Hoarding is classified as a mental health condition. As hoarding progresses, significant damage can occur at a person’s residence. Ultimately, the residence of a person with hoarding disorder becomes unlivable, indeed unsanitary, unhealthy, and unsafe. The physical structure of a house itself can become damaged and even unstable. Appliances and utilities tend to become nonoperational. Livable space within the property is eliminated. Moreover, the house becomes contaminated in a manner that results in a profound health risk to the occupant. Call our veteran-led hoarder cleanup services company.
A primary element of hoarding is the acquisition and failure to get rid of or discard items acquired. The emotional inability to part with objects that are being hoarded is another aspect of this mental health condition. The amassing of things in and of itself has a significant impact on the life a person who…
Hoarding disorder can be the cause of a variety of related issues that can have a truly negative impact on a person’s life. In order to fully understand the nature of hoarding disorder, you need develop an understanding of how the tentacles of this condition can reach out and destroy other aspects of a person’s…
More often than not we imagine a person with hoarding disorder to be an older individual, usually living alone. The grim reality is that there are situations in which a parent or parents are afflicted with hoarding behavior. Parental hoarding can have a seriously negative impact on children in a variety of different ways. These…
A person with hoarding disorder usually is afflicted with other types of mental health conditions. These include depression and anxiety. In addition, many people engaged in hoarding behavior or with a diagnosis of hoarding disorder will feel shame. In point of fact, there are instances in which a person with hoarding behavior or hoarding disorder…
There is an element of subjectivity when it comes to evaluating whether a situation in a residence qualifies as hoarding. While there are a number of different aspects to making a determination of whether or not a person is afflicted with hoarding disorder, the physical appearance of a residence is a key factor. A tool…
If you or a loved one are facing a hoarding situation, you may feel quite overwhelmed about the prospect of having to clean up the premises. You may wonder if you will ever be able to restore the residence to a livable condition. You may be at a juncture at which you wonder whether you…
Hoarding can be motivated by a number of different underlying factors. One of the more commonplace of these causes is a fear of waste. In this article, we present a discussion of hoarding and a fear of waste. Saving to Avoid Waste For many people, they appropriately save things in order to avoid waste. Saving…
Perhaps the biggest challenge associated with hoarder property cleanup is the process of convincing a person with hoarding disorder that certain items or objects should be disposed of during the remediation. Without an affirmative decision of a person with hoarding disorder to dispose of property, hoarder property cleanup can reach an impasse. With this understood,…
Brad and Thomas are brothers, born in Los Angeles. Brad has remained a Los Angeles resident while Thomas calls Santa Barbara home. Both men are now in their early sixties and have retired. Brad lives alone in a condo while Thomas and his wife share a single-family home. About a year ago, Thomas learned that…
At the heart of hoarding disorder is a profound and even pathological attachment to objects being hoarded. It is this attachment that tends to make it highly challenging to convince a person with hoarding behavior or hoarding disorder to eliminate hoarded objects. There are some tactics that can be utilized to mentally and emotionally prepare…
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