Cleaning A Hoarder's House

People with hoarding behavior also may be suffering from a variety of other disorders. Many hoarders have problems with anxiety, separation anxiety, and attachment disorder (HelpGuide, 2010). Someone with separation anxiety and attachment disorder feels afraid to be apart from a certain person or object or is fearful of being alone. People with these attachment disorders or other attachment problems have difficulty connecting to others and

The word hoarding was originally used to describe the behavior of animals storing food for future use, and then moved into use as a descriptor of human behavior. There are also different types of hoarders. These include Clinical compulsive hoarding, OCD or perfectionist hoarding, animal

A quote often used is, "One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.” This describes Eighner’s feelings perfectly. At one point he stated, "People throw away perfectly good stuff, a lot of perfectly good stuff."(384) This proves the point that once someone throws something away, it doesn't mean it is trash, just ready for a change of ownership. Eighner few dumpster diving as an art because of all the cool stuff he finds on a regular. Things such as: clothes, type writer, love letters, ragdolls et cetera. He mentioned that he hardly ever pick up things without envisioning the

- Though a company that handles the physical trash removal will take the trash away, you could be left with a considerable mess to clean up on your own. Often, the company will remove all of the garbage, but some debris gets left behind. If you do not check with the company, there is a good chance that they will tell you they are not responsible for clean-up. So, make sure that you ask them this and hold them accountable if necessary.

Hoarding Cleanup: Hoarding can create a wide range of biohazardous conditions. Allow our professional staff to aid in the restoration of your property.

As shown to us by Eighner, one does not have to posses everything in the world in order to achieve a pleasant life. As explained by Eighner most dumpster divers go through a hoarding stage in which they want to have everything they see some kind of value in: “All the Dumpster divers I have known come to the point of trying to acquire everything they touch” (145). This is exactly what happens in our consumer world, buying items our friends own just because they are the latest trend or they look cool. We want to have everything in

This is a result of the attitude of knowing one can get more where they got what they have. In “On Dumpster Diving,” Lars Eighner explains how we get an attitude of knowing we can always get more. “I think this is an attitude I share with the very wealthy - we both know there is plenty more where what we have came from” (Eighner, 13). When one works to earn something whether it be money or an object of value, they are less likely to be wasteful. Also, Lars Eighner explains how what he has already been thrown out once so it is valueless to someone.

Thesis: Hoarding is seen as unhygienic and repulsive, but it is simply a disorder due to either genetics or as a coping mechanism to trauma. While it has been linked to other problems, researchers are still trying to find better treatments for the destructive habit causing emotional, physical, and legal effects.

vi. Hoarders have hundreds of animals living in their home living in filth including garbage and layers of feces.

Compulsive Hoarding also known as hoarding disorder, syllogomania, and disposophobia dates all the way back to a Smith College psychology laboratory. One reference of hoarding

For mom, I reframed the word “hoarding” to collecting. Collecting is a work that doesn’t have a negative connotation.

A. Compulsive hoarding is a common and potentially disabling problem, characterized by the accumulation of excessive clutter, to the point that parts of one's home can no longer be used for their intended purpose

People tossing out trash means that they don’t care what happens to it as long as it’s out of their car or house. People should think of the impact they can cause the environment if they recycle properly, reusing water bottles, and when they go grocery shopping bring a reusable bags that won’t be thrown out into streams and lakes that will cause pollution to the environment. If someone throws garbage where it shouldn’t belong then throw it out for them to keep the environment clean.

Our residents have trash bins that they load their trash into then they put it out in front of their house on a certain day of the week. Then we have trash men that

I know sometimes with a busy life and hectic schedule it can be hard to maintain a clean house, but it is very rewarding, and a few minutes of cleaning everyday can make the dream of a clean house a reality. Having a clean home helps with everyday life by reducing stress. When your home is clean you can be happy and have less to worry about. A clean house means no pests which