same reasons. I haven't been very familiar with my appearance for 19 years, and only then have I started to really notice these past 4 years into my 20's. It's caused me to neglect my appearance at times, and deluded me into thinking I was ugly. Having ADHD, anxiety, RSD did NOT help with hearing some off, mean-spirited comments either. However, I've noticed I could've, or have, actually looked above average for a while now, yet could never internally believe that. That's even considering that I've been in many *many* relationships before, and noticing many actually find me attractive! Like, shit...I have not been kind to myself.
So seeing this here make me kinda tear up. With how detrimental and defining this has been in my life, I now KNOW this is a serious issue which needs professional attention. I guess now another difficult disorder on my list to tackle in my life...damn 😮💨
This is a cool video!! Can't wait to see more! 🤩
I think I have trichotillomania, i remember I accidentally pulled out an eyelash, liked the way it looked, and all of a sudden I couldn’t stop. I still don’t have all my eyelashes back and my family teases me for it… I also nearly pulled out my eyebrows entirely, but i stopped because i felt shameful looking weird like that, lol.
Lol I had a similar experience. I accidentally pulled out an eyelash once when I was like 9, and my Aunt told me to make a wish, so I began to pull out more so I could have more wishes and yeah it spiraled 😭
Psychological effect: The more somebody learns about various disorders/disabilities, the more they tend to identify their day-to-day issues as cause of some disorder/disability.
Learning about disorders
Can cause a “disorder”
Heh
@@Justice449 it's just a hypothesis made by me based on my own observations, but it seems to fit with what I've seen.
It could also be that learning about disorders… teaches you when you might have a disorder, when previously you might’ve presumed everyone was like this or you were just broken in a way no one else was.
Well, this isn’t quite true, especially for physical disabilities, because if you’re at the point of deep diving for info, you’re probably already quite sick and quite miserable but without diagnosis
@@sociallyineptsnapper no way
hi! i’m professionally diagnosed with DID, and the description is pretty good. however, blackout amnesia is not required for DID. you do have to have some sort of amnesia, though this can be retrograde amnesia (amnesia about the past), rather than amnesia when different alters are fronting. what is known as “greyouts” are also pretty common. there are lots of different kinds of dissociative amnesia, and it doesn’t always mean completely blacking out!
Helpful information thanks
Only channel I watch with under 1000 subs. U deserve it bro
I appreciate that!
How do you have below 1K subs?
CZcams did you dirty man..
I had erotomania and thought I was communicating telepathically with a famous serial killer of my country and a hacker too, now I’m diagnosed with delusions and taking meds.
As someone with dissociative amnesia you explained it pretty well! Mine is severe enough that it nearly took away a whole decade of my memories, due to how persistent my trauma was. (Rq, tw for SA and sh) I only remember small blurs of what happened to me, and from what I know I was emotionally and s3xually abused by my older sister. Just this year I found out that I was assaulted by her (luckily it didn’t go into r4p3) and it triggered a derealization and depersonalization episode. Thanks to my cat it only lasted about 30 minutes. I genuinely thought I wasn’t real, my surroundings weren’t real, and that my skin had to be removed. It was honestly terrifying lol ;-;
Wonder how many self-diagnosis 15 year olds came here
Probably a quiet a few
Comments like these ones are what stops ppl from actually speaking up about their mental health concerns in fear of ppl thinking they’re just wanting attention or is what even makes them convince themselves that they’re just making it up or overreacting, i have very bad diagnosed ADHD and am currently on medication and i still catch myself second guessing myself about having it due to reading things like these. My point is people read ur comments, and young people especially, will take what your saying seriously.
@@Idk-zr9oq Good, they should take it seriously. If they think something is up, they should get diagnosed.
Especially the ones that only go off of little to no research.
@@tankenjoyer4225Yeah they should, but let people say whatever they wanna say, they arent self diagnosing themselves, they are just talking about their problems and etc. You shouldnt call them attention-seekers, thats rude af.
What software do you use to draw these videos man?
These are some good content videos. Subscribed.
Glad you like them!
@@TheEvaluat0r it's a good video, but can you please put a trigger warning before 0:31?
@@gregsmith8977 well it's too late to do that now lol
@@autumn5360 no it isn't. if I recall, there is a way to slightly edit videos after being published. not sure if it is actually a thing, but it might be. they could also just put a tw in a pinned comment and/or the description if they can't edit one in
Nice to see olfactory reference syndrome on here since I unfortunately suffer from it. It's gotten better, but I still don't go outside due to the extreme anxiety. Thanks for the video.
a twitter user's guide to self-diagnosis for character development
FR. I SEE SM PPL SELF DIAGNOING IN THE COMMENTS WITH MINIMAL SYMPTOMS THAT EVERYONE DOES. IT PISSES ME OFF. LIKE BFFR AND DO RESEARCH INSTEAD OF A FIVE SECOND DESCRIPTION.
the comments on this video are torturous
How are you not more famous. I would reccomend doing the timestamp thing.
Sometimes I feel like having symptoms related to Derealization syndrome. Sometimes Im energetic, other times Im apathetic and cold. Foggy and like im a character of a story, progressing without any freedom. Like my consciousness malfunctions. Sometimes its due to exhaustion but in other times its probably due to various disappointments, that I get from news and events, and my maybe my general nihilistic approach in life. Constantly looking at all things from a distant perspective. Sometimes it feels good, like an out of body experience and a total relaxation/detachment from your shell, but other times it just distracts me from finishing a task and gives me brain fogs.
My mother was diagnosed with ODD in her adulthood, actually when I was in high school, and I definitely should look at getting an official diagnosis or reconfirmation if I already have one.
In adulthood at least, it's not just about being defiant, it's about the perceived worthiness of the authority figure. One notable example in my own life was my interactions with a peer who I knew very well who was put in charge of a group including me. They were particularly anxious and thus fairly ham-fisted and strict in their leadership methods. This would ultimately lead to a breakdown of relations halfway through the project. After some hashing out of differences, order was restored by us and the teacher, who I still have a great deal of respect for. When my turn was up the following year, I wisely passed on the opportunity to be the leader of the group.
So, what was the difference between my classmate and my teacher? Both were authority figures, and the teacher was also on the strict side. The difference, I think, is how the teacher treated us. Even when chewing you out, you didn't feel like they were angry with you, or like they saw you as anything less than a human who was just as capable as everyone else in that class. You felt like they respected you. As a person with several diagnoses such as autism, it was something I had been craving. My experiences in the class were some of the happiest times of my life because of that. Respect is a two-way road, especially when dealing with ODD.
Hey wait. That’s me
you may want to put in a trigger warning before 0:31 for self harm.
8:55
This isn’t a self diagnosis or anything but I definitely experienced this for a week or so while I was quitting marijuana. It was hell and I was scared to even sleep because I thought I’d die. I’m much healthier now and I’m doing better.
So real i was dependent on it for a few months and the withdrawal gave me symptoms I never experienced before, which included derealization, depersonalization, and panic attacks. Luckily i felt fresher a month after quitting.