The Rise of Asian “Garbage House” Influencers

[@petefilous]

i genuinely think this happens because its as close to killing yourself as you can get without actually dying. its just lying down and waiting to die and imo explains the risky behaviour too.

[@thevixen3003]

Dang! That kinda hurt tbh

[@toxizenz]

real. i dont want to live so i wont. especially since it's difficult to get up anyways

[@adamssmasher]

i am just waiting for it to take me so i don't have to do it instead

[@GM-qq1wi]

I think the word is parasuicide?

[@junebugx1312]

absolutely and people will still call it laziness. i fully shut down when my brother died in an extremely traumatic way when i was 19. it took me 2 years to finally ask for help with cleaning my house out of shame.

[@penguinknees3881]

i hate when people think bed-rotting is just laying in bed. its being so depressed you can't bring yourself to move/leave your bed. not having a cozy off day

[@raven4090]

You're right about that. I'm having that problem right now, but I'm not collecting garbage or mouldy cups because that would make me feel worse.

[@placeholderdoe]

⁠@@raven4090I really hope it gets better soon!

[@littlekittyonaroof]

@ayylien3070 wish i could say that I'm depressed it basically is my life

[@stefaniratu6439]

I was depressed and currently recovering and yes back then I wish the sun should never rise. I even cried when morning comes

[@AlejandroTecman]

True But should you monetize your depression this way?

[@kkooknut993]

I remembered when i used to bed rot. It was not fun and i felt depressed to even do anything. I would wake up, go to work, come back and sleep. I was depressed that my floor was so messy. Im ashamed from this but it's really sad having to see this as a trend. F* all ppl who try to do this to look "fun" but for the ppl who are actually suffering from this, I hope you get to have motivation, happiness, and lots of love. Find inspiration that can get you moving. I pray the best for you.

[@RainRemnant]

I share the frustration! Been there too and good to hear you're doing better.

[@mostlyghostey]

I do NOT believe he’s not sick. Mold poisoning can show up as a number of different symptoms: Headaches, asthma, chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, etc. So even if he isn’t experiencing stomach issues such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea that does not mean he isn’t slowly degrading his own health. Mold exposure is incredibly damaging.

[@mostlyghostey]

Also can we mention the dangers of ingesting DISH SOAP?!

[@stefaniratu6439]

They said Indonesian people's gut are the strongest but I choose to believe that all he did is just for conteng and I hope he get proper meal back in the days 😢

[@10feralratsinacoat76]

He's gonna be in a chubbyemu video. You can't just eat room temp old rice and reheat it god knows how many times...

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

He might develop lung issues from breathing in that mold. I’ve heard of mold growing in people’s lungs after inhaling spores (I can’t remember what type it was but, I doubt any mold other than cheese is good for you.)

[@madnesscm]

My thoughts exactly. There's no way he's not exhibiting ANY issues related to this.

[@weewoo-c5s]

i saw a girl whos bed rotting got so extreme that her clothes were rotting off her back, bed rotting is NOT a trend and ive experienced it first hand, i went WEEKS without showering, brushing my teeth, washing my face, or even eating. ive gotten better now, and i hope others do too.

[@dw9524]

Damn. There's a story of a woman who sofa rotted so much she basically melted into her sofa. It's really scary

[@user-dm3vf8el4j]

Don't get me started on how hard it is to come back from that and be healthy/functional again 😭😭

[@bakedpotato1717]

Glad you’re in a better place now 🫶 you’re worth it

[@brookezadra4770]

@@dw9524that story is not the same as this

[@Fjørd_3]

That Story from rotten mango​@@dw9524

[@Hellotheredelilah]

The rotten food guy is wild. It almost made me 🤢🤢🤢 thanks for blurring most of it.

[@EllssBellss19]

I just had to listen. Even the blur was too much.

[@elmondo-s1e]

@@EllssBellss19same, couldn’t look at it.

[@DizzyME13]

I'm

[@---xe5et]

I feel like the rotten rice guy is going to end up in one of that doctor's videos about "Man ate 2 week old rice, this is how his organs shut down".

[@pikihoes4345]

CHUBBYEMU

[@MissMiaAfroGoddess]

☝🏽presenting to the ER with bubblin’ guts

[@lobstermash]

@@MissMiaAfroGoddess where we are now

[@tyuptydown]

How I read this comment on his voice.

[@Blue.Diesel]

Rotten rice smells terrible and often has an array of multicolored mold

[@Useernaamee]

Someone tell me why I am nervous to post a selfie on my stupid private Instagram story and these people post their bugs and moldy food!!

[@LyoNHal]

because when you're in a state in which you live with bugs and eat rotten food you have bigger problems than being shy around your friends👍

[@Useernaamee]

@@LyoNHal I think it's more of an overthinking and being self-conscious kind of thing, those people seem to have turned that off. Like to an admirable extent. But maybe they just have bigger fires to put out.. could be true.

[@MrAjking808]

Because you people are insecure about yourselves

[@mkchristner]

They are mentally off.

[@chaos-slug]

at least when you are nervous to post yourself, as backwards as this may sound, it shows that you care about how you look and present yourself to other people which can be a good thing. just that sometimes, we end up caring too much... these people care too Little

[@Fallingracoanrobber]

4:06 I would actively prefer to scavenge the forest for possibly poisonous mushrooms than risk eating that rice

[@Sakurako_world]

I agree😂😂😂

[@viablos455]

i used to 'bed rot'. it was shortly after my dad was hospitalized for covid-19. i was severely depressed. i refused to eat, refused to shower (my skin was sticky from excess sweat from just lying in bed with my bedcovers all day), refused to attend the online school (wasted about 5-7k USD and affected my GPA perm.), refused to brush my teeth (on weeks on end), and refused to clean up my room. i let the food that my mother forced on me sit on my dresser for days where it would be cold, dry, and have flies on it. there would be piles of plates and dishes. i had matted oily and itchy hair as well as itchy/irritated hair *down below* because i wasn't washing. i was cripplingly depressed for roughly a year like this, only taking showers when i couldnt stand the itching anymore and even then only using water, no soap. i sheltered and deleted my social medias which removed a lot of my friends (since i was always an online introvert). when i had to go to the bathroom i would hold it in and delay it until i couldnt anymore. i don't know what they're going through, or if it's a fad, but it was a horrible life. i would never wish the mentality, negativity, loathe, hatred, and sadness i went through everyday on anyone. i pray for them, even if its just for show or not, to find the strength to pull themselves from it.

[@EmL-kg5gn]

@@viablos455 I am so so sorry you went through all that. I’m also so proud of you for surviving it 💕

[@jasminewhitehead1752]

I’m so sorry. I hope your doing well. We love you. 💕

[@TraumaDumpling]

I hope you are doing so much better now. 💗

[@HopefulDarkness]

I felt that… sorry you had to go through that. Hopefully they’re getting help

[@coffeefilter]

@@kirausamaria5409 it's not that simple. it's not just being too lazy to get up, it's about genuinely not being able to. it's not like he/she/they didn't "support" their dad on purpose or that they didn't care for him or love him. this might be hard to understand if you've never gone through that, but that was still very insensitive of you. they said they had severe depression, for god's sake. depression affects how a person thinks, feels and functions overall. so it's not that simple and you definitely shouldn't blame them for this.

[@cake4207]

1:45 bed rotting describes deep depression, it’s not meant as a term for relaxing and being lazy. it just describes the deep depression spiral one goes through to the point of not eating or showering

[@sofakingimmature]

It's just another serious phrase that has lost all meaning due to social media.

[@arui6143]

​@TheHappinessOfThePursuit It's not by choice. Severe mental illness forces that situation onto them. It sucks for everyone involved. Shaming someone for being sick isn't constructive.

[@szczurzautyzmzm]

​@TheHappinessOfThePursuitPeople who cannot brush their teeth are not "disgusting", they simply do not have the strength to do so, because they suffer from deep depression.

[@blaze5295]

It’s not just depression, I’m a cleaner and the peoples houses I’ve been too, a lot of them just work a lot or work away, they don’t have the time or energy to clean, they just wanna rest. Sometimes it’s depression fr but not always. Just pay someone else to clean if you are mentally or physically unable too.

[@Are_you_eyeballing_me]

@@szczurzautyzmzm the outcome of their lack of strength is pretty disgusting though

[@parasiticWorms]

As someone that bed rots (no, not glamorized, I'm mentally unwell and im really really trying to get better, buts it hard because im a young teen that isnt supported and rather threatened by their family) and this is SO bad. Im disgusted myself, even if ive lived like this, surrounded by old trash, mold, and bugs. I struggle so much, and then i see people living like this. Not trying to get better, putting themselves online, when they so clearly need help. This should only be put online for AWARENESS, not content. It shouldn't be a "trend", it should be helped. That's that. Edit: I've managed to finish cleaning my room! It took,, a while, as can see,,, but I'm gonna be getting my own room soon! Though I was told that if I can't keep it clean I will be forced to sleep in the living room so i "can't make a mess there", i am very excited to have my own room for the first time in my lifeeeee!! I will definitely try to keep this one clean to the best of my abilities :D

[@glassofgas8631]

Dude, plz, get better. I want to believe in us all

[@parasiticWorms]

@@manjitmishra410 they tell me things like they'll make me sleep outside in the fall and winter nights, send me to a mental hospital (which, that one actually would be helpful if it wasn't just a scare tactic), insulting me almost everyday for things I don't even do most of the time, constantly yelling at me, and making me clean and work a good majority of the day, and then tell me how it's not that I'm too tired and unmotivated to clean my room after all my work, im just "lazy" I don't eat much either because my mom doesn't care about my sensory issues so I have to find ways to get food in myself so my body is even more tired a lot of the time Not a very good environment for someone like me But I'm still trying to make it work, cuz I don't care about them and as long as I get out of here one day, I'll be okay :D

[@parasiticWorms]

@@glassofgas8631 I'm trying! I've managed to clean half of my room, which is surprisingly good for me! I hope to finish before my birthday ^^

[@honeymelonade]

@@parasiticWorms Aw I'm glad, you can do it! And happy birthday!

[@Shayjw2025]

If I could hug you all I would!!!! take one day at a time and most of all never give up trying 👑🌹🌟

[@_catx_9106]

The best collab this influencers could have is with that finnish lady on youtube that cleans entire houses for free for people going through debilitating conditions

[@kingworm7168]

But if their space is clean what would their channel be about anymore 🤷🏽‍♀️ it’s kind of a trap. If that’s what your whole schtick is there is even less incentive to change it

[@whatzittooyah9182]

Auri Katarina is a saint 💕

[@vampiredinosaur]

I love that Finnish cleaning lady! She is doing such a kind thing for people who desperately need it.

[@elinazariel]

Yeah Auri Katariina is a pearl for people like these. No judgement, just help to clean for free.

[@elinazariel]

​@@kingworm7168yeah of course if they want to live like that, then no point to call a person who cleans it all away

[@XemeraldXD]

Oh man, apparently i was so trendy when i was severely depressed! Jokes aside, its fine to just stay in bed and be lazy for a day, but once youre leaving moldy cups everywhere... time to see a therapist.

[@Widdekuu91]

Yeah, I recognise a few things from my ex. He would befriend the mice in his appartment, which means he just let them eat everything and tried to pet them. I mean, fair play, I befriended the jackdaws outside, but I am not doing fine either and the jackdaws are not eating my food and furniture.

[@Miyukazukii]

Yep. If you can keep your space clean then it's just relaxing. I used to have the moldy cup shit when I was at my worse. Now it's just the world is expensive. If I'm paying to live somewhere I may as well hang out. Besides I'm just a lounger. What I'm gonna go to a restaurant and drape myself over the bench like a greek emperor beckoning for grapes? I do but people are soooo judgey about it.

[@captinbunt]

@@Miyukazukii Hahahahahahahaha

[@PossibleBat]

That’s the problem, you’ve got to go outside or ask anyone for help 😢 and if you are that depressed you need someone to help you out a bit, check your national or local services phone line, emergencies whatever is called in your country and at least have a phone talk, it can help you get some help and a listening ear ❤

[@Beelzebubby91]

I find that having a clean, organized space helps my depression too. I feel less stressed

[@myfigfinnesse]

I’ve got to give you major kudos for this video-it really hits home. You nailed it by highlighting the constant pressure to grind and how it can push people into burnout. That bit about "bed rotting" as a coping mechanism is so on point. But you're also right-there’s a fine line between rest and letting things slide into something more serious, like depression. This is quality content that more people need to see. Keep shining a light on these important issues!

[@BAdtnl]

I actually feel sick to my stomach watching that dude wash food😭😭 had me so shook I was barely disturbed by the bug girl cause I fazed out💀

[@mimikyu1093]

i was eating my breakfast while watching, i didn’t expect it to be so gross 😭

[@Patchouliprince]

I’m cooking dinner watching this and I had to step away for a sec YUCK

[@athenachristinemusic]

Oh my god same

[@nekomaneki7745]

i could almost smell the scent of that rice...you know when you forget to put your rice in the fridge and it goes bad 🤢 traumatizing odour

[@Log-On-Line]

that guy has a mental problem he really needs to see someone

[@Ketaminogue]

I love it when people turn the worst aspects of my mental illnesses into a trend so that people write me off as “being lazy” and “not really ill”

[@ducciwucci]

oh boo hoo

[@-whackd]

Don't worry, I believe you're mentally ill. You sound miserable in this single comment alone.

[@talk2someone_who_fuckingca567]

Oh, you're, no fun ​@ducciwucci

[@laobok]

@@ducciwucci They're talking about you

[@elmondo-s1e]

@@ducciwuccidid that make you feel big

[@Kinkajou420]

... I'm never taking for granted how cluttered yet clean my home is again..

[@kvarner6886]

As someone who is disabled and mentally ill, I struggle with this to an extent. Luckily not to this level, but I am seriously concerned about the woman with the bugs. Not so much due to the bugs, but the FIRE HAZARD. Even if she is using an induction stove and not a hot plate, she must have things plugged in under all the extremely flammable material in her home.

[@arttherapywithamanda]

This. It reminds me of my in-laws who are hoarders. Not this bad (yet), but it also gets worse with age

[@TheJadeFist]

Or any oil splashes, or flour, you might not not think about the flour, but grain elevator explosions can and do happen simply from all the flammable particles in the air, just needs one spark and the air flow just wrong. But ya the electrical plugs under everything like that, is asking for trouble.

[@kvarner6886]

@@TheJadeFist Yeah, I've actually heard about flour and sugar explosions! I'm a bit of a weirdo, though, and like to watch these weird US government safety videos that cover stuff like that. 🫠

[@Stinkystunnedstinker]

Yes, it’s sadly how a lot of hoarders end up dying

[@KittyImpact8372]

She’s recently been kicked out/evicted and now stays in a hotel. I really hope she’s doing at least a bit better!

[@rosethorne9155]

To think, ten years ago, I rememer warching a documentary about a Japanese hikikomori whose house ended up that way after his mom died (his dad had left them, iirc) and he spiraled into severe depression. It took him several years for his house to get as trashed as the clip shown at 3:30 . And when the cleaning crew helped him clean and found pictures of his mom in the mess, he cried and thanked them. I think there are a lot of people who are...not emotionally well. I didn't think anybody would intentionally do this, much less show it off... 😞

[@Anon06428]

Agreed

[@Anthonybrother]

no shit sherlock

[@udontevenwannaknowbruv]

That’s so sad… Do you remember what the documentary is called or where you watched it?

[@sarahi1149]

I used to judge obese people when I was an ignorant sh!t. And also people at school who didn't shower despite having the means. Both of them were touched as children and this was their defense mechanism...Ive also spoken and sat down and had coffee with people who were homeless and hearing what they've gone through...Basically I don't want to judge what someone is going through. And I know people will victim blame or be like "oh if that was me..." and I get it...we victim blame because we are afraid of things happening to us...the brain does things or thoughts that tries to protect us

[@rosethorne9155]

@@udontevenwannaknowbruv I watched it on KZbin! Unfortunately I don't recall the title. I think it was either done by DW news, or NHK news (I was watching a lot of documentaries by those 2 networks at the time).

[@landofthehazymist]

Whats so scary about mental illness and depression is that its literally a mental illness. Like i could feel it twisting my brain, eroding my usual personality and sense of logic whenever i could remember what i was like when i wasnt depressed. What did it take to make them comfortable with living like that? Even when my bedrotting was at its worst, i innately cant stand bugs or even the thought of hella mold growth or strong stink. Its easier to think "at least my life aint like that" than "i prob wasnt depressed enough and the potential to spiral further still lives in me. I still have a life to live which means bigger chance of things like horrible events happening to me out of my control again that would trigger a depressive episode"

[@ally_]

being poisoned from left out/ old rice is a very real threat!!! no amount of dish soap and extra ingredients is gonna make it go away😱

[@whatzittooyah9182]

Right like the dish soap may get rid of the bacteria but not any mold

[@Ghostfoxkori]

I ate spoiled rice once..

[@aminatadiallo8197]

I audibly gasped when I saw him pick up the rice from the floor and put it back in his container of old rice to cook 🤢

[@amberlee4536]

It can be outright deadly. If it's not being mistaken for salmonella or e. coli, it's because the illness it caused was that severe.

[@saulgoodgrrrl]

I don't even get it like if you're at the point where you think you need to literally wash your food with soap why don't you just. not eat rotting food like hello

[@BubblesMcGhee]

Social media can make anything into a trend with enough validation after a post. I’m clawing my way out of depression & I refuse to glamorize it.

[@possummagic3571]

THIS!

[@elisemurray5263]

wish you all the best

[@noxnox7445]

That's really it. I see people say it's because of Japanese culture or Japanese people, but it's ridiculous. Similar things are happening all over the world, and trends are what it's all about.

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

I cleaned my 2 year depression pit and dude, not a single bug!!

[@lisadrijver]

The glamoizing probably started with some genuinely depressed people making art about their experiences, trying to find beauty even in the ugliest of things. But like everything else, the internet took it, commodified and flattened it to the lowest common denominator, and spat it out like a quirky trend. I guess sharing neurodivergent experiences and raising awareness really is a double edged sword

[@Amanda6532]

I have bipolar disorder and I can think of 3 periods of my life where I started eating cold food straight out of cans and mold was growing in my room. I was sleeping the majority of the time and when I wasn’t sleeping, I was just laying in the dark still just in my bed with my phone or laptop. All 3 of these situations landed me hospitalized with medication changes and breaks from work and school where I wasn’t really doing what I was supposed to anyway. Then it was over. Doing it purposefully and/or advertising it to social media is just wild to me. This is hidden behavior.

[@Megan9689]

IVE NEVER HEARD OF PEOPLE WASHING RICE WITH SOAP AND THEN EATING IT OMGGG. You can DIE from old rice and pasta, let alone stuff sitting at room temperature. *BARF*

[@comicsans3537]

right?? "never gotten sick" my ass, botulism isn't something you can avoid lmao. Not like flus where you can become immune to that strain, bacteria is mean...

[@s-e-e-k-i-n-g]

wait how do you tell how old is too old im italian all i eat is rice and pasta and now i have fear

[@feraldeercolony]

@@s-e-e-k-i-n-g it's just if it's been left out for a couple of hours without refrigeration

[@chinadoll7]

I’ve left my rice out overnight and it was fine to eat. I let it cool to room temperature and put it in the fridge in the morning when I wake up. It’s always been fine.

[@lunazeismann5253]

​@@s-e-e-k-i-n-g ive had my food handlers card for years and for most food it goes bad after 2 hour unrefrigerated at room temperature, if the temperature is hot it will go bad after 1 hour. I toss leftover pasta and rice after 5-6 days so roughly a week, ive eaten 7 day old rice and been okay and I have a week stomach. The longer its left out the more dangerous it can get because its exposed and bacteria grows rapidly at warm temperatures. Preventing cross contamination between food can also greatly reduce the risk of food born illnesses. As long as its not left out of the refrigerator and not super old you should be okay.

[@friedatheiling598]

the way my jaw dropped when he opened the rice cooker & went 'ah... fuwa fuwa'. My brother that is NOT what people mean when they talk about 'fluffy' rice!!!

[@milou1996-d5b]

fuwa means fluffy ?

[@Meow3431]

@@milou1996-d5bfuwa fuwa means fluffy

[@foggy_sheep]

He was washing the rice with soap and he said "umasou" 😭 like bro WHAT

[@udontevenwannaknowbruv]

Lmao that’s so much worse, because in my language fuwa is more like a sound you make when something is gross to you. So I thought he meant “ewww” and at least acknowledged it’s disgusting. I believe I’m the complete opposite and extreme from him. I cringe when someone dips their fry in my ketchup, if someone touch my face then all I think about is wether their hands were clean or not. When I see one speck of dust in my water or on my food then I’m not hungry anymore. I can’t even let the whites of my nails grow because I don’t want any dirt to sit under it and I have to dry my hands with paper towels as well as have to change my pillow nightly. I wipe the toilet seat with spray after every visit because to see dust or fluid stains on it make me sick. All of my habits are time consuming and make me worry constantly. So this is my morbid curiosity now 😂 Maybe his content will help me become less extreme lol… Or it could go the opposite way 😭💀

[@ur1c3hu33]

​@@udontevenwannaknowbruvHaving longer nails actually helped me keep dust and dirt out of my nails. They're easier to clean without damaging too. I would always have gunk trapped under when I had shorter nails but less when longer (maybe a tad past your fingertip length?)

[@fcs4710]

this is not 'bed rotting' this is depression and hoarding

[@tenderandmoist5011]

No that's literally what bed rotting is, being so depressed that you don't want to get out of bed and let yourself 'rot' away

[@Stk-v3m]

nope it’s a slippery slope and it shouldn’t be normalized in any capacity

[@Stk-v3m]

And by the way the term bed rotting (as the name suggests) is a serious term and it does classify as deep depression. Just because people on the internet make it seem like it’s casual doesn’t mean it’s true

[@adamssmasher]

so i'm affected by clinical depression. seeing this being "trendy" is super gross (like any other things considered bad but are still trending) and it makes me feel like shit. bedrotting is not "relaxing and having a nice day off". bedrotting is genuinely one of the worst things because you barely function at that moment. you don't get up to drink or eat, use the bathroom, shower or brush your teeth. on really bad days, plates,bottles and other packaging are piling up in my room and i feel so gross, that i have to force myself to take a shower and then clean everything up. like literally EVERYTHING. bedrotting is not fun, bedrotting is wanting to die without having to actually do something. you are literally mentally and physically rotting away from life.

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

Being in a messy environment made me feel even worse about myself, and it made my negative self talk HORRIBLE. I wouldn't even type some of the things I would say to myself... well, you don't have to imagine, you know. But for others, imagine being filled with so much self hatred and hopelessness, you don't even feel entitled to a comfortable, clean space. When you get used to the misery, you talk yourself into deserving it. 💔 Just that single aspect I wouldn't want to wish on another person. This s**t isn't glamorous; its slow rotting Hell. This month I cleaned my 2 year depression pit, and it feels so good shedding the old stuff and getting organized. When I finished, I literally cried and apologized to myself.

[@JustMe-vs1kj]

true, i have a son and i especially feel bad when ive been in bed so much that i get to spend less time with him.... i never let my room get dirty like that tho, once or twice a day i go around and pick up anything that i left around, cups and plates go to the dishwasher 1/2 a day. not keeping my room just makes me feel even worse so i try to keep it up, as its only a minimum effort. for me its not really like i cant do anything but i just dont want to do anything i dont want to get up to get food, i dont want to get up to use the bathroom, i dont want to get up to do whatever needs to be done, i dont want to soicalize etc. i think its partly because of depression and partly because of add, maybe ptsd from a toxic relationship as well...

[@rachelcookie321]

I have depression too and I actually like that it’s trending even if they’re conflating it with just being lazy in bed for a day. It normalises the idea of bed rotting and makes it seem less like you’re disgusting if you do it. Like if I told someone I stayed in bed all day they’ll just think I’m doing the trend which is nice. I like that it’s getting rid of the stigma and makes me feel more normal.

[@sunnyandthechlo]

@@rachelcookie321 Normalizing it isn’t good though. It will cause people to assume what they’re doing is just normal and fine but it is actually a very serious health risk and something you need to seek help for. If it is causing people not to seek help, it isn’t good.

[@starlight6161]

As another depressed person seeing people make this a trend like the original commenter said it’s gross. I’ve unfortunately had depressive episodes where I wouldn’t take care of myself at all. I would only get out of bed to use the bathroom. I didn’t shower or brush my teeth or even change my clothes as gross as it sounds I just rotted in my own filth for weeks at a time. I probably would have been growing mold like some of the people shown in the video but thankfully my parents who were bringing me food would also take away dishes. I really hope this trend goes away because bed rotting is not fun and should not be trendy.

[@SweetHeart-life]

I really think it’s depression. No one can lay in bed all day in a very disgusting environment with mold and garbage surrounding you. No fresh air. It’s not healthy. I have had some days that I d just take care of my kids and lay in bed when I could letting my hygiene and house get wrenched. Definitely was depression. Snapped out of it eventually but ya it not healthy.

[@Beelzebubby91]

@@CorvidQueen87 I sincerely mean this, you should try reaching out to social services in your area. Not Child protective services, but maybe there is some sort of counselling program your mom qualifies for. Call, email, take pictures of the house. No kid deserves to live like that.

[@CorvidQueen87]

@@Beelzebubby91 My mom is currently in a therapy group and I have been lucky enough to get help from others. I think she is getting better but usually when I think that it just repeats. One of the reasons we are stuck is because it is a rental and we will have to clean it first. Our landlord is actually a really sweet person so there is a lot of guilt to stay and try to fix things but it isn't getting better. It is a housing desert and it is hard to find another place out here. My mom has multiple health conditions and she has big memory gaps and this makes it even harder for her to remember sources and help I try to offer. She's afraid people actually hate her and want her gone so she is always talking about moving really far from where I need to be, as if it will solve our problems. Overall just a difficult situation

[@hunnid17]

They're cosplaying it. It's extremely embarrassing and nobody really dealing with it would put themselves in the spotlight by parading it online. It's another trend people use for attention and to fit in with certain groups, just like being emo/cutting your wrist was 10 years ago. Most of them have good skin and teeth but they're depressed? Get outta here with that

[@CorvidQueen87]

@@hunnid17 Said like someone who probably hasn't ever dealt with depression before. Depression and mental illness has been turned into a "trend" before but people aren't going to show it if it doesn't already exist in some form. Are you really trying to say a perfectly normal mentally stable person will slit their wrists for attention online? Or a person will just choose to live in complete filth and dangerous conditions for funsies? Come on. Most of these people already lived like this and then found a way to capitalize off of it. While there are a lot of fakers out there, people who are actually harming themselves are not.

[@jioosiatm]

^ this person is dumb af. Depression looks different on everyone, its not one particular thing and its dangerous to think like that

[@enafrills]

3:17 OH MY GOD DRAMATURGY EVE MENTION

[@Piecesoftheshadow]

“Bed rotting is a trend.” I have chronic illness and am in bed far more than I want to be so to hear people call it a trend when it’s literally hell and depressing… is.. wild. With that being said, the way the world works with how tired and overworked everyone is, is so depressing and upsetting and angering. It makes me so sad that it feels like it will never stop…

[@Nylon_riot]

I am informed with chronic illness too and this is is infuriating. Actually I'll people would do anything to get away from it. I spent years grieving for myself which is a position no one should be in.

[@dismurrart6648]

Bed rotting isn't the same as being bed bound and it is a trend though. It's a range from people rping mental illness to doing possibly f3t1sh content to actually having severe depression

[@Piecesoftheshadow]

@@Nylon_riot Man, do I ever relate to this. I’m so sorry you experience this too 😞 It’s definitely an awful feeling and experience.

[@ZiggyonMars]

Me too. I’ve improved a lot but there were a few years where I was “bed rotting” it was mental pain on top of physical pain.

[@burnbabylonburn78]

It will stop…when the entire monetary system collapses.

[@choipichiim]

"She has roommates." "Oh?" "Bugs! Her roommates are bugs." "OH... I thought you meant like, a human or two..."

[@KishiKaisei-yp5oj]

10:25 when he said fuwa fuwa, my brain filled in what was blurred out🫡🤮

[@marsfigmeow]

legit hate that this is a trend. this is something i’ve struggled with since being a child and have to get help for from time to time.

[@scarletgoose8331]

Me too. I was homeschooled by a mom with mental health problems and now I'm in my 20s trying to learn how to take care of myself. I basically lost my sense of smell and have a lot of motivation and guilt problems not to mention chronic health problems that have been made a lot worse by living in hazardous environments most of my life. This being a trend feels dangerous to me.

[@dw9524]

​@@scarletgoose8331yeah its the motivation problem for me too. Being in bed for ages makes you not want to get up. but its your own personal turtle shell to hide in.

[@miskysilver]

Same! I’m about to be 30 and have struggled to clean my room for all of my life. I had some good phases where I was happy and went to school for my apprenticeship. But over the years it’s got bad again :/ posting from my bed next to a pile of clothes, dishes and nick nacks.. I’m trying tho. I’m part time bed rotting. I leave the house every day but once I’m home I spend most of my time horizontally 🫠

[@eunyounguzun2597]

I'm also in my 30's and some of my family and mother are hoarders, though quite clean, the house is not too dirty, even presentable when guests come over. I've lived in a house filled with too many unnecessary stuff my whole life. And now, I do too, have difficulties cleaning up my home. I'm trying to deep clean every 1 or 2 months. I do have a job, so I go out alot.

[@skylark.kraken]

Yeah but now we're trendy, doing it before it was cool

[@lieflove12]

People really use any words on TikTok. Girl, it's called depression. I feel people will hide behind the fact that technically people can't diagnose you online, while literally showing themselves meeting the criteria. Yeah, we can't diagnose you, but we sure as hell can make an educated guess.

[@Ella-g2m]

Is it actually depression when it's just a response to a world that won't allow them to reasonably live? If my only options were work 80 hours a week or become a NEET, I would NEET.

[@mcsy98]

@@Ella-g2mI mean you could become depressed because of that, yeah

[@AnnaAnna-vz6ly]

Ah yes the symptoms disease, when you have all of the symptoms but you can't self diagnose

[@hannahoster2740]

The Goldwater rule isn’t a rule and only really applies to psychiatrists…it’s just considered best practice to not diagnose from afar because you can’t know from afar if the symptoms are caused by a medical or substance use issue. That being said, we all know extreme dis-order when we see it…something is going on.

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

Did you even watch the video?! This isn't about depression, this is about waking up, going to work and coming back home just to go back to bed. I just had a two weeks vacation, I've spent all of it in bed sleeping, not because I'm depressed BUT BECAUSE I'M EXHAUSTED!!! You've never worked a day in your life and it shows. I'm glad that people are sharing the conditions they have to live in just to get a few bucks every month.

[@nickkuroi1442]

I actually knew a guy who lived like this.. He himself looked normal, clean, you wouldn't think his apartment was crawling with cockroaches. You couldn't take a single step in there without them swarming around you. And it wasn't like this before he started living on his own. And it didn't seem to cause him much distress either, which I found absolutely mind-boggling

[@caffienatedtactician]

Man, i've been living with moderate to severe depression basically my whole life and a lot of these look like my room. You might be surprised what you can learn to live with over time when things get bad slow enough. That thing about frogs jumping out of the pot right away if the water is already boiling but staying until they die if you start with lukewarm and slowly increasing the heat has always felt very relevant to my experience with mental illness. I'm lucky enough to have treatment now, though, and i'm trying to cultivate good habits now (nearing 30) that i didnt get to when i was young. Anyway this video made me change my sheets and shower, so thanks ❤ Edit to update: Next day and I'm still working in my room! Need to swap laundry but my bedsheets and towels are clean, throwing in some basic clothes next. Sending updates/organizing plans to a group chat w my friends so i dont forget what I'm doing. Goal today is to make enough room on my desk for a paper organizer and finish my laundry

[@1WEareBUFO1]

I remember my family joking about how I would become a hoarder later in life, just like the show. I wanted to keep people out for so long that I boxed myself in.

[@ohyouknowitsme7059]

Stay strong! Just one step at a time. Little progress is still progress

[@rosew2684]

Thank you.

[@gl15col]

Well, I wasn't hungry before I ate this, now I may never be hungry again...I feel sorry for the neighbors of the girl, those roaches are paying them visits too.

[@angryotter9129]

In contrast, I watched this while eating dinner. Not sure what that says about me, but I feel the need to say that my dinner was freshly prepared without mold or rotting ingredients.

[@JessiRJames]

@@angryotter9129me eating my freshly made salad with the stuff from my garden (and fridge) completely fine watching roaches and moldy rice get jiggy

[@LottieLaRats]

​@angryotter9129 I just got food from chipotle so... at least my food has onky been left out for a day instead of 30

[@KISEMA02]

I don’t know id the landlords know cause they would care. That house is condemnable

[@DumbFuxk]

​@LottieLaRats what? No ew stop buying from there 😭😭😭 ppl be finding bugs in their salads literally disgusting

[@PeachiePiie]

THE BUG GIRL..AUGH!! I have a roach and spider phobia, I would not be able to SLEEP!! EUGH....I HATE IT

[@rumimir18]

In one of her videos in her tiktok account she shows a warning from the apartment owner telling her to clean her room immediately due to complaints from the neighbors.

[@cranburrey]

Reminds me of that one motel that Tophia stayed where the residents were complaining about how bad her room smelled

[@armyonce6962]

she's actually been getting eviction notices for months now. they even changed the lock so she can't get back in but she hired someone to break in for her

[@SugarRage]

@@armyonce6962 She said someone broke a key off in the lock. But she just had her host friends jump onto the balcony and unlock it from the inside. Since then she's been doing some insane lives on tiktok.

[@vancearama]

She also has videos showing the gangrene on her foot which this guy apparently didn’t watch. Or he chose not to include it because it doesn’t support his point. She was SAed in high school and had a psychotic break which led to her being institutionalized for over a year. Now she can barely manage to speak to men in public and can hardly function at all.

[@Chatong43]

@@vancearamaare you sure you’re not thinking of “chip-chan”? Genuinely curious! 😊 Edit: wanted to add, strongest-chan, as seen in this video, does have toenail fungus. But no gangrene. She also literally spends all her money on host clubs to sing with men. Definitely isn’t afraid of men. 😊 Chip-chan, however, does have gangrene or something to that effect and is terrified of men. She used to livestream 24/7 years ago. She’s also South Korean. Not Japanese.

[@ANoOneOnTheInternet]

Nah, that guy is gonna be patient 0 for something eating compost food like that. Botulism is not something you want to have.

[@chocomental]

We’ll see him in a Chubbyemu video for sure

[@baileymoran8585]

People often forget that bed rotting is a huge privilege. I wouldn’t be worried about people being mad at me while they help me. I wouldn’t have to worry about being homeless because nobody would be willing to help me if I just gave up. Idk who pays their bills while they do this. Idk what landlords they have or who’s paying for their food and shit. They should at least be giving out that info so other people can just take an extra day off for a healthy rest, once in a while. But your average adult can’t even do that, unless they have more than 2-3 sick days in a year.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

15:49 to answer your joke question seriously, the bugs are leaving her food alone because a lot of food we humans eat also happen to be food that are natural pesticides. Foods that give the flavor to things like onions, garlic, mints and peppers with capsaicin are natural pesticides. Even things like nicotine and caffeine are technically pesticides. Human involvement to enhance these flavors or effects beyond what naturally exist make them more potent, so given what the plants naturally produced, you can only imagine how intense they became once humans got involved. If an insect goes after food that has such ingredients anyway, then the food is very far gone from having molds and bacteria break down those natural pesticides to make it edible for scavenger bottom feeders like some roach species and many beetle species.

[@avissilber]

In conclusion: Eat 5 cloves of garlic in every meal and your kitchen will be left alone by bugs?

[@momplspickmeupimscared]

kinda ​@@avissilber! you can make garlic spray or garlic oil and use it on plant leaves to keep bugs away. Doesn't damage the plant or ecosystem, keep them nasty pests away :)

[@neurotic_bunny]

i really appreciate the mold being censored, especially when haritsu started PLAYING WITH IT IT HIS HANDS

[@Allystargirl]

I literally screamed and threw my phone 💀 my bf thought I had a spider on my phone or something-what was actually on my phone was so much worse 😭

[@jez9999]

I don't. I wanted to see it.

[@RareMusicSpam]

You in your new haircut looks AMAZING. Like SLAY

[@VivianneBichly]

i literally started bawling my eyes out, seeing that poor man, slumped over half dead in the subway, dressed like a CEO.... its so sad that so many of us are struggling so hard and that stress and dispair is the normal

[@Coffee_is_ready]

I assume he was drunk from the mandatory after working drinking in japan. Doesn’t make it better.

[@NoVanity1]

It hit me, all of the sudden, like a ton of bricks this year. I've been busting ass as a shipyard welder for 8 years now. I've made very steady and admirable progress in my career but I kind of just woke up one day and felt it was all completely pointless. I can't enjoy anything anymore because worklife drains everything from me. I've gotten help and I'm making good progress but I'm still scared to return back to the grind.

[@mx.chi2]

@@NoVanity1 fully understand. tired of being burnt out myself. wishing us both a lot of luck

[@whosabbythoo]

it is soo harmful to call relaxing in bed bed-rotting and nobody acknowledges it

[@zuliuszaesar]

bed rotting isn't like an actual disorder or anything i don't think it's that deep..it's just a silly little phrase people use

[@elizabethdawn6806]

I think when it starts being bed rotting is when it goes on for several days/ weeks and it’s affecting your health. Just taking a couple days to relax is definitely not the same as bed rotting!!!

[@Unhinged_capybara]

@@zuliuszaesar It isn’t an actual disorder but it can be a sign of anxiety, depression or any other mental disorders!!! and also if there’s stuff/garbage piling up in someone’s room to the point that bugs start appearing then they surely need help😭

[@MakeSureYouCleanUp]

I figured it was a dramatic romantization, almost gothic in a way with an aura of Lydia Deets.

[@smoothandbold]

Apparently the Scottish call it a hurkle-durkle. Much better

[@dariusweisz7440]

bed rotting is behaviour that shows as a part of depression for a lot of people nowadays. If people suffer from depression they dont have the energy or the selfcare to clean or do anything else than laying in bed...

[@aloe8078]

I never got as bad as the examples in the video, but for about two years after graduating high school, I was a neet who wound up socially isolating myself severely. My social anxiety and agoraphobia got incredibly bad, to where I’d go sometimes 2-3 months at a time without leaving my house since I live with my parents and didn’t need to go to stores. It was a horrible way to live, and I’m incredibly thankful for my best friend slowly getting me back into theater, which slowly built my confidence back up and lessened my anxiety and agoraphobia. Those two years were some of the worst of my life, and it’s a little tough seeing that lifestyle idealized/romanticized when I know firsthand how crippling it is. But on the bright side, I’m in college now, and I’m a big part of my local community theater scene. So things do get better!!

[@monicataylor5529]

I'm so glad your still here👏🏾💜🫰🏾

[@dominikastrauss5208]

Way to go!

[@hyuuudoro]

I am so proud of you! I was like you a few years ago as well. It was so difficult for me to leave the house and interact with people, and I often slept for days because my depression was eating me alive. Fast forward, I was dx properly and I got the treatment I needed.. things are looking up for me too! All of August, I barely was home as I was out a lot. Some months I still struggle with the lows, but I remind myself that if I sink, I will float to the top again! 🧡 Progress over perfection!

[@gabriellearistil5648]

hah im currently going through this

[@chanmarr8118]

And here I am screaming if I see even one roach for the whole year. I can imagine living like this.

[@LottieLaRats]

I live in FL, so I see them running across the damn street. The rainy season is the WORST cause then they seek refuge in houses. I hate that someone can be the cleanest person alive and the palmetto bugs still come running. (They like to eat the glue on carboard boxes and books)

[@perlitalaguna6622]

And when you see one roach, best believe there a few more hiding out nearby. Ewww...

[@StarlaBizarre]

​@@LottieLaRatsI'm awake in the middle of the night right now to have a snack and I just killed three giant roaches and a couple caught away :/

[@LottieLaRats]

@StarlaBizarre Id start screaming 😭

[@Julie-w7j]

When my brother passed away I could barely care for myself, life can be very hard..

[@J2982able]

2:28 That person looks like they're doing anything BUT enjoying their time in bed. That's a face that screams existential crisis and not knowing how to get out of it.

[@nickitori]

I imagine the guy fakes it by cutting the video while washing the food and replacing the moldy stuff with regular food. For the girl, I agree with those comments that she probably only spends time in that apartment when content creating.

[@marvnch]

I REALLY HOPE they are faking it. but idk...

[@Mikaiski]

i would hope so tho the girl seemed to have alot of insect bites on her legs and had a huge gash on her foot a month ago. It seems like she spend an odd amount of time to get such injuries.

[@GuBu-c5r]

Honestly it doesn't really matter whether she lives there all the time or not, cocckroaches will find their way into the other apartments. And when that happens someone will alert the management of the building and a company will be called to enter every apartment and apply specific non toxic pesticides everywhere. I'd be very very surprised if that wasn't the procedure in Japan as well... Her situation is quite baffling to be honest

[@withazcooper1464]

Her poor neighbors have to live with the fire hazard and roach infestation.

[@marcioturcoteixeira846]

As a man who keeps a 300~400 strong cockroach colony in a bin (to feed my frogs and fish), the idea of letting feral sewer-soaked cockroaches scuttle through my house is nightmare-inducing.

[@MaryRiche]

I call that crippling depression. It’s nothing to aspire to, when I was mentally at my worst my surroundings were too which added to my self-loathing.

[@gemfem777]

I grinded non-stop for 2.5 years working for myself. It was never enough. Last year I was slowly falling apart without realizing it until the beginning of this year when my mind and my body made the choice for me to rest against my will. I almost lost my life because my mental health was so bad and I’m slowly recovering now but it’s a long journey ahead. Please take care of yourself and don’t feel guilty for resting ❤❤❤

[@Szriko]

Sounds like you failed your grindset. That wasn't your body falling apart, that was your willpower. Never give up the grindset and it'll never give up on you. 💪💪💪

[@gemfem777]

@@Szriko I didn’t fail. The “grind” is unhealthy for humans and that’s not up for debate

[@Flow-Fi-]

@@Szriko or maybe they gave up the grindset because it gave up on them first, as clearly stated in their comment

[@kyokosakura3192]

​@@SzrikoYour body will fall apart if you neglect it.

[@mabsie2249]

@@Szrikoembrace a day of bed rot.

[@fleurgriffthis4294]

As someone who was NEET not by choice for most of my teen years I can say that you get to a point where you just feel there is no point in anything not even death so you just stop if there is no point then why try. Lucky for me I had great support and am now working towards a degree after doing online school to make up for lost time. TLDR At a point of being without purpose you just give up on everything but you can get better I promise.

[@clownpee6648]

That video of the guy making rice is diabolical

[@Limmakesyoufly]

Straight up disgusting

[@Purple_moon-bq2ge]

Idk why, but when you said bed rotting, all I could think of was that one rotten mango video where this girl quite literally rotten into her parents couch. They ket her lay there so long she was covered in feces and eventually (like years latered) died on that couch. She quite literally became one with the couch, it was quite tragic

[@isaiahjohnson2532]

I love Rotten Mango!

[@miwice-_-]

I was much happier a minute ago when I didn’t know of this

[@sissysovereign1294]

Ohhhhhh I know the case you're talking about. I couldn't remember if the girl/woman was either handicapped and physically could not get up or what, but her folks did her so foul. Decomposing into a couch surrounded in a pool of your own funk while you're still very much aware and alive sounds like a fate way worse than death. I don't know how her parents could be okay seeing her like that

[@1WEareBUFO1]

Locked-in syndrome. They sound like the same definition, for real.

[@sewitseams5632]

@@sissysovereign1294she had severe autism, but not sure why she couldn’t get out of bed. Her parents went to prison for it.

[@Echo-qs8oh]

this was the wrong choice of video to watch while I eat my breakfast... especially since your videos are so addicting so once i watch one I can't stop.

[@minja-k7f]

17:44, I really love that you included this part. I am myself living in these horrible conditions, but as a child (13), I can't work and help my family or myself. Only thing I can do is work my way around my house to keep it decent. Thank you for spreading this awareness.

[@kaede4805]

I'm so sorry you are going through that. Please do your best in school & try to spend time outside of your house if you can if it gets too much. If you get really discouraged, think of the future & remember you can do a lot of amazing things in time! I will be thinking of you! @minja-k7f

[@thinkwhileinblue4201]

Whatever you are doing right now, it's helpful and great. Keep safe also~

[@Nylon_riot]

I used to work for a charity that cleans up hoarders houses. This can be a symptom of narcissistic personality disorder because they become irrationally attached to items. The quality doesn't matter. Educate and protect yourself. I hope you can reach a life you deserve.

[@salem3641]

No it’s not? Hoarding is a subset of OCD, not NPD. Stop spreading misinformation.

[@katcookwontcook8945]

Sorry to hear this 😢

[@namastewoke5197]

"Stress inducing procrastination"......uhhhh sir I will need you to exit my life!!

[@corning1]

That hit me hard.

[@fionaspencer9559]

Dude. So true.

[@kawaiigoomy3487]

This happened to me during college, I suffered from severe depression and simply didn’t take care of myself (mold and all). I know mental health care is poor in Japan so I wonder if it’s less of a trend and rather the result of a major systemic problem. 😢 I went to therapy and I’m doing better now. ☺️ Here’s a gentle reminder to be kind to yourself. 💖 I hope everyone has a lovely day. 🌈

[@Wonderfully_Wicked6664]

I have felt this! Went to the grocery a few years back, stopped, and thought, when does it end!?? Something in my brain broke I just left my cart in the middle of everything. Drove home and didn't cook or clean or wash anything. For like two weeks.

[@guachingman]

I have this too, where does it end, when does it rrally start, whats the point of it all?

[@mikaela4180]

A helpful reframe for housework I learned is to think of it as a cycle, not a task to complete. Laundry, dishes, cleaning are all pieces of the cycle that keeps you and your home taken care of. You deserve a home you are content to live in and you can't be 100% on top of it all at all times.

[@gobrobin]

Oh honey I feel for you and I totally understand. The pressure and demands of society drive so many of us to want to end life early, when we all deserve to experience and enjoy life

[@overgrownghost]

I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW HARITSUUU!! I saw him a few years back on another site and so many of the comments were thirsting for him and I never been so disgusted and embarrassed about complete strangers before. Like, the morbid curiosity in which watching his videos pulls people in but in a nauseating way. I hope he gets the help he needs but he's so popular from this I doubt if he doesn't get horribly sick, nothing will change. 😰 Like, I am mentally ill so understand but this is definitely hitting an internet point of glorification or some weird voyeuristic sadism. Have your things but can we not... do this?

[@comicsans3537]

He 100% is so used to this that change seems scary, i hope he realizes he doesn't have to live that way for validation now :(

[@cranburrey]

I'm sorry but he looks like he smells like human waste. Are people's standards that LOW???

[@Z1PP]

Its staged videos for views. think a little

[@divinekoneko]

This video got me up out of bed and cleaning my room!

[@JUMALATION1]

I was itching all over SO MUCH when I saw the bugs casually crawling around in the girl's apartment. If stuff started piling up like this and bugs started appearing I would be too far gone for help mentally. Even at my worst (and that is coming from someone with 3€ in their savings account currently), I would not allow bugs to take over my room.

[@Unhinged_capybara]

True!!! Like I’ve also been messy but never to the point where just bugs start appearing😭😨 I would literally cry if see all these bugs in my room🤢😭

[@flowerbloom5782]

At that point it’s not even choice. It’s a mental health issue.

[@GnollAndVoid]

Same, and I have like 15 mosquito bites on my legs too 😂

[@ChipitaDraws]

I was starting to gag wehen the other guy was eating moldy food🤢 But I see it as a good sign because reflexes signs of your basic instincts. It means I have self-preservation to never try this out myself.

[@feralperil]

We are NOT out here glamorizing hoarding 😭😭😭😭

[@puppyluvr17]

Ive been sober from fentanyl foe two years, and this started for me when the detox and withdraw was finally done (6+ months)... I tske a day everh couple weeks to try and take care of things, but the minute i get off work its like my brain and body shut down. I used to love cooking extravagant meals for my friends, but now ivr gradually thrown away most of my dishes because im too exhausted to wash them the few times i have the energy to cook. Im 32 with 3 college degrees and a previously flourishing social life.

[@michelewallace9478]

Thank you for blurring! 🤢 I've experienced bouts of depression where I got as disheveled and filthy as those two, but it wasn't by choice. I hope that it's just for content farming, and not really how they live. 💔 If anyone recognizes themself in those two - please seek help! You don't have to feel that way; your circumstances are temporary and change is possible! Take it from someone that's been there in the past and is doing much better today. Therapy helped me learn healthy coping skills and pattern recognition to head off trouble before it takes me down again. You can get better! ❤

[@ashdrinksoatmilk]

the guy who eats rotten food and stuff makes me so viscerally uncomfortable as someone who is TERRIFIED of food poisoning and v*miting. i went vegan mostly to avoid food borne illnesses caused by improper cooking of meat and storage of dairy. this stuff is gonna be in my nightmares 😭😭😭

[@yeahreally9185]

Fun fact if you're in the US: We focused so much on meat safety standards that we totally neglected fresh produce. Now you're much more likely to contract food borne illness from veggies than meat!

[@TheOnlyTalia]

​@@mcowley895 cutting out some foods isn't a problem as long as your diet is healthy. all that matters is macros, nutrients and vitamins, all of which you can get from being vegan. the risk of catching disease from meat and dairy is often ignored. covid, swine flu, mad cow disease all came from animals

[@effiantihero7140]

love how you always say good morning, i actually watch your videos every morning haha

[@snickerswo1f519]

Im glad you're speaking out about this that it is not quirky or fun, and is usually a sign of someone going through something!

[@maguritang]

Korea even had to have a national law instituted to limit work hours. It's now limited to 52 hours a week, max, which is still like 12 hours over a 'normal' 40 hours. And my friends from Korea complain about it because they wanted more hours to make more money.

[@LagrangePoint0]

can a latino who con assembly computers and knows javascript go to korea and get a job? asking for a friend.

[@seleciaa]

This is why you can't eat at just anyone's house. This is gross!

[@victoria_xo884]

As someone who’s severely depressed and severely anxious, and to add on top of that, I’m also autistic and have adhd. I almost have a phobia of leaving my house bc my social anxiety is that bad. People make bed rotting a “trend” and they don’t see what others have to go through. My body has shut down and I’m struggling to fix it. I’m almost 2022 and I’m going to go on disability. I’m hoping that I can actually fix my mental health and room. I hate the clout, the fakeness, and more. But yes I do agree that what people to through there.. especially in school and jobs, do go through a lot. So I hope if people are going through things like I am… that life gets better and that we get through it.

[@JK-jm9gz]

I really relate and I feel like I've been raised to live my life as an apology. I was isolated throughout childhood really and that broke me. I've been doing better but not feeling comfortable or safe in your own home after full days of feeling vulnerable in public is not fun.

[@victoria_xo884]

@@JK-jm9gz I’m so sorry. I relate to the isolation in the childhood part. Bullying to the point where i’ve now been diagnosed with cptsd. Thank you for sharing that. Healing is something that we can try to do, it might not happen right away, and we may not think we have healed.. but parts of us will slowly start to get better.

[@ohyouknowitsme7059]

I'm sorry to hear this. Just try to take the process one step at a time, and find somebody who can support you through it whether that's in real life or online. You can get through this

[@BeforeOurCrime]

I relate to this hard. I'm autistic and I also have severe depression and anxiety, which has been exacerbated by a marijuana dependence and sleep deprivation

[@yarelslays]

Swear someone has got to be smart enough to solve burnout in this economy edit: guys pls it was a joke 😭

[@Ladyfingers-333]

Plsss someone

[@feraldeercolony]

unfortunately a lot of it comes down to corporate greed so unless we have regulations that force them to give us a better work-life balance it's not gonna happen ): it depends on the country too, but generally that's the issue. we do already know the answer - it's just that companies don't care bc it's not as profitable. they'd rather we burn out bc they can just replace us with other desperate people.

[@myxjoaquin6576]

@@feraldeercolony exactly. Corporate greed. the thing is people want to quit their toxic workplace, but most of them LITERALLY CAN NOT AFFORD to stop working to get a break. Which leads corporations to keep overworking them, and yes.. rat race

[@sowhatnow...]

Drugs!

[@Gremzon]

We need to teach empathy to those who rule us...

[@vivi-ws9yl]

I'm not on tiktok so I didn't know that "bed rotting" became a trend. I know that some depressed people probably cane up with that term to feel a little better and more human but I didn't know tiktok took it that far. Hearing "Bed rotting is a trend where you just enjoy your time in bed" is CRAZY

[@Ladyfingers-333]

As someone who just recovered from the worst food poisoning of my life from rice, how is that man alive?

[@bratz-t3f]

he's literally torturing himself to death..

[@mollz3704]

Tw sickness mention!!! ----- --------- Rice once gave me food poisoning so bad I vomited for 3 days and couldn't keep water down

[@Ladyfingers-333]

@@mollz3704 no babe I feel you it was actually so awful I thought I’d never be right again 😅😅🤷I’m still not properly recovered lol 😂

[@Ladyfingers-333]

@@bratz-t3f Asians have guts of steel my dude! is it self harm or does he really actually enjoy doing it 🤷🤷🤷🤷or is he a faker cause whatttt

[@bratz-t3f]

@@Ladyfingers-333 ye I'm also Asian, but I don't think anyone in their right mind would eat moldy rice mixed with soapy water lol, even if he just does it for content, yk

[@katelynbrown98]

2:50 this called _depression_

[@donaldodiaz4012]

It’s called being lazy

[@azul9655]

​@@donaldodiaz4012Wow, ignorance must be bliss... How does it feel to be so ignorant?

[@donaldodiaz4012]

@@azul9655 how does it feel to be so lazy and so privileged?!

[@raewren]

Sounds like a lot of y’all haven’t suffered from extreme depression… thought those who do it for an “aesthetic” are ridiculous…

[@donaldodiaz4012]

@@raewren I’ve been homeless and starved It all begins in the mind bro.. sometimes you gotta suck it up and start by being grateful for what you do have. Some people would kill for just a taste of tour lifestyle

[@silence2314]

Makes me feel blessed that one of my reactions to stress is viciously cleaning everything around me.

[@chessur5kat]

One thing that you might not be recognizing as someone not in Japan, but trash disposal rules are really strict here, so I think that it might be harder to get rid of stuff even if you want to. For example, I can only throw away cardboard or paper products every second or fourth Thursday of a month, plastic bottles on Fridays, other plastics on Wednesdays, and other trash on Fridays. But I have to call the city and pay an extra fee if I want to throw away anything that's over 30cm long. I currently have a trash bag on my balcony that has been waiting for Friday since yesterday.

[@breakfastclosed]

that's what I was thinking too, it's sad bc someone who is obviously as unwell as she is just has another hurtle to jump through and diminish their chances of it actually getting done. I can't imagine having to sort all my trash and i'm NOT mentally ill 😭 I wish someone would intervene and help them

[@KnittyElf]

Thank you for mentioning this. I’ve lived in Tokyo for over 15 years, and every time I move, I have to learn a whole new set of trash rules and their schedule. It’s such a pain in the ass. I’ve come up with systems to deal with it, but I admit I had more trash than I wanted in my first apartment here because of the crazy rules.

[@Catglittercrafts]

They should fix that. Is there a logical explanation as to why they make these draconian trash laws?

[@valeriaramirez2586]

That’s crazy

[@willhockstein119]

Having to pay and call to get trash removed sounds like such a big piece in all of this wow

[@CranberryCake]

Bed-rotting just sounds like depression. Like, hard depression.

[@CaedusDeorum]

That is exactly what it is.

[@rosew2684]

It is. I saw another commenter go "This isn't bedrotting, this is depression and hoarding." My friend, that's what depression does! And often, that depression is a symptom of another issue like grieving or PTSD... which make people tend to keep things and maybe clean less

[@marastar208]

I think it shows that the overall health of society has completely degenerated.

[@talkichik]

I seriously hope that guy who used that moldy rice was joking. That is so dangerous. Bad rice and bad grains make people super sick or kill them.

[@ZARMY_08]

Man your voice is so smooth to listen to and you're so chill and relatable. You deserve more recognition 🫡

[@strawbanna4eva123]

Your videos are so calm even through such stressful subjects ❤ it’s your demeanor

[@Unhappytimeaper]

I live in a small apartment, it's easy for trash and such to pile up-- partly because in Korea we have such an intense recycling system it's hard to sort and wash things everyday after work but I keep it all mostly organized. Last year my AC was broken and it caused some mold/mildew to grow because of the humidity and I got sick for months-- even so severely at times I couldn't talk and was getting hives frequently. I understand cleaning such can be hard when tired, busy, and mentally struggling but living like this can make things so much worse and hoarding to a level will catch up to you in the worst ways possible.

[@R83145]

Seriously, Japan and Korea should adopt automatic plastic sorting like every other developed country. I mean, I admire peoples' dedication and skill in sorting recyclables, it's just too much in those small apartments having to collect several types of waste separately. Not to mention the time it takes for each individual to do it...

[@shelby6]

@R83145 even better, people should purchase less single use plastic items

[@mattihaapoja8203]

​@@shelby6Even even better: Goverments should regulate companies that use plastic in their products.

[@DrawinskyMoon]

Even better better we should go back to using glass as to not poison ourselves with microplastics

[@Kat-zi2tb]

Too late microplsstics everywhere

[@pushniqa]

10:14 genuinely, that blur is not enough 💀🤢

[@CatBahptista]

But I thank him for it And that’s really rare coming from me. Usually just a heads up is enough for me to decide wether or not I’m in the right mood to face NSFW/NSFL shi, but I appreciate the rice blur, naaaaastaaaaaayyy Again, I’m hardly one for constant censorship, at least of thought/words. Imagery? Appreciated it.

[@meandella]

@@CatBahptistadoes nsfl mean not safe for life or something?

[@superthunderstar1]

@@meandella yes

[@CatBahptista]

@@meandella yes it does

[@blubmuz]

Maybe there is a reason why this occurs particularly in Japan. They usually seem to be painstakingly careful about cleanliness. Everyone remembers Japanese football fans collecting rubbish after themselves in stadiums. It is a strict society expectation, so living in a rotten room might be a form of rebelling against these standards that are too high for them, so after a point they don't even try to meet these standards, but make dirtiness a part of their personality. And since they are Japanese, they go extreme with it.

[@blondantagonist]

imagine a content house of garbage influencers

[@sundayves]

oh god please no that place would start decomposing at the seams

[@rudemaminsynek5925]

And opened it up to the public for a small fee. A whole room dedicated to piss bottles (their version of a curio cabinet) and everyone leaves with a gift- scabies, bedbugs, dysentery etc

[@TheWolfeDen]

Gifts for the person who has everything​@@rudemaminsynek5925

[@SavingMsBlack]

🤮

[@cranburrey]

Chernobyl but in a house 😭

[@marieseaman7855]

Japan works long hours but damn are they so unproductive with their time. It's prevalent in every industry here ☠️

[@goldensloth7]

yeah, it's just mandatory to be there and look busy, and suck up to the right people, from what i've heard.

[@marieseaman7855]

@@goldensloth7 even when they're trying to be productive you have a bunch of useless meetings during the day and then make up all the work you didn't get done due to said meetings with overtime

[@mostlyghostey]

It’s largely because humans can truly only focus on work for 3-6 hours a day. So it’s literally impossible for their brains to function for the amount of hours they are being asked to. If companies started only requiring 20-30 hr work weeks I think that there would not only be a huge bump in productivity but also people would be healthier physically and would suffer less from mental health disorders.

[@moisesinfantes2797]

And thats also a myth I dont even think they are in the top 20s of countries where people work the Most. The US is among the top 10 countries where people work the most hours and days, and so is Korea. Majority of the countries were people work the most according to Data are in latin America. Maybe Japans problem isn't about having no time, but finding what to do with their free time.

[@QWERTYUIOP-mm2hv]

Isn’t there studies on this? After a certain amount of hours working it’s normal for productivity to take a huge dip.

[@ralbarran03]

I periodically go through moments like this since... idk 2006. if a whole group of people had romanticize this, maybe I'd never snap out of it.

[@lisadrijver]

Relaxing and recharging in bed can be called "bed fermentation" 🌱. You are in a state of processing tiredness and stress into energy and relaxation. It turns into bed rotting when the tiredness and stress are so overwhelming you get stuck in a cycle and can't use the nutrients, it all starts to rot.

[@user-jy3zl2vp4b]

❤

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

I'm chronically ill/disabled and don't have a support network to help. I'm also living in poverty, struggling to afford food. I'm embarrassed to let people see where I live. Survival is a struggle, and I would KILL to live in a healthy, happy brain and body. This all smacks of neurotypical/able-bodied privilege. So many people would judge me/stigmatize me horrifically, yet these people flaunt it online? I also used to live in a hoarder house (I am a child of hoarder). It was traumatizing to live there. I'd have panic attacks from how hellish that house was.

[@Flow-Fi-]

Our situations are vastly different (I'm not chronically ill/disabled nor in poverty) but I feel the same. I'd do so much to have a healthy mind that doesn't have me feeling like I've reached pure insanity each day, where I just wonder when it'll all end so I can *finally* enjoy what comes to me in life. And I'm embarrassed to think about people knowing how I spend most of my free time, just not really doing anything. If I'm not on my phone trying to distract myself from my thoughts I'm just lost in space. A lot of people would think it's laziness, and maybe that's the case, but you and I both know "laziness" doesn't exist in a vacuum, it's not uncaused I know this may sound empty but I really do hope it gets better for you. I'm still more lucky in so many ways, solely cause of where and who I so happened to be born to. Not out of my own hard work but out of the circumstances of my birth, and it's so stupid how people's lives can be so drastically unfair and horrible because of way too many factors far, far outside of their control All I can say for advice is if you haven't already, perhaps check if there are any services around you that offer support for where you're at? Logically you've probably done this already, but I thought it might be worth mentioning

[@M_SC]

How do you know they aren’t like you?

[@jmarshal]

Also chronically ill and disabled here, with severe mental health issues. My house is a tip. I’m lucky we don’t have bugs everywhere but there is trash everywhere me so much stuff. Our place is a one bedroom unit and I live here with my Mom. My Mom sleeps on the couch. She’s also disabled (hereditary syndrome) and almost 70. The house is a mess, I’m a mess, I’d be too embarrassed to let anyone inside and I very rarely go out if I can avoid it. I have no friends and nothing to do and no future. We need help but getting it requires jumping through so many hoops that we just don’t have the energy for. I barely have the energy or willpower to go to medical appointments. I spend a lot of time sleeping because at least my dreams are interesting.

[@fsldjfklasdj]

@@Flow-Fi- it would be nice if services were funded/not a full time job to even apply for much less fight fora access to. it's nearly impossible to get help where I am and everyone I know who's as sick as I am has to work practically a full time job just to try to deal with healthcare and whatever paltry social benefits they might be able to get. I know someone who was told their local rental assistance ran out of money months ago and to just not bother because the waitlist was so long.

[@redbanana6841]

Procrastination PSA: There is a big difference between laziness and executive dysfunction. If you don't do a task and are happy/fine about it, it's laziness (which is ok sometimes). If you *cant* force yourself to do a task and it comes with a large amount of guilt, it could be an executive function issue possibly from ADHD or depression. Look after yourselves. 💜

[@theWightRabbit]

"Damn, I should've eated more dirt" is the funniest line I've heard in days

[@adamssmasher]

people out there are actually eating dirt. i'm not even kidding

[@alexrevolution1]

​@@adamssmasherIzzy watcher I see

[@adamssmasher]

@@alexrevolution1 yes 🥰

[@Tootsie23101]

Learning that my American job is doing the Chinese 996 work culture is convincing me to leave

[@sadneckbeard]

I’m currently bed rotting in a tent in my family’s backyard. I have Major Depression with Psychotic Features (MDD/PMD) I have no motivation to do anything but lay in my sleeping bag. I’m ashamed of myself and unhappy, forgotten about, my life is very very lonely and I cry often. Mental health is debilitating and life ruining and I hate seeing it glamorized.

[@sleepycat_ada8210]

The moldy food guy probably has never watched any chubbyemu videos

[@sparkle1596]

immediately what I thought as well loll - next time on ChubbyEmu....

[@nefertitimontoya]

Hypochubbyemuia, low presence of chubbyemu in blood

[@GoofyGuyDJ]

as soon as i saw the rice i heard “ a man ate mouldy rice for dinner, this is what happened to his organs” 💀

[@sparkle1596]

@@GoofyGuyDJ i still think about this guy eating this food and i'm so confused and horrified loll. i really hope he's not actually eating it

[@GoofyGuyDJ]

@@sparkle1596 ever since that vid where the guy died from spoiled take out (iirc) ive been super wary of old food. suddenly that 3 day old 50p egg sandwich isnt looking as scrumptious 😳 im begging to every deity and power that it’s not real and he’s actually ok eating not-spoiled food