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I like her comment about letting go of perfection when it comes to housecleaning and order. Also, the tip of focusing on one small area at a time and feeling gratification in that, instead of believing that you don’t deserve to enjoy your home unless it’s in perfect order and cleanliness.
The comments are interesting too. A lot of defensive people.
Thank you for sharing!
I think the title of the article is misleading. Having cleaned out a house after my relative (truly a hoarder) moved out, I don’t think these suggestions would have helped her. She needed more, probably help from a mental health professional.
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I agree! I read it from the point of view of the sister who cleaned out her brother’s apartment, and I wonder if she actually ever helped the kind of hoarder those of us with mentally ill hoarders in our lives know and love. I would never go into detail about what I found (and cleaned), because even though my brother is dead, it would so dishonor his memory to share the details of his private pain.
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My DiL’s late mother was a stage 4 hoarder and wouldn’t let anyone but my son enter the house, and then only when prearranged for a quarterly check. When DiL saw that no amount of pleading would help and called the county aging office, they sent a caseworker. The mom met her on the front lawn with a baseball bat. The police knew, the neighbors knew, nobody could stop it.
After she passed away, we filled 6 40’ industrial dumpsters, 4 cars, and two 15’ UHauls. There was still stuff left. The house sold for 200K under normal comparables , at auction, with only 2 bids.
There’s hoarding, and then there’s Hoarding.
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I’ve followed her on Instagram for a while. The houses she cleans are MUCH worse than the ones featured in the article’s pictures. Like, much worse. She posts sped-up videos and it’s truly amazing to watch the transformation.
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