When Brain Damage Causes Body Posturing

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[darkscienceyt]

I'm so grateful for everyone's comments in supporting this video, and how Youtube has repeatedly flagged this.

Backstory, I posted this video originally in June. Youtube age restricted it which was demoralizing because I was really proud of it. I then uploaded an "edited" version. Youtube flagged it again. I edited it another version and and it was restricted again. I did this 12 more times (14 uploads in total) before I outright gave up and deleted the video entirely. Age restricted videos become either hidden or inaccessible. All your research, script writing, editing is seen a fraction of your subscribers, let alone other viewers.

I was really soured by Youtube's age restriction this time. I didn't mind as much in past videos, but this was different. I had the chance to really educate people on safety by explaining brain trauma and body posturing. Sometimes the best way to educate is show people real instances of brain trauma and head injuries. This current video is a shell of the original, and I'm really saddened by it. If I could even demonetize it so advertisers wouldnt have to run ads on it, and avoid the age restriction I would. I tried it and it still wasn't spared by Youtube medieval age restriction algorithm.

Sorry for the long winded post. I wanted to explain what happened and more importantly thank you all so much for your support. I was and am drained right now, and seeing people comment about their support in my endeavors against Youtube's restriction policy is really heart warming. I love you all and am so happy to have you watch my content. I really just want to teach science, and you all give me the opportunity to do that. Whether this video gets restricted tomorrow or not, I hope you all learned something from it.

~Adam

[JRCP]

This video directly helped a young man get appropriate treatment.

I'm a rugby referee, and in a game today a player got knocked out, but I didn't see it. What I did see was his hands tightening and arms curling inward. Because I had watched this video the night before, I was able to make sure the player was taken directly to hospital, rather than just looked after at home.

So, thank you for your persistence in re-uploading this video. It made a real difference to a real person.

[andyzhu]

This video could be life-saving information when someone gets a serious brain injury and I was surprised that Youtube took it down. I was trying to study this earlier.

[slackreal]

Youtube TOS: "Violent or gory content intended to shock or disgust viewers, or content encouraging others to commit violent acts, are not allowed on YouTube.

We may allow the kinds of violent or graphic content noted above in some cases in educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic content."

I think they''re forgetting the second part

[Corvid]

Saw decorticate posturing once as an EMT, patient had a brain bleed that left her in a persistent vegetative state... 21 year old single mum. That was a Christmas eve that still haunts me to this day. Seeing the patient 6 months later, a decision my crewmate and I both regretted.

[ThestormchasingEMT]

EMT here. Absolutely right on the part where you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT want to move someone in a decerebrate posture. As much as you want to help someone who has been hurt, always consider cervical spine injuries when you come across a patient in a traumatic incident such as a car accident or fall. I always wear a helmet when I ride my bike, call me paranoid but you just never know.

[Monkeylover]

head trauma is one of my biggest fears. when part of your body gets damage your body gets damaged, but when your brain gets damaged that is YOU getting damaged. eerie

[nightsdaystv]

The person you showed at 7:22 is my brother. He received a massive traumatic brain injury back in 2019 via skateboarding. The skateboarding industry will pay their athletes more to make skate edits without helmets on due to them being perceived as stupid looking. This perception almost killed my brother. Wear your helmet.

[darylgoldes]

My dad died of a brain bleed after a fall in 2022. He had glioblastoma. As we said our goodbyes around his hospital bed, he went into decerebrate posturing. It’s crazy how resilient, yet how fragile, the brain is. Thank you for sharing.

[Jess-vkmp]

My little brother had a traumatic brain injury from a skateboarding accident because he wasn’t wearing his helmet. He was going down a steep hill, his skateboard slipped out from under him and he fell backwards and hit the back of his head on concrete. He’s a pretty strong dude so when he came to, he was confused and his friends couldn’t keep him down and my brother stood up, passed out and fell again on the back of his head a second time…

It was really bad. But he got medical attention very quickly and went into surgery pretty fast too in order to place a drain in his skull to let out some of the pressure so his brain could swell, and they put him in a medically induced coma to aid in healing as well. He was in a coma for about a month and the doctors weren’t sure he was going to make it. It’s legitimately a miracle he survived his injury, and even more so a miracle that he is relatively ok since the accident. He can still walk and talk, but he completely lost his sense of smell, and had some minor personality changes (like he gets easily fixated on certain subjects, particularly music. He had a very hard time with time management, and he sometimes doesn’t pick up on social cues when he’s maybe being a tiny bit annoying lol.) but other than some of those personality changes he’s pretty much the same he was before the accident. His physical rehab team also said he recovered faster than any traumatic brain injury patient they’ve ever seen, and was discharged much sooner than most would. I joke it’s because he has such a hard head that protected his brain haha.
We were also worried for him that he would lose his ability to play his guitar, but to our surprise he was able to play it not too long after the injury and didn’t lose any motor function to do it either. Years later, when I was planning my wedding I asked him to play “Jessie’s theme” from the final fantasy 7 remake on his guitar for me when I walked down the isle, and he played it beautifully. It was really special to have him play and we were both emotional about it knowing he might not have even been there because of his injury if he didn’t survive it.

My brother got extremely lucky compared to most. If you skateboard, bike, or do anything that you should wear a helmet to do, please for the love of god WEAR YOUR HELMET!! My brothers doc said that had my brother worn his helmet he most likely wouldn’t have even needed to go to to the hospital. Even though he’s relatively ok, it was a huge gamble on his part to not wear one and he’s damn lucky he’s alive to even regret that decision.

[Lleesstreett]

Dear youtube i clicked on this video to learn. Not allowing content creators the creative liberty to use real world examples to educate is damaging to your site.

[NeonBonesGuy]

Gotta love how youtube allows literal pornography under the tag of "educational" on their platform but not anatomy clips.

[ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

I really HATE all this EXTREME censorship. Youtube needs serious competitors

[luisrios]

bruh, I've seen the video being re-uploaded so many times now, poor Dark science, youtube just won't let him alone

[sassyvirgo]

My husband had decerebrate posturing after his car accident in 2012. He had his seatbelt on, the whole car seat came off and flew into the backseat where the car was impacted. He was air flown to a teaching hospital… the brain surgeon told me most places would have done nothing….as my husband had sooo many brain bleeds and decerebrate posturing. They have to teach the new brain surgeons somehow. 🤷🏻‍♀️
He is considered a functional quadriplegic. I didn’t even know what a brain bleed was or what it was going to mean. I didn’t know ANYTHING! He had his skull taken off, a feeding tube and a trach. He was in ICU for 3 weeks and they sent him to a step down unit to await a nursing home or going home. I brought him home. I was told he would be “complete care”. It took years even to figure that out….like what does that even mean? I wish they had a video like this back then. I was so lost and he was flown to a hospital out of state. I was using the hotel computer trying to figure it out. I was told he was most likely going to be a vegetable or minimally conscious. He came home exactly a month after his accident. Still without his skull and with a feeding tube. They took his trach out. He had no health insurance. He was aware of nothing and could move nothing but his left fingers. Everyday he came around more and more. It was 6 months in and I still wasn’t sure he knew me or the kids. He DID come around though. He is full care. He can move his lift side and he can stand to transfer. He has his memories and humor. He is an artist and still draws/paints. He had to relearn to use his left hand. He is childlike now… but he is happy. I wish I could add a video to your collection… and YouTube would allow you to upload it. Honestly people everyday are being told their loved one has brain bleeds, posturing, “complete care” and it IS hard to picture what that actually means.
Thank you for this video. I might have PTSD, because just seeing the images of posturing flooded me with soo many emotions and pain. 😢

[racheluk]

This video has helped me understand the brain damage my friend suffered after an infection on the brain. He had the second described body posturing and was in ICU for weeks before we had to say goodbye. Love you Scott 💔

[missymz]

I was fortunate to see the original video before it was removed. This is one of my favourite YouTube channels.

[MoolsDogTwoOfficial]

It's actually terrifying how fragile our brain is. If the brain swells for example, it has essentially no room left to expand so it can cause permenant and life changing damage. Stay safe out there ya'll.

[Doomsh]

this video scared me to my core, the brain that houses our entire being is so fragile and there is something so utterly morbid about seeing someones "self" damaged or destroyed, thank you for the informative video.

[friddevonfrankenstein]

I cannot fathom why youtube would censor this video. It's extremely important knowledge very well delivered. Great educational content that everyone should see.