Comment on Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder?
Lightfire228@pawb.social 5 days ago
There’s a YouTube channel Midwest Magic Cleaning that does cleanups for hoarder houses, and generally has a lot of information about hoarding disorder.
Forcing a cleanup without the permission from the hoarder(s) can actually cause the hoarding to get worse, as it spikes the anxiety and lack of a feeling of control from the hoarder. And their response is typically, more hoarding
This is a tricky situation, and typically you need therapy to address the underlying mental illness before cleanup can take place
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah as someone who hoarded at a worse stage of her life and struggles with it still, the piles felt like safety and security, but they also felt overwhelming and unassailable. You have to deal with the mental health issues and nonjudgementally get the person to be ok with the cleaning bit by bit. To this day big cleans are mentally and emotionally exhausting for me, it’s just that I find messes to be also extremely stressful.