Perks of Having Asthma

i'm reading so many of y'alls stories about living with chronic illness as a kid, and wow, my heart goes out to you all. it's so dang hard, and so so scary. i hope your quality of life has improved since then, i hope everything from taking medicine to taking time outside has found to be helpful. chronic illness is rough, and holy crap are y'all amazing for continuing on despite it all.

"ICU sadly doesn't stand for Illy Cinematic Universe"
I mean, you just made a great idea

The background characters are everything

ah i remember the hospital art room, kept me sane during my asthma attacks

I feel you. I got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I went back to school feeling weak, because I couldn't do P.E to make sure I didn't faint, 3 teachers 'helping' me with the things I knew about and I'm so glad I left that sh!tty school

How much references do you want: almost every single anime and Mariah Elizabeth

*breathes in happiness*🧍🏾‍♀️

As someone with asthma, and anxiety as well as many allergies to the great outdoors (Grass, I got bad reactions to sun including hives major sunburns blistering and passing out, pine needles, pollen, and ants) and also acid reflux, this video and all the comments remind me im not the only one not being able to breather

I was the best student in my school since I was little. But I was overly stressed about exams and practice exams. I never wanted to succeed. I wouldn't study. It all started in seventh grade. It was the night before the math exam. My hand got itchy and it started to spread. Both my parents work in the hospital. They thought it was normal. They gave me medicine(Zyrtec) and I started to use it. They said we don't need to take you to the hospital, you will fall behind in school. They said we'll take you on the semester break. A few months passed and It was semester. I got so sick in that semester. I hadn't drunk my pills and my whole body was covered in rashes. I did a little research about that rashes. I found out It was Urticaria. After that days they took me to the hospital. Doctor confirmed it was Urticaria. He said He said, "Have you had these for two or three days?" You had to see his face when i Said "two months". Unfortunately, there is no cure for urticaria. (Sorry for the typos)

For some reason I read "Tab for a cause" as "Stab for a cause"
*when you're a serial killer but still want to work for charity*

Background artists : How Many background anime references do you want?
Illy: *YES*

You are so relatable. I just found your videos 3 days ago and I am drawn to watch them all. They are super realistic, kind, humorous, and insightful.

Dude I literally love ur channel, you’re so comforting when it comes to things like disorders such as adhd, asthma, and autism. Keep up the good work ❤

Honestly, never thought I’d see, “perks of having asthma” 😂

Illy: names the title “perks of having asthma”
Also illy: *”there are no perks of having asthma”*

GOD. I’m watching this video for the second time and It’s finally setting in that I relate to this SO MUCH. I have a super rare “disease” called EOE. It’s so rare that most doctors I know haven’t even heard of it and I have to constantly explain it to people. I also have asthma and am always sick. I spent the past 2 years of school mostly at home because of this and have has multiple people ask “are you going to be here next year” and stuff like that. Its horrible to be the “sick kid” and I hate getting bullied for it. I’m so sorry you have to go through that.

Even though I'd grown up with a different illness as a kid, I can still relate to a fair amount of what happened to you when you were a kid. Thank you for sharing what happened with you!

Perks of asthma: The school nurse office, I could pull up a quick wheeze by constricting my own breathing and then walk in there and get out of class for 15 minutes lol.

Person: how many references do you want?
illymation: yes

I grew up with asthma (and eczema) too. In my case, it was manageable with Ventolin and Flovent (shoutout to the 90s), but my mom's was a lot more serious. Luckily I've mostly grown out of my asthma, and my mom's has gotten much better since she moved out to the country and tried acupuncture (of all things). For me, my food allergies and scoliosis were much more difficult to navigate.

As someone who had undiagnosed athsma for 13 YEARS and constantly coughing like i wad smokeing for 50+ years, it is hard to live life and not fun, but when well managed, it was actuality fun to finally be able to breathe properly and do things other kids could! ❤❤ I love hearing stories from others who have the condition

illymation + asthma = wheezymations???

Me noticing Phil: YES YES YES YES
me noticing he's with Isabella: NO NO NO NO!

You been through so much I wish you luck with everything and that you feel good

Most of my friends are very outgoing and are super hyper and sporty, and sometimes I can’t keep along with them because I can’t run or even speed walk without getting out of breath so hearing your story really made me feel better.

KRplus: How many anime references do you want in your video?
Illy: *Yes*.

These promised neverland references are getting bigger and bigger. You sure you don't just want to make a tribute animation? Let it all out in one go?

The texturized shading in this is really cool

I think it really cool to see another persons point of view on asthma, when I have really bad but instead of not doing sports my teachers and friends would help me calm down and relax! And I am a very athletic person! I love your videos illy they are so amazing 🤩

"mom, whats wrong with that baby?"
oh Phil...

The little illy fish is so cute omggggg

The illy cinematic universe/intensive care unit drawings were really cool btw

I can confirm tabs for cause is amazing I downloaded it a few years ago when I was looking for backgrounds and it works wonderfully it also has amazing backgrounds

me with asthma for most of my life: YES FINALLY

I love how ash and eiji are just chillin in the back.

while i don't have any diagnosed lung problems, i do take an inhaler because my lungs have started to not work properly compared to others. i couldn't breathe properly and my lungs felt like they were tightening every time i did anything. i couldn't breathe properly often.
i've been feeling really weak and upset about the whole thing, and i remembered this video. thank you. although my experiences obviously aren't the same as mine, it helped me feel a little better.

Omg I love how Isabella and phill are the people in the store that was my first anime and the action figures on the shelves where amazing

Lets just all take a moment to realize how hard it is to make such a fluent animation like this one. Great video!

“Mom what’s wrong with that baby” Isabella: let’s just keep shopping so I can get more food instead of letting the demons eat you

I relate to this, I have seasonal asthma (pretty much allergies are extremely severe during fall+spring) , I remember i missed like 2 weeks of school and was coughing almost 24/7 during falll

Can we just appreciate how Illy always EXPLAINS things to us in a way kids/teens can understand! As someone who struggles with certain subjects in school JUST because of my worst enemy terminology, I would pay ANY amount of money for Illy to be my teacher for science. Illy is the best!

I like how the blackboard has the "Noya is here" in the bottom right corner

can we just stop to appreciate how ily animates every word that is in the script into her characters mouth movements?

Illys videos are super fun but also relatable because Ilyssa get that a lot of kids, teens and even adults have been through stuff like this (maybe not asthma hut you get it)

I love your vids and I’m glad you got good treatment

Me that has asthma and only needs the inhaler: “ Wait it’s deadly- “

I loved that you put a spacer on the inhaler 😂 unlocked a core memory for a fellow asthmatic.

nice to know Illy is keeping up with The Never Ending Promise!

i can definitely relate to this😩asthma is a struggle
edit: i had pneumonia too but i was too young to remember any of it

finally, not an annoying, repetitive, useless sponsor. one that doesn't cost ANYTHING and actually benefits others.

I remember when I found out about my asthma. I found out in 8th grade while having bronchitis. Turned out I should've been diagnosed with asthma way sooner, like grade school sooner. I ended up having to have a breathing treatment the very next month cause my lungs just closed on me. I also found out that I had a weak immune system, which helped my mom understand why I was always getting sick the most out of me and my sisters. Asthma is definitely not fun and having a small immune system with it does make life a little harder, but I do have people I'm able to talk to about it.

3:33 as a person who has trauma from hospitals, this seems so nice. I'm still not going into a hospital willingly

I like “The Promised Neverland” reference :>

Phil: “MOM! WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT BABY?!”

As a fellow illness induced asthma gurlie- one of my favorite memories was when my mom and siblings where on vacation, so it was just me and my dad. I had the biggest asthma attack like ever, could barely breathe, so god 'ol pops took me to the ER. 3 hours of the food channel and a hour long nebulizer later, I got to go home and eat taco bell with my dad. Awsome memory- ened great- taco bell fixes everything-

I grew out of my childhood asthma (I had weak lungs from being a very small preemie), but my brother didn't. He couldn't take a lot of the other stuff because he was allergic to most of it, so he did a lot of Xopenex in a nebulizer. And lemme tell you, I loved that thing. It was very comforting to me since I had to do it so long that I continued to do it for a long time after I didn't need to anymore; my mom would always ask if I wanted to come sit with my brother and have a nebulizer treatment. I still do miss them, honestly.

Phil saying “what’s wrong with that baby” is everything I need in life

I can relate to this so much. I don't have asthma but I have POTS, a chronic illness that can effect the heart and the automatic nervous system. It made it incredibly hard for me to do small things like running a short distance during the earlier times. Glad to.know im not alone : )

Excellent presentation, growing up I was never a fan of perfume or cologne. In my late 30's working in a remote camp after I had gone to sleep my roommate returned from out on the town with a lot of cologne on him. I woke early in the morning and took around 45 minutes to stumble outside half dressed, to hospital, blew about 150 (very red zone), treated until I got to about 450 (for me still yellow zone) and released (the nurses were what? no way!)... Well at healthy I bounce the needle off the end 😜. I became much more sensative to perfumes and colognes and other smelly products, luckily scent free workplace became a thing. Did end up in ER several times down around 300, bit of a pain convincing some doctors that it was a serious asthma attack and not emphazema.

Bro can I be in the ICU? ILY CINEMATIC UNIVERSE?

"No one is invincible"
* Mark grayson vanishes out of existence *

I can definitely relate to this video

I was born as an extreme preme, and I had loads of problems as a baby. when I was 6 momths old, I flatlined for 5 minutes. Shoutout to all the docs that helped saved my life as a baby.

I’m really noticing that Promised Neverland reference with Phil and Isabella xD
Edit: Another reference I just saw! Emma, Norman, and Ray are all in the shelf at the part with her after school program!

“Do you want to go to camp?”
“F*CK YEA!”
I’m dying 💀

When you mentioned rides around the hospital in a little red wagon, I got flashbacks to when my brother snapped his femur. He got wagon rides, binged “Thomas the Train,” blew bubbles in the elevator, ect.

My friends:i WiSh I hAd AsThMa.
Me:WHAT IS WRONG WITH U!?!?

i’ve never had asthma but i can definitely relate to being a sick kid, i had cancer when i was really young and remember having to go to the doctors A LOT, and having taking a pill every day.

Illy: ICU does not stand for Illy Cinimaic Universe"
Screen: Some Superheros
Illy: "ICU is Intensive Care Unit"
Screen: Some Superheros

The Isabelle as the child’s mom from the promise never lands is perfect

I went to Diabetes Camp weirdly enough!😂
I loved it and didn’t think much about it being for diabetics! Though that might be because most of the learning came more from how we all needed to be consistently monitored. I learned more by listening to my camp mates talk to the nurses and counselors than my doctors!
They did some health class stuff but it was mostly fun! Like they would blow up this maze that represented different parts and systems of the body that were affected. It was like that episode of the Magic School Bus!
My main problem was always food. As an autistic kid with a strict diet it went about as well as you can imagine.

Phil: mom what’s wrong with that baby?
Everybody liked that reference

No one:
Phil: WHATS WRONG WITH THAT BABY?

Also not Phil saying what’s wrong with that baby 😂

I now have asthma again after suffering two asthma attacks with no asthma medication at the time that was brought on by cold weather, after having it very mildly during my late teen years for a while. Just a friendly reminder to those who have (very) mild asthma with no medication to get checked. As a kid I was always so jealous of everyone without asthma - the fact that they could recover so quickly after finishing a PE/gym class shocked me every time and still does to this day.

The more I see Promised Neverland references, the more I think “why did they butcher season 2 like that?”

I'm gonna admit
asthma makes having a cold or being just the slightest bit sick like, 10x worse on every level

LOVE YOUR VIDS!

Give directly is like mutual aid !!! Amazing

me having asthma: yeah,point being. it sucks.
also the AMOUNT of anime characters. respects for the sk8 characters

Ive never had asthma, but when I was about seven I had this thing called “night terrors”. It was basically a mix of sleep walking/talking, sleep paralysis, insomnia because I was terrified of my dreams, and while I was having an episode I would uncontrollably vomit. It was hell for my parents, and my siblings thought I was possessed because it happened every night for 3 months. I don’t remember it happening more than three times but my dad has 50+ recordings saved on a hardrive from most of the nights that it happened. My mom still refuses to believe it was anything more than a stomach flu, but I have the mental scar to prove it.

I have dealt with contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis ( types of eczema) my entire life. It's hard to articulate that contact dermatitis is my form of allergic reaction because people think it's contagious. It's not, my body just responds to touching items like latex and household chemicals about the same as someone whose body reacts by forming hives. I get welts, hives, and of course the peeling skin (scaly skin for others). It keeps me from being able to do certain chores like the dishes as well because my skin can bery easily crack and dry out more often, and if I ignore it for too long it only gets worse. This video reminds me that I'm not the only one who struggles with even everday things, even if it's different for everyone. 😊

I swear this girl has everything that starts with a

I still like the anime references in the background

As a type 1 diabetic since 7, I can 100% relate to this video. I'm now 14 and still struggle with fitting in due to my genetic disease. At camps, I'm constantly pulled aside for finger pricks and insulin dosages, and it gets in the way a lot. But people are understanding, and have made accommodations for people like myself, and that really hits a spot in my heart.

I had eczema at a young age and I found out that LOTS of moisturizer helped after a couple months, i rarely get bursts of eczema now

Omg he backgrounds must have took hours but it’s worth it. They’re so good!

“What’s wrong with that kid?”
-Phil 2021 (no hate tho)

Downside: that one teacher thinks your vaping whenever you use a inhaler

perks of having asthma- getting to skip the beep test, having the cold metal of the inhaler when you do cross country carnival

god i cant EXPRESS how much i relate to being the sick kid growing up, i was pretty popular (as popular as a pre-school kid could be) until i was about 5 1/2. My WHOLE life flipped when i had some "bumps" / lymph nodes on my neck one night. My dad was checking on me before he went to bed as usual and noticed i had some bumps on my neck, and not even a second goes by when he grabs me, puts me in the car, wakes my mom and rushes to the ER, i had passed out by then seeing i was 5 and it was like 12 am LOL. Anyways, we get there and im still passed out, tired asf but i get numbed and they take my temp and it was 106 F. for anyone not american like me, that is 41.1 C. VERY dangerous and deadly tempature, they rush me into a surgery room, put an IV in my arm, numb me and before i know it, i wake up with a port (thing to pump fluids and help me stay alive for anyone who doesnt know) in me. And then i was diognosed with *LUEKEMIA CANCER* as any 5 year old child would do, i cried for my mom. And of course shes crying to but i live *(cough cough)* and past then, i was known as the sick kid, i gained weight due to meds, was only given attention because i was considered "the sick kid who could have died" and taken in and out the hospital for over a year, fast forward to when i was about 9, im considered cancer free! *(yip yip)* i ring a bell, yada' yada'; so on. I'm FINALLY free i think till i start going back to social vents (keep in mind i was homeschooled). I went to something called "cc" i dont honestly know what it was, it was a school but like 100x smaller with only friends and family where you would go overy week, no idea. Anyways when i started going there i had no friends, everyone thought i was contagious, etc. Until my cousin finally came up and asked to be friends with her friends so i say yes and then her friend, lets call her.. *Eliza*. Now Eliza wasnt very nice to me, she would get jealous because of how much me and my cousin bonded (even though we were cousins) she was also a year younger then us both (8) and a sassy, little, JERK. And.....
im sorry im just so bored of typing rn so 20 likes for part 2 🙏🙏😟😟

I love that the background characters are all from different animes

Okay Illy how many anime references do you want?
Illy: yes.

I was very lucky to not have any asthma attacks, but I had to, literally, hide my inhaler on my person, while in school, just in case I needed it, so I wouldn't have to go to the nurse every time I needed it.
I was, also, a very sick child, in elementary school. I don't know what happened, but, as soon as I started middle school, it was like my immune system woke up.
Asthma sucks and I'm very lucky that my need for an inhaler was limited to that and then a couple extra meds, when I was ill. Now, my asthma, luckily, only comes out, if I exercise too much/for too long or I'm sick.

“Perks of having Asthma”
Me with asthma: None.

Life hack: "forget" to take your inhaler before PE class and have an asthma attack, you may laugh but I haven't done the pacer test since like 2nd grade

As someone who was diagnosed with Markfan Syndrome at birth, I understand how it feels. I can't keep up with people, and I have to take medications day and night. I don't get to experience the thrill of being in a sport, going to gym or even riding rollercoasters in case it affects my health. Couldnt run for long times, so I couldnt keep up with others. I have to go to a doctor's 2 hours away every 6 months to get an ultrasound and sometimes get new medications. Not to mention I had to get surgery a few years ago since I also was diagnosed with scoliosis.

I have my own crazy story in the icu when I was 7yo I was playing on the playground when a scorpion stung me (idk what type but one that can kill you) so my teacher at the time ms.cane had seen that I was crying while walking to her she rushes over then sees that my arm was bleeding and was swollen she has called my mom and 20 minutes later I’m in the hospital being rushed to put in an iv to flush the poison out and I very clearly remember hearing the doctor tell my mom “all we can do is put an iv in and hope she lives long enough for the toxins to be flushed out.” I remember being hooked up to an heart monitor and 2 bags of fluids and 3-5 days later I was good enough to go home 👍 but if my teacher hadn’t noticed me in time I would’ve been dead now. So I will always be grateful that she saved me 😭❤️

one thing i learned about illy in this vid:
*SHE HAS AN OBSESSION WITH ANIME*

I can relate to being the “sick kid”.
I have diabetes, it’s genetic. It’s really hard and annoying to maintain.
I have to wash my glass after lunch every single time, while the others get to draw.
*I am not okay, the school treats me differently and treat me like I might die at any moment just because I felt tired that day.*