Bowen Yang Announces Podcast Hiatus Amid 'Bad Bouts With Depersonalization' Disorder

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Bowen Yang is sharing a health update.The  star took to his Instagram Story on Saturday and shared that he's battling «bad bouts of depersonalization» and, as a result, will be «taking a very short break» from his  podcast, which he co-hosts with Matt Rogers.

Yang and Rogers launched the popular iHeart Radio culture podcast in 2016. «Taking a very short break from last clutch. Bad bouts of depersonalization are f***ing me up bad but I am doing my best to get better!» Yang shared on his Story. «Please take care, be back soon.»According to the Mayo Clinic, depersonalization-derealization disorder occurs «when you persistently or repeatedly have the feeling that you're observing yourself from outside your body or you have a sense that things around you aren't real, or both.

Feelings of depersonalization and derealization can be very disturbing and may feel like you're living in a dream.»The medical center goes on to say that when depersonalization keeps occurring or never completely go away it can interfere with one's ability to function.

Depersonalization disorder, the Mayo Clinic also notes, is more common in people who've had traumatic experiences.The 32-year-old, who joined  as a staff writer in 2018 and became the first Chinese-American cast member when he was promoted the following year, told in a January 2020 profile that he's «pretty damaged,» and he pointed to an experience when he was 17 after his parents found a conversation he was having on AOL Instant Messenger.«Me sort of having lewd conversations with someone, just revealing that this was who I was, that I was gay,» he recalled. «They just sat me down and yelled at me and said, 'We don’t understand this.