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<dc:date>2008-08-22T09:47:50+07:00</dc:date>

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<title>When Clutter is a symptom</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7720.html#7720</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/08/21/When_clutter_is_a_symptom/UPI-20061219294049/

SAN DIEGO, Texas, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. psychologists say clutter may be a sign of disorganization or a symptom of compulsive hoarding. 

Members of the California Association Marriage and Family Therapists say there are 2 million Americans suffering from compulsive hoarding -- the fear discarding unneeded or useless items.

The family therapists say the fear that these items may be needed or have valu]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-22T00:14:04+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by hejira33312</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Can't buy me love — Define emotions, spiritual life before y</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7703.html#7703</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700251872,00.html

Can't buy me love — Define emotions, spiritual life before you declutter 
Only 1 percent of the population are hoarders. This fact comes as a great relief to those who are merely &#34;clutterers,&#34; Mike Nelson says. There is hope for clutterers.
Clutters might be able to cure themselves, Nelson says. Hoarders are going to need professional help.

In the new edition of his book &#34;Stop Clutter From Stealing Your Life&#34; (Ca]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-19T23:40:05+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by hejira33312</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Kid Friendly Activities vs. Acquisition Trips</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7676.html#7676</link>
<description><![CDATA[I enjoy hula-hooping and bought one of those weighted ones like they have at Curves, so maybe my tummy muscles won't protest TOO MUCH, haha!

It is so amusing--my SO's 5-year-old son will say, &#34;Scar, go get the hula hoop and let's go outside.&#34;  Then he proceeds to sit at the picnic table and watch me hula hoop!  He just thinks its amazing that I can do that.  Then he will try and of course it is way too big for him.  Then he ends up saying, &#34;Scar, can we kick the soccer ball now]]></description>
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<dc:subject>About Growing Up</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-16T03:17:40+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by scarred4life</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Understanding Why People Hoard</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7673.html#7673</link>
<description><![CDATA[As a parent I see so many strong personality traits that my daughter showed since birth!  I think the brain predisposes one toward behavior traits, but trauma can exacerbate the disorder.  We use our brain to figure out how to cope and react to stress, and every brain will respond differently to the same situation in levels of emotion.  

My Dad once commented that each of us would respond to an accident  emergency differently.  The oldest would run around screaming, the second would be fascin]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-16T00:59:25+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by VJ</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>The Doorbell/Knock At Door</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7661.html#7661</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi there ThatGirl,

I really feel for you.  It sounds like you are living in a house like the one I grew up in.  It breaks my heart to read your words 

&#34;once I begged my friends mother as a child to take me in. 
She laughed it off, never believed me.&#34;

As a child I tried to get people to believe me, to understand the squalor I was forced to live in.  Like you, no one would believe me!  That is one reason that I so CHERISH this group, when I say something about my mother's house]]></description>
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<dc:subject>About Growing Up</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-15T07:28:35+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Sally-Sue</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>How long did you leave the Christmas tree up?</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7653.html#7653</link>
<description><![CDATA[It came down, as soon as we had removed and perfectly aligned each one of those damned shiny strand icicles back in their boxes!!!!

The last tree, I wound up throwing it out the front window when she walked in and saw it. My brother, who no longer lived with us thought she needed a tree. She hadn't put one up since her &#34;first born&#34; committed suicide. He thought that would just make everything allll better! 
It's so much more than the hoard.]]></description>
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<dc:subject>About Growing Up</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-15T02:01:10+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by What2do</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Two Sentences To Describe The COH Experience You Had</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7650.html#7650</link>
<description><![CDATA[My cousin's comment: &#34;You were a scary child. It was like there was an adult in a child's body.&#34;

I guess I'm vain, selfish, materialistic because I do like to be clean.]]></description>
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<dc:subject>About Growing Up</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-15T00:37:16+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by VJ</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Throwing Things Away</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7592.html#7592</link>
<description><![CDATA[Oh my, if I tried to clean up and throw things out my mother would be VERY ANGRY!  She too uses the &#34;reuse &#38; recycle&#34; excuse to save everything.  I could not throw any thing out, she would go through the bags and haul out half of the stuff.  In her mind, I was the cause of ALL of the junk 'n stuff, I was a convenient scape-goat.  Eventually I just gave up and kept my own room clean &#38; tidy. I moved out as soon as I could and haven't really looked back.

Sally-Sue]]></description>
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<dc:subject>About Growing Up</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-12T16:59:31+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Sally-Sue</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Cluttered Yard Cry For Help, Neighbors Say</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7590.html#7590</link>
<description><![CDATA[Follow up story:
Cleanup Begins On Hoarding Problem
http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/17163081/detail.html]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-12T10:58:55+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>I'm lost here in Calgary I got lost in the hoard</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7566.html#7566</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christine, 

Despite everything that has happened you are thinking clearly enough to know that you need help, and you have taken steps to make that happen. You've called a counselor and you are letting us in on what's going on. These are big things because they mean that you are still strong inside and understand the importance of not giving up. 

Nate has to take care of himself too, and maybe he thinks this is how it has to be done. He's angry that it took losing him for you to realize you]]></description>
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<dc:subject>Interventions, Reporting, &amp; P.I.S.S.</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-12T02:53:42+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Lisa</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Collection of some past news stories</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7560.html#7560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Yikes!:obsessed: 

Well, if you liked that, maybe you will like this?:

I no longer post articles in the database, but here is where you can find them from when I used to...old articles/archives...:

August, 2008
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/archive-2008-08-August.html

June, 2008
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/archive-2008-06-June.html

May, 2008
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/archive-2008-05-May.html

April, 2008
http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/fo]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-12T00:55:26+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Little, biting bugs are just one of many big problems</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7550.html#7550</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080810/NEWS01/396406500/-1/ARTSANDLIVING
 

 
Little, biting bugs are just one of many big problems
By STEPHANIE HOOPER Staff Writer 
shooper@nashuatelegraph.com 
For Rent: 
For a full archive of stories, multimedia and related documents visit: www.nashuatelegraph.com/forrent.  
 
 
Although she gets a couple reports a day now, deputy health officer Heidi Peek is still repulsed by bedbug infestations. &#34;These little guys ]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-11T20:24:50+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by hejira33312</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Recent hoarding research: abstracts</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7548.html#7548</link>
<description><![CDATA[7/28/08
Genetic susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive hoarding: the contribution of neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 3 gene.

Alonso P, Gratacòs M, Menchón JM, Segalàs C, González JR, Labad J, Bayés M, Real E, de Cid R, Pertusa A, Escaramís G, Vallejo J, Estivill X.

OCD Clinical and Research Unit, Psychiatry Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Feixa Llarga s/n, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

Recent work suggests that neurotrophic factors may contribu]]></description>
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<dc:subject>Learn About Hoarding-Knowledge Base</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-11T20:10:11+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Collection of some online videos about hoarding...</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7540.html#7540</link>
<description><![CDATA[April 28, 2008

Dr. Phil - Extreme Hoarding - Part 1
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OePmQQ9pfGY

Dr. Phil - Extreme Hoarding - Part 2
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OqmkbA5Nl8o&#38;feature=related

Dr. Phil - Extreme Hoarding - Part 3
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ECxAeUooXhY&#38;feature=related

Dr. Phil - Extreme Hoarding - Part 4
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XhlF10I-J7I&#38;feature=related]]></description>
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<dc:subject>Learn About Hoarding-Knowledge Base</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-10T22:44:12+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Donna</dc:creator></item>
<item>
<title>Dr Larry may be wrong .....</title>
<link>http://www.childrenofhoarders.com/forum/ftopicp-7475.html#7475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody has stuff, but when you can't walk through your house anymore, there's more to it than just being indecisive.]]></description>
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<dc:subject>In The News</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2008-08-05T11:22:39+07:00</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Posted by Jo27</dc:creator></item>
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