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<title>Family Community</title>
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<description>Opening Hearts, Minds, and Homes With Understanding</description>
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<title>QueenB from California daughter of a Hoarder...</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article876.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[My Mother passed away 2 years ago now and I too have been having trouble mourning because half the time I am mad at her for leaving me such a mess to clean up!&#160; ...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-06-28T08:50:28+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>the secret lives of hoarders</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article875.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[the secret lives of hoarders
&#160;

01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, June 1, 2008

By Eric Adler

McClatchy Newspapers]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GeneralNews</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-06-03T23:00:39+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Person in MI seeking help for hoarder and child</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article874.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[MESSAGE SENT THROUGH WEBSITE 

This form was submitted: May 06 2008 / 09:55:20 
Relationship = A former co worker 
Message = 
I have attached a news story of a woman that I know that is in dire need of help. She and her mentally ill son will be homeless by the time this is a said and done. It breaks my heart as she is a kind woman who has a real problem with hoarding. 

Please take the time to view this story. If anyone can help, I really 
need to help this woman and her son before they ]]></description>
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<dc:subject>BigNews</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-05-07T00:54:21+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Hoarding by elderly on upswing, officials say</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article873.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hoarding by elderly on upswing, officials say

Tucson Citizen
NORA AVERY-PAGE
Cronkite News Service]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GeneralNews</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-05-06T01:17:47+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story: father died, daughters cleaned out</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article872.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[my dad has died now and i had to clear the house with my
sisters. it took 9 skips...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-05-02T21:35:52+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story:  Others out there ostracized?</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article871.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are there
other family members ostracized from the clan out there? How do you deal
with the lose of one parent thru death and the other thru her petty
grudges...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-05-02T02:52:35+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>214 Stories from "Seen Hoarding First Hand" MSNBC</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article870.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seen hoarding firsthand?
MSNBC.com 
214 messages - 150 authors - last updated 04/25/08 03:05 PM]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FamilyStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-30T15:58:56+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story from daughter living with hoarding mom</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article869.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I
just really miss my mom, I think she&#8217;s buried under the mess. Maybe if I
can clean it out, I&#8217;ll find her again... 
]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-30T03:01:04+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story: Mother hoards houses</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article868.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eventually, she even started hoarding houses...
]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T23:11:14+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>4/29/08: Story from adult daughter</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article867.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[&#160; I always wondered if
they would report us.&#160; A unexpected doorbell ring threw me into extreme
anxiousness- who was at the door? Do they need to come in? They will
see this mess I am living in and what will they think of me? I was good
at holding the door barely open with my body blocking the mess...
]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T21:59:03+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story from a coh who is "the parent"</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article866.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted on Tuesday,
April 29th, 2008 at 08:25 AM.
Relationship : Parent
Source : Dr. Phil
Message : 
I'm tired...No, completely exhausted. Our &#34;home&#34; is a
mess...My mother is oblivious to the chaos and I'm enabling her. I am 27, a
grad student, and I've been cleaning up after my mom since I could walk.
Furthermore, she hasn't held a job for more than 6 months--my sister
and I are her only means of support. I know she needs me]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T13:52:11+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from: Daughter in Law of 40 years</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article865.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When I married their son 39 years ago,
I began to notice that messy things in the sink and on the floor were
not a bother to him.&#160; He was not uncomfortable with clutter at home,
liked animals, and was always neat and clean about his person and is to
this day!&#160;...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FamilyStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T02:46:12+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from a daughter-"been there,done that"</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article864.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I still don't
understand how the courts didn't order my dad custody, due to the
condition of the house.&#160; But like dad said, courts always side with the
women...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T02:40:20+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>4/28: Story from a daughter-"Don't give up!"</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article863.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don't give up!&#160; It may seem overwhelming at
times, but you must move forward and not give up.&#160; My folks gave up, but
nothing will change if you quit!&#160; Now I'm happy to say my Dad and I are
very close and we are continuing our plans to have him take back his life
in a cleaner environment one step at a time...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-29T01:44:08+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>4/28: Story from a daughter</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article862.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have thoughts of moving to another home somewhere
way out of state so I don't have to get dragged back in to have to
clean up somebody else's psychological messes, as if I haven't already been
neglected in life enough that MORE of my breathing, living moments
have to be wasted because of another's actions.&#160;..]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-28T21:50:38+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from a son living in hoarder's home</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article861.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I can vent here because I can remain anonymous and
she doesn't use the Internet.&#160; There are clothes in baskets everywhere.
&#160; We can't have people over...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-28T21:47:04+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>4/28: Dr. Phil &amp; Oprah Hoarding Shows</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article860.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[4/28/08:&#160; Dr. Phil &#38; Oprah...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>Hoarding Awareness</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-26T22:45:39+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story from a daughter living with hoarding mother</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article859.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[My mother is a compulsive hoarder, as I sit here and type
this, I am next to a stack of magazines, 3 feet high. This is a clean day
for us. We live in a house bigger than we need for living, but...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-26T22:00:53+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Mentality to amass might be disorder</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article858.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[By LE ROY STANDISH
The Daily Sentinel&#160; -&#160; Tuesday, April 22, 2008
&#8220;I&#8217;m a human being,&#8221; he says defensively when asked. He rips into zoning officials and talks about how government has gotten so oppressive it won&#8217;t allow a man to put anything on his property.
Click here to listen to article]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GeneralNews</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-23T15:01:06+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story-daughter looking for any ideas</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article857.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[&#160;I've tried and we always get in huge fights about it. I've
told him I won't talk to him till its clean, that I won't see him and
other threats, but it just doesn't seem to work.
Does anyone have any
ideas?...

]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-22T01:52:13+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from daughter-mother has cancer-clean up?</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article856.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
This thought process of doing it on the hoarder&#8217;s terms is completely
illogical. Would you offer heroin to a heroin addict and say use on your own
terms? Who decided this is the best way to handle the situation? I refuse
to let my mother in her last months/years of life live this way.
Furthermore, nurses and family are going to need to get into her place for
visitations and it is necessary that they have a safe environment to help
out...

]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-19T17:58:39+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from a spouse of a hoarder</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article855.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beinq married to a hoarder who is also filthy has affected me and my
children as I find myself not carryinq about how the apartment looks.
&#160; (Can't live in the family farm house-- it should be bulldozed).&#160; I
realize that hoardinq is not a quirky characteristic, but a form
of mental illness...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FamilyStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-19T17:06:03+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from adult child-always about the "stuff"</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article854.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[All I can ever remember is stuff. People can;t
come in because the stuff. Dont touch the stuff, you might loose the
right stuff trying to get through the wrong stuff. Sorry the
grandchildren cant come in, I have to sort this stuff. NO I can not live with you
while I recover from my surgery, I have to be with the dog, I need my
stuff...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-19T17:02:33+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Boston Seminar: Understanding, Assessing, and Intervening</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article853.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding, Assessing, and Intervening with Compulsive Hoarding
A Life Enhancement Seminar in the Work, Health, and Life Series. Program is part of the Spring 2008 'Get Trained' Series offered through the Office of Human Resources. 
Boston University, 4/22]]></description>
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<dc:subject>Conferences</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-17T21:54:33+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Blaze victim was a 'recluse'</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article852.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blaze victim was a 'recluse'
Officials working to identify man known only as 'Abu,' thought to live at burned-out shop
Apr 14, 2008 04:30 AM ]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FireHazards</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-16T18:03:19+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from a son</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article851.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This has made me hate my life, hate my family and become afraid to
enter into any long lasting relationship out of fear that they will see how
my family chooses to live...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-15T21:31:07+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story from a spouse</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article850.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I should have seen the signs. His family lived in a dump. Their house
was filthy and full or old rotted clothes. The toilets were never
flushed and they literally had farm animals in the house. It was
unbelievable...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FamilyStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-15T21:29:08+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story sent in from son of a hoarder</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article849.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[My dad had fire at his home last month. He had a
little hotplate that caught fire, burning some clothes
that were piled in front of it, and nearly burning out
the whole home...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-14T13:26:19+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<title>Story sent in from a collector</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article848.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I began to read the stories of children of hoarders, and 
they sound like my son. I react like their parents, depressed, angry, 
and run out &#38; buy more stuff. I collect papers,...]]></description>
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<dc:subject>FamilyStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-14T13:24:41+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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<item>
<title>Story from daughter-made calls to social service</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/article847.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've made some calls to Social Services in her area, for info, but was
told that if found to be mentally competent, &#38; I'm sure she is &#38; would
be---that there would be nothing their office could do; that she has a
right to choose to live that way...]]></description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">847@http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum</guid>
<dc:subject>GrowingUpStories</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-04-11T06:14:12+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator>
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