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The War on Hoarding
Oops, I Let My Media Diet Become Media Anorexia!
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10/20/09
HOW, in the name of Cthulhu, could they have cast this series without me??? Ask any of the several Gawker commenters who've seen my apartment; it looks like a liquor store and a library collided three years ago and nobody's cleaned up the rubble!
I don't have too much stuff. I have too few rooms. #hoarding
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Sadly, like many hoarders, she had been terribly abused as a child. She was clinically depressed, poverty stricken and almost alone in the world. I heard about her for a couple of years after her court case, but not recently.
And she was a very, very good dog trainer -- gentle and sweet with my shy Springer Spaniel.
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A person who owns magazines and newspapers dating back to the 60's is considered a hoarder, but a couple that owns so many paintings they must stack them under their bed is considered a collector?
[en.wikipedia.org]
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I was thus mesmerized when my mom reported that on a recent trip to see a distant cousin, it was determined that said cousin is a hoarder. They had to walk sideways through little trails left in her home with walls of junk on either side. The only halfway bare surfaces were the guest bed and the tiny threads of carpet that made up 'the trail.' Full Christmas tree in living room, with all decorations. In September. But then again, in the South that is not terribly unusual. #hoarding
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Everyone in the U.S. says it's because of the Great Depression...even people who were infants during the Great Depression and couldn't possibly remember it. #hoarding
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What if you were a hoarder and owned your own house? Can you be prevented from living in it due to how poorly you've maintained it? #hoarding
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The NYC Hoarding Task Force was nice enough, back in 2003, to put some fascinating FAQs and building code violations on their website.
[www.environmentalgeriatrics.com]
[Edit: Although Steps 1-10 generally involve working with the individual and moving them toward "cleaning" the place.]
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It was beyond obvious that she was mentally ill and needed help, but you could hardly blame her neighbors for wanting the situation fixed.
Of course like most hoarders, she denied she had a problem although she admitted that her property (which had random piles of human feces everywhere) was a bit messy. #hoarding
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However, there was a cat hoarder discovered a few years ago in the neighborhood where I grew up. The neighbors claimed that they had no idea, but according the news the stench was obvious when a social worker paid a visit to the house, the owner being an elderly widow. I just found that case so sad because no one was looking out for the old woman and animals she had in her care until the situation had gotten out of control. #hoarding
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I know I have that hoarding tendency because I seem to attract clutter, but I do make an effort to clean my desk regularly and purge when necessary! #hoarding
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There really is a difference between hoarding and just having a bunch of stuff. #hoarding
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And regift at Christmas. #hoarding
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@scroll_lock: Oh, "Rat Pack Pack Rat" rolled off my tongue delightfully. Thanks for that! And slivers of soap are truly inspired. Um, certifiably so. Once you get into human DNA collectibles, that's when you know it's out of control, yeah, you know, the ear wax aficionados...the thousand pound ball of hair creators, and I don't even want to know what goes on with toe nails or anything else not meant for public viewing.
Holiday sweaters are for the clearly deranged. Just saying. #hoarding
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... at least 40 domestic and farm animals — including a donkey, two alpacas and a potbellied pig — were seized the next day. #hoarding