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Bluanjel75,
Hi! (How's it going with senior services? Any new developments?) So, since your parents' house looks like the one in this article, what do you think the reasons are that the trash doesn' ...

Let's talk about this article.

From the picture it looked like pure garbage. I know that some hoarders hoard garbage among other things, but to me for it to be hoarding, in the sense I've come to ...

How frustrating to get the courage up to call, only to be thwarted by untrained/disinterested people. Don't let it stop you from your goal! What about calling back the first person? He seemed very sy ...

I'm so glad this post was repsonded to. I didn't trust myself to do it. It instantly pissed me off.

I absolutely understand if anyone's interest was piqued, and they want to take advantage of the ...

Thanks for the replies Scar and VJ,

Scar, bellydancing is fun but it's really hard! The muscles in the waste (or in my waste anyway) fatigue really fast from that foreign movement. It would have b ...

My oldest sis who is really similar to my mom used to give me a ride home from school since she taught there. Getting a ride vs. walking several miles meant sitting in the car for hours while she vi ...

That's another thing. I know it's totally unrelated, but it was like we weren't really encouraged to do anything other than go to school and make good grades. I received no guidance when it came t ...

From the article:

[Psychologists say while many of the animals may heal from their physical wounds, children of hoarders often need extensive counseling, especially since hoarding may be a genetic ...

Speaking of Chrismas, it's what, 135 days away? Is it too soon to start feeling stressed????? I really don't want to deal with it this year!

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 lett ...

Thanks VJ and Donna,
I'm very nervous about the prospect of taking on a job like that on my own. And knowing myself as I do, I wonder if I would get discouraged and depressed and wind up with a huge ...

Hey OAI,

Good idea to set off a bomb. Suppose I could load up the Honda and set one off in there?

Thanks for the decision making advise. I actually looked at a house yesterday even though I sa ...

I'm happy Donna made it home safe and sound too. Hurricane warnings in Texas/Mexico on her travel day did not help the anxiety levels!

Thanks for your concern Norse- I move into my 9 months house-s ...

Please post part II of this series when it's available. It's very interesting and I'm afraid I'll miss it.

I like the woman too and I understand where she's coming from, but she says herself that ...

Look at the typos... meant to say for NO apparent good reason. Hope it was obvious! Don't type well when I'm worked up!

Hey OAI,

Good to see you popping in. Exhausted huh? Yeah, it happens. Once you get your stregth back, it might be time to step outside that comfort zone and start pushing back a little, like we've ...

Ugh, whenever I post here I feel like I'm on the pity pot - I don't like it.

I know what you mean. I feel that way too a lot of the time. But I went to a psychiatrist for three years and I felt t ...

I'm curious too. I don't know how I missed this thread before. Ajvens' story sounds so (too) familiar.

Does it blow anyone else's mind how earily similar our hoarders are? Seems like we should be ...

Hi Herjira33312,

I know how you feel about waiting for "the call" and knowing it will never be anything as comforting as passing away in her sleep.

I hope that you will find comfort ...

Yes, that's the button I use and I'll continue to do so. I want to keep it as simple for the new members to catch up as possible. Thanks for the other tips! Thumb's up!

I also like seeing who is online. And since you're taking suggestions Donna, I always use the button that lets me see the newest posts first. For threads like OAI's, with all those pages it's quicker ...

Hmmm, The only sane people I ever met in Vegas were Donna and her husband, when they lived there, and the ones behind the cages at the Mirage....

But then again, who goes to Vegas to find sanity?? ...

P.S. - I was offline for awhile. I'm bipolar and facing these issues again kind of sent me over the top emotionally. So my benefits started and work and I went to the doctor. So now I'm on meds to ...

However, when they reached 5 and started school they were pretty much on their own...

By 16, I made a point of being somewhere else and thought of myself as very rebellious and nonconformist, but ...

Now that I'm an adult I often think I should DO better because now I KNOW better. The way we were raised was detrimental to becoming healthy, productive, happy adults.

It's so much more than hoard ...