Topic : 07/01 A Secret Inside: Extreme Hoarding

Yes I agree with you hoarding and OCD are not symptoms of  alcohol/drug addiction.   However, any

addiction in the way will hamper any attempt at getting help  with OCD.

I may not have articulated this.

Of course the majority of peeps with OCD related conditions are not alcoholics/addicts I also have two friends unfortunately with different degrees of it.

Nevertheless, what this couple presented on the tele,  was alcoholic and drug abuse behavior which needs to be addressed along with the OCD.

Mate, Personally i dont think this counts as hoarding. Ok i am a hoarder. I think this means that i keep shoe boxes because they might come in handy, notes from my mates cause they make me smile and sticks off the ground because i think that if i need a new perch for my birds i could use them. But my room is as neat as anything even though i dont chuck anything out! I dont think that a room being so messy those kids cant sleep in there, mouldy food in the kitchen and all that other rubbish is 'hoarding'. Maybe the word means something different to you guys but to me, strewth i think that these people are just kinda slobs(no offence haha).

This is appauling, These children are being forced to live in utter filth.

Its a wonder they are not sick!!! What about the animal filth on the floor.

This woman should not have children or animals. Get them out.

     My mom has been a hoarder for as long as I can remember, and it is true that they are unreasonable when it comes to this. But I do not believe it is intentional, anytime we brought up the house when we were younger her face would always deflate like she felt like she was being lectured. I could tell it is hard for her, like something clicks inside and an overwhelming waterfall gushes over her. My mom lost her house last year because of her hoarding, and lack of paying the house payment, she had just lost her job six months before, and no one would hire her because her car was broken and the closest place you can work in my town is 14 miles away both ways, she began to start drinking more heavy. And my younger brother got taken away from her and put in a house where they did not treat their own children any better. My mom got an apartment in a town 7 miles away, and recently got a DUI and is being evicted because of her hoarding and a recent fire. I wish I could help her but it so hard when I live over 2500 miles away, and when I see Nancy's story it just brings up so many old memories....my mom didn't have two houses full of junk but she did have 3 full sized storage units and a double wide full of stuff.

      I hope Nancy's life and my mother's get better. Hoarding is a very stressful thing not just on the hoarders but the people who want to help but doesn't know how. I feel for her, and her children and I think she is doing a great job. And I think if she keeps it up she is on her way to a better life.