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Louis Theroux Sunday 9pm BBC2

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seasidesally · 24/04/2016 20:58

really looking forward to this

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NoahVale · 18/05/2016 07:05

I am sure in the past his programmes have not been so sensitively done, or perhaps they weren't such sensitive subjects.
So very sad this week as there is no improvement, or it seems like it.

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BadDoGooder · 17/05/2016 10:51

BadKitten That is definitely partnof it yes. Thinking about it again this morning, I think it's also to do with the way he firmly, but incredibly gently, gets people to open up and speak about themselves, in a way that doesn't feel intrusive.

That's an amazing quality to have.

When he was talking to the couple about their personal lives, he got them to say so much, yet in a way that never once felt anything other than caring.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 17/05/2016 09:03

I dunno Bad, he just seems really insightful. To recognise that that lad had lost at FIFA and that was why he was being so horrible to his Mum.

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BadDoGooder · 16/05/2016 22:36

Just searched for this thread, as read it last night, but only watched the program today!
Couldn't bring myself to watch the one about alcoholics, too close to home atm, but watching the one on brain damage.

I so feel for Earl's and Amanda's families, they are clearly so different to the people they were before. I have v personal experience of this, but it's odd because it happened to the person so young, it never felt like we "lost" her IYSWIM.

My sister fell off a playground thing at 2 years old, and severely damaged her frontal lobe, the extent of the damage wasn't realised for years, until she was finally diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and a variety of other MH issues, she will never work, or even live fully independently, though she is a lot better with the right meds etc.

I can't imagine getting to know her as an adult, then having that person taken away from me, as it is she has always been like this.

Bloody hell, I so feel for all these people.

(And as a lighter side note, what is it about Louis that makes him so bizarrely attractive?)

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ihatethecold · 16/05/2016 07:37

I thought Louie's questions were very sensitive to the people involved.
I agree about the young family. What a strain for everyone. Nobody looked happy in that house.

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NoTractorsAtTheTable · 15/05/2016 23:35

I had a bit of a weep watching it - heartbreaking in so many ways.

DH and I were saying that we wouldn't actually know what to do in that situation - we have things in our wills if one of us becomes terminally ill, or dies, but nothing really to cover what we watched. How can you possibly prepare for something like a brain injury occurring, when they are obviously so unique to an individual, and the effect on their family is so unique too.

Yet again, this is going to stay with me for days.

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purpleme12 · 15/05/2016 22:37

Hit a nerve. I could sympathise with how upsetting it is if your person is really different. It's not the same but my OH has bad mental health stuff and didn't used to and he's changed tons so I got it. I sympathised with the man when he said it wasn't like a husband and wife relationship and she'd most her squidgy side that also reminded me of OH. I can see why people say hidden disabilities are hard

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gingerboy1912 · 15/05/2016 22:31

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Clayhead · 15/05/2016 22:29

Poor Amanda and poor Rob, such an achingly sad situation for both of them.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/05/2016 22:06

it looks so so difficult for all of them. Those poor boys.

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gingerboy1912 · 15/05/2016 22:05

Oh gosh just watched the bit where she's baking cakes for her sons. The husband looks shattered and stressed right out.

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BastardGoDarkly · 15/05/2016 22:05

Amanda's story was so heartbreaking. I can't see how that can continue, that poor family :(

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Hulababy · 15/05/2016 22:04

We knew someone who had a fall when skiing - wife of a friend of dh's. She suffered a head injury and it changed her massively. Her personality changed overnight. She ended up leaving him and starting a new relationship/life without him. Their children were older teens but it was very hard on all of them. Took him a long time to get back on track too.

All very sad, this kind of thing.