Reacting to video footage of my bipolar episodes!

[@catalinaa7294]

Your videos are SO GOOD. The fact that you've managed to come so far at such a young age, the insights, wisdom, and on top of that using your progress to help others.. amazing girl. 👏👏👏

[@HPTFan]

Good reaction, Liz. I remember watching your signs a shy girl and shy guy likes you videos back in 2013. That's 10 years! How time flies. It was cool to see you have a passion about your relationship with God. Watching your videos brighten my days. The 2010's, was a difficult decade for me. The ones who I thought who are going to be my friends until the end, walked out of my life, betrayals, going through horrible depression episodes, I fallen apart. I wanted to be happy again. I wanted to feel whole. Also, I have good memories. Thank you for always being yourself. I hope this year, brings you more exciting things. Continue to love yourself. Goodnight. :)

[@ThePragmatist839]

This is so fascinating actually. This should be used in training for practitioners :)

[@blakeazimmerman]

I find your openness about this subject to be inspiring and admirable. I hide that there’s anything going on completely. I don’t speak a word about it. Luckily things are pretty normal for me now and no one knows or can tell. When I first triggered it it wasn’t like that.

[@retrorenegade1967]

I can relate to everything in this video, I hate that you had to go through it too but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one

[@teresasimkins5518]

That is so interesting that you said it felt like God was abandoning you. My mother was, rest her soul, bipolar as well. When she was having an episode, high or low, she would say that God abandoned her. Blessings

[@chayabat-tzvi1215]

I have severe OCD and mild autism, and I see a ton of overlap between these conditions and bipolar disorder. I, too, almost flunked out of school (twice actually) despite being someone who used to love education and intellectual debate/discussion. There were times in my life where I felt like I was on robot mode 24/7 where I could function but was very mechanical. Then there are other times in my life when I'm overwhelmed with happiness and creativity, very similar to the manic episodes you've described.

[@LizziesAnswers]

It is SO fascinating how different mental illnesses have the same symptoms but for different reasons! ADHD also has a ton of overlap to bipolar. I hope your meds have been helping you so much 😊

[@Swee_tay]

Watching your chanel has helped me identify what was going on with myself. I am happy to announce I have finally gotten my diagnosis. 🥰

[@LizziesAnswers]

I'm SO thankful you have that clarity now & can finally understand all the seemingly unrelated symptoms that you now know is your bipolar! Stay on meds, get plenty of sleep & do cardio workouts as much as possible 💕

[@jeremiahong248]

@@LizziesAnswers Hi ! Would you be doing any more videos on Catholicsm? Please do ...they are really missed!

[@ifiok25]

Man I’ve watched you for a long time. And you’ve helped me so so much. Thank you for everything.

[@relentlessrhythm2774]

I've been following you since 2012! (I was 13) I have always admired your personality and used to try to have your personality. Sounds crazy I know, but it had to do with an undiagnosed condition I had.

[@jamesaberle2047]

Welcome back to KZbin 👏👏👏

[@r8i0y5]

LMAO I remember these videos when I was an incoming student at Pepp! Class of 2016 🥳 I thought the video was super cute and encouraging- not cringe! ❤

[@blakeazimmerman]

I remember my favorite manic spell. The euphoria was incredible. I remember four wheeling or jeeping. I was unstoppable on the way up, going through a trail I was unprepared for. Playing popcorn by Steve Aoki at max volume on loop. The music was just better in a way I can’t describe. It was like being on extacy or something. I got paranoid at the top of the mountain that someone had reported me for being manic and that there were firefighters at the bottom. I came down the mountain to fast and hit the transmission fluid cap off my truck. I drove the truck and it started grinding. Then I drove it to the dealer and took out a 5k loan to fix it. It was like being a drug addict without taking drugs. The euphoria on the ups was so incredible it felt so good. The depression on the lows was so powerful too. I knew something was wrong with me, I just didn’t know what. On one of the downs I literally thought I had brain cancer. I got on lithium. Gradually I needed less. Not getting medicated was not an option for me. I’m pretty stable now but things aren’t perfect. Latest addition is lamictal starting yesterday.

[@sweet2sourr]

I just found your content today! Thank you so very much for sharing

[@LizziesAnswers]

Welcome to my channel!!

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

You got the whole-ass devil and god fighting in your head girl... 😂

[@themongoose4592]

love yourself Lizzie. I see nothing but a normal exuberant young lady!

[@waterzero5461]

You are not a problem. EVER. You are perfectly infinite. ALWAYS.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Something to realize is, communications gaps between patient and doctor. Like some say things one way, then someone else another. Doctors have to interpret what a patient says. Which ones reference for wild is one thing, someone else it's another. As a friend from Alabama was regarded as wild in Alabama. In South Louisiana, well, he admitted he found what wild is

[@michellesunshinestar]

OMG, Lizzie so that's why they keep checking my thyorid? My great uncle is an endocrinologist. I've been taking my psych meds at like 11: 30 pm EST. I got diagnosed at age 20. I was under way too much stress: church (Mormonism), school, and newly married. I didn't know my name or where I was when I ended up in the psych ward. You are so lucky you got diagnosed without having to go to the pysch ward.

[@tbw980371]

Love the new background!

[@eduardocrestani2454]

Could you talk about your experience with confession? if confession helped you with mental health or not?

[@michellesunshinestar]

I think me writing a lot of comments is a part of my mental illness. I'm schizoaffective. Glad you don't have depression. My brother had untreated depression. My sleep is messed up. Even though I'm on medication. That happened to me too, school got so much harder. I tried going back in 2014, and I could not keep up. I can only figure it's for the young people.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Long term sleeper??? One of the traits is being creative. So, is you going to stay with us, or will it be more dispersed? While you're delving into this field, you might appreciate looking up Atypucal depression. It has the opposite vegetative symptoms of Major Depression. It can be very severe, but also reactive which major depression does not have. Which MAOI's have proven effective. Lizzie you're looking good.

[@HeatherGreenjsyk]

Prayer request: Jacobley (Jacob-Benjamin Noble), Morgan (my other friend) and I's friend on YouNow, passed away on December 3rd, 2022. He hung himself and was found by his loving fiance. T_T We knew him for two years. Morgan was to be an usher at his wedding next year and I wanted to attend if possible. He viewed me like another sister and he was older than me by three months. He was to turn 29 on December 14th. He has told us that every two years, he'd get into a deep depressive episode but his fiance and others close to him would help get him out of it. I know there's going to be those who will rashly judge his character yet they never knew him like we've known him. He happened to be a sociopath but still had a moral compass (one possessing such disorder doesn't mean they lack morality). When I was dealing with crap from a crazy columnist (who often treats wheat like they're tares and gets geopolitics inaccurately) by the name of Ted Shoebat and I described myself as a pessimistic Christian due to the way human nature can be he told me that I'm actually striving to live by the path of the faith, acknowledge it well, and to keep doing so (he was a sort-of pagan and was Jewish on his mom's side). He'd also give me pretty good advice for life matters that he knew were concerning for me. May The Lord have mercy on his soul. #JacobleyForever We love him very much and we will miss him.

[@tabatasennadagracalopes5180]

What do you mean you had to fight for your diagnose?

[@michellesunshinestar]

I found you through the campus move in video, I think? You are so much older looking, but mature if you know what I mean.

[@jesusloveyou3976]

Is depression for you simply physical? Is there any emptional aspect to it?

[@melo7591]

Wow I’ve never notice if you call these episodes…. I must have super maniac epesodes 😅…. I wish all I did was talk fast and get excited…. I turn lowkey into a demon 😅 and you got diagnosed ??? Yeah Forsure I have something

[@cybercab]

Prozac can help but really any SSRI can help bipolar people. That being said, SSRIs can be extremely dangerous for BPs.

[@cybercab]

Please check your smoke alarm.

[@liamodonovan6610]

You are a good sweet person lizzie iam an atheist but i find your videos interesting you are an intelligent woman why are there so many incurable physical and mental illnesses if there is an all curing god you are such a sweet fun person interesting video

[@LizziesAnswers]

The problem of evil has almost pushed me toward being atheist at several points in my life. My philosophy classes in college REALLY helped, that God has two "wills" active and permissive. Catholicism has a theology of suffering that makes sense to me too, which can be seen by looking at a crucifix: Jesus as God on earth went through the greatest physical pain of crucifixion, betrayal by his best friends, losing his dad when he was young, and the pain of compassion when he was surrounded by people in so much pain who he could hear their thoughts and know their stories. Pain often brings us closer to each other on earth, my best friends who were there for me in my depression developed such a strong bond and love together. Everything will be cured and healed in Heaven. Sometimes death and resurrection is the greatest hope in people who have incurable illnesses.

[@liamodonovan6610]

@@LizziesAnswers if god was really the immaculate being the religion says he is he would definitely be able to cure such illness you are such a lovable person lizzie i gave up in religion in my early 20s going through major depression praying but only getting worse after that i came to the conclusion praying is pointless i found a way to recovery without god tou certainly don't deserve an illness like bipolar disorder

[@ruchov3745]

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