The ammount of research you put into your videos is truly heartwarming, even if one does not suffer from DID or any of the disorders related to it, your channel just MAKES people want to learn. Thank you for what you are doing. Love.
Soubrie Rosario this is so true I love her the first video I watched I could see she wasn’t lying and she soooo intelligent 🤓 and beautiful and every single one of her alters are awesome!
CHLOE'S MAKE UP is SO gorgeous! Can you imagine how MUCH a great and successful make up can change the whole being for better! A SWAN emerging from a gray duckling describes a whole lot better her being plus the nature of Chloe WAS SO SO VERY SWEET !!! I wish the chloe came back and Nin went back to dormant! No matter what others think and say! NIN IS IN DANGER OR DESTROYING A THE HARD WORK Chloe put into the channel! I AM SURE OTHERS CAN AGREE! Please free the chloee BACK!!..
You prolly dont care but if you are bored like me atm then you can stream pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my gf for the last days xD
I'm on the autistic spectrum and also have depression/anxiety disorder. And I have days where I can't move mo matter what. I also have weeks where I'm completely mute.... It's strange to hear someone describe something that I thought no-one knew about. Thank you for bringing light to these things♥️
@Firebird Don literally same! It's horrible when I know my body is so tired, but my mind won't allow me to sleep. I've hurt my back because of the position I freeze in... I hope you have times where you are able to sleep
I have autism and complex trauma, I know when I'm triggered I tend to not move no matter what. But if I'm having a meltdown I move a looot, and throw a lot oop
I'm also autistic and I'm thinking I have a lot of trauma related to that not being known. Plus just trauma in general, and now likely have catatonia as well that no one caught. Great. I wonder how it reacts with ADHD but even still, I mostly just sit in bed and rock all day. Haven't really moved since like two this afternoon and it's now almost 8. And this happens most days. I should go eat probably.
i haven't heard of someone being mute some of the time, but not always. What is that like, if it's okay to ask? do you just not feel like speaking, do you want to but can't get the words out, or can't you think of speaking at all? Just trying to be more informed.
I think Sally spends most of her time in the headspace taking care of the littles and making sure everyone's at peace perhaps sometimes she's co-conscious and helps Chloe stay calm. That's just my guess.
I was about to say this but I didn’t want to only make my comment about makeup...I’m glad you did say something so I could add to the thread. Speaking of which, I’m going to try doing this makeup tomorrow
This sounds similar to when I dissociate and find it difficult to “act normally”, and so I sit up straighter and put my hands on top of eachother on my lap and freeze like that, and then I avoid talking or moving because it gets really hard and exhausting to do
I don't know for sure, but I get anxiety attacks in public, and i totally relate to the whole "can't move my body well, need to pick every movement carefully so no one notices", but then I also go catatonic in very different situations, and it's like my body is stuck in molasses, or freezing up, i repeat what i want to come out of my mouth in my head, but maybe one or two syllables come out with a struggle and i can't get past it, like a stutter, and my limbs won't barely move even though I'm using all my strength just to move one hand. Catatonia is pretty extreme feeling.
Katie McHenry I thought I was the only one! I just found this channel. I have DID also. It’s bittersweet that there are probably more of us with it than we know, but, with channels like this, we can find such a great positive support system.
I've had moments where something happens and I just dissociate and I cannot move for a while. Like, I have to take time to.... slowly get up to help myself move again and if I move to fast I shake badly. And I often have to put myself in a different mindset, in a way that is like an alter that I don't feel myself but I am in the backseat. It often happens when I am in a bad place at the time. I'm wondering if I do have something of a dissociative disorder because while I am conscious at all times (or most times? i wouldnt know if I wasn't), I have had extremely similar experiences to what people talk about their systems in general.
I bought the “It’s all in your head” t-shirt!! I love when people try to use that as an argument for why mental illness isn’t real. Where else are mental disorders suppose to reside? 😂😂 I cant wait for it to come in!
when I have panic attacks, I believe I experience this. I go mute and literally cannot speak. I also can’t move or react, I just kind of stay in one position. thank you for shedding light on this, I had no idea what was going on!
same here. usually after a hyperventilating episode my body will just sort of shut down. my vision will unfocus and it becomes very hard to move or speak for a few hours. i always thought of it as my body's way of bluescreening the way a computer does after it malfunctions and i'd just have to wait for my system to reboot and restore my physical and emotional functions to how they were before the "crash". im not diagnosed with catatonia and only recently started looking into it so i used to think i was just experiencing extreme emotional fatigue that was causing me to withdraw and a few times i even wondered if i was dissociating. im still not entirely sure if i have it or not since it doesnt really happen long enough or frequently enough for me to have good insight on what exactly it is im experiencing. plus since it usually only happens after going through some extreme emotional distress i figured it was probably a typical trauma response and never really gave it much thought after it was over. as far as i can tell im usually still "aware" of my surroundings while its happening even if i dont react much to them. sometimes i can even move a little (although my movements are definitely slowed) but speaking or responding to others always becomes almost impossible. last time it happened i felt a bit more immobile then usual. i was laying down with snot and tears running down all over my face and onto my hands and i just left it there til i came out of it. it was pretty gross
We have 2 alters that have catatonia. The most recent time, an alter was left sitting on the floor of our room in a really uncomfortable position. Another alter was cocon and was panicking. They could speak but they couldn't move. We didn't know what it was. Thank you. I know you all probably don't check in on your youtube anymore, and we genuinely hope you're doing okay. You helped us a lot to discover that there were others like us and we weren't making this up. And now we told some friends and we recommended your channel to them. Thank you for being brave enough to make this channel in the first place, and thank you for leaving all of the videos up even though you don't make them anymore, even if just for the time being. If you never make one again, that's totally okay too. Thank you.
For us, it is one of the most common and noticable symptoms of having DID, so I'm always surprised by how rarely it's talked about, especially in relation to dissociative disorders. Anyway, thanks for doing a video on this 😉
Very well-spoken and easily digestible. I can't believe this is happening to HER. My 16 year old daughter was in a 100% catatonic stupor for 4 hours, from her high school right to emergency, after an apparently really intense panic attack yesterday. I'm so worried. She's in the pediatric psychiatric emergency ward right now, because she said "Yes" to that "Are you thinking about hurting yourself or others?" question today, during her follow-up appt to yesterday's cata-panic episode. I feel totally helpless, and she cried when I had to leave her there today. She's going to resent me now when she gets discharged. All of her pain and suffering is from depression and anxiety is from a handful of "mean girls" picking on her and from being persuaded to take some nude photos on social media, and the scumbag she sent it to is trolling her over it, six months later still. Un-fucking-believable.
On a serious note: thank you for this video because this is such a hard thing for me to explain to people when it happens to me. On a lighter note: your makeup is gorgeous and reminds me of copper with some patina and it’s so unique and stunning. ❤️
Hey thanks so much for this. I think I used to go into catatonic states when big stressors popped up in my life. I thought they might be related to dissociation but this makes more sense to go along with depression. Thanks!
Thanks for this video! I am autistic and suspecting that I'm also catatonic. It is hard to find good resources for catatonia. I found many but not a lot. This was a helpful video. None of the autistic content creators created videos about it. So it was helpful to find this.
Jeez, we hope you're okay! Catatonia, CFS, depression, DID... that sounds like a lot to deal with! best of luck and well wishes, the dreamcatcher system.
I started watching this expecting to just kinda learn more stuff about mental health and came out of it actually having a name for a few things that happened in my past (catatonic symptoms in relation to depression). Made me cry, but having a name for it is really nice and validating.
Thank you so much for filming this, I have recently realised that what I have experienced since child is catatonia and I have now been trying to find ways to communication to loved ones what it means, this video is a big help in doing that!!! You are amazing ❤️❤️
So I thought I was the only who did this stuff. When I have extreme emotions catatonic features show through. I don't know what they are attached to but when I am extremely anxious or depressed I have extreme negativism. When I am extremely angry or upset or mostly anxious/verge or panic I have waxy flexibility. When I have extreme positive emotions I have excessive motor activity and can't stop moving, especially my legs, for several minutes at a time and even when someone is attempting to hold me still I can't stop the movement. I have no control over it. Also I without trying mimick other people's behavior and accents when I'm stressed or mildly anxious. I didn't know this was a real disorder/ feature attached to disorders. I thought I was the only one
When I was at a mental hospital, I saw a girl who couldn't move at all and she was asking for help and I was really confused but now I know what it was. I'd like to buy your merch to also support you but I don't have any money.
I have Asperger’s syndrome (high functioning autistic spectrum disorder) and generalized anxiety disorder and inactive depression (It goes on and off and sometimes just neutral, not bad, not to the point i want to hurt myself, and it’s caused, for me, by one moment in my life, my mother’s death). Coincidentally, my mom had bipolar disorder, and wasn’t always there, but I look just like she did, except my dad’s nose, and we did things together but she was more a sister than a mom because she was out of it. She passed from an undetected pancreatitis that she let her symptoms go on, even though her boyfriend insisted she went to the hospital but she fought it off. My anxiety and autism and on and off depression I think was passed on from her condition. I still can’t thank her enough for bringing me here, and I love her
Not to long ago I was told my friend had DID and then I ran into to this channel and it taught me so much and I just love this content in general so keep up the good work
I think you are the only person I've ever seen mention the PAIN that can come with catatonia. People, even some therapist always seem so confused/surprised when i mention how much it hurts to move when I'm like that. It's like a switch gets flicked in your brain that mis-translates all the signals to move a muscle into just pure, physical pain. It HURTS. Thank you for helping to educate ppl on this. It's so seldom talked about.
Hi Chloe, I never knew why i sometimes copy how someone I'm talking with, whether that be just how they talk or mirroring a greeting; I don't know which disorder this symptom is attached to, but my guess would be DID. Whenever I dissociate we often completely stop moving, which others have noticed in the past; I am unaware if we exhibit waxy flexibility as nobody has tried to move us while this has happened as far as I know. Thank you for a lovely video, we haven't watched one of yours in months due to the difference in opinions of certain system members, but we're glad we watch this one
Thank you so much, Chloe. I don't have DID, but I've learned so much from your channel. You have also helped me with other things. Just now I was on the verge of a panic attack and I went to UA-cam and saw you had uploaded. Within two minutes I had calmed down almost completely. Thank you so much.
Holy hell!! Thank you so so much for making a video about this! I have DP/DR and catatonic stupor has always terrified me I never knew that this was something others experienced!!
Something really important to add is that although someone may be unresponsive they are still aware of their surroundings so you should treat them the exact same. Continue to treat them with respect and dignity.
I'm so glad you added this. I experience prolonged unresponsive catatonic states for as long as 6 months and sometimes it feels like people forget there's a human inside. Best wishes 💕
I get that sometimes, I just always thought of it as my brain needing time to restart. Mainly cause it’s usually after I get fairly upset after over working my brain in class. Also cause I think of it as like a computer restarting. So I tell people if they see me like that again, just to leave me alone. You’re not gonna get a response by pushing buttons and moving the mouse, it’s the same with me when I get into that state.
Thank you for doing this video, Chloe and for giving a name and explanation to something I’ve experienced without realizing that’s what it was. (That awkotaco moment when you think it’s just an average symptom but then it’s a whole other thing)
Wow. Thank you for making this video! I have seen a poor woman exhibit catatonic schizophrenia, holding a rigid posture on a sidewalk for many minutes, impeding pedestrian traffic, and clearly "unable" to move. I didn't know how to help her. And I know someone, who told me they have 5 mental health diagnoses, who suffers from recurring episodes of catatonic paralysis. In their case, it comes upon them without warning, and renders them unable to move, yet they remain conscious, and can hear everything that's going on around them. A slew of doctors was consulted, yet not one correctly identified the issue. Some did not believe the patient's sincerity, and said they were faking it. I had not heard of this disorder, until UA-cam recommended your video. Thank you for raising awareness. I am sure you have provided validation to a great number of people with this, as with all your videos.
I learned about dissociation about a year ago and everything seemed to fit. I’m not officially diagnosed, mind you. When I get into that catatonic like state; I’m aware of everything. I can see, I can hear, I can feel but every time, for the life of me, I wouldn’t be able to move. I’m still. The world is still playing around me but I’m the only one who’s paused. It doesn’t last long but it’s a little hard to snap back to reality sometimes. When I look back, it seems I have been dissociating my whole life. My triggers are usually loud noises, yelling and talking about it. There’s more but we don’t need to open that can of worms
It kinda makes sense I guess, even when you don't have a serious mental health disorder. Humans learn (languages) by copying others. I don't have any serious disorder (probably ADHD and possibly some autistic disorder but both have not been confirmed yet), but I really have to stop myself from copying any accent I hear xD
I have never been diagnosed with anything but I would do it with now classmates, coworkers, different environment and people would look at me like I was weird.
For someone who's recovered from severe depression, it really is eye opening to know this now and see it in hindsight. At the worst lows of my depression, I'd put my hands in my lap, find a spot on the floor to look at and wouldn't move no matter what, I'd also fidn myself unable to speak quite often, I'd formulate words and they couldn't come out. I thought I was dissociating in some weird way and just never looked into it, thank you, I'm definitely going to look further into this!
This is SO interesting. I've always thought of catatonia as only the inability to respond or move. I'm going to be doing more research on this and the comorbidities and maybe even if/how it intersects with trauma.
The merch looks so great! I especially love the ,,Find your power“ Hoodie! ❤ I can't believe that you designed so much! That must have been a lot of work. But you did a fantastic job!
Hypnotherapist here, so many of my clients come to me having been turned away or treated really badly by other therapists. I'm on the south coast of the UK and I've had people who've sadly had to travel many miles to come to somebody who understands. I can't believe how many so called professionals act in a really negative matter to people who just need some extra understanding. One client was called a freak!
Thank you SO much for address this! I had an extended catatonic depression that I went into when I first got a psychiatrist and first discovered my childhood abuse/neglect. I didn’t know until much later what was happening (it was a therapist who explained it was catatonic depression). I would sit in one spot and not move for DAYS and WEEKS. Like, never move - not shower, not even use the restroom (until emergency levels and/or help from my partner). And certainly I never would have had anything to eat or drink if my partner didn’t bring things to me. I don’t know what it’s called but during that period I couldn’t “hear” signals from my body for hunger, sleep, toilet, thirst, etc. etc. Literally the only time I ever left the house for months was to go to my psychiatrist. It was really extreme and took a long time (of treating the depression) for me to come out of it. I have never heard anyone explain this phenomenon before. It was amazing to hear official terms for all the things I experienced. It was very enlightening and validating. Thank you 💜
Wow! I've learned a lot! I've only heard of catatonic schizophrenia, and never knew there was two types of catatonia! This makes a lot of since to did but I never thought of it! Amazing makeup!
I have experienced malignant catatonia three times in my life. Two of which were misdiagnosed in an acute care setting. I finally went to Yale and they properly diagnosed it. It was a blessing to know the truth and receive proper treatment by a hospital that takes the condition as seriously as it should be taken.
You are ALL so great! Tytyty! I'm so glad you are here to explain. Im probably going to have to watch this more then once for it to let the info do its job.
Hi Chloe! I don't often comment, but I just wanted to say thank you for continuing to provide such outstanding resources. Your depth of research and clear explanations really help to bridge the information gap and de-sensationalize the mental health challenges you address. Much love to you and the whole system! Keep being your awesome selves :)
No idea this is what I struggled with! When panicking I do this when it’s bad, I don’t react and I’m frozen completely, no matter who taps or tries to snap me out around me. Thank you Chloe and DissociaDID system ❤️
This video really helped me understand something important to me! My mom suffers from schizophrenia but is unwilling/unable to accept it and remains untreated to this day (she's 73 now). Aside from her plethora of symptoms, she also described being catatonic (she called it a waking coma) after someone had bombarbed her with electromagnetic radiation. This happens everywhere she lives btw, so not just in one location. I didn't know it was a symptom of her affliction and that's really good to know. Thank you!
All of you guys are amazing! Very proud of what you guys have done, although I don’t have DID, I do have pretty severe anxiety so videos about panic attacks and stuff are extremely helpful. Not only that I find that human brain fascinating and stuff like this is extremely cool to me. Been watching you guys for a while now, and I really hope you guys keep it up!
chloe, you and the system are so knowledgeable about everything you share with us which is very appreciated! your channel has taught me so much already, and i can’t wait to continue to learn more from all of you. thank you so much for being vulnerable with us and for spreading the awareness you have, it can’t be easy! we appreciate all your hard work and we love you!
Catatonic dissociation Like I'm like stuck in my body can see out but cannot say anything, move... I am so glad you brought this up... bc it's happened and didn't know what was happening 😳😳😳
Thank you so much !! ❤️❤️ This is a topic thats not talked about enough .. there is also a disorder where you face takes weird expressions and freezing to each one for a while before taking on another one with the whole episode lasting a few minutes
I clicked on this video never having heard the word catatonic before and omg I am so thankful that I did! I get spasms, twitches, and convulsions when my flashbacks are really bad and I never knew why! Now I know why! Thank you for spreading this information, you are helping so many of us😊❤️
This makes so much sense to me now. Im diagnosed bipolar 2, and i never truly understood why things like this happened to my motor skills in depressive and manic states. Thank you again, for a lovely video to enlighten the world❤
Thank you so much for this! I have experienced this a couple times and never knew what it was so thank you for helping me put a name to what happened. 😊
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone talk about this publically, I've dealt with this for a few years but in the last 3 months it's been very frequent. I had a feeling it was this but I never could get good information. Thank you.
I love your videos so much. They're so educational, and spread such a good message. This is the first video I've ever seen on catatonia, and I think it's really important to talk about it. I'm not diagnosed with depression, DID, bipolar, or schizophrenia, but I have gone into a catatonic state once during a panic attack. Noone knew what was going on at the time, and I wish there had been more videos like this to help at the time. I'm so glad there are people like you who are spreading awareness for these sorts of things. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
chloe i just want to say i love how much effort and talent u put into your merch. your original designs are beautiful. its really clear that u wanted to put out the best merch possible for your audience and i really appreciate the work you put into it
Thank you so much for inspiring our system to put ourselves out there as well! We don't have any friends let alone even know anyone with DID. So thank you for giving us the courage to create a channel and search for others like us. - Maggie ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
this video is so incredibly informative and presented in such a neat, clear way. you always put so much focus, time, and attention into researching the topics you discuss, and it really shows. thank you so much for continuing to fight stigma and educate others!
Oh my goodness! You guys are so close to 200k! I love your system so much and have been watching for several months now... I can't believe how much I have learned from your system's channel alone. Sending much love from America!
Love the video! I had only heard about Catatonia while researching schizophrenia, so it was nice to learn more about. Also, I love the makeup, beautiful as always
I'm honestly so greatful for your channel. I was researching DID because I'm writing a fanfic for a game that has a character with DID, but represents her very poorly, so I made it my mission to write her and her alter as properly as I could, while maintaining her general character. You're channel is such a gold mine and I'm so happy I found it. I'll be looking forward to your next uploads!
I just wanted to note that there's LOTS of hard words in this video, and I think just putting some of the words on the screen would help alot to follow along all the describtions. Especially for us who doesnt have english as our first language.
iGNONERA hey if you’re every struggling with specific words we’d be happy to try and help, I think the issue is there’s a lot of psychology behind dissociation and how it works, it’s almost impossible to explain in simple terms, also many terms she mentions offhanded is because she or they explained in a previous video, or is well explained by multiplicity and me who is another really informative channel about DID
@@kage2670 Thank you for wanting to help! I think I mainly found it confusing since there were alot of new words (medical and scientific ones are always hard :( ) and I usually learn and understand better while reading too, hehe. If anything, I think having someone do subs on their videos would be a great help too!
Very nice to see more videos about this. I suffer from all of these symptoms. It’s truly disabling. It’s so scary. You just have to let it pass. At least we do.
Hi I’m bipolar and have anxiety and depression and borderline personality disorder and ocd and a few others so it’s nice to know that there are people like you who help other understand things I can’t Evan put into words without having a panic attack Thank you
I experience catatonia and I had no idea that was what it was. I tried to bring it up to my therapist and was pretty much ignored because I didn't know how to explain it. I can hear and feel things but I cannot respond and it could go on for 30 seconds to 10 minutes. (Could be longer, I have no idea. I think once I was stuck for like 30 mins) Not being able to move is terrifying. I noticed it when my borderline personality disorder got really bad. It happens from time to time when I am really really upset about something. Thank you for making this video. I am so relieved there is a name for this symptom, I thought I was making it all up. I love your channel so much.
I really hope you and Nadia are feeling better after last week :) This was a very informative and interesting video on something I've never heard of before! Thank you for bringing awareness to mental health, and letting people know they are valid and supported. Your new merch is amazing btw! It must have taken a lot of hard work and we really appreciate it.
I don't know how it's possible, but your channel is getting better and better. It's amazing the amount of research you make, it shows a lot of commitment with the channel and with us viewers. Thank you for so much information, Chloe :) (and loved the designs!)
Thank you so much for educating my uncultured self. Your channel is incredibly helpful and enables me to ensure I’m not mistreating my friends and can help them as best I can
Came across you by chance - I am fascinated my mind disorders/conditions like yours (with the utmost respect, not sure how else to articulate) especially those like MPD/DID that highlight the separation of mind/soul and body - your videos are BRILLIANT. So educational and clear. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! Xx
I love this channel. I've learned so much from you guys. Thank you for doing this, especially to those alters who aren't always on board. It has really helped me to better understand a good friend of mine with DID and how to best be there for her.
So I think I'm just an emotional mess right now but I almost started crying when I saw the you are not hard to love design, I have been going through a rough patch with my partner and they have made me question the validity of my disorder by not seeing it as real or just choosing to not acknowledge it, and so I went to the merch store to find it on a shirt or something and it wasn't there, still its really inspiring and helpful to see did being treated as a real thing like this, lots of love to Chloe and system for all you do
learned a lot! i was unaware of catatonia, but now i realized i have experience brief, mild episodes when my depression was at its worst. and i had no idea that excessive motion would be part of the same thing. thanks for such an educational video!
Thank you so much! The past 2-3 weeks I've been dissociating like crazy where I depersonalize and derealize at once and have trouble reacting to stimuli. I try to talk to people when they talk to me to seem "normal" but talking is so hard. I never even thought of catatonia but I think it may be a catatonic stupor as I feel just a half step above unconscious when I'm like this. Infinite thanks to Chloe and all of DissociaDID for educating me😊
Wow. Thank you for this video (and this channel)! I don't have DID, but I am bi-polar and suffer from moderate catatonia when having my most intense depressive episodes, which my family and friends have a difficult time understanding. I can't wait to share this video with them to give them some perspective on what dealing with catatonia is like. I love you all.
Thank you so much for talking about this! Especially because we have catatonic dissociation. We love your channel. Your videos help those with and without DID. One of our alters Leo is obsessed with your channel.
This was really useful. Nobody has every explained these symptoms to me before and they are the most frightening I've ever had. When I was going through a very, very low depressive time and extremely suicidal (a "breakdown" if you like) not long after a severe trauma that caused PTSD, I remember one time where I basically went like a ragdoll, could not speak other than weird squeaky mumbling noises, and actually started to dribble while tears silently rolled down my cheeks. It was terrifying. I lived with my parents at the time, and I could see how upset and scared my mum was, dabbing at my tears, and my dad was yelling at me to "just stop it" like I was putting it on (that's always been his approach to mental health!) I really tried so hard to speak and it wouldn't come! My parents phoned the mental health home treatment team I was under at the time, and I don't remember much after that due to strong meds like lorazepam :\ Sometimes when I have bad flashbacks I can't move or speak, and that's scary too.. (especially if I want to move away form things and I'm frozen) most of the time nowadays, the only time it happens is when I have a bad panic attack and I get so wound up and upset, I can't talk. I can move, but I can't speak. It drives my husband bananas, and it almost feels physically painful to force out words, like I have to channel ALL my mental energy into saying something. No doctor, psychiatrist or psychologist has EVER explained wtf this was when it's happened to me, just "oh yeah, that's normal, that happens to some people" and advised me to try my grounding techniques if I was able to! I really wish they explained it!! I love your videos because they make me feel at home and safe. I don't have DID, but I have severe depression, anxiety and PTSD from an adult trauma, and we have similarities in some things I think. thank you for sharing the knowledge and understanding
thank you nin, thanks to this video I was able to realise that I have catationic excitement in correlation with anxiety. now I know where the random hand flailing, aggressive tapping and jumping comes from. thanks again
Thank you so much for making videos about these sorts of disorders. I don't have any disorders that I know of but I have very close family/friends with autism, ADHD, depression ect. and these videos really help me be aware of other people and their disorders.
I just want to take a moment to thank the whole of the DissociaDID system for the amazing work you xxxxxx I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression back in February and have found all of your videos extremely helpful x I will be eternally grateful, you all saved me 💞
Thank you so much for this video or actually for your whole channel. I'm struggling with depression and just yesterday I experienced going into a catatonic state for about two hours. It was the very first time I experienced something like that and for me it was with extreme negativity. My friends tried talking to me and encouraging me to get up or at least have a glass of water. With extreme effort I could at some point at least get my mouth to say "please just leave me like this". I spend that time in intense fear, but some part of my brain remembered watching your video quite a while ago and so I could cling to the hope, that it will at some point pass. And it did pass. If it wasn't for your video, I would maybe have panicked even more, but thanks to this video I at least kinda knew, what was going on. What I still don't know is: What is the right thing to do in such a situation? Is there anything I could do, if it happens again? My intuition was to just wait as I couldn't really do anything else anyway, but is there actually anything that can help? Btw I adore your channel, been watching your videos for almost a year now and I find everyone in your system amazing, especially Nin. I've learned so much from you guys! Keep doing what you're doing and greetings to Team Pinata! Lots of love to all of you, Emilia
Thank you so much for this video. I had heard of catatonia before but didn't understand it enough to realise that it was something that affected me - when I have panic attacks I go into a catatonic stupor and I didn't realise that there was an actual word for what happened to me but now I can better explain it to people. Also this has made me realise that I should really talk to a doctor to figure out more about my mental health.
Thank you so much for this video, Chloe. It sounds so damned difficult to live with. I'm so glad that you're out here recognizing those with the disorder and bringing light to it for those of us without it.
Absolutely loved this video and I felt that it was very informative. Your makeup was absolutely amazing as well! I adored the pop of blue in the corner so much💙
we have experienced catatonia since the body was a teenager. and we have actually been planning on recording a video about it as well. i'm really happy to see you post about this as it's not widely known and often very judged.
we didn't have a name for this for so long. we didn't discover the word catatonia until our mid-20s. once we did we felt so much less of a freak. less dramatic. less attention seeking, etc etc. we've had ambulances called on us. people have thought we were tripping on drugs. and as i have selective mutism, it is far worsened when i am catatonic. so often people have no idea what to do for a person who is catatonic and we really need to educate people, which i've planned to be the focus of our video about catatonia when we do record it. because so many things that well meaning people do can actually be quite harmful for the person in a catatonic state.
Thank you for your quick & simple explanation of echolalia, all the reading I've done on the condition just made me more confused & all the while in my 30s still frustrated with losing my sense of identity in full blown involuntary mimicry of whomever I talk to I thought I was being possessed!
The ammount of research you put into your videos is truly heartwarming, even if one does not suffer from DID or any of the disorders related to it, your channel just MAKES people want to learn. Thank you for what you are doing. Love.
Soubrie Rosario this is so true I love her the first video I watched I could see she wasn’t lying and she soooo intelligent 🤓 and beautiful and every single one of her alters are awesome!
Couldn't have said it any better myself.
CHLOE'S MAKE UP is SO gorgeous!
Can you imagine how MUCH a great and successful make up can change the whole being for better!
A SWAN emerging
from a gray duckling describes a whole lot better her being plus the nature of Chloe WAS SO SO VERY SWEET !!!
I wish the chloe came back and Nin went back to dormant! No matter what others think and say! NIN IS IN DANGER OR DESTROYING A THE HARD WORK Chloe put into the channel! I AM SURE OTHERS CAN AGREE!
Please free the chloee BACK!!..
You prolly dont care but if you are bored like me atm then you can stream pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my gf for the last days xD
@Sage Alonso Yup, I have been using InstaFlixxer for years myself :)
I'm on the autistic spectrum and also have depression/anxiety disorder. And I have days where I can't move mo matter what. I also have weeks where I'm completely mute.... It's strange to hear someone describe something that I thought no-one knew about.
Thank you for bringing light to these things♥️
@Firebird Don literally same! It's horrible when I know my body is so tired, but my mind won't allow me to sleep. I've hurt my back because of the position I freeze in...
I hope you have times where you are able to sleep
I have autism and complex trauma, I know when I'm triggered I tend to not move no matter what. But if I'm having a meltdown I move a looot, and throw a lot oop
I'm also autistic and I'm thinking I have a lot of trauma related to that not being known. Plus just trauma in general, and now likely have catatonia as well that no one caught. Great. I wonder how it reacts with ADHD but even still, I mostly just sit in bed and rock all day. Haven't really moved since like two this afternoon and it's now almost 8. And this happens most days. I should go eat probably.
i haven't heard of someone being mute some of the time, but not always. What is that like, if it's okay to ask? do you just not feel like speaking, do you want to but can't get the words out, or can't you think of speaking at all? Just trying to be more informed.
Me too. I don’t go mute though, I yell at everyone
Your makeup is always so gorgeous you should do more tutorials! Also how’s Sally? We haven’t seen her in a while.
I agree there makeup is always so pretty and well done
I think Sally spends most of her time in the headspace taking care of the littles and making sure everyone's at peace perhaps sometimes she's co-conscious and helps Chloe stay calm. That's just my guess.
Sharra Catt sounds pretty spot on, considering her personality!
Just thinking the same thing!
I was about to say this but I didn’t want to only make my comment about makeup...I’m glad you did say something so I could add to the thread. Speaking of which, I’m going to try doing this makeup tomorrow
Chloe dancing at the start is so cute wtf
maci *IKR*
Psychology student here: I ADORE your videos! Thank you for all of your effort into making these videos so well researched!
This sounds similar to when I dissociate and find it difficult to “act normally”, and so I sit up straighter and put my hands on top of eachother on my lap and freeze like that, and then I avoid talking or moving because it gets really hard and exhausting to do
Grace Swan
omg i thought i was the only onneee
Same it's like I get more self conscious about my movements especially when I'm trying to hide the fact that I'm having an anxiety attack/dissociating
I don't know for sure, but I get anxiety attacks in public, and i totally relate to the whole "can't move my body well, need to pick every movement carefully so no one notices", but then I also go catatonic in very different situations, and it's like my body is stuck in molasses, or freezing up, i repeat what i want to come out of my mouth in my head, but maybe one or two syllables come out with a struggle and i can't get past it, like a stutter, and my limbs won't barely move even though I'm using all my strength just to move one hand. Catatonia is pretty extreme feeling.
Katie McHenry I thought I was the only one! I just found this channel. I have DID also. It’s bittersweet that there are probably more of us with it than we know, but, with channels like this, we can find such a great positive support system.
I've had moments where something happens and I just dissociate and I cannot move for a while. Like, I have to take time to.... slowly get up to help myself move again and if I move to fast I shake badly. And I often have to put myself in a different mindset, in a way that is like an alter that I don't feel myself but I am in the backseat.
It often happens when I am in a bad place at the time.
I'm wondering if I do have something of a dissociative disorder because while I am conscious at all times (or most times? i wouldnt know if I wasn't), I have had extremely similar experiences to what people talk about their systems in general.
"Have one illness, get 10 more for free."
1 traumatic childhood, get 10 disorders free!
I bought the “It’s all in your head” t-shirt!! I love when people try to use that as an argument for why mental illness isn’t real. Where else are mental disorders suppose to reside? 😂😂 I cant wait for it to come in!
when I have panic attacks, I believe I experience this. I go mute and literally cannot speak. I also can’t move or react, I just kind of stay in one position. thank you for shedding light on this, I had no idea what was going on!
Alaia King It’s the same for me. Personally, it always frustrates me when it happens 😣
Im glad someone else experiences this. I feel less alone
I am the same. I want to move and i want to ask for help but i cant. It will take me a lot to snap out of it
Me 2!! But its because I get scared to move. Is it the same as you have?
same here. usually after a hyperventilating episode my body will just sort of shut down. my vision will unfocus and it becomes very hard to move or speak for a few hours. i always thought of it as my body's way of bluescreening the way a computer does after it malfunctions and i'd just have to wait for my system to reboot and restore my physical and emotional functions to how they were before the "crash". im not diagnosed with catatonia and only recently started looking into it so i used to think i was just experiencing extreme emotional fatigue that was causing me to withdraw and a few times i even wondered if i was dissociating. im still not entirely sure if i have it or not since it doesnt really happen long enough or frequently enough for me to have good insight on what exactly it is im experiencing. plus since it usually only happens after going through some extreme emotional distress i figured it was probably a typical trauma response and never really gave it much thought after it was over. as far as i can tell im usually still "aware" of my surroundings while its happening even if i dont react much to them. sometimes i can even move a little (although my movements are definitely slowed) but speaking or responding to others always becomes almost impossible. last time it happened i felt a bit more immobile then usual. i was laying down with snot and tears running down all over my face and onto my hands and i just left it there til i came out of it. it was pretty gross
We have 2 alters that have catatonia. The most recent time, an alter was left sitting on the floor of our room in a really uncomfortable position. Another alter was cocon and was panicking. They could speak but they couldn't move. We didn't know what it was. Thank you. I know you all probably don't check in on your youtube anymore, and we genuinely hope you're doing okay. You helped us a lot to discover that there were others like us and we weren't making this up. And now we told some friends and we recommended your channel to them. Thank you for being brave enough to make this channel in the first place, and thank you for leaving all of the videos up even though you don't make them anymore, even if just for the time being. If you never make one again, that's totally okay too. Thank you.
For us, it is one of the most common and noticable symptoms of having DID, so I'm always surprised by how rarely it's talked about, especially in relation to dissociative disorders. Anyway, thanks for doing a video on this 😉
Very well-spoken and easily digestible. I can't believe this is happening to HER. My 16 year old daughter was in a 100% catatonic stupor for 4 hours, from her high school right to emergency, after an apparently really intense panic attack yesterday. I'm so worried. She's in the pediatric psychiatric emergency ward right now, because she said "Yes" to that "Are you thinking about hurting yourself or others?" question today, during her follow-up appt to yesterday's cata-panic episode. I feel totally helpless, and she cried when I had to leave her there today. She's going to resent me now when she gets discharged. All of her pain and suffering is from depression and anxiety is from a handful of "mean girls" picking on her and from being persuaded to take some nude photos on social media, and the scumbag she sent it to is trolling her over it, six months later still. Un-fucking-believable.
On a serious note: thank you for this video because this is such a hard thing for me to explain to people when it happens to me.
On a lighter note: your makeup is gorgeous and reminds me of copper with some patina and it’s so unique and stunning. ❤️
New word that I learnt today:
Comorbid 😊🕺🏻
Soph Gm - Same! Also Echolalia :)
I learnt about these in my qualification for mental health
Hey thanks so much for this. I think I used to go into catatonic states when big stressors popped up in my life. I thought they might be related to dissociation but this makes more sense to go along with depression. Thanks!
Thanks for this video!
I am autistic and suspecting that I'm also catatonic.
It is hard to find good resources for catatonia.
I found many but not a lot.
This was a helpful video.
None of the autistic content creators created videos about it.
So it was helpful to find this.
Jeez, we hope you're okay! Catatonia, CFS, depression, DID... that sounds like a lot to deal with! best of luck and well wishes, the dreamcatcher system.
I started watching this expecting to just kinda learn more stuff about mental health and came out of it actually having a name for a few things that happened in my past (catatonic symptoms in relation to depression). Made me cry, but having a name for it is really nice and validating.
Thank you so much for filming this, I have recently realised that what I have experienced since child is catatonia and I have now been trying to find ways to communication to loved ones what it means, this video is a big help in doing that!!! You are amazing ❤️❤️
Your way of breaking down information and teaching it in such an easy to learn way is astounding! Thank you for the wonderful videos!
Your videos are teaching me so many things about my depression.
Wow.. didn’t realize there was a name for that pain I feel when I’m at my lowest points of depression & can barely manage even breathing.
So I thought I was the only who did this stuff. When I have extreme emotions catatonic features show through. I don't know what they are attached to but when I am extremely anxious or depressed I have extreme negativism. When I am extremely angry or upset or mostly anxious/verge or panic I have waxy flexibility. When I have extreme positive emotions I have excessive motor activity and can't stop moving, especially my legs, for several minutes at a time and even when someone is attempting to hold me still I can't stop the movement. I have no control over it. Also I without trying mimick other people's behavior and accents when I'm stressed or mildly anxious. I didn't know this was a real disorder/ feature attached to disorders. I thought I was the only one
When I was at a mental hospital, I saw a girl who couldn't move at all and she was asking for help and I was really confused but now I know what it was. I'd like to buy your merch to also support you but I don't have any money.
I have Asperger’s syndrome (high functioning autistic spectrum disorder) and generalized anxiety disorder and inactive depression (It goes on and off and sometimes just neutral, not bad, not to the point i want to hurt myself, and it’s caused, for me, by one moment in my life, my mother’s death). Coincidentally, my mom had bipolar disorder, and wasn’t always there, but I look just like she did, except my dad’s nose, and we did things together but she was more a sister than a mom because she was out of it. She passed from an undetected pancreatitis that she let her symptoms go on, even though her boyfriend insisted she went to the hospital but she fought it off. My anxiety and autism and on and off depression I think was passed on from her condition. I still can’t thank her enough for bringing me here, and I love her
I thought I was weird with the way I hold mugs and tea - then I saw Chloe do it. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
Alex For Days pretty sure she was only holding it like that to show her design on the mug
@@jesslouise8122 I thought that too until I saw her do it in another video
Not to long ago I was told my friend had DID and then I ran into to this channel and it taught me so much and I just love this content in general so keep up the good work
I think you are the only person I've ever seen mention the PAIN that can come with catatonia. People, even some therapist always seem so confused/surprised when i mention how much it hurts to move when I'm like that. It's like a switch gets flicked in your brain that mis-translates all the signals to move a muscle into just pure, physical pain. It HURTS. Thank you for helping to educate ppl on this. It's so seldom talked about.
Hi Chloe, I never knew why i sometimes copy how someone I'm talking with, whether that be just how they talk or mirroring a greeting; I don't know which disorder this symptom is attached to, but my guess would be DID. Whenever I dissociate we often completely stop moving, which others have noticed in the past; I am unaware if we exhibit waxy flexibility as nobody has tried to move us while this has happened as far as I know.
Thank you for a lovely video, we haven't watched one of yours in months due to the difference in opinions of certain system members, but we're glad we watch this one
Thank you so much, Chloe. I don't have DID, but I've learned so much from your channel. You have also helped me with other things. Just now I was on the verge of a panic attack and I went to UA-cam and saw you had uploaded. Within two minutes I had calmed down almost completely. Thank you so much.
Holy hell!! Thank you so so much for making a video about this! I have DP/DR and catatonic stupor has always terrified me I never knew that this was something others experienced!!
Something really important to add is that although someone may be unresponsive they are still aware of their surroundings so you should treat them the exact same. Continue to treat them with respect and dignity.
I'm so glad you added this. I experience prolonged unresponsive catatonic states for as long as 6 months and sometimes it feels like people forget there's a human inside. Best wishes 💕
I get that sometimes, I just always thought of it as my brain needing time to restart. Mainly cause it’s usually after I get fairly upset after over working my brain in class. Also cause I think of it as like a computer restarting. So I tell people if they see me like that again, just to leave me alone. You’re not gonna get a response by pushing buttons and moving the mouse, it’s the same with me when I get into that state.
I've had dissociative catatonia since I was a kid!! I was constantly accused of faking it for attention or because I was lazy. Thanks for making this!
Thank you for doing this video, Chloe and for giving a name and explanation to something I’ve experienced without realizing that’s what it was. (That awkotaco moment when you think it’s just an average symptom but then it’s a whole other thing)
Wow. Thank you for making this video! I have seen a poor woman exhibit catatonic schizophrenia, holding a rigid posture on a sidewalk for many minutes, impeding pedestrian traffic, and clearly "unable" to move. I didn't know how to help her. And I know someone, who told me they have 5 mental health diagnoses, who suffers from recurring episodes of catatonic paralysis. In their case, it comes upon them without warning, and renders them unable to move, yet they remain conscious, and can hear everything that's going on around them. A slew of doctors was consulted, yet not one correctly identified the issue. Some did not believe the patient's sincerity, and said they were faking it. I had not heard of this disorder, until UA-cam recommended your video. Thank you for raising awareness. I am sure you have provided validation to a great number of people with this, as with all your videos.
I learned about dissociation about a year ago and everything seemed to fit. I’m not officially diagnosed, mind you. When I get into that catatonic like state; I’m aware of everything. I can see, I can hear, I can feel but every time, for the life of me, I wouldn’t be able to move. I’m still. The world is still playing around me but I’m the only one who’s paused. It doesn’t last long but it’s a little hard to snap back to reality sometimes. When I look back, it seems I have been dissociating my whole life. My triggers are usually loud noises, yelling and talking about it. There’s more but we don’t need to open that can of worms
Copying accents is an actual thing. I thought I was just weird. That is amazing!
It kinda makes sense I guess, even when you don't have a serious mental health disorder. Humans learn (languages) by copying others. I don't have any serious disorder (probably ADHD and possibly some autistic disorder but both have not been confirmed yet), but I really have to stop myself from copying any accent I hear xD
I copy accents as well. I have BPD so I have an unstable sense of personality and tend to "copy" others
I have never been diagnosed with anything but I would do it with now classmates, coworkers, different environment and people would look at me like I was weird.
For someone who's recovered from severe depression, it really is eye opening to know this now and see it in hindsight. At the worst lows of my depression, I'd put my hands in my lap, find a spot on the floor to look at and wouldn't move no matter what, I'd also fidn myself unable to speak quite often, I'd formulate words and they couldn't come out. I thought I was dissociating in some weird way and just never looked into it, thank you, I'm definitely going to look further into this!
I am SO grateful I just found your channel. I am without a counselor at the moment and to have someone to relate is so comforting.
This is SO interesting. I've always thought of catatonia as only the inability to respond or move. I'm going to be doing more research on this and the comorbidities and maybe even if/how it intersects with trauma.
The merch looks so great! I especially love the ,,Find your power“ Hoodie! ❤ I can't believe that you designed so much! That must have been a lot of work. But you did a fantastic job!
Thank you so much! 😍
This channel is literally one of the only ones that I can watch a video all the way through without busy visuals
You are great at educating. Thank you for informing people about the things the people experiencing them may not be able too.
Hypnotherapist here, so many of my clients come to me having been turned away or treated really badly by other therapists. I'm on the south coast of the UK and I've had people who've sadly had to travel many miles to come to somebody who understands. I can't believe how many so called professionals act in a really negative matter to people who just need some extra understanding. One client was called a freak!
Thank you SO much for address this! I had an extended catatonic depression that I went into when I first got a psychiatrist and first discovered my childhood abuse/neglect. I didn’t know until much later what was happening (it was a therapist who explained it was catatonic depression). I would sit in one spot and not move for DAYS and WEEKS. Like, never move - not shower, not even use the restroom (until emergency levels and/or help from my partner). And certainly I never would have had anything to eat or drink if my partner didn’t bring things to me. I don’t know what it’s called but during that period I couldn’t “hear” signals from my body for hunger, sleep, toilet, thirst, etc. etc. Literally the only time I ever left the house for months was to go to my psychiatrist. It was really extreme and took a long time (of treating the depression) for me to come out of it. I have never heard anyone explain this phenomenon before. It was amazing to hear official terms for all the things I experienced. It was very enlightening and validating. Thank you 💜
Wow! I've learned a lot! I've only heard of catatonic schizophrenia, and never knew there was two types of catatonia! This makes a lot of since to did but I never thought of it! Amazing makeup!
I have experienced malignant catatonia three times in my life. Two of which were misdiagnosed in an acute care setting. I finally went to Yale and they properly diagnosed it. It was a blessing to know the truth and receive proper treatment by a hospital that takes the condition as seriously as it should be taken.
You are ALL so great! Tytyty!
I'm so glad you are here to explain. Im probably going to have to watch this more then once for it to let the info do its job.
Hi Chloe! I don't often comment, but I just wanted to say thank you for continuing to provide such outstanding resources. Your depth of research and clear explanations really help to bridge the information gap and de-sensationalize the mental health challenges you address. Much love to you and the whole system! Keep being your awesome selves :)
No idea this is what I struggled with! When panicking I do this when it’s bad, I don’t react and I’m frozen completely, no matter who taps or tries to snap me out around me. Thank you Chloe and DissociaDID system ❤️
This video really helped me understand something important to me! My mom suffers from schizophrenia but is unwilling/unable to accept it and remains untreated to this day (she's 73 now). Aside from her plethora of symptoms, she also described being catatonic (she called it a waking coma) after someone had bombarbed her with electromagnetic radiation. This happens everywhere she lives btw, so not just in one location. I didn't know it was a symptom of her affliction and that's really good to know. Thank you!
All of you guys are amazing! Very proud of what you guys have done, although I don’t have DID, I do have pretty severe anxiety so videos about panic attacks and stuff are extremely helpful. Not only that I find that human brain fascinating and stuff like this is extremely cool to me. Been watching you guys for a while now, and I really hope you guys keep it up!
chloe, you and the system are so knowledgeable about everything you share with us which is very appreciated! your channel has taught me so much already, and i can’t wait to continue to learn more from all of you. thank you so much for being vulnerable with us and for spreading the awareness you have, it can’t be easy! we appreciate all your hard work and we love you!
I love how casually you wear such amazing makeup! The queen of educating and slaying all of us 💕😩
Catatonic dissociation
Like I'm like stuck in my body can see out but cannot say anything, move...
I am so glad you brought this up... bc it's happened and didn't know what was happening 😳😳😳
Thank you so much !! ❤️❤️
This is a topic thats not talked about enough .. there is also a disorder where you face takes weird expressions and freezing to each one for a while before taking on another one with the whole episode lasting a few minutes
I clicked on this video never having heard the word catatonic before and omg I am so thankful that I did! I get spasms, twitches, and convulsions when my flashbacks are really bad and I never knew why! Now I know why! Thank you for spreading this information, you are helping so many of us😊❤️
This makes so much sense to me now. Im diagnosed bipolar 2, and i never truly understood why things like this happened to my motor skills in depressive and manic states. Thank you again, for a lovely video to enlighten the world❤
Thank you so much for this!
I have experienced this a couple times and never knew what it was so thank you for helping me put a name to what happened. 😊
Title: I can't move!
Me: *in debilitating pain* Same.
Casey Combs - ooh are u ok?
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone talk about this publically, I've dealt with this for a few years but in the last 3 months it's been very frequent. I had a feeling it was this but I never could get good information. Thank you.
Cypress Bee it’s the same with me, but I started having occasional ones in grade 7-8, I think.
I love your videos so much. They're so educational, and spread such a good message. This is the first video I've ever seen on catatonia, and I think it's really important to talk about it.
I'm not diagnosed with depression, DID, bipolar, or schizophrenia, but I have gone into a catatonic state once during a panic attack. Noone knew what was going on at the time, and I wish there had been more videos like this to help at the time.
I'm so glad there are people like you who are spreading awareness for these sorts of things. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
chloe i just want to say i love how much effort and talent u put into your merch. your original designs are beautiful. its really clear that u wanted to put out the best merch possible for your audience and i really appreciate the work you put into it
that outro filled my heart, ur my favourite youtube channel, thx for all the info uve been giving us since u started the channel. lovee
woah ok I’m early. It’s 2:30am here so I’m surprised that I’m awake and seeing this now rather than at a reasonable time of the morning
Same!
You from Aussie???
Me too!! Aussie gang ☺️
Hannah Pullan yep!
Grace Swan - straya mate?
SunflowerTheBunBunBunny yeah mate g’day
Thank you so much for inspiring our system to put ourselves out there as well! We don't have any friends let alone even know anyone with DID. So thank you for giving us the courage to create a channel and search for others like us.
- Maggie ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
this video is so incredibly informative and presented in such a neat, clear way. you always put so much focus, time, and attention into researching the topics you discuss, and it really shows. thank you so much for continuing to fight stigma and educate others!
new intro cool cool!!!! and i looove this merch my dudes 💞💞💞 might have to get some despite being broke af
I have a lot of these symptoms and they finally make sense! Love you all DissociaDID! Keep being your lovely selves! Thank you for the video.
Oh my goodness! You guys are so close to 200k! I love your system so much and have been watching for several months now... I can't believe how much I have learned from your system's channel alone. Sending much love from America!
Love the video! I had only heard about Catatonia while researching schizophrenia, so it was nice to learn more about. Also, I love the makeup, beautiful as always
I'm honestly so greatful for your channel. I was researching DID because I'm writing a fanfic for a game that has a character with DID, but represents her very poorly, so I made it my mission to write her and her alter as properly as I could, while maintaining her general character. You're channel is such a gold mine and I'm so happy I found it. I'll be looking forward to your next uploads!
I just wanted to note that there's LOTS of hard words in this video, and I think just putting some of the words on the screen would help alot to follow along all the describtions. Especially for us who doesnt have english as our first language.
iGNONERA hey if you’re every struggling with specific words we’d be happy to try and help, I think the issue is there’s a lot of psychology behind dissociation and how it works, it’s almost impossible to explain in simple terms, also many terms she mentions offhanded is because she or they explained in a previous video, or is well explained by multiplicity and me who is another really informative channel about DID
@@kage2670 Thank you for wanting to help! I think I mainly found it confusing since there were alot of new words (medical and scientific ones are always hard :( ) and I usually learn and understand better while reading too, hehe. If anything, I think having someone do subs on their videos would be a great help too!
Click captions or closed captions
@@ayyylmfao they mean that they don’t understand some words in the video so captions wouldn’t help w that
Great video Chloe! Super educational and helpful as always! We love you guys!
P.s. Your makeup is amazingly beautiful as always
Very nice to see more videos about this. I suffer from all of these symptoms. It’s truly disabling. It’s so scary. You just have to let it pass. At least we do.
Hi
I’m bipolar and have anxiety and depression and borderline personality disorder and ocd and a few others so it’s nice to know that there are people like you who help other understand things I can’t Evan put into words without having a panic attack
Thank you
I experience catatonia and I had no idea that was what it was. I tried to bring it up to my therapist and was pretty much ignored because I didn't know how to explain it.
I can hear and feel things but I cannot respond and it could go on for 30 seconds to 10 minutes. (Could be longer, I have no idea. I think once I was stuck for like 30 mins) Not being able to move is terrifying. I noticed it when my borderline personality disorder got really bad. It happens from time to time when I am really really upset about something.
Thank you for making this video. I am so relieved there is a name for this symptom, I thought I was making it all up. I love your channel so much.
I really hope you and Nadia are feeling better after last week :) This was a very informative and interesting video on something I've never heard of before! Thank you for bringing awareness to mental health, and letting people know they are valid and supported. Your new merch is amazing btw! It must have taken a lot of hard work and we really appreciate it.
I don't know how it's possible, but your channel is getting better and better. It's amazing the amount of research you make, it shows a lot of commitment with the channel and with us viewers. Thank you for so much information, Chloe :) (and loved the designs!)
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Thank you so much for educating my uncultured self. Your channel is incredibly helpful and enables me to ensure I’m not mistreating my friends and can help them as best I can
Came across you by chance - I am fascinated my mind disorders/conditions like yours (with the utmost respect, not sure how else to articulate) especially those like MPD/DID that highlight the separation of mind/soul and body - your videos are BRILLIANT. So educational and clear. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! Xx
I love this channel. I've learned so much from you guys. Thank you for doing this, especially to those alters who aren't always on board. It has really helped me to better understand a good friend of mine with DID and how to best be there for her.
So I think I'm just an emotional mess right now but I almost started crying when I saw the you are not hard to love design, I have been going through a rough patch with my partner and they have made me question the validity of my disorder by not seeing it as real or just choosing to not acknowledge it, and so I went to the merch store to find it on a shirt or something and it wasn't there, still its really inspiring and helpful to see did being treated as a real thing like this, lots of love to Chloe and system for all you do
learned a lot! i was unaware of catatonia, but now i realized i have experience brief, mild episodes when my depression was at its worst. and i had no idea that excessive motion would be part of the same thing. thanks for such an educational video!
Thank you so much! The past 2-3 weeks I've been dissociating like crazy where I depersonalize and derealize at once and have trouble reacting to stimuli. I try to talk to people when they talk to me to seem "normal" but talking is so hard. I never even thought of catatonia but I think it may be a catatonic stupor as I feel just a half step above unconscious when I'm like this. Infinite thanks to Chloe and all of DissociaDID for educating me😊
I love your makeup - the colours are so pretty
Wow. Thank you for this video (and this channel)! I don't have DID, but I am bi-polar and suffer from moderate catatonia when having my most intense depressive episodes, which my family and friends have a difficult time understanding. I can't wait to share this video with them to give them some perspective on what dealing with catatonia is like. I love you all.
Im bipolar as well and experience both the stupor and the excitability type.
Thank you so much for talking about this! Especially because we have catatonic dissociation. We love your channel. Your videos help those with and without DID. One of our alters Leo is obsessed with your channel.
This was really useful. Nobody has every explained these symptoms to me before and they are the most frightening I've ever had. When I was going through a very, very low depressive time and extremely suicidal (a "breakdown" if you like) not long after a severe trauma that caused PTSD, I remember one time where I basically went like a ragdoll, could not speak other than weird squeaky mumbling noises, and actually started to dribble while tears silently rolled down my cheeks. It was terrifying. I lived with my parents at the time, and I could see how upset and scared my mum was, dabbing at my tears, and my dad was yelling at me to "just stop it" like I was putting it on (that's always been his approach to mental health!) I really tried so hard to speak and it wouldn't come! My parents phoned the mental health home treatment team I was under at the time, and I don't remember much after that due to strong meds like lorazepam :\
Sometimes when I have bad flashbacks I can't move or speak, and that's scary too.. (especially if I want to move away form things and I'm frozen) most of the time nowadays, the only time it happens is when I have a bad panic attack and I get so wound up and upset, I can't talk. I can move, but I can't speak. It drives my husband bananas, and it almost feels physically painful to force out words, like I have to channel ALL my mental energy into saying something.
No doctor, psychiatrist or psychologist has EVER explained wtf this was when it's happened to me, just "oh yeah, that's normal, that happens to some people" and advised me to try my grounding techniques if I was able to! I really wish they explained it!!
I love your videos because they make me feel at home and safe. I don't have DID, but I have severe depression, anxiety and PTSD from an adult trauma, and we have similarities in some things I think. thank you for sharing the knowledge and understanding
thank you nin, thanks to this video I was able to realise that I have catationic excitement in correlation with anxiety. now I know where the random hand flailing, aggressive tapping and jumping comes from. thanks again
Thank you so much for making videos about these sorts of disorders. I don't have any disorders that I know of but I have very close family/friends with autism, ADHD, depression ect. and these videos really help me be aware of other people and their disorders.
every time we hear your intro we get asmr tingles and shiver, it’s so good and comforting since we associate it with your videos
I just want to take a moment to thank the whole of the DissociaDID system for the amazing work you xxxxxx
I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression back in February and have found all of your videos extremely helpful x
I will be eternally grateful, you all saved me 💞
Im so glad, we love you 💞
Thank you so much for this video or actually for your whole channel. I'm struggling with depression and just yesterday I experienced going into a catatonic state for about two hours. It was the very first time I experienced something like that and for me it was with extreme negativity. My friends tried talking to me and encouraging me to get up or at least have a glass of water. With extreme effort I could at some point at least get my mouth to say "please just leave me like this". I spend that time in intense fear, but some part of my brain remembered watching your video quite a while ago and so I could cling to the hope, that it will at some point pass. And it did pass. If it wasn't for your video, I would maybe have panicked even more, but thanks to this video I at least kinda knew, what was going on.
What I still don't know is: What is the right thing to do in such a situation? Is there anything I could do, if it happens again? My intuition was to just wait as I couldn't really do anything else anyway, but is there actually anything that can help?
Btw I adore your channel, been watching your videos for almost a year now and I find everyone in your system amazing, especially Nin. I've learned so much from you guys! Keep doing what you're doing and greetings to Team Pinata!
Lots of love to all of you, Emilia
Thank you so much for this video. I had heard of catatonia before but didn't understand it enough to realise that it was something that affected me - when I have panic attacks I go into a catatonic stupor and I didn't realise that there was an actual word for what happened to me but now I can better explain it to people. Also this has made me realise that I should really talk to a doctor to figure out more about my mental health.
Thank you so much for this video, Chloe. It sounds so damned difficult to live with. I'm so glad that you're out here recognizing those with the disorder and bringing light to it for those of us without it.
Absolutely loved this video and I felt that it was very informative. Your makeup was absolutely amazing as well! I adored the pop of blue in the corner so much💙
we have experienced catatonia since the body was a teenager. and we have actually been planning on recording a video about it as well. i'm really happy to see you post about this as it's not widely known and often very judged.
we didn't have a name for this for so long. we didn't discover the word catatonia until our mid-20s. once we did we felt so much less of a freak. less dramatic. less attention seeking, etc etc. we've had ambulances called on us. people have thought we were tripping on drugs. and as i have selective mutism, it is far worsened when i am catatonic.
so often people have no idea what to do for a person who is catatonic and we really need to educate people, which i've planned to be the focus of our video about catatonia when we do record it. because so many things that well meaning people do can actually be quite harmful for the person in a catatonic state.
Amazing video as usual. I never knew that Catatonia played a part but, I have had experiences of it in the past.
Thank you for your quick & simple explanation of echolalia, all the reading I've done on the condition just made me more confused & all the while in my 30s still frustrated with losing my sense of identity in full blown involuntary mimicry of whomever I talk to I thought I was being possessed!