Crisis to Cleanliness: a Couple in Trouble😰 

You are really wonderful, clean, and very kind. You are really very beautiful. I don't know how to express my feelings for you, but you really deserve the kindness😔💗

You are doing such a great job, god bless you😊❤❤

Love watching your videos, hearing your "stories" and learning methods for effective cleaning in all rooms of a house. You are amazing. So kind, so sweet, so dedicated to helping others and you are admired, respected and loved ❤❤❤

Hi! have you got more channels? I'm from Argentina and always get notifications of 'your' channel in spanish (Aurikatariina en español)...

Someone commented on my comment ms. Auri is that really you? It says mrs_aurikatariina 🤔

Good luck, you deserve to live in a clean and refreshing environment. I hope you get there bit by bit.

You can do it! ❤

I hope you see you should be proud of every accomplishment you do one room at a time. ❤

I am wishing the best for you. You CAN do it!

❤ You are gonna be so proud of yourself! Keep going!!

So sorry for your loss. Praying for your complete healing.

My heat breaks for your loss, I don't know where you live,I'd come help you if I could. Know someone cares hugs and prayers

Yes, what they said. Sending so much love and healing vibes from Kentucky.

Best of wishes and hope from me and mine to you and yours.

Omg I’m so sorry for your loss 😢❤❤

Cleaning makes me feel calm, especially if I am accomplishing something that really has, in my opinion, a great "before and after." I keep my home very tidy, but when I move a piece of furniture, or an appliance, and really get in there I feel great after. It's not as if anyone else will see behind the fridge, or behind the sofa. Just knowing it is clean and fresh makes me feel happy. :)

Same here 👋🏽

Exactly... laziness plays a big plus

​@@lubakutnyj1586no. I'm glad all of y'all can handle cleaning. But not all depressive episodes are the same. Not everyone has the same mental health issues. Depression can and will often be accompanied by many other disorders, that lead to this. I'd advise you to watch videos from Midwest magic cleaning,he has a great way for ppl to learn about it. Cause there is no way I can summarize such a complicated subject here. But no. It's not laziness. Deep depression affects you physically.

Agreed.

Just like me 😂. While cleaning I always hear Auri speaking in my head: "If you can't fix it, use a scraper."... "Use a dish brush. In Finland, we use dish brushes for a lot of cleanings."... "Let the product do it's work. Give it the time to do so."... "Did you think of folding your cloth?" 😂😂😂 Auri is an amazing teacher. Repeating is learning. ❤

Agreed! I was able to use the oven cleaning hack she always mentions and it has become my holy grail ✨️👏🏼👏🏼

Same!!!

I love her tip for cleaning the microwave: you can microwave a cup/ bowl of water for 5 mins and it softens stains in the microwave, makes it so easy to clean it :)

Idk, I don’t find the tips that groundbreaking because my home would never get this dirty. I feel the tips are excellent for cleaning a severely neglected home tho. But for regular upkeep for a home, you wouldn’t have to do all of this if you are cleaning your home at least once a week. This type of grime takes MONTHS of neglect to develop

Those people also believe the earth is flat

All the best to you Andrew.

I started seeing a therapist in 2019. I currently see him on a monthly basis over the phone. I now starting to feel normal. Day from night compared to thsi time 10 years ago.

@@andrewclarke3622that’s amazing! I’m proud of you for improving yourself. It isn’t easy. I wish you all the best in the future.

Hugs from Oz. I know your mother would have been very moved and grateful, if she had understood all you did for her. You are a lovely son. She was very lucky.

Thank you. I feel normal now. I think the hardest emotions that I felt out the three was guilt. The realization that I could do nothing, Alzheimers is a progressie disease, was when the guilt really started to hit.

I broke both shoulders, you will NEED help, believe me. Never be ashamed to ask, you deserve kindness and care.

And the strange thing is that people mostly like to be asked to help, especially if it is something specific. I hope your surgery is as smooth as can be and that you make a speedy recovery!

I know right

It was plastic. Chill.

What does it mean?

@@2-pentylhept-1-ol well apparently it was a plastic spoon but drug addicts use metal spoons to heat up and mix drugs for injecting, now you know.

@@TheMascara89 uh, I don't think so!

The Midwest magic cleaner is a cleaner on RU-vid with autism too. And it’s a MAN 😮

@@MSHoneybee210 I can't stand the way he talks. I watch with the MUTE on.

​@@madhatter909 His work is great, but his humor is off!

@lilybliblablubb5023 Right. There’ s got to be an underlying deep cause for these situations. Clutter is one thing but these conditions reflect a lot of pain. Glad they reached out for help . That’s a great first step. 🪴

@ravengateley7677 Right. That would be practical. I think though that the aesthetic woul be jarring to many Americans. A stainless steel grate in the middle of the floor would be unappealing design wise in my opinion. Again, I agree that it would make sense 🪴

In Poland and Germany there are no drains like that either, except for public bathrooms :(

@@cUser691 For me, practicality comes above design. I have ADHD and if something is difficult to clean, I probably won't do it. So, for example, I avoid renting apartments that have parquet floors and definitely don't put any rugs. With two dogs, there is still enough hair to clean off the floor but a robot helps me greatly :)

It doesn't look like the same place, does it? It's spotless.

@@anakelly76512 Completely different. It's immaculate 🙂

Warum? Sie verdient dadurch soviel Geld also ganz umsonst putzt sie nicht 💵💵💵💰💰💰

She still cleans a lot

I Agree ❤

@@ehrlichkeit884so she should give it to you? Go away hater

@@ehrlichkeit884 I agree, it is just a job. Also everybody is a sinner, so nobody 'deserves' heaven. Thank God that Jesus died for our sins, else we'd all be lost. Now there is a way to heaven; by repenting of our sins and accepting Jesus Christ as our savior ❤

yessss same!!

She did say the husband suffers with substance abuse. Let's hope they can both find a new life soon.

It's clearly drugs. Probably heroin users. Two of them.

@@CookwitchCreations I wonder what's in the bedroom?

Your thought about the spoons was my very first thought too.. Herron or meth.😢

I thought the exact same.. She mentioned the husband had trouble with substance abusebefore and here I am watching her find spoons in the bathroom.. Came to the comments to see if anyone had the same thought as me..

yeah, he could have also not broken all that furniture

I have a suspicion that she can't walk and became disabled because of him too, should have left his dirty ass and dirty apartment sooner. Hope she is safe now.

Stop pretending women are victims. I'm so fed up with this "poor me" mentality, and I'm a woman. Men have far higher rates of suicide and deaths of despair, but keep telling yourself how much "women are expected to do everything". Unlike YOU, I don't need to blame men to get by in life.

Ну было же сказано,что у мужчины зависимость от психотропных веществ,поэтому и поведенческие нарушения...но они оба работают,несмотря на свои проблемы со здоровьем

Probably will help their relationship with themselves because that's where it all begins.

So was my mother but not as bad Aurikatariina's clients. Try not to look at cleaning your mother's house as a negative or you may experience depression. I enjoy cleaning so it is not a chore to me. Have a sibling take your mom to their house for a couple days. That way you can clean and organize without distractions. I brought boxes with me to my mother's to put dirty dishes, pots & pans in until the counter and upper cabinets by the sink were cleaned first. Then I did the rest of the upper cabinets one at a time so not to be overwhelmed. Then I cleaned the lower cabinets the same way. I kept the clean pots & pans on the clean counter until after their cabinet had been cleaned. I spent 2 full days just in the kitchen. BE PREPARED to threw out a lot of expired food. I bought fresh food before leaving the 2nd day and took trash bags with me knowing she would go through them when I left. I spent 2 more days cleaning the rest of her 3 bedroom house. I used the empty boxes to load knick knacks scattered around the house. I let mom decide which ones she wanted to keep and dropped off the rest at Goodwill. I deep cleaned the 2 bathrooms last because I throw away any sponges or rags used in bathrooms. I also used my steam mop to sanitize the tiles after scrubbing soap scum off. My granddaughter came with me and kept her great grandparents company while I cleaned, and they loved their time together. Every other weekend I spent at mom's. The other weekend was at dad's cleaning his home (divorced parents). Both passed when my granddaughter was 5 years old so she got to know them for 3+ years before they passed. She loved them and was so excited when we pulled into their driveways, wanting out of her car seat before I parked the car. They enjoyed her company so much and were less cranky when we were there. lol I bought both parents a Swiffer Wet Jet mop for a quick and easy way to clean spills when I wasn’t there. My granddaughter likes mopping and my parent's got a kick out of watching her. And she helped in the bathrooms using the steam mop. So cute. So glad I turned a negative situation into a positive by taking my granddaughter with me. She is now 13 and still talks about the time she spent with them. ❤

Midwest Magic Cleaning is another good channel to watch. He does the same thing Auri does, free cleaning for hoarder situations etc. The best thing is to always just start with the trash. Get all of that out first. What the Midwest guy also suggests it to just focus on one area at at time. Specifically start with one surface. Not the sink yet. Just a counter or a table top, and remove EVERYTHING from it. If you can put stuff away do that, or just find another place to set them for now. One one surface is clean, that can act as a “base station” to set your cleaning supplies, or a place to put stuff while you move on to other surfaces. Yes you most likely will have to reclean that first space if you’re putting dirty things back onto it, but it’s at least a place to start. Just get in there and start picking things up, hold them and move them around. That act alone can help kickstart the cleaning process and get your mind organized to the tasks needing to be done. Good luck with your cleaning!

@@sew75962 Midwest Guy also says one thing I like: "Just move something". Pick something up, and move it. That will get you started.

​@sew75962 Great, great advice! I watch Mack too and he is wonderful teacher about cleaning. As is precious Auri ❤

Auri has some videos with a helpful little checklist in the corner, if you search back a few videos. The difficult thing about Auri's videos is that she only takes on the houses where she can throw out all the garbage, which is smart and satisfying, but of course many homes and owners insist on keeping /everything/. I agree with the comment above/below that recommends Midwest Magic Cleaning's channel and also I really enjoy A Hoarder's Heart, as she offers good strategies for cluttered people to start to thin out their belongings. Right now you and your mom are in overwhelm mode, but as you begin to throw out junk, it will give you some breathing room. As you start to touch possessions it will "wake up" the energy of the item so you can begin to know what to do with it (a la Marie Kondo). I find a helpful strategy for myself, to stay focused, is to film the area I'm working on. I have a habit of half completing a million little areas and not feeling accomplished. When I film one single area, it keeps my brain in that area to completion, even if "to completion" means moving an item out of the shot to another surface. In the process, many other items are dealt with *for good*. It can also be helpful to track your progress in ways such as 1. keeping track of the number of bags of trash you throw out or 2. making a "tossy tossy" pile of items that are being trashed/recycled/thrown away (this is a strategy Miss Heart uses to show herself what great progress she has made, even when the area looks basically the same lol. Often you will work really hard and feel like you don't see a difference, especially cause when you really start going at it, things get worse before they get better. Tracking things this way will show you you really are making progress and motivate you further. Before & After photos of one single area are great for motivation as well. When you find an Auri video with the checklist in the corner, write it down for yourself or make your own checklist to organize your brain on paper - 1. throw away all the trash 2. deep clean two cabinets 3. empty and wash the sink 4. wash a sink load of dishes, etc. My mom is clean, but she is also a semi hoarder who accumulates too many belongings. On her own, she can't accomplish anything, but with me there, she makes a ton of progress. You can act as an external force to help your mom's reasoning. Present her with only one item at a time. When we see a wall of stuff, we can't think at all; it is too much. Instead, bring her one object and ask if she loves it, if she wants it, if it will add to her life or feel like a drain on her energy, if she uses it, if she knows when or what she'll use it for, etc etc. Having you there will also serve as what I believe is called Body Mirroring. Seeing you get to work will give her the motivation to also clean with you. If sucks to do things alone; its fun to do things with people. One more thing I love is items with expiration dates. They make it really cut and dry. Body items and makeup items that are expired aren't effective or can cause issues like break outs. Food items can cause illness that just isn't worth it. If you keep telling yourself that it is probably still good, ask yourself if you are willing to eat it RIGHT NOW. If you aren't, chances are you never will feel okay eating it/using it. Just throw it away. Sorry this was a bit of a brain dump, lol. Good luck!

Indeed. It's always good to hear from an expert! 🙂

How precious you are

Me too!

This is so cute 😭

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I did not know this 😮 So many content creators are sponsored by them. That’s scary!

you talking about BetterHelp right? that’s crazy. I remember everyone was exposing that one sponsor where people could have their own land somewhere and they got to put “Lady” or “Lord” next to their name. I forgot what they were called but a lot of people were calling them out, especially since a lot of youtubers were sponsored by them

Better up is just as bad

They've sold peoples' data to platforms like Meta for advertising purposes after promising they wouldn't. They sent out a mandatory email with that information basically buried so most people wouldn't see it. It's awful.

Correct! I already forewarned Auri. lol

Вряд ли, засрут все опять, или разведутся и будут по одиночке гадить.

​@@Mika-dv1os Жена сказала, что они разводятся. В доме такой беспорядок, потому что она очень инвалид, а у мужа развилась наркозависимость. Пожалуйста, не говорите об этой паре так негативно.