awesome video! I'm so happy you did a collaboration!!!

I hope you're all alive and well today 😊

You seem very nice, but I could not disagree with you more on Ready Player One. That's one of my favorite movies of last year.

I think Hannah's point in the previous video about "would I tick the "do you have a disability" box on a form, would I need/be in my best interests to disclose that" is also a really good thought process, and has/is helping me see my various things/myself as valid 💐

Jessica glad to see you! You are such a hottie!

So true

Breaking into every sally beauty to steal lottabody, rolling her hair and doing her lipstick in the cracked window of an abandoned car

@@annie-tu1oy I also have diabetes and have considered this! Sound advice, although you still would get some serious long term complication since A1C would be a good deal higher (Though in the apocalypse I don't really think that would be a primary concern). More worryingly though, insulin doesn't actually last super long and so after whatever you've stocked up on goes bad, you might be kind of in trouble. On the other hand people have apparently made insulin from pigs when they were stuck with no insulin being shipped in, so maybe go for that. One time I wasn't even thinking about the apocalypse, but our class was visiting Walden Pond so of course I thought how cool it would be to just live in the woods by myself for a while like Thoreau, but then I remembered that I'd actually just run out of insulin and die... the good news is that then I could think about my best friend who also has diabetes and so if we were there together we could both have the same issue and share resources. I suppose that wouldn't actually end much better, but at least it's less sad to think about?

Same for me! I have lymphocytic colitis and I would be useless without Imodium. Whenever my pills run out for a few days and I have a flare up I get so sick I can’t do anything but run to the bathroom and curl up in a ball. It’s always a bummer to consider in survivalist scenarios. But this was a funner talk.

If its a zombie apocalypse I cant really run away for that long with my hip dysplasia so I will probably just sit down and let myself get eaten fast. I currently still live mostly without pain meds but only because I build my life in a way my hip joints will stay ok for as long as possible.

Hamster Art I have chronic pain too

My CRPS self would raid a pharmacy for all sorts of tramadol

Every group needs a negative nancy full of snarky comments

Us with chronic pain would probably be quite berserk, I think. "Oh, this? Felt worse pains and went to work."

Ella Straffwood same 😂

I get motor/vocal tics when I am nervous so I get you there! We'd need a soundproof room!

Me too 😂

Me too! I have both vocal and physical tics so I would be so dead

I don't have tourettes but I do tic so same 😵

I wish you luck!

EXACTLY im hypervigilant as hell and it would pay to be so in an apocalyptic worst case scenario

omg true

@@hannahwitton Yep, i burp and fart all the time, so i would be in the same boat as you.

Haha YES. Cause with anxiety, basically you're already living in the apocalypse in the normal world, so you'd have lots of practice! I always think the worst thing will happen. I'm not even negative, I just worry that the worst case scenario, even if very, very unlikely, could happen. So in this case, it would happen. And I'm prepared. Oh how we are prepared.

Same here. Though I also have depression and without antidepressants, I'm not sure how well I would be able to thrive. Plus with anxiety, I might just get absolutely fucked and paralyzed by imagining everything terrible that will happen...

I was thinking about it too! Like I have bpd so I’d struggle to live with strangers, they’d probably kick me out, but I think I’d struggle more with my chronic depression and generalized anxiety, I wouldn’t survive a week without my meds, no need for the zombies, my mind would just destroy me. Do you think mentally disabled people would be safe from the world war z virus?

My paranoid ass is always like: what if we fall off a bridge, what if someone breaks in my house and etc...so I’ve researched all possibilities of dealing with an apocalypse...in theory.

Hello folks, I'm writing to you a year later as the disease apocalypse version is happening and yes. As covid19 started I was actually doing better because the world matched my inner chaos. I can sew and would trade clothes for supplies from other people. Now I'm broadening my knowledge to include felting and fabric making just in case.

Word up.

I can’t believe this video exists because I’m type 1 diabetic as well and I sometimes think that no matter what apocalypse happens I’m dead. Which may sound morbid but it is so fucking nice to hear others have thought about it too.

@@fionakern2641 I forgot about this video and was legitimately thinking about the apocalypse yesterday and having those exact thoughts.

Luckily in the UK I have the NHS to pay for mine (unless something bad happens to the NHS...) but yeah we would all be dead in a matter of days in the apocalypse with T1D

I sometimes used to think about what I would do if I was one of the few survivors trying to find others and rebuild society in a post-apocalyptic world... but then I got type 1 diabetes and see it as a silver lining that I no longer have to worry about surviving in such a world!

You could find another source for stimming, or wear some sort of sound reducing gloves or something!

Relatable. I would completely mess up in other apocalypses though, because of overtension (I don't know the English word for it, but it's like when you have to deal with too many sounds and light etc). I would freak out

@@singingintherain4750 the concept you are looking for is 'sensory overload'

Unless it’s like Bird Box I would survive cuz only the mentally ill can see the demons...but I’d rather not find out about that because I’d be their prisoner

Prince Crow same here

Yay a survivor!!

Me too! I'm hilariously nearsighted.

My focus range is 4 inches from my face. :-)

Yep same! If I didn’t live in modern times with fancy glasses and contacts I would be considered blind.

You may not identify as disabled (which is perfectly valid) but glasses and contacts are adaptive medical devices. They've just become normalized and accepted.

Not in 2020 but in the pandie.

When I watched it I was like: "Yeah and then 2020 hit and was like - hey there fellow kids!" XD

Would you mind to describe what selective mutism is? I mean, from the name I assume you choose to not speak at all in most situations, it's not because you're unable to speak, but I'm not sure how it works. I can Google it of course but I'd be interested to hear it from yourself if you wouldn't mind sharing.

@@Raev222 The name is a bit misleading. In medical terms selective just means non-constant, just like "Selective Weakness" would mean occasional weakness. It doesn't indicate a choice. Many people with Selective Mutism may feel in conflict with their own body, as if they can't make their words come out even when they want them to.

@@purpleghost106 That makes much more sense. Does it frustrate you when you can't speak?

@@Raev222 Glad I could help. :) Yes absolutely, frustrating and sometimes a bit scary knowing that I might not always be able to ask for help if I need it. However, I should be clear, I wouldn't say I have Selective Mutism. There's people who live it day-in and day-out, or who deal with it each week. I answered your question because I know the answer, but on average I'd say I only lose my ability to 'Do The Words Thing' a few times of year. And, for me as an Autistic person, I tend to find struggling with talking usually only happens when I'm also experiencing other problems, like Executive Function errors, or an anxiety attack, or sensory overload. (I could explain if you need/want)

@@Raev222 A) thank you so much for asking and B) selective mutism is an anxiety disorder where when your're anxious it's hard to talk/you cant talk. In some situations I chose not to talk b/c i'm uncomfortable or don't know what to say but usually I'm not talking because I'm so anxious I physically can't, even if I want to and know what to say. It makes communication really hard when I'm uncomfortable/anxious (which is when communication is really important). And I only can't talk in anxious situations -- so some days I'm more anxious and won't talk for most of the day, but other days I'll be perfectly comfortable with talking. and it's a childhood diagnosed disorder so it was much worse when i was little but now it's getting better. (sorry that was SUUPER long)

Are wheelchairs completely quiet though?

@@christina8738 Not if they're supplied by the NHS. They squeak if not regularly lubricated.

I’m a full time wheelchair user as well but I constantly crash into door frames so I’d still be screwed! 😂

Lmao everyone would want to hitch a ride all the time.

Or they probably already do tbh.

You're so right! Same here. I never realised this until now. I actually function really well when I have to. It's just when my life (or someone else's) doesn't depend on it, my brain can't cope!

Same! And also, guys, I’ve prepared for this!

Crohnie sqad! High five!

Woop!

Fact.

Legit. Claudia is tough as hell.

TRUE

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard JESSICA KELLGREN-FOZARD REPLIED TO ME!! I love you Jessica!! Ah! You’re awesome! And amazing! Ah! Huge fan! Hope your days amazing!!

I like how practical you think.

Also, snoring? Do the people that have sleep apnea just go first?

No more eating beans for us.

Well I you could be more of the silent killer type farts that ward the monsters away

Omg yes! Like, the easiest characters have simple disabilities like dyslexia, which doesn’t really disable you while killing a monster, or an amputated hand or something similar. And the most advanced character has a super complex body with about 15 different disabilities. Their wheelchair constantly breaks down. They obviously can’t clean their g-tube on the battlefield. Because of PANS they can’t really deal with too many people, because the slightest infection can make them hallusinate. I could go on forever!

Ooh thank you! That's very lovely of you

it would have to rise a LOT. Also not all brighton is right by the sea front

@@felicityaeh oh yeah. Isn't it quite on a hill? Been almost 15 years since I was last there

Me too. Ive a type of ellhers danlos. Thats a connective tissue disorder. Youve likely seen it in circus 'freaks' that can hang from their skin or put 100s of clothespins on thier face. A gene miscodes for the production of collagen causing the proteins that make it to be more 'stretchy' than in normal people. But.... mine is a subtype. I dont have stretchy skin, mine is in the joints. So youve seen abnormally flexible people who arent trained contortionists? Like fat people that can do back bends and the splits and put their legs behind their neck and have their arms pulled all the way to touching behind their back or joint locks dont work on them or their knees bend way back further than yours? Their fingers can lock at the first knuckle from the fingertips? Thumbs that can bend down and touch their forearm? Thats my mutant power. Its a bit less dire than yours, but comes with aortic insufficiency and high risk of aortic dissection and chronic joint dislocations or subluxations. Probably be in a wheel chair later.

Maybe you could take less immune suppression and not self destruct since your body would have to fight off the pandemic.

How are you doing? Rewatching this video and read this comment, I hope you're safe!

Everyone is a mutant when compared with someone else with the exception of clones

YES! I like the fighter spirit.

maidenrohina what about mutants?

@@xck I would either be a mutant or I wouldn't be a threat to mutants because I would just be sleeping the whole time. This is only if we are talking X-men type mutants of course.

You’d win the quiet one if you didn’t make too much noise while awake!

yesss same. although with so many medications brexit has caused real supply issues, but sometimes if the actual problem is too long to explain i too just say "yeah it's brexit" now.

Yes let’s just blame Brexit

Thanks Lia!!

You know, it just makes me wonder how it took them so long to figure out what it was that kept the zombies from attacking you, because surely there are enough people in the world with various illnesses and disabilities that someone would have picked up on the pattern.

@@thatjillgirl So many illnesses and disabilities are invisible that I could see observers struggling to find a pattern. Especially if the person doesn't know they're sick (eg undiagnosed terminal cancer).

thank you!