@Schrumunc Hoarding is a very deep emotional mental health issue in some people, it can relate to the loss of someone dear to them, the fear of being alone, lots of things, it is very real and is noted in every anxiety/despression/ literature around, it can also be related to OCD but not necessarily all the time --- If thse pple had broken arms in these clips maybe you could understand better - its real and its true and sad at the same time --- I know !!
Hoarder's crack me up,I know it's a serious condition,but it's kind of funny if you think about it.They hate to get rid of anything,I love the show's like this too,I'd buy a box set if they have one.To put on top of my huge mountain of stuff,does that make me a hoarder? lol!
I bet you those greedy corporate motherfuckers that fuck up the whole planet for a profit through war and shit, reincarnate as these miserable hoarding fools.
i have a horrible feeling im gonna end up like this, ive still got things in my room from when i was 5/6 i dont wanna get rid of anything and i attach a time and place to each thing as a reason not to get rid of it,,,, does that make me a hoarder?
Some people that just say "Oh shake it off, you're lazy" is not the right answer. Some people need to understand that this is considered a mental illness and people just cannot control, IT IS NOT an excuse of being lazy, some people just can't prevent the urge because of a significant even that has happened in their earlier lives that has caused them to do this. They just need something to trigger the "missing bolts" in their brains or maybe therapy.
They cannot resist the urge to not clean their tolets and to have a simi clean kictchen? Not all hoarders have really dirty houses, but most do.
I think these people have urges to hoard, BUT they should be able to see the light and say "Hey, hoarding is actually not good for me. It's making my life a heck lot worse...".
sorry i dont buy the oh well i had a tragedy and that made me a hoarder.i have had tons of losses and tragedies broguht 2 sons up alone worked full time and had many devastations.theyre just plain simple lazy bastards
Must understand these people need so much help. All it starts with is a trigger, some event in their live that starts this and you can't let go of something.
People put feelings on stuff that cannot feel. They need to hold on to it no matter how much it is trash, garbage.
The brain must be trained to clear out and clear away. They must learn not to attach themselves to material stuff and just keep a few, listen to when they talk and what they say. The attach meaning to the stuff.
i can understand this but it's the ones who don't throw out their garbage and rotting food or clean their toilets etc. it's like they're not really hoarders, they just wish they had a maid.
I am 21 and when I started working in 2009 I bought many online things. Things for my computer, living room, etc...
In my bedroom I had a stack of boxes, packages, etc that would touch the ceiling. I then realized that it was wrong and I have recently fixed everything. My bedroom smells and looks very nice and all the boxes, packages are where they belong.
My message to young hoarders...
CHANGE YOURSELF WHILE YOU CAN! You need to fix it now while you still can before its too late.
@The656 lol , i watched this and then i found out about south park, so i watched south park, and then went back to finish watching this hehe (>_<) ,, "no, dont take my sandwich! , i might need that!!" lol
"There are so many people in poverty that can't afford to buy canes." Sorry, but that just made me laugh. Not trying to be a dick, it just sounded so bizarre.
i can totally relate to that kind of problem. i have a lot of trouble thowing out useless little things from when i was a kid. little toys and stuff just bring back memories that i would lose forever if i was to throw them out. i just hope it doesnt get worse and i end up living like a pig.
@i12k like useless crap.. like keeping shopping bags and ticket stubs and just everything.. even like a coke bottle may be attatched to a good memory.
The world's most brilliant people have had psychological issues in one form another, so don't turn it into an "intelligence" issue, which most likely applies to you.
Holy crap this is hardcore. I just "hoard" videogames (tho I keep them organized, like James Videogame Nerd), books (tho I keep them organized in my personal library), and I think that's it. I have some unorthodox decorations (a few swords, some angel figures) but they are few enough that they are decorations. Oh, and I keep a few Magic / Pokemon decks (about 6 total). Is that considered hoarding?
@DrQuijano I think you just have a healthy hobby really... The fact that it's all organised and stuff... and so long as it doesn't take over you... like you feel compelled to go out, or look for games and swords etc just to add to your collection...
if you take care of your collections and put them on a shelf its not "hoarding". Hoarders just stack up their stuff in piles and dont know what they have or got. They go on about how its has sentimental value but they just chuck it on stack of crap where it can get crushed or broken. I have nearly 1000 movies on DVD/Bluray but every one of them is cataloged and stored on shelves. I don't consider myself a "hoarder" at all. There is a difference between collect and horde
I'm sorry but some people are just nasty. Throw sh!t out. You don't need meds to take out the trash. If you want to take pills - take them, but take out the trash. We've turned into an illness society looking for a magical fix for everything.
@VideoGuyNC lol but that's the problem - they can't seem to throw shit out cause they become so emotionally attached to those things. Think of your favourite item - now throw it out... it ain't that easy.
@VideoGuyNC well said, im so sick and tired of "its not my fault" in this country. friggin get it together people. i install cable and internet services and let me tell you, far more people live like this that most people would guess. Ive thrown out several sets of clothes after being in these peoples houses.
You know these people should go work at the salvation army or goodwill, they can go collect all the good stuffs that people throw out and give them to the poor instead of keeping them in their house
they call the "disorder" compulsive disorganisation or something like that. it mad me LMAO! anywho I watched the episode with the cat lady with about 30 living cats in the house and another ten were dead in the basement, the garage and even in her bedroom she didn't even notice.then this one half blind kitty popped out of the pile of rubbish.The sight of the kitty skeltons was really hardcore.
@melbaby87 That wont work.. My parents are hoarders, and whenever they participate in anything, avon, ebay, anything involving the accepting of items, they then cannot then separate with the junk.. salvation army would just enable their collecting..
she does have a good point about the canes,i lived on the streets for years and now i work and married with a daughter so not every homeless person you see is a drug addict or a bum who is lazy,not every body who is poor is bad or a criminal.
i think all the medication shes on for all those so-called ailmentsis whats really screwing with her head,psychy drugs just harm people more than help them,more people commit suicide on medication then off of it.
This show bugs me so bad. I don't understand why someone could see fit to keep the rings that come off of the lids of milk. Or paper clips from WWII... I get its a disease but when its costing you a place to live and isolation from friends and family, are those paperclips from WWII really worth it?
I would take it all to several goodwills, recycling centers, auctioners and anything thing else that doesn't fit in those catigories, goes in the garbage.
i have a problem with depression and anxiety. not hoarding but i am really trying to change my inflictions because it is preventing me from getting ass. that severe "void" in my life is female ass especially because the guys all tease me about that. but when i defeat my inflictions i would like to get a girlfriend for my own piece of ass and i will be happy afterwards. i will be complete and all my voids filled up like a landfill.. .*sigh... just compulsed to get that off my chest, laters guys.
@DoUWanna007 a lot of the people suffer from depression. So when they win an ebay auction of 10,000 beanie babies they get that rush of happiness and euphoria which is gone within minutes, so they feed that feeling over and over and over again. the crap people collect is to fill severe voids within their lives, the voids are obviously severe when you can barely walk through the living room, or any room for that matter.
@girl123interrupted yes indeed. 1st thing to do is recognize what's going on.Then get some help if they can't stop themselves. Cut up the credit cards. Do not go to ebay anymore. Easier said than done. But it can be done. Substitue the activity for something else:walk, go to a park, talk to a buddy on the phone, but the feeling will pass, day after day:)
This is an American phenomenon. American's with their bigger is better lifestyle. Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger debt, bigger government, bigger debts, bigger waistlines, and bigger stuff. What a bunch of losers.
If you keep your house too neat and tidy, then the cockroaches and other small scavenger insects will, out of desperation, crawl up your anus in your sleep in an attempt to find food.
The average person has 4 cockroaches climb up their rear this way every month.
Please, leave some crumbs for the cockroaches. For your own butt's sake.
I used to be a hoarder from the age of 10 to 18 years old, I just used to put random stuff in my pockets and put them in my droors, then one day when I was picking up something, I just told my self, this is crazy man, and from then on I just stopped. And that's just the thing these people need to start doing, identify of what they are doing, why they are doing it and see how they can fix it.
I am a hoarder and i have cat shit all over my floor. Does anyone know who i can contact for help? Oh and also i have a whole bunch of rotten food under my bunk bed.
@ gunsforever1 take care of your animals and if you can't it's best to find another home for them. You might as well pull up the carpeting and thow it out. It's impossible to get the smell out and the cats will just return to the same spot and go to the bathroom. Get yourself some help you might be depressed.
I'm not at all a hoarder, but I do understand in a weird way. I'm on the severe end of ADHD and I know how out-of-control my life gets if I'm not pumped full of Vyvanse. I can't get shit done, can't pay bills, my work goes to shit etc, etc,,,
I always want to, just can't see it thru, or remember what I want to do or was going to do. If I'm not medicated, I got piles of crap all over the place.
i don't understand people like this....it's like some kind of fricken disease throw ur shit out (you know you don't need it) and live like a human being for god sakes. I'm not a neat freak by any means i don't always make my bed and i leave some things here n there on my desk but i reach a limit every week and have to clean my room. And every year i do a spring cleaning and get rid of shit i don't need...clothes, school papers etc. for real i don't get this shit it's disgusting
i don't understand people like this....it's like some kind of fricken disease throw ur shit out (you know you don't need it) and live like a human being for god sakes. I'm not a neat freak by any means i don't always make my bed and i leave some things here n there on my desk but i reach a limit every week and have to clean my room. And every year i do a spring cleaning and get rid of shit i don't need...clothes, school papers etc. for real i don't get this shit it's disgusting
@fiskefyren - actually most clutterers and hoarders have high to very high intelligence. That can be part of the issue as their brains are working so fast that it's more difficult to deal with mundane things.
Research shows that hoarding affects 2 - 3 % of the population anywhere in the world. Cluttering affects approximately 15%.
@fiskefyren It's actually not that they don't see their own errors. In fact that's part of the problem. Their negative emotions and self judgment is very high and "freezes" them from fixing the problem. The problem becomes emotionally overwhelming and it becomes easier to do things like stay away from home.
@fiskefyren Within the first 2 minutes, the hoarder was stated to have been diagnosed with OCD. Knowing this, how could you make such an ignorant comment? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
My aunt is a hoarder. I never visit her and haven't in ten years. All those stacks of newspapers and just tons of shit she's gotten from yard sales my god the sheer amount of dust and garbage...hoarders are all incredibly sick people.
I wouldn't say incredibly sick- of all the mental disorders- child molestors, Schizos. at least this is the maybe the only one, all of us could a part of us in, and a possiblity
I'm STRONGLY tempted to send this to someone. But the explanation is, his house is too small. He intends to use ALL of it, but it can't be utilized when it's packed to the rafters.
My in-laws are really really bad. They literally have paths going through their apartment to get to the bathroom, the couch, and their bed. They cant get to their kitchen there is so much stuff... the mother is a trash hoarder, and the father an "antiques" hoarder.
My in-laws are really really bad. They literally have paths going through YOUR ASSHOLE!!! IT'S YOUR ASSHOLE, PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS!!! YOUR ASSSSSSSSS HOOOOOLLLLLLEEEE!!!
Lastly, I know for these people it's hard to let go of their stuff because they feel a need to fill an emptiness/loss. For Melody, it's too bad we can't convince them to have them donate their treasures to those that are in better need. It would ease their pain knowing it went to something good, but also tidy the clutter. Too bad they can't see that.
My mother has a slight hoarding problem. Last summer I convinced her that I would sell a lot of my stuff in a garage sale to raise $ to get her better furniture, but she would have to get rid of half the crap in the garage and basement. We raised about a grand and now she has great bedroom furniture. She has no regrets.
This is a mental disorder and there is a scale which establishes the degree a person hoards. It is called the NSGCD Clutter Hoarding Scale. It is the Official Organizational Assessment Tool. You can internet search this and also find it in pdf format.
years of therapy and medication haven't helped... so we decided to make a tv show about it. I'm a border line hoarder, i have piles that have started, cameras, purses, coats, shoes, clothes. Time to look at this!
No offence, but when i was young i used to keep loads of stuff... but than when i felt that the clutter is just to unbearable! and ppl who need stuff like this just dont have it... i start to clean up and learn to keep organized and give things away to ppl in need of this stuff.... till this day i still hate clutters! coz i just dont think keeping things till they rot and not giving to ppl who need it make any sense and its totally selfish!... amen!
I have been watching hoarders for sometime and have constantly heard "I want" or "I need" throughout all the episodes. While their conditions are repulsive and many have no concern that their families are living in health hazardous situations, i wonder if narcissism is not part of this disorder. I find that frequently they talk about what they need and a complete disregard for others.
Some of you HAVE to be kidding!!! How hateful are you?! This is a mental illness!! I myself am not a hoarder nor know any, but this is crippling for these ppl. Hey, just keep spreading that "love".....I'm amazing at the lack of tolerance by so many ppl, still today.
good response. I do know hoarders, and most of them fall into what therapists give the acronym, "SICK": Sensitive, Intelligent, Caring, and Kind.
Most of them fall into this pattern after an incredibly painful loss, like the death of a loved one. They're literally holding onto memories. It takes a lot of effort and courage for them to work through it.
I keeo trying to spread the love, but if you are a family member of a hoarder, well, they are out of control. I am a 45 year old adult. My sister is 56 years old. She has torn our family apart. She has been hoarding since age 12. After 30 years of her unacceptable behavior, I just can't stand my sister's guts.
Your tax dollars at work-supporting this lady who supports the art of collecting and stashing items that serve no use to her. Makes you feel good when you look at your pay stub, your tax deductions at work. Just sad.
She probably is paying for the counseling and such, apparently they have their own jobs ... if anything it is your TV channel dollars going to her via this highly targeted TV program.
Diagnosed laziness.
TheRealOnlineBabbler 1 week ago
I can't imagine ever getting to a state like this. I feel terrible for these people, and for the millions of people who suffer from hoarding.
Kari2025 1 month ago
i'll call it procrastination.... TOO LAZY TO THROW THOSE THINGS. >,<
wowowily 1 month ago
so does this mean they like to keep many items so that they feel happy? because they were unhappy before?
evanscn07 2 months ago
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evanscn07 2 months ago
Some may call this junk. Me I call them treasures.
qujingyuan 2 months ago 11
I think I'll go and clean out my basement now.
marie4poche 3 months ago
pretty sad people that usually do this have severe mental disabilities and drug problems just throw your shit away and stop crying
soberorhigh 4 months ago
Listen im a Hoarder..If you dont understand..DOnt crticize what you dont understand..I cant help it :'(
Schrumunc 4 months ago
@Schrumunc Hoarding is a very deep emotional mental health issue in some people, it can relate to the loss of someone dear to them, the fear of being alone, lots of things, it is very real and is noted in every anxiety/despression/ literature around, it can also be related to OCD but not necessarily all the time --- If thse pple had broken arms in these clips maybe you could understand better - its real and its true and sad at the same time --- I know !!
shahbazi37 3 months ago
@shahbazi37 I recently lost someone and its gotten worse and worse ...Is another sign of Hoarding getting attached with inaminate objects
Schrumunc 3 months ago
Hoarder's crack me up,I know it's a serious condition,but it's kind of funny if you think about it.They hate to get rid of anything,I love the show's like this too,I'd buy a box set if they have one.To put on top of my huge mountain of stuff,does that make me a hoarder? lol!
cloudvol7 4 months ago
I bet you those greedy corporate motherfuckers that fuck up the whole planet for a profit through war and shit, reincarnate as these miserable hoarding fools.
GCHILE 5 months ago
i have a horrible feeling im gonna end up like this, ive still got things in my room from when i was 5/6 i dont wanna get rid of anything and i attach a time and place to each thing as a reason not to get rid of it,,,, does that make me a hoarder?
taska247 5 months ago
@taska247 start parting with those things now and get rid of them. or else you will become a monster with feces piling up to your ceiling.
GCHILE 5 months ago
oh sweet jesus..
*raisins face*
I'M A HOARDER
highrapture 6 months ago
whats so hard in cleaning up after yourself and cleaning up your house seriously
isuckMJ2 6 months ago
@isuckMJ2 That has nothing to do with it. Hoarding is a form of OCD it takes a lot of therapy to overcome it... :)
xXSnowflakezXx 5 months ago
All hoardings will be dispersed, whatever rises will be cast down, all meetings must end in separation, life must finally end in death.
Gautama Buddha
BipolarBowler 7 months ago
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landewebshow 7 months ago
Some people that just say "Oh shake it off, you're lazy" is not the right answer. Some people need to understand that this is considered a mental illness and people just cannot control, IT IS NOT an excuse of being lazy, some people just can't prevent the urge because of a significant even that has happened in their earlier lives that has caused them to do this. They just need something to trigger the "missing bolts" in their brains or maybe therapy.
titansarethefuture 9 months ago
@titansarethefuture
They cannot resist the urge to not clean their tolets and to have a simi clean kictchen? Not all hoarders have really dirty houses, but most do.
I think these people have urges to hoard, BUT they should be able to see the light and say "Hey, hoarding is actually not good for me. It's making my life a heck lot worse...".
RandommmStuff 7 months ago
@RandommmStuff Yes that's true some do see the light, but MOST don't wanna admit that they have a problem
titansarethefuture 7 months ago
People rummaging in my damn trash bins...Id be so annoyed, so annnoyed.
KenyanPlayboyBunnie1 9 months ago
sorry i dont buy the oh well i had a tragedy and that made me a hoarder.i have had tons of losses and tragedies broguht 2 sons up alone worked full time and had many devastations.theyre just plain simple lazy bastards
lingfield11 10 months ago
Glad im the complete opposite...i dont get attached to things at all...the less i have the more free i feel....
Porly62 11 months ago
Lls
hotsauce3n 11 months ago
@andrtaker me too!! :D
dabig69er 1 year ago
I have a lot of respect for Melodie. She manages to be an extreme hoarder without being a complete slob.
Daghead 1 year ago
Must understand these people need so much help. All it starts with is a trigger, some event in their live that starts this and you can't let go of something.
People put feelings on stuff that cannot feel. They need to hold on to it no matter how much it is trash, garbage.
The brain must be trained to clear out and clear away. They must learn not to attach themselves to material stuff and just keep a few, listen to when they talk and what they say. The attach meaning to the stuff.
DoUWanna007 1 year ago
I like the A&E Hoarding show better.
haymaker710 1 year ago
4:13 how embarrasing! I cant believe she goes through other's people garbage (reminds me of Sims 3)...
MusicMixology 1 year ago
@ 4.18 - Yes she is hurting the walking sticks by hoarding them! I hope she realises that!
richardmoores 1 year ago
I'm watching this because of southpark. ;)
lozzy267 1 year ago
After I watched this saddened story of the hoarders, I'm cleaning up my room. What do you think?
dmana3172 1 year ago 2
@dmana3172 Yeah, I always get the urge to clean after I see shows like this, even if the house is already immaculate.
sciencealwayswins 1 year ago
i can understand this but it's the ones who don't throw out their garbage and rotting food or clean their toilets etc. it's like they're not really hoarders, they just wish they had a maid.
ghostsintheforum 1 year ago
what a waste...time and money on a dr. or counselor....they just need
a swift kick in the ass every half hour til its clean..
JGUY1713 1 year ago
How can they afford everything without a job?
hahahaloveful 1 year ago
@hahahaloveful I assune they get the dole and probably some sort of incapacity benefit for their "illness"!
richardmoores 1 year ago
I am 21 and when I started working in 2009 I bought many online things. Things for my computer, living room, etc...
In my bedroom I had a stack of boxes, packages, etc that would touch the ceiling. I then realized that it was wrong and I have recently fixed everything. My bedroom smells and looks very nice and all the boxes, packages are where they belong.
My message to young hoarders...
CHANGE YOURSELF WHILE YOU CAN! You need to fix it now while you still can before its too late.
Bye.
SirMaximus21 1 year ago
the easiest way to clean a hoarders house is with gasoline and a match
viper61794 1 year ago 2
only watching this because of south park
The656 1 year ago
@The656 lol , i watched this and then i found out about south park, so i watched south park, and then went back to finish watching this hehe (>_<) ,, "no, dont take my sandwich! , i might need that!!" lol
Met0llicA 1 year ago
@The656 Me too lol
"I'm a sheep herder. Yes yo are hurting sheep by hoarding them, it's good realise that".
richardmoores 1 year ago
@richardmoores "It's pronounced hoarder"
sciencealwayswins 1 year ago
@sciencealwayswins Yea you are hoarding sheep by hurting them, it's good you realise that!
richardmoores 1 year ago
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correct those kind of people are just lazy and mess, how they could live with that kind of house, it's morethan a junk shop.. OMG!!
eyesbreaker100 1 year ago
correct those kind of people are just lazy and mess, how they could live with that kind of house, it's morethan a junk shop.. OMG!!
eyesbreaker100 1 year ago
why do people coddle these morons? PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE and say tough shit!!! my god!! kill them!
thorspinky 1 year ago
this is jus digustin im sorry juss filthy ass people
TheYellowboi706 1 year ago
she doesnt work? how the hell could she afford to hoard?! damn it my taxes are paying for her to stay at home and hoard?! ugh!
MiaVitaBella 1 year ago
"There are so many people in poverty that can't afford to buy canes." Sorry, but that just made me laugh. Not trying to be a dick, it just sounded so bizarre.
shiverpunt 1 year ago
"years of therapy and medication have not helped her hoarding" has she tried visiting the city dump?
XiaochiCat 1 year ago
i can totally relate to that kind of problem. i have a lot of trouble thowing out useless little things from when i was a kid. little toys and stuff just bring back memories that i would lose forever if i was to throw them out. i just hope it doesnt get worse and i end up living like a pig.
justgiver91 1 year ago
what's the definition of a hoarder? people that likes trash?
i12k 1 year ago
@i12k No, this is an emotional issue that results in keeping of a large amount of things.
easykeytolife 1 year ago 20
@easykeytolife lol my uncle is a hoarder, not an extreme one but a hoarder non the less
xXSOL1DXx 10 months ago
@i12k like useless crap.. like keeping shopping bags and ticket stubs and just everything.. even like a coke bottle may be attatched to a good memory.
MiaVitaBella 1 year ago
@i12k Its when people become to attached to objects to throw them whether it be a tattered book or broken tv
Matto919 1 year ago
@i12k lmfao, upboat.
PistonHonda319 9 months ago
7 people are such uncontrollable hoarders they can't find the thumbs up button
mattym36 1 year ago
The world's most brilliant people have had psychological issues in one form another, so don't turn it into an "intelligence" issue, which most likely applies to you.
Adobetube555 1 year ago
Holy crap this is hardcore. I just "hoard" videogames (tho I keep them organized, like James Videogame Nerd), books (tho I keep them organized in my personal library), and I think that's it. I have some unorthodox decorations (a few swords, some angel figures) but they are few enough that they are decorations. Oh, and I keep a few Magic / Pokemon decks (about 6 total). Is that considered hoarding?
DrQuijano 1 year ago
@DrQuijano maybe a little hoarding....the pokemon decks are too much lol
;)
JonathanVonErich 1 year ago
@DrQuijano I think you just have a healthy hobby really... The fact that it's all organised and stuff... and so long as it doesn't take over you... like you feel compelled to go out, or look for games and swords etc just to add to your collection...
Crazee108 1 year ago
@DrQuijano
if you take care of your collections and put them on a shelf its not "hoarding". Hoarders just stack up their stuff in piles and dont know what they have or got. They go on about how its has sentimental value but they just chuck it on stack of crap where it can get crushed or broken. I have nearly 1000 movies on DVD/Bluray but every one of them is cataloged and stored on shelves. I don't consider myself a "hoarder" at all. There is a difference between collect and horde
KevinCarey 1 year ago
I'm sorry but some people are just nasty. Throw sh!t out. You don't need meds to take out the trash. If you want to take pills - take them, but take out the trash. We've turned into an illness society looking for a magical fix for everything.
VideoGuyNC 1 year ago
@VideoGuyNC lol but that's the problem - they can't seem to throw shit out cause they become so emotionally attached to those things. Think of your favourite item - now throw it out... it ain't that easy.
Crazee108 1 year ago
@VideoGuyNC well said, im so sick and tired of "its not my fault" in this country. friggin get it together people. i install cable and internet services and let me tell you, far more people live like this that most people would guess. Ive thrown out several sets of clothes after being in these peoples houses.
joeyhol75 1 year ago
You know these people should go work at the salvation army or goodwill, they can go collect all the good stuffs that people throw out and give them to the poor instead of keeping them in their house
melbaby87 1 year ago 7
they call the "disorder" compulsive disorganisation or something like that. it mad me LMAO! anywho I watched the episode with the cat lady with about 30 living cats in the house and another ten were dead in the basement, the garage and even in her bedroom she didn't even notice.then this one half blind kitty popped out of the pile of rubbish.The sight of the kitty skeltons was really hardcore.
cannoir 1 year ago
@melbaby87 That wont work.. My parents are hoarders, and whenever they participate in anything, avon, ebay, anything involving the accepting of items, they then cannot then separate with the junk.. salvation army would just enable their collecting..
Casper48022 5 months ago
this show should be called idiots
Xyinc 1 year ago
she does have a good point about the canes,i lived on the streets for years and now i work and married with a daughter so not every homeless person you see is a drug addict or a bum who is lazy,not every body who is poor is bad or a criminal.
804safety 1 year ago
i think all the medication shes on for all those so-called ailmentsis whats really screwing with her head,psychy drugs just harm people more than help them,more people commit suicide on medication then off of it.
804safety 1 year ago
some people just have a hard time letting go. to them it's like letting go someone you love.
HolyCrapanAsian 1 year ago
This show bugs me so bad. I don't understand why someone could see fit to keep the rings that come off of the lids of milk. Or paper clips from WWII... I get its a disease but when its costing you a place to live and isolation from friends and family, are those paperclips from WWII really worth it?
girl123interrupted 1 year ago
treatment = storage
thenesmaster 1 year ago
Melody is really cute, and I totally agree with her about the canes.
JuvieFirst 1 year ago
Please go to chris chans house !
SlipSlorpSlock 1 year ago
IT's good that Melanie admits to her own mistakes
StrawhatxLuffy 1 year ago
I would take it all to several goodwills, recycling centers, auctioners and anything thing else that doesn't fit in those catigories, goes in the garbage.
train52000 1 year ago
The worst is when you hoard food because it goes bad and it probably smells SO bad that you'd vomit just after one whiff.
rockndude87 1 year ago
i bet they would have an awsome yard sale maybe 6 digit figures lol
milkweed1989 1 year ago
Imagine the stink!
ramjam6 1 year ago
I have anti-hoarding tendencies. I like to get rid of things. I HATE clutter. Is that also something I need to see a shrink about? lol
finch6789 1 year ago
Kind of looks like my place :O
effenwolf 1 year ago
if they have a dog i bet it goes inside to take a shit instead of outside.
Justin2352 1 year ago
i have a problem with depression and anxiety. not hoarding but i am really trying to change my inflictions because it is preventing me from getting ass. that severe "void" in my life is female ass especially because the guys all tease me about that. but when i defeat my inflictions i would like to get a girlfriend for my own piece of ass and i will be happy afterwards. i will be complete and all my voids filled up like a landfill.. .*sigh... just compulsed to get that off my chest, laters guys.
greybigshark 1 year ago
where does she sleep? my god.....
meOisOme 1 year ago
hoarders are great! they keep the economy going!
(totally kidding)
templeowl08 1 year ago
it's easy not to say stop buying! well you can buy but also toss out (give to a women's shelter, etc) things you don't use in a year.
DoUWanna007 1 year ago
@DoUWanna007 a lot of the people suffer from depression. So when they win an ebay auction of 10,000 beanie babies they get that rush of happiness and euphoria which is gone within minutes, so they feed that feeling over and over and over again. the crap people collect is to fill severe voids within their lives, the voids are obviously severe when you can barely walk through the living room, or any room for that matter.
girl123interrupted 1 year ago
@girl123interrupted yes indeed. 1st thing to do is recognize what's going on.Then get some help if they can't stop themselves. Cut up the credit cards. Do not go to ebay anymore. Easier said than done. But it can be done. Substitue the activity for something else:walk, go to a park, talk to a buddy on the phone, but the feeling will pass, day after day:)
DoUWanna007 1 year ago
Hoarding is a symptom of serious illness.
pegleg747 1 year ago
Only Langley Collyer was crushed, his brother Homer died of starvation.
Can't they be truthful. Read the book,announcer!
eyestoC 1 year ago
I love to collect stuff animals. I hope i won't end up hoarding them.
TashaRichardsonFan 1 year ago
This is an American phenomenon. American's with their bigger is better lifestyle. Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger debt, bigger government, bigger debts, bigger waistlines, and bigger stuff. What a bunch of losers.
msungs 1 year ago
Hoarding goes back to Adam & Eve! I just saw this short video about Adam hoarding. so funny!!! type in "Eve and Adam rock."
videomania100 1 year ago
If you keep your house too neat and tidy, then the cockroaches and other small scavenger insects will, out of desperation, crawl up your anus in your sleep in an attempt to find food.
The average person has 4 cockroaches climb up their rear this way every month.
Please, leave some crumbs for the cockroaches. For your own butt's sake.
Ramble1212 1 year ago
wow i have the sudden urge to throw stuff away :p
jeffbrister2004 1 year ago
I used to be a hoarder from the age of 10 to 18 years old, I just used to put random stuff in my pockets and put them in my droors, then one day when I was picking up something, I just told my self, this is crazy man, and from then on I just stopped. And that's just the thing these people need to start doing, identify of what they are doing, why they are doing it and see how they can fix it.
panbread89 1 year ago
I feel so sorry for this woman.. she is living in her own filth and loving it.
EWilsonLife 1 year ago
I am a hoarder and i have cat shit all over my floor. Does anyone know who i can contact for help? Oh and also i have a whole bunch of rotten food under my bunk bed.
GUNSFOREVER1 1 year ago
@ gunsforever1 take care of your animals and if you can't it's best to find another home for them. You might as well pull up the carpeting and thow it out. It's impossible to get the smell out and the cats will just return to the same spot and go to the bathroom. Get yourself some help you might be depressed.
angelic6465 1 year ago
Thanks man and i am starting to get rid of the stuff under my bed. Again thank you.
GUNSFOREVER1 1 year ago
thats great all you have ot call is 1-800-FAKE-AND-GAY
Edoomonster 1 year ago
gotta love the comments on youtube, it just shows us all that it is true that the global IQ is indeed decreasing.
so ehm... best of luck idiots.
fiskefyren 2 years ago
melanie could be a billionaire if she just had a yard sale
milkweed1989 2 years ago 3
Only 1337 people hoard.
BusterBunker 2 years ago
If you don't hoard, you're not cool.
BusterBunker 2 years ago
oh, hell no
LadyJoCroft 2 years ago
they have a problem
fighterace34 2 years ago
I'm not at all a hoarder, but I do understand in a weird way. I'm on the severe end of ADHD and I know how out-of-control my life gets if I'm not pumped full of Vyvanse. I can't get shit done, can't pay bills, my work goes to shit etc, etc,,,
I always want to, just can't see it thru, or remember what I want to do or was going to do. If I'm not medicated, I got piles of crap all over the place.
darkhallucination 2 years ago
"We all have more things than we need" SAYS WHO!!!!
AtlantaITGirl 2 years ago
@AtlantaITGirl Says I!!!
smokyp3nguin 2 years ago
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i don't understand people like this....it's like some kind of fricken disease throw ur shit out (you know you don't need it) and live like a human being for god sakes. I'm not a neat freak by any means i don't always make my bed and i leave some things here n there on my desk but i reach a limit every week and have to clean my room. And every year i do a spring cleaning and get rid of shit i don't need...clothes, school papers etc. for real i don't get this shit it's disgusting
Xxshit4shitxX 2 years ago
i don't understand people like this....it's like some kind of fricken disease throw ur shit out (you know you don't need it) and live like a human being for god sakes. I'm not a neat freak by any means i don't always make my bed and i leave some things here n there on my desk but i reach a limit every week and have to clean my room. And every year i do a spring cleaning and get rid of shit i don't need...clothes, school papers etc. for real i don't get this shit it's disgusting
Xxshit4shitxX 2 years ago
Why on earth is the music all dopey and happy?
LolaArmyBrat 2 years ago 4
@LolaArmyBrat Low budget for the show I think.
easykeytolife 2 years ago
@LolaArmyBrat it's like the short bus circus music.. happy and bubbly and dumb!!
Kg277 1 year ago
And a half-assed troll at that. Gotta be one of the lamest attempts at flaming I've seen in ages.
JLoveBomb 2 years ago
@fiskefyren - actually most clutterers and hoarders have high to very high intelligence. That can be part of the issue as their brains are working so fast that it's more difficult to deal with mundane things.
Research shows that hoarding affects 2 - 3 % of the population anywhere in the world. Cluttering affects approximately 15%.
easykeytolife 2 years ago 2
intelligence comes in many forms my dear friend and people being to dumb to see their own errors are not intelligent no matter what you say.
fiskefyren 2 years ago
@fiskefyren It's actually not that they don't see their own errors. In fact that's part of the problem. Their negative emotions and self judgment is very high and "freezes" them from fixing the problem. The problem becomes emotionally overwhelming and it becomes easier to do things like stay away from home.
easykeytolife 2 years ago 23
@fiskefyren Within the first 2 minutes, the hoarder was stated to have been diagnosed with OCD. Knowing this, how could you make such an ignorant comment? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
Gamer1987x 1 year ago
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@fiskefyren "people being to dumb to see their own errors are not intelligent no matter what "
lol it's too not "to", considering you didn't catch your own error i guess you aren't intelligent. =p
slantwiselogic 1 year ago
@fiskefyren i think she's not that bright in this case.
elanarab 1 year ago
@fiskefyren Has nothing to do with intelligence.
Koalagriton 1 year ago
@fiskefyren Judging from this paragraph you typed, I can tell you are not intelligent no matter what you say.
Adobetube555 1 year ago
@fiskefyren: If you do a search for other hoarding videos you'll find a British guy who hoards his own feces. So there.
areyourpoemsdeep 2 years ago
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how come these are only americans? *sniff sniff* i smell retarded people!!! most likely with an IQ below that of 84!!!
fiskefyren 2 years ago
@fiskefyren: Anyone who stereotypes an entire nationality based on a very targeted variety TV show most likely has an IQ below 84!!!
MadPutz 2 years ago
madputz: sadly i've been tested with an iQ of 112 so lets move on shall we?
fiskefyren 2 years ago
@fiskefyren Yeah, former President Bush also had an IQ of around 112, it has nothing to do with common sense.
MadPutz 2 years ago 3
@fiskefyren it's an american show dumbass
vistaway3008 2 years ago
holy fire hazard...
90sShowLoca 2 years ago 2
I got to level 50 in horde
330626 2 years ago 23
@330626 I lol'd.
lumpycereal 1 year ago
@330626 LOL! FUNNAY!
lildetdet 1 year ago
@330626 lol! that made me spit my coke.
shiverpunt 1 year ago
My aunt is a hoarder. I never visit her and haven't in ten years. All those stacks of newspapers and just tons of shit she's gotten from yard sales my god the sheer amount of dust and garbage...hoarders are all incredibly sick people.
DannyGrowth 2 years ago 5
@DannyGrowth does she save the toilet paper she wipes her ass with too?
vistaway3008 2 years ago 3
I wouldn't say incredibly sick- of all the mental disorders- child molestors, Schizos. at least this is the maybe the only one, all of us could a part of us in, and a possiblity
AtlantaITGirl 2 years ago
she should have taken the canes to goodwill.
zee339 2 years ago 8
I resolve to stop hoarding. I am donating the bodies to science, to help humanity! And you know something??? I realize that I AM a GOOD PERSON!!!
zee339 2 years ago
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They don't donate to goodwill because of YOUR ASSHOLE!!! IT'S YOUR ASSHOLE, PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS!!!!!
johnd94 2 years ago
I'm STRONGLY tempted to send this to someone. But the explanation is, his house is too small. He intends to use ALL of it, but it can't be utilized when it's packed to the rafters.
JadyLester 2 years ago
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I'm STRONGLY tempted to send this to YOUR ASSHOLE!!! IT'S YOUR ASSHOLE, PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS!!! YOUR ASSSSSSSS HOOOOLLLLLEEEE!!!
johnd94 2 years ago
My in-laws are really really bad. They literally have paths going through their apartment to get to the bathroom, the couch, and their bed. They cant get to their kitchen there is so much stuff... the mother is a trash hoarder, and the father an "antiques" hoarder.
Fuiren 2 years ago
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My in-laws are really really bad. They literally have paths going through YOUR ASSHOLE!!! IT'S YOUR ASSHOLE, PROFESSOR RICHARD DAWKINS!!! YOUR ASSSSSSSSS HOOOOOLLLLLLEEEE!!!
johnd94 2 years ago
Lastly, I know for these people it's hard to let go of their stuff because they feel a need to fill an emptiness/loss. For Melody, it's too bad we can't convince them to have them donate their treasures to those that are in better need. It would ease their pain knowing it went to something good, but also tidy the clutter. Too bad they can't see that.
plinko84 2 years ago
My mother has a slight hoarding problem. Last summer I convinced her that I would sell a lot of my stuff in a garage sale to raise $ to get her better furniture, but she would have to get rid of half the crap in the garage and basement. We raised about a grand and now she has great bedroom furniture. She has no regrets.
plinko84 2 years ago
She makes a good point with the canes.
k8omiller 2 years ago 3
This is a mental disorder and there is a scale which establishes the degree a person hoards. It is called the NSGCD Clutter Hoarding Scale. It is the Official Organizational Assessment Tool. You can internet search this and also find it in pdf format.
LifeCreationCoach 2 years ago 3
GODDAM!
LOL
Reverseflush 2 years ago
years of therapy and medication haven't helped... so we decided to make a tv show about it. I'm a border line hoarder, i have piles that have started, cameras, purses, coats, shoes, clothes. Time to look at this!
I think most people need to open thrift shops.
2008Raw2008 2 years ago
these people have more problems than carter has little liver pills
sweet00976 2 years ago
No offence, but when i was young i used to keep loads of stuff... but than when i felt that the clutter is just to unbearable! and ppl who need stuff like this just dont have it... i start to clean up and learn to keep organized and give things away to ppl in need of this stuff.... till this day i still hate clutters! coz i just dont think keeping things till they rot and not giving to ppl who need it make any sense and its totally selfish!... amen!
missferrariqueen 2 years ago 2
I have been watching hoarders for sometime and have constantly heard "I want" or "I need" throughout all the episodes. While their conditions are repulsive and many have no concern that their families are living in health hazardous situations, i wonder if narcissism is not part of this disorder. I find that frequently they talk about what they need and a complete disregard for others.
diehardperryfan 2 years ago
If my tenants are like this, I would want them to leave too.
ifrit1780 2 years ago
Some of you HAVE to be kidding!!! How hateful are you?! This is a mental illness!! I myself am not a hoarder nor know any, but this is crippling for these ppl. Hey, just keep spreading that "love".....I'm amazing at the lack of tolerance by so many ppl, still today.
postagerequired 2 years ago 3
@postagerequired -
good response. I do know hoarders, and most of them fall into what therapists give the acronym, "SICK": Sensitive, Intelligent, Caring, and Kind.
Most of them fall into this pattern after an incredibly painful loss, like the death of a loved one. They're literally holding onto memories. It takes a lot of effort and courage for them to work through it.
Leetah36 2 years ago
I keeo trying to spread the love, but if you are a family member of a hoarder, well, they are out of control. I am a 45 year old adult. My sister is 56 years old. She has torn our family apart. She has been hoarding since age 12. After 30 years of her unacceptable behavior, I just can't stand my sister's guts.
cuddleyduddley 2 years ago
Your tax dollars at work-supporting this lady who supports the art of collecting and stashing items that serve no use to her. Makes you feel good when you look at your pay stub, your tax deductions at work. Just sad.
alanlewis82 2 years ago 3
@alanlewis82 sadly agreed
chwparker 2 years ago
She probably is paying for the counseling and such, apparently they have their own jobs ... if anything it is your TV channel dollars going to her via this highly targeted TV program.
MadPutz 2 years ago
Hoarders are selfish people. They don't know how to give even those things they don't use. And showing their messy stuff gives them fulfillment.
lanimar3417 2 years ago
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Having stuff is cool. Fuck all you anti stuff fags. Commies.
Cakerolled 2 years ago