I really feel like CWD did all they reasonably could for Karlene. She needs real mental health therapy, not driving skill help. She’s in a mental place where she can’t even realistically see the progress she made with CWD’s help, and seeing her swing so drastically emotionally from proud of herself to despair.... she just needs professional mental support. I hope she gets it.
The saddest thing is that up to this episde, it has been a steady improvement with her emotionally and in terms of skill level, and now she's just suddenly having mood swings and not seeing any of that progress anymore. It's like the water tank challenge broke her internally, for reasons unbeknownst to mankind.
Tbh she's just not cut out for driving, whoever said she is the worst is true, but kinda against the point. They're supposed to be testing drivers, and she just can't, even in her own words. No fault of her own, she had a traumatic experience, but she is past the point of recovering, because she doesn't want to. Sad to see for her, but it's better with her off the road
Its really sad that an adult behaves like this. She isn't even convincing in most of her later "moments". She just wants sympathy. F her. Hopefully her husband moved on. Anything but her would be a massive upgrade. 😅
They didn't even have to show her letter in the first place and I bet no other reality show would, but they did out of respect for her. I think that's quite commendable.
Well, drive with two feets isn't necessarily bad, if you car is CREATED FOR THAT🤦. Actual cars had the disgustingly made pedal board to NOT use both feet
@@Formula1st manual cars are a dying breed bro. Especially in some areas of the world it's very difficult to find a manual car, you'd have to get out of your way to find one It won't take an extremely long amount of time before manuals will be a thing of the past.
I feel bad for Karlene's husband the most. You can tell he's been beaten down emotionally by her for years so he agrees with whatever to avoid being blamed and yelled at for something he didnt do. Though, it happens anyway. You could tell he wanted her to succeed at this so much. And well... She did. But she needs a lot of help. She's very childish, ignorant and bitter. Its no way to live and I hope she finds a better way.
I wonder if they are the same age because he looks 10 years younger,she’s just too dramatic,I’m sorry to say but it’s no wonder he wanted a divorce,he looks MISERABLE
In a previous episode she said that he asked for a divorce a while ago so she’s trying to prove she can get herself together. I feel bad for them both tbh
@@joes.3826 ikr. He proposed a divorce if she couldn't get over herself and she clearly didn't learn anything. Besides she was a total asshole to her husband the whole time. Not even allowing him to give her encouragement during her challenges. This guy looks like a sweetheart and he deserves so much better
Heartbreaking is being too polite. I know we're Canadian, but sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade. That was ungrateful and immature. I, too, have terrible anxiety. I would NEVER blame someone else for my failings because I'm an adult and I own my issues. There are days I can barely get out the door, but I'm not saying that's someone else's fault. She's too old to be acting like a toddler. Oh the big meanie yelled at you? Well, yes honey, he did. He's trying to get you to come out of your safety bubble because that's no way to live and softly, softly wasn't working. YOU asked for the help. Everyone involved had only the best intentions for her and she spit in their faces. It's disgraceful behaviour, and trying to excuse it with her mental issues is a cop-out, absolving her of responsibility. It's selfish, and she's more than capable of recognizing that. She just refuses to. She's taking the easy way out which shows, deep down, she doesn't want to get better and SHE was the one wasting everyone's time.
@@Mystress1980 i don't think you understand anxiety... at all. You're repeating a stigma here. Read up, then get back to us. It is heartbreaking, but people experience anxiety in a number of ways. What you might not do, is what others might do. Anecdotal examples of what you would never do, just makes you sound like you don't know what you are talking about.
It sounds odd, but she's afraid of stepping out of the fear that she has gotten comfortable with. She hates it, but it's familiar to her now and she can't imagine how life would be again without that crippling fear. It's like being hooked on a drug. The driving lessons were good and she did succeed with many of the tests, but for her I think the lessons were too fast, too much pressure too soon. She has a severe psychological problem. She's been this way for years. It can't be sorted out in a few weeks. She is struggling inside and she needs a lot of slow patient help. Some people just never get back to being who they were before a trauma happened. I think deep inside, Karlene is angry with herself.
@@kylemitchell2052 anxiety is a choice. Panic attacks are not, you are getting the two mixed up..... Panic Attacks = stigma.... anxiety is just scared and scared is a choice
its ok, because she CHOSE to be a disappointment. I just hope she chooses to also not drive so she doesnt kill any canadians because she cried about driving 70 on a freeway (in australia we hit 100)
i can actually understand him, karlene is alot like my girlfriend, although my gf is a lot younger. But when you´ve been with someone who is easily brought to tears etc. and actually felt something for that person its so hard to just end the relationship. You just know how they are going to react and considering what what you felt/feel for them, you dont want them to go through that. Also this behavior is not always present, so you can actually have a really good time (until they "flip" again)
yep, showed this to my girlfriend who just passed her exam to boost her confidence. i feel that all drivers need this confidence in a way to be able to succeed in their driving abilities because some drivers like karlene, don't believe in themselves and have no self esteem. And some have just too much self esteem that they don't care about others just like Alexis.
What's especially frustrating for me is that the judges were willing to graduate Karlene AND fulfill her request of one more driving lesson with Tim. They were going above and beyond to let her have her cake and eat it too. And what does she do? She throws it back in their face. All that progress, all that hard work, up in smoke in one tantrum and she's back to square one. And she has the gall to blame CWD for her relapse. The sheer ungratefulness...
Daniel Bilodeau also it the last place she could get serious help to develop driving skills in various conditions... she is a disgrace to this show and she puts the blame on the crew. It is her own fault for not being able to learn and develop. But she chooses to refuse help and stop yelling at me.. nobody could help her.. god have mercy on her husband....
Mélanie in the last series was the same, though with her it was a pattern, of justifying her position of palming all of the driving responsibilities on the charity of others even when it amounted to basically giving up their weekends and workdays to deal with her kids' problems, with the "can't afford the training" card, then refusing to use the free lessons they paid for for her. Karlene had been looking like she was going to be a success story like Brad, Diane, Tab or Travis (hell, you can even count Jillian if her reappearance as a nominator on S13 is anything to go by), and even after her husband acceded to her wishes and the team let her have precisely what she requested, she went the Mélanie way. The retreat into her cocoon. I'm surprised they didn't have more of her talking with Shyamala in the season, because that was the most telling thing with Mélanie, when near the end of the season she got asked if she really wanted the responsibility of doing the driving herself, and she said the right things... while involuntarily shaking her head. The thing is, as with Karlene a lot of it is anxiety-based, it could well be that she saw that independence that she'd striven for, that had been the whole reason for her being there, as a precipice once she actually got there, and was simply too afraid to make that final step, but if that was the case, it's not like she couldn't have said that. At the end of the day, people have stopped driving following their appearances on CWD, and Karlene isn't a threat to people by insisting on keeping driving like Donna or Dale. And as I think Cam said about Darris in an earlier episode, they've now reached the point where they've done all they can for Karlene - the next step has to come from her. She claimed she wanted to make that step and that would justify her NOT becoming independent as a driver - but when that was actually on the cards it didn't seem so appealing anymore.
Alexis may have poor petal control but she does like to be overstimulated, maybe she should learn stick shift? It may help her manage her petal control better and the constant changing/shifting will keep her mind stimulated.
It's very good suggestion! I'm someone who also likes to be overstimulated, ADHD, 'cause it helps me to focus. I learned the absolute basics on an automatic car then my dad taught me how to drive a stick and that was the car I drove for YEARS.
Acutally me too, but even with a manual car, I drive with a waterbottle, a smartphone, Burgers etc. or I drive with my knees to eat a Ben&Jerrys Ice. 1 hand with the spoon the other with the ice. Unfortunately I'd never get help from the Discovery Channel, cause I live in Germany the flight itself'd be to expensive and I guess they can't fix me :/
@@chriskonte1909 Omg 😭 please don't you'll really hurt yourself. I'm quite terrified of driving and I'm taking it slow :')) possibly a few years too slow lol. But I think I'd really like to learn how to drive stick shift. As of right now regardless of how hard I try not to I ultimately end up driving with both of my feet which I know is wrong but I can never trust my reaction time enough to switch between the gas and brake pedals fast enough.
When he said that Karlene wrote them, I thought: well now she is going to thank them for everything they tried to do for her. After I heard what she said I was very disappointed with her. In my opinion, no matter who is named Canada’s worst driver, Karlene is the worst, she should not drive ever again.
I get the feeling Karlene's husband is going to end up leaving her. Her issues are very deeply rooted and she can't accept that pushing through her problems will cause some pain. And as long as she tries to avoid it, she'll direct it to others around her. Darrel's seriously considered divorce before and he looks like a defeated man whenever he's with her.
Roast Goose unfortunately I think he’s become so defeated/broken, he probably won’t. Although he would possibly be much happier if he did... Unless she is only like this when driving, in which case all will be well so Long as she stays off the road
Karleen probably realize that she will have to work and that the government will cut some indemnisation that she had received, when you know that you understand why her attitude change in 1 episode!
@Bryce Welling Oh, yeah... He could do much, much better. He's pretty good looking, for his age. Good muscle tone in his arms, decent facial bone structure. He could land a late 30s, early 40s woman, easily.
@Xt 6 : Brandon's anger matches the scale of his terrible driving. And he gets euhporic when he passes a challenge against all odds. Seems normal to me.
From my personal experience GP’s are adverse towards diagnosing mental disorders. They usually say they assume you have a disorder then have a physiatrist finalize it, probably for liability reasons. So it’s not surprising to me that in this case the doctor only assumed things.
4:15 If that test is hard to them in automatic... Just think how it would be in a manual car, controlling the clutch and trying to avoid the engine from stalling...
Imagine how much the water would spill(even if they could get the car into first gear). Like every time they shift it would be so jerky lol. And they'll stall just trying to stop the car. I wanna watch.
You’d be hard pressed to stall a 5 litre mustang probably absolutely ruin the clutch but I can control the clutch in a little 1 litre gas car where I don’t even need accelerator to move off in 1st my personal car which is a 3.7l v6 won’t even stall if I dump the clutch while it’s idling.
She never had any potential, she is a psycho! That level of insanity didn't occur from one traumatic incident. You don't just flip a mental switch and start dying your hair purple and wearing all purple and being a crazed women over a car incident! She has been like that most of her life, that's quite obvious. She has no business being on the road... EVER!
It looked like she was gonna make it. She just has mental issues like Krystal and the water tank test providing a tangible example of failure got to her in a way that previous tests didn't. Hard to ignore getting literally dunked on. Also Andrew is probably the first person to actually yell at her in like 25 years.
"i'm sure a lot of people drive with 2 feet"......YEAH....THEY DO! in manual transmission cars...but that 2nd foot is always used on the Clutch for Gear Changes
Ryan Thomson i watch this show from europe and the most common gear is the manual .... i imagine what challenge would that give to all of them to drive manual car. Honestly i would love to see these challenges done with those... none of them could pass EVER. I think it is simply they all have to grow up in the head
Wow i cant believe karlene... she spit in everone that works at CWD Face throwing them under the bus like that. I think shes just a very bitter old woman that cant take responsibility and would rather have pity then try to better her self.
It's really sad, I don't understand how you can become like karlene after being hit. During the show we saw that she is capable of driving but when they sent her home.. she goes right back. Not a driving issue but a serious mental issue. It's not uncommon for cwd to help help with that but you can't help the people that don't want to be helped :(
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I hoped she'd graduate seeing how far she'd come, but on seeing her breakdown I think she's just like the death wish driver who came on the show just so his mum would pay for his $7'500 per year insurance. She seems to share aspects of that manipulative personality only in this case it is to keep a noose around her husband's neck. From the start her behaviour seemed familiar to me. Without going into too much detail, I have a family member who seems to be using an unfortunate circumstance to play on all of us to hand off responsibility through an excessive dependance on us. I wanted to dismiss it as I felt genuinely bad for her as I thought it could all have been a result of her incident so many years ago, but her sudden anger and carelessness after being told she was ready to graduate, i.e. become an independent driver, lost her that from me, as well as confirm what was suspected about my own family member.
Karlene like many other female drivers should NEVER be allowed back on public roads EVER AGAIN. Too many female drivers are either: 1. Completely clueless behind the wheel and have no idea in how to control their vehicles or the rules of the road. 2. Emotionally and/or mentally unstable behind the wheel and often in regular life. 3. Both Seriously women should be given an extra test to see if they're mentally and emotionally stable enough to drive before they're given a license and in general they should be tested more tougher to see if they understand the rules of the road. Just plain too many of them are UTTER MORONS like Alexis and Brittany on the roads these days.
I've been observing Karlene this season and have progressively become more concerned for not only her immediate mental stability but how it may quickly degrade in the future. My aunt who is about the same age was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and exhibited many of the same behaviors as Karlene earlier in the disease's progression, i.e. having trouble forming cohesive and specific sentences, frequent stuttering, and getting irrationally angry with an inability to think reasonably about the situation, even long after it had passed. Just two years later my aunt is now completely unable to communicate, process information, or take care of herself in any way. I hope Karlene's similar behavior is simply due to her anxiety and ADHD rather than a sign of things to come.
You're right. It's truly concerning. I do wish good fortune on your aunt though. It must be difficult for her and all you people around her. Good luck to you all.
She does seem to have some maneurisms that are similar to my grandmother on my mother's side (may not have Alzheimer's, but definitely has her things. She's pretty strong with denying about diseases and health issues... For example, she was denying her husband having Alzheimer's even when it was coupled with Dementia, right in her face)... But unlike her, Karlene appears to be some sort of elderly Tumblrette. ... But Karlene having a sort of dopy smile and way of acting does point to a mental issue.
Ben Orth I know I'm a year late on this but I was just about to type out a very similar comment to yours. I hope Karlene is doing well wherever she is.
Karlene doesn't have Alzheimer's. She has some incredibly severe and significant psychological issues. Yes, Alzheimer's patients often develop psychological issues, but plenty of older people can be messed up without having dementia. She has a specific trauma that messed her the fuck up unfortunately. I wonder if she experienced a traumatic brain injury in her ordeal, as that can often exacerbate any mental illness.
Of course Karlene ended up in worse shape than when she came in. She needed SERIOUS counseling and mental help, and they sabotaged her at EVERY turn. "of course I'm laughing. You're being ridiculous" that's NOT how you respond to someone having a PANIC ATTACK from what is CLEARLY PTSD! For a group that claims to be trying to help? They are doing a LOT of things wrong and not helping ppl who need that extra help unless it makes good TV. And thats fucked up.
Karlene does not belong anywhere near the drivers' seat of a vehicle. She is mentally unstable and needs professional help. She can't even handle the most basic maneuvers on the road without having an anxiety attack... I'm sorry, but having her take an onramp 3 times successfully means absolutely nothing given her past behavior. She is a danger to everyone on the road, and quite frankly I don't see that changing. I feel horrible for her husband - I can only imagine the things she says to him when the camera is off....... Her little temper tantrum there around 32:00 proves my point - even if that was directed towards Andrew.
I couldn't agree with both of you more. And I could only add +++++ after each one of your sentences! She has no business driving, let alone being "professional driver" and her behavior towards her husband is just horrible.
Nooooooooooooo!!! She is not unstable, she is dysfunctional!! She does not function, unstable is someone like descy,. Ffs! Karlene needs to be in a monitored hospital
@@blazzer73553 You seem to be using dysfunctional as a more extreme version of unstable. If that is the case, then someone who is dysfunctional is perforce unstable.
Karlene exhibited attention-seeking behavior. She preferred the attention she was getting for being a poor driver, and when that ended, although she was a capable driver, she chose to blame CWD for failing to reward her with gratifying attention. Yes, she needed extra therapy.
I was under the impression Karlene was changed, but after seeing her attitude after the water tank challenge, I think she should just cut up her license and use public transport.
I mean she used to cry for going 70kph! which is 43mph which isn't much. Then she voluntarily goes on the highway 3 times by herself, which to be honest surprised me and she actually SMILED. Then she gets tolled to go a bit faster and then she doesn't want to drive anymore? just wants to file a lawsuit and get money to be honest
@@TheyRiseBand that annoying fuck that graduated like last episode was unemployed and has $600 insurance, and his mom was paying for it for a long time. id guess all of them are unemployed
@@mypetalbatrossproductions I'm from the UK all we do is pay for what damage we think is caused and how much it costs in courts. Tbh she probably signed a contract that prohibits lawsuits anyway
Yeah, remember that episode where they said "If Karlene doesn't get better, her husband is going to divorce her...", then she asks him in this episode, "Is this working for us," and he says no lol. Seems like she was only there to keep him around, he got tired of all the crazy and jumped ship, then she decided it wasn't worth the effort.
seriously Karlene? just how far does she think she can run away from responsibility? at this point she's only making excuses to rationalize her own failures ...
I kept saying Karlene was a psycho and will never change, she is a ticking time bomb!! When you see her calm... just walk away because anything will set her off and she'll kill everyone in sight.
I get being nervous after being hit, that said she was doing good but I think if you play victim long enough that becomes your sad reality. If she chooses to or not to drive is her thing but I feel she saw herself as "oh now I can't use not driving as an excuse" and reality set in. Ultimately everyone sets themselves up to pass or fail and some just choose not to change sad as it is.
I don't get it the show offered her everything she needed to be a better driver and she just one day quits wants out even though Andrew and the panel said she was good to graduate. She writes back saying it was the worst experience ever cause that's not what I saw I saw her improve big time. It's like Tim said she can but she won't why the hell she come here for if she wasn't going to change.!
2:51 if you care about your daughter so much then you should care about driving for her safety and for her to have a mother around. If you don't care about changing your behavior then you don't care about your daughter enough. Simple as that
I'll use the phone while driving and I don't care. I am a single teenage mom and I don't care. I have a daughter and I refuse to be a safe driver because I don't care. I don't want to learn because I don't care. I give up on the challenges because I don't care. - Alexis 2018
@@richarduhric1908 Because unlike some men (Felix) i actually respect women and treat them with dignity. I came on the show to learn how to improve as a driver not standby while some low life jack off behind a screen makes Sarah look bad. Unless you've been on that show or gone through trauma you need to shake your head. Why don't you go visit another channel clearly you came to the wrong one.
Brandon KOS so I just have a genuine question, in the first episode during the slalom, like what happened?? If you don’t wanna answer or the adrenaline was too high to really remember I understand.
This episode really pissed me off. Because of that one candidate I rooted for wasted so much potential to be a graduate and went back to square one before rehab. Such a waste.
Yeah, she was my favourite, too - until the end of this episode. In the water challenge, deep rooted issues emerged that I just hadn't spotted before. Her husband recognised them, though - you can tell. Hey, you and I are purple, too.
I think Brandon will be okay, great even. He really does seem to be getting so much better, he's responding well to the teaching and figuring himself out. No way will he be "worst". Alexis? Ehhh, I'm guessing it's her, bar some crazy reversal like we just saw with Karlene...
I think brandon might be skimming it because if his bipolar disorder. Overall if he knows how to control his emotions and fight the disorder.. He might be graduating
I can't believe Karlene blamed CWD for her tantrum. She was making great progress until one setback put her in a worse place than when she started. Needs more counseling for her attitude than for the "negative experience" of getting personal lessons and safe tests on enclosed courses.
Okay, so this graduation did not make me smile. Not because I did not think Karlene should not have graduated, but because this is where the goal of one person is not realized, and unfortunately, she realized it as well. I really hope that she is doing better, and hopefully, is going to drive around her hometown again.
@@Djordymans true she needs to spend time with a therapist and should not be allowed to have her full licence back until deemed safe by a specialist thats what would happen in most countries with a good driving infrastructure.
Karleen probably realize that she will have to work and that the government will cut some indemnisation that she had received, when you know that you understand why her attitude change in 1 episode!
@@Tim_3100 So not America then? I'm an American, and while I don't know about Canada, It seems that most other nations have much stricter/more comprehensive "driving infrastructure". Heck, I just saw an accident this week caused by someone that has multiple accidents (not just bumping/scratching), at least 5 while driving with no/suspended license, open intoxicants in the car repeatedly (don't know if they actually had any DUI/DWI/...)
I can’t believe Karleen would say something like that. She did a lot of great things on the show. But I guess you can’t make someone a success story when they dont want to be.
It feels weird to me to hear that it’s bad, because I’m English and over here we frequently use two feet at once in manual cars, such as starting the car and moving off with the clutch and the accelerator at the same time. I was wondering why everyone seemed so bothered!
That change in Karlene's attitude towards what the show teached her is unbelievable and so sad at the same time. Just like Andrew, I was hoping a lot from her and she really did learn from CWD (I could just say that Karlene was my favorite bad driver this season). Everytime she would have a mental breakdown after a challenge I would feel sad for her, but when she smiled driving on the highway this episode I was just so happy to see her overcome her fears of speed and traffic ! That letter she wrote them at the end is trully heartbreaking and I just hope that she is doing better now and realises she CAN drive all alone, whether on the freeway or on the streets of Calgary (I think it is Calgary). The point of rehab with Karlene was not to make her a daily highway driver but a casual normal driver.
This season features the tightest ever race for the title of Canada's Worst Driver🏆 For the first time in 11 seasons, Andrew defeats the Water Tank Challenge!
Its pretty much guaranteed at this point that unless Brandon regresses severely that its going to be YET ANOTHER female 'winner' of this show. CWD just shows that too many women are too dangerous to be on the roads because of their lack of driving skills and knowledge or emotional/mental instability. Having watched all the CWD seasons, you could probably count on one hand the number of male drivers that were seriously messed up in the head like so many female drivers on this show are.
@leucos r That too many women are clueless, horrible drivers that are not only a danger to themselves but to everyone around them? Yeah I think that's an issue that needs to be addressed and highlighted because the only time we ever see this is on CWD and then we ignore it the rest of the time.
@@UzumakiNaruto_ I'm kind of clueless as to what your point with making all these comments about women's driving. But like with many other misplaced issues, I think it's really about something else. And online is probably the worst place to figure that out, since you can hide behind a screen, and not really feel responsible about what you're saying. If I'm wrong about that, and you actually think woman are inherently worse drivers, and that it's such a serious problem that something drastic needs to be done, then I think you first of all need to focus on learning what 'evidence' is. Learning what statistics are, and how science works. Next up would probably be learning about consequences of the things you do, and what it really means to be responsible of power, when considering taking action toward half the world's population. But like I said, I don't really believe that's what you care about. And I guess only you or people who know you, have a chance of figuring out what you're on about. I hope you figure it out yourself some time.
Such a disappointment. I was really rooting for Karlene and she was doing great, but she just gave up on herself and her goal, and got all dramatic about it. I hope therapy at home helps her get some perspective and remember that she did gain confidence and she can manage the highway.
Karleen probably realize that she will have to work and that the government will cut some indemnisation that she had received, when you know that you understand why her attitude change in 1 episode!
Karleen probably realize that she will have to work and that the government will cut some indemnisation that she had received, when you know that you understand why her attitude change in 1 episode!
Yea the sudden change in attitude towards the show was highly suspicious. Went from "This is fun!" to, "this was one of the worst experiences of my life." In the same day.
I think you'll find her husband was going to f off if she didn't change, the pointer is there. There's mention earlier in the season that is the case, and then she asks in the water challenge if it was working for "them" and he said it wasn't.. more likely she's getting a divorce and realised it at this time, so quit....
Tim has the look of a man who has seen way too much. Like the driving instructor version of the Thousand Yard Stare. I think he goes home at the end of a day and just drinks and drinks and drinks until he's too numb to feel it anymore.
5:30 - I actually had this happen to me once.... All i did was brush against the center of the wheel by accident, and the membrane pad failed in the closed position. i ended up bypassing my horn switch, and routing it to a modified novelty "BULLSHIT!" button i mounted on my dash... everyone got a kick out of it.
I think Karlene did have a good time there and made good progress, for the most part. Though I think the times she thought she wasn't was just when she was having a breakdown. So perhaps when she wrote the letter to them, she was having another episode. Mind you I don't doubt that she went in for therapy after her time on the show, but I don't think it's "for" her time on the show as she claimed. She just seems to fall back on blaming others when she gets to that state of mind, like blaming her husband or Andrew for no reason. So here's hoping that she will eventually recover from whatever she has with whatever treatment works.
“We told her to look left”. Best line of the show It’s a shame the lady gave up on life and decided to be a permanent victim, and it was down right vindictive to blame such a good event for her insecurities.
0:32 That says it all... The perpetual desire to blame a disease for all your problems and actions... and failures... even your husband, who is a saint, and bought into the belief that once diagnosed, one cannot overcome the symptoms and thought patterns. Karlene CAN DRIVE... she DID... but just like any good manipulative lawyer or accuser to distract from ones own lack of effort or perpetual victim self sabotage comfort zone... she seeks to choose to blame her husband... "I KNEW YOU WERE UP TO SOMETHING" or blame Andrew for yelling at her to get it up to 60 k.... I mean if you admit you have ADHD... and are self absorbed... sometimes you need a slap in the face or someone to yell and snap you out of your box... Karlene, you are in a comfortable box. If you had to actually be held responsible for your irrational emotional lack of self control, then you would see how YOU are responsible for your own actions, not your husband, or Younghusband... and you must be great in bed or guilt trips because your husband really should leave you to drive and live by yourself UNTIL you take responsibility for your LIFE and the way you choose to speak, live, act and blame others... ADHD is a chronic condition marked by persistent inattention, hyperactivity, and sometimes impulsivity. ADHD begins in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. As many as 2 out of every 3 children with ADHD continue to have symptoms as adults. Growing up means keeping up mentally with your body Karlene... Try to keep up... You should know better, and by your blame accusations, you are perfectly aware of what is going on around you, you just want to divert and distract from responsibility.
Angelina is still among the worst. I know her emotional and psychological issues were a deep part of that, and they did point that out in CWD Ever, but her technical skills were downright atrocious. Kevin was beyond dangerous, and to be honest Flora was just as bad - remember Kevin didn't win outright his first time around! Krystal has apparently done a lot to turn herself around (as has Alexis, and Daniella before her too) and looking into her psychological issues was a large part of resolving that. Mike Butt cut up his licence. Sholom was incredibly technically unskilled and inexperienced, but was at least aware of his limitations. I'm not sure if Kevin got back on the road or not, but Dale I think has to be counted right up there because a lot of the others did some work to rectify their biggest problems, be they technical or personal, either within the rehab centre or supplemental to it.
From knowing people with bipolar disorder, it's really refreshing to see Brandon admit to himself and everybody else that he has a problem, and that he needs help dealing with it.
After the balance challenge, I knew Alexis was going to be very wet. I think Karlene was the first driver that I actually hoped would get better in all the seasons of this show that I've watched.
Should be banned as soon as they found out asbestos is bad for our heath. I'm 31 year old mechanic and as long as I can remember that crap is not in brake pads or clutches. I started at 17 and at that time the older mechanics me now had experience with the time that asbestos was still in brake pads and clutches. I am from europe but who knows there are probably some countries left in the world that don't care about citizen heath
Karlene I think had a breakthrough moment on CWD. I hope she realizes that if she cant mentally handle the challenges, she shouldnt be driving. While you dont have to pass every challenge to be a good driver. You NEED to be able to have enough mental control to focus and react quickly. Every single time ive seen her drive in any sort of time sensative challenge, she mentally collapses like a house of cards. She definitely shouldnt be driving and should see a counselor. Im glad she is doing that, but I just hope the counselor can make her realize its not the shows fault. Andrew is putting pressure on her because every time he yells at her, if it were in real life on real streets, the current action she is doing is risking her life and the life of others around her, because she is making herself a hazard in the road. It doesnt matter that its on an airfield and nobody is around, you still need to act in an urgent manner and react quickly and correctly.
I agree. And tbh I still believe I'm Karlene that she will someday she can drive alone. Just not now bc Jesus Christ that would be horrifying on the roads. If CWD has more updates on Karlene I be interested to know.
So disappointing. I had such high hopes for Karlene. She was doing so well, too. Her driving problems have been taken care of. All that's left is what's in her head. Hopefully, someday, she'll be able to pull herself out of this mindset that she's stuck in. She is a better driver, but sometimes, you get so stuck in your head that you just can't see all of the good things about yourself.
I'm not an awful driver, but these challenges look fun to try because you can't perfect extreme motions on the real road. True mastery of vehicle control!
