We Watched ELPHABA
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2023
- Today we watched British TikToker Elphaba
Alex: @ImAllexx
My other channel: @GeorgeM
Twitter: / memeulous
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elphaba is like that one family member that you have never met but only know awful things about
Yeh my mom's cousin is a pedo
I met her once in gloucetershire
@@gibbings5534 did she smell
Aunty Jinny
@@gibbings5534 got a disease yet?
It’s nice to see Alex and memeulous together
True
He does not have a name. He is John Memelous.
@@themanofthemilk1369memelous doe
Huh@@themanofthemilk1369
Bring eboys back
I don’t normally leave comments but I have to for this video. It’s super weird to see Memeulous, one of my favourite CZcamsrs, reacting to Elphaba because I actually knew her. We went to a group for people in the lgbtq+ community together for like 1.5 yrs, I didn’t really talk to her very often because I thought she was annoying, she’d always be singing songs from whicked and being generally obnoxious. I found out after a couple months that she was on TikTok and had a following but I had no clue about how much she was known by everyone, I saw Alex and someone else react to her a while ago which is when I found out about what she does and it was really crazy catching up on the drama, also I always got bad vibes from her so it’s nice that I wasn’t going crazy on that part. I actually knew that one person in that whicked play clip, she met them at the group and I actually talked to them quite a lot so that is extra strange. Anyway I just had to share this because it’s been super weird for me having the real and online worlds meet each other, you know what I mean? Thanks for reading, have a nice day.
You dodged a bullet tbh. Way to trust your gut there.
Damn I can't even begin to imagine how weird that must feel like for you knowing her for a year and a half! Glad you realised the weird vibes coming from her, she doesn't seem to treat any friends or people she knows very well, or be any kind of level-headed from the looks of all the clips I've seen from her trying to get peoples' attention back on her after it was on her friend for 5 seconds, throwing herself around when she doesn't get her way, getting angry when her friend won a tiktok battle thing, the whole situation with a group chat with kids in and the voice note, etc. If I was anywhere near her now I'd be scared!
Hope you don't have scurbys!
WAIT CLEO?? IS THAT YOU?? ITS ME JOHNNY-
Lore
To add more context to George’s description of scabies, it’s a parasitic skin infestation caused by the female _Sarcoptes scabiei_ variety _hominis,_ or the human itch mite. The intense itching is the result of an allergic reaction to the mite’s proteins, faeces, & skin burrowing, which tends to be a LOT worse at night. Since scabies is spread through direct skin contact for at least 10 min w an infected person, she had to go _OUT OF HER WAY_ to get that shit, and it also proves just how unsanitary she is. Also it’s really important to note that she posed a MASSIVE health risk to everyone (especially to immunocompromised people) cus scabies is HIGHLY contagious & puts you at risk for secondary bacterial infections. That was incredibly reckless and careless for her to go out in public KNOWING she could possibly infect others. I doubt anyone will see this but I just wanted to provide more info & express my frustration.
thanks u legend
i dont want to poi8nt out your contradictions cos she is a freak. but why is in the wrong for catching it and spreading it/ like surely the peopl she gives it to would have to go out of their way to get it accordfing to your logic. or whoever gave her it was in the wrong for putting her at risk. i get ur point interesting comment bu come on bro
She went out of her way to get it? The person who gave it to her should’ve been isolated. Let’s not blame her for catching it, but blame her for not taking it seriously and passing it to others.
The 10 minute of touch thing is somewhat outdated, scabies is getting more infectious and more resistant and it's now recommended to not even shake hands
(Had scabies for 1,5 years because they were resistant to any treatment and not being able to touch anyone for that long was even worse than the thought of parasites living in my skin)
She makes me want to shower, like I genuinely feel dirty watching her content my god. And I’m depressed and sometimes don’t shower for a while. But it’s watching one of her videos and I’m reaching for the soap 🧼👀
Like girl not everything is a disorder. You can have a problem and just assume you’re the dickhead and move on. 😒 like people have multiple disorders but this is like a combo in mtg that never ends dude
Same😂
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Same. Skin crawling 😂
Elphaba gives trans people, disabled people, normal people, weird people (whatever else) a bad name
Humans* a bad name
As you were unsure, yes it is biological possible to “vomit shit”. Usually a backflow of faecal matter is caused by some form of intestinal blockage and is more common in palliative care patience. I’ve experienced this with patients I’ve cared for and it can be a shock at first. It’s not that common with younger people to my knowledge unless they have a known intestinal/bowel issue often involving constipation but to clarify I’m not a medical professional who specialises in GI issues. I’m just speaking from experience.
thanks, i hate that
It reminds me of South Park
Or not wiping all the way clean however i do kinda feel bad for her here but ohh well, she shitposts too so reverse uno
Palliative care due to constipation caused by opioid painkillers? Or another reason
@@soberserotonin1850sorry for the late reply. These people were often palliative for other reasons, but when they get out on so much medication, stop moving, stop eating regularly, that’s when the GI issues come in. But not palliative because the constipation!
Bruh, I remember we had a patient once, very sweet old lady, but she had scabies all over her body, you could literally see the little holes. She had to be isolated and we did not enter unless we wore hazmat suits and at least three layers of gloves.
Oh lord 😭
Literally sounds like a trypophobes worst nightmare 🤢
@@ronanballantyne6221 bruh💀imagine being scared of holes
@@ronanballantyne6221yeah bro just reading this makes my legs go numb
Did she get a cure?
Some people *can* suppress tics for a bit if they need to (like if you have to attend a wedding, job interview, funeral, drive, etc) but it's incredibly uncomfortable and distressing and it usually leads to worse ticcing afterwards or episodes of "tic attacks" where you are ticcing nonstop and cannot suppress it at all.
That being said, the amount of time people can suppress tics for is pretty much never entire days like Elphaba claimed to with her livestreams.
100% I have been diagnosed with tourette syndrome since I was nine years old and I can hold it for a very short period of time normally less than an hour and the whole entire time it feels like I'm trying to hold back a sneeze but with my whole entire body and then after it will usually lead to a very severe tic attack or very physical aggressive ticks
Her? Are you telling me that’s not a man?
I have restless leg syndrome and when i'm told by family, teachers, etc. to stop bouncing my leg I have to constantly focus my energy on it which can be distracting while i'm doing something and generally just annoying to try and stop, but compared to Tourette's it's (definitely) a pretty small thing, and I can't imagine how much energy it must take and how uncomfortable it must be for people with it to try and supress ticks. I hate how Elphaba is pretending to have something that can be genuinely difficult to live with just for the attention and sympathy (probably more donations too) and it's actually evil. I think she also claimed to have other diagnoses and turned out she didn't have those either.
@@jackkeane6 No don't bring gender into this comment thread please. I have my own views on this topic too, but this isn't the right place to start inserting your own or anyone else's opinions on a completely different conversation, thanks.
@@hollien.8836 it’s not the wrong place at all though is it? People keep calling this thing a woman when it quite clearly appears to be a man so I’m asking a genuine question.
Guys, Elphaba went to my college for a while and cornered me into an impromptu singing lesson in the toilets - it was definitely an experience.
And yes, every single lunchtime she did sing the entirety of Defying Gravity a capella.
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fancy seeing you here~👀
@@mollyjoy2277 ello, ello, ello~ was wondering when you'd turn up 🐴🤠🤨
@@jem-esme2636 always nice seein' you round these parts 🤠
@@mollyjoy2277 Darn tootin' 😌🤠🐎
🐎🐴rehab was supposed to be a fresh start🐴🐎
let me just say we love Jodie her daughter has Tourette she was making elphie understand how damaging it is to fake somet like that so we praise Jodie for shutting her down on it
this^^^ jodie is an amazing mum
Get your spelling right.
Nevermind,wrong comment
8:07 how she nearly says "degree" but stops herself and says grades instead because there's no way in hell she has a degree, not even because of her age, but because i genuinely don't think she would be able to cram anything other than the lyrics to Wicked songs into her head lol
*he
@@trulyyoursshinchan I have my views on them with this topic too but this isn't the time or place to put them, thanks :)
It isn’t particularly hard to receive a Bachelor’s degree, in general. Quite a few majors are very easy, such as grievance studies and english. Of course, some are very difficult to receive (mostly STEM), but I’m betting she would do gender studies or some other largely useless endeavor.
respect to elphaba for giving trans people an even worse name in the community 🔥girl is really making sure that people see the worst of the worst. i hope she gets deplatformed, and most of all that she gets the help she so clearly needs. i feel so sorry for everyone around her
You mean he?
@@Nirmiti.just because someone is a shitty person doesn’t mean you can misgender them
@@vikaaaaaa You care more about misgendering someone, than the terrible things they have done. Your priorities are out of whack.
Elphaba is a social experiment on drugs not even social she’s like a grenade thrown into society and is just going off at different times 😭😭😭
i’m actually really glad u said about tiktok safeguarding george,, elphaba has Been doing weird stuff but it seems fairly clear to me that something is going on mentally and that she needs some form of support
Nobody should support this train wreck
@@majesticeagle5461 **** professional/emotional support i mean!!!!!! i’m not saying that people should be supporting her as a creator:p
Look , I knew this person irl , she’s genuinely self aware - she needs to be admitted to a ward. She’s a vile person and everything you see on tik tok isn’t even the most of it.
No shit somethings wrong, geezer thinks he's a woman 😂
@@majesticeagle5461I believe everyone deserves mental health support, I don't know if you just don't have compassion and enjoy turning peoples mental health into a spectacle or if you don't understand what this person means by support
9:52 - you can suppress it, but the more you do it, the harder to control it gets and the bigger the outburst is at the end. That's why hers is suspicious; she doesn't really show signs of that, and it's awfully convenient.
As someone with tics who does suppress them when I can, I really appreciate all these comments saying its not a good idea
Alex's laugh at 12:09 is beautiful 😂😂 Elphaba is just too absurd to handle haha
He didn’t laugh at this time. Are you sure you’ve got it right?
11:25?
i am chronically online
No one cares
we know babez
And I'm chronically depressed
me and you brother.
@@lxnarr my guy
the fact george seems genuinely scared at some parts of this 😭
tbh this scares me too
Alex is the type of person to try hard in english but fail horrendously.
Apparently she's using the wrong cream for scabies. She's supposed to go see a doctor and have some prescribed, but instead she bought some anti itching cream which is completely useless for scabies 😬
Doesn’t surprise me but still disappointed how stupid she is rn. Did she google scabies at all? Clearly it’s no ordinary thing people deal with… I don’t get how she can be this unaware
😬😬😬
*he
@@trulyyoursshinchanit's she my friend
@@trulyyoursshinchan hee
she's only a year younger than I am... I really hope she does some growing up. so much of what she's done or is doing just isn't ok. like others here have said I really hope it's clear this is NOT what most trans people are like at all, we're just people trying to live.
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There is no way anyone can convince me that Alex and George are not either twin brothers or normal brothers…
Just want to say Jodie does a lot more than 'sit on tiktok live'. Shes viral in rhe Tourette's community and raises awareness for the condition with her daughter. That live was her having a conversation with and teying to educate Elphaba, it's incredibly damagojg having people daking and spreading misinformation about the condition. She's really good at what she does.
I absolutely love Jodie and Nicole. Nicole is an amazing girl.
l o ve jodie and niCole!!
I love memeulous confusing scabies for scurvy
Imagine insulting a woman defending her daughter who has Tourettes and taking the piss out of her when she’s trying to educate elphaba on how she’s faking it
Everything I have learnt about this person has been against my own will
George, it is biologically possible to vomit feces but if you do that then you are supposed to go to the hospital immediately because it means that you’re intestines are so blocked that it has to sent waste the other way. So I HIGHLY doubt she did that.
When she says she suffers with tics at 9:13... She wasn't referring to tourettes 😂😂
i adore the we watch series, BUT WE WATCH WITH ELPHEBA?? THIS IS ABOUT TO BE MY FAVOURITE VIDEO EVER OHHH MYYYY
Vomiting shit is possible. I’ve seen it a couple times caring for elderly people. They get so constipated and backed up that the body sends it the other way to get rid of it 🤓😅
Tiktok live is how everyone’s mum thought CZcamsrs were back in the day
hi folks..... speaking on the background of nearly 15 years nursing, let me tell you the facts.... not opinion. Facts.
The areas of "rash" exposed, is not consistent with scabies. With scabies, you have burrow marks, tunneling under the skin, but in areas of high heat, such as inbetween fingers, crease on the back of the knee, inside elbows etc. Not a rash..... redness from itching, absolutely. Rash.... not so much.
Treatment for scabies, is a topical cream, appliied head to toe, and then repeat the process, one week later, and you are done. The cream used, is the same treatment you would use for crabs, the active ingredient being Permethrin.
Elphaba, is taking tablets.... specifically, Acivlovir. Which is, an anti-viral.... mites (scabies) are not viral. Now, placing the treatement, with the rash shown, in the areas of the body shown, it's simple to diagnose, that she does in fact, have Shingles.
Now i've provided people with the facts, feel free to fact check it yourselves, and make your own minds up.
Why on earth, anyone would be that desperate, to lie about having a, frankly, embarrassing mite infestation, is beyone me, is she that desperate for sympathy, gifts, and begging for cash on a lie.... i just cant understand it..... i am not mental health trained, so the follwing is opinion rather than fact, but Elpha..... in my opinion, has ongoing psych issues, and in need of safeguarding.
I know this'll be torture yet I'm still watching it lol
The things you’re saying about Jodie, she’s a mother and her daughter has Tourette’s and struggles alot she’s on a 24/7 call for her daughter and she was telling Elphaba off because Elphaba was taking the piss out of Tourettes
George discovering elfbar is so funny 😂
Alex would be sleeping on the streets if elphaba didn’t find tiktok
You can vomit poo but that's mainly if you're super blocked up. She would be in hospital if that was true.
George you never fail to butter my biscuits
Been waiting for George to do a video on Elphaba
I love seeing you both even after moving
If you are eating right now, i recommend saving this video for later.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Tourette's syndrome
Tourette's syndrome is a condition that causes a person to make involuntary sounds and movements called tics.
It usually starts during childhood, but the tics and other symptoms usually improve after several years and sometimes go away completely.
There's no cure for Tourette's syndrome, but treatment can help manage symptoms.
People with Tourette's syndrome may also have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or learning difficulties.
Symptoms of Tourette's syndrome
Tics are the main symptom of Tourette's syndrome. They usually appear in childhood between the ages of 2 and 14 (around 6 years is the average).
People with Tourette's syndrome have a combination of physical and vocal tics.
Examples of physical tics include:
blinking
eye rolling
grimacing
shoulder shrugging
jerking of the head or limbs
jumping
twirling
touching objects and other people
Examples of vocal tics include:
grunting
throat clearing
whistling
coughing
tongue clicking
animal sounds
saying random words and phrases
repeating a sound, word or phrase
swearing
Swearing is rare and only affects about 1 in 10 people with Tourette's syndrome.
Tics are not usually harmful to a person's overall health, but physical tics, such as jerking of the head, can be painful.
Tics can be worse on some days than others.
They may be worse during periods of:
stress
anxiety
tiredness
People with Tourette's syndrome can have mood and behavioural problems, such as:
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
depression or anxiety
Children with Tourette's syndrome may also be at risk of bullying because their tics might single them out.
Premonitory sensations
Most people with Tourette's syndrome experience a strong urge before a tic, which has been compared to the feeling you get before needing to itch or sneeze.
These feelings are known as premonitory sensations. Premonitory sensations are only relieved after the tic has been carried out.
Examples of premonitory sensations include:
a burning feeling in the eyes before blinking
a dry or sore throat before grunting
an itchy joint or muscle before jerking
Controlling tics
Some people can control their tics for a short while in certain social situations, like in a classroom. It requires concentration, but gets easier with practise.
Controlling tics can be tiring. A person may have a sudden release of tics after a day trying to control them, like after returning home from school.
Tics may be less noticeable during activities involving a high level of concentration, such as reading an interesting book or playing sports.
When to get medical advice
You should contact a GP if you or your child start having tics.
Many children have tics for several months before growing out of them, so a tic does not necessarily mean your child has Tourette's syndrome.
Diagnosing Tourette's syndrome
There's no single test for Tourette's syndrome. Tests and scans, such as an MRI scan, may be used to rule out other conditions.
You can be diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome if you've had several tics for at least a year.
Getting a firm diagnosis can help you and others understand your condition better, and give you access to the right kind of treatment and support.
To get a diagnosis, a GP may refer you to different specialists, such as a neurologist (a brain and nervous system specialist).
Treating Tourette's syndrome
There's no cure for Tourette's syndrome and most children with tics do not need treatment for them.
Treatment may sometimes be recommended to help you control your tics.
Treatment is usually available on the NHS and can involve:
behavioural therapy
medicine
Behavioural therapy
Behavioural therapy is usually provided by a psychologist or a specially trained therapist.
2 types of behavioural therapy have been shown to reduce tics:
habit reversal training - this approach involves working out the feelings that trigger tics; the next stage is to find an alternative, less noticeable way of relieving the urge to tic
exposure with response prevention (ERP) - this method trains you to better control your urge to tic; techniques are used to recreate the urge to tic to train you to tolerate the feeling, without doing the tic, until the urge passes
Medicine
Some people's tics are helped with medicines, but this is usually only recommended if the tics are more severe or affecting daily activities.
Medicines for Tourette's syndrome can have side effects and they will not work for everyone.
Causes of Tourette's syndrome
The cause of Tourette's syndrome is unknown. It's thought to be linked to a part of the brain that helps regulate body movements.
For unknown reasons, boys are more likely to be affected by Tourette's syndrome than girls.
Further help and support
For more information about treatment and support, contact the charity Tourettes Action.
omg i’ve waited so long for you to do a video w alex again
I work in Healthcare and can confirm scabies does 'go around'
Works its way through families, schools, hospitals, retirement homes and all the staff who work there and then subsequently gets into the wider community
There's been multiple 'outbreaks' in the last few months!
edit: I will say that 'prolonged' contact is how you get it; the chances of catching it from someone in a club seems low
As sum1 who's had it b4 it sux my friend brought it home from jail in USA when he came home we lived together n I got it lol it really does get around quick
Yayyyy Alex and memeulous are back!
The dynamic duo on elphaba was bound to happen 😂
Wasnt expecting a late night memeulous video at 7pm
5:35 the witch from wicked is called elphaba, and that’s why the tiktoker calls herself that. its really annoying because wicked is my favourite musical and she is ruining it for me, especially by stealing the name
Thanks for that, I thought it was because it had a trunk like an Elephant.
elphaba vs nair guy is a video i would pay to see
Elphaba went to my high school I remember her getting RKO'd on the first day by a year 11 for singing defying gravity too loud
Tbf, Elphaba's annoying ass would fit in with the theater kids if she ever does drama school. Also, I love big bro George bleeping out whatever horrible thing Alex❤ said. 😂
Can we talk about George sitting up when Alex said she makes a lot of money 😂 4:50
Alex and George are so hilarious and sweet together. 🥰🥰
it is possible to supress tics but it like physically hurts and she wouldnt be able to supress them for hours on end
I genuinely had to look it up and it is possible to vomit feces but that would mean she's either got a parasite, or a horrible problem with her intestines
i literally came to the comments to see if anyone had commented about fecal vomiting yet. what does it say about me that that was my important take away from this video lmao
@@luminolmortis5927 it says to me that you’re either interested in it or into it
I’ll honestly never get bored of George’s laugh and I know damn well i’m not the only one 😂
Elphaba is like the alleyway that is ominous and that can take a dark turn
I just went to the cinema to see Saw X....and this is far more sick inducing than that film
I love watching you two together
George finding out the train wreck that is elphaba is hilarious I love how he thinks Alex is joking but no his being literal lol funniest video ever
Yussss the procrastination i needed
Just to say, Jodie isn’t an uneducated mum, she was telling Elphaba how damaging it is too lie about having a disability, Jodie’s daughter has Tourette’s. I think you needed to do some more research regarding Jodie and what she does for people who suffer with Tourette’s.
I seriously don’t know how people always find the dramatic shit filled lives 💀 whenever I see that’s she’s live she’s always just sat down talking about being trans or smth and people in chat spamming “pig” or “ogre” 💀😂
2 we watched in 2 weeks George you really are treating us
At the 13 minute mark and realizing I should have chosen a different video to watch while I’m eating…
George’s reaction to 10k a month makes me think he’s on more than that!
That last clip caught me off guard 😂
I love the way George signs off
Tics can be restrained to some degree. It’s kinda like holding in a sneeze. It might not work, it can be difficult to do, but sometimes it does work. Often people who have to hold back their tics wind up ticking worse later kind of like there’s been a pressure build up until they explode out? I don’t think Elphaba has Tourette’s, but as someone who spends a lot of time around those with Tourette’s I feel like people are dismissing hers for the wrong reasons. Tourette’s is also not the same universal experience for those who have it, so what’s normal for one person may not be normal for others. I’m still pretty confident saying Elphaba doesn’t have Tourette’s based on how her “tics” present. Wouldn’t be surprised if she does something more like “stimming”, which can resemble Tourette’s in certain situations but is very different regardless.
this alex guy is cool he should make his own channel
OH MY IM SO HAPPY THAT MY FRIEND SAID I SHOULD WATCH YOUR VIDEOS. IT HELPED ME A LOT MENTALLY
WHY ARE WE SHOUTING? ARE WE JUST REALLY HAPPY? REALLY ENERGETIC? TERRIFIED? LIVID? ALL OF THE ABOVE?
ALL OF THEM
@@I_have_no_ideabruh YEEEEESSSSSSS
THIS IS LIT
this is so dystopian
love both of your videos❤
LOVE U GUYSS
She’s giving serious Nikocado Avocado lmfaoo
Just gonna come out and say this as an autistic dude: she almost definitely has autism. The signs vary between people and she seems to be on the lower functioning end of the spectrum. She clearly wants attention however the way she acts and the fact that she has no “filter” suggests that is the case.
As an autistic woman, I completely disagree. You can see signs of autism in everyone if you look hard enough. This seems to be other mental health issues in my personal opinion.
I'm an artist and my speed drawing where I drew two circles a little close together triggered tiktok and I got the video taken down. I immediately gave up and went back to artstation lol
Love you two together ❤
16:45 she saw that one South Park episode and decided to roll with it
this is my first exposure to this particular interweb boglim and i must say lads i'm beginning to understand why people self delete
Why does she look like the pound shop version of the girl from the labyrinth 😂😂
Just putting this out there- you suppress tics if you have Tourette’s. When I was being diagnosed with autism they suspected I also had Tourette’s due to constant ticking, so I was sent to tic therapy which was basically to learn to manage them, however, to have an official diagnosis of Tourette’s I had to continue the very upsetting therapy that i didn’t feel was helping so I just stopped and never got a formal diagnosis, but the specialist said I definitely had Tourette’s but that because I didn’t go thru with the therapy they refused to put it on my medical records. :(( i don’t really mind too much tho- I stuck to my guns and I’m happier in general for it
my favourite gay couple
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16:11 that very scared and confused "wha....". Poor man has been traumatized.
(18:50) "Skin to skin combat"😂😂
those meltdowns were the type of shit i was on at 7 years old when i fucking fell into a pit in mario
Elphaba doesn’t have tics but she has ticks
Alex want that Elphabatty fr
Elphanny
I think Elphaba might be a pirate
Memeulous really is that guy
it's so bad that the lgbtqia+ community is getting let down and being made fun of as a joke because of this woman is just so bad and wrong because it shouldn't be like that
vomiting shit is actually possible, it happens when you're too constipated - and don't shit through one end so your body makes it come out the other :)
We watched is back
At 15.50 Throwing up poop is a possible indication that you have some type of bowel obstruction. If this is an issue for you, talk to a medical professional so you can help discover what’s causing this unusual symptom.
Are there any possible complications of throwing up poop?
If a bowel obstruction isn’t treated, serious complications can occur, including:
Tissue death. The blockage can cut off the blood supply to part of your intestine and cause tissue in the intestinal wall to die.
Infection. Tissue death can result in a tear in the intestinal wall, which can cause an infection. This type of infection is considered life-threatening and requires swift medical attention.
There have been some publicized reports of patients with symptoms of fecal vomiting who have died.
In a 2018 Naples Daily News article, reporters describe the death of a 91-year-old Florida woman who threw up a mixture of “bile, blood, and fecal matter,” according to a police report.
The woman, who was being cared for in a nursing home, had a severe bowel obstruction and died of septic shock.
What is a panic attack?
Panic attacks are a type of fear response. They're an exaggeration of your body's normal response to danger, stress or excitement. This page covers:
What do panic attacks feel like?
When might I have panic attacks?
What helps to manage panic attacks?
What is panic disorder?
What do panic attacks feel like?
During a panic attack, physical symptoms can build up very quickly. These can include:
a pounding or racing heartbeat
feeling faint, dizzy or light-headed
feeling very hot or very cold
sweating, trembling or shaking
nausea (feeling sick)
pain in your chest or abdomen
struggling to breathe or feeling like you're choking
feeling like your legs are shaky or are turning to jelly
feeling disconnected from your mind, body or surroundings, which are types of dissociation.
During a panic attack you might feel very afraid that you're:
losing control
going to faint
having a heart attack
going to die.
You might find that you become scared of going out alone or to public places because you're worried about having another panic attack. If this fear becomes very intense, it may be called agoraphobia. See our pages on types of phobia for more information.
I felt like I couldn't breathe, I just wanted to get out, to go somewhere else, but I couldn't because I was on a train.
When might I have panic attacks?
Panic attacks happen at different times for everyone. Some people have one panic attack then don't ever experience another, or you might find that you have them regularly, or several in a short space of time. You might notice that particular places, situations or activities seem to trigger panic attacks. For example, they might happen before a stressful appointment.
Most panic attacks last between 5 to 20 minutes. They can come on very quickly. Your symptoms will usually be at their worst within 10 minutes. You might also experience symptoms of a panic attack over a longer period of time. This could be because you're having a second panic attack, or you're experiencing other symptoms of anxiety.
What helps to manage panic attacks?
Panic attacks can be frightening, but there are things you can do to help yourself cope. It could help to print off these tips, or write them down, and keep them somewhere easy to find.
During a panic attack:
Focus on your breathing. It can help to concentrate on breathing slowly in and out while counting to five.
Stamp on the spot. Some people find this helps control their breathing.
Focus on your senses. For example, taste mint-flavoured sweets or gum, or touch or cuddle something soft.
Try grounding techniques. Grounding techniques can help you feel more in control. They're especially useful if you experience dissociation during panic attacks. See our page on self-care for dissociation for more information on grounding techniques.
After a panic attack:
Think about self-care. It's important to pay attention to what your body needs after you've had a panic attack. For example, you might need to rest somewhere quietly, or eat or drink something.
Tell someone you trust. If you feel able to, it could help to let someone know you've had a panic attack. It could be particularly helpful to mention how they might notice if you're having another one, and how you'd like them to help you.
What is panic disorder?
If you're having lots of panic attacks at unpredictable times and there doesn't seem to be a particular trigger or cause, you might be given a diagnosis of panic disorder. It's common to experience panic disorder and certain types of phobia together. People who experience panic disorder may have some periods with few or no panic attacks, but have lots at other times.
Panic disorder and high sensitivity
Some research suggests that people who have panic disorder might be very sensitive to sensory experiences (such as sunlight, smells and changes in the weather), but there's not enough evidence yet to say for sure.
Also it's not clear whether having a high level of sensitivity to these sorts of things is something that might cause you to develop panic disorder, or whether it may be an effect of having it.
Never knowing when I was going to have a panic attack was the worst feeling in the world.
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