Psychotic Depression: My Mental Health In VR Ep 3

Danika paints in virtual reality using Google's virtual reality tool Tilt Brush to visualise her experiences of psychotic depression and somatic hallucinations.

This is the third of three episodes where people visualise what life is like with their mental health issue.

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[vanessawu]

Omg finally. I also have psychotic depression it's rarely talked about or even known

[dhouse]

Such a great effort this is to showcase depression via a vr.
Hope that danika feels better really soon . I too have depression since the last 7 years and also panic attacks . It's a constant struggle. Lots of sleeping issues and many other problems related to sleep issues. It's really a struggle to convince people around u that u r not lazy or faking it and Tht it is real . Hope all sufferers feel good and find the support they need . Bless all

[LostAutopilot]

Videos like this really help, sometimes just knowing others are going through something similar makes the whole thing less scary (although I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy) the use of visuals were beautifully done and thank you for putting your story out there. I personally don't even mention the word psychotic and just tell who I need to that I have severe depression because there is such a stigma around psychosis. Hopefully with more open conversation and videos like this people will begin to understand.

[tay-flli]

I’m going through something so similar to her right now, different symptoms, and sometimes I just feel like there is no hope at all like I’m just bound to be this unhappy forever even though I know that’s not true deep down. I’m happy she got though it and I have faith that I will too. Seeing this in my subscription box really helped me this morning... everyone have a good day and life ....

[Timberwolf]

As a fellow psy. depression sufferer I totally relate and wish everyone afflicted could get better but we know we can't since it is so untreatable. At least we can try to be happy day to day, though that is a struggle as well.

[chh]

Wow VR is amazing, to be able to show how you feel mentally through VR visually is incredible!!!!

[hkeubgy]

thanks. i'm trying to understand what my wife is going through. She is currently "hospitalized" with no visitors, no smart phone, no contact with the outside world, no internet, no social media for patients due to Covid!9 prevention. i wish the psychiatric hospital would join the new millennia and let patients know that they are cared for via social media. We live in a world here everyone is digitally connected. My wife has has psychotic depression with auditory hallucinations of two devils that say the meanest things to her. What neurotransmitter or hormone would cause that?. My mother had depression and went through electroconvulsive shock therapy in the 1950's in America. my mother was just a teenager at the time.she lost a year of memory that slowly came back to her. . I've heard a lot of improvements have been made in electroconvulsive shock therapy treatments, since then. Glad to hear it helped you. i hope the hospital can instill the zest for life she had before her depression hit. Either way every life has value. Every life has importance. Even if you cannot see or feel your own importance. your importance is still there. Thanks again for making this. How was your hospital stay?

[usvwyqp]

Same, id get an electric shock in my big toe if I had any little fright. The tight solar plexus I struggled to get a deep breath for months. I saw see through spiders massive xx

[martinaroe]

This is really great Danika that you are sharing how you feel, I believe that by being open and sharing our vulnerability we are actually helping others as they might share how they feel which they would not have done otherwise. You are truly and inspiration to us all, I am currently helping one young lady with EFT and also hypnosis, and we watched your video which helped her realise she is not on her own. I love the way you are describing it in such an arty and creative way so it can explain to people what exactly you are going through, it is such a well professionally done video, my congratulations to you, well done. it also helps me to understand what my own son went through during his own psychotic episode and the friends and family who I am trying to help. I myself had ECT twice and it never helped me, but am really glad it helped you, at that time I did not even know what it was meant to do. Today I know it creates artificially an epileptic shock that then shakes of the original trauma that would have lead to a psychotic episode.

[aa-mxyp]

I experienced something like this when I was little, I thought there were bugs under my skin and I tore up my arms trying to get them out, now they are covered in scars and I am ashamed to show them in public.

[esmeraldasilver]

Hi, can you share if still on medication and what medications are keeping you stable and if you had anymore episodes.

[mandeeplalli]

This is a serious and sad condition to everyone being affected hope you get better

[bsbznumberfan]

My depression and bipolar and borderline personality disorder and anxiety have gotten worse since my fiancee that I was with for 12 yrs left me and I lost my son I'm crying right now I cry all the time it got so bad to where I had a full blown anxiety attack and ended up in my closet rocking back and forth pulling at my hair and just screaming to God make this stop please make the hurt go away. I'm alone I have no friends or family people used me for things like money food place to stay and when I couldn't help them anymore they were like screw u I don't want to talk to u anymore my doc and other doctors and therapists have tried all different kinds of meds including lithium and I either had bad side effects or it made me more angry suicidal ect so I had to be taken off of it my life is falling apart I'm about to lose my place to live my apt and my hair is falling out in handfuls due to stress I had a full blown seizure awhile back and 3 more when I was in the hospital I just don't know what to do anymore. Thank you for sharing this video Its nice to know I'm not alone and I'm not the only one that feels this way

[Hrajnoga]

So ECT therapy helped her with her depression ?

[AkkarisFox]

the burning.. the burning.. the burning.. my spine. my doctors aren't helping..I've just been trying to give in to the idea I'll have chronic pain all my

[ems]

But sure what that VR drawing is meant to tell us at all

[speakyourheart]

No it wasnt. You were experiencing reality and that is then called a disconnected to reality. You are very sensitive, very intune with energy and reality. That is greatly misunderstood. Madness how someome who is atcually very much sane is diagnosed as mad. So very sad. Beautiful sensitive woman. Its true unfortunetly medication causes more harm than anything . The part at tje end was a lie, it didnt help her and she isnt better. No one ever geta better from psychiatry.