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Chellee

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38. On those hoarding shows...

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 10:20 PM

Mar 2015

every one of the people they profile had some kind of trauma in their history. Somebody died, somebody left them. It's like a switch gets flipped, and they try to fill up the empty places inside themselves with things.

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My neighbor's stuff... [View all] Archae Mar 2015 OP

They're still phil89 Mar 2015 #1

Of course. Archae Mar 2015 #4

Wow, 41! How sad. Arugula Latte Mar 2015 #28

Heart attack, we think. Archae Mar 2015 #29

If that's all..... daleanime Mar 2015 #2

Why do you say they were a hoarder? Looks like cheap stuff. uppityperson Mar 2015 #3

Under the furniture (which has lots of dog pee stains,) are many bags of garbage. Archae Mar 2015 #5

Ah, thank you. I missed the back story, just see cheap furniture. uppityperson Mar 2015 #7

Why would that floor you? ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #6

We just never knew. Archae Mar 2015 #8

I'm heartened to read the comments so far here - LiberalElite Mar 2015 #10

Great comment. Exhibit A Mar 2015 #14

Thanks! LiberalElite Mar 2015 #15

I had read about the Collyer brothers. Archae Mar 2015 #18

On those hoarding shows... Chellee Mar 2015 #38

Yes. Sad stories LiberalElite Mar 2015 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author tammywammy Mar 2015 #21

We've got hoarders on both sides of us. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #9

He's dead, Jim Fumesucker Mar 2015 #11

scary part is that a hoarder in an apt could conceivably collapse the floor. KG Mar 2015 #12

That's true for a house also. nt LiberalElite Mar 2015 #13

Sad... femmocrat Mar 2015 #16

Indeed. Cleaning my parent's home made me come back here and start throwing stuff out myself. uppityperson Mar 2015 #42

What would you have done if you had known? Brickbat Mar 2015 #17

I don't know. Archae Mar 2015 #19

What are you hoping to do by sharing these pictures? Brickbat Mar 2015 #20

One of many experiences I've had... Archae Mar 2015 #23

It is an illness, and when a hoarder sees this happening, it is like losing control. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #25

So how do these photos inspire someone to get themselves or someone else help? Brickbat Mar 2015 #26

It's a mental health issue. Sienna86 Mar 2015 #33

I find this OP very distasteful. tammywammy Mar 2015 #22

Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #27

Everyone's stuff winds up a big sad pile after they're gone bhikkhu Mar 2015 #24

In response to what some others have posted on this thread: SheilaT Mar 2015 #30

Try five of the largest dumpsters worth of stuff... HuckleB Mar 2015 #31

Meh, I would have looked like a hoarder when I was getting ready for my parents to move in Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2015 #32

Judgmental much? MineralMan Mar 2015 #34

The key thing to remember here... Archae Mar 2015 #35

He is pretty young to have Alzheimers but one of the things that happens when you do is that you jwirr Mar 2015 #37

For a while I lived in a highrise and watched families try to clean out the apartment after someone jwirr Mar 2015 #36

... Chimeradog Mar 2015 #39

What you say is true, glad you have some compassion too. I just wrote a post more dealing with appalachiablue Mar 2015 #41

I've been shocked far worse by people's stuff that's not tangible or material like the items of this appalachiablue Mar 2015 #40

yes Chimeradog Mar 2015 #43

I haven't watched in a few years but am not surprised they show foreclosures. That can appalachiablue Mar 2015 #44