03/08/2026
A couple years ago we released a video on the
4 stages of mold avoidance.
The video explained the history of mold
avoidance, where the concepts derived from, what it is, how the mold avoidance ideas are misrepresented publicly, and also why so many people feel worse after leaving mold.
We introduced the term, “getting clear,” as stage 1 of mold avoidance.
Maybe that term spread because a while after the video was released people started talking about getting clear.
As in clearing their bodies of mold.
I know the detox selling ppl will hate me for this.
But.
Getting clear was never about clearing your body of mold.
Getting clear always meant clearing out your environment until your reactions stop. Sometimes this requires leaving a bad location.
Getting clear is based on the idea that you are sick from things in your environment that have sensitized your immune system.
The environment needs to be cleared of the agent making you sick, so that your immune system can calm down.
When the environment cannot be cleared, reactions often get worse bc your immune system is alerting you of deathly danger.
This is NOT TRAUMA.
This is NOT your immune system MISFIRING.
This is communication from your body to protect you by making you feel like you’re in danger
BC YOU ARE.
When this is ignored long term, bad things with health happen. Think piling up autoimmune diagnosis, difficult to manage emotions, and eventually, problems with mobility.
Reactions getting worse is what we call “intensification,” and that is stage 2 of mold avoidance. Sometimes it happens accidentally. Like if you moved during a divorce. It’s so easy to blame stress when everyone is out of thier minds with mold rage.
This is where most ppl lose the plot and stop blaming mold. Bc this is where things get too confusing and that confusion leads ppl astray.
Ppl get confused bc they are often told which items can be cleaned and which can be kept.
They are told a mold clearance test can guarantee their homes are clear.
They are told small particle cleaning will fix everything for hypersensitive ppl.
NONE OF THIS IS ACCURATE.
Your mold radar has the final say, not others.
But to get to this level, and to have any chance of tracking plumes, you need to be able to trust yourself and be in tune with your body.
For a lot of ppl intensification gets blamed on MCS, EMF or Lyme symptoms. IMO this is bc a lot of different “experts,” confuse patients and tell a lot of mold exposed ppl their primary problem is something else.
And mold testing often confirms there’s no mold when there IS mold, so this lends to credibility of incorrect info.
The MCS folks are flagging contamination and they are even capable of understanding how badly and quickly it spreads. However they only blame the scent, fragrance or chemical. They (not always but often very often) refuse to consider the scent is extra bothersome bc it’s a scent of chemicals coated in mold contamination. The scent gets the blame but experience has showed me for years that scent sensitivity is a downstream secondary effect of reacting to contamination. The contamination is what probably helps the chemical scent cross the blood brain barrier, making it feel like a neurological assault.
The EMF folks are doing the same thing. They are getting fried by contamination all over their electronics and environment but only blame the electronics. A contaminated electronic in a clear house will do all types of weird and wonky things to you. Electronics in bad homes and neighborhoods will too.
It’s almost too difficult to discuss or teach bc ppl rage out at the suggestion that they may not have it all honed in yet.
But it’s okay, there’s a super high learning curve to this and it’s HARD AF.
This is difficult and frustrating for ppl to sort out all on their own, which is why we made a free video on YouTube to teach the stages.
So that ppl could do experiments on their own and teach themselves their reactions, to help develop their own self trust and understanding of how their bodies react.
Reactions also change and can become less or more severe depending on how clear your environment gets.
The stage 1 getting clear and stage 2 intensification loop are a large part of what keeps folks extremely reactive.
Coupled with the difficulty of finding clear housing and locations.
None of this is as simple as vacuuming off mold according to IICRC standards and matching your binder to your mycotoxin test result.
The ppl who make these claims are not only lying to you, they are outing themselves as not capable of understanding mold hypersensitivity and you can prove them wrong yourself by conducting experiments of your own.
