It all seems so easy.
Still, they’re humans who go through stuff like the rest of us. Check out these eight YouTube superstars who got real about the conditions that affect their lives.
“It kind of feels like being prisoner in your own body for something you can’t control at all,” she shared in a Facebook post.
Aina wears clothes with breathable fabric and gets Botox in her armpits to stop the sweating.
“I have to say it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made this year, and I’m definitely going to be keeping this up,” she said about the procedure.
“Anxiety is a real issue for me. It is a beast,” she said in an October snap. “It is something that I constantly struggle with. In and out of my life there will be seasons where it shows up and then I have to adjust things and take care of myself.”
The only place where Tati says she never gets anxiety attacks? Her makeup room, of course! “The funny thing about it is I never get crazy anxiety filming videos for my channel” she said. “No matter what’s going on, I feel like I can sit down, hold a piece of makeup, talk about it, talk about the colors, talk about the product. That’s always really fun for me.”
“It is one of the most painful conditions ever, and unfortunately I damn have it,” she wrote during a Reddit chat with fans. “I take a three times daily medication to suppress it, and an abortive medication when I get an attack. Even with the prophylactic medication I still get attacks a few times per month unfortunately. I wish I didn’t, but it’s just the cards I was dealt.”
In a 2011 blog, she shared that one of her triggers is being in a place where she feels she cannot escape or will have difficulty traveling through.
“You are not alone, panic attacks are VERY common, and although terrifying, will not kill you,” she wrote to readers who share her experience. “Don’t let your attacks ruin your confidence or dent your self esteem, you are an amazing person, and you CAN stop them, with the right treatment and techniques.”
Stef made a follow-up video in 2017 in which she clears up several points about the genetic condition. “It’s not a disease… I don’t need to look “normal.” I look cool as hell!”
Thorpe describes her migraines as a series of disorienting symptoms. “First, I feel that my hands don’t belong to my body. Then I end up with my eyesight going. I lose all orientation. Then I develop a really strong headache, usually on one side, and it just THROBS. Then I get pins and needles, sometimes on just one side of my body, and then I go numb. It just feels so weird. Then I just feel sick, but after I’ve been sick… the headache can go.”
She’s been experiencing migraines since she was 10 or 11, and at the time she made this video, said that many things could trigger them. Migraines also affect how she lives her life — for example, if she forgets her glasses, she can’t look at a screen at all. “I have to be really, really careful how I go through my day,” she says.
“It sounds worse than it is,” Lights clarified with fans online. “It’s not harmful and A LOT of women have it!”
“I’m just nervous about it because when you have this it can make detecting breast cancer harder,” she continued. “Because the cysts can cover it and breast cancer runs in my family a lot. So I’m a bit anxious.”
title: “11 Youtube Influencers Get Real About Invisible Illnesses " ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-31” author: “Gavin Kirchausen”
It all seems so easy.
Still, they’re humans who go through stuff like the rest of us. Check out these eight YouTube superstars who got real about the conditions that affect their lives.
“It kind of feels like being prisoner in your own body for something you can’t control at all,” she shared in a Facebook post.
Aina wears clothes with breathable fabric and gets Botox in her armpits to stop the sweating.
“I have to say it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made this year, and I’m definitely going to be keeping this up,” she said about the procedure.
“Anxiety is a real issue for me. It is a beast,” she said in an October snap. “It is something that I constantly struggle with. In and out of my life there will be seasons where it shows up and then I have to adjust things and take care of myself.”
The only place where Tati says she never gets anxiety attacks? Her makeup room, of course! “The funny thing about it is I never get crazy anxiety filming videos for my channel” she said. “No matter what’s going on, I feel like I can sit down, hold a piece of makeup, talk about it, talk about the colors, talk about the product. That’s always really fun for me.”
“It is one of the most painful conditions ever, and unfortunately I damn have it,” she wrote during a Reddit chat with fans. “I take a three times daily medication to suppress it, and an abortive medication when I get an attack. Even with the prophylactic medication I still get attacks a few times per month unfortunately. I wish I didn’t, but it’s just the cards I was dealt.”
In a 2011 blog, she shared that one of her triggers is being in a place where she feels she cannot escape or will have difficulty traveling through.
“You are not alone, panic attacks are VERY common, and although terrifying, will not kill you,” she wrote to readers who share her experience. “Don’t let your attacks ruin your confidence or dent your self esteem, you are an amazing person, and you CAN stop them, with the right treatment and techniques.”
Stef made a follow-up video in 2017 in which she clears up several points about the genetic condition. “It’s not a disease… I don’t need to look “normal.” I look cool as hell!”
Thorpe describes her migraines as a series of disorienting symptoms. “First, I feel that my hands don’t belong to my body. Then I end up with my eyesight going. I lose all orientation. Then I develop a really strong headache, usually on one side, and it just THROBS. Then I get pins and needles, sometimes on just one side of my body, and then I go numb. It just feels so weird. Then I just feel sick, but after I’ve been sick… the headache can go.”
She’s been experiencing migraines since she was 10 or 11, and at the time she made this video, said that many things could trigger them. Migraines also affect how she lives her life — for example, if she forgets her glasses, she can’t look at a screen at all. “I have to be really, really careful how I go through my day,” she says.
“It sounds worse than it is,” Lights clarified with fans online. “It’s not harmful and A LOT of women have it!”
“I’m just nervous about it because when you have this it can make detecting breast cancer harder,” she continued. “Because the cysts can cover it and breast cancer runs in my family a lot. So I’m a bit anxious.”
