ALONE Q&A Part 2

[@randomperson1157]

Hey Mikey! Loved watching you on the show and was shocked you had to tap. So crazy how the same area provided so differently for everyone. I know you gave that your all! Very inspiring to see your skills, determination, and most of all love and care of your family. You are my hero.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@randomperson1157 thank you so much for these kind word my friend.

[@TheSQDoctor]

Good stuff! We really enjoyed watching your season, and appreciate your efforts to stay in touch with fans of the show.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

Thank you my friend.

[@missgreenhousegarden3505]

Our son also has autism and I appreciate the awareness you helped create. It really touched my heart ❤️ 🙏

[@mikeyheltonjr]

I'm glad to hear that. I really wanted to let people know what it is like. I hope that this story not only found its way to parents and people who struggle with autism, but also opened the minds of people who had not dealt with anything like it before. And hopefully more people will think of others around them and how they feel. I will honestly say before I knew autism, I didn't know that what I was doing, whether it was playing loud music or leaving my bright lights on while driving or even just wearing cologne, was actually causing pain to others. Now it is all my family and I think about. I wish I knew nlthen what I know now. I'm sorry for rambling lol, I do it alot.

[@DoggyU]

If you're not drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows, you're doing it wrong 😂 Not sure if you'll do more of these but I was wondering if they give you money to purchase the clothing you need? Do they pay you for being away from your family/work for all that time? Thanks so much for doing these! Super interesting!

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@DoggyU I may do another video about alone. It might not be a q and a but I will answer a few questions from these comments when I do.

[@jeffinthesnow]

Appreciated you answering the questions!! Love the channel, hope it keeps growing

[@anthonyhorta8895]

I bet if you make the title “Alone Q&A part 2” you’ll reach more people.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@anthonyhorta8895 thanks for the heads up. I'll do that. I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@susan5806]

I picked you to win from day one. I know you would have won had the fishing been better!

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@@susan5806 thank you so much. Yeah I think it would have been a different game ay least lol.

[@Vanity92]

Really enjoyed watching you on alone Mikey we were rooting for you! Hope your son is doing well. Thanks for the q&a keep making videos

[@mikeyheltonjr]

Thanks so much for asking. He is, and I hope you and your family are doing great too.

[@McSpeedAlaskanAdventures]

Hello Mikey. One reason we rooted for you is in hopes you would get more resources for your son. Since you didn’t in is there a way those of us that have rooted for you could contribute resources to help with him?

[@mikeyheltonjr]

Actually Luke Olsen started a gofundme for Nikolai. And there has been an enormous number of people that have reached out to help! gofund.me/193ffb77 that is the link to the gofundme. We truly appreciate everything everyone is doing. From the gofundme to the stories, even subscribing here is helping to achieve what I set out to do. Thank you so much for everything my friend. And that goes to everyone. You all have my deepest and sincere gratitude.

[@McSpeedAlaskanAdventures]

@@mikeyheltonjr thank you for sharing that link. We will follow up.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@@McSpeedAlaskanAdventures Thank you my friend.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@kevinhart46 thank you my friend, that truly does mean alot.

[@J0rdan1987]

Thanks for answering my questions Mikey! My girlfriend and I were rooting for you! One more questions if you end up doing another Q&A. 1, Are there any wild edibles you have since learned about that you wish you had known about which you think you would have utilised during your time there? Melanie was drying different moss and inner birch bark for example. Thanks Mikey! All the best my friend

[@maryharpley294]

Great video! Hope you’re not near the coast, if so, stay safe!

[@mikeyheltonjr]

No but we are getting the tail of the storms here. High winds and lots of rain.

[@timtidwell6372]

I subscribed like I said I would great videos thanks for the talk the other day.

[@JoanOH]

We need to know the name of your Etsy shop, pls ❤

[@mikeyheltonjr]

Lol no problem at all! My ETSY shop is also called Carving Caveman and has my same logo. I'm still adding to it every chance I get, that means there is always something new!

[@missgreenhousegarden3505]

You should see rats in NYC 😂

[@mikeyheltonjr]

I bet lol. I have actually watched a documentary on the rodents in New York city lol I still think I could survive there lol

[@lindajones9672]

They don't have a live feed to watch the participants

[@mikeyheltonjr]

Nope, there are no live feeds.

[@dariusus9870]

11:35 - what are the names of your other children? A lot of the numbers in the usernames are youtube generated so that the user profile is unique. Typically they shouldn't show unless you want to but for whatever reason my youtube (and it seems that your youtube as well) show the full user TAG.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

OK, so I have a question for you. Why do you want to know the names of my other kids? Do you think you know them? Or is it just out of curiosity? As of right now they might not want their names released because of people who want to pry into their lives. I'm not trying to be mean about it by any means, but it is kinda strange to me that so many people have focused on that instead of the whole big picture. And I also think it's kinda strange that someone would just blatantly ask for their names. Idk I'm just a good ol country boy who keeps to myself and minds my own for the most part. To me it's rude to ask such personal questions. Don't you think if they wanted their names to be public that they would be? No need trolling this comment either, it doesn't work on me. I hope you liked the questions that were asked and the responses. If you have a question about survival tactics or my time on Alone please feel free to ask about that and I will do the best I can to answer them.

[@dariusus9870]

​@@mikeyheltonjr If they don't want their name public i completely understand. If you don't want their name public I completely understand. But you said that you don't have control of the Alone edits and that you talked about them, meaning that you did talk about them and mention their name. If i were in their shoes, i would have wanted my father to say my name, just once. Is that so evil of me? To want recognition for them? just once? Why is that rude? you said we can ask anything (to me anything means anything) and i asked what's their name. I specifically put the timestamp to justify my question. I'm also curious because Nikolai isn't typically American. But hell, since you think i'm a troll there's no reason to continue this. Imagine someone asking for a name, and being labeled as a troll, rude person etc. I'm also a stupid troll, trying once again to know something, just something about the other 4. But f it. This isn't even the actual story but if i were to tell you the actual story god i'd probably be labelled as evil for giving too much of a damn for someone you obviously don't want people to inquire about. If i would have asked for their ages who knows what kind of crap judgements i would have received. What a joke.... To answer fully: i liked your responses. But since i'm a troll, a rude troll, you never know. I didn't like all the questions because there were none about the other kids whom i started caring about after a few episodes of complete neglection and omission. I heard nikolai about 1000 times and once i heard "the rest of the kids"... I promise i won't ever bother you again but since you didn't know about Saskatchewan you might not know about: East of Eden - John Steinbeck, King Lear - William Shakespeare, The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams. But these might be books on poker or actually trolling right? since i'm a rude troll. The best to the "rest of the kids", God bless their soul!

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@@dariusus9870 you know what I'm a big enough man to say I'm sorry. Since the show had started people were bashing me and my special needs child. And since then the "rest of the kids" decided they might not want to be in any kind of spotlight. I still think it is strange for someone to directly ask what their names are. But your right I didn't give you a chance to even explain yourself. My apologies.

[@dariusus9870]

@@mikeyheltonjr I'll break my promise and bother you once more. It's all ok. It truly is. All i wanted was to give you a heads up since it's obvious that you DO CARE a lot for your family and nobody who cares this much about their family should ever have to suffer from things they didn't even consider. I'm immediately drawn to people who care about their families because i think that families are essential, especially in 2023. We're going downhill fast, as you can probably see. I refuse to have children simply because i think i'll condemn them to too much suffering but that's not important. What's important are the children that are in this world. I don't have any brothers but i do have a lot of friends who suffered greately because they had a parent who preferred their brother or sister, or simply gave their brother/sister too much attention. My best friend who's a sibling, doesnt' talk to his mom and his brother anymore because of that. Till this day, aged 40+ i have friends that say the most horrific stuff about their parents, and their parents don't even know that and don't even know why their child doesn't call them, doesn't go to their birthday, doesn't make any effort of connection. They just react when "they have to" and that's it. I don't want this for you. I don't want this for your children because it's natural to want to help Nikolai as much as you can. By it being natural, one might not grasp the fact that they're not giving equal attention to everyone. I'm not saying you're doing this, please don't take it as a judgement. That's why i asked for their name. To be honest i only wanted you to say something about them. You said once "my youngest son" meaning that you have other sons. You know how boys are... They won't say anything when they're young and they need their father as a role model much more than they need their mother. They'll bury their resentment within until they finally have a voice. And when they have a voice, you won't hear a whisper but a shout that can trump any horn sound, that can shatter walls made of armed concrete. The problem is that that shout will make everyone deaf and blind before the softness and the light will come. I don't want that for you and your family. If i would, if I didn't care, if i wanted to be rude and if i had any ill intent i wouldn't have bothered writing to you all this. I do wish you ALL, the best! PS: sorry for getting so frustrated before. It's hurtful to care and be labelled as the complete opposite. At least the rude part i can understand but trolls don't waste 1 hour to type a message. And sorry for asking for their name. Where i come from (Transylvania), being interested about someone's name is a sign of respect and acknowledgement.

[@mikeyheltonjr]

@@dariusus9870 we are a very close family. We all wanted this for Nikolai. Not just me but his siblings who are older and understand what is happening with him. They do all they can to make his life better too. We still do everything as a family. We are there for each other and each of us are there for him. I understand where you are coming from, I have siblings and parents that I don't care for. And I have broken that cycle with my children. I love them all with all of my heart. Thank you for your concern, we are a strong family, and Nikolai has made us stronger.