Comments by "Johanna S. L. Brushane" (@johannas.l.brushane2518) on "Only Human" channel.

  1. The scary thing is that this documentary was made a while ago and I believe that it's more common to see people his size these days. He is still able to walk even if strained.
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  2. Nikki's parents and uncle would be so happy that things they enjoyed goes to someone who wants it.
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  3.  @zubin081  Though joking as much about one's flow is often to attempt to suffocate sorrow. Esp if he was a wrestler in his youth he was likely not enjoying having a physical capacity as 70+ years when he's actually in his 40s. Pathetic comes from the greek word for suffering, "pathos". He is not really enjoying his food when he eat alone, wanting to give the impression that he orders for like an AW with 5-10 people when he calls for a couple of pizzas, cheezeburgers etc.
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  4. Lol, it's not exactly like that getting rid of little dog figurine and the antique razor in that lovely box does much for creating needed space. They are sellers on ebay who sells peoples clothes, shoes, bags and such on comission. I'm certain that the lady have clothes gathered for over a decade which doesn't fit yet still could give a couple of quids per item. It looks like fairly well taken care of and could be of interest for those into vintage clothing even if it not brands from the most posh fashion brands. The razor can be a beautiful decoration in a bathroom. And getting rid of things not worn for six months as the narrator states is rather useless rule of thumb. You'd throw away all summerclothes in february and vice versa and then have to shop new just to add to a lot of landfill...or do they presume people buy only trendy clothing in poor quality that last only one season?
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  5. But they should wear protecting masks when startingto move around the dust with mousepee!
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  6. Oh, I'm kind of getting a bit stressed by thinking of the potential mold growth when they overfill their houses with things so ventilation and aircircualtion don't work as it should 😱
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  7. @I I Yeah, both look like middleage trying to look younger. He has a pony tail and she purple hair.
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  8. True, muscles will support increased metabolism but you usually can't excercise away a massive excess weight.
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  9. Lol, nettles is a weed. A lot of people with gardens have plenty of it around their gardencompost, and it grows at places in the wild. Surely nothing "exotic".
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  10.  @ccz5674  You can't expect the partner to be a therapist. Living with people with mentally insufficient people can probably cause mental problems for their "near and dear".
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  11.  @user-xm1od9nb1m  Yes but art and some things of more sentimental value, some souvenirs from trips etc can be "useful" in creating the atmosphere you'd want in a home (aslong as it's not so much that it become invisible).
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  12. She blames her kids for her physical and mental state... 😛
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  13. And not relating to food as a way of emotional outlet, plenty seem to have an emotionally drive of punishing themselves or rewarding with things they eat.
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  14. On the other hand, they could have tried to get things tidied up hundreds of times but she started to faff about with the stuff instead of really sorting it and not getting anywhere?
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  15. I'm sort of perplexed that more than a few in these series store up stuff from deceased familymembers. You typically have a check of it when clearing out their houses so it's not difficult take photos and some sentimental items and then it's easiest to get rid of it there and then. My parents would be grumpy if I kept things just for storage instead of shipping it to some of these second hand stores who often but up whole estates so it could be used by somone needing it or wanting it.
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  16. The other day I finally went to a charityshop with some things after my parents but which isn't my cup of tea. I do know though that my parents would prefer it go to someone who like them instead of filling it in boxes in the guesthouse.
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  17.  @Gunngirl  Physical health as well. They can have respitory issues, roaches poo, dust, mold.
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  18. I was thinking the same, a lot of female marathonrunners rub sportslick on their thighs to avoid bleeding chafing.
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  19. I'm almost thinking when it's that bad they should perhaps be in somesort of assisted housing. Yeah, I know that people with severe mental illness should have their freedom but isolating themselves behind junk is not quality freedom is it? Whereas if she lived in assisted housing with peoplearound to check up regularly and pushing herbefor it all became overwhelming she could have more social life and other activities, going to swim a fewtimesaweek or whatever she might really enjoy?
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  20.  @international.somewhere  Yeh, she sometimes talked and reasoned like a child. Animals and things don't betray or lie or hurt emotionally but also not having expectations that can be a force of positive personal development.
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  21. Though I was impressed when Stacy caught up with them and apologized for her antics. Similar when she backed away from the fish and chips in the pub afterwards. Usually I'd think that most can be approved even if not that often, but perhaps it's necessary with a full stop of the unhealthy foods to stop the craving of it. After all, there so much healthy food that is sound nutritious yet still delicious.
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  22. I saw an episode where an autistic teenage boy had got to eat only Yorkshirepudding. This was NOT enabled by his parents, but rather they allowed him because otherwise he really did not eat at all. He had learned from an early age to make them himself when the parents hade tried to refuse him for purpose of having him eat other food but was now old enough to grasp the importance of having more of nutrition. Don't know if something like such is going on with Michael if he is so tied to certain taste and/or texture.
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  23.  @samanthaabreu782  Though the reason for changes are the prestate, if not first stage, to hoarding. They want the cange because the stuff is pushing them out while people in Hoarders often percieve that the house as is is what they want. The strive for change is surely that it's becoming difficult to live in their homes, a potential fire hazard with mountains of clothes almost blocking doorways, isn't it? There's a channel where one woman from Finland cleans out homes that are really dirty and messy (Aurikatariina) . The people aren't in the show but the background in those cases have often other mental illness compared to horders or other who purposefully save different stuff. Neither with the delusion of seeing all junk as useful or overestimating the worth of what they have.
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  24.  @beckyshell4649  No, not all EU countries went for the euro. The currency was still pounds in GB.
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  25. Maybe they've tried a number of times. She's now accepting help to be able to have chemo which lowers the immunedefence. Before that she was perhaps not motivated at all, maybe she even got angry if someone tried to convince her to do away with things.
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  26. Yeah, such hoards tend to attract mice that frequently chews away at electrical wires and start fires.
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  27. She reminds me of my grandma, stern but kindhearted.
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  28. This is so wholesome, that the ambition is to try and get away from a mindset with emotional eating, this idea of having a "treat", a "reward" that contains basically nothing that is good for your body. Fast sugars can be ok if going on longer sessions of cardio
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  29. I felt like sneezing just by seeing that.
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  30. Indeed. And especially for kids this is devastating since the frontal cortex is not fully developed until approximately the age of 25. And this is the area that "rules" the executive abilities involving the ability to postpone rewards and control impulse. And when she said in the beginning that she snacks when the kids don't see, it's like the alcoholic hiding wine bottles in the cleaning cupboard.
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  31. Especially walking downwards can put a strain on the knees of even normalweigth people, and I think Vince was the heaviest of them. I hope he continued though by motivation of the progress he made while he was tagging along.
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  32. Or an arrogant and manipulative woman who has got away all her adult life with acting like a kid, which may initially have been encouraged if she is petite size.
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  33. Indeed if I would walk into a salon like that... I'd get an itch and wonder if I got some animals in the hair.
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  34.  @fabienneclavier5984  Yes, I recall seeing an episode of the amercan version of "Hoarders", in one hose where the "junk clearance" team discovered that the walls had started to give in.
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  35. Hope they checked that the fragrances aren't the kind that are toxic to animals. Cleaning the fish- and turtletanks should be a priority.
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  36. I thought he looked familiar.
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  37.  @movedchannels1654  Try bake it in the owen with a bechamel that you put grated cheese in and a tiny little bit of nutmeg.
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  38. The recordplayer and cost of rewire... people who are into these kind of vintage electronics and mechanics are often fairly skilled and able to fix these themselves.
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  39. Yeah there were thick layers of dust at the clothes when she couldn't keep the closet closed and on the chest in the bedroom, almost started sneezing by just watching
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  40.  @af98  AgreeSaying that they love them no matter what the child looks like is shallow and one dimensional. Loving the child would normally include a desire of providing for the child tobe able to have the relatively good ground to having a good chance to a life with a variety of opportunities.
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  41.  @madhatter909  I know, just as Denmark and Sweden kept their kroner
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  42. It was a very wise decision. When they're struggling financially and having the worry of feeding them and vet costs. They could have wonderful "adoptive" families with children loving them and playing with them.
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  43. Wasn't Richard also in an episode made for years ago where they got him to realise thathe wouldn't be cataloging his newspapers? He had then two houses filled?
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  44.  @Miamia_01  Though, has she always done that, or did she start that now recently when she has become ill?
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  45.  @BeeBee-dd2rr  And so-called functional clothes for excercise that shouldnt be washed in higher temperatures than +40 C° is also good to prewash with vineager to prevent them to start to smell.
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  46.  @alias201  Or her toenails is not maintained and being too long?
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  47. Or maybe that is supportive, sort of forcing her to deal with it, as compared to keep it un sed in storage that cost money you could do something worthwhile for yourself and family? I don't think that many of the deceased would be offended if they let the stuff go to someone who needsit or want it instead?
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  48.  @granmabern5283  And you risk having to do it again around 18 - 20 when the majority get their oxelteeth.
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  49. And in the core of it is the strive to keep wealth with in the family despite the effort to explain it with "trust" and "respect" within families.
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  50. I don't know. Not possible to stick to in whole for good but it may be a kickstart that gives quite fast initial visible result to spur motivation? A lot of those in the show seem to eat food lacking any fibers whatsoever, all this vegetables and fruit must set their stomachs working.
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  51. And I'm also cringing at the fact they think something that they've wrecked by having it under stuff and stepped on it etc is so valuable. Like Arthurs crinkled, dirty audiotape.
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  52. It's probably leveled to have a drainage with drop so water runs away. If it would be in an area with regular winters with heavy snow one could have a warming cable along it (similar as we attatch in the insulation to waterpipes here in Sweden)
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  53. I was thinking the same?
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  54. Or the reverse, that she grew up in a completely dysfunctional family and hence not "houstrained" to the degree she doesn't react to the bugs?
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  55. Yes, thought the same, beautiful items, tend to "disappear" when there's too many of them.
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  56. He would likely have less blemishes in his face if the house was cleaner. Changing pillowcovers and towels often makes a difference, and less dust and dirt around as well.
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  57. I would have advised her to keep the vitrine cabinet and replace the broken glass. Large, yes, yet still it's a terrific storage and replacing it with a couple of smaller pieces could have the room feel less spacious.
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  58. Such a weird habit! Some hoarders at least seem to have some idea, even if distorted, of all things hoarded being useful or stylish etc.
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  59. Ihave such bins for paters and plastic waste that is to go to recycling. It's practical, Ihave two cats that otherwise would be tempted to pull it out from bags, especially packaging that may have som smell of food that's left after rinsing them.
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  60.  @deborahtanner354  Though Vince did not have the same behaviour as Hayley, it was the constant negativity from Hayley that became a burden to the others who had it about as tough as her. She became offended if they tried in various ways to get her to cheer up.
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  61.  @annie_xo  Yeah, doing anything against her will could actually be viewed as criminal. She does not even seem bothered by her hoard but rather needsto do it to be able to have chemotherapy (a treatment that increases the risk of having infections).
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  62.  @bigb853  I don't get why she got so defensive. What is there to be proud of that the house is grossly messy and stink so they can't invite people over? Well, even if they are recluses with no desire for socializing it's still not much to be proud of. Moreover, I couldn' t figure why the parents seemed to think it was cute when the little girl had a talent for creating mess. There's something wrong when a kid has urges to pull out everything from closets and drawers regardless of whether she was to wear it/play with it, they showed a clip where she was tearing out clothes too big for her, i. e. somebody elses clothes, from a closet and just littered the floor with them, not playing or masquerading or anything, wtf?
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  63. Agree wholeheartedly. It's beautiful and original.
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  64. Oh I felt such sympathy for Tina, surely her parents would not like her putting her life on pause to have things that may be of emotional significance but not having purpose today.
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  65. Has he moved and not in the same house any longer?
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  66.  @dani8shawn  I suspect it may take a great toll on ligaments with so much weight.
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  67.  @awaywiththetheories1833  Only wearing them isn't presumably problematic, but walking long distances, which she normally doesn't maybe cause discomfort. I recall in my teens I was at treatment for drug abuse and we were on a march for a week in the swedish mountains and one of the guys stubbornly thought he could pull it off in jeans. After a couple of hours he was waddling like a wide legged penguin and the following two days he was in his knickers to air his chafing 😂
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  68.  @vanessarodriguez9958  Exactly, that is a limitation in socializing abilities due to the child has been allowed to decide something they aren't capable (making an informed decision on what food they like).
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  69.  @safepethaven  Lol, he såoke fast and mumbling which is probably because shyness and not the teeth. It may make sense for some to wait until the oxelteeth comes out at 18 - 20 years age because those often tend to push the teeth when they grow anyway.
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  70. He is in a documentary though about his face tattoos that he got several years after they got married. If his family is asked if they like them Ithink it's fair they're allowed to state their honest opinion. I think a lot of people would also be uneasy about participating in a tv show that concerns specifically their partners' looks (compared to cope with a difficult illness or something positive as some distinguished talent). So they might not nag about it constantly though, but their opinion was asked for in the documentary.
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  71. I think also it is a matter of persistance. For obese people they can often lose quite lot initially over a short time and she also says, several months into her new regimen, that she realize it's not a diet but another lifestyle choices. I guess that is an insight one may have to work some time to internalize with your mindset on a deeper level.
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  72. Same with the thought of cooking creating a mess. While it's nice being able to show a well kept home, it's not going to get respect of others if you have a child in it that suffers of anemia, rotten teeth, rickitis and scurvy.
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  73. ​ @llddau  Same with the kid having some disorder. I saw an episode of "freaky eaters" and there was a older teenager who just eat Yorkshirepudding. He had autism and the consultant pointed out that children on that spectrum could be incredible stubborn and picky about their food
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  74.  @Ethan-zq5ry  That sounds little, unless you're small built. Try having three or four pints of water.
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  75. No, it's a dresser when there's a mirror attached to the storage drawer/table.
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  76. A lot of animals drive away the previous years cubs, claves etc. from the herd.
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  77. Some part of the weight problems are perhaps because the cortisol of stress, which can slow metabolism?
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  78. I thought the same, it's an anomaly to clutter up the house with Buddha figures of all things collectible.
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  79.  @lushpapaya9932  She seemed to use her kids as an excuse to eating unhealthy, not excercising and being isolated. And then she was bullied in school, which presumably most in the group have been. But I found her pretty unlikeable for going on how she's been sitting home, not eating well and no excercise because she has two kids.
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  80. Charity shops and as Esther said, things collected for free. When me and my sister cleared out our mom's apartment after she had passed we put thingsjust outside on the side of the entrance a day before we hired a trailer to drive to charity shop and junkyard. It was considerably less to ship away because people picked up as well as householditems and furniture.
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  81. I was thinking he may have moved partly because the old house was too big and maybe filled with too much memories?
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  82. They could probably get some at Ebay for instance though they seem to be much of a procastrinating personalities.
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  83. Though going out in the tiger suit surely brightened some other peoples' day.
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  84. ​​ @StKissa Though depression seem to go hand on hand with the obesity epidemic. And there seem to be a correlation with depressive disorder and a consumption that is high in processed carbs. I recall one article pointing out fried potatoes (french fries), so the problem can be partly the high processed vegetable oils that are difficult for us to metabolise.
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  85. ​​​ @nattie911 Yeah, if you punch in excessive calories you will have a high chance of becoming obese. That notion of people wrecking their metabolism by calorie restriction is something of an exaggeration and delusion. What may have some impact is likely different gut bacteria. People seem to have different bloodsugar spikes to the same type of food. But extreme diets doesn't really do much of a change in the metabolic rate. What happens is that when going off the diet they often don't make sufficient lifestyle change. Reasonably people would have yo-yoed for several hundred of years. They feasted on their main foods in midwinter to consume it before it became rancid and inedible, then they started to eat more grain while physical activities were less during the darker and cold winter period. I think the statistic in USA today have a higher rate of obesity related deaths that are way higher than alcoholism and narcotics together. But yes, I have seen that suggestion by some dieticians even, that attempts of restriction could be causing dangerous trauma somehow (and some are subsided by fast food companies).
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  86. Though activating muscles improves metabolism.
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  87. Yes, occasionally you ser people on the show who have things stuffedonto boxes even if stacked to the roof andnot really seriously dirty even if dusty though there is high risk of mold problems when a room is overstuffed so ventilation doesn't work as intended. The previous hoard of Nigel's was somewhat organised in boxes but the cats had used the boxes with neatly packed collectible items as litterboxes.
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  88. Though she didn't store them to be viewed, it was in bags stacked here and there, as if trash. There's the difference between hoarding versus collecting or saving.
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  89. Yes, she seems nice now, butshe's seriously ill. We don't know if the sons tried to help her clean out thingsmany times before and been rejected.
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  90.  @FacelessJanus  I would guesstimate that they can chose which charity they donate to. Traditionally in Sweden for instance a lot of chairities have their fundings partially trough second hand shops, be it The Red Cross, some of the churches or animal shelters. It's quite popular to shop in them, not only for youngsters just moved to their first housing but also for people looking for vintage stuff from a specific time period.
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  91. Agree.
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  92.  @beckypetersen2680  Yes, esp. if they have the patience and time for it. They often go to adealer who needs to factor in his/her own share of the potential pricethat can be asked of a customer. If the lady in the shop offered 30 for both brooches then she naturally expected to get 40 - 60 for them.
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  93. And for god's sake say NO when people want to give clothes and furniture you suspect are not to being used or have the space for.
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  94.  @LittleRedToyota  Yes, I reflected on that. He has a lot of junk around the floors, as if he just drop things where he happens to stand, but not piles of furniture, stuffed shelves. It looks as if he's moving out of the place, removed most furniture and left the junk that is to be showed into bins before the "move clean"?
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  95. I wonder if it could be because they startwith the mental project some time before?
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  96. Do you really believe the crew planted 'roaches and flies in their house? I believe it is real, there' s something weird about the mom in the family, it's something agressive about her carelessness and constant smiling.
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  97. That is with proper antiques maybe (i. e. items 100yrs or older). But a kitchen cupboard should also be fairly easy to keep clean and chipped or flaking paint or laquer is somewhat beyond shabby chic I'd say.
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  98. ited healways wanted to stay in the guesthouse and he didn't like if it was too much stuff in there).
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  99. Idk, he seem like a quite sympathetic but he spent a fair deal of money to distance himself from the society he have/want to live in, and that while tigers are on the brink of becoming exctinct. More King trait would have been to put those money to charities that protects his soulanimals in various ways.
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  100. I think so as well, that there are ofter underlying coping issues that cause them to overeat, or having an distorted way of putting themselves down, like the kid who seemed to have decided on a negative expectation of himself, that he can't do this or that.
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  101. The wife... is she retarded if she think she comes across as cute and innocent by claiming it's "cozy" to have roaches crawling around in the piles of her kids clothes!?!?
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  102.  @lisbetsoda4874  Thought the same.
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  103. ​ @WhiteKitsuneTarot  There was a survey out based on statistics from healthcare centrals in UK showing that 5 year olds in UK have slacked in growth by 7 cm compared to similar European countries. Within NHS they had also about 700 reported cases of scurvy and rickitis among small children.
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  104. @GrungeKid_27 Indeed, the health issues can be just as destructive as drugproblems and not many see it as fault to send teenagers to drugrehab?
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  105. Outraged? But whose fault do you think it was? Her way of coddling the kids to the degree that she wonders whether her teenage kids are able to make sandwiches, peddle with a lot of stuff etc seem almost like a sort of escape (from dealing with the with the emotions after their loss). Had that gone on for a couple of years longer she might as well have developed towards becoming a full blown hoarder. It's filmed in Canada, neither Kim nor Mike are psychiatrich professionals. There might have been a "plan" for dealing with their trauma, but most likely they have recieved counseling already at the time when the father/spouse died. But if there would be need for psychiatric "coaching" it would likely not have been on camera anyway, I doubt serious shrinks would go on beyond boarders of patient confidentiality regulations. But that doesn't mean that Kim or Mike ought to act quacks just to provide for tv.
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  106. I also thought that sounded odd.
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  107. Though it's probably a better chance of finding love (or at least with some quality) when you're able to really like yourself.
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  108. Indeed. A diet lacking fibers decimates gut bacteria and there seem to be some correlation between autism low gut bacteria that are insufficient to exctract micronutritients from the food. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00198-y
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  109.  @Ethan-zq5ry  Dehydration or iron deficiency?
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  110.  @Ethan-zq5ry  Yeah, but if you have dark circles under your eye it could be bc dehydration regardless of your weight and metabolism.
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  111.  @shineinstars  Lol, yes but isn't that they worry she'll become lean and they still fat otherwise?
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  112. Sure, hearing someone constantly complaining while yourself is just as knackered add extra burden to the activity. Even more if you're being told off no matter how you try to get the person out of that negative mindset.
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  113. But just as some may think it looks cool others may think it looks awful.
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