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re: What do you do if someone in your family is a hoarder?
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:36 pm to Doctor Strangelove
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:36 pm to Doctor Strangelove
The worst are the ones who "have" pets. Like 6 years ago. Somewhere in there....
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Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:36 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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I don’t understand the value in hoarding. OT psychs need to explain.
A lot of it came from the Great Depression. People had literally nothing. They lived in ramshackle huts. My grandfather had everything he owned as a boy in a cigar box. They would have to move a lot for work, or if they couldn’t pay the rent, sometimes in the middle of the night. Times were hard, real hard.
So he decided when he grew up, he never wanted to HAVE to move, and never wanted to HAVE to throw anything away.
He wasn’t a hoarder really, but he had sheds full of just stuff. But that’s where the mentality came from
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:38 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
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I’ll never understand this mentality.
It is a mental illness.
I’m not a hoarder, but i have family members who span the range from mere ‘packrats’ to hoarders... As a result, i hate any kind of clutter.. i’m actually a purger; not sure if that’s an actual term, but what i do is i go to the opposite extreme- i throw almost everything away, even stuff i might need one day- because i’m so averse to the clutter, pack rat, hoarding illness.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:39 pm to arcalades
You doth protest too much.
Throw your trash out.
Throw your trash out.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:42 pm to Slippy
If they have money, gradually steal bits of what they have and sell it back to them.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:43 pm to Paige
The difference between a hoarder and a collector is curation.
If she has reliable access to her stuff and catalogued, you may have a gold mine. Or at least an easier time getting rid of it.
If she has reliable access to her stuff and catalogued, you may have a gold mine. Or at least an easier time getting rid of it.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:45 pm to fr33manator
Trauma is the root cause from just watching the show
Like no food on the table as a kid or never processing loss of a family member.
Like no food on the table as a kid or never processing loss of a family member.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:50 pm to TigerOnTheMountain
It's usually instigated by some kind of life trauma..usually the loss of a loved one. The hoarding is something they can control. It's not about the things as much as it is controlling their life. The things come to symbolize control and security.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:54 pm to Slippy
My mom is, but not to the extent of those shows. She recently moved and I got a dumpster and just had 1 big fight with her and threw all the bullshite away. She was pissed for a few days and then was fine.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:56 pm to Slippy
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What do you do if someone in your family is a hoarder?
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If you watch the shows, you know that it is impossible to reason with these people.
Never met one or watched the show but if that's true I would just ignore THEIR problem since its impossible to reason with them.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 4:56 pm to Slippy
Advertise for a garage sale at their house on a saturday. Pull up early and watch the show
Posted on 10/16/19 at 5:03 pm to SlidellCajun
I'm a hoarder myself, but I prefer the term collector.
Posted on 10/16/19 at 5:06 pm to arcalades
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that's bc you're predictably dumb.
So I’m predictably dumb because I said you would be a good candidate for the show hoarder? Which was based off of your response that was filled with anger towards a question about someone asking a legitimate question about a problem?
I mean wow.
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Why dont you busy bodies get a life of your own and stop worrying about everyone else?
Look man, you need to chill out.
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