Snowflake, Arizona: where the residents are allergic to life
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2016
- A small community in Snowflake, Arizona, has retreated into the desert to escape modern life. Residents say they have multiple chemical sensitivities and environmental illness, which have not been scientifically proven as real illnesses by medical professionals.
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cant read books ,but have a giant paper calendar in the background.
Daniel Pimenta it's all in the head
Danial Pimenta The calendar has out gassed. Books stayed closed and can't out gassed so the ink can't go anywhere. People can be affected by pollen but not ink which is toxic. Now that' stupid.
Shaddup Meg.
Lol so true
RoadRunner Was I supposed to read that in Peter Griffin's voice?
Ironic it's called "Snowflake"
Definitely on purpose that
Iitathebomber well it certainly snows there, so...
What, for all the SpEd cases?
EVERYONE is Mormon. Snow and Flake founded it c1870. This is a scam of some kind. Also home to Travis Walton claiming abduction by a UFO also a lie, he's promoting Mormon Jesus
It's in the mountains of eastern Arizona not far from N.Mexico. It's at a high elevation and is densely forrested
Steen has to wear gloves and use pencils to read books because the ink and the paper give him problems. He's standing in a room full of books and handling printed paper with his bare hands later in the video.
Citizen Gar and wears a chemical filled mask with ink on it 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Exactly.
The woman is phobic about waterproof sleeping bags and men's cologne, but has no problem sleeping every night over a Japanese made fuel tank full of gasoline
She also drafts her house with a pen
Some old books are extra smelly. Maybe that's why.
I get immediate migraines around perfumes, lotions, soaps, gasoline, paint, strong spices, fluorescent lights, cleaning supplies, etc. I can understand this to a point.
EDIT: To anyone who reads this, have you ever seen a medical professional about symptoms you experience, only to be turned away and told, "It's all in your head"? If you're wondering, YES, that's happened to me many times.
migraines or just headaches?
How do you shower?
Migraines.
Where I have to sit in a cold, completely dark room because any sound, light, movement, heat or weird smells will make me vomit. I have to put ice packs all over my head and neck and press the end of a baseball bat into the base of my neck to try to relieve the pain.
I can't use anything that has any kind of scent. Other than that, I shower the same as every other human.
Glass Half Full oh so like scent less shampoo and stuff
Steen beats off ALOT!
Chuck Clark was looking for this
Mean Mr Steen the jack off machine
Probably has penile callous syndrome on top of his allergies from all that fappin' 😁
lol
When he's not having allergies, he's beating off
I think people with MCS are misunderstood. "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" Be respectful of others.
i have a friend who was poisoned with black mold. she is now unable to stand any kind of chemicals or perfume or anything like that. she cant do anything or go anywhere.
Mold illness can cause MCAS and many food intolerances.After being exposed to mold for too long I had multiple food sensitivities I've never had before in my life. Its frustrating as hell, on top of dealing with the horrific fatigue and brain fog toxic mold gives you.
What is wrong with you?
she needs to detox
I have molds present in my system that began to develop after being diagnosed with Lyme disease 20 years ago!!! It’s HORRIBLE!! Our current home has been inspected and remediated TWICE! I drew the short stick in the GENE POOL! I was an active runner, co-ed softball player, tennis, volleyball, any sport and mother of four active children. I started feeling bad years ago and in different houses I’d be really sick or feel fine. I found a doc who treats Lyme and there I was diagnosed Mold Toxicity. Seven months ago I took a brand new test and I’m OFF THE CHARTS with FOUR TOXIC MOLDS!! The WORST I have is Black Mold! I got the test results and sat and cried! Now everything makes sense. All the WASTED YEARS sick and being called names, nobody to trust, etc etc makes me so sad. Look up the symptoms etc and you’ll be shocked!!! I am barely able to stand and pain is HORRENDOUS!! Doctors don’t know how to test or treat!
@@sarahallen102 Yes too all of the above. I have the same. It's a full time job to keep everything at bay. I have read more and studied harder with this than any class I took in college.
Maybe they are hypersensitive to certain things. Allergies affect people in different ways. We just figured out that when a dog is losing their fur for no reason, its likely caused by their food. They figured out that sugar causes inflammation in a large number of people. And that fuzzy-headed feeling he was describing also is a symptom of allergies that we didnt realize before, although usually its food related, proteins mostly. Point is, we are just now starting to discover that so many of life's aches, pains, and common ailments are caused by the way we eat and the things we are exposed to everyday.
I dont just assume people are nuts because something sounds crazy. Think how far medicine has come in 100 years. In another century maybe we will have discovered that the ink and water repellent was toxic all along and wifi led to the great apocalypse.
Can't touch a book but can photo copies, what a load of bollox, so many contradictions in this!
Hes also wearing a mask while hanging up the papers.... Jussayin.
And then he's standing two feet from them as they "off-gas" or purify or hang in the wind of neurosis, whatever he wants to call his protective ritual.
Danim24 yeah like the woman who can’t handle the chemicals in her sleeping bag but lives in a car with tons of chemicals and paint in it. Don’t get it
Danim24 he uses ink free ink in his copier.
OCD is not rational is it?
NORMIES GET OUT
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
" Are what WE determine are normies ". so self righteous and judgmental
Hahaha this was perfect
the hell is wrong with you?
IL OfFGasS yoU!!!
Lmfao
One year ago I was exposed to thick air with VOC, including FORLMALDEHYDE, which came from furnitures (MDF), I got sick with lots of unsual bleedings for 4 days..
This year, because of work, I had to use that dormitory again..I just ran out of the building because after breathing in the air there, which has very special smell (something like plastic), just I couldn't stand it. Beside terrible headache, I thought I will vomit at any given moment and I was almost out of my mind...crazy..cried dunno what to do; I just ran away...
After I ran out, I went to the center area and paid for a hotel room. Then I was ok...
After watching this clip, now I can understand what happened to me...Thank you for this cover story.
sorry that you had to suffer. It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
So... the ink fumes from books is toxic. But the ink from everything else in in the world is fine? He has his emails PRINTED out, but is scared of ink fumes?
laser printers don't us ink.
But they use carbon toner. He should be just as allergic to carbon toner considering inhaling large amounts of the toner fumes can be toxic. That is why he was wearing the respirator.
Ron D - Yes, they do. Please don't say anything so stupid ever again.
Calendar on the wall post it notes etc.
and I noted he's hanging them up to 'air' them out before touching
"ink fumes" from dry ink? really?
There are people who are sensitive to the smell of bookbinding glues but that guy just has no idea what he's talking about.
Yes ink stinks enough to contribute to a headache. If you had it, you'd understand.
also, unless you have this disease, you don't get how people with MCS have hypersensitivity to chemicals even at the smallest amounts-that's what makes this a difficult disease to live with
organicskating it's called being crazy
And yet he has a paper calendar on the wall behind him AND photographs pinned to the wall and a shelf of books. Riiiiiight...
As long as they aren't hurting anyone why would anyone care what they do? They have removed themselves from society and aren't living off the system so why all the judgmental comments? Live and let live.
Because its not real and all in there mind! I can understand a person working in a chemical factory getting sick but book ink? please....
You're not answering the question
John Sumner I mean it's kinda sad.
That’s what everyone said about the drug attics. Now we have a National opioid crisis that the tax payer has to pay for.
People should be responsible for themselves and be allowed to kill themselves. We shouldn't spend millions of taxpayer dollars to bail people out of their stupid decisions in life.
Environmental sensitivity is real, I was a medical equipment technician I went to our customer's homes and some were covered in cotton sheets ,the windows were sealed and they had air filtration systems going full blast. I had to take my shoes off and wear a "clean suit" to enter their place.
These conditions are a result of a neural/brain impairment (usually from toxic exposures): The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
I am sensitive but manage to still live in “civilization”. I believe their plight is real.
It seems likely that these people have some level of OCD or other disorder. Even so, they have found a way to function that they are happy with, so who am I to judge. If it works it does not need fixing.
I just hope it is actually working for them.
I agree with you 100% I deal with people like that before and that pain in the the butt to change their mind
hcheyne I actually agree with you. To my surprise. They are not hurting anyone!
I wish more people like that would move to the middle of nowhere.
You Know White Males are Blinking themselves from the Planet at a Alarming Rate.. There is a Sickness in the Fabric of the Planet that Just Won't Let Go...
It is Like the Predictions & Revelation of the En Of Days... Here is a Secret, Before taking any Medication Make Sure you find every thing about it.. & when in doubt, Be Very Careful...
And when they Make You Sick as Well... Just tell Every One that you are Just Hallucinating...!!! PEACE...!!!
M G What about that daughter who is without a mother?
I use to think this was all in folks head or fake, until I began to get hypersensitive to chemicals, smells, and other things. I am no where near as bad as them, but when I am near something that affects me, it becomes debilitating.
He said he can't touch the book but then he has a calendar on the wall behind him
Yup!!
This is so sad and for those of you in this comment section calling these people, "nuts", "crazy" or insane, that's just mean. Have some compassion, I don't understand this illness, nor am I certain that I believe in it, but I have COMPASSION for those who do....be a kinder person.
Thanks so much for this post and for being so understanding of people who suffer from MCS.
I'm skeptical, but I will reserve judgement because I have never walked in their shoes. I think there are many benefits of living away from technology and cities.
Indeed
Plus their shoes are made of tinfoil.
You're sceptical because you are ill-informed, blind tests prove this has nothing to do with WiFi, etc.
This is the perfect name for this town.
almost too perfect...
Those who make fun of these people may one day need their assistance. The world has become a more and more toxic place and people are beginning to react to it. It will not be so funny if you or someone you love develops sensitivities. Compassion is advised here.
🙏🤎
You say this because you know they are all wackos. The world has always been a toxic place, it’s supposed to be toxic.
excellent comment Kathleen.
@@drillsergeant623 The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada. There is help - and I hope more people connect with this self-directed program.
My dad is convinced he is allergic to wifi, i haven't had wifi in my house for 2-3 years now. He stopped working for a couple of months and we are always restricted on what we can do as a family (no hotels, no public places with wifi and no visiting family). It's funny to watch these people until you have someone in your life who is as crazy as them. Everywhere we go he ''educates'' people on his ''disease''. Luckily next year i'm off to college. Things like this is indeed hard to live with but not for them, for the people around them.
edit.
I forgot to mention he also thinks he is allergic to electricity, so he turns off our electricity during the night including the fridges and freezer.
xRealMob _103 Poor thing.
Set up a router without him knowing record it..put something electric under his sheet a flat led panel or just put the router under his bed for a week then reveal it may hurt him and in turn hurt you but in the long run it will be worth it.
TipURlip Wouldn't work he has 2 Emeters that he uses daily and walks around with in the house, sometimes he wakes me up in the middle of the night because he measures something coming from my room. He is to far gone.
I'll try and think of something else for ya bro
He has e meters like scientology? What does your mom do about this? I'm so sorry. My parents are...problematic too
I have schizophrenia but I'll be the first to tell you that these folks are nuts
horticasey same lol
LMAO
horticasey that's very closeminded and ignorant. I'd have thought someone with experience with mental health would be less cruel.
Which one of you said that
So you go by the "takes one to know one" method? I like it! haha
The first guy to move in, the engineer, he seems pretty damn level headed to me. We never learn what his allergens are. I could understand being allergic to perfume, pollens, dust, and some chemicals. Very skeptical about the Wi-Fi and electromagnetic signals tho.
Wifi operates in either the 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz spectrum.
Your home router puts out somewhere between 100 mW (milliwats, or 20dBm) to 400 mW.
Water "resonates" at 2.45Ghz. (more accurately, the too-heavy-on-one-side water molecule will respond and change position when you alternate the field)
The average home microwave operates at 2.45Ghz centered, but will waffle down to around 2.3Ghz or so (they're not super accurate, and do not need to be).
The average home microwave puts out around 1000 W (Watts).
There's no such thing as perfect shielding; 1-2 W escapes from your microwave.
From this perspective alone, you get more 2.4Ghz radiation when you microwave a cup of tea in the morning, than you would ever get from your Wifi router all day.
From this perspective alone, if you stand in view of a gigantic fusion reactor for a few minutes, you'll get more 2.4 Ghz radiation than your router would likely provide you in your entire life. We call this state 'daytime' and 'going outside'.
Thats Psychosomatic if I've ever heard about it. :)
We dunno if he does. He might have just been demonstrating how it's done on other peoples house.
Thanks for the science!
Gordon Tendick np bro
Very good reply. Didn't know all that info, just have an open mind.
I thought I was alergic to weed. Now I live in the desert, and still smoke weed. Turned out I was just crazy. Thank god.
At least you're still funny.
This is a mental health issue
Borrusimo B, Wait till you get to suffer from it, then you'll understand how these TOXINS are hurting people!!! It is Very Painful! The last thing they need is persecution!!!☹️
This being a mental health issue doesn't mean that people aren't suffering. It just means you could help these people by recomending them a therapist instead of a medical doctor. Mental illnesses are very real.
merlin, You are amoung the unlearned who do not understand that Electricity is a known TOXIN and affecting people, physically and mentally. Cut down that harmful radiation around them, give them High nutrition diet and they begin to heal back to normal. I, have already walked thru it, by the Hand of God, guiding me. I almost died several times thru it!!! ✝️💗⚡
Shhhh... We're building a barbed wire fence around them, just over the ridge.
FOX E carpentress I'm pretty sure they added this to the dsm it's largely under stud that it all in their head
MCS & EHS are recognized as a Human Rights disability in Canada & we have clinics specializing in it across the country that are part of the health care system not private clinics.
Many countries recognize MCE & EHS as diseases & have assigned an International Classification of Disease code including the USA.
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DI 24515.064 Evaluation Of Specific Issues - Environmental Illness (1996)
“In claims alleging disability due to environmental illness, it is often difficult to identify abnormal signs and laboratory findings which can be associated with the alleged symptoms. Therefore, in evaluating claims based on environmental illness, all of the claimant's symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings must be considered to determine if there is a medically determinable impairment and the impact of any impairment on the claimant's ability to work. This evaluation should be made on an individual case-by-case basis to determine if the impairment prevents substantial gainful activity.”
Saying "few medical professionals believe" shows the need for constant upgrading of medical credentials in respect to new studies & diseases. It also indicates how very difficult this is for patients who have to take their health into their own hands in order to survive.
Canada recognizes all kinds of wackadoo mental disease as if they were real.
They are ALL MORMONS running some Mormon scam. Like Travis Walton, the UFO Abductee Liar. Everyone in that lie is Mormon too, promoting a Mormon Jesus lie. The entire area is packed with Morgs, many polygamists
There are clinics rhatbspecialize in any condition that people will pay big money to treat. It doesn’t mean it’s real.
As soon as I heard the word "Normies" leveled at their neighbours as a slur.... all became clear.
From my experience and those around me with conditions that are very rare or not so easy to diagnose. When the doctors can't explain it off quickly enough, it either goes one of two ways most times.
1. You're depressed take a pill
OR
2. It is all in your mind get over yourself.
If you look back not so long ago a condition Chronic fatigue Syndrome was one such condition that was considered in the heads of people at one stage. Now it is recognised as actual condition. Seeing how these people struggle, I know the feeling of frustration at been affected like that. I have Aspegers am extremely sensitive to smells, certain sounds and even textures. You have to be careful about doing everyday things that everyone else does and take for granted, without making your day worse.
I hope that the people making nasty comments never have a chronic illness ,are never exposed to mold and have to leave everything behind in their homes. Easy to be critical until its you.
You mean you hope they DO.
Mold is real.
Exactly
@@grumpyhacker I have actually seen it with my own eyes!
MCS is idiopathic, vaguely defined, and poorly studied, which naturally makes it controversial. However, chemical hypersensitivity itself is accepted by conventional medicine. For example, there are both allergic and irritant forms of rhinitis, asthma, conjunctivitis, and contact dermatitis. And for many migraine and headache sufferers, airborne chemical irritants or odorants are common triggers. Perhaps in the future a subset of MCS cases will be identified as another manifestation of irritant or sensory hypersensitivity.
Both allergic and irritant hypersensitivity reactions can cause similar symptoms, but there are major differences. Allergies are immune-driven inflammatory responses to highly specific molecules that bind to specific antibodies like a lock and key. Reactions to chemical irritants are nerve-driven inflammatory responses to structurally-diverse chemicals that share common noxious properties of chemical reactivity, acidity and alkalinity. Those 3 properties are damage signals and thus can stimulate an inflammatory and pain response.
When nerves sense damage they can become more sensitive to behaviorally protect injuries from further harm, which is why even a gentle touch to an inflamed area is painful, such as sunburned skin. This is helpful when it works appropriately, but in some people the nerves become excessively sensitized to the point that they themselves now cause harm, and even extreme disability in some cases, with painful and/or neurogenic inflammatory responses to even harmless stimuli.
Also a disrupted airway epithelial barrier that's more permeable to airborne irritants increases irritant contact with the sensitized airway sensory nerves. It's analogous to skin barrier disruption, such as a cut, causing increased sensitivity to irritants such as vinegar, lemon juice, soda pop, baking soda, alcohol, peroxide, aftershave etc. etc. An endless variety of chemical irritants getting in a cut can trigger the nerves to fire causing pain. But it's not an allergy to endless specific chemical molecules, it's a reaction to certain common noxious chemical properties themselves.
There are other possible contributory factors, but to be brief, neural sensitization (peripheral and/or central), +/- epithelial barrier disruption, can cause hypersensitivity to countless common chemical irritants, or "allergic to the world", and it is hell.
Absolutely! We are the warning signal. Its painful and scary, and can feel lonely at times. Not fitting in to toxic society.
Some people are the canary in the coal mine. MCS, ME/CFS is real. Those who mock people with illnesses that cannot be seen or diagnosed by doctors have a serious character flaw and lack of compassion.
It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
Many more people suffer from the same things these poor people do , they are just not as sensitized yet, or have not figured out that their symptoms are brought on by environmental things.
I cannot walk into a hardware store like Home Depot or Lowes at the garden end because I start itching terribly and can't breathe.
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
My dad has MCS. It's real. Real fkn hard to see someone go thru. Some of these ppl give it a bad name which is aggravating .. Because people r very effected.
mental illness is a hell of a thing, i hope you take your dad to a psychologist.
Rinoa Leonhart I can't take em anywhere he don't wanna go
This was in Better Call Saul wasn't it
yeap, the same mental illness was depicted.
That guy in the blue button down shirt looked like a younger version of Saul's brother.
I wouldn't call it mental illness
Zachary McGeachy Chuck
Its like its almost a case study!
Humanity has never been exposed to a lot we do nowadays. It's expected some people are going to be sensitive. Icluding things that can cause mental ilness in people due to exposure to so many new chemicals in our environment we are all now exposed to.
Live and let live. Doesn't matter "why" they are the way they are... they aren't hurting anyone. Those lacking compassion and/or empathy should take a look at themselves.... one pointed finger means three pointing back @ the one judging.
It might be worth keeping in mind that people with high IQs tend to have allergies; therefore, we can conclude those who do not appreciate allergies might just have an inferior IQ.
This is so interesting to me! I feel so much sympathy for these individuals. I remember watching a similar documentary about people severely affected by electromagnetic energy (I think) and they live in caves. Perfectly normal and rational folks. I would not mock or joke anyone suffering like this.
I have a feeling that these people developed an allergic reaction in their head to modern life.
Emilthehun they went full armish but somehow backwards.
Stoned Savage! Stress is hard on some people.
Its like Saul's brother from "Better Call Saul" where he thinks he's allergic to anything that's powered by electricity
I’m a plumber, a woman once told me she smelled a water line leak in her basement from her kitchen upstairs. She went down and sure enough! The shut off for the main was dripping, but only once every 2 minutes!!!!! It was damn near evaporating as fast as it was leaking. I believe she has this condition!! I found out from her son that she is extremely sensitive to everything, and at times impossible to be around.
Yep. I can detect a gas leak better than the devices the people from the gas company use. The guy was stunned when I got a chair to stand on and stuck my head in the furnace he'd taken the cover off of. I sniffed around and told him exactly where the leak was. He set his detector in that exact joint and presto, gas leak he could not detect.
Such an acute sense of smell can be hell. If you don't know, you Really do not know!
And yes, newspaper ink is toxic. To those who say "dry ink", ever heard of humidity? The problem is much less in a cold dry climate than a hot humid one.
Instead of labeling people with extremely unpleasant sensitivities crazy, how about being glad you do not have these conditions?
Thanks Mitch for your non-condescending comment.
nola2chi I’ll bet it would be difficult. Like I said about the woman I mentioned. Her family can’t be bothered with anything. She is the exact opposite. That could be a living hell I would imagine. I’m a big believer in don’t judge others until you walk a mile In their shoes.
Saito M, Kumano H, Yoshiuchi K, et al.,
Symptom Profile of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity in Actual Life
Objective: This study was conducted to confirm the definition of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) in actual life: that multiple symptoms are provoked in multiple organs by exposure to, and ameliorated by avoidance of, multiple chemicals at low levels. We used the Ecological Momentary Assessment to monitor everyday symptoms and the active sampling and passive sampling methods to measure environmental chemical exposure.
Conclusions: MCS patients do not have either somatic or psychologic symptoms under chemical-free conditions, and symptoms may be provoked only when exposed to chemicals.
I believe them! I felt similar in the past. I noticed whenever if go to clothing stores, my eyes would water and my face would look red. Same thing happened when I started a computer job last year. My face looked swollen really, and my skin oily and itchy. Part of it was being very stressed, and extremely dehydrated. The other 50% was def chemicals, lack of clean air, and electronics.
A real-life Jimmy's brother in Better Call Saul
It's not always about 'mental illness'- I was diagnosed w/ an autoimmune disease named Dermatomyacitis back in 2007. Thanks to immuno supressant therapy (Prednisone, Cell- Cept & Retuxin Chemotherapy), I am in remission now; but I used to have terrible reactions when ever I went into a big box store like Walmart or Costco. Turns out, it was Formalin gas 'cooking off' from thousands of imported Chinese plastics in the air...It was always worse in poorly ventilated stores...My immune system was attacking my own lungs at that point (gave me pulmonary fibrosis & destryed 40% ofmy lungs before I was diagnosed), & for a while I had to isolate myself from certain environments & products as a result.
Wasn't just formailn gas, but also wearing or being in close approximation to synthetic fibers & certain cleaning agents also- So it's not always mental illness; these can be very real physical disabilities, depending on the patient & diagnosis!
Александр Перчов that’s really interesting, we have a store around me for home improvement products (like Lowe’s, except not as big), and every time I go in that store, I get a headache and feel nauseous. I’ve always wondered if they carry a lot of toxic products that are off-gassing something.
I avoid walmart like the plague. I feel sick from going in there. It's a disgusting place, in so many ways.
And I too avoid synthetic fibers.
Something about their electromagnetic field causes me to feel agitated.
Not to mention wearing them is almost as bad as wearing a garbage bag. It doesn't breathe as well as more common natural fibers
I always figured it was just all the fluorescents and recirculated air, but the plastics is a good point I hadn’t really considered. There is definitely something excessively “draining” for me being in a big box store like Walmart or Michaels, etc.
Chelsea Tomkowiak more than likely.
I had this! and moved to the Alps 16 years ago. It had gone totally away and now that there are towers for TV, WIFI, Telecommunications, I am starting to have the burning eyes and skin and sensitive skin, sometimes rashes also! I did go on all organic foods and grow my own, soups and non bleached TP. I truly felt this was over and now going into certain stores, I have to get in and out in a flash or I break out in rash and shortness or breath as well as headache
I am sensitive to fragrance/chemicals. I get hives, swelling, sinus issues and hoarsness. I just try to avoid fragrance/perfumes/ and a lot of cleaning products. I try to clean with natural ingredients like a blend of vinegar,water,dish soap and essential oils.
Some ppl can be insensitive bc they dont understand how ppl cam be sensitive to something that most ppl can use. But thats what an allergen is...its out of the norm reactions..just like peanut or egg allergies.
Some of this ppl may have ocd related to this or just ocd im general tbh. It sucks when some ppl can ruin it for others by using this condition as a control mechanism.
People are BEYOND mean to people with unexplained illness. perhaps they are scared and lash out like bullies. MCS is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
@@deegir3354 hmm this is interesting. I need to look this up.
@@ah-ss7he Best of luck to you! DNRS is very affordable and is self-directed but there is a support community. It takes discipline - but when applied consistently has reversed MCS and other "mystery" illnesses for many people.
People have allergies to all sorts of things. There are chemicals by the 1000's in modern products. These people seem to be the most afflicted. I feel for them. After years of working with chemicals some made me ill.
Not like this though.
gotnokittys Chemicals are in everything. Formaldehyde is found in nature, pears for example have formaldehyde.
I remove gluten, dairy, eggs, processed foods and sugars from my diet and I'm now eating a Whole Foods plant-based diet and my sensitivities have improved dramatically. I know what it's like to have these sensitivities. The first time I used my mom's cell phone to call my new girlfriend 17 years ago, I felt a change in my brain that is undescribable, almost like activating your third eye, but it won't go away. I was down to eating a handful of foods that I didn't react to, I was extremely light sensitive and couldn't go without sunglasses. I would react to all chemicals, anything with fragrance, I would blister by touching metal, chemicals in food would make my throat blister up. I am kinda shocked by some of the comments, but I do think that if they are sensitive to electricity and such (which I myself don't seem to react to) find no other way around it but to move away from the grid. It is an autoimmune disorder and could get better with a long-term diet strategy that is structured similar to the okanawan diet except all vegan since they may react to fat's and oils (very inflammatory) like I do.
How are the voices in your head now?
Chemicals in sleeping bags are bad but gasoline is ok.
"do you think you're crazy"? "I really don't think I'm crazy" that was an actual conversation here
This happens to me too , so I can relate. Anytime I travel, in the bus when approaching the big cities but throat locks up and I struggle to get use to the air. I choke when someone with cologne or perfume comes close. I notice body odors even when others don't. I just don't buy perfume, run when I accidentally walk into perfume section of stores, choke on aroma from perfumes and air fresheners.i hate dog smell and animals in general. i react to cheap jewelries. If I open a new book or calendars I will almost choke. I leave in Africa so, I sleep with open windows and enjoy raining seasons. I fall sick almost all dry seasons. I get scared of October to February because I fall sick then. One thing I know and noticed however is that my nose is hairless. I smell things faster than anyone, minutes before anyone and I am usually call a freak. My chest is always heavy as if no oxygen in the air to breathe. So the best thing is to move to live we're the air is clean. I always enjoy leaving in my town far away from the busy commercial Capital. Unfortunately my town is growing, more outsiders moving in and the place is becoming polluted. By and larger the area is largely undeveloped and I love it that way but have no say in the current growth happening around and the oil companies moving in for the crude oil drilling.
I can't stand being around people with colognes and body spray. My eyes feel like there bugs crawling on my eyes, my sinuses burn, throat burns. My fear is getting stuck in an elevator if it broke down or something with someone wearing it. Lots of things can cause me grief. Kombucha seems to help with it. Glutamine, and my trusty Allegra.
My mom drive me here and dropped me off when I was strung out on heroin many years ago. Memorable, for sure.
Did you go to the church?
i have had negetive reactions to the scent of some chemicals/flowers so I am not surprized that some people have very serious reactions to some scents.
Whether this is a physical issue or a mental issue or a combination of the two, I feel that if this environment allows them feel comfortable and able to live their lives, then good for them!
You are a good person! Someone who didn't judge these people, saw their happiness and appreciates what they are doing. You are a rare breed Stacie! Keep being you, whoever you are!
It’s 100% mental. That has been proven many times. But that doesn’t make the problem less real, especially to those who suffer from it.
I may be completely wrong here but using a respirator and having a beard negates the effectiveness of the respirator. The seal is lost. It doesn't matter how tight you pull on it.
J Maguire yep. I work in a hospital and we are all fitted for N95 masks and some people are fitted for respirators. Any amount of facial hair renders the masks ineffective.
Yep, u have a problem but ur mask is useless with facial hairs.
Having experienced MCS and EI, I can tell you that there is a psychological component to the illness.
I was in a study where I was given a tranquilizer and my fear of reaction to anything in my environment totally left me until the med wore off. That said, I can't be on tranquilizers 24/7 !
its not psychological - it is physiological having to do with limbic system impairment - please look into Dynamic Neural Retraining System - Annie Hopper
It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
@@deegir3354DNRS is controversial. Not everyone has only limbic system dysfunction. Mast cell activation syndrome is a whole diffrent beast. Its actually genetic.
All of the ignorance on display below this comment is astounding. No sympathy whatsoever to someone else's struggle. By doing that you bring one on yourself. Good luck.
Not the most sympathetic depiction of people with MCS. MCS is real, and it can be devastating to be told that it is all in your head when you pretty much are allergic to the world. Of course it is going to cause some mental anguish, and probably trauma to realize that everything around you in a "normal" place is making you sick. I hope the "normies" don't get too close, as things like the perfumed exhaust from dryer sheets (science has proven "normal" dryer sheets to be toxic) could be a huge problem for these folks. Go to the environmental working group for some scientific evidence of the toxic nature of many everyday products. As to being OCD, you kinda have to be when most products cause you to not be able to function normally. To all the skeptics out there... Ever notice that you get a headache around must, mold, perfumes or strong chemical cleaners? Do scented candles make you or anyone you know sneeze? Do you ever end up zoning out a bit in places like Walmart? Well, this is a very extreme version of that.
Mental illness is so intriguing.
I am on my way! I live in NYC all my life. Sick all my life. On Biologics and several meds for Asthma. Slept in tents in my yard or on the balcony or in my SUV. Purchased and sold homes, moved from apartment to apartment, but still sick. I cannot be indoors and I cannot be in large crowds of people. Then I rented an apartment in Phoenix AZ for 4 weeks. On week 2 I started coughing and spitting up phlegm I did not even know was in my lungs. By week 3 I no longer needed my daily inhaler or my pills. I was in complete remission. I also felt 20 years younger and my mind was clear and sharper than it had been in the past 20 years too! I returned to NYC and I was okay for about 4 weeks before I started to get sick again. I plan to travel back and forth between Phoenix and NYC for a few more years until I am 60 and retired.
It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
There's a calendar hanging behind him while reading a book in a box.
He is not touching the calendar.
@@JamieStLouis-tu9ml he says that the fumes bother him. Otherwise he would be fine with just gloves
If the printed page outgasses long enough he can deal with it better as in the calendar. I know 2 people with this problem and it seems to get worse over time. Quite being such a hater. You really can research it and learn.
I really like the style of this video. Very minimalist. The music really lends poignancy to the story too. Well done to Mae and Kathleen. :)
I know a kid who is allergic to almost everything including sunlight. There's very few substances he can consume, and a compounding pharmacy has to make it. It's like baby formula and it's the only "food" he can have. He uses electronics and Wi-Fi doesn't bother him.
seems like that kids parents took him to the hospital and got a real diagnosis, hopefully he can live a comfortable life. these people are just self diagnosing, they be crazy.
Some people are afflicted with rare maladies. How about those who are allergic to their own tears, and sweat? Rare, but quite real. I believe MCS is also real, as I have no proof to the contrary. One could easily fake dizziness, or nausea, but a skin rash? Or can one fake anaphylaxis? Maybe these commenters should try to be a little less judgemental, and a little more humble. Yeah...that's going to happen.
um dude the woman sleeps in a painted car next to a gas tank
well maybe its a mental disorder
> I believe it's real because I have no proof to the contrary.
That's not how that works. People have to prove something is real, not that it isn't. Burden of proof and so on.
Those people have visible, measurable reactions to their allergens, though. They don't just 'feel bad'. I have a cousin who is allergic to water, and his skin comes out in giant red rashes after he showers. 90% of these people are mentally ill.
this is real and thank you for have common sense about this disorder, i had 5 kids and never was sick a day till i was poisioned by black mold, now i have chemical sensitivity and perfume allergies, no you cant fake anaphylaxis, believe you me, this is something you dont want in your life, i have to ware special masks to go outside now and to be in public, but when i get home its shower and clean cloths so that i can breath and not break out in rash or hives, it isnt the life i for seen for old age, but its a fact of life now and you learn to live with it like dibeaties or copd
I know you probably won't see this, but you can "fake anaflacsic shock". If you are so convinced of an allergy like this your body can trigger it responses as if it were real. And we wouldn't call it faking it. It's that they real, too there heart of hearts believe that they have an illness
My mom had this !!! The hardest thing I went through was watching her. When they say everything it’s everything y’all have no idea. And it changes too.
Being allergic to perfumes and colognes I understand and plan on retiring away from many things
As someone that was exposed to toxic mold, I also have minor MCS. It’s Limbic Brain dysfunction. You can fix it with DNRS. No, these people are not “crazy” they suffered a brain injury.
Did it end up working for you?
Respectfully, DNRS has literally killed people and thus I recommend vehemently against it.
Follow the money.
It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
People seem to think that this is some sort of joke. Everybody's heard of peanut allergies the question is are peanut allergies psychosomatic or real. When a person's airway is closing because of a peanut allergy is it all in their head. Is the EpiPen containing epinephrine a placebo or is it acting as a drug. I think the problems that these people experience are more like allergies. Being a person that experiences discomfort after touching a newspaper I know exactly what these people are going through. If I used throw away gloves to read the newspaper it would look silly so I do not ever read newspapers in public.
Seriously, since I was a teenager, going through a HUGE airport made my chest feel funny. Fast forward 20 years, I get heart palpitations. Later realized the closer I get to the security machines, my chest tightens! I thought it was just anxiety, right? The further I walk away, my heart beats regularly. I’m talking with people, getting food, etc. I love flying! Not afraid at all.
I had an older woman very nice security agent and mentioned how my chest tightens. She said many passengers talk with her and it’s always their head feels fuzzy, or their chests get tight! I know an ICU head nurse and described it. She said with certain individuals the magnetic pull makes them sick. I was shocked!!
I’m still flying and not changed my life. I’m just aware of it. Weird right?
Are you the same person above talking about weird stuff?
Test any of these people without them knowing and they will fail every time
Actually many of us react very strongly long before we can see or smell the irritant
Alyce Vincent Do you have any proof of this? Even if this is a real condition, I think that 1: it is blown out of proportion by those who have it and 2: the overwhelming majority of them have never been diagnosed
what type of proof are you looking for? This is a well documented disability, acknowledged by governments, human Rights Counsels etc. be specific and I will try to point you in the right direction.
The Canadian, US, Australian, and Swedish governments all acknowledge this disability
Alyce Vincent Can you provide a source for that?
Do they die after farting?
Of all the hairbrained comments on this video... This is the only one I actually found humerous. 👍 thank you for making light of the situation, even if it was only marginally, and for not being a total asshat.
nah these are the type of people who smell their own farts
Lmfao
Actually laughed out loud at work from this comment 😂👌🙌 thank you haha!
I must say this comment is funny 😂🙏
Y’all should have called this dude on his bull and hid something that gives off a wireless signal in his house. If he wasn’t lying he would be able to locate it.
100% True, NASA has to off gas everything in their space vehicles because the gases would make the astronauts very ill. This is a fact!
AstroNOTS are bs and freemason actors that have never been to "space"
Good to see they have found a safe space.
I would not have expected to see everyone in plastic eyeglass frames.
'Ink fumes make me sick, so I read like this'
- Has calendar printed in ink on the wall in the background LOL
New ink from new books, newspapers ect. obviosly...
I think he is sensitive to newly printed items. It is a neural/brain impairment: The Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
He can't breath in the "ink fumes", then he goes into a room full of books and papers, takes off his mask and breathes in the "ink fumes.
Aw, they are a bunch of crazies.
MCS is so widely misunderstood by western medicine as a whole and therefore most with this condition are suffering to no end. The problem with MCS is there is very little guidance in terms of how to cope with toxin overloading. Most are caused by a single tramautic event such as a severe chemical exposure, mold or lyme disease that causes an extreme and unusual immune system backflare chemical or electromagnetic radiowave hypersensitivity. The thing is people who don't have the condition are quick to point it out as quack but as someone who has chemical sensitivity its really nothing to mess around with and if not managed can ruin one's life. Though I will say anyone with the condition really needs to manage their condition with a high quality diet rich in live plant foods such as beets and cilantro and with regular colonic flushes such as coffee enemas. The problem is there is so little direction for these people go in they really can only resort to avoidance because they don't have the understanding on managing not only one's environment but also managing toxin load on a personal level.
It is a neural/brain impairment: Dynamic Neural Retraining Program (DNRS) has been designed to help people with these sensitivities rewire the limbic system through the principle of neuroplasticity. It was developed by Annie Hopper in Canada.
Lmao real life Chucks from better call saul
those people are the canary in the coal mine.
It sounds like they have a mineral and vitamin deficiency. Yes, something so simple, but many overlook it. The lady received her problems after pregnancy, which tells me she was already deficient during her pregnancy and was drained after her pregnancy. Deficiencies in any mineral or vitamins will produce sensitivities. They should go get their blood tested to make sure everything is in the normal ranges. Most Medical Doctors will not do blood tests for this. Go to a specialists that will do Cocktail infusions of all minerals and important vitamins to bring everything back to normal levels.
healthjunkie1 sound like it or an immune deficieny,getting sick all the time. What do they eat and drink.
If homeboy allergic to ink why don't he use interwebs. Noob
bioches he's allergic to the fumes from the computer too *sarcasm*
I didn't realize that mold and mildew was causing me problems until I became an adult. Once I learned to eliminate those from my house, It no longer built up in my system, which made me hyper sensitive to smoke,dust,dander,etc. and to have severe allergy like symptoms. Yep, Lysol the curtains, closet, carpet, etc. and you have my cure !
Guy says printer's ink bothers him but he has no problem with copier toner? Why does he have the respirator on one minute and off the next?
While I too have an allergic reaction to ink fumes, I do not have trouble with copier toner. After all toner is just electrostaticaly charged carbon
Normies reeeeeee
When I developed this condition twenty five years ago, people thought I was crazy when I said that nail polish, perfumes, new carpeting and furniture were making me sick. Now they have toluene and formaldehyde-free nail polish; as well as regulations regarding emissions of carpeting and furniture. I guess I wasn't so crazy after all. It's hard to understand why it's difficult for people to comprehend that some people are more sensitive to toxins than others. I sure wish I wasn't so sensitive; while I never could afford moving to the desert - this condition has messed up my life.
Especially furniture, in my case, i have to cover it with clean sheet's even though it was all brandnew. Make's my skin red,itchy,and sooo irritated. Then i become grouchy, and exhausted.
What condition is it exactly?
It sounds like you haven't made much progress with the mental issues.
Okay you're sensitive to Smells, not too weird, even though it is kind of weird because you would have to have the nose of a hound to really be affected, or of course have that condition where ITS ALL IN YOUR head. Either way I don't really care, my main thing is when they say that electronics and Wi-Fi affect them, it's just obviously in their crazy heads
Mike Mondano how cute, you aren't smart enough to understand things so you mock them lol you were bullied a lot as a child weren't you
I would make a fortune selling "foil hats"....sorry I mean "Personal Protection Equipment"
Whatever. They aren't hurting anyone. Have fun, homies. I just got out of my pool and I'm gonna ingest some chemicals later. Come on over when you're done wigging out
If you use chlorine or bromine, invite me over for a swim and some chemical cocktails (:
Chloramine and chloroform arnt good for ya. But it's not a big deal if it's one of the few things you are exposed to.. I keep track of what I'm limited to. Wear gloves and dust mask when handling ammo and shooting. I simply keep track of the majority of toxins I encounter.
Someone needs to tell these people better call Saul is just a TV show 😂🤣😂🤣
and for migrainers too. suffer multitude of symptoms absant of a migrain pain. I visited Tucson, Az by the second day I felt better and woke up well
I get annoyed at the doctors office video loop of this certain person voice does not change, if it was nature soft instrumental I would relax better. migrainers have a brain disfunction.
junifiniker DYSFUNCTION*
“The cameras electricity is making me fuzzy” *has a clock*
I heard about this on a podcast years ago. Really informative.
"I self-interrupt", yes that's OCD. As far as I understand there are two basic kinds of OCD. Mental and physical. The latter is the better known one, where you for example enter a room and have to touch everything or else it would be bad luck. The first one is the one where you do all that in your brain. Sometimes the physical one derives out of the mental one because you bring what's inside on the outside to be able to focus better. I have a light form of that too (just 1 or 2 ticks), but man, as a kid it was awful! Because as a kid you are way worse at self-control... I'm so glad I outgrew it.
As someone with OCD I get exactly what line you're thinking in. I'd be curious to see if he could pass a test--such as how accurately he can call out a powered electronic device being close to him when he can't see whether it's on or even near him. If he's very accurate with it, the psychological idea still can't hold up.
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Necronem delete this
horchatax3 you also reeeeeeeeeeeeeee?
Sad that her daughter and her haven't seen each other for 7years
She wants a little more space, your bedroom is a car, your living room is the world.