Anyone watch that show, Hoarding: Buried Alive??

[chickaddict]

I do keep quarentine supplies. Just in case. Dried beans, pasta, canned vegetables,boullion cubes. If we ever need to go into quarentine we will be eating a lot of soup.

But there is a HUGE difference between being prepared for a possible disaster and drowning in your own filth.

 

[Britney]

I wonder if any of us are chicken hoarders every now and then...LOL

 

[redhen]

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Sometimes i think i could become a serious animal horder...

 

[KDbeads]

My MIL is a hoarder. The health department has been after her for years. APS got involved before G-ma passed away due to the mess. MIL has spent time in jail for animal hoarding as well. Not a good situation, and we refuse to visit because of the smell of rotting food, urine build up, feces, ugh.... Last time I was in that house for just a couple of hours to help with G-ma I was ill for 3 months with ulcers in my sinuses from the ammonia.

I'm a cluttered pack rat, but I have NO trouble with letting go of most things. I can and do spend several days a year clearing out the house. Just don't ask me to be a neat freak

 

[maplesky7]

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I know..i cant stand clutter either..it makes me feel closed in and nervous..
I saw where this poor older lady used to save all the neighborhood cats and her house was just awful..well..when they went in to clean her out..they found TWO dead cats under all the junk in her house.(and they had been there for a LONG time..)... People were gagging..trying not to vomit...

I saw that one and the goat one too.

 

[Britney]

What a lot of people do not understand when hoarding cats that they catch on the streets is that they believe that they are rescuing these cats from the streets and bringing them into a better life. Well studies show that a cat that is born to the outside prefers to be outside then inside. I know the feeling of wanting to rescue the voiceless and innocent. I have seen people with close to 100 cats in their home. The smell is horrible and the damage that the cats do is as bad. I have 1 cat and I want to remove his claws cause he is scratching on my furniture. I have to cover everything. I just can't bring myself to have his claws removed. I threaten it all the time.LOL
Off with the claws.

 

[maplesky7]

I'm not a hoarder... i'm not... covers 10 laundry baskets with a blanket... you don't see that... you don't. It's not really there.

*wonders why my children have stuffed feathers, rocks, pine cones, seed pods, wild catnip, and a bubble wand in my coat pocket* aaaaaah.... I've effected them!

run for the hills!!!

ok, I have a lil problem but I don't need a shovel to pick up the insides of my house...and I blame it on my mom and dad's tendencies as well... and now I live in my childhood home and am still pulling things out of the cubby to go through and get rid of. It's been a feat but I'm getting closer and closer to the finish line.

I used to tell my parents "you are not allowed to buy ANY more furniture or antiques...without consulting with your children first."

They did not listen.

 

[nivtup]

I have worked with a guy who lost his wife due to hoarding. She got burried in clothes, and died.

It took two days to find her.

It hit national news channels.

A co-worker and I decided to help the family clean up the mess so he could return to a "normal" existence.

I will never ever get the memories out of my mind. There were years and years of collecting that led to her untimely death.

I was seriously not ready for what we walked into.

We started by ordering a 12 yard dumpster to be delivered to the house. We filled that dumpster with the items in the front yard and on the front porch. All in all I think we filled 8 large dumpsters, like 40 yarders. This was from a 4 bedroom house. There were cloths piled 6 feet deep throughout the entire house. It had been years since they were able to use heat. There was NO WAY to get into the kitchen. The mold and mildew was horrible.

He has rehabilitated the house, and has kept things under control.

This whole situation took over 20 years to fully develop.

A side note, he has a beautiful Mustang Convertible. It was in the garage, buried in clothing too.

All I can say is that it is a horrible affliction that the results of were nearly unimaginable.

 

[Camelot Farms]

Did anyone else want to smack the girlfriend on last nights episode.

Ya wanna talk about no compassion, no empathy...and all about me....gah!

 

[EweSheep]

My hubby's mother is a hoarder, buying shirts from garage sales and bagged them up and stack them in bedrooms, closets and downstairs basement. Filled with clutter. I do not know too much of her history but it gets bad. And hubby's bedroom was filled with garage sale items bagged up, toys and books stacked high and his closet was filled as well. Not only that, her dogs and a cat peed anywhere they want to and tried to cover it up with air freshener.

I refused to step foot in their house unless hubby needs my help removing his personal belongings out of there. Hubby has some traits of her OCD, with his bread twist ties and all kinds of nails and screws picked up from anywhere and said I might use this some day. I end up throwing alot of his stuff away because it had no meaning or use (too rusty, broken, etc) and he didn't remember them a week later. So I have to be on top of him for that. Would he do it? You bet! If I let my guard down, and not house proud, he would have everything piled up like his bedroom was LOL! I had to get a box to put his items in there so when he says where is my screwdriver? In the box, dear! would be my reply LOL!

His dad collects broken stuff and says you never know when you will need it statements. UGH! Even he tried to take my BIL's knife that broke and FIL said, wait, do not throw it in the garbage, it can be recycled. What!!!!!!! the motor burned out and the knive blades were dull, so BIL threw it in the garbage and told my FIL NOT to touch that electric knive cutter!