It is nothing like this. It doesn't only act in oppositional things, it also does things like bring a drink to your mouth, awaken you in the night touching you without you wanting it to in ways that make you feel so violated- yet it is your own hand. It drums it's fingers, it points, gives thumbs up. Much more complex than what people understand, which makes sense because it is so rare that it is extremely hard to study. 17 months.
It's important to note that this only occurs when the two hemispheres of the brain are unable to communicate effectively for some reason. There are theories that suggest that the hand acts as if someone else controls it because it is the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain 'acting out' to make its wants and needs known, which it would never have to do when the hemispheres are connected.
That's also why its your left hand more often then not AFAIK, because your left brain (which controls your right side for reasons) is the one that can speak
@@dyld921 I’m unsure but I think it might still be their left hand? Speech centers should still be in the left brain, but I’m not an expert, maybe it is the non dominant hand
This is absolute terrifying and I feel terrible for anyone who has to suffer from this. I’d like to imagine it would tease you and annoy you and leave it at that but sadly, I’ve heard of this taking lives or making you do terrible things on its behalf.
@@FallingDrop234 I found this: "Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is an extremely rare disorder. It is so rare, there appears to be no available prevalence studies". If there have been no prevalence studies, they probably pulled that "9" figure out of their ass, but it might not be far off. Who knows.
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I would have to cut my arm off. That syndrome is absolutely terrifying and my heart hurts for anyone suffering with such a bazaar condition.
I mean surgically removing your hand wouldn’t be such a bad decision. With how advanced cyber technology is getting a robotic hand would surely be much better. Besides, as technology continues to inevitably advance, you can get better cyber hands over time.
I had no idea something like this was real. I found out about it while reading about the character of Dr. Strangelove. I genuinely hope everyone with this affliction lives to see the day when it can be cured. No one should ever have to live like this.
I remember the first time I heard about this condition was from a book that spoke about a very old case probably more than 100 years ago. Seeing it in a video form definitely shows the struggle. I hope treatment gets somewhere one day.
I just wanna note to you that the video is exaggerated to a fault. The affected hand usually doesn't act aggressive at all, but rather more automatic and reflexive. The hand will be uncoordinated, and it may even perform tasks that oppose the intent of the patient, BUT it wouldn't be as far as aggressively yanking your blankets or throwing lids.. And it will most definitely not start attacking you out of nowhere. Affected hand is typically not really able to perform complex tasks anyway, it's usually something simple (unbuttoning, grabbing, squeezing, etc.) Oh, not to mention the patient doesn't typically regain control after each time the hand acts up like it was depicted in the video. It's usually rare and random when a patient actually gains control. This video is not accurate. Not that this makes the condition way better.. But affected hand wouldn't usually just attack it's owner or act aggressively.
Just recently read about this in a book...but to actually see how it would look if a person has it, is much scarier in a way. It must be really stressful and frustrating...at least I think it would be for me.
@@Apollo91911 It was a book by neuroscientist David Eagleman. I think Livewired or The Brain. I'm sorry, too long to remember which one exactly😅 But I do recommend reading both, they are quite informative and intriguing!
The sad part is There isn't one universal cause for alien hand syndrome. But it's always caused by some kind of damage to your brain in a way that disrupts your movement and control. Usually, when someone chooses to start moving their arm, they activate multiple extensive neural networks within their brain.
I was hospitalized with Encephalitis once and on my way to the hospital my legs kept moving against my will, all the way there I kept kicking the dashboard, and then when they put me in the wheelchair I physically had to hold my legs in order to make them stay in the stirrups of the wheelchair. It's crazy what you mind does when not completely functioning correctly.
I don't know if anyone is going to see my comment but I read, that that can be caused when you seperate the brain. Like physically seperate it. It's scary because it's almost like there are two in you. So I guess it would be interesting to see why the two brainparts are not completly connected in those cases(now I am not talking about physicially - but more so with neurons and signals and stuff) since that's what I think might be at play. Simply because cutting through the brain in the middle and parting the two sides can have similar effects.
That's because there's two layers to your psyche. Your conscious thinking mind and your sub conscious acting mind. Both modulate and effect one another... when your brain is damaged and they don't talk, wierd shit like this happens.
There are actually two of you and even many more. Scientists theorize our conciousness actually is constructed from separately thinking parts and there is mechanism that makes them work as one and creates an illusion of being whole. When we separate two chemispheres surgically - this syndrome can happen.
My parental grandpa used to have this condition, he never went to see a doctor for it rather he desided to live with it, from what i can remember, he used to choke himself and we would try release his hand from his neck barely, his had would also grab onto any object in distance and try stab himself with it, it was quite hectic.
My heart goes out to anyone with AHS, I can’t imagine how terrifying it must feel to spend every waking second with that bit of knowledge floating around in the back of your mind that says “Your hand could try to kill you any second now”. Not only the knowledge but also when it DOES happen
There was one occasion that makes me understand this. I had a broken left elbow when I was 7. I was naturally sucked my left thumb when I went to bed. But because I couldn’t put my left thumb in my mouth, due to the shoulder length cast, I began sucking my right thumb. The day the cast came off, I went to bed and immediately both my left and right thumbs went in my mouth at the same time. It was the weirdest experience! But it only happened that one time.
@@Badass_Brains It was, and recently happened again, since posting this comment. This was from - after decades of writing right handed that I was switched in kindergarten - I switched back to my left hand, and had been lefty for five years. I had to sign a receipt, and both hands reached for the pen. 🤣
@@mrgamerthebest I never said I had this condition. I said I understood it based on the couple of experiences I’ve had with both hands reaching to do one job. And both times, it was due to my opposing hand taking over for a while and the brain causing both hands to instinctively reach. It’s a strange feeling. But I don’t have both hands reaching or wandering all the time. It’s like a sudden reflex, I snicker out of surprise, and it’s over.
So scary 😦 I never knew about, until I was visiting my sister and her hand was having a tantrum. It was throwing things, grabbing and just was acting like it wanted to hurt, break, do its own thing. My sister refuses to talk about it and denies everything.
Ty for making this video! This was my first time actually hearing about AHS, well- second time, but this was my fist time understanding what it truly means, and I appreciate you taking time out of your day to create such an educational video for people, we need TONS more people like you in the word to teach us about this stuff, even if there already is, we just need more who understand instead of trying to make it their own thing or try to dumb it down it to lesser understanding.
Alien hand syndrome is basically your hand saying I’m tired of working with you and tries to go were it wants. (But my theory is your brain has a malfunction with the hand and tries to gain control but lost it)
It's not wrong! Part of the problem is that the corpus callosum (white matter bridge which connects the hemispheres) is damaged. Each hemisphere has its own "motor plan", so they might fight with each other
@@Badass_Brains indeed, this syndrome is more common in split brain patients who have their corpus callosum cut! I was trying to find a comment who actually was going to talk about this
I noticed that instead of just being misfired neurons and crosstalk, the actions of the alien hand seem to always be within the context of the current action - like it looks like the person has to subconsciously maintain what they want to do (eg hold bottle) and what not to do (ie toss it) but the "avoid" actions get fed into the alien hand instead Really makes me wonder further on how we really know what we are doing in our minds and when we think and do one action, how many subactions are we subconsciously thinking and being aware of. Might be also tied to gut feelings, instinct and subconscious situational awareness that we don't or can't consciously think of or notice or realise we're thinking of. Pretty cool
It seems like your subconscious is also looking through your eyes with possible things to grab, mess up. And instead of “passing” the suggestion through some kind of rational thinking, it instead immediately passes the suggestion on to the motorizing area.
I would agree except this leaves out the personality of the syndrome. Or with my case. It truly had a mind of its own, and made its opinions known. I agree it could be somewhat our subconscious but that’s a very hard thing to sum it up to because of the aforementioned distinct personality AHS limbs can have. Mine was a true asshole. Like the drunk friend you love but have to get out of difficult situations.
exaxtly what i was thinking, i thought that this seems very similar to tourette's syndrome where someone uncontrollably/impulsively say things they didn't wish to say. seems like a neurological disorder combined with intrusive thoughts maybe
This can happen with the whole body as well. If I have the thought of turning or walking down the stairs, my body will actually begin to move that way. So, when I'm at the top of stairs, I have to be careful, control my thoughts. Crazy!!
@@allin1show465 , @hyb1632 No. It's not a sudden movement. It's just as I said. It's like my body or the brain starts doing what it knows you are going to do. Weird.
Apparently there are people with Alien Limb Syndrome who often can't stop walking, or end up unable to move from the spot they are standing in as their legs refuse to move!@@raineynightMust feel so spooky
It’s not nearly as bad as everyone is making it out to be. How it works is the right and left half of your brain work independently with central neutral tissue between them communicating for cooperativeness. In general one hemisphere of the brain is ‘dominant’ but in daily life it will never be a conscious thing. When the hemispheres are disconnected either by surgical operation or deterioration of some sort (like from stroke) the dominant hemisphere of the brain will continue to function, but because the communication of the two halves of the brain is worsened or lessened, the half of YOU which has no control over the ability to speak attempts to garner the attention of the dominant half. Hence why it does things contrary to what you may want. Essentially this is YOU trying to communicate with YOURSELF that half of you cannot speak and most likely would like to find a way to communicate healthily.
I would feel like I couldn't be around anyone. At least, if this is a fair representation. This guy's hand seems to act out the most intrusive, destructive thoughts. I only heard about this today, but I also know your brain isn't recognizing the other half of your body. But, it has to be because that other arm is moving around independently. So, your brain has split your body in two and your conscience mind is only controlling half of it. This is insane. It's like Neo or some aliens are just having fun. "Stop hitting yourself". I'm sorry, not making light of the situation. I have severe nerve pain. But, this is terrible for real. At the same time, it's just like wow the things the brain can do. It's crazy!
I have nerve issues as well, along with having had AHS for 17 months. It absolutely feels like another person or thing in your hand/forearm. But, it’s actually in some ways quite fun and interesting once you get over the initial spook of it all. I do wonder if there are different types of AHS beyond subsets (such as prefrontal or caused by severing the corpus collosum) because I always felt mine when it would rear it’s head. I didn’t ever not feel it- as I’ve seen most cases explained as not being able to know what it’s doing if they aren’t observing it for instance. Miss my buddy tbh. We created a lot of art.
@@mrgamerthebest”9 people in the world have it” dude if anyone should stop the cap it should be you, because a quick google search can prove you wrong, in fact, AHS is very common, especially on people who had brain surgery or take certain types of medication. Research before commenting things.
Raises some serious questions about the nature of consciousness and who and what our minds really are. Very similar to those who have had a corpus callosotomy, where it appears the left and right brain hemispheres now function almost as 2 separate people.
Ion have chronic alien hand but I have brief faints that sometimes result in my limbs moving on their own, especially my hands, usually my left. Sometimes it lasts and I need to sit down or I'll fall over but it can be hard to grab things with my left hand. It doesn't get in the way too much overall, but it's definitely annoying. Hope it doesn't ever get much worse than now.
اشكر الفنان العظيم @Tamer hosny على الفن العظيم الي بيقدموا النا والرسالة الي وصلتها .. عمري ماسمعت بالمتلازمة دي في حياتي انت رسالتك وصلت و بكيتني كثير بالفلم العظيم (مش انا)
Can you normally predict the movements it will perform?@@georgy_v493 I always wondered if it is kind of like Tourette's, where the person knows what is going to happen.
I had an experience like this on mushrooms - my left hand got very old and witchy and started demanding things, tapping about and stuff. Had a good old conversation and we sorted our stuff out (I'm a lefty so that helped lol). But it definitely has some malevolent intent in there, the beautiful nasty bugger
Sometimes my hand betrays me, like slapping some thing when I want to pick it up, or dropping something i'm holding, slamming my drink into my face, randomly slapping tables, or refusing to close my fingers around something. I don't think it's this, but no one I know seems to expereince this multiple times a day, everyday. My hand usually does what I want it to, just sometimes, it does it really badly.
I know it's been a year and maybe this is for nothing, but I just wanted to say that I really hope you've seen a neurologist about this. It's not an everyday experience and if it's spasms or sth, there's likely help to be found.
@@scottanos9981 Guess i got lucky. That my right hand. Only felt like making messes. When i experienced it. Ended up stepping on one of the cheez-its i had been eating. After my right hand spilled some of them, on the floor when i tried to grab some more. I was hungry. And didn't feel like cooking. Also. Shortly after, It knocked the roll of tp. Into the trashcan. When i was in the bathroom.
If I ever got this syndrome and it wasn’t just for 30 minutes then I would probably go to my nearest doctor, and request my affected hand to be wrapped. If they say no, I will just keep going to different doctors until they agree. you can get free signatures and your hand is just trapped and can barely do anything making your life easier. All that stress from your affected hand, gone! (Edit: thank you for 25 likes! I highly appreciate it! Thank you for 43 likes!) (Another edit: thanks for 75 likes!)
@@hjglockner no, it’s constantly editing your message time after time, once? sure, but if it’s just thank you for this small amount of likes, thanks for this tiny increase in likes, THAT is when it gets annoying
Very much so! Please please answer this one question: what happens in the dark? Presumably the hand will not throw to places it cannot see, but in the dark what does it do?
Wow this is crazy man. i just heard about this syndrome and i searched if it really exists.. it must be hard to live with such disorder because you have to fight with yourself 24/7
sad... or scary? imagine if the dude was holding a kitchen knife and stabs one of his eyes out? I'd consider putting on hard-to-remove handmuffs, incapacitating that little demon.
@@BallyBoy95 The whole condition is scary, it’s him dropping those pills that was sad, those could have been important for him to take, I don’t know what for since I really don’t think there’s a cure, and the fact that he can’t do anything right because his hand just makes him do the opposite.
@@BallyBoy95 That's a good point. But in my experience. It only ever made 3 messes in the span of a single hour. Can't entirely relate. Since it was my right hand. Not my left hand. But whatever. What i'm really scared of. Is i'm cooking. And then suddenly my right hand plunges itself, into boiling water or something. That'd be instant 3rd degree burns. And a trip to the hospital.
Is this similar to what happens when you severe the corpus callosum (the bridge) between the two hemispheres of the brain? I remember an interesting (messed up) experiment where this bridge was cut and the two halves of the body began acting differently. They would ask the patient a question and the patient would answer verbally, using the part of the brain that controls speech. Simultaneously, the patient would write down an answer with the hand that’s controlled by the opposite side of the brain and it would be a different, more brutally honest answer. Very strange how our subconscious pulls strings we’ll never be aware of. Makes you think about free will and what really motivates people’s actions.
Similar thing, but, severing the corpus callosum is actually a real treatment for a severe epilepsy disorder when medications don't work. By cutting off communication is cuts off the firings that cause the constant seizures essentially. Sometimes the patient finds it better to have the separated parts you can adapt to, than being afraid of having a seizure at any moment multiple times a day.
Honestly..woah, man. This is a trippy one, I would've seen this as T syndrome or something with spasms. Never heard of it until now. Learn something new everyday day, what a self fulfilling manta. Peace and love.
Hey can you please make a video on how to be able to concentrate on my studies better? I'm 13, I have ADHD and everything is distracting to me when it comes to school...
@@mrpoopmcpoopypants7714 I have a friend with ADHD and he's at medical school. He studies for 5 mins at a time, and ends up walking for 10 mins between every 5 minute session up and down the library. It's pretty sad, but he makes it work and he's super hardworking.
@@lordperezident man, you are like those success pictures on Instagram, or dhar mann stories, "drop out of school, you will flourish." man you know that isn't true
If this happened to me I would have gotten into a full blown argument with my hand (yes an argument I would be screaming at it) and I’d probably tie it to my side I’d also probably hit it a bit
Eventually your body will not recognize the other half. So You Will do everything half way. For example, You Will only eat the right side of your food plate, or when wearing a shirt you will only dress the right side. Because in your brain you are already fully dressed. I found about this topic recently and I am both scared and obsessed with it.
@@FurrylordSSJ I know that can happen with strokes too. There's a story I heard of a man who refused to go to hospital without his socks on. He then proceded to keep on putting the socks on one foot cus his brain did not recognise half if his body. Scary
My Right Alien Hand moves by herself specially when I sleeping and sometimes I wake up and My Right Hand is tight up extremely strong in My Bed . Also she loves Tables. She Doesn't let's me to see my hand when she's moving.. something comes from my hand o something is living inside my right hand . Sorry about my English. Pero mi Mano se transforma en Alien.
I remember seeing a documentary about this years ago where a person was being choked by his hand, they also did these really interesting experiments on people who suffered from this condition. (This is a little difficult for me to explain but ill try) They had the side suffering from alien hand syndrome divided off from view of the non affected side and the eye of the affected side covered up. They then had pairs of items that went together divided and put in two separate bags and each bag put on each side of the divider and told the person to grab something specific out of the bag with the non affected hand, without being told to or knowing the hand suffering from alien hand syndrome would grab the item that went with the item they where told to grab.
وانا كمان كنت مفكراه تمثيل وقعدت احكي يالله منيح ما كان عنجد كان هلا الناس بتنأزى وطلع جد اشي صعب جدا الله يشفى اي حد بيمرض هيك مرض ويبعدو عنا وعنك وعن كل المسلمين ♥️
2:46 Right hand: imma turn on the lights Alien hand: nu uh Right hand: yu uh *turns on light* Alien hand: nu uh Right hand: *turns on* Alien hand: about to turn off Right hand: THATS ENOUGH
At the start it looks like his hand doesn't want to make the bed It also looks like the hand is doing anything opposite the guy is trying to do in the start (I'm in the begining)
I can only imagine someone with this condition is having a bad day and the alien hand annoyed them more and they just break down crying, and the alien hand somehow feels guilty and tried to comfort them.
I also have this problem I hated it made me do things this occurs to me on once when I was bullied to school my left hand suddenly move on its own and stabbed my bully with a pen good thing I was in detention for week and the bully but that weeks my hand became uncontrollably I could only gain control of it once I was distracted by things that made me relax
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It is nothing like this. It doesn't only act in oppositional things, it also does things like bring a drink to your mouth, awaken you in the night touching you without you wanting it to in ways that make you feel so violated- yet it is your own hand. It drums it's fingers, it points, gives thumbs up. Much more complex than what people understand, which makes sense because it is so rare that it is extremely hard to study. 17 months.
I actually feel bad for people with this disorder, like of that happened to me I would just want me hand to be removed
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@@draylon7763 my balls
@@draylon7763 bro I think he has alien hand syndrome 💀
Nah if this happens to me me and my hand we fighting
Throwing hands
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I did experience it. And i did hit my right arm. To try and make it stop doing whatever the fuck it wanted.
@@callumkristofer7793 why not team up imagine what you could achieve together
@@tukezdi ... achieve an even huger mess, eh?
When I am brushing my teeth my hand will randomly give me a thumbs up, the ailen in me is very supportive
lol
When I brush my teeth my hand punches me.
@@sandeepgill9975…not as supportive
why is everyone acting like they have it now
@Your_LocalTrash_Bin I’ll punch you when you are brushing your teeth
It's important to note that this only occurs when the two hemispheres of the brain are unable to communicate effectively for some reason. There are theories that suggest that the hand acts as if someone else controls it because it is the non-dominant hemisphere of the brain 'acting out' to make its wants and needs known, which it would never have to do when the hemispheres are connected.
Yeah, i pretty much think that if you left hand make your life like a hell, so one of your hemispheres just hate you.
That's also why its your left hand more often then not AFAIK, because your left brain (which controls your right side for reasons) is the one that can speak
This makes sense along with the fact that this condition is mostly seen in people who have had a stroke
@@Brent-jj6qi what about left handed people?
@@dyld921 I’m unsure but I think it might still be their left hand? Speech centers should still be in the left brain, but I’m not an expert, maybe it is the non dominant hand
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This is absolute terrifying and I feel terrible for anyone who has to suffer from this. I’d like to imagine it would tease you and annoy you and leave it at that but sadly, I’ve heard of this taking lives or making you do terrible things on its behalf.
Don't even try giving that person a knife or a gun on an alien hand.
There are only 9 people in the world with it. It's still pretty sad though 😢
@@summers97N Wait only 9? Gawddamn
@@summers97Noh I thought It would be way more
@@FallingDrop234 I found this: "Alien hand syndrome (AHS) is an extremely rare disorder. It is so rare, there appears to be no available prevalence studies". If there have been no prevalence studies, they probably pulled that "9" figure out of their ass, but it might not be far off. Who knows.
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I would have to cut my arm off. That syndrome is absolutely terrifying and my heart hurts for anyone suffering with such a bazaar condition.
Bizarre*
Not need to hurt your heart, it is scary, but eventually becomes an unwanted friend- an annoying, persistent friend.
Imagine if cutting the hand only results in it giving you the finger and scurry off Evil Dead-style
I mean surgically removing your hand wouldn’t be such a bad decision. With how advanced cyber technology is getting a robotic hand would surely be much better. Besides, as technology continues to inevitably advance, you can get better cyber hands over time.
This is really bumming me out I feel so bad for those with this
I had no idea something like this was real. I found out about it while reading about the character of Dr. Strangelove. I genuinely hope everyone with this affliction lives to see the day when it can be cured. No one should ever have to live like this.
amputation
lets see if the other hand can live the next 12 hours
Wait I thought this was satire
Oh, should've looked at the channel name.
Bro it's basically just like a drifting controller it is not that serious
I remember the first time I heard about this condition was from a book that spoke about a very old case probably more than 100 years ago. Seeing it in a video form definitely shows the struggle. I hope treatment gets somewhere one day.
It's like tourettes syndrome plus multiple personality disorder
@@yomama6350nothing like that
I just wanna note to you that the video is exaggerated to a fault. The affected hand usually doesn't act aggressive at all, but rather more automatic and reflexive. The hand will be uncoordinated, and it may even perform tasks that oppose the intent of the patient, BUT it wouldn't be as far as aggressively yanking your blankets or throwing lids.. And it will most definitely not start attacking you out of nowhere. Affected hand is typically not really able to perform complex tasks anyway, it's usually something simple (unbuttoning, grabbing, squeezing, etc.)
Oh, not to mention the patient doesn't typically regain control after each time the hand acts up like it was depicted in the video. It's usually rare and random when a patient actually gains control.
This video is not accurate.
Not that this makes the condition way better.. But affected hand wouldn't usually just attack it's owner or act aggressively.
This must be so frustrating. I can only imagine what it would be like physically having to fight with yourself to do such simple things in life.
Just recently read about this in a book...but to actually see how it would look if a person has it, is much scarier in a way. It must be really stressful and frustrating...at least I think it would be for me.
what was the book!
@@Apollo91911 It was a book by neuroscientist David Eagleman. I think Livewired or The Brain. I'm sorry, too long to remember which one exactly😅
But I do recommend reading both, they are quite informative and intriguing!
Me and my hand fighting if that happen
I would personally just restrict my limbs movement, it may be uncomfortable but it is for the best
I would never hold a knife that's for sure
The sad part is There isn't one universal cause for alien hand syndrome. But it's always caused by some kind of damage to your brain in a way that disrupts your movement and control. Usually, when someone chooses to start moving their arm, they activate multiple extensive neural networks within their brain.
I guess this is one explanation of those old "possession" cases huh
There is actually it is mentioned at 2:28
I was hospitalized with Encephalitis once and on my way to the hospital my legs kept moving against my will, all the way there I kept kicking the dashboard, and then when they put me in the wheelchair I physically had to hold my legs in order to make them stay in the stirrups of the wheelchair. It's crazy what you mind does when not completely functioning correctly.
I don't know if anyone is going to see my comment but I read, that that can be caused when you seperate the brain. Like physically seperate it. It's scary because it's almost like there are two in you. So I guess it would be interesting to see why the two brainparts are not completly connected in those cases(now I am not talking about physicially - but more so with neurons and signals and stuff) since that's what I think might be at play. Simply because cutting through the brain in the middle and parting the two sides can have similar effects.
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That's because there's two layers to your psyche. Your conscious thinking mind and your sub conscious acting mind. Both modulate and effect one another... when your brain is damaged and they don't talk, wierd shit like this happens.
There are actually two of you and even many more.
Scientists theorize our conciousness actually is constructed from separately thinking parts and there is mechanism that makes them work as one and creates an illusion of being whole.
When we separate two chemispheres surgically - this syndrome can happen.
Some people say it may be the spine, that the brain isnt the only part of you that "thinks"
My parental grandpa used to have this condition, he never went to see a doctor for it rather he desided to live with it, from what i can remember, he used to choke himself and we would try release his hand from his neck barely, his had would also grab onto any object in distance and try stab himself with it, it was quite hectic.
Imagine the hand doing that while you were asleep
@@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 That, thankfully, never happened
My heart goes out to anyone with AHS, I can’t imagine how terrifying it must feel to spend every waking second with that bit of knowledge floating around in the back of your mind that says “Your hand could try to kill you any second now”. Not only the knowledge but also when it DOES happen
Bruh imagine your hand tryna rip your balls apart.
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There was one occasion that makes me understand this. I had a broken left elbow when I was 7. I was naturally sucked my left thumb when I went to bed. But because I couldn’t put my left thumb in my mouth, due to the shoulder length cast, I began sucking my right thumb.
The day the cast came off, I went to bed and immediately both my left and right thumbs went in my mouth at the same time. It was the weirdest experience! But it only happened that one time.
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That must have been freaky!
@@Badass_Brains It was, and recently happened again, since posting this comment. This was from - after decades of writing right handed that I was switched in kindergarten - I switched back to my left hand, and had been lefty for five years. I had to sign a receipt, and both hands reached for the pen. 🤣
@flxmkr stop the cap only 9 people have it in the world and there are about 20 comments saying they have it
@@mrgamerthebest I never said I had this condition. I said I understood it based on the couple of experiences I’ve had with both hands reaching to do one job. And both times, it was due to my opposing hand taking over for a while and the brain causing both hands to instinctively reach. It’s a strange feeling. But I don’t have both hands reaching or wandering all the time. It’s like a sudden reflex, I snicker out of surprise, and it’s over.
So scary 😦 I never knew about, until I was visiting my sister and her hand was having a tantrum. It was throwing things, grabbing and just was acting like it wanted to hurt, break, do its own thing. My sister refuses to talk about it and denies everything.
she needs to get checked if she hasnt, this phenomenon is ass. with neurodegenerative disorders
Stop the cap
@@mrgamerthebestu never know it could be true
@@mrgamerthebest uhhh hi again lol
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its like a form of tics but only affecting a certain arm
Yh what I was thinking
This is actually insane didn’t know something like this existed or people were going thru this
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Yesh
Kinda like tourette's syndrome
This'd be really fun if you could experience it for a few minutes. But, being tethered to it for the rest of your life is just horrifying
Ty for making this video! This was my first time actually hearing about AHS, well- second time, but this was my fist time understanding what it truly means, and I appreciate you taking time out of your day to create such an educational video for people, we need TONS more people like you in the word to teach us about this stuff, even if there already is, we just need more who understand instead of trying to make it their own thing or try to dumb it down it to lesser understanding.
Sorry I meant "first" not "fist", my brain didn't let me process my words correctly. Lol!
Alien hand syndrome is basically your hand saying I’m tired of working with you and tries to go were it wants. (But my theory is your brain has a malfunction with the hand and tries to gain control but lost it)
it literally says the causes and how it happens in the video, but okay.
It's not wrong! Part of the problem is that the corpus callosum (white matter bridge which connects the hemispheres) is damaged. Each hemisphere has its own "motor plan", so they might fight with each other
@@Badass_Brains indeed, this syndrome is more common in split brain patients who have their corpus callosum cut! I was trying to find a comment who actually was going to talk about this
It's so fascinating isn't it! :)@@ethancolbourne5908
I noticed that instead of just being misfired neurons and crosstalk, the actions of the alien hand seem to always be within the context of the current action - like it looks like the person has to subconsciously maintain what they want to do (eg hold bottle) and what not to do (ie toss it) but the "avoid" actions get fed into the alien hand instead
Really makes me wonder further on how we really know what we are doing in our minds and when we think and do one action, how many subactions are we subconsciously thinking and being aware of. Might be also tied to gut feelings, instinct and subconscious situational awareness that we don't or can't consciously think of or notice or realise we're thinking of. Pretty cool
It seems like your subconscious is also looking through your eyes with possible things to grab, mess up. And instead of “passing” the suggestion through some kind of rational thinking, it instead immediately passes the suggestion on to the motorizing area.
Yess! That makes so much sense
I would agree except this leaves out the personality of the syndrome. Or with my case. It truly had a mind of its own, and made its opinions known. I agree it could be somewhat our subconscious but that’s a very hard thing to sum it up to because of the aforementioned distinct personality AHS limbs can have. Mine was a true asshole. Like the drunk friend you love but have to get out of difficult situations.
That's exactly what happens. I made a video if you are interested in seeing it as you seemed to guess it exactly
@@moneyasusualwe don't believe you.
exaxtly what i was thinking, i thought that this seems very similar to tourette's syndrome where someone uncontrollably/impulsively say things they didn't wish to say. seems like a neurological disorder combined with intrusive thoughts maybe
This can happen with the whole body as well. If I have the thought of turning or walking down the stairs, my body will actually begin to move that way. So, when I'm at the top of stairs, I have to be careful, control my thoughts. Crazy!!
You mean its just intrusiv Thughts
@@allin1show465 don't you mean impulsive?
@@allin1show465 , @hyb1632
No. It's not a sudden movement. It's just as I said. It's like my body or the brain starts doing what it knows you are going to do. Weird.
Apparently there are people with Alien Limb Syndrome who often can't stop walking, or end up unable to move from the spot they are standing in as their legs refuse to move!@@raineynightMust feel so spooky
@@raineynightnot alien hand syndrome
2:57 I’m sorry but the “bad hand bad hand” is killing me
It’s not nearly as bad as everyone is making it out to be. How it works is the right and left half of your brain work independently with central neutral tissue between them communicating for cooperativeness. In general one hemisphere of the brain is ‘dominant’ but in daily life it will never be a conscious thing. When the hemispheres are disconnected either by surgical operation or deterioration of some sort (like from stroke) the dominant hemisphere of the brain will continue to function, but because the communication of the two halves of the brain is worsened or lessened, the half of YOU which has no control over the ability to speak attempts to garner the attention of the dominant half. Hence why it does things contrary to what you may want. Essentially this is YOU trying to communicate with YOURSELF that half of you cannot speak and most likely would like to find a way to communicate healthily.
That would absolutely be terrible to have. I’d be cussing myself out all day, I’m honestly sad for the people that suffer from this.
same man
I’m just gonna calmly ask for the doctor to remove my hands😊
I'm just glad no one actually thinks this is real
@@PizzaMonkeyinaTankit is real though
@@omgman5745 lol, you are joking right?
Respect to those who are suffering 😢😢😢
I would feel like I couldn't be around anyone. At least, if this is a fair representation. This guy's hand seems to act out the most intrusive, destructive thoughts.
I only heard about this today, but I also know your brain isn't recognizing the other half of your body. But, it has to be because that other arm is moving around independently. So, your brain has split your body in two and your conscience mind is only controlling half of it. This is insane.
It's like Neo or some aliens are just having fun. "Stop hitting yourself". I'm sorry, not making light of the situation. I have severe nerve pain. But, this is terrible for real. At the same time, it's just like wow the things the brain can do. It's crazy!
I have nerve issues as well, along with having had AHS for 17 months. It absolutely feels like another person or thing in your hand/forearm. But, it’s actually in some ways quite fun and interesting once you get over the initial spook of it all. I do wonder if there are different types of AHS beyond subsets (such as prefrontal or caused by severing the corpus collosum) because I always felt mine when it would rear it’s head. I didn’t ever not feel it- as I’ve seen most cases explained as not being able to know what it’s doing if they aren’t observing it for instance. Miss my buddy tbh. We created a lot of art.
@@moneyasusual "had" RIP other alien consciousness :(
@@gpt-jcommentbot4759 truly
@@moneyasusualstop the cap only 9 people in the world have it and there are over 20 comments aaying they have it
@@mrgamerthebest”9 people in the world have it” dude if anyone should stop the cap it should be you, because a quick google search can prove you wrong, in fact, AHS is very common, especially on people who had brain surgery or take certain types of medication. Research before commenting things.
Just imagine going to class and trying to wave at the teacher. But instead you gave her a middle finger “fuck you” quote.
Raises some serious questions about the nature of consciousness and who and what our minds really are.
Very similar to those who have had a corpus callosotomy, where it appears the left and right brain hemispheres now function almost as 2 separate people.
The hand actually sometimes tries to kill the person
You Made it scarier than what it should have been, though only slightly
It used to be called 'Satanic hand'
You need something that you really love to play with. I watched somepne in discovery science and the counter of his other hand is by counting beads
never seen something so freakishly interesting in my life
Would it be a fascination for u to make some effort to behave like it wants?
Definitely one of the most fascinating disorders out there!
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Ion have chronic alien hand but I have brief faints that sometimes result in my limbs moving on their own, especially my hands, usually my left. Sometimes it lasts and I need to sit down or I'll fall over but it can be hard to grab things with my left hand. It doesn't get in the way too much overall, but it's definitely annoying. Hope it doesn't ever get much worse than now.
اشكر الفنان العظيم @Tamer hosny على الفن العظيم الي بيقدموا النا والرسالة الي وصلتها .. عمري ماسمعت بالمتلازمة دي في حياتي انت رسالتك وصلت و بكيتني كثير بالفلم العظيم (مش انا)
imagine trying to do tasks like ironing or writing and how difficult it would be with your hand disagreeing about everything
For anyone with this disorder, what’s it feel like whenever you lose control?
It feels alienated
@Georgy_V did you have it personally?
Can you normally predict the movements it will perform?@@georgy_v493 I always wondered if it is kind of like Tourette's, where the person knows what is going to happen.
@@georgy_v493stop the cap
Nothing, you don't even notice it unless you're looking at it
I had an experience like this on mushrooms - my left hand got very old and witchy and started demanding things, tapping about and stuff. Had a good old conversation and we sorted our stuff out (I'm a lefty so that helped lol). But it definitely has some malevolent intent in there, the beautiful nasty bugger
What did u guys talk abt
@@addie8080 hinduism and black magic
name checks out
"conversation" there are 2 ways i can imagine a hand communicating and i don't imagine it to be coordinated enough for either
@@DarkShard5728 yes yes, psychedelic drugs were involved so that logic kind of goes out the window mate
Sometimes my hand betrays me, like slapping some thing when I want to pick it up, or dropping something i'm holding, slamming my drink into my face, randomly slapping tables, or refusing to close my fingers around something. I don't think it's this, but no one I know seems to expereince this multiple times a day, everyday. My hand usually does what I want it to, just sometimes, it does it really badly.
I know it's been a year and maybe this is for nothing, but I just wanted to say that I really hope you've seen a neurologist about this. It's not an everyday experience and if it's spasms or sth, there's likely help to be found.
Also this looks like it would be really scary
They have been known to try and strangle you
@@scottanos9981 Guess i got lucky. That my right hand. Only felt like making messes. When i experienced it. Ended up stepping on one of the cheez-its i had been eating. After my right hand spilled some of them, on the floor when i tried to grab some more. I was hungry. And didn't feel like cooking.
Also. Shortly after, It knocked the roll of tp. Into the trashcan. When i was in the bathroom.
@@scottanos9981 strangle with a singular hand ?
@@nctsgrass It tries to, but yeah to successfully strangle it would probably take 2 hands
@@scottanos9981 what if they grab a knife or gun
My band teacher had this in his search so I looked it up cuz I wanted to see it. This is so interesting
What happens if his alien hand gets fractured and it keeps moving in the broken arm imagine the pain
If I ever got this syndrome and it wasn’t just for 30 minutes then I would probably go to my nearest doctor, and request my affected hand to be wrapped. If they say no, I will just keep going to different doctors until they agree. you can get free signatures and your hand is just trapped and can barely do anything making your life easier. All that stress from your affected hand, gone!
(Edit: thank you for 25 likes! I highly appreciate it!
Thank you for 43 likes!)
(Another edit: thanks for 75 likes!)
edit: thanks for 1 like
omg guys 12 likes this is the most i’ve ever gotten
62 LIKES OMG IM CRYING RN
@@meltedfinch4700 are you trying to make a joke?
@@hjglockner no i’m trying to show how annoying and unnecessary these edits are, you’ve already made another one
@@meltedfinch4700 so you think it’s stupid and cringey of me to just thank people for supporting me?
@@hjglockner no, it’s constantly editing your message time after time, once? sure, but if it’s just thank you for this small amount of likes, thanks for this tiny increase in likes, THAT is when it gets annoying
Missed opportunity to call it “Stop hitting yourself” syndrome
Would anyone be interested in hearing what it’s really like and seeing the art work created by someone who actually had it?
yes, why not
@@muteebahafeez6455 noted!
Sasha scribbles
A normal drawing but with some scribbles
Very much so! Please please answer this one question: what happens in the dark? Presumably the hand will not throw to places it cannot see, but in the dark what does it do?
Wow this is crazy man. i just heard about this syndrome and i searched if it really exists.. it must be hard to live with such disorder because you have to fight with yourself 24/7
God how terrible. That's dangerous. Those poor people
This is really sad. All the best to people who go through this
PRAYING I FEEL BAD FOR U U ARE A LEGEND KEEP GOING UR THE MAN!
recently watched a film about this, its a shame only a few people know this exists
Same reason :)
Hi, there are more than three.
What is the name of the movie, if you remember😅😅
@@manaresam1622 مش انا؟!
@@dedslegrand ...
This is sad, especially when it made him spill all those pills😢
sad... or scary? imagine if the dude was holding a kitchen knife and stabs one of his eyes out? I'd consider putting on hard-to-remove handmuffs, incapacitating that little demon.
@@BallyBoy95 The whole condition is scary, it’s him dropping those pills that was sad, those could have been important for him to take, I don’t know what for since I really don’t think there’s a cure, and the fact that he can’t do anything right because his hand just makes him do the opposite.
@@gabbyvillarreal1062 fair point, it is sad.
@@BallyBoy95 That's a good point. But in my experience. It only ever made 3 messes in the span of a single hour. Can't entirely relate. Since it was my right hand. Not my left hand. But whatever.
What i'm really scared of. Is i'm cooking. And then suddenly my right hand plunges itself, into boiling water or something. That'd be instant 3rd degree burns. And a trip to the hospital.
@@callumkristofer7793 do you have AHS?
Is this similar to what happens when you severe the corpus callosum (the bridge) between the two hemispheres of the brain?
I remember an interesting (messed up) experiment where this bridge was cut and the two halves of the body began acting differently. They would ask the patient a question and the patient would answer verbally, using the part of the brain that controls speech. Simultaneously, the patient would write down an answer with the hand that’s controlled by the opposite side of the brain and it would be a different, more brutally honest answer.
Very strange how our subconscious pulls strings we’ll never be aware of. Makes you think about free will and what really motivates people’s actions.
Similar thing, but, severing the corpus callosum is actually a real treatment for a severe epilepsy disorder when medications don't work. By cutting off communication is cuts off the firings that cause the constant seizures essentially. Sometimes the patient finds it better to have the separated parts you can adapt to, than being afraid of having a seizure at any moment multiple times a day.
bro i swear if my hand suddenly got a mind of its own while im playing games, imma just die
Honestly..woah, man. This is a trippy one, I would've seen this as T syndrome or something with spasms. Never heard of it until now. Learn something new everyday day, what a self fulfilling manta. Peace and love.
Hey can you please make a video on how to be able to concentrate on my studies better? I'm 13, I have ADHD and everything is distracting to me when it comes to school...
Drop out of school and do something that uses your ADHD as a skill. Use it to your power. You will see once you are done with school you will flourish
@@lordperezident ty but my parents will kick me out if I drop out from school 😂😂😂🥲💔
@@mrpoopmcpoopypants7714 I have a friend with ADHD and he's at medical school. He studies for 5 mins at a time, and ends up walking for 10 mins between every 5 minute session up and down the library. It's pretty sad, but he makes it work and he's super hardworking.
@@lordperezident you can't be out here telling 13 year olds to drop out of school man
@@lordperezident man, you are like those success pictures on Instagram, or dhar mann stories, "drop out of school, you will flourish." man you know that isn't true
If this happened to me I would have gotten into a full blown argument with my hand (yes an argument I would be screaming at it) and I’d probably tie it to my side I’d also probably hit it a bit
A serious question: If I had this syndrome, I would tie my hand to my body. But could that actually work? Does someone know anything about it?
Eventually your body will not recognize the other half. So You Will do everything half way. For example, You Will only eat the right side of your food plate, or when wearing a shirt you will only dress the right side. Because in your brain you are already fully dressed. I found about this topic recently and I am both scared and obsessed with it.
I mean your hand wouldn't move- that doesn't mean it isn't still there. That's like saying if I taped your mouth shut, would you never think again?
@@FurrylordSSJ I know that can happen with strokes too. There's a story I heard of a man who refused to go to hospital without his socks on. He then proceded to keep on putting the socks on one foot cus his brain did not recognise half if his body. Scary
@@Lighthouse1308 Way too scary.
My Right Alien Hand moves by herself specially when I sleeping and sometimes I wake up and My Right Hand is tight up extremely strong in My Bed . Also she loves Tables. She Doesn't let's me to see my hand when she's moving.. something comes from my hand o something is living inside my right hand .
Sorry about my English.
Pero mi Mano se transforma en Alien.
I remember seeing a documentary about this years ago where a person was being choked by his hand, they also did these really interesting experiments on people who suffered from this condition. (This is a little difficult for me to explain but ill try) They had the side suffering from alien hand syndrome divided off from view of the non affected side and the eye of the affected side covered up. They then had pairs of items that went together divided and put in two separate bags and each bag put on each side of the divider and told the person to grab something specific out of the bag with the non affected hand, without being told to or knowing the hand suffering from alien hand syndrome would grab the item that went with the item they where told to grab.
There are so many unknown disabilities like these, it makes how little attention is being given in helping them live each day so much more upsetting
Im so angry that someone has to go trough this!❤️
That hand seems to be the angry one
@@malayshamorgan3918 it does have quick the rude personality but it grows on you
@@moneyasusualwhat?
@@malayshamorgan3918lmao
Zack d film brought me here
Nah me too
جاية بعد فيلم مش انا👍
بس ولله حزنت على حالة الناس الي عندها المرض ده مساكين 💔
وانا كمان كنت مفكراه تمثيل وقعدت احكي يالله منيح ما كان عنجد كان هلا الناس بتنأزى وطلع جد اشي صعب جدا الله يشفى اي حد بيمرض هيك مرض ويبعدو عنا وعنك وعن كل المسلمين ♥️
بس الفيلم بيضحك اوي 😂😂 انا هعمل مقلب باخوتي واضل اخبط فيهم كفوف عوجهم 😂😂
نفس الكلام ولله💔💔
My heart goes out to everyone experiencing this. If this were me, I’m not sure my psyche would be able to handle it.
I absolutely could not imagine having to live with this. I have the deepest condolences to anybody that suffers from this, because this is just awful.
Do the patients feel everything else in the arm like itch and pain or is it like having a being attached to your body?
Most do not feel it, some do. It is mostly in non dominant hands, although for some it is in their dominant.
For anyone with this condition, PLEASE, don't hold sharp things. You might regret it
This is very interesting I’m writing a story about AHS she ended up choking herself this is very sad
Did yall get howtobasic to make this?
Imagine alien body syndrome exists and one cannot control its own body.
Who's here to do research if Zack d films story and also how did this guy edit tho the hand was 💀controlling him
So basically it's like a hand with a direct access to intrusive thoughts
This reminds me of a movie I’ve seen a long time ago
Dr. Strangelove?
Idol Hands
@@jbenz1990 yup that was it would of never remembered the name appreciate it
@@highchurro1545 no problem I thought the same thing lol
@@jbenz1990 weren't the hands idle?
2:46
Right hand: imma turn on the lights
Alien hand: nu uh
Right hand: yu uh *turns on light*
Alien hand: nu uh
Right hand: *turns on*
Alien hand: about to turn off
Right hand: THATS ENOUGH
I feel bad for anyone that has to suffer through these types of things
I can't imagine living with this the closest I've gotten is my hand randomly doing a twitch
It's like if intrusive thoughts is your own body part
Finally got a partner to have a thumb fight with
At the start it looks like his hand doesn't want to make the bed
It also looks like the hand is doing anything opposite the guy is trying to do in the start (I'm in the begining)
This is basically what would happen if intrusive thoughts had their own hands
Bro took 'letting the intrusive thoughts win' to a whole new level☠️
Does it only affect the arm movements?
No its just most common in the left hand
@@Satibogurl-Sat wow that’s so interesting 😳
1:28 oh hell naw I’m cutting off my hand at that point
A good follow up to CGP Grey’s “You are Two”
I have a huge goal to make a treatment for this when I am older.. I don't know how, but I'll try! Of course once again when I'm older.
Dr. HOUSE and Zack D brought me here
I'm here cause I got traumatised by zack
I feel so bad for this dude :(…
Very cool! Earned a New sub :D
I can only imagine someone with this condition is having a bad day and the alien hand annoyed them more and they just break down crying, and the alien hand somehow feels guilty and tried to comfort them.
Pov : you just here from jack D films😂😂😂
اللى جاى من فيلم مش انا لايك 😂😂
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Yeah I would have to cut my hand off at that point
But then it would be harder to rip & tear.
how do you gurantee that the disease won't move to the other hand
@@callumkristofer7793 your right
@Onika🦄 well it could go to your legs
I would kick my hand out of my house. It is no longer welcome in my household.
Bro's hand been directly listening to his intrusive toughts and obeying without thinking twice
مين جاي بعد فيلم مش انا؟ 😂✋
I also have this problem I hated it made me do things this occurs to me on once when I was bullied to school my left hand suddenly move on its own and stabbed my bully with a pen good thing I was in detention for week and the bully but that weeks my hand became uncontrollably I could only gain control of it once I was distracted by things that made me relax
It's interesting. It seems you felt out of control because you had no power over the situation - which is what AHS people experience.
How do you even type-
@@WaikikitalkiNot everyone has it forever.
The alien hand syndrome is like when your arm had brain of its own
"You calm tf down it was a misinput."
I had quite the harty laugh and giggles from this. Thanks, mate!