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Mike Koran L. Lykken 1021 Composition 03/09/13 Mike Koran (left) and Doug King (right) “I’m Doug. And I’m a survivor.” “I love to have fun! It is in my blood.” Doug speaks this way as if to show signs of life enjoyment behind scarred mental anguish. This is a man who was diagnosed dead in the back of an ambulance and fell into a coma. Doug is not lying when he says he likes to have fun because he is a man suffering from a severe brain injury due to his passion for fun and the thrill of excitement. He was young and doing want any young boy likes to do with a four-wheeler and that his go fast. Laura Stone, writer for dontjudgeme.com, writes; “Speaking of those toys… While …show more content…

This was when his hoarding began.” Laura Stone wrote in this article on a critique magazine company running under the domain of heydontjudgeme.com. “There you are thinking to yourself why doesn’t this seem odd? It’s my life and I am comfortable with it but even the show had me staying in a nice hotel for the time they were shooting the episode because they didn’t want me to feel any urges to try and get more stuff while they were gone. I need things to keep my brain working right and when I don’t have them I go and get them wherever I can.” Doug says. “I like to make people laugh when I do something I call common comedy which I define as the old fashioned jokes that we all heard as a kid. I’ll ask a question like (Have you ever got caught jacking off in the closet?) and the person or people will say no and that’s when I tell them (Good hiding spot aint it!?)”Doug laughs and says that this is what he calls “common comedy.” Doug is as innocent they come because he is like a child in an adult body and he tries his best every day to keep positive. Doug does not have many accomplishments in life but he proceeds to fight his condition and it’s a blessing that the show helped him out. Doug feels the need to keep this mindset going in his life but friends and family are scared that he will not be able to keep it up over time without the proper help. They are concerned for him and

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