This man is single-handedly keeping the soda industry alive

“I like garbage that tells a story, and this tells the story of type 2 diabetes” Couldn’t have put it better myself 😂

I'm so happy that he cleaned it all up and that he feels better about himself, depression is a horrible thing. I hope he continues taking care of himself and his home. Just remember, that you matter, your situation may feel hopeless -- it won't last forever! You deserve good things and sometimes you gotta get out of your comfort zone and make friends at work or join group events, or even be outside more to find fun things to do.

I grew up in a severely messy and unhealthy room from ages 4/5-16-17. I didn’t realize it wasn’t normal, but I genuinely wasn’t able to see half of my walls most times due to how high the filth went. (What makes it worse in my eyes, is a lot of the filth was clothing and childhood toys. I had a lot of toys so I never really considered it neglect, but looking back on it I’d say it was. I was severely depressed around age 10 and it only got worse, but prior to that it had only been worsening over time. I had cat shit in between layers of my clothing, cat piss on my toys, mold on my toys, mold in a corner of my room because the pipes leaked, and it got to the point I was hallucinating due to the mold and fumes. This sad little bright pink room, where I had to tip toe to crawl into my equally as messy room. I stopped trying to get to my dresser because nothing was clean anyways, I didn’t know that laundry was supposed to be a regular thing. I do remember my mom helped me a few times and each time, I’d have maybe 5 by 5 feet to move around, and I would swear to myself that I would keep it clean (which meant I wouldn’t touch as much as possible, resulting in my depression worsening due to only sleeping all the time). I moved into my current room and I’m so glad I did. It’s smaller than my previous room, and I still don’t have a dresser (everything is basically in a pile against one wall, idk what’s clean and what’s not but that’s ok), I am now only a room away from the laundry machine so I can do my own laundry when necessary. My bed is /clean/. I’m not made fun of for smelling bad. I have space to move, I have a DESK! And a chair!!! It’s incredible, genuinely. I find myself sitting on the floor playing with the stuffed animals that survived the mold. They are treated like gold and kept on a shelf above my bed. I still struggle with depression, ptsd from other things as well as the trauma of having a childhood like that. And that’s why I genuinely am so fucking proud of this dude, and anyone who has been able to get past that battle, because you are fighting so much more than just one- you are in a war. To be able to feel like you have your own space is so truly wonderful. My space isn’t always clean but I’m medicated now so whenever I have the energy I do atleast one thing (take out trash, move dishes to kitchen etc), and it helps immensely. Depression is fucking hard, especially when you are so alone

Charlie is 100% right. Having a clean room will do wonders for your mental state. It's not going to cure depression or anything, but just taking that one step feels so much better than one would think. Same with drinking enough water and exercising. Now, obviously, the depression is the root cause for why somebody would neglect doing these things for themself, but it does create a feedback loop where you feel bad, the room goes awry, which makes you feel bad, which makes you let the room get worse... etc etc etc. Happy to see the dude is feeling better about himself and his situation, here's hoping he keeps it up.

This is actually the cleanest Discord mod room.

As someone who once cleaned a hoarder house, i could already smell the room. Also i could already tell there's a huge amount of cockroaches and rats in there

Coming from someone who struggles with depression and adhd this is honestly a huge accomplishment. I’m proud of him for escaping the cycle

This isn't laziness, this is severe depression

My mother recently taught me something that has helped me DRASTICALLY. 15 minutes. Every day, 15 minutes, clean what you can. Sometimes you'll be able to do a few batches of 15, but don't make it too long a session. The key is to get the habit, not to get it clean just once. You'd be surprised just how much progress 15 minutes can have.

I think this isn’t laziness or discord mod syndrome , it’s mental illness and depression, I have seen videos of places like this being cleaned, most people I have seen videos of have just got some reasons like losing a loved one, or just being in a slump, good on this guy for cleaning it though

My exes room was like this too, couldn't see the floor. I spent an entire weekend just helping him, he was really grateful. Sadly he was struggling to unlearn bad habits and wasn't dealing with the mouse infestation in his flat, I'd be lying if I said that it wasn't a large factor in our breakup. That said even though we lost touch, I hope he got better

I like how positive and happy he is after the transformation the house went through.."I was like in the worst place of my life five days ago and now I'm like in one of the best places of my life" This sentence speaks volumes on why you should clean your house..my man is beyond happy and obviously relieved.. As a viewer I feel very relieved, like imagine how extremely relieved HE feels. Beautiful stuff all around

Charlie's got this all wrong, when you think about it this is the cleanest room on twitch.

I came into this thinking it would just be a dirty nasty room. Honestly glad this had a good ending to it, he looks so much happier at the end. I hope he keeps up with it, depression can be one hell of a bitch. Happy ending despite that keyboard, hopefully he's planning on getting a new one haha

11:00 "You did all this great work. You made the lord so happy. And then, you're still going straight to hell" - Charles White

Seriously never underestimate how good it feels to sit in a clean room

Hoarding is so misunderstood man. It’s a compulsion. You physically cannot stop yourself and a feeling of doom if you do try to get rid of things. It makes me so insanely happy to see this guy clean his home and how good it made him feel. It’s honestly very distressing at first, but it’s like this feeling of a huge success that makes having a clean home worth fighting for. I was pretty much a hoarder until I moved out of the house. It took me a while to adjust, but i learned how ro break it down into several small tasks that you do one day at a time. It’s very rewarding

im actually in tears i was not expecting this level of support and understanding from a comment section

I will say, as someone who lived in a room like this, it takes a lot to not only clean it but also post yourself cleaning it. I am so proud of this man.

A wise man once said, “With a room like this, cleaning is necessary to get rid of all the shit.”

I think at a certain point its pretty clear that its more than just laziness and is genuine mental health issue. Props to that guy for sorting it out

2 years ago I had a room like this, one day I tripped and almost hit my head on a metal corner of my bedframe. After that I cleaned it up over like 3 days and since then I HATE seeing dirty rooms because it reminds me of how close I was to dying because I tripped on an empty coke bottle.

3:04 that N looks shiny and pretty used, seems like he was winning arguments online with the ol reliable

Seeing rooms like this makes me appreciate seeing Charlie’s room and how clean it is compared to other streamers

As much as we judge, I am so happy for him and proud that he managed to turn his home around and he is reaping the benefits of having a clean home

Idk about anyone else, but these videos motivate me to clean my own house after not cleaning it for who knows how long. Not filthy, but not a place I want to bring friends to hang out at. And for sure, it’ll boost your mental health, even if it doesn’t cure all your ailments. Having a nice place you can be proud to bring people to does wonders for you.

This dude's the richest man in Fallout.

The cleanliness of your room/home is a good representation of your state of mind. It affect us more than we like to think it does.

As someone who has bad dandruff and cleaned out his keyboard recently, that wasn't salt, that was skin flakes

I said this on your previous messy streamer room videos, but I can empathize as someone with mental health struggles. Granted, I never let my personal space get like this as my fear of mold and pests outweighed my lack of motivation to clean. But I would still have laundry pile up, miscellany strewn everywhere, etc. Basically, when you’re depressed, mess creates a feedback loop: you can’t bring yourself to clean, it piles up, you feel worse because it’s piled up, you can’t bring yourself to clean, you feel worse, and so on. It’s really hard to break out of that cycle. I had to become a drill sergeant for myself and set obnoxious, impossible-to-ignore alarms daily and clean a little bit each time until I got the mess down to a tolerable level. There was also a social anxiety aspect of it: I was getting a roommate, and I didn’t want her dealing with this mess or me. Anyway, I hope this person’s in a better place mentally now. Again, taking that first step is the hardest.

I teared up a bit at the end there. Rooting for him to not let get that far again. Even he tackles it when it gets a little messy that's a win

Not seeing enough appreciation for Charlie referring to him as a “Grime-bender.” Actual genius analogy.

I was bad as a teenager but seeing these kinds of videos make me feel so much better. 😂

The kitchen is the weirdest part. Like, the juxtaposition of a semi-neat pile of pizza boxes followed by horrible filth then the stove and oven just look remarkably clean by comparison. I guess that might be because he doesn't use the stove much, considering all the pizza boxes.

Dust gathers surprisingly fast especially in certain areas and by doing stuff like leaving your windows open. I had an apartment that was next to a main road that coal trucks traveled often and during spring/fall when my windows were always open the dust was a nightmare. I could literally dust every day and still not keep up.

there's a youtube channel called Auurikatarina (may have spelled it wrong) and she often cleans people's houses like this for free. Its really sad the way some people's homes turn out because of lack of support or from having mental health issues, but i hope everyone eventually makes it out like this guy did

I have to keep looking over to Charlie’s screen just to take a break from looking at that mess of a room over to Charlie’s cleaner room

Whenever I'm in a slump and need to get out. The first thing I do I clean and declutter my room. Throw away or find a place for anything I don't need or want. It really makes a huge difference on mental health.

The way people are able to live like this is astonishing, I hope they get the help they need honestly

6:00 The ACTUAL Leaning Tower of Pizza(boxes)

“Mold is a gamers best friend.”

I can't recommend cleaning and organizing to help with your mental health enough. Just last night I was able to clean out a bunch of stuff out of my bedroom and living/dining room which had become pseudo-storage rooms while helping someone move, which turned out to be a several month process, and it's helped my mental health just in the past day TREMENDOUSLY.

as someone who grew up in a hoarder's household, there's something really therapeutic about videos like this. So glad I don't allow myself to live in this kind of clutter.

1:29 accidentally left CAPS LOCK on.

I can't imagine living like that. Love your content Charlie

Man can we all just appreciate how genuine Charlie is. He's a really good soul and wants nothing but the best for people.

2:32 the way charlie doesn't even point out the lube

After hearing "Rank 14 Grind" it all made sense. The requirements to grind to PvP Rank 14 in WoW Classic were insane. You would need to do 14+ Hours of nonstop battlegrounds each day everyday for about a month or more. Possibly longer hours needed if competition was fierce because only the top X number of people in the faction would be given Rank 14. The people that willingly did that grind were not in a good headspace, either before, and definitely not after.

whenever i feel my setup's not clean enough, i remember streamers exist...

The stain on the wall under his desk isn't mold, that's just dirt from his feet rubbing up against the wall and never being cleaned.

I remember going to a classmate's house in high school to this day. His house was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. There were dog turds all over the place that no one bothered to clean up. Garbage piled up in mounds. It REEKED. We went to his room and there was a dog turd resting on the center of his pillow with the juices soaking into the fabric in a chocolate halo around it. I really don't get people that feel no need to remove filth in their living space. I wouldn't be surprised if the dude just flipped his pillow over and went to bed that night.

I thought my room was bad for all 5 of my coffee cups being left out, but now I feel great compared to this shit.

6:34 My sister lived a five minute walk from a Dominoes (with endless coupons) in University with 4 other people and even they didn't have this many empty boxes.

I remember watching this live on Twitch and even helped him a couple of times with how he needed to clean certain things, it turned out to be pretty wholesome and he learnd how to cook and stuff, it was awsome :D

It's nice to see these videos and all of these comments bringing awareness to how this can happen in the first place. Weirdly enough, I haven't seen a lot of stories shared on when someone is chronically disabled (such as Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Chronic Fatigue, etc) and therefore literally struggle to clean due to how much harder it is to do compared to the typical able-bodied person without mental health issues. Heck, even compared to a mentally struggling but still a generally "able-bodied" person. Combine chronically disabled with mental health issues and the struggle is REAL. After binging these videos it makes me relieved that I've mainly dealt with clutter in my life and not filth. It's honestly motivating me to try and finish my massive room overhaul where I've been going through every single thing I own and either donating/selling/recycling/trashing it or putting it where it needs to be. All while trying to clean up places, because even if you don't introduce food or general grime to an area dust sure can pile up in places you don't expect. ...That and if your air ducts desperately need to be professionally cleaned after existing for decades because it immediately puts a layer of dust on your furnitire the next day. 👀 ... I wish I was joking. 😖 And for the longest time I wondered why my allergies have slowly been getting worse and why it would magically improve when I'm not at home. 💀

So nice of Rukk1 to save the ocean by keeping all the plastic bottles in his room.

I would like everyone to take notice that at 2:03, those are clearly where his wrists or lower palms have been resting and slowly wearing away the paint and probably the wood in a few more disgusting years.

I love how I saw the keyboard also but you just hammered him with "It's the catalyst of all your problems, just replace the keyboard, we got the nuetral ending" lol. Always love your videos Charlie!

Homie seemed so excited and happy about his clean place. Good for him, honestly.

5:20 To be fair to this guy I don't think that mark on the wall is mold. Its from his feet. I started accumulating little marks on my wall in the same spot from putting my feet against the wall regularly.

7:13 LMAO WTF IS THAT

Hope he's doing well, as somebody that also suffered from near crippling depression I had a bedroom that was much like this for 2 1/2 years. It's a really difficult mindset to get out of.

6:13 ...a fartist, if you will

“I like garbage that tells a story” Deep words coming from Charlie, a true modern poet That, or potential creeps/serial killers lol

5:12 thats not mold, its foot grease from his sweaty dirty feet rubbing against the wall while gaming

See the shit being randomly around the room I can deal with, but the dust on the keyboard is triggering on another level

As someone whos medicated and the like for depression and all that: I am now addicted to cleaning. I love cleaning things. It's SO relaxing. Especially office space and all that. I recently deep cleaned my desk, and then I went and deep cleaned my brothers desk as well. Its my favorite relaxation activity cuz it's just so satisfying when youre done. I started watching this video HOPING i would get to see it clean at the end- and wow! This guy is so right, it can take you from a terrible point to a great one so fast. Im happy he got it all cleaned up!!! Now, charlie's right... replace that damn keyboard jfc. The desk situation is just abysmal. LMAO

1:37 tehehe

I love/hate that content like this is a thing, it's good to see people getting their life together but it's just sad to see how many people live like this

I’ve been pretty depressed and let my room get pretty messy but these videos make me feel a little better

These videos have been the inspiration I need to clean lmao this one made me want to clean my keyboard

I can smell it through the screen.

videos like these give me the compulsion to clean my desk

Ah I’ve also had a similar situation-but not to this level. Exhaustion, depression will do the trick, also self-sabotage. What cured me was moving house and changing jobs/Mari Kondo on cleaning as a meditation/gratitude practice.

When my depression gets bad, my surroundings show it. The better I feel, the cleaner I keep myself n my things. Its easy to be depressed in filth, which ends up turning into a vicious cycle thats tough to come out of. Good on the dude for cleaning :)

That room is a specimen of Damien Hirst’s finest artwork

I used to work in mold remediation, and I can without a doubt tell you that a lot of that white stuff on that keyboard is probably mold. Saw it a lot once covid ended and people were going back to offices where they turned off the air handlers and mold grew rapidly.

I always keep the caps off too and collect them at my keyboard cause im too lazy to close and open the bottle all the time i can perfectly relate

Yeah even though cleaning can exhaust the hell out of you, it still always makes you feel so good for some reason

5:40 he's trying to discover penicillin 2.0

1:21 I assume you mean he's got the bottles and caps separated, what I think the reason for this is, I don't know what country this room is in, the dude narrating sounds Australian so I don't know if the room is located here, but some countries, or at least Australia, give you 10¢ for each bottle, so you separate the bottle and cap and then take them in. That or when they finish the bottle they just put the caps there and the bottled in the other area so that there isn't caps all over the floor, I don't know. Edit: I looked it up, the dude talking is from Australia, so it probably is because he's getting the money for the bottles.

I've seen less filthy train station toilets in outback towns than this particular room.

That quick hit of dopamine for me has been folding my clothes, making my bed, putting cords away when I'm not using them. It's the small victory's that add up to something more.

Love to see this. Happy for this guy. Also, dust is made up of a lot of dead skin cells so, yes, his keyboard was covered in skin flakes. 1:48

Charlie should pursue a career of being a twitch health inspector. The first one has to be around a 95.7 Update: I just made it to the shmeared shit in the kitchen definitely down to a 92.3

*Guy stares at the camera* Pneguin: *Oh it's a trashcan"

been in similar ruts, not that bad mess wise but worse probably in other ways. a small step like cleaning up the place, having a shave opening the front door, can make a huge difference

“I like garbage that tell’s a story, and this tell’s the story of Type 2 Diabetes.”

2:39 straight up just a bottle of lube ok lol

Bro that looks worse than my grandmas house after my schizophrenic, weed smoking aunt lived there and completely wrecked it. It took 5 months to get it to look better OML

i just love looking at these rooms

I was told that “You are what you surround yourself with” and this is a perfect example. If your living space is cluttered and messy, then your mental state will reflect that.

Damn, I'd eat that much pizza too if I had his metabolism.

That place was a major health hazzard. It's good that it was finally cleaned up.

Imagine the amount of roaches, maggots and god knows what creature of evolution has spawned in that place. Dudes probably got pest control creatures from RuneScape living in there.

Dude's house would make a killer game of hide n seek, literally.

Was he planning on recycling the bottles originally? Like they seem to be rinsed out and a lot of recycling places want you to throw the cap away so that would make the most sense.

0:47 This man is trying to create a fractal of used soda bottles.

I went thru a serious depression where I didn’t give a fuck laid on my couch and they garbage anywhere just didn’t care. I hope this man gets help. Messy rooms like that are usually signs of depression not just laziness.