Here We Go – My A&E TV Hoarders Adventure, DAY ZERO

messy-closetNine TV production crew people,
one therapist,
five organizers (including me!),
ten 1-800-Got-Junk guys,
five housekeepers,
five painters,
three trucks,
500 empty boxes,
300 trash bags,
two angry, blaming hoarders

and three days to make a miracle! 

I’m game and ready! I expect this will be hard work, very rewarding and a blast.

By the way, this may be for “entertainment” but it is NOT a game. According to Dr. Renae Reinardy, a Psychologist who specializes in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Compulsive hoarding, “Compulsive hoarding is a very complex behavior. It’s much more than just having a disorganized house. It’s a multi-faceted problem with lots of pattern of thought, lots of pattern of behavior [issues]. There is often times co-morbid conditions. Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, OCD, attention deficit problems, addiction difficulties and trauma histories can all be contributing factors that lead to a hoarding symptom or a compulsive acquisition symptom.”

It is a misnomer that it’s an easy issue to address. You might think “Just clean it up”, but it’s not that easy at all for the afflicted. It’s actually a very biologically-based problem and there is even evidence that some genes have been targeted to be associated with Hoarding.

So much to learn!

Stay tuned!

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