Hoarding part 4

Documentary on hoarding.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Hoarding
• Hoard
• OCD
• House
• Mental
• Health
• Garbage
• Rubbish

[erbiumfiber]

If you have a relative who is a hoarder, there is really very little you can do so let's not blame any of the relatives. My brother needs help on so many levels- my final "intervention" is buying a family vacation house in which he can live but NOT his stuff (which has to stay at his dump, about 1 hr. away). I am paying for a cleaning service and lawn service which will come weekly. My mother will come and stay on weekends/summer; family will come on holidays. This is my last effort...

[MrKillswitch88]

I think there is a point ware such people who hoard their own waste should be put into an institution to receive help for the underline problems and not just the hoarding.

[TheChannyj28]

9:44 Hot Chocolate OR, Steaming Poo in a Paint Bucket....

[villaboy49]

Get off your arse old fit and tidy up

[manicpiesquirter]

these shows make me cry so much

[black4pienus]

@erbiumfiber a lot of families would have give up. you must have a loving family, but even your close ones have a limit.

[shadowfangirl4life]

at the end?

[shadowfangirl4life]

i'm starting to become addicted to watching these documentaries xD does anyone know the song in the background??

[erbiumfiber]

@Burnz2much If you watch these shows, these people have HUGE social interaction problems and tend to be isolated from family and friends or just don't have any (yes, for some, hoarding drove them away but for others a loved one passed away or some other trauma so they became hoarders). So I think getting more positive social interactions in their lives is really critical. Also they need to see how "normal" people live and interact, away from their piles of junk. It's a start.

[erbiumfiber]

@Burnz2much Yes, I have been financially fortuntate, also the drop in prices made it very cheap and maybe, just maybe, it will appreciate by the time I retire. It has a ton of land and my brother is making all kinds of plans to build a barn (just NOT put junk in it, this much he knows) and clearing out the wooded parts and fixing things up. MUCH healthier than how he was living- he still goes "home" to play with his compressors, etc. but he is emotionally better with more family around.

[Burnz2much]

@erbiumfiber Glad to hear it. Now if only everyone could be put up in a house of their own with no rent. World would be a better place. :)

[erbiumfiber]

@Burnz2much

Well, it is now 5 months after buying the house and it is REALLY working out. Family has been to visit and my brother is MUCH less isolated (because you can't really invite people over to your hoarder dump). His junk is NOT in the new house and even his DOGS love it because they can move around! He is not going to ever change at his house but he is getting a taste of normality which is positive. I do it all for my mother, who worries about him. I would do anything for my mother