r/BeAmazed 23d ago

Miscellaneous / Others The owner had depression and I cleaned her home for free

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u/Aasrial 23d ago

Exactly. It’ll just end up looking like the before photos again. Cleaning the house was nice, but it’s just a bandaid. It does nothing to solve the root of the problem, and it’s definitely not fair for the kids. I’ve lived all my life with depression and it never looked even close to this.

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u/IndecisiveTuna 23d ago

But there are varying forms of depression, surely you know that. Severe depression will absolutely result in severe neglect of one’s self and surroundings.

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u/Aasrial 23d ago

I do know that, however this is beyond depression and is inexcusable. Willing to bet there’s more than depression going on.

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u/IndecisiveTuna 23d ago

I guess, you may be right. We can’t know for certain. I’d be curious to know how the person is from a social standpoint. When I did home hospice, I saw homes in worse states than this more often than one would think. It was pretty astounding to me.

A lot of people live in pretty deplorable environments, and I’m not sure how.

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u/Aasrial 23d ago

Yeah it’s one thing if you are disabled or living alone…children and animals don’t deserve this. :(

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u/howdylu 23d ago

sometimes, this is what depression is. i wouldn’t say it’s ‘beyond depression’ as it’s also kind of a spectrum