"I'm Not Going To Think About Her" Tales Of Mere Existence

[@sc8284]

I somehow end up watching this video every six months or so. It's poignant and bittersweet, and I can't help but keep coming back to it. Almost eight years have passed... have you stopped thinking about her?

[@RONGBODY96]

See you in a month

[@grayol]

kyriakos kyriakides lol

[@randywatkins8048]

nope, I have not. It's been 11 years.

[@lylechipperson6972]

Well that hit me right in the depression.

[@shapirodeadking5012]

You sad or Sumthin tskkkkk.

[@codyman15294]

Sitting in my dorm being fine, found this video, sitting in my dorm being anything but fine.

[@salazare1813]

Watched it for the first time 10 years ago. Still hits me exactly the same.

[@johnnobon]

I watch this every time a girl I like stops texting me back. The sad part is it's usually not because she didn't want to talk to me anymore, it's usually because she was busy all day and I was just being paranoid. Usually.

[@Voiddok]

I second that except most of.the time its them not talkinh to me anymore

[@32Manz]

John O Been there. I have been busy is a term girls sometimes use to say that they are too busy to talk to YOU but not too busy for that other guy.

[@EnveeH2]

I havent seen this in like 4 years. Today, it just came up in my head. "I'm not going to think about her."

[@na8369]

+EnveeH2 same thing here

[@TwDogProductions]

"I'm not going to think about how she was so tiny and delicate that holding her was like hold a little bird" ...That left me breathless... You were really able to reach me through this one. Excellent job.

[@TyrannoJack]

I have left multiple comments on this video over the last 8 years and every now and then I'm drawn back here. it has been 5 years since I've had to stop thinking about her. I don't, for the most part. she comes into my dreams every now and then. she will haunt me for a few days and then leave again. I have someone new now. do you ever really stop thinking about her though?

[@Lootroq]

Not if she really meant something to you

[@TheMrMojoRisin67]

Not usually, no. Some days are easier than others. But you have someone new. And that's fantastic.

[@JuanLau]

No. I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about a special someone. We must live our lives with those memories running on our heads and just try to get over it.

[@astroid99]

this is 5 years old so its been 10 years for you now but it does go away just takes a different amount of time for different situations. best of luck to you

[@nirvana-tu2rq]

now it's been 5 years since you made this comment.

[@havencreatives2488]

I still watch this pretty regularly. There's something so mournful and tragic about forcing yourself to let go of someone, knowing they've already let go of you.

[@mcbaby]

Just ended a 2 year relationship. It was not healthy, we're better off apart and was both the best and worst thing I've ever been a part of. All of that said though, I miss her so much. I'm not going to think about her...yeah right.

[@mazzak]

Well that hurt to watch

[@WesCuervo]

I was 16 when I first saw this. And 16 years later I still come back to watch this after every break up. Thank you Lev

[@JuanLau]

I watched this back in 2008 when I was 14/15 and I felt like I was sooooo far from experiencing this feelings but it was not so far as I thought. Now I can completely connect with this video.

[@cindy7485]

this is poetry

[@gbsreborn1733]

It's been more than a decade since the very first time I watched this... A gem from the old YT, when it was about art and not patreons or donations.

[@OutcastAngelV]

A fucking decade ago I watched this for the first time. And here I am 10 years later and it still hits me so hard.

[@EldenLordGoku]

Life is scary.

[@Bibli2311]

True... First you'r born, so you go to school, later on you get a job, get a wife, get kids And suddenly you'r dead... I am not trying to say that life is horrible, but if you put this at this perspective it's scary.

[@kennethchapa8952]

Bibli2311 Life is only scary if you make it out to be. You only look at the bad and not focus on the good. School was fun at one point,getting a job is fun at one point,getting a wife is very fun at one point..kids arent fun..and death is a part of life and should be embrassed when it comes. Be happy for the most part man. Dont look at the finish line..but the ground infront of you..you will trip up a lot less..

[@funniestbone]

Lev, a year and a half ago this one spoke to me so much because I was in the same position. She's married now I've pretty much moved on, but this video still means a ton to me. Don't stop making these!

[@amandamagalhaes5991]

i'm not gonna think about how this makes me cry like a little boy/girl

[@amiramaruf4029]

Why did this make me emotional?

[@amiramaruf4029]

QarlosBBQ lol?

[@SuperAwesomeJediMan]

Artistic, heart felt; Yet, morbidly depressing. Your video is able to make people feel something. It isn't a random assortment or people being hit in the groin. It has substance, and sends an emotional message that seems to reflect off of those who watch it. When I asked a few of my friends to watch this video, the response was either "this man is learning to let go of his emotional attachment to a relationship that ended." or "this man must be hurt inside from a relationship that must've ended"

[@gilmarhodasjunior7554]

one hell of a poem

[@rickyibarra]

Back in 2007 this was so funny. In fact at 2008 was great, i had a girlfriend like that bird. Now in 2021 it feels like i'm a dead person among the living ones. May be i am.

[@MrJackOfAllTraits]

10 years ago I found this and it helped me get over my first real break up. Now I'm in love again. I hope yilmaz is doing well. Thank you

[@danidelafuente1]

It's important to let whoever you're with know what you'll think about.

[@blankslate81]

I'm not going to think about how you reminded me of my last ex Lev! Thanx...dude...

[@seankenny08]

I love you man....I really do. These videos hit me and you are one of the only people on youtube who exposes himself as an actual human being. Thank you for showing that guys have feelings, and that it is only human to miss someone, not weakness.

[@SirCoolHarmony]

Right in the feels!

[@Pedrg93]

I still come back

[@vincent8334]

Haven't seen this video in roughly 6 years or so. Glad I found it again.

[@na_marie]

Oh my gosh that's so sad but sweet at the same time D:

[@edgimosanimations3116]

Ah 2007 a simpler time

[@BlackFoIiage]

This is my favorite of all your videos. It's amazing how it's the tiniest moments or quirks that you remember the most, once your time with someone is over...

[@EatingRainbows]

So what was she like?

[@Zarnirox]

Fuck, man... Feelings...

[@Aster_Risk]

This has been my favorite KZbin video for nearly 3 years. It's still amazing every time I watch it.

[@Loriixoxo]

Powerful. Almost in a simplistic sort of way.. Most of the things at the beginning were cute, but things that you hear everyone say about him/her, and then it started getting specific and it made me love it more.

[@olvrrr]

she watched starwars and cried. you had it all man. you lived the dream!

[@AmitabhBachab]

shit. this is so crushing. Mr. Yilmaz you've got something special here, its so simple but so powerful.

[@valentineluy8334]

Your voice is just amazing for these things. It's that perfect tone that holds everything that these situations make you feel. And it's a great way to face it and depict it, from start to end.

[@iia5559]

It's amazing how stories can ring true years after they're written

[@WowLifeIsAJoke]

I'm Going through this exact thing and your right. Im not going to think about how she would rest on my chest and how she made me feel like i was the one thing that completed her. I'm not going to think about how she said she loved me and dumped me the next day... Everyone breaks a few and gets broken themselves but its life and its full of heartbreak. All you can do is hold your head high and walk forward instead of taking those steps back down memory lane. Live with no regrets and just LIVE!

[@brianpaton]

So I've watched about 20 of your videos in the last 2 hours. Its like you're following me around documenting my life.

[@goe5]

she was definitely a keeper if she teared up from a star wars movie....Lev you will definitely find someone

[@evilpig247]

Why have I not found your channel until now?? This is fantastic, thank you!

[@ashnty]

God damn, lev you are fucking amazing. You're work has so many layers and so much depth to it. Fucking hell, I get the same feeling watching your videos as when I'm listening to my favorite songs or when I paint. It just feels like the truth. I'm grateful for the genius you share with the rest of us.

[@flippyhairproduction]

So many years later this still gets to me

[@funniestbone]

This is still my favorite of yours of all time. Just strikes a cord with me.

[@NorbertsHunting]

It takes aprox 7 years. If it doesn't go away in 7 years, it probably never will.

[@lordbjesomar]

this just gave me shivers man,excellent work,great video. Sad but awesome!

[@SantaFeSuperChief1]

His videos are so good! He doesn't put them out fast enough!

[@ThomasTrue]

You are going to think about her mate because, painful as it is, she is part of your life and always shall be. I speak from bitter experience, not unlike yours. No matter how hard I try not to think of my ex, I try to put her out of my mind (as she has me) then things like this come along and all the pain comes flooding back. Stay strong big man, there are many guys in the same predicament. And oh, if you can't stay strong, have a bloody good cry to yourself. There's no shame in it. :)

[@omgstoptakingnames]

i haven't been thinking about her that much today, then i saw this and now i can't get her out of my mind again thanks

[@inferno232]

I'm not going to think about how she found someone else tonight... I'm not going to think about how I'm going to leave her alone, so she'll be happy... I'm not going to think about how she'll be happier with him than she'd ever be with me...

[@inferno232]

I'm not going to think about her emerald green eyes. I'm not going to think about how she surprised me with a reciprocation of interest. I'm not going to think about how her skin was like smooth ivory. I'm not going to think about how she tried to have an emotional relationship with me. I'm not going to think about how I passed that up for nothing. I'm not going to think about how I realized my feelings too late. I'm not going to think about how she's dating my former friend. I'm not going to...

[@joel199191]

I first found this video back in 2009. I was still in high school. I used to date a girl, she was like my dream love. By that time I was just fine watching this video because I was deeply in love and things were working great between us. Now I just graduate from university and I've dated 3 or 4 girls. I found someone new, we broke up but we make it trough fights and breaking up, but thing never came to be the same. Now I just can't stop watching it cause I know I have ended up many times before just like that guy did at the end of the video. Great job.

[@IcerFreakyNana]

It's been four months since my girlfriend broke up with me and I'm still trying to figure out how to get over it. It was nice to see this video (since it's very similar to what comes to my mind when I think about her and our relationship and how I think she's already replaced me), but I can't make it a favorite or else I might take longer to go through this period of my life. Thanks, Lev.

[@CandlesnKisses]

[@ladynimue86]

Lovely and romantic. Another piece of art cleverly hidden behind what everyone of us can relate to

[@ladynimue86]

I watched this video 5-6 times...and the end still makes me cry a little

[@TheDrButtons]

Just have to say, Mr. Yilmaz, I don't know how you could find out so many of my hang-ups, complexes, fears, struggles, and bumbling attempts to fit in or relate to others; draw them up so perceptively, make them entertaining; and present them to me in two-minute bite size pieces so I can meet them and beat them and find out I'm not the only one. Thank you. So, so much like those lunches with a best friend.

[@nipun45]

mann.. no matter how many times i watch this.. i cant help not falling for it..

[@XionR13]

its 6AM and I stayed up all night watching vids like this

[@bravesheep]

Lev you are a master of honesty, every day life and the human spirit at its most naked

[@heresyinsider]

Dude........... I know that feel bro I've been watching your videos for years now and always connected but that hit me where i live

[@SuperAwesomeJediMan]

Sir! You are a complex artist. I applaud you for that.

[@goe5]

Every girlfriend has her flaws....but you fall in love so hard that you just love everything about her...I miss the way she smiled when I made a lame joke, I miss the way she held onto my arms when falling asleep...the end of the video got me.....I remember having to return all her belongings......why must the glory days end in such tragedy...I tried not thinking about her, but I remembered watching this video years ago...Lev you and I both and other viewers went through similar...sad aint it...

[@Eekolu]

I subscribed about 2 videos ago, but these still amaze me.

[@blankslate81]

I love your vids Lev, this has always resonated with me most. Keep it up bro

[@inesamaro2811]

Shakespeare in Love??? that´s such a red flag! ahahaha

[@chadzelda1]

waking up next to her for 1,000 days feels normal, waking up 1 day without her feels so empty.

[@TheLegendOfHoundoom]

I recently went through my first break up. it was fairly unexpected and it's been nagging at me for a while. even though this is the case I haven't been able to cry yet which is surprising because im pretty emotional. that last line got me to cry.

[@HelenaVanCity]

Right! The more you focus on NOT thinking about them, the more you actually THINK about them... )) And this promise alone, i.e. "I'm not gonna think about..." brings back so many memories! For some reason, we humans, just have to torture ourselves...

[@Bustersword07]

I can totally relate to this. I've been with mine for 4 years and I still obsess over mine! For the record, she wasn't drunk when mine was crying watching star wars.

[@goe5]

it's painful man, but as a man with a broken heart I'll tell you this...when you do find someone. Love them with everything you got, it may not last forever, but the days spent together will be one of the greatest memories you'll ever have left. Enjoy life to the fullest and no regrets, I miss my girlfriend everyday, but I don't regret a thing. Cause it was real while it lasted, and even after a break up, don't give up completely, they're just as hurt as you...we still talk every night....

[@cras17]

The little bird line always gets me.

[@gghc]

I'm not gonna think about how much I thought I won't have to come back to this video anymore but now that I am.

[@BombOmbBuddy]

i remember when i first saw this back in '08 and i remember telling myslef i'd never end up like this because of a girl... fast forward 4 years and i've broken my promise... ive been 'over her' for like 5-6 months now but i still think like this sometimes... i still get really nervous when i talk to her, even tho for a long while she was one of the few things that made me happy...

[@yupm1]

hahahaha seriously, this guy is so funny and real. Even tho I'm not at this point right now I've been here and it's just amazing and funny.

[@finalbossbaby]

Awh, I seriously got teary-eyed. Haha.

[@GingerNinjaaahh]

That was heartbreaking.

[@spinemelter2000]

Oh great, thanks for reminding me about the insignificant details about my ex-girlfriend. OK, so she wasn't a girlfriend, and I've never had a girlfriend. But now I'm going to think about these things and feel lonely again instead of feeling liberated that I'd gotten over her and looked forward to better opportunities.

[@OhYummyYesung]

you said this in the most dull and unemotional voice...yet...you managed to magically make this so depressing and emotional..

[@shadowshamrock]

You have a way of making me happy because I don't feel like I'm the only one.

[@DearAliya]

This is so heart breaking yet so precious x/ ...

[@Flyffere]

Im not gonna think about how awsome this video is..

[@arcticflower7223]

I was 90% sure that this ended with "starting...now!" I think the right creative choices were made.

[@okapa]

This is great man, thanks.

[@BlueChocodip]

@Matoxhz I completely agree with you. You need to be able to raise your own self esteem with your own actions instead of depending on others to give you compliments about your outward appearance and whatnot. I wish everyone, specifically the younger generation, would soon see that.

[@EliseAndJamSandwich]

About 5 or so years later I still think about this.

[@Diegocentric87]

It feels good to not have this affect me the way it used to.

[@thekwazz]

Good luck, dude. It gets easier, but I don't think it goes away.

[@aaauut]

That made me really sad, and it made me miss a person I never even met.

[@ThePaperthinhymne]

I'm not going to think about the funny expression that he makes on his face which will make me smile when our eyes meet. ):

[@TheBananaPuppi]

It's official: I love you. I can relate to almost every single video Lev has posted! (well a female version =/)

[@Mortenius]

I ended like that with a girl I fell for her hard but she told me she only can see me as a friend and I tried to walk away from her and every day I kept thinking about her trying to avoid thinking about her, I'm better now, I still think about her but I made peace with it.

[@erikaashford9491]

So this is a really depressing video and it made a lot of people sad, but I think it's kind of beautiful how all these people on here can relate to this and they all have their own stories. Faith in Humanity = restored.

[@thirion1850]

I'm not going to think about the softness of her voice. That smile that brought me one too. Nor how much we held in common. That strange feeling I would always have in her presence. How I felt I could never exist without her there for me. How I knew I would never again meet someone like her. I'm not going to think about the fact that she's no longer there. I'm not going to think about the fact that this feels like being stabbed, whenever I do. I shouldn't think about her. No. Bad. ...Crap.

[@danturner1234]

story of my life right now. thumbs up buddy.

[@finalbossbaby]

Awh, I seriously got teary-eyed. Hah.