Mental Disorder/Phenomenon Iceberg

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[@dennycrane4507]

You forgot the mental disorder that keeps women from putting on eye makeup

[@Lycan_the_deerdog]

@@dennycrane4507 ???

[@bovinearrogance]

@@dennycrane4507 huh?

[@0ctoCraft]

you have put loads of misinformation out on social media that has done more harm than good to people with disorders (like me). Some good example's of misinformation you've spread on this video: calling disorders ''terrifying'', saying some of them can hurt you or cause violence and saying autism has 3 different levels (this one hurt's me especially because I'm autistic).

[@3milythe5trange]

Your voice is unbearable

[@glitchyentity2117]

OCD is a living nightmare that has very nearly driven me to suicide multiple times. It's not a "everything has to be perfect" disorder. OCD has convinced me that I'm an irredeemable monster that doesn't deserve happiness, and every mistake or thought I have sticks with me and tortures me for years. It's something I couldn't wish on my worst enemy. Being convinced that you're a vile, evil person can upturn your life. It's insane how misunderstood OCD is. It makes me question every single thing I do or think. I've accepted that there is no cure, no medication and that I'm destined to live this way forever. Being a survivor of SA doesn't make it better, as my OCD makes me believe that none of it ever happened and that I'm being dramatic. It's latched onto traumatic events and it's all I think about some days. It consumes me, and it's hell. If you have OCD, please please please talk to a therapist. This shit is no joke, and it pisses me off beyond belief when people talk about this being the "cleaning" disease. There's multiple themes to OCD, it's not just exclusive to one. I've had almost every single one. Some are ROCD, POCD, Sexual Orientation OCD, Real Event OCD, Moral OCD, Religious OCD, Just Right OCD, False Memory OCD, and many many more. It's not a cute illness that TikTOK may portray. It's hell. Absolute hell. OCD manifests in many different ways, and it'll upturn your life, your relationships, and everything you love. Thank you for bringing this terrible illness to light.

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

I'm so sorry to hear the extent of the impact it's had on your life. OCD is one of the most misunderstood disorders that exist and I wish people would do more research on it before casually self-diagnosing. I admire that you're somehow dealing with all that, I know it can't be easy at all.. Thanks for sharing your experience 🖤

[@justacutepieceofshit]

I really feel you, I feel the same and also have it. Took a long time to figure out it was ocd because I thought it was just the rituals and stuff. The day my psych said my repetitive negative thoughts made her suspect and then eventually diagnose me. You’re so right, most of society has no idea of the absolute fucking hell it is to not be able to control your mind as it obsessed over things that make you ant to just not exist. Take care💜🌼

[@SpookyDollLady]

omg I feel this so much! I have OCD and a psych degree and it took me an embarrassingly long time to realize how many of those same thoughts in myself were caused by OCD. It's truly such an insidious disorder, it turns your own brain against you in so many ways. I hope you can continue to be strong against the intrusive thoughts. You are not a monster!

[@sexygirlmax2019]

im convinced im living with OCD due to religion, SA, abuse, extreme anxiety, etc....I have constant intrusive thoughts, awful self deprecating thoughts and the idea that im this monster worse than any mass mvrderer or r@pist...i was extremely close to being diagnosed with some form of OCD but i was just under the threshold of "points" that would diagnose me with PTSD and OCD respectively. I ended up being diagnosed with cPTSD and generalized anxiety disorder but Ive ababdoned the hope of ever fully being diagnosed.

[@trashy_bagjpg1272]

As a fellow OCD sufferer, I am proud of you for telling your story. It’s not easy for everyone to explain their experiences with this disorder. It took me a very long time to even tell people I have Emetophobia, and that I do everything in my power to not get sick. I have recently found out I have ROCD, and I am trying to understand what triggers my obsessions and how to have a proper conversation with my partner instead of compulsively acting. I wish you nothing but healing❤️ we can all get better together

[@Half_Awake]

You, Wendigoon, and HannahtheHorrible all uploaded within an hour? Best day of my life!

[@coffeecat086]

I just found this in the important section of my notification so I collect because the Internet investigator is awesome. :-)

[@MrSpookersMcGeeThe1st]

We’ve got the same taste in KZbinrs, lol

[@pirateguy4673]

Sad

[@Keyndoriel]

Ayo over here right after Hannah's vid LOL

[@dannymations]

EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!!

[@ihavenomothandimustscream6387]

Hello, I'm the OP for the iceberg! Thank you so much for covering my iceberg, I've been a subscriber for a while so it was a VERY big shock to see my image in the thumbnail! (Gave me a heart attack but like in a good way :3,,,definitely bragged to my friends) I think you explained the disorders very well but I think the thumbnail calling the disorders 'terrifying' gives the wrong idea and people may think you're demonizing the disorders even though that's not what you intended. Thank you for explaining the entries in a respectful and educational way ❤! (Also totally open to criticism and questions)

[@pinkperfumefairy9205]

It's "I have no MOUTH and I must scream*

[@lucywing8490]

i agree with the “terrifying” part. i have a couple of the conditions on this list and i have a degree in criminology and psychology so i am quite familiar with this area. i think it’s very important not to stigmatise mental health conditions or phenomena as this only makes things worse for those who experience them. i know it wasn’t her intention to stigmatise people at all as she talks about this at the start of the video, and it’s probably just a click bait thumbnail but it’s still a little uncomfortable imo

[@ihavenomothandimustscream6387]

@@pinkperfumefairy9205 intentional username, I assure you lol

[@TqxicFqcility]

the videos segment on AvPD (avoidant pd) was very misinformed as well sadly,... nowhere in my years long research of the condition nor my experience having it has anger ever been a part of it and due to the demonization of PDs them saying we have trouble controlling our anger and get frustrated easily, something that is LAUGHABLY wrong to begin with, feels like another instance of ppl demonizing people w PDs as violent and dangerous, especially when avoidants arent... characterized by anger issues in the DSM criteria of the disorder. at all... for a second i thought they got the script mixed up.!! definitely a very horrible error to have when presenting a very unknown disorder to such a large audience

[@ihavenomothandimustscream6387]

​@@TqxicFqcility (I have nothing to do with the script in the video I just made the image) I've looked into AvPD before (for a period of time I thought I had AvPD but now I don't think I do) I think she might have mixed up the symptoms with some of AsPD since the abbreviations are similar. The demonization of personality disorders is awful dude.

[@limeadel303]

I want to add that ADD is now no longer medically recognized and now falls under ADHD

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Thanks for the correction! 🖤

[@NicoleMarieConley-wj6jk]

Came to say this, just 9 hours late because I was at work. Lol

[@ResidentMilf]

I thought it was the other way around? I had heard that ADHD doesn't exist anymore, and instead ADD has three subtypes: inattentive, hyperactive, and combined

[@alexandritemcdowell4730]

Came here to say this, it's a recent change so not a lot of people are aware of it

[@booziiokto]

youve got it backwards, adhd is now add

[@HobieInTheBox]

What's worse about ADHD is that the issue with concentration, is the fact that your brain tries to concentrate on multiple things at the same time, which causes the problems. The same goes for thinking multiple trains of thoughts that can overlap and cause you to get overwhelmed. Hence you're easily irritated or quick to blow up

[@everytime13]

especially when you don't want to do something, but yet you are trying to do it to get it over with, and your brain is like NO PLEASE ANYTHING BUT THIS- so it literally will CLING onto anything and everything around you to distract itself whether it be conversations or any noise at all 😭

[@maestro9765]

For me it's daydreaming that's the problem.

[@Donatelloo192]

​@@everytime13SO I MIGHT HAVE ADHD THEN..

[@everytime13]

@@Donatelloo192 ya never know, loll I actually figured out i had some stuff and when i finally talked with a couple people they were like "yeah its really really obvious" XD tho dont take that one thing as a sign but look up other things- online indicator quizzes really helped ontop of general research

[@LsdGuy]

Especially when u want to get one task done but you do 50 other ones that you’ve been putting off. Just to put the most important one off until tomorrow.

[@dollie.luv333]

Timestamps: 0:06 intro 1:22 ADHD 2:05 Depression 2:31 Anxiety 2:58 Bipolar Disorder 3:15 Phobia 3:56 Autism 4:23 Dyslexia 4:42 Schizophrenia 5:40 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 6:47 Seasonal Depressive Disorder 7:03 Postpartum/Postnatal Depression 7:35 Alcoholism/Alcohol Abuse 8:08 Dementia 8:30 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 8:55 Insomnia 9:28 Tourette’s Syndrome 9:49 Bulimia 10:18 Anorexia 10:34 Borderline Personality Disorder 11:01 Hypochondria 11:29 Gender Dysphoria 11:55 Narcolepsy 12:23 Pica 13:00 Impostor Syndrome 13:35 Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) 13:59 Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) 14:30 Selective Mutism 14:56 Oppositional Defiant Disorder 15:21 Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) 15:57 Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 16:34 Body Dysmorphic Disorder 17:19 Trichotillomania 17:39 Agoraphobia 18:08 Dysgraphia 18:25 Explosive Head Syndrome 19:00 Dyscalculia 19:19 Shell Shock (basically PTSD) 19:49 Pyromania 20:19 Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder 21:07 Kleptomania 21:36 Madonna-Whore Complex 22:34 Schizoid Personality Disorder 23:20 Stockholm Syndrome 24:16 “God Complex” 24:52 Histrionic Personality Disorder 25:20 Mass Hysteria 26:25 Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) 26:50 Paranoid Personality Disorder 27:17 Delusions 28:36 Olfactory Reference Syndrome 29:05 Persecution Complex 29:23 Napoleon Complex 29:46 Fatal Familial Insomnia 30:25 Capgras Delusion 30:52 Alien Hand Syndrome 31:23 Folie à Deux 32:09 Lima Syndrome 32:33 idk what she said here tbh 33:06 Oedipus Complex 32:33 somatoparaphrenia 33:59 Rumination Disorder 34:22 Alice in Wonderland Syndrome 35:01 Anton-Babinski Syndrome (visual agnosia) 35:45 Charles Bonnet Syndrome 36:17 Reduplicative Paramnesia 37:12 Delusional Misidentification 37:45 Mirrored Self Misidentification 38:18 Akinetic Mutism 38:52 Catatonia 39:37 Jonah Complex 40:07 Ganser’s Syndrome 40:53 Cotard’s Syndrome 41:36 Fregoli Delusion 42:10 Munchausen Syndrome 42:59 Delusional Parasitosis 43:38 Jerusalem Syndrome 44:25 Messiah Complex 44:50 Intermetamorphosis 45:35 Stendhal’s Syndrome 46:27 Diogenes Syndrome 47:18 Boanthropy 47:49 Phaedra Complex 48:04 Psychological Disorders in Animals 49:19 Truman Syndrome 50:02 Autophagia 50:55 Renfields Syndrome or Clinical Vampirism 51:46 Klüver-Bucy Syndrome 52:24 Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) 53:33 Martyr Complex 54:08 Munchausens by Proxy 55:43 outro Hope this helps 👍

[@puppy7631]

32:33 somatoparaphrenia

[@dollie.luv333]

@@puppy7631 oh ty

[@kyliepd1]

Tysm 🙏

[@alio0157]

legend

[@jessie-fi3gt]

Thank you so so so much

[@migoreng7789]

my grandma suddenly lost her eye sight and most likely suffered from charles bonnet syndrome. she kept seeing family members or animals who weren't there? she was convinced her home is actually a hotel room and kept telling me to convince my father to let her come back. it is very scary, especially considering she kept denying she no longer can see and her hallucinations were very detailed. she would believe it's all real :( at the end of her life she forgot about me and focused on the relatives she kept seeing, as if they were really there. i do not wish it upon anyone. very unsettling and i was young when it started to happen, so that i didn't know what to do and sometimes started to doubt reality, thinking maybe i'm the one having decisions...

[@megangerhart3540]

My grandpa did similar things due to Parkinson's it causes delusions but when he was dying he saw people that were not there or alive any more

[@broken-lycan]

as someone who is autistic and has done quite a bit of research into the topic, I'd like to add that categorising autism rigidly by functioning levels and "severity" is a bit of an outdated way to view it. functioning levels can change within a person depending on the situation they're in and so can their support needs. I am aware that there isn't a lot of room for nuance when explaining a disorder in only a few sentences.

[@BaobhanloreArt]

Agreed. There are certain areas where someone might consider me high support needs but low in others. Yes, I can't get out of my bed for long some days but others I'm on the ball of my foot, going to school or work or college or whatever other obligations I have. And sure, I'm good at public speaking but if someone brushes past me in the corridor who smells bad, I could have a full on meltdown. I'm also a bit disappointed she didn't speak about sensory issues, one of the defining features of autism.

[@ginger_nspice]

I've suffered from debilitating OCD essentially since birth. Thank you for acknowledging that it's not "quirky" or all about cleanliness. The spectrum of my symptoms is wide. I suffer from haunting intrusive thoughts (about new things, things that happened 20 years ago, etc), compulsions such as skin picking and repetitive body movements, I sometimes feel like a prisoner in my own home due to dust contamination or other things I'm too afraid to touch, and emetophobia making me too afraid to eat many foods. I'll waste hours, days, weeks spiraling over a new obsession and chasing that "just right" feeling. It's a complicated disorder.

[@gongalicious]

I experience a lot of the same stuff, especially awful intrusive thoughts and skin picking. You're not alone ❤

[@khimarra]

I love your videos, but I was saddened by ADHD, a condition that impacts an estimated 11% of the population, being the first thing on the list, and yet being so misrepresented. ADD is an outdated designation that doesn't exist anymore, it's all ADHD. We don't grow out of it, and in many cases, it seems to get worse with age, especially in people who went untreated through childhood, and those who menstruate (hormone fluctuations mess with dopamine). ADHD impacts every aspect of our lives. Much like Autism, ADHD seems to be more of a spectrum thing than a clear list of symptoms. My favorite anology is that Autism is understood as a spectrum disorder, meaning people get that there's a sliding scale. What they don't get is that it's more like a sound board where various symptoms are represented by all of the sliders. Everyone experiences the symptoms sometimes, so the sliders are never all at 0 for anyone. People with ADHD or ASD can have any or all of the sliders higher than average on a regular basis. Some people's baseline is closer to 0 than others. The diagnosis of these conditions is contingent on experiencing above 0 levels on enough of the sliders on a regular enough basis that it impacts our ability to function in society or daily life. In my case, sometimes I'm having such a bad ADHD day that it's like I've forgotten how to feed myself, or how to take a shower.

[@muchosconfuzzlement8258]

Man, I feel that. I was diagnosed about a year ago and my silly ass brain makes me rip out my hair and pick at my skin to stop it from conjuring up horrorfying images. People with OCD can and do struggle with more stereotypical behaviors like cleaning or hand washing, but it is a widely complicated disorder.

[@nicholasgeere5125]

Self diagnosis: the movie staring white girls

[@evann977]

@@nicholasgeere5125??

[@howleth]

hearing trichotillomania mentioned at all is so surreal to me. it’s been a part of my life since i was in middle school but rarely ever see it acknowledged. it’s often accompanied by dermatillomania (skin picking) or other body-focused repetitive behaviors as well. love your videos; thank you for being respectful in your presentation of the topics you cover !! 💝

[@lucywing8490]

i used to struggle with dermatillomania. luckily for me it is mainly tied to my cptsd instead of a compulsive or obsessive disorder on its own so when that’s under control (as it is currently 🙏) i don’t get as many urges to pick. when i get that need to pick i can usually stop myself after picking a little bit which i’m so so proud of myself for. i hope you’re doing well pal 💓

[@naurrr]

the amount of times I've spoken to people who have described trich without knowing what it is just shows it needs more awareness. it's way more common than I ever thought.

[@muchosconfuzzlement8258]

I have dermatillomania and trichotillmania as part of my OCD and hearing them talked about was also a shock for me. I wish that we would include more disorders that are less “aesthetic” or able to romanticize into the mental health conversation.

[@chandratownsend3891]

My sister and I had trichotillomania as kids. She her eyebrows and I the hair near my temples. It was stress related, cptsd. I was able to stop by 10 (bullying for bald spots and sheard hair in attempt by my parents to stop it was motivation, I have an intense will 😅) and my sister was able to stop by 15 or so, not sure how or why.

[@ohitkat]

My brother in law had dysgraphia, dyslexia, and dyscalculia that made school near impossible for him. To top it all off he had some awful behavioral issues and these lasted throughout his life. He took his life at 21 years old when he was sent to prison again. The saddest part of this iceberg is the lives that are so drastically changed by these disorders.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Mental disorders do not exist, it's just a way for the establishment to remove individualism

[@bipolarbeinganddoing8070]

I once had Cotard's delusion as part of my bipolar, super weird to look back on. Most recent psychosis I had involved a Truman show delusion/whatever it's called when you think everyone around you is actually an imposter disguised to look and act like your loved ones but aren't real. Quetiapine quickly sorts that shit out for me.

[@pgakt]

Capgras syndrome !

[@SpookyDollLady]

Capgras gang! 😅 Bipolar and face blindness, that one's snuck up on me more than once.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Capgras Syndrome. We're usually not aware of it but when we someone close to us there's a basic recognition (I know this person) and an often unconscious emotional reaction (this person is important to me in some way). What happens is the basic recognition happens but the emotional recognition no longer does for some reason. That's why people seem like exact duplicates but also somehow impostors. They look right but don't *feel* right.

[@bipolarbeinganddoing8070]

@@BiggieTrismegistus That's fascinating! I had no idea why it was like that. When it happened to me I remember trying to work it out, like "What's happened? What's wrong with this person? It's the same person I know but I think their voice is a semitone lower than normal" or "I think maybe they've got an inch taller?", couldn't place what it was but I was absolutely convinced, I'm glad I know now!

[@KingaKucyk]

Oh my 💔 I cannot imagine the horrors of it 😢 Glad You got better, girl ❤❤❤❤

[@Gentvein]

As someone who has been diagnosed with ocd, Borderline pd, and c-ptsd I greatly appreciate how respectfully you covered these topic!

[@trashy_bagjpg1272]

I appreciate you for explaining that OCD is not just about cleanliness. I have OCD/specific phobia. I have emetophobia which is the fear of throw up. I’m happy you explain that it is a spectrum, and that not everyone has the same phobia/obsessions.

[@ginger_nspice]

I have OCD and emetophobia, too. So definitely understand where you're coming from, it's great to hear these topics discussed 💕

[@trashy_bagjpg1272]

@@ginger_nspice it’s definitely comforting to know there are others who have gone through the same issues as you. I’m proud of you for replying 🥹❤️

[@ginger_nspice]

@@trashy_bagjpg1272 ❤️❤️❤️

[@frost1183]

@@ginger_nspice same it’s horrid.

[@che3rub]

i am someone with dyscalculia. it’s listed as a “math related learning disability” on my 504 plan. when i was in elementary school i always got failing grades in my math classes. my mother and teachers thought i wasn’t paying attention in class and i got in trouble for it multiple times. once my mother even grounded me by making me sit in my room and complete math problems in math workbooks all day. ive been taught to read clocks multiple times, but my brain has just never been able to pick it up. im awful at remembering dates, i can’t read maps, and im horrible at doing basic math problems without a pencil and paper in front of me to work it out.

[@Silveirias]

There was and as far as I know still isn't a way to officially diagnose this in my country, but I'm pretty sure I have some level os dyscalculia. Maths was really hard for me. Thankfully my parents understood it was hard for me, even though they couldn't understand why. I was a good student with everything else. It took me until my early twenties to understand how to calculate percentages (and really it's more about just having memorised how) and nearly as long to understand what the point of a price per kilo is. I remember that for tests I just had to memorise how to do things without actually understanding what I was doing, and I would always foget soon after the test. Then I had to memorise them again for the next test. I'm in my thirties now, but I still often result into using my fingers to help while mentally calculating something (which I try to do on purpose). I once saw a test online for dyscalculia. One of the tests involved counting the number of dots in an image. I failed. It explained that a person with dyscalculia fails to "group" the dots which makes it easier to count them and not miss any or count things twice. Now that I know of it, I consciously look for the "group" in similar tasks and haven't failed a counting test like this again, so I think it only works once... I went to a school for three years that even specialised in maths to prepare students for being able to take higher level maths in further studies (which I never wanted to do, I only went there because I didn't want to go to this other school lol). It was awful, but I'm glad I did it, beause even if I'm still bad at maths, it at least taught me good habits and the basics. Similarly with reading maps and directions (I lose the sense of direction easily), I'm not naturally good with these things and I mess up easily, but I have learnt the basics at least which is tremendously helpful.

[@rosecapone]

I have dyscalcula and adhd and it sucks ass lol 😂

[@awarlockunkindlyborn1353]

As someone who has been diagnosed with autism, I would like to clarify something about the infographic. While autism does come in levels, the possible symptoms are not very spefic to individual levels. For example, I have level 1, but I experience symptoms listed under all three levels (high interest in specific topics, repetitive behaviors like rocking and spinning). I even had some communication deficits at a young age (selective mutism), which is usually associated with higher levels. Severity of the symptom has more to do with level than type of symptom. I know you didn't have time to go in depth with any disorder, so of course a lot of nuance was lost. I just wanted to take the opportunity to share my knowledge. :)

[@hiroshimiya55]

Nice to meet you as someone with an ASD.

[@awarlockunkindlyborn1353]

@@hiroshimiya55 nice to meet ya!

[@comajuice]

Yeah as interesting as the video is, it does feel like these are all more stereotypes of disorders rather than the actual disorder (adhd, autism, ocd, etc). Not entirely but im afraid it'll do more harm than good.

[@N30KID]

​@@comajuice my thoughts exactly tbh

[@frogblehfrog143]

@@comajuice the adhd one was good, first time i've actually seen someone talk about add (it's adhd-i now but eh)

[@lilytorres3747]

i was diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder at age 17 and it put my whole life into perspective. i had no idea the crippling anxiety and fear of social interaction wasn't normal, and i spent most of my life in my room, telling myself i preferred being alone. i do enjoy time alone, but i didn't realise i was spending so much time isolated as a self-preservation method. i had few friends throughout school, and when i would be invited somewhere, i often turned down the invites in fear of doing something "wrong" and humiliating myself. i would make up last-minute excuses to cancel plans i accepted invitations to in a moment where i was feeling more confident. this extended to my family, and i remained closed-off to my parents and siblings, causing problems between us. every day i'm anxious, i'm anxious about everything from paying for tuition to fear of abandonment in my relationship to anything else. i am prescribed antidepressants along with xanax, for my most severe anxiety attacks. it's gotten better in the sense that i hold a job, go to school on campus for a few of my classes, and have a long-term boyfriend, but i still feel overwhelming anxiety that i'm constantly messing up and embarrassing myself. it's a very long journey to coping, but i hope to get there soon.

[@naturalbornlosers5079]

I once had Truman syndrome due to my bpd delusions. I remember exactly when I developed it. I was watching a movie and it really inspired me and all of a sudden I started hearing a narrator in my head, I was convinced that all my friends were characters in a show and that if someone were to leave my life it was because the actor in said show either quit, died or were fired. I would have a constant desire to “break the 4th wall” or “become the fan favorite” and I would constantly say outlandish things to do so. I would also have a desire to enter “the real world “ so I could see fan art, edits, and other fan made projects centered around my show. I didn’t take anything seriously enough because it was all just a tv show, I failed classes, and I got into a lot trouble. This delusion lasted well into my senior year of high school. I remember snapping out of it because I realized that I can’t “rewind my memories” and that I haven’t been living in the moment for years, this caused me to fall into a deep depression because everything I did was for nothing. It’s now been 4 years since I snapped out and while I’m not completely recovered (I still find myself using the same thought patterns from back then like the whole “actor got fired” thing) I also seem to have a severe case of martyr syndrome I didn’t even know what that was til this vid so thank you for helping me become self aware

[@severalsmallfrogsandtheyre9475]

I was listening to this in the background while playing video games, and I was so surprised to hear ARFID on the list and be described so tactfully and accurately. 20:52 I’ve had ARFID since I was a kid, I still struggle with it daily and I’ve spent so much time blaming myself for my “picky eating” and avoiding social situations that involve food. Doctors didn’t know what was wrong with me so without a diagnosis, it was seemingly just me being “difficult.” My parents got so much criticism for how they dealt with my issues, other parents often saying they were the reason I was like this, and that I was spoiled and needed more discipline. I was underweight for most of my life. As a adolescent, I hated my bony body in comparison to the other girls who developed curves. I am now an adult who is at a healthy weight, fairly active, and currently working on having a balanced diet within the restrictions I have. I’m also working on loosening those restrictions, but it’s very hard. It’s oddly heartwarming to be acknowledged like this. Most doctors haven’t heard of it or think it is only present in autistic children. Thank you for doing the research, even if it’s just a surface level understanding of the disorder. ❤

[@NutyRiver]

Oh dang, reading this is like story of my life! I wrote in another comment about how difficult being a kid was because you lack the autonomy and articulation to properly advocate for yourself. My parents knew something was wrong when they’d tell me to finish my plate as a toddler and I’d stay behind at the dinner table for an hour trying to swallow food and then heaving it back up. It’s almost… weird as an adult now… to have my restrictions taken seriously. I grew up privately dealing with my issues, finding ways of masking or getting out of situations where problems would arise. Now that I can curate who I spend my time with, it knocks me off guard sometimes when people listen and accommodated my restrictions.

[@charlieandhisantics9954]

As someone who also has restrictions with food, this hit hard. I was always treated as just being a Brat for refusing to eat certain foods, when eating them would genuinely cause me severe distress, nausea, and would even trigger my gag reflex or vomiting sometimes. I remember in middle school, my French teacher went out of her way to let me have turkey gravy rather than beef, and I nearly cried. Nobody had ever taken it seriously like that.

[@agroteraaaa]

arfid girlies rise up lmao, i was also pretty surprised.

[@eightyeight_mph]

I was institutionalized with "anorexia" at age 11. Late 80's, so no internet for me to try and understand why they restricted me from TV and magazines, nor why they shielded the readout on the scales from me. They wouldn't tell me. Only later did I learn the criteria for anorexia and think to myself 'No, hang on… I knew I was too skinny and I hated it! I didn't try to lose weight!' I spent many hours over many years on my quest to find *any* mention of what 'anorexia without body dysmorphia' was *actually* called. Eventually, I gave up (and that was quite a while ago). THIS! THIS WAS ME!! 😮

[@Shimainuu]

Felt ❤ u not alone

[@fashionfly5755]

as someone who lives with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (still have symptoms of it, but it's not as severe now) it was really awesome to see accurate information about it. i was told that it was very rare, and the treatment center i went to for it had no treatment plan in place specifically for ARFID, so they just put me on the same plan as the people with anorexia. i especially appreciate that you pointed out that it's not about body image, but anxiety toward the food/the act of eating itself. that's something that the therapists and doctors i saw just could not seem to wrap their head around. they could never understand that i WANTED to eat, that i was STARVING, but that the food they put in front of me caused so much anxiety i would gag on it or throw it right back up. i would describe the feeling as trying to swallow a LEGO

[@helpimstuckinatrashcan7145]

i have an anorexia diagnosis, i mean im so incredibly afraid that im bulimic but thats besides the point. i wanted to say that i can understand the fear of eating, but i get what youre trying to say and even though the fear of eating part is the same there is obviously a huge difference im afraid of eating too much, and of gaining weight, the texture of the food doesnt bother me, nothing about the taste does, the only fact about it that does is the calories, and for many other anorexics, the macros or healthyness of the food, because we are so afraid that we’ll loose control, and if i start eating that there is a chance ill never stop and ill gain 2000018049174939 pounds, and generally im so afraid i will gain mroe weight you are afraid of the experience of food, not the consequences taste, texture, or whatever it is you experience and i can see that that is a really big difference and would definitely need a different care approach

[@spreest9537]

Hi! I suffer from severe agoraphobia and have gone through a phase of eight years not leaving my house at all due to this. I so appreciate you bringing light to subjects such as this one. And everyone who might be reading this - I promise you, from the bottom of my heart, it gets better. I even I can recover after so long, so will you.

[@horsesareforhotties]

What is agoraphobia??

[@spreest9537]

@@horsesareforhotties It's the fear of open spaces, often leading to panic attacks.

[@soyboysawyer]

As an autistic person, I appreciate that the infographic you used is one that uses the levels of autism, instead of terms like high or low functioning

[@daytradersanonymous9955]

What's wrong with high or low functioning as categories?

[@Catmeowww07383]

​@daytradersanonymous9955 The high and low categories aren't always consistent. For instance, in some social situations, my friend would be considered low functioning, but in a different situation, she would be considered high functioning. It's hard to say if someone is high functioning or low functioning when it depends on the situation. Its also hard to categorize all autistic people in only two sections based on social behavior.

[@daytradersanonymous9955]

@jamesandwilbur OK I get that, I'd guess in close quarters with familiar ppl your friend is fine then crowds and or new ppl they struggle? Either way thanks for the feedback.

[@skylion44]

Both my mom and I have exploding head syndrome, (among other conditions) it's certainly a weird experience and it's neat to see it mentioned somewhere! Thank you for making such a respectful and informative video!

[@hiroshimiya55]

That's got to be difficult to live with. But I agree it's great she mentioned it bringing some awareness to it.

[@ResidentMilf]

I get it as a side effect if I forget to take my antidepressants. It sucks, but at least it isn't painful.

[@missybuchanan9631]

I googled it a few months ago because I had something like it. I couldn’t imagine if that was a regular thing. My nephew (4) was here with me and I’ve never jumped up outta bed so fast in my life.

[@oitthegroit1297]

I don't have it, but last night I got mildly stoned, and was just laying in bed, when I suddenly heard this very loud, distorted voice, saying something like "they say". I've never had this happen before, and I don't have schizophrenia. It definitely started me haha.

[@horsesareforhotties]

I often hear pots and pans crashing or my mom’s voice very loud if I fall asleep without another noise like KZbin or the tv on

[@mabelpines1533]

I never understood why the Oedipus complex was named that. Oedipus was extremely distressed by the prophecy that said he would have sex with his mom. He did everything he could to avoid her, but what he didn't know is that was his adopted mom and he didn't recognize his real mom.

[@splendidsimp]

Because Sigmund Freud is an asshole

[@paramnesiiia]

Also as a person with NPD, you did pretty good with adressing it and saying were not super evil people from having a disorder.

[@ECSTParanormal]

I'd honestly love to see an iceberg about rare diseases and physical conditions! Things like stoneman syndromeand the like. Great video as always!!!!

[@The29thTrashRat]

I have pretty bad OCD and I'm so glad that people are starting to realize how bad it actually is. People say it's just abt being clean but it's worse. Thanks for going over it.

[@tobyray9330]

ocd is easily the least favorite condition i have. nothing else makes me feel like such a helpless prisoner in my own mind

[@butcheredalive]

Living with BPD is the worst. The combination of black and white thoughts and extremely rapid (think multiple times an hour) mood swings is extremely taxing on my physical energy levels as well as mental. Almost all of my relationships have been ended by my fear of said person leaving me, despite them having no desire to do so, causing me to leave them and spiral afterwards because I know there’s nothing I can do to fix the situation due to the intensity of my emotions coming into play during those times. I wasn’t able to properly maintain a relationship or love someone for more than a decade, and have just recently been able to manage those thoughts in the past year. I hate saying this, but it’s no wonder why BPD has the highest suicide rate. It is extremely painful to live with, and the stigmatization of us being abusers doesn’t help the situation. It’s much more common that we have been abused at some point, oftentimes by multiple people, than for us to purposely manipulate and abuse others

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

People with BPD generally aren't stigmatized as being abusers, though. By and large, they're correctly perceived as far more likely to be the victims of abuse.

[@exos1bnetworth]

⁠@@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv untrue if you look at a lot of mainstream media and in miss educated ppl even in the medical community they’re automatic thoughts on ppl with bpd that they’re abusers, overdramatic are dangerous/ horrible people

[@nineinchthread]

​@@FirstnameLastname-bn4gvI agree and disagree with that there still a huge sigma with it tbh .

[@SewMyHeartTogether]

​@@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv I see your point; BPD is slowly becoming less stigmatized but we are far from being labeled 'non-abusers'. Proof of that is that if you go to any large library and go to the psychology section, I guarantee that half, if not all the books on BPD will be about abuse

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

@@SewMyHeartTogether I’m referring to the general perception of people with BPD on a broader societal scale. I’m sure they’re unfairly considered more likely to be abusers by some. For the most part, this is not how most people envision the stereotypical person with BPD.

[@raineawrooos]

I'm glad to see selective mutism covered here. I'm in my mid-20s and have suffered with it my entire life, since its not a well known disorder I have been accused of faking it, being dramatic, etc. for most of my life. I didn't get help as a child, though I was diagnosed while I was young, so I continued to just not speak in stressful settings, the most prominent one being school so I never really was properly socialized as a growing human and that has haunted me into my adulthood. I hope to see more of a spotlight on selective mutism in general in the future so people, especially kids, can get the help they need to work through it.

[@dazzz6192]

Being transparent and saying I have Autism, ADHD, BPD, and C-PTSD, as well as being trans and have experienced socio-emotional symptoms mentally from my discovery process, I appreciate the way you approached the topics in this compilation and how you deliver in a way that remind's me of reading a scholary article. You get all the known info summed up into bite sized chunks that give a well delivered understanding as well as the visual input provided.

[@makarambles]

I'm not quite done with the video yet, but thank you for covering even the "funny" or "weird" (I don't find them funny or weird, but others do) disorders with empathy. I have been diagnosed with autism, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, seasonal affective disorder, PTSD, and PMDD over the years, but I definitely believe I have body dysmorphic disorder too. Life can be hard with disorders that people don't understand (in my case: PMDD/body dysmorphic disorder) and the amount of media that makes fun of lesser understood mental health problems makes me sad.

[@crankles3280]

i love the use of louis wayne’s drawings of cats as his mental illness progressed in the descending levels omg

[@no.1youtubeshortsenjoyer]

yesssss louis wain is literally the goatttt, love his shittt

[@Pinkgobi]

To all my people with ARFID and ESPECIALLY my parents with children with ARFID, I'm sending you all the love I can fit in my heart. ARFID can kill without support. Reach out when you need to, seek care when you need to, forgive yourself, respect your boundaries, and challenge yourselves constantly Love, an ex-feeding therapist

[@batty3897]

Arfid sucks so much

[@ev9702]

❤❤

[@brolene413]

After reading some of the other comments, I was a little surprised I'm the only one representing DID in your comments so far. I have other stuff too, because DID is a result of early childhood trauma, it always comes with a bunch of other stuff too. Im almost 30 now and I was diagnosed at 18 after many years being misdiagnosed and treated for a bunch of other stuff i didn't have. Thankfully I was able to see a specialist and its mostly under control now. Most of my day is blank, I remember maybe 20-50% of a good day, much less if the day is particularly busy and chaotic. With good therapy, its kind of just like living your life without much memory storage capacity. Before therapy, blackouts were frightening, because I never knew what I had been up to while I was out. Now I'm pretty sure I'm just going to work or class or talking to my friends or doing the dishes, I just don't remember it, and maybe I spoke kinda different to those friends or something, but most people can't tell anymore. The worst things about DID now is severe dissociation, or when someone else decides that the way my clothes are put away just isnt cutting it anymore and suddenly my drawers are all reorganized. Or when someone randomly decides a ketogenic diet is the way to go and suddenly all my junk food is in the trash and i have to live on kale smoothies for a week. Its just like having less than ideal roommates that work the nightshift so we're never home at the same time but I still have to deal with whatever messes they make. Frustrating, but functional the majority of the time, at least with good therapy anyway. It's not like you see on TV shows (or tiktok...) where its this big performance... Most of us are just going through life, and you'd never know we have it unless you're really close to someone.

[@wmdkitty]

Keep your fake "DID" out of here, please.

[@brolene413]

@@wmdkitty youre the reason im glad ms internet investigator made this video. i hope you arent so angry towards everyone with a mental illness you don't understand. im not a faceless robot ya know, im a human being who is living with an illness because i was abused at a young age. i hope you can heal from whatever has happened in your life to make you so angry and distrustful of fellow humans.

[@Aster_Risk]

​@@wmdkitty Keep your ableist, garbage attitude out of here.

[@reddashgames7550]

As someone who also "suffers" (got 0 memory of life before having it so its just normal for us :P ) never heard of a more accurate description of the condition than "like having less than ideal roommates" ever. :3 On a serous note yeah life is hell but overall its not like i would be able to handle what I/we went though any other way in some way i owe my life to them as the dissociation was honestly the only real way to get out of what happened (I'm told, i'm one of those who doesn't actually know directly just a few of the others do). PS: super glad the comments are not full of peaple clameing to have DID, it was a big thing a few years back (mostly by those who don't understand the condition). Its kinda weird that people with a condition are quite good lie detectors about such things. Edit: re-reading this feels odd as its been a long time since i used "we" in a public message that isnt to my BF or doctor. Was going to change it but given the context i think it makes sense.

[@brolene413]

@@reddashgames7550 couldnt agree more! DID at its most surface level is our brains survival mechanism for whatever happened to us. my onset was around age 5ish, so its all i know too, but it saved my life. i cant imagine how i wouldve gotten through what i did at that age without it. (im also very glad there werent a billion comments from ppl claiming DID... Tiktok in particular caused a huge surge in kids claiming to have it while just playing pretend cuz it looks like a fun performance or they wanna roleplay their OCs or whatever. i have a hard time looking for my community because of them, but they do tend to be super obvious lmao something abt how they think the entire disorder boils down to the alters, when thats just the more public symptom people see and interact with, as opposed to the living hell that is amnesia, fugue states, depersonalization, derealization, dissociation, or the extremely high comorbidity DID has with so many other disorders. they just wanna play pretend and im tired of seeing it everywhere lmao)

[@vamprisa1]

As someone with BPD, thank you for not demonizing and stigmatizing BPD or the other personality disorders you mentioned. I was really worried that would happen when I saw them on the iceberg :)

[@alaynaheinline1921]

I loved this video so much! I struggle with anxiety, BPD, and C-PTSD but I am also a psych major and really enjoyed hearing about ones that I hadn't heard of before. Love the video!

[@lucywing8490]

hello fellow cptsd-er and psychology student (well, criminology and psychology to be exact)!

[@chirimoyan]

this really makes me think about how fragile the mind is. And also it is really fascinating how some of these delusions, like the cow one, happened more than just once so a term had to be coined. idk if that's worded right, but it's weird how multiple people can have the same, often very specific delusion

[@daisiesforghosts]

Imagine your city being so overhyped it has its own disorder at how disappointing it is

[@DelanoSeven7]

Tbh us frenchies know how shitty Paris actually is lol. And Parisiens HATE "outsiders" and vice versa. Paris-borns and tourists are the only ones who actually think Paris is even decent.

[@yuh9759]

I wish you had mentioned phantom limb or phantom breast syndrome. I had a double mastectomy late last year and still sometimes feel itching, pain, or other sensations in my breasts and nipples, which no longer exist. The weirdest part is that my actual chest is pretty numb. It is a very very weird thing that a lot of mastectomy patients have.

[@karatecorgi7685]

Very validating for ADHD to be first on the list. I didn't get diagnosed until my early 30s and having treatment has helped so, so much. But even to this day, it's a monster I'm trying to understand and co-exist with.

[@rainbow_nat]

As someone with ADHD, autism, insomnia, depression, and general anxiety thank you for covering these. These can be life changing and hard to understand if people aren’t educated. These are especially overlooked in videos instead creators opting for the more “severe” or unusual. Thank you for making this video it is pretty educational for someone who doesn’t know a lot about mental disorders and conditions.

[@oneofdanhowellschins]

I have dyscalculia, tho when I was diagnosed in 1st grade they just called it a “learning delay” so throughout my life I just felt like I was “stupid” or “dumb” or something was wrong with me that I couldn’t describe. Math is my biggest problem and because of it I’m scared to do tasks like count money, read maps, or when someone asks me to get something I need specific directions where to locate it. Dyscalculia can be difficult to manage but right now I’m in community college trying to work hard to get into animation. I’ve gotten a lot better, but I still struggle everyday

[@Carrie_Ann]

Same here. I was in a special class, specifically for my problems with math as a kid. I still struggle with tasks like counting money and have a huge fear of jobs that require you use a register (which is many).

[@oneofdanhowellschins]

@@Carrie_Ann I still can’t count money or work behind registers, and I’m not sure if I can drive because I don’t know directions well. All my life I thought I was stupid or a little kid who didn’t know anything What matters is there’s different types of intelligence like street smarts and emotional smarts. :) I’m just glad I’m not alone in this ❤️ this for the reply!

[@insideatheart]

i'm pretty sure i have dyscalculia. like 100% sure, the moment i knew it was a thing i cried bc i thought i was just dumb and lazy lmao. but when i talked to my psychiatrist about it she told me a diagnosis wasn't necessary because "i'm not in school anymore" ☠ i didn't say anything at that moment but i wish i did, because it affects my life on the daily. i have trouble with simple things like adding big numbers. i'm 20 and not being able to multiply is sooo embarrassing, i hate it. i tend to be late a lot bc i struggle with understanding time. most of the time i can't count on my head and need to use my fingers 😭 the worst thing is that i've always struggled with this stuff, i've always had bad grades in math even tho i had very good grades in everything else. it got so bad to the point that i wouldn't even try anymore because it didn't matter if the teacher changed or if a classmate would try to teach me, i couldn't understand anyways. i stopped paying attention, i never did my math homework bc i felt hopeless. i was called lazy, or that i didnt try enough. i felt stupid. i don't know how nobody noticed how much i was struggling and did something about it. but i think dyscalculia is not something that a lot of people know about in my country, because when i found out it was a thing it was thanks to the english side of the internet. i wish it was talked about more so children could get the help they need before they end up like me. sorry for the long rant!!! not a lot of people understand me when i say i struggle with math and you seemed very kind ;;

[@oneofdanhowellschins]

@@insideatheart awww, thx u so much 🥺❤️❤️and thank you so much for the reply! :> with the description you gave it definitely appears that you have it. I would recommend taking quizzes just to be sure, but overall you do have it. Don’t worry, you’re not dumb and you’re not lazy, we’re just different from everyone else, and that’s okay :3 ❤️

[@chandratownsend3891]

I didn't struggle with math in school too bad because I was super stubborn and competitive and just HAD to prove I was as smart as the smart kids damn it! And so I found creative ways to work around it. I picked up a job at a retail store 12 years ago, and when they eventually put me on register I ended up having an anxiety attack in front of a customer. On break I quit on the spot and have stayed away from any jobs involving that kinda pressure since. Someone tried to convince me years ago to become an Amazon delivery driver and I laughed at them and told them no, I would royally fuck that up as I cannot do directions for shit. I get lost even with the use of a GPS 😅. Also, mirroring!! I can't mirror dance moves or hands on instructions, I have to be standing side by side with the person. People look at me funny because I have to pretend I'm writing with a pencil in mid air so as to tell my left from right. Sometimes all this has been frustrating and embarrassing but I find it mostly humorous now! I love analog watches and I sometimes play a game with myself to see if I get the time right.

[@ilovemeatwad]

Thank you for clarifying that OCD isn’t just the urge to be clean all the time. I have OCD which led to my severe dermatillomania

[@sillyd0g]

for me ocd has very little to do with cleanliness. there are things i'm kind of neurotic about wrt cleanliness but i think that has more to do with autism than it does ocd. for me ocd is delusions, constant irrational worry about my actions affecting my family members, magical thinking, and an intense aversion to spoiled food . my mom doesn't even think i actually have ocd because im not super organized or clean and it really frustrates me bc i don't know how to be like "no mom i know my room is a mess but how else do you explain my fear that if i don't say certain phrases to you at the end of every day you'll die horribly"

[@KysEcstacy]

Ocd and dysphoria are such a hellish combination, i feel like im locked in my own body and mind at random with the only escape being death or intoxication until i can get surgical treatment

[@_mango_]

I appreciate you making this video and even just for minutes at a time, shedding some light on these disorders and phenomena and giving mental health more attention and validity.

[@kathyxo]

Hi! Seeing your uploads make me so happy. You're quite literally my favorite channel! I myself have trichotillomania and I appreciate you covering it, it needs more awareness. Thank you for fantastic content! ❤

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Thank you!! 🖤🖤🖤

[@GorkJohnson]

The amount of people self diagnosing with DID and autism is wild lmao

[@DelanoSeven7]

And unfortunately it makes it harder to believe people who really have those. I know I instantly think of people who claim to have DID as "Edgy creepypasta kid", which I shouldn't, because the people who really have this can suffer from it.

[@hahanoe79213]

@@DelanoSeven7 then don't

[@bullrun2772]

Agreed it’s sucks and it’s sad that people are doing this I think the problem here is that we are f***ed up psychology psychology therapy can’t help us anymore because the fact is too many people that have biases

[@niclastname9123]

I mean. Logistically, the influx of self diagnosis is partially due to the lack of access to mental health services. And thus, people who do have something going on with them reach out for whatever explanation is most in reach, even when its wrong

[@candysodafizz8572]

one of the very few videos with these titles that is actually sympathetic towards us and those with mental illnesses, which is so rare. thank you for being normal about it. i struggle with several of these (ocd autism adhd and quite a few others) so it's nice not seeing those be demonized, and one of the few people i've seen who don't immediately try to invalidate DID. for such a rapid fire video this did a pretty decent job of getting the basics down and being kinda humanizing. i hope this turns up in the algorithm rather than all the ableist nonsense i usually tend to see with vids like this. so yeah, quite refreshing for the most part and not surprising considering you usually tend to be a very sympathetic youtuber. even if i have my own issues with psychology institutions and the ways they define neurodivergence and mental illnesses and all that it's clearly too complex of an issue so yeah. have a nice day sorry this is rambly haha

[@NutyRiver]

I’ve had AFRID my whole life, and I’ve always assumed it was connected to my autism. I’m generally an extremely sensitive person, physically speaking, so many food textures can be intolerable to me. I try my best to be open to trying new things, but people tend to not understand just how uncomfortable this can be for me. It was extra hard when I was a kid, not able to articulate or advocate for myself and being punished for not eating everything given to me. My parents tell me they knew something was wrong because, as a toddler, they’d tell me to finish my plate, and I’d be at the table for over an hour trying to swallow things and then heaving them back up.

[@yote333]

I’m sorry you have to deal with that. I have autism and I’m not too sensitive but some textures and feelings I just can’t handle, whether it’s food, clothing, whatever. It’s really hard to deal with and I can’t imagine it being so bad to the point it develops into ARFID. I’m glad you’re able to understand and advocate for yourself now that you’re older. The worst part is over. I hope you’re doing better now and able to manage.

[@smonr9759]

I’m in the same boat with being autistic and having ARFID, it’s hell to be almost physically incapable of eating most foods and especially when everyone around you doesn’t understand and just assumes you’re a spoiled picky eater. I’ve read that ARFID is a lot more common in neurodivergent people, but ofc not all people who have ARFID are neurodivergent. I’m slowly working on expanding my tolerance to food but it’s a constant struggle 🥲

[@batty3897]

Arfid is a comorbidity with neurodivergence

[@MaxxwellHell]

Just a tip for autism, the spectrum is not measured by how extreme or mild it is. It is multiple spectrums over all symptoms.

[@-AngelKiity-]

I feel like the most common mental disorders can become super severe and possibly life-threatening to someone if they let it get severe enough, like depression or anxiety.

[@hellsink912]

I'm learning English with your videos, this information is really value for me. Greetings 🤗

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

Oh wow, I'm so happy to hear my videos are helping 🥲 Good luck! 🖤

[@hellsink912]

@@TheInternetInvestigator They're actually helpful in improving my comprehension and to get new information either. Specially in UK accent because sometimes it's difficult to me. Good luck with your channel and personal stuff 🤗

[@migoreng7789]

i happen to have pica, i ate paper. to the point i could tell just by looking which paper had gross ink and wouldn't "taste" good 😭 later in life i started to obsessively chew gum, i guess it's more acceptable... i'm glad the iceberg included arfid, however the weight loss aspect slowly becomes not mandatory for diagnosis. the list of safe foods can include high calorie items and the patient might be overweight. i personally can force myself to eat certain foods in public without choking etc but in general that's very uncomfortable and later i end up only eating my favorite safe foods, that often lack nutrional(?) value to compensate. sidenote on odc and hoarding - hoarding disorder is separate condition. lately i noticed a trend of atributting hoarding to ahdh ocd etc which sadly prevents the patient for getting proper care related to hoarding itself. it's not an easy disorder to have as it is very misunderstood, and too often used for shock value

[@missybuchanan9631]

Watch My Strange Addiction, pica is surprisingly more common than you’d think. During pregnancy people eat chalk and drywall. There was a woman that ate rocks. A woman ate her husbands ashes. I mean, my strange addiction is that damn show.

[@spitfirebird]

As someone whose mother has CPTSD from years of childhood neglect and abuse, I am super thankful for you defining what exactly PTSD is and how debilitating it can be, especially when you get flashbacks and experience the trauma and painful experiences all over again! Also narcolepsy sounds awful and I can’t help but pity anyone who has to live with such a terrible and honestly quite irritatingly annoying condition. I can’t imagine trying to pick up my cat for cuddles and then dropping her to the floor because of a random bout of muscle weakness, or just simply going into random occasional bouts of sleep while at school and missing important information.

[@jayc7560]

I experience Alice in Wonderland Syndrome - in fact, I experienced it within the last couple of hours LOL I always see it on these sorts of lists and thought I'd just comment on it as someone who experiences it - for me it's primarily just the perception hallucinations if that makes any sense. My body will feel smaller or larger than I know it is and will notice it compared to the furniture around me, noticing it's smaller or larger than usual in comparison to my body - today's experience was while I sat at my desk, I was perceiving myself as too small to reach the other end of it despite the fact that I physically cand and know that I can. It's not particularly distressing to me because in my case it's tied to my migraines which I have managed.

[@missybuchanan9631]

I experience it too! Way more when I was a kid, but still do sometimes. I usually just feel miles away from everything. It’s not actually a disorder tho, it’s a symptom.

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

To add to the PTSD part of the iceberg: While flashbacks and nightmares are certainly part of suffering with PTSD, it's not the only symptom sufferers experience. I struggle to focus, and concentrate on anything. Simply watching youtube is a struggle because I end up drifting off into my thoughts and don't realize it until minutes later, while before the event my concentration was amazing. My memory has suffered terribly, and I can barely recall anything that's happened in my day. Before the event I could recall most of my day, in clear detail. And now it's fuzzy snippets of what I did that I have to piece together, but I still will have gaps in my memory. I derealize a lot, and sometimes to the point where my family feels like strangers that I just have to play along with. With my emotions, I am either numb and unable to cry or feel much of anything, or I am doing extremely unwell. But I still suffer a lot with the anxiety. I have weird triggers (I once broke down over an icecream flavor kind of weird), and I have since developed a really strong opinion on something related to my experience, and solidified another. Things that make loud noises, especially those resembling gunshots do startle me, so I feel a bit stereotypical when I think about the fact that fireworks do in fact startle me. PTSD, if I could give it 0 stars I would. Do not recommend, will not purchase again 💅

[@anamiosonami]

I'm so happy that AvPD, Tourette's and Trichotillomania are on here. I've suffered with all of these for years and it's nice that people are learning more about them, even if it's from an iceberg video lol

[@rainbow_nat]

I have ADHD. It is a lot worse than it may seem, it affects my life daily. FYI it is no longer ADD in the DSM 5 which is the most recent version. ADHD is instead classified with hyperactive type and inattentive type (previously ADD).

[@adettessubs444]

People don't realize how bad it can get

[@cowboymaxwell]

52:43 trans people prefer to not be associated with this phenomenon 🙏

[@frosmoths]

DID system here - hallucinations aren't really part of the disorder, actually. When it's said that we "hear voices", they're almost always experienced internally, like someone would experience their own thoughts. Audible hallucinations are experienced as coming from the external environment. Visual hallucinations are also very rare for us. They can come from comorbid disorders if someone happens to have DID as well, but are not common in DID alone.

[@chaimagnolia997]

Thank you so much for mentioning that childhood trauma is a likely aspect of ASPD development, and not treating it like Evil Person Disorder, lol. I’ve been DX’d with it for 4 years (along with a laundry list of other things), and it’s not really something you can share with people without their opinion of you changing drastically. I’m lucky that I learned important skills for managing it early on. Learning the “rules” of how to behave, in a way that makes sense to you, is pretty crucial in ASPD.

[@kanan3088]

Not even gonna lie I came from tiktok😭

[@sketch6067]

SAME😭😭

[@miIkenjoyer]

saw the iceberg I was like I know someone made a whole video on this

[@JassyWassySquared]

Same

[@yaminove]

SAME BRUH

[@aubrey9077]

Me too

[@CabalBoone]

This is one of my tried and true, favorite channels. Keep up the good work, young woman

[@icarus_is_tired544]

I personally have a few disorders- and all of them together can make life a chore- autism, adhd, anxiety, depression, ocpd, and some symptoms of imposter syndrome sure spice things up when I have to do anything, especially if I don't want to- It's amazing to see a video such as this discussing the facts of all of these things, especially when there's so much misinformation and misconceptions about these things. This was a lovely video overall, and I hope anyone reading this has a wonderful day/afternoon/night!

[@pan1884]

Thank you for describing agoraphobia accurately. A lot of people, even those who claim to be supportive of mental health issues, treat it like it's "just" social anxiety or general anxiety. It's more like a blend of the two with many other ingredients poured in; you can end up with so many phobias of so many different things that it runs your life from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed. IF you go to bed and aren't afraid of falling asleep, which is also common. It's like living in constant fear of just about everything and lemme tell you, it SUCKS. You can end up housebound from this disorder so ridiculously quickly, it's like you fell down a mountain side into a deep hole. I'm in remission at this point, however. I need someone with me to be able to do so, but I can actually leave my house at this point. I've started taking daily walks with my family and it's been helping a lot. I think that's also a very terrible thing about the disorder - the best treatment is to start doing whatever you're scared of (gently! be kind to yourself!), and eventually these things can become helpful and therapeutic. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to take a walk alone, but doing so with my family has been helping me build a sense of confidence and a little extra independence that this disorder absolutely stripped me of for over a decade.

[@lysmichelle9998]

I've never heard anyone mention delusional parasitosis. My mom has it and it's so frustrating because it's real to her so she won't seek help. Thank you for covering it!

[@willzzer]

i know your comment is quite old, but i have secondary delusional parasitosis due to my schizophrenia. the symptoms are almost completely gone when i take my antipsychotics correctly. i hope your mom seeks help, life is much easier without the delusions.

[@ResidentMilf]

I have health anxiety, and it's very misunderstood. Most people think it's done for attention, but it's not; that's called factitious disorder. People with health anxiety often agonize for hours, days, or even weeks or whether or not to seek medical attention. Is this serious? Or is my brain making me think it's serious? You would never accuse someone of attention-seeking if you saw them sobbing in their car in the parking lot of the ER because they don't want to waste time and resources that people with an actual emergency need, but at the same time doesn't everyone always say that if you have chest pain you should go to the hospital? I went to the ER once because I had symptoms of appendicitis, including pain that got worse with pressure, exactly where you'd expect it for appendicitis. When I was diagnosed with diverticulitis and given Motrin, I felt so. Fucking. Bad. I was ashamed that I went to the ER in the first place.

[@sydbees4924]

I feel that, I'm constantly scared of having things like heart attack and stroke and other deadly things to the point my body emulates the symptoms. I haven't ever went to the ER because of it but I've gotten close. I always feel really guilty because I could tell people get frustrated and tired with me and I understand why. But it's most definitely not for attention, I honestly feel like I'm dying and worried that one day that it's going to be more than "just anxiety"

[@snowqueen_8958]

The brain is a scary place.....but it's good to understand what conditions can and do

[@psi_rockin]

I love your PFP, risotto has always been one of my favorite characters from part 5

[@snowqueen_8958]

@@psi_rockin oh thank you and risotto is really cool Sometimes people like to randomly comment on my PFP lol

[@BoinkySponge196]

I have adhd, autism, pica, depression, and anxiety. I didn’t choose to have any of this. I wish I didn’t have any of these. It’s not that I want any of these, it’s me just being born with this. Most people with these same disorders might have different experiences with them. Everyone’s experience is different. I hate all of it. I didn’t choose this. I didn’t want to have these. It’s worse that people fake these. ADHD or autism isn’t quirky. Depression isn’t just being sad or emo, and anxiety isn’t cool. I hate that I even have to talk about this. *None of us chose to be like this.* *We just are.*

[@JustMe-iw3ev]

I appreciate your calling out Tourette's Syndrome as part of this video. I've dealt with it, along with being on the autistic spectrum since I was young and, between the two, they've led to a lot of social and institutional challenges as I've gone through life. I've been able to adapt for the most part, but having been born several decades ago, most of what I've learned has been self taught. I'm grateful that you're helping to give more insight around these conditions and how they affect people who deal with them on a daily basis. My hope is that as mental health is getting more and more attention, the stigma and challenges that accompany these conditions will become easier, for myself and anyone else coping with them. Thanks for making such great content!

[@emmataylor1770]

I've lived with trichotillomania for 10 years (from second grade to my senior year) now and I never really see it talked about much, its quite hard to deal with as most kids don't really understand and just choose to pick on someone who is different than them. It's nice to see it included on this because I really do think it needs to be talked about more. Thank you for making these videos and teaching others

[@missybuchanan9631]

Do you know, I’ve picked my skin since I was a little girl, and I still watched a woman with trichotillomania for an entire day thinking “what the hell is she doing”. I also have a psych degree. I am dumb.

[@maestro9765]

I've had many somatic delusions, including Cotard's delusion. I believed that I was in hell, where only I was a real person (although as a dead soul). Cotard's delusion is so frightening. Even still, during times of extreme stress I still have moments where I question myself whether I'm alive or not.

[@sleepondirt498]

i have experienced cotards too and it sucks cause theres nothing you can do to make yourself feel better, especially if ur resistent to people reality checking you, like theres no way to cope with "not being alive" it sucks

[@maestro9765]

@@sleepondirt498 Mine has responded to medication.

[@sleepondirt498]

@@maestro9765 yeah mine gets much worse without medication

[@ashr00m]

YES there needs to be more conversation and research into mental disorders in animals!! Dog dementia is real and research is beginning to suggest it can happen in cats too. Also cats can develop OCD usually associated with grooming themselves and cleanliness. Idk if there’s any research on it, but I also strongly believe that psychosomatic conditions happen in pets. There was a period of time where I was too busy to play with my cat, (& my mother wouldn’t just bc she’s lazy, 🙃) and over time he became more lethargic and started vomiting. He was completely physically healthy so I looked into mental disorders in animals, even though I knew it was a stretch. I thought it possible since stress and anxiety can induce nausea in humans, and cats can experience high stress & anxiety disorder, maybe the root cause was psychosomatic. I pretty quickly learned that when a cat gets bored enough that they’re under stimulated, it can actually lead to very high stress. And as it turns out, that high stress can induce vomiting. So as soon as I learned this, I just dropped everything at 3AM to go and play with him. He engaged like he normally would & his symptoms immediately went away. Moral of the story, don’t emotionally neglect your furbabies.. Cats aren’t as stand-offish and asocial as they might seem.. 😭

[@mandlin4602]

I’ve had pet rats get dementia! And a rat with OCD, she used to groom herself so bad she bled when she was anxious. When her cage mate passed away she was just red raw. We got her new friends and she stopped but yeah. An animal who set harms 😬

[@sillyd0g]

i think my dog might have ocd because she constantly licks one specific spot on one of her legs for seemingly no reason. we've ruled out stress bc she's a generally happy pampered little dog, but nothing stops her from licking that spot. i have ocd myself and it kind of reminds me of how i obsessively pick at my cuticles lol.

[@HerbertKrab]

Yes! Cats can also get Pica, and I was worried my boy had that because he would try to eat cardboard and ate my dirty band-aid while I was out, but it turns out he was just bored without me lol

[@sillyd0g]

@@HerbertKrab cats eating cardboard is just perfectly normal cat behavior lol

[@geekytheartist6116]

Oh dogs definitely can have Dementia, I legitimately do not understand why people think they can't. My own dog lived to a very old age (at least by chihuahua/dachshund standards) and towards the end of his life he had some seizures, was very lethargic and inactive, moved around sometimes for no reason with no direction, had difficulty in finding...anything (although he had cataracts so maybe that wasn't a dementia thing), would sleep at odd times that weren't his usual schedule, looked confused, and didn't spend as much time with my family, sticking around me. I was his favorite of the family and he frequently hyperfixated on me, so I knew it'd take a while for him to start ignoring me. Thankfully we put him down about 2 months ago, so he no longer has to suffer. I wouldn't be surprised if this happened in other animals too, not just common household pets. I have a few snakes and I wonder if they can get it when their time comes. I wish more research was put into the mental health of animals.

[@yurissweettooth]

For some reason I was very surprised to hear PMDD mentioned. I live with that condition and it can be quite debilitating both mentally and physically, yet its so rarely talked about and often downplayed or brushed off. For about 1-2 weeks out of every month I experience very severe depression, irritability, and anxiety on top of vertigo, lightheadness, and flu-like symptoms. And when PMDD stops, then I still get regular PMS too... It's quite terrible. It was just a small mention out of a really huge list but it still felt nice just to hear someone talk about it. ❤

[@lindyloohoo]

Thank you for the disclaimer you said at the opening. It always makes me sad when people are like OoOoOo ScArY mEnTaL IlLnEsS

[@funnyfish660]

This put a finger down challenge goes hard

[@dannahbanana11235]

I didn't get diagnosed with bipolar disorder until my mid twenties because I vastly underestimated my symptoms. The test for it is incredibly flawed because it's a "strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree, not applicable" test. All it took was a doctor to sit down with me and help me understand that I WAS suffering, and I WASN'T just being a big baby. Which is the opposite of what doctors usually do.

[@GiveMehTheCookies]

Thanks for doing this video internet investigator. I have dyslexia, combined type ADHD, BPD, PTSD, OCD and a multitude of other disorders that come with those diagnoses; depression, SAD, bulimia, anorexia, self harm, hair plucking and skin picking and addiction issues (I’m a whole load of fun). Having these disorders makes me very impulsive, erratic and emotionally unstable. The negative stereotypes of these disorders is horrible, that I don’t really have ADHD/everyone has it a bit, that BPD essentially makes me a manipulative bad person, that OCD is irrational and, again, not real. I’ve been told by my own family I am making things up, being dramatic and that my pain is not real, when they have caused most of that pain. It’s exhausting to live in constant turmoil, feeling chronic emptiness and despair and knowing when you feel good it’ll end sometime soon. I had been doing well for the last year and I went through a break up a month and a half ago and had a psychotic breakdown and took a multi drug overdose, I would’ve died if I didn’t get to hospital. And since then I have not been able to look after myself at all. Not being able to clean myself, eat or get up to go to the toilet. People imply those like me and making things up, but who the fuck would want to live like this? I’ve lost my degree, job, friends, family, relationship and almost my life. This isn’t fun, I’m not trying to be quirky or cool because I have ADHD and BPD, it’s exhausting and debilitating. No one would choose to live like this. Sorry for the vent I just appreciated the video lol

[@langustajableczna]

having both anorexia and bulimia? sure buddy

[@Catmeowww07383]

​@langustajableczna Having both isn't that crazy of an idea. Starving yourself for long periods of time, then binge eating, then throwing it up from guilt, I imagine? Idk, it makes sense to me.

[@somber087]

The fact that depression is the most common and yet the one most likely to kill is terrifying.

[@Alex-yy3sk]

Everyone say thank you to Luka for bringing us here

[@ryangrey951]

i'm currently studying psychology in school, so i'll weigh in with some of my own input here-- psychology as a field is still pretty new in comparison to other medical sciences, and a some disorders and their diagnostic criteria are region specific and can sometimes be diagnosed based off of the patient's tendency to deviate from societal norms. obviously, this doesn't mean that *all* illnesses are just ways to socially isolate people who deviate from the norm, but it's important to keep in mind, especially when conditions are specific to certain regions. these are also known as culture-bound syndromes, one of the most well known ones being koro, an illness specific to southeast asia in which sufferers will believe their sex organs are retracting and will soon disappear. overall very interesting stuff to research and i highly recommend doing some digging of your own :3 on an unrelated note, there are a few theories in this video initially presented by sigmund freud. i personally believe most of what he said is complete bullshit and should be taken with a grain of salt, but this is also a view held by many modern psychologists, so that doesn't make me special or anything. my personal theory (the term "theory" is used lightly here because i'm mostly joking) is that freud was just projecting because he *really* wanted to fuck his mom, lol.

[@jasond.b-w]

[novel warning, please just scroll past if you’re not into that] Hi, rare person with intractable complex developmental PTSD, DID, RAD, and a slew of related disabilities and Specific Phobias here, and I wanted to share a little of my own experience with specifically DID. Your description of it being a ‘feeling like you have multiple identities’ is not correct, and it doesn’t just ‘maybe’ cause memory loss for some-blackout amnesia between parts is one of the #1 criteria AND it’s the entire mechanism of the disorder. Physically it’s caused by having multiple distinct and independent (separated) conscious states, and in fact whether or not there is a total amnesic divide between them is a differentiating factor between DID and OSDD (there is no formal subcategorizing of OSDD in any updated literature so sorry for not differentiating more. And also sorry in advance for my English!) It’s extremely easy to be misled online so I’m not upset or anything, I just wanted to give my own experience in case it helps anyone. It makes me _really_ wish internet 14 year olds would stop claiming this kind of diagnosis-it’s really not fun or interesting to have this at all, speaking as someone who actually is diagnosed (and needless to say, that’s how I found out about having it. I had never even heard of it before then, even though my neuropsych claimed they’d told multiple other parts while in the hospital already.) *Note: I know a lot of what I’m abt to say is contraindicative to a dx is actually expected/required for OSDD. I can’t speak on that because I don’t have it. I’m only talking about DID!* Even after being told, it’s not a condition I can ever have any actual experience ‘of’ having. I don’t have any way to know other parts’ skills, learned knowledge, experiences, memories, mannerisms, etc. - if any of them have a skill I never learned or play a certain game or whatever I would have no way of knowing that unless an external observer like someone on my psych team told me…and then I just have to decide if I believe them or not, because there would still be no way to see proof for myself. Everything I’m told by other people that everyone does during the day, I have no idea if they’re lying or not. My psych team could be lying about everything they claim they observe other parts doing, they could be lying about the fact that any of the tests and anecdotes that my medical history is written from ever happened, because I have no way to prove it did OR didn’t. When they tell me that they met someone in the hospital named X who knows how to do Y thing Ive never done in my life and their interests and personality are Z, I just have to either accept that or not. It’s not something that I can know for myself. …And that’s it. It’s not ‘friends’ you get to live in your head with, it’s not conversations or feelings coming from others that you’re constantly having to balance, it’s not ‘having to figure out who’s out right now/who I am’, and it’s not fun. My psych team has said that they’ve been struggling to even identify anyone else now that I’m not living IP full time anymore, because nobody who they didn’t already spot and introduce themselves to in the hospital has any way to know that they (my psych team) even exist, let alone about having this. So they aren’t going to be reaching out to our team saying “hi, we haven’t met yet! I’m a ~protector~, my name is X!” Even if our NP calls while one of them is conscious, who would pick up the phone for a name they’ve never heard of? Maybe some people, but I can’t imagine many. I never know that I’ve lost any time (despite losing 20 to over 100 hours at a time, every single day) until I look at my watch and notice that the date is suddenly 3 days after what I think I was just doing a minute ago. And until I was told about my diagnosis, which they said they’d already told several other parts before me, I didn’t even know that my watch changing or my surroundings suddenly being different even COULD indicate time passing. Because I’ve been like this all my life, and my life is completely seamless to me. There’s no sense of loss whatsoever, let alone awareness that other things I’m not aware of could be going on. I don’t get memories, learned knowledge/skills, influenced feelings/wants, communication, etc. from anyone else. I have no internal awareness of having this at all-and according to my team, that’s the same for all of ours and 100% expected of this dx; it isn’t that _I_ don’t have access to these things, but others can. It’s literally just the time changing that everyone ‘experiences’. (continued)

[@jasond.b-w]

If I had been told about the real symptoms I’ve been having all my life and asked if I thought I had it at any point before I was diagnosed I would have 100% said no without a second thought, and even when I was, I was positive it was a mistake or just lies. I still don’t fully believe anything I’m told about other parts or what they did during the week. And that’s kind of where the problem with online faking and trying to ‘correct/rewrite’ the disorder comes in-because seeing ONLY misinformation about false and contradictory symptoms reinforced that for me. The danger in roleplaying OSDID and making a quirky joke out of spreading misinformation is how easily it reaches and affects real people. And it _does_ actually affect people-its seriously impacted me. Genuine, properly collected and reviewed resources are extremely rare still. Many common professionals also don't know about it, and very recently I saw two

[@queerdeerriley]

becoming aware of the others is possible after enough therapy. that's how it is for me, i started out with total blackouts as a child and became able to see and hear the others in my head as an adult. what you're saying is true, but it's also not fair to suggest that people who have greater communication with their system are faking.

[@jasond.b-w]

@@queerdeerriley It’s possible _with_ intensive treatment for _some_ but not all-that’s true. I’m not very clear with my English so sorry, but what I’m talking about those children specifically is they were openly undiagnosed, where many WERE able to seek a dx (so not for a lack of access) and told they didn’t meet one, had not been in any treatment for it, and were describing one day just ‘discovering’ their system and immediately everyone knowing everyone, including all the people in their life, had all the same knowledge of everything else, and they elaborated their own parts like characters. (Choosing names of others, asking what others should look like, etc) Though I’m not a candidate for therapy anymore myself after it posing too much of a danger to me and that extended to everyone else in the room, I’ve been told some of ours have been in different types of treatment for up to the past 10 years and they don’t have any greater awareness or communication I don’t, but I was told that’s normal and it doesn’t help to agonize over it. I’m not here to judge what other people gain from tx if they do actually have it, and everyone is different, but there’s definitely a line between what’s possible for a few and what genuinely conflicts with people’s claims.

[@hiroshimiya55]

Hi Internet Investigator. My mother suffers from dementia and Parkinson's. I've had to watch her mental state decline over the years and have her physical condition deteriorate. It's been hard on me and my father. She needs care 24 hours a day. It's something I wouldn't wish on someone. It's a horrible disease. As for me I have Asperger's syndrome. I've struggled with interactions with other people all my life. I have grown to communicate better through therapy. But it's been a long hard road for me. I suffered eating disorder's in my younger years.

[@TheInternetInvestigator]

I'm so sorry to hear that, I can't imagine how heartbreaking it would be to watch someone you love deteriorate over such a long period of time. I'm glad to hear therapy has helped you and hope you continue to find ways of dealing with things 🖤🖤🖤

[@IlIlIIlIlIlIlIlIl]

Thank you for sharing

[@hiroshimiya55]

@@TheInternetInvestigator thank you 🙏

[@SpookyDollLady]

I have Bipolar 1 (the "fun" kind that makes me prone to delusions when manic) and OCD, which occasionally causes me to get stuck in a loop of intrusive delusional thoughts. It's absolutely terrifying and if something doesn't snap me out of the loop quickly, I can get to a pretty dangerous place mentally. The OCD intrusive thought feedback loop can happen with or without the delusions, but the delusions make it infinitely worse. My personal brand of delusions tend to focus on things like simulation theory or parallel universes, where my brain convinces me that everything I perceive isn't real or is just slightly off somehow from what it should be. I also have prosopagnosia/face blindness so on occasion I have become convinced that people I know are actually imposters and I can't tell who is real since I can't recognize hardly anyone by their face. It's absolute hell. The longest spiral I got stuck in lasted for months and I very nearly ended myself just to make the looping thoughts stop. It hasn't been that bad in years but I live in constant fear that it'll happen again when I'm alone and I won't be able to stop myself. I actually don't deal with the depression side of the coin all that often or that severely (probably thanks to medication), and my manic episodes aren't always accompanied by delusional thoughts. But when it does happen it's a perfect storm of mental anguish I couldn't even begin to describe and wouldn't wish on anyone.

[@hiroshimiya55]

Hi. Have you seen the documentary of two minds? It came out in 2012. It covers a few different people with bipolar disorder. It's a good watch showing their personal struggles. Secondly I want to praise you for sticking with the medication. So many won't or stop taking them thinking they don't need them. I struggle with reminding myself that as well. I got into using cannabis to help with my anxiety and depression which was awful growing up. It's helped immensely. I still take my medication. Take care of yourself and thank you for sharing.

[@SpookyDollLady]

@@hiroshimiya55 I haven't, I'll have to look that up! I was extremely lucky not just to find something that worked for me, but that I found it completely by accident. I was put on a low dose antidepressant as an off-label treatment for chronic pain, and while it was moderately helpful for my pain, it turned out to be even more helpful at stabilizing my moods. I had a lot of really bad experiences with psych meds in the past so it was a huge relief to be able to take something that still lets me feel like me, just a more stable me. It also makes it much less likely I'll stop taking it since it has physical benefits too. I do wish I could do more to help the anxiety, but I'm glad for what I have at least. Thanks for the encouragement. Keep up the good fight!

[@biochemlady]

Maria Bamford (a comedian with bipolar I and OCD) describes it as the “gladiator sandal” of mental illnesses and I will never not think of that when I hear people talk about it. Also highly recommend her stuff if you need a laugh or to commiserate with somebody!

[@SpookyDollLady]

@@biochemlady I LOVE Maria Bamford!

[@Bbykat22]

Dyslexia can also effect processing & retaining information, short term memory loss, being unorganized, bad time management, mood swings, bad with directions, & some other stuff as well lol coming from someone with severe dyslexia. I love when people talk about dyslexia and include the other stuff besides reading/spelling. Thanks for making this video!

[@Lenape_Lady]

This is why it INFURIATES me that hundreds of children on TikTok are suddenly claiming to have DID for CLOUT…when the worst “trauma” they’ve ever gone through was being grounded for a week. There is NO SUCH THING as non-traumagenic DID (DID that didn’t come from trauma). It’s literally IMPOSSIBLE as the entire REASON the personality splits off is because it’s the brains’s last-ditch-Hail-Mary coping mechanism when subjected to SEVERE, CONTINUOUS, HORRIFIC TRAUMA. Like being s*xually trafficked or kidnapped and graped or subjected to horrifying physical and s*xual abuse every single day. And the person suffering with the disorder doesn’t know they have it…let alone know all the super-unique uwu names of their “alters” and give them all awesome anime backstories and they just so happen to ALL be beautiful and handsome and thin and smart and soooo cool. Where are the fat 40yo New Jersey deli owner alters? And they are all DreamSMP alters or from popular anime. Ppl suffering with DID can’t “switch” on command. This isn’t real. The handful of ppl who were GENUINELY diagnosed before it got popular on KZbin and TikTok to claim DID…had to go thru years and years of INTENSE therapy to even realize they had alters. Let alone be able to switch on command. That is not how the brain works. Ppl suffering with it aren’t on TikTok making funny videos. Their lives are LITERALLY FALLING APART. Their relationships are crumbling. They can’t keep a job. Family distances themselves because of the bad/weird shit the alter does. Friends stop associating with you cause one of your alters tries to SA everyone when drunk. You “come to” in a town 78 miles away with no memory of going there. Or in a back alley trading s*x. Or in a mental institution. All with zero memory. DID isn’t quirky and fun and unique. It isn’t “friends in your head” that you can talk to and hang out with. It’s a severe DEBILITATING disorder. So anyone claiming otherwise is FAKING. You don’t have DID. You have BPD. And you are faking. Knock it off. You’re gonna look back at this and cringe every single day when you grow up. Shame on you all.

[@baasparkopenings851]

"You don't have [dissociative disorder caused by trauma] you have [personality disorder caused by trauma]", really? Also, this video isn't about that. Also, nobody is claiming non-traumagenic DID exists, or if they are then they're quite stupid. Also, saying that DID causes people to SA people while they're drunk is EXTREMELY offensive to people who are actually diagnosed with DID/OSDD and have experienced the kind of trauma you described. NO mental disorder causes people to SA people - if you SA someone, then you're just a bad person, I don't care what disorder you have. Anyways, you'd probably meet more 40y/o New Jersey deli owner alters if you didn't say people with DID/OSDD will try to SA people, thus alienating that community of systems, while also getting on a high horse towards people who are systems for reasons outside of disorders. Like spiritual reasons, or maybe they just have other people in their brain completely unrelated to DID/OSDD. Either way, stop claiming my friends with DID/OSDD will try to SA people, that is EXTREMELY ableist and you should feel ashamed for saying something so vile about people who have a TRAUMA DISORDER.

[@chandratownsend3891]

​@baasparkopenings851 I'm pretty sure they only meant that as an example and not that every person with DID has a rapey alter...

[@Beemy0s]

As someone with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalcula, ADHD type C and more, I just have to say one thing: Hi :) These things all make life annoying but I've learned to deal with it and accept it all. once I actually got diagnosed I felt so much better cause I knew I had all of those things but no one believed me and once I got diagnosed it's made things much easier.

[@Llbtna.]

I have OCD and it’s a nightmare. To constantly question your morals and question your own safety/ safety of others. I have zero violent history and yet I am terrified of hurting myself or loved ones. Thank you so much for bringing this to light. People have no idea about this version of ocd. It’s debilitating and the intrusive thoughts that come with false impulse feelings never ends. Yet after 8 years im still here fighting.❤

[@Voltage.Bone.R]

I suffer from Anorexia and Bullimia and it have retconned my head as a whole in both conscious and unconscious ways. What people see is just how your body looks but so much goes around the head. The more severe, the more I would be disposing all my focus surrounding starving myself or on organizing my schedules and focusing on my ED related rituals. I have also cut my time with my family short in favor of avoiding occasions with food. I have also lost alot of my academic grades due to my fixation of starving myself and binge-purging. It became worse when I stopped purging with laxatives and went on to self induced vomiting. I already had physical symptoms but it worsened by miles after I developed a frequent habit of self induced vomiting which wasn’t too frequent before that. I would get toothaches and heavy fatigue. Even breathing while standing is challenging. I ended up fainting in public which most likely was caused by my low blood pressure but I kept refusing to believe any of what I was falling to. Just gaining a slight amount of weight would push me to mental breakdowns and suicide ideation.

[@applewhite5501]

im so sad that people dont get that its way deeper than whats on the outside. i was diagnosed with anorexia b/p, but throughout my ed, nobody ever noticed. i did relatively extreme stuff, and my weight fluctuated many pounds, but i never developed any health complications, and my grades were fine. i wasn’t fainting even though i was fasting for multiple days the majority of 2 months, when i was 12. when i starved myself for 4 months, i didnt avoid social gatherings cause i didnt have an appetite to be afraid that id eat anything, and my self esteem was good cause i thought my body was pretty. ive only been skinny throughout my ed (bmi of 20 or less) for about 6 months out of the 3 years i had it. other than that ive been overweight or the higher end of a normal weight, but that didnt mean i wasnt depressed because of it, it doesnt mean my life did relvolve around ed, and it doesnt mean i wasnt suffering. i was good at hiding, hiding the hour id spend on the toilet once the laxatives kicked in, hiding my purchases, hiding the amount of bathroom trips i made, hiding how little i was eating, hiding how tired i was, even to myself. and my disorder was truly invisible, and it took me a year and the right situation, to finally talk to a clinician and an ed clinic, after trying to recovery on my own for a year. i reached out for help many times, since actually the start of my ed, but nobody thought i needed it and i couldnt advocate for myself, i didnt know how. after i talked to the clinician, i was referred to residential, but even that wasnt enough. i had to ask my dad to go through with it cause he told me he didnt want to do it, but he’d listen to me if i said i wanted to. i was diagnosed with anorexia at a bmi of 25.8, im happy that they could recognize every blaring sign i was displaying and i feel like the fact that i was diagnosed at my highest ever weight means something, that its genuinely a mental disorder, not a physical one.

[@cosmicsymbols4225]

My hypochondriac ass: What a wonderful video to watch before going to bed :D

[@morph-the-cat]

Same

[@heartsicfrills3510]

As someone with mild mental health issues this video is incredible for quick easy facts about mental illnesses ❤

[@Half_Awake]

Mental disorders are an interesting topic to me, and I have some (ADHD, Autism, OCD to name a few). I've never seen another video like this one, so I'm super excited. Thanks, TII!

[@supergeeky7529]

I've got agoraphobia and you explained it really well. TY!

[@aliciaferne5740]

Would you ever make a part 2 to this iceberg? I know you covered a lot here but I have a condition called Conversion disorder (it's basically the body expressing stress in weird ways like paralysis and seizures and other neurological issues) and I barely see anyone talking about it on youtube

[@sockenjoyer]

Five months late but I have to tell you that you might have just solved what I couldn't. Three times I have been paralyzed in the past six years, and I've been to so many specialists but there has been no cause. Amongst other things, but paralysis is the most severe example. Needless to say, I'm bringing this up next time I see a doctor

[@aliciaferne5740]

@@sockenjoyer wow!! Glad to be of assistance! I see a neurologist, a therapist, and a psychiatrist for it if that helps you figure out who to ask about it!

[@PinkYelloMonkey]

17:38 Finally someone is describing agoraphobia correctly! I always hate it when people describe it as "A fear of going outside/leaving the house" but it's much deeper than that. I love this video :)

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

Thank you for this! I now know what my friend is suffering from, ORS. I did not know this existed and as you were describing it, I jumped up so fast I scared all of my cats. My friend is obsessed with smelling bad. She says she smells it everyday and that people who say she doesn't smell are lying to her. I lived with her for 6 months and never smelled a thing. Now I know!

[@pirateunicorn42]

I'm someone who used to suffer from severe ORS and I now realize that it was a manifestation of my OCD which I was diagnosed with later on. hopefully she gets the help she needs it is a hellish condition.

[@sorentothesky]

as someone who is hyperfixated on mental disorders/conditions, THANK YOU FOR THIS GOLD MINE OMG

[@SageK253]

Anorexia also has a sub-type, called Atypical Anorexia. It shares all the same diagnostic criteria except for weight. Because people's bodies respond differently to greatly reducing caloric intake, some people don't lose weight, and will gain rapidly during periods of binging or when more lax with restrictions. This is just as deadly, and in some cases, can be far worse, as people don't "look anorexic", and therefore don't get the treatment they desperately need. (source: I'm diagnosed with it)

[@sockyboi4168]

I have exploding head syndrome (along with plenty of other, more common things on this list) and it RATTLES your bones. When I was little it manifested as horrible inhuman screams, I couldn’t sleep in my own room for years because of it. I had no idea it could manifest as light! That happened to me a year or two ago and I honestly thought I was going to get abducted by aliens. There was just the brightest beam of light in the middle of my living room. I did not sleep that night.

[@psi_rockin]

Hi I have gender dysphoria and it's been considered a disorder for ages. I understand you're not trying to vilify it and you're just reading a definition. I myself as someone who is transgender understand that being trans isn't a disorder but gender dysphoria very may well be. There's nothing wrong with accepting that and I know others might disagree but I want to let it be known that this is controversial even amongst people who have gender dysphoria. I don't think you did anything wrong with your presentation of it though others might disagree. I feel like recognizing that it is a disorder is important in helping people understand and accept us as well as getting treatment (HRT).

[@Aster_Risk]

I see what you're saying. I have depression which is a disorder, but I'm not wrong or bad. I need treatment to make me feel right. Gender dysphoria is a disorder because something isn't right and it's harmful. Someone realizing they are trans/nb/etc. is a good thing, because then they can push back against that dysphoria by living in a way that feels right.

[@psi_rockin]

@@Aster_Risk yep exactly!!!