I've been reading about other people that hoard, and that their homes are a disaster, but has anyone else witnessed a loved one's car in the same shape?...

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My mom is a hoarder.
I haven't been to her home in at least 10 years - she would rather meet
us somewhere else, than have us see it.  I grew up in that house with
my sister and brother.  It was a beautiful 4 bedroom, two story house,
but I can't imagine what it looks like today. 

She says none of her
kitchen appliances work anymore, and she uses a laundromat because she has
a water leak in her laundry room, and it is unusable, but she wouldn't
think of having a repair person come in to repair any of it.   

She came home one day to an intruder inside her home, and wouldn't even
call the police.  Luckily the intruder left without harming her.

I do see her often, when she comes to my home. Her hoarding problem has
overflowed to her car.  It is filled with junk.  The trunk is so full
that I can see the back end of the car sag as she drives away.  The
back seat is filled up to the bottom of the back window, and the front
passenger seat is filled up as well.  Even the driver side seat and
floor-boards are cluttered with papers and bottles.  I worry that a bottle
will get trapped under the exelerator or the brake, and she'll have an
accident.  I've been reading about other people that hoard, and that
their homes are a disaster, but has anyone else witnessed a loved one's car
in the same shape?