Quote From: amber7777I was hoping to find some help here on the message board concerning the hording of items minus the cats issues.
I have many of the same issues as the woman that collected everything from jars to papers.
Please help me find the area where I can get help with that type of hoarding. I only have one dog and no cats. Would really like to get my life back.
Amber
Hi Amber,
Congratulations to you for seeking help for this!
First I would like to recommend visiting the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation's Hoarding website to learn more about Hoarding. http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/
You will see when going there, that Compulsive Hoarding is extremely complicated and there are no simple fixes, i.e.- "just throwing it out". It takes work, but if you are motivated to change, it can happen! The suggested treatment for it is with cognitive behavioral therapy with exposure and response prevention. Support groups have been found to also be very helpful (and cheaper) and you can find some listed at the OCDF website under their "Support Groups" page.
Those groups fill up fast, don't get discouraged, here are some others:
Messiness and Hoarding Yahoo Group:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Messiness-and-Hoarding/?yguid=204497097
Squalor Survivors:
http://squalorsurvivors.com/community/
I hope this helps some. Good luck in journey!
Donna
childrenofhoarders.com
