Hoarding

We often hear about hoarders’ lives but not the consequences to family members whose voices are seldom heard. In a well-adjusted family, each member has a role, but when one person’s behavior overtakes the family dynamic, the structure is changed forever.

Introduction When providing an answer to the important question “is hoarding illegal”, you have to keep in mind that hoarders can do a great deal of damage to a property. If you own a rental property and a single hoarder lives there, the damage may be contained. Those who own multi-unit rental properties might find...

If you want to know how to stop hoarding and hoarding-related behaviors, either for yourself, friend or a loved one, start with a simple step-by-step plan that has worked for millions of people. While our junk removal services can help clear physical clutter and provide you with related consultation, they cannot replace professional psychological support....

Hoarding disorder is a severe mental health condition that creates a persistent difficulty in discarding or parting with possessions, leading to intense clutter that interferes with daily life. Both for those suffering from hoarding disorder and for those who wish to help a friend or loved one suffering from it, it’s crucial to understand the...

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but as someone experienced with hoarding disorder, you know things aren’t that simple. Hoarding is compulsively collecting objects or animals without regard to beauty or any clear purpose. Hoarding is a disabling mental health condition recognized by the American Psychiatric Association, classified with autism spectrum disorder...

Imagine newly hatched baby birds in the nest. The parents worked hard to prepare a safe space, then spent all their waking hours protecting, feeding, cleaning, and training their precious young. But how would it have been if the nestlings lived with a hoarder parent? This article is for you, whether you’re fourteen or forty, to explain how to deal with a hoarder parent.

Is your husband a little messy or is there a trail of junk every time you go from one room to the other? While cleanliness knows no gender, it helps to know that hoarding is a serious matter that must be handled with care. If you’re still wondering which category your hubby falls into, here...

When someone encounters a home where clutter has accumulated beyond what is reasonable, the immediate assumption is someone in the home has ADHD and or hoarding disorder. In more cases than not, that would be an appropriate assumption. That raises the question, “Are these two mental disorders one and the same?” The answer is yes...

It’s common for people to assume that hoarding disorder and autism come from the same tree of mental/emotional/developmental disorders. However, that’s not really the case. The mistake that a lot of people make is to look at the obsessive behaviors that are common to both disorders and then assume that the root causes of those...

Some psychological disorders are very difficult for the average individual to understand. If someone isn’t being victimized by one of these disorders, it’s hard for them to understand how certain disorders lead to certain behaviors like hoarding. The act of hoarding is sometimes troubling to witness. It begs a couple of questions, why would anyone...