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Interesting article about how Sandy affected hoarders in that region. They could no longer keep their hoarding a secret because emergency workers needed access to their places.
Ever have experience with anyone suffering from hoarding? At home or at work?
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When Hurricane Sandy dumped its fury on New Jersey last October, it also exposed a problem many say has been growing here for years: hoarding.
The national debt is now easily imagined, in the piles of a hoarder. My nutty neighbor has 3 motorized wheelchairs becasue Medicare doesn't fix them no matter how small the problem, only gives her a new one. She leaves her door open all year so that her cats can come and go as they please. Her stuff is 3 levels deep, a new sofa that she just HAD to purchase so her visiting son would have some place to sleep rather than a hundred dollar hotel room.
The national debt is now easily imagined, in the piles of a hoarder. My nutty neighbor has 3 motorized wheelchairs becasue Medicare doesn't fix them no matter how small the problem, only gives her a new one. She leaves her door open all year so that her cats can come and go as they please. Her stuff is 3 levels deep, a new sofa that she just HAD to purchase so her visiting son would have some place to sleep rather than a hundred dollar hotel room.
Hmmm, the way it's worked for a disabled relative of mine who had a wheelchair provided through Medicare was this way:
A private medical supply store provided the wheelchair. Medicare made monthly payments to the supply store for the wheelchair. Whenever something went wrong with the wheelchair, the supply store was called and the service person either fixed it or a replacement chair was sent to replace the old one. They usually took the old one back to the store.
Norco is the local supply store. Nevertheless she has 3, 2 under tarps cramped with all her other junk and collection of crap. Garden gnomes and ceramic gingerbread houses adorn every empty space not cluttered by a box of you name it. She stays up at night watching the Home Shopping Network, the next day more crap arrives by UPS. She doesn't know what she buys, seduced by the sales pitch on Tv.
People who hoard have problems.. Like if they do not work, and collect a welfare or disability check, and they choose to spend that money on junk to hoard, rather than good food or clothes or something better, thats bad. they probably should go into business selling their stuff, at least make some money off of it. they seem to like to shop - maybe they could put that desire into a business. and be a resale store owner/seller.
People who hoard have problems.. Like if they do not work, and collect a welfare or disability check, and they choose to spend that money on junk to hoard, rather than good food or clothes or something better, thats bad. they probably should go into business selling their stuff, at least make some money off of it. they seem to like to shop - maybe they could put that desire into a business. and be a resale store owner/seller.
Part of the problem is that hoarders have a difficult time getting rid of the things they keep around. It's like a compulsive behavior that keeps them from getting rid of the things they hoard which most people would probably consider junk. Most hoarders would never think of parting or selling their stuff.
Part of the problem is that hoarders have a difficult time getting rid of the things they keep around. It's like a compulsive behavior that keeps them from getting rid of the things they hoard which most people would probably consider junk. Most hoarders would never think of parting or selling their stuff.
yes, even with me, when going thru my stuff, it is hard to get rid of something that is still "good" but yet I have no place to put it, since I moved to a little bit smaller place.. but i chose to get rid of it, its not worth the stress of too much stuff crowding me out. and then when people try to get rid of a sentimenal thing, or something their grandma gave them, then its tough.
the people on the Hoarders tv shows seem to have like flipped out when they had a loss of a family member, i dont know what thats like to react that way.. seems like they make the missing person's belongings akin to the real person and its like them having to throw away the family member they lost.. if they can get over that, that would help. also when you have 20 years of stuff, its real hard to begin to remove each piece, it would take forever!!! so the trick is - dont let it accummulate 20 years.
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