A note of thanks to the resounding show of kindness and support in these comments! (Aside from one, maybe lol) You are all amazing and the reason I kept at this channel for so long. I needed a reason to keep going all those years, and there you were! You kept me going until I found a solid impact that I could make on the world. I will always value the time on this platform. I will still be here; whispering back words of thanks to those who remain to remember. If you haven't already followed The Bag System RUclips channel, or found the podcast and subscribed, you can still find me there! (Links in description) If you live with trauma and dissociation, we are building unique support over at Multiplied By One Org where you can sign up to the virtual groups and the newsletter. "Always aspire for another goal, or improving a present goal. Eliminate the Endgame... and grow with your future" ~ Melissa C. Water
Good for you! I wanted to add I just got diagnosed at 56 w DID so I related to trying to figure it out and keep trying! I’ll go to your podcast! You were always full of hope to me! But good for you!
Another area of investigation has begun to reveal the mechanisms T. gondii might use when infecting the brain, and how they might help give rise to schizophrenia. One clue, says Yolken, comes from studies by scientists in Britain showing that T. gondii has genes that are critical for the production of dopamine. Numerous studies have tied excess dopamine to schizophrenia, but scientists have struggled to explain the source of the irregularity. Now, at least in some patients, T. gondii may offer the answer. The drug that appears most promising is a compound called artemisinin, an extract of the weed Artemesia annua, or sweet wormwood, which grows wild in China. Yolken learned about the compound on a trip to China in 2005 where he met scientists who had demonstrated that artemisinin could kill T. gondii. To Yolken, the implications were obvious: The drug might be a treatment for schizophrenia. web.archive.org/web/20100224111805/www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/f09/feature1.cfm
Ok can't say I won't be sad to see you go. You were instrumental in changing my life as a teenager. I felt less alone, heard, and understood. You did that for me. Thank you for being so brave and sharing your experiences.
I started watching you when I was 7. A lots happened since then, from making you a hat, to being unable to watch your videos for a couple of years when I went into foster care, chatting online while I was in the psych ward. Thank you for introducing me to poutine and maple cookies and all our chats. Thanks for being so patient while I learnt litterally 1 French phrase. Thanks for giving me hope and understanding and patience and common sense at times when I was ready to completely lose my shit. Thanks for showing me I'm not alone. And while the chapter of your life with this channel might be over, I can't wait to hear all about what you do next. You're incredible and have been a bright light in a dark world for a lot of people. A lot of people want to change the world, I think with this channel you have. I'm now 22, and I'm so happy to call you my friend. I love that who we are is a jigsaw of our lives and what we seen and experienced. I'm so happy that I've gotten a few pieces of my jigsaw from you. Thank you for your bravery, your honesty, the laughter, the rubber ducky song I still have stuck in my head all these years later, thank you getting up every time life kicked you in your brass balls, thanks for the memories. You got this.
im so glad i found u again, ur videos really helped me feel not so alone when i was maybe 9, im 23 now. i hope ur doing well, sending u so much love. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience on this channel. I found your content when I was a kid struggling with SH and ED. You made me feel less alone and less ashamed. You inspired me to seek help. Now I’m almost 24 with over five years clean of SH and recovered from my ED. It’s been an honor to grow with you and I’m so proud of how far you’ve come 💗
I found your channel 8 years ago and it helped me feel less alone as a young teenager going through similar issues as yourself (in a few aspects). We can call it a shitshow all we want, but for me, your vulnerability and transparency about your mental health helped me come to terms with mine, and helped me to take the necessary steps to improve it. I stopped watching 4 years ago, but the lessons you taught me (and the brass nuts thing) stuck around and I'm in a better place than I was before. Thank you for sharing your struggles with the internet. You've provided a lifeline to more people than you know about, I'm sure.
Oh, Melissa. I've followed you for many years. I bought your book as soon as it came out, I cried with you when you lost your mother. Watching your videos was a light in a dark place in my teenage years. I adore you and wish you all the best. Recovery is real!!!!!!
Proud of you and your journey! This channel found me in a dark place, and I to am focusing on recovery and am doing so so so much better then I was when I found you. Go forth on your next adventure! Good luck!❤
Hey there, we just found your channels & wanna say how much multiplied by one has helped us on our healing journey. Thank you so much for the work you do. It really changes lives. 💜
I’m 52. I was diagnosed when I was 30 with schizoaffective disorder, Bipolar (can’t remember & don’t care about the type) & depression. Ten years later PTSD was added. I just found your channel today & this was my second video of yours I saw, the first one was with you & Katy doing a session. I am so glad you are moving on, yet for a strange reason my heart hurts. I have such a hard tyme feeling happy. It makes me feel guilty, like I’m robbing someone of pleasure. I guess you left me a catalogue of 15 years of videos I can binge watch, while I am sad, I am happy you are moving on. I wish you well. Thanks for being brave & putting yourself on RUclips. I don’t have that kind of courage. ☮️
Wow I started watching this channel when I was 13. You helped me feel like I wasn’t so alone when it comes to self harm. I’m happy to hear that you are doing better, and will definitely check out your new channel
Im not one that usually comments. But I would like to say you have made an impact on my life from your videos to the time I sent you a message and you replied. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Getting better is really hard in fact it's extremely hard. Regarding myself I hope I can be the person that other people see me as.
I started watching your vids a few years back. Sad to know you are moving on. Good hearted, informative awareness you provided. I always thought about your strength. I will check on your other places you continue with. I understand your decision, reasonable. Thanks for goodbye, goodbye to this channel.
and you are totally right! I am glad you made that decision it is the proof that recovery is possible and turning a new leaf is always positive. Wishing you all the best my friend ! :)
I only discovered your channel within the last few years, but, I will say that, so many of your videos have made such a positive impact on my life. They’ve helped me to see that there Is still hope, and not to give up on myself and keep on going despite all I’ve been through. thank you. ☺️🌈💕
You will be sorely missed.Mellisa you were one of the first people that have really helped me in my mental health journey and I'm pretty sure many people as well. Thanks for all the help and encouragement over the years.
Over the last 15 years, I watched you and saw someone willing to reach out in their biggest need. I kind of developed a bit of a crush and wanted nothing more than to hold you and let you know it was ok. As time moved on, I began to see you work through a lot of problems, and I realized a few of my own. Now, you are moving on to bigger and more effective things, and though a single tear is shed, it is of joy, Melissa. You are free, M’dear. I’m so happy for you!
Good bye IDrankTheSeaWater! I am thrilled to hear that you feel able to move on from this phase of your life. Thank you so much for the help and support you provided me when I was struggling most with self harm and my eating disorder! I will miss seeing your updates on this channel but I look forward to hearing what you are up to other places in the future. Best of luck Melissa! 🥰
Its been so lovely to see you gearing more towards recovery and getting diagnoses and answers that make sense so you can heal. I started watching your videos when I was maybe 14-15? And I'm in my late 20s now and finally seeing a therapist who actually helps at all. Your channel has always made me feel less alone and I'm excited to see where things go next and I'm glad you're leaving your videos up.
I've watched you from the very beginning. You've helped me so much. Thank you ❤ good luck on breaking free from the loop! I wish you all the best in recovery ❤ I'm so proud of you ❤
damn, I watched your videos on my darkest days and nights, they were a constant companion, amazing work, I watched you for the better part of my teens now I'm 28 and still hanging in, wow, this has been one of the biggest channels on this entire site for me for how important its been, thank you Melissa, so much, I wish you amazing and beautiful impactful days coming, thank you so so so so much for your work, it's helped me in immeasurable important and extremely profound and impactful ways, much love, if you need writers I'm a poet, thanks so much for helping me hold on and get where I am today, and as a fellow artist and writer I deeply understand the need for evolving and making new things it's a gutwrenching process sometimes but it is always always beautiful, it's also so fucking beautiful to see you doing what's best for you and what's gonna help you grow and heal especially after seeing everything you've gone through on this channel and in your path, much much much love, thank you
I found your channel probably around 11 years ago trying to look for people's experiences with eating disorders and self harm so I could better understand someone very close to me who was suffering. stuck around, enjoyed your poems and your passion for writing, and I just enjoy your voice! keep talkin it out, you're a big help
I watched your videos as a teenager and read your books as a young adult. You will be missed on here, but I am excited to see you grow on your journey! If your magazine ever needs poetry submissions, id love to write for you!
I’ve been following you since approximately 2010. I can’t tell you how much you’ve made me feel less alone through out my journey on this planet. Sending you all my love always.
Constants are changing. Its's really been that long. I remember watching you when I was 14-15. Then when I was 20 checking to see how your channel was. Now I'm gonna be 26 n your channels dead. Really makes you think about how fast time can go. I hope your living your best life. Constants can change.
I watched some of your videos related to Tourette's and self injury back in... 2010 I think, and I just thought of you today and wondered if you were still making videos, and here I am. It warms my heart to find out that you are doing better and that you have projects and all. I wish you all the best. Thank you for everything that you've shared. 💚
You know, I don't know if you remember me, you probably wouldn't under this name but I have been along this journey with you for the entirety of your channel (though I used to follow under a different name) and I Just want to say I think this is GREAT. You're exactly right and I'm so grateful to hear it, that you're leaving this "chapter" of your life behind and moving on to working on helping create a "solution" of sorts for others. That's so fantastic to hear Melissa, really ♥
I’ve been here since 2009 when I was 15 years old , I’ve watched every single video and I can’t thank you enough for everything! We even spoke a few times and you were always very sweet and helpful ! I also bought your book as soon as it came out and I still have it ! I cant tell you how fricking proud I am of you Melissa!! I really can’t wait to see what’s next for you, you deserve the best ❤️
Change is a good thing, can't grow without it. And you obviously have. I've learned a lot about mental health issues from your channel. Hope you continue to heal and grow! Looking forward to checking out your other platforms
I've been a long time watcher/ subscriber from probably at least 10 years! Laura Lejeune was also someone I grew very close to in this community but I haven't spoken or seen of her in about the same amount of time sadly, do you still speak to her? I think she may have done the same thing, as have I as we outgrow this. You're right it is a fantastic thing! I'm so very proud of you! RUclips asked me to take down my videos and then asked me to delete them completely even though they were on private for myself only, I was sad and anxious for a while not having that time of my life documented but now it's been about a year without them (and I didn't watch them regularly anyway as they were pretty triggering) I've realised I don't need or want to recall those times, I already remember the struggle! Your videos helped me and others so much throughout our journey and I'm glad they will stay up for others to have that support too. Wishing you all the best!
Melissa, Thank you so much for everything you've shared with your videos. You've reached people who needed it, including me. I truly hope to be able to meet you in person 1 day just to be able to hug you and say thank you. 💙
I watched a lot of your videos back around 2009 and I had you come to mind today; all these years later. Thought I would check in. This video made me happy. :) Goodbye IDrankTheSeaWater and thank you.
I'm glad you are off to things that are healthier for you! I suffer from both depersonalization and derealization. I've been very deep in the muck both physically (weak heart & breathing issues) and mentally lately, but I feel like I'm improving and sort of at the beginning of a very long road ahead.
It's sad to see you go, but so glad it's for the best reasons and you're moving on in life. I must have been following you for 13 or 14 of those years, I found you at a lonely time for me and listening to you be so open about your life was a great comfort. You're a wonderful human being.
Hello Melissa I have been a victim of tourette syndrome since 1961 when my ticks first reared thier ugly heads at the age of seven, and for many years I thought I was the only one on the planet that was afflicted by it. I endured many years of teasing and torment from other people both from members of my own family and from kids and teachers at school, but I have long since forgiven them all because I know that they couldn't even begin to imagine or understand what a terrible affliction I was experiencing and how powerless I was to control it. In time however, I was able to contol my ticks to a greater extent when in the company of others. I must say that I found much consolement since discovering your channel a few years ago and now it makes me very sad to learn that you will be saying goodbye, still you must do what feels right for you mustn't you? I believe that you are a pretty and intelligent young lady who has so very much to offer in the way of intellect, inspiration and so much more. Thank you so very much for your time, your videos, your courage and honesty. I will miss your lovely voice and your warm and friendly smile. I wish you every success in the future Melissa ❤❤❤
I have followed you for so long, since I was a teenager and there was a period of time where I didn't see your videos, before you were diagnosed with D.I.D. Then when I searched for your channel again, you had been diagnosed with D.I.D. and we got that diagnosis as well! We are going to miss you, stay safe and take care of yourself! :) From one system to another
I'm so happy that you have reached a point in your life where you feel like you can let go of some of the past and move forward. Your channel helped me more than I can say when I was younger and truly struggling to hang on every day. I wish you all the best and thank you for all the brilliant work you did and continue to do with your other amazing projects! All the love from Germany
It's not just a crying dump! You've legitmately helped me throughout the years... Thank you for working on yourself, you have helped me and others with your efforts. I wish you the best on your future endeavours!!! And I hope you feel proud of yourself, because you definitely deserve it ^.^ So good to see you happy Thank you
Listen, I used to see your videos a lot and I never had the chance to comment on them. I used to watch you a lot and I hope that you come back soon someday. I'll miss you.
Congratulations on 15 years, and congratulations on making so much progress!!! I will miss you on this channel, but it’s time to move on to better things and to continual progress. I wish you well on your journey, and I will continue to follow your future projects and endeavors!!!
I have to say you've helped me deeply and that you were and still are a light at the end of the tunnel. However, I am so proud of how far you've come and just amazed to see your life turning so much healthier and happier. I am proud that you recognize all the progress you've had the last couple of years and I wish you the best. Thank you for your bravery, thank you for your courage, and thank you for empowering all of us.
I'm glad you are moving on. I think alot of us will be sad to see you go but it's the best thing for you!! Thanks for being a part of the youtube community for years!! I enjoyed watching your content over the years!! Stay well Melissa!
I am so happy you’re doing well and I also have to say that although I haven’t watched one of your videos in a long time when I saw this video I had to watch as you were very important to me during my teenage years when I was struggling the most. I felt like there’s was no one else Who understood me at the time and often felt like I was drowning , I’ll never forget all those years ago watching your video is after a hard day of school and your kindness when I wrote you and you sent me a signed book it may have felt like just a one off thing for you or something you did a lot for people but for me it felt like somebody’s cared. I wish you all the very best🌻
I've learned a lot from your channel - you're really good at this awareness-raising shindig! Thanks for 15 years of sharing your life experiences, and best of luck for the next stage of your journey.
I think I've been watching for about 10 years or more. Thanks for everything, your videos were often very helpful. Best of luck with everything in the future x
Thank you for all the years and all the videos, and I'm so happy to know you're moving on to better things!! I've been following your channel for 9 years, and your videos used to be my only source of help. I learned about Tourette syndrome thanks to you and I'm so grateful, because it made it a lot easier to cope with my tics knowing exactly what it was and how to explain it to other people. I've grown a lot over all these years, and I'm so glad to hear you did too! Good luck on all your endeavors, we'll all be cheering you on~
Until we meet again, dear friend! Having never personally met you, and likely never will, I have nonetheless followed your journey since 2009ish and felt, at times, like I could relate to you better than anyone else in my friend group. Those times seem like a life-age ago, and maybe they are. It’s nice to hear your voice, and especially something different in your voice. Wherever you go, whatever you do, go and do - taking with you as much as you can take from a grateful strangers comment on a final RUclips video.
Your channel saved my life in middle school highschool years, you are amazing. Thank you for everything and can't wait for your next journey will take you 💓❤️
I will miss you Millisa. I had started watching your channel a couple of years ago. You made me feel better when I was down. I followed you through hard winters and hot summers call me crazy but that's how I felt. I will always remember you ❤
My memory issues made me forget about your channel for the last 2 years, and I’m sad I remembered just in time for you to leave. ❤️ I wish you the best
You've been a true inspiration for so many people.I want you to find happiness and continue to help others.I will follow the podcast and always support whatever you do...Much love from Orlando,Fl
Ok time too move on, wil miss you here, there were a lot of ups and downs and some very good stuff aswel, wish you all the best in the rest off your en devours, stay healthy and happy, goodbye Melissa.
I'll miss you so much ❤️ your channel was a big part of my life for ten years. You're so special. Best of luck to you in life ❤️ thank you for everything.
I only found this video now 2 months later but ian so so proud and happy for you thank you Melissa you qere the first youtuber i watched and you saved my life and gave me the courage to find help i would be dead now if i hadn't found you're channel thank you for everything you have done and i wish you nothing but success for the future love you Melissa i will always miss you thank you Melissa take care sweetheart
Amazing 👏 I'm proud of u m. But I can't say I'm not gonna miss your vids they were well inspirational .💙 I'm so proud of how far of how far you have come 💙
I started watching your content when i was still in the cult (JWs), i am free from all that now, and recently remembered your channel. I hope you are ok, i actually remember being in contact with you via some kind of msging thing. I would love to be able to help on some level with mental health type projects, especially religious trauma.
Hi! Did you see reference that I left the cult too? Im glad you are free! And the organization I founded is now offering support groups for Religious Trauma Syndrome. Thats the only place so far that I have a project in relation
@@IDrankTheSeaWater I got the feeling that you did, but I missed the reference. I would really like to know more about the organisation that you founded
thank you for the years of education, inspiration, and sharing of yourself. ❤️ Blessings to you and yours and blessings for all your future endeavors 😥❤️🤗
A note of thanks to the resounding show of kindness and support in these comments! (Aside from one, maybe lol) You are all amazing and the reason I kept at this channel for so long. I needed a reason to keep going all those years, and there you were! You kept me going until I found a solid impact that I could make on the world.
I will always value the time on this platform. I will still be here; whispering back words of thanks to those who remain to remember.
If you haven't already followed The Bag System RUclips channel, or found the podcast and subscribed, you can still find me there! (Links in description) If you live with trauma and dissociation, we are building unique support over at Multiplied By One Org where you can sign up to the virtual groups and the newsletter.
"Always aspire for another goal, or improving a present goal. Eliminate the Endgame... and grow with your future" ~ Melissa C. Water
Good for you! I wanted to add I just got diagnosed at 56 w DID so I related to trying to figure it out and keep trying! I’ll go to your podcast! You were always full of hope to me! But good for you!
Wow! A DID helpline! I actually looked for one when I was scared and didn’t know what was going on the denial scared stage!
Also someone in my team of help said it won’t always be this hard and I am doing so much better but this makes my heart explode for you!❤
Another area of investigation has begun to reveal the mechanisms T. gondii might use when infecting the brain, and how they might help give rise to schizophrenia. One clue, says Yolken, comes from studies by scientists in Britain showing that T. gondii has genes that are critical for the production of dopamine. Numerous studies have tied excess dopamine to schizophrenia, but scientists have struggled to explain the source of the irregularity. Now, at least in some patients, T. gondii may offer the answer.
The drug that appears most promising is a compound called artemisinin, an extract of the weed Artemesia annua, or sweet wormwood, which grows wild in China. Yolken learned about the compound on a trip to China in 2005 where he met scientists who had demonstrated that artemisinin could kill T. gondii. To Yolken, the implications were obvious: The drug might be a treatment for schizophrenia.
web.archive.org/web/20100224111805/www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hmn/f09/feature1.cfm
Where's your new channel?? I love you..
Ok can't say I won't be sad to see you go. You were instrumental in changing my life as a teenager. I felt less alone, heard, and understood. You did that for me. Thank you for being so brave and sharing your experiences.
I grew up with you. It's wild to think you're not on here anymore. I miss your videos. I'm 31 now. I can't believe how time flies.
I started watching you when I was 7. A lots happened since then, from making you a hat, to being unable to watch your videos for a couple of years when I went into foster care, chatting online while I was in the psych ward. Thank you for introducing me to poutine and maple cookies and all our chats. Thanks for being so patient while I learnt litterally 1 French phrase. Thanks for giving me hope and understanding and patience and common sense at times when I was ready to completely lose my shit. Thanks for showing me I'm not alone. And while the chapter of your life with this channel might be over, I can't wait to hear all about what you do next. You're incredible and have been a bright light in a dark world for a lot of people. A lot of people want to change the world, I think with this channel you have.
I'm now 22, and I'm so happy to call you my friend. I love that who we are is a jigsaw of our lives and what we seen and experienced. I'm so happy that I've gotten a few pieces of my jigsaw from you.
Thank you for your bravery, your honesty, the laughter, the rubber ducky song I still have stuck in my head all these years later, thank you getting up every time life kicked you in your brass balls, thanks for the memories. You got this.
Omgawd. Like, your hat was among the bright rewarding moments for this channel…
Thank you for this comment. Felt like flying over Niagara Falls ✨
im so glad i found u again, ur videos really helped me feel not so alone when i was maybe 9, im 23 now. i hope ur doing well, sending u so much love. ❤️
i have been watching you for all 15 of these years. you are such a huge part of so many of our hearts forever.
i literally grew up watching you it’s crazy
Thank you for sharing your experience on this channel. I found your content when I was a kid struggling with SH and ED. You made me feel less alone and less ashamed. You inspired me to seek help. Now I’m almost 24 with over five years clean of SH and recovered from my ED. It’s been an honor to grow with you and I’m so proud of how far you’ve come 💗
I've watched you for about 6 years now, I'm proud to see that you're moving forward ❤️
This channel was such an important part of my life. I’m sure you could never truly know how many lives you have changed with your videos. Thank you.
I found your channel 8 years ago and it helped me feel less alone as a young teenager going through similar issues as yourself (in a few aspects). We can call it a shitshow all we want, but for me, your vulnerability and transparency about your mental health helped me come to terms with mine, and helped me to take the necessary steps to improve it.
I stopped watching 4 years ago, but the lessons you taught me (and the brass nuts thing) stuck around and I'm in a better place than I was before. Thank you for sharing your struggles with the internet. You've provided a lifeline to more people than you know about, I'm sure.
Oh, Melissa. I've followed you for many years. I bought your book as soon as it came out, I cried with you when you lost your mother. Watching your videos was a light in a dark place in my teenage years. I adore you and wish you all the best. Recovery is real!!!!!!
Proud of you and your journey! This channel found me in a dark place, and I to am focusing on recovery and am doing so so so much better then I was when I found you. Go forth on your next adventure! Good luck!❤
You really made me company in dark times! Thank you for it!!
Hey there, we just found your channels & wanna say how much multiplied by one has helped us on our healing journey. Thank you so much for the work you do. It really changes lives. 💜
I’m 52. I was diagnosed when I was 30 with schizoaffective disorder, Bipolar (can’t remember & don’t care about the type) & depression. Ten years later PTSD was added. I just found your channel today & this was my second video of yours I saw, the first one was with you & Katy doing a session. I am so glad you are moving on, yet for a strange reason my heart hurts. I have such a hard tyme feeling happy. It makes me feel guilty, like I’m robbing someone of pleasure. I guess you left me a catalogue of 15 years of videos I can binge watch, while I am sad, I am happy you are moving on. I wish you well. Thanks for being brave & putting yourself on RUclips. I don’t have that kind of courage. ☮️
Wow I started watching this channel when I was 13. You helped me feel like I wasn’t so alone when it comes to self harm. I’m happy to hear that you are doing better, and will definitely check out your new channel
Im not one that usually comments. But I would like to say you have made an impact on my life from your videos to the time I sent you a message and you replied. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Getting better is really hard in fact it's extremely hard. Regarding myself I hope I can be the person that other people see me as.
It ran it's course. I wish you well on your journey in life.
I started watching your vids a few years back. Sad to know you are moving on. Good hearted, informative awareness you provided. I always thought about your strength. I will check on your other places you continue with. I understand your decision, reasonable. Thanks for goodbye, goodbye to this channel.
and you are totally right! I am glad you made that decision it is the proof that recovery is possible and turning a new leaf is always positive. Wishing you all the best my friend ! :)
I only discovered your channel within the last few years, but, I will say that, so many of your videos have made such a positive impact on my life. They’ve helped me to see that there Is still hope, and not to give up on myself and keep on going despite all I’ve been through.
thank you. ☺️🌈💕
I thought your absence from RUclips was a good thing.
It's like my heart is starving for a hug from you.
You look great.
I've really enjoyed your channel, keep up the great work. Come back to say hello from time to time.
It has been a long journey
Thank you for allowing an audience
Thank you so much 😊 ❤️
You will be sorely missed.Mellisa you were one of the first people that have really helped me in my mental health journey and I'm pretty sure many people as well. Thanks for all the help and encouragement over the years.
Over the last 15 years, I watched you and saw someone willing to reach out in their biggest need. I kind of developed a bit of a crush and wanted nothing more than to hold you and let you know it was ok. As time moved on, I began to see you work through a lot of problems, and I realized a few of my own. Now, you are moving on to bigger and more effective things, and though a single tear is shed, it is of joy, Melissa. You are free, M’dear. I’m so happy for you!
Good bye IDrankTheSeaWater! I am thrilled to hear that you feel able to move on from this phase of your life. Thank you so much for the help and support you provided me when I was struggling most with self harm and my eating disorder! I will miss seeing your updates on this channel but I look forward to hearing what you are up to other places in the future. Best of luck Melissa! 🥰
Its been so lovely to see you gearing more towards recovery and getting diagnoses and answers that make sense so you can heal. I started watching your videos when I was maybe 14-15? And I'm in my late 20s now and finally seeing a therapist who actually helps at all. Your channel has always made me feel less alone and I'm excited to see where things go next and I'm glad you're leaving your videos up.
I've watched you from the very beginning. You've helped me so much. Thank you ❤ good luck on breaking free from the loop! I wish you all the best in recovery ❤ I'm so proud of you ❤
damn, I watched your videos on my darkest days and nights, they were a constant companion, amazing work, I watched you for the better part of my teens now I'm 28 and still hanging in, wow, this has been one of the biggest channels on this entire site for me for how important its been, thank you Melissa, so much, I wish you amazing and beautiful impactful days coming, thank you so so so so much for your work, it's helped me in immeasurable important and extremely profound and impactful ways, much love, if you need writers I'm a poet, thanks so much for helping me hold on and get where I am today, and as a fellow artist and writer I deeply understand the need for evolving and making new things it's a gutwrenching process sometimes but it is always always beautiful, it's also so fucking beautiful to see you doing what's best for you and what's gonna help you grow and heal especially after seeing everything you've gone through on this channel and in your path, much much much love, thank you
I found your channel probably around 11 years ago trying to look for people's experiences with eating disorders and self harm so I could better understand someone very close to me who was suffering. stuck around, enjoyed your poems and your passion for writing, and I just enjoy your voice! keep talkin it out, you're a big help
I watched your videos as a teenager and read your books as a young adult. You will be missed on here, but I am excited to see you grow on your journey! If your magazine ever needs poetry submissions, id love to write for you!
I’ve been following you since approximately 2010. I can’t tell you how much you’ve made me feel less alone through out my journey on this planet. Sending you all my love always.
Constants are changing. Its's really been that long. I remember watching you when I was 14-15. Then when I was 20 checking to see how your channel was. Now I'm gonna be 26 n your channels dead. Really makes you think about how fast time can go. I hope your living your best life. Constants can change.
I watched some of your videos related to Tourette's and self injury back in... 2010 I think, and I just thought of you today and wondered if you were still making videos, and here I am. It warms my heart to find out that you are doing better and that you have projects and all. I wish you all the best. Thank you for everything that you've shared. 💚
Thank you Melissa for changing my life. I have watched your videos since I was 14 and you helped me so much.
You know, I don't know if you remember me, you probably wouldn't under this name but I have been along this journey with you for the entirety of your channel (though I used to follow under a different name) and I Just want to say I think this is GREAT. You're exactly right and I'm so grateful to hear it, that you're leaving this "chapter" of your life behind and moving on to working on helping create a "solution" of sorts for others. That's so fantastic to hear Melissa, really ♥
Thank you for sticking with me! It’s been quite the journey
I’ve been here since 2009 when I was 15 years old , I’ve watched every single video and I can’t thank you enough for everything! We even spoke a few times and you were always very sweet and helpful ! I also bought your book as soon as it came out and I still have it ! I cant tell you how fricking proud I am of you Melissa!! I really can’t wait to see what’s next for you, you deserve the best ❤️
It was great watching you while growing up.
Change is a good thing, can't grow without it. And you obviously have. I've learned a lot about mental health issues from your channel. Hope you continue to heal and grow! Looking forward to checking out your other platforms
Thank you so much for making me feel less alone all those years ago!!!
I've been a long time watcher/ subscriber from probably at least 10 years! Laura Lejeune was also someone I grew very close to in this community but I haven't spoken or seen of her in about the same amount of time sadly, do you still speak to her? I think she may have done the same thing, as have I as we outgrow this. You're right it is a fantastic thing! I'm so very proud of you! RUclips asked me to take down my videos and then asked me to delete them completely even though they were on private for myself only, I was sad and anxious for a while not having that time of my life documented but now it's been about a year without them (and I didn't watch them regularly anyway as they were pretty triggering) I've realised I don't need or want to recall those times, I already remember the struggle! Your videos helped me and others so much throughout our journey and I'm glad they will stay up for others to have that support too. Wishing you all the best!
Melissa,
Thank you so much for everything you've shared with your videos. You've reached people who needed it, including me. I truly hope to be able to meet you in person 1 day just to be able to hug you and say thank you. 💙
I watched a lot of your videos back around 2009 and I had you come to mind today; all these years later. Thought I would check in. This video made me happy. :) Goodbye IDrankTheSeaWater and thank you.
Something possessed me to look up this channel, which I haven't seen in ages.....what odd timing. Be well! Im glad you're doing better
I'm glad you are off to things that are healthier for you! I suffer from both depersonalization and derealization. I've been very deep in the muck both physically (weak heart & breathing issues) and mentally lately, but I feel like I'm improving and sort of at the beginning of a very long road ahead.
You have come a long way baby!!! So proud of everything you have accomplished!!! BRAVOOOOOOOOOO
It's sad to see you go, but so glad it's for the best reasons and you're moving on in life. I must have been following you for 13 or 14 of those years, I found you at a lonely time for me and listening to you be so open about your life was a great comfort. You're a wonderful human being.
Hello Melissa
I have been a victim of tourette syndrome since 1961 when my ticks first reared thier ugly heads at the age of seven, and for many years I thought I was the only one on the planet that was afflicted by it. I endured many years of teasing and torment from other people both from members of my own family and from kids and teachers at school, but I have long since forgiven them all because I know that they couldn't even begin to imagine or understand what a terrible affliction I was experiencing and how powerless I was to control it. In time however, I was able to contol my ticks to a greater extent when in the company of others.
I must say that I found much consolement since discovering your channel a few years ago and now it makes me very sad to learn that you will be saying goodbye, still you must do what feels right for you mustn't you? I believe that you are a pretty and intelligent young lady who has so very much to offer in the way of intellect, inspiration and so much more. Thank you so very much for your time, your videos, your courage and honesty. I will miss your lovely voice and your warm and friendly smile. I wish you every success in the future Melissa ❤❤❤
I'm going to be sad to see you go, I've been following you longer than any other youtuber in my life. You've helped me so much.
You and Laura helped so much when i was kid ❤
I have followed you for so long, since I was a teenager and there was a period of time where I didn't see your videos, before you were diagnosed with D.I.D. Then when I searched for your channel again, you had been diagnosed with D.I.D. and we got that diagnosis as well! We are going to miss you, stay safe and take care of yourself! :) From one system to another
I'm proud of you! You are moving on!!! I appreciate that and applaud you!!
I still remember you! I miss you and I hope you're doing amazing. 💗
Everything you did brought you here, to a good place, and for that I'm happy. Thank you for your videos and enjoy life :)
Haven’t watched your channel in years and years. Probably since about 2007 but you popped into my head for some reason today :)
you have helped me so much even way back as a teen ❤
Thank you for your service. And all the best for your future mate.
I'm so happy that you have reached a point in your life where you feel like you can let go of some of the past and move forward.
Your channel helped me more than I can say when I was younger and truly struggling to hang on every day. I wish you all the best and thank you for all the brilliant work you did and continue to do with your other amazing projects!
All the love from Germany
It's not just a crying dump! You've legitmately helped me throughout the years... Thank you for working on yourself, you have helped me and others with your efforts. I wish you the best on your future endeavours!!! And I hope you feel proud of yourself, because you definitely deserve it ^.^
So good to see you happy
Thank you
Listen, I used to see your videos a lot and I never had the chance to comment on them. I used to watch you a lot and I hope that you come back soon someday. I'll miss you.
Congratulations on 15 years, and congratulations on making so much progress!!! I will miss you on this channel, but it’s time to move on to better things and to continual progress. I wish you well on your journey, and I will continue to follow your future projects and endeavors!!!
You have been an advocate and a beacon to so many people. Bless you on your new journey.
I have to say you've helped me deeply and that you were and still are a light at the end of the tunnel. However, I am so proud of how far you've come and just amazed to see your life turning so much healthier and happier. I am proud that you recognize all the progress you've had the last couple of years and I wish you the best. Thank you for your bravery, thank you for your courage, and thank you for empowering all of us.
I'm glad you are moving on. I think alot of us will be sad to see you go but it's the best thing for you!! Thanks for being a part of the youtube community for years!! I enjoyed watching your content over the years!! Stay well Melissa!
What a great channel this has been. I support your journey and additional work. What a positive goodbye. See you on the other platforms.
I'm so endlessly proud of you, and grateful to have found you when I needed it the most all those many years ago
You really helped me through my teenage years, wishing you the very best in whatever is to come in your future❤️❤️
wish you all the best in the future ❣️
I am so happy you’re doing well and I also have to say that although I haven’t watched one of your videos in a long time when I saw this video I had to watch as you were very important to me during my teenage years when I was struggling the most. I felt like there’s was no one else Who understood me at the time and often felt like I was drowning , I’ll never forget all those years ago watching your video is after a hard day of school and your kindness when I wrote you and you sent me a signed book it may have felt like just a one off thing for you or something you did a lot for people but for me it felt like somebody’s cared. I wish you all the very best🌻
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I've learned a lot from your channel - you're really good at this awareness-raising shindig! Thanks for 15 years of sharing your life experiences, and best of luck for the next stage of your journey.
I've watched your videos since I was 15 when I was first discovering Maladaptive daydreaming. Thank you so much for your content!
I think I've been watching for about 10 years or more. Thanks for everything, your videos were often very helpful. Best of luck with everything in the future x
Thank you for all the years and all the videos, and I'm so happy to know you're moving on to better things!! I've been following your channel for 9 years, and your videos used to be my only source of help. I learned about Tourette syndrome thanks to you and I'm so grateful, because it made it a lot easier to cope with my tics knowing exactly what it was and how to explain it to other people. I've grown a lot over all these years, and I'm so glad to hear you did too! Good luck on all your endeavors, we'll all be cheering you on~
Until we meet again, dear friend!
Having never personally met you, and likely never will, I have nonetheless followed your journey since 2009ish and felt, at times, like I could relate to you better than anyone else in my friend group.
Those times seem like a life-age ago, and maybe they are. It’s nice to hear your voice, and especially something different in your voice.
Wherever you go, whatever you do, go and do - taking with you as much as you can take from a grateful strangers comment on a final RUclips video.
Your channel saved my life in middle school highschool years, you are amazing. Thank you for everything and can't wait for your next journey will take you 💓❤️
You have been an amazing role model and support!
Wow, I've been watching your videos here and there ever since the episode of south park about tourettes came out, that was years ago, best wishes
I will miss you Millisa. I had started watching your channel a couple of years ago. You made me feel better when I was down. I followed you through hard winters and hot summers call me crazy but that's how I felt. I will always remember you ❤
My memory issues made me forget about your channel for the last 2 years, and I’m sad I remembered just in time for you to leave. ❤️
I wish you the best
You've been a true inspiration for so many people.I want you to find happiness and continue to help others.I will follow the podcast and always support whatever you do...Much love from Orlando,Fl
Ok time too move on, wil miss you here, there were a lot of ups and downs and some very good stuff aswel, wish you all the best in the rest off your en devours, stay healthy and happy, goodbye Melissa.
I hope you return to RUclips soon in the future.
I'll miss you so much ❤️ your channel was a big part of my life for ten years. You're so special. Best of luck to you in life ❤️ thank you for everything.
Thank u for all that you've done. I wish you the best 💝
good for you girl, sky's the limit
I only found this video now 2 months later but ian so so proud and happy for you thank you Melissa you qere the first youtuber i watched and you saved my life and gave me the courage to find help i would be dead now if i hadn't found you're channel thank you for everything you have done and i wish you nothing but success for the future love you Melissa i will always miss you thank you Melissa take care sweetheart
Amazing 👏 I'm proud of u m. But I can't say I'm not gonna miss your vids they were well inspirational .💙 I'm so proud of how far of how far you have come 💙
Strong person! I Wish you well
Damn it’s really been 15 years huh? I remember first following you almost ten years ago.
All the best to you :)
I started watching your content when i was still in the cult (JWs), i am free from all that now, and recently remembered your channel. I hope you are ok, i actually remember being in contact with you via some kind of msging thing.
I would love to be able to help on some level with mental health type projects, especially religious trauma.
Hi! Did you see reference that I left the cult too? Im glad you are free! And the organization I founded is now offering support groups for Religious Trauma Syndrome. Thats the only place so far that I have a project in relation
@@IDrankTheSeaWater I got the feeling that you did, but I missed the reference.
I would really like to know more about the organisation that you founded
Ive been inactive for years but sent my DA letter in March of this year.
The org I founded is at multipliedbyone.org
I'm proud of you too, forgot to tell you that in my other comment. Much love for whatever you do.
I hope the rest of your life is full of happiness
Best of luck with your future projects!
I don't know how I didn't get this notification for this video, you must check in every once in awhile we will miss you.
Wish you the best in your journey ❤
thank you for the years of education, inspiration, and sharing of yourself. ❤️ Blessings to you and yours and blessings for all your future endeavors 😥❤️🤗
You Rock 💜😎💜