I watch every episode of Hoarders to try to understand my mother's hoarding. Thankfully she's not as bad as those I've seen on the show, but she definitely values junk and there are paths to walk around her apartment.
Whenever I try to talk to her about it she gets very annoyed because she sees nothing wrong with the way she lives. She would like to move and be closer to family but that means packing and having people in the building see all the crap she has accumulated. Sometimes I worry that I will turn into a pack rat/hoarder since it's not only my mother but some of my aunts too. Watching them over the years I know it is definitely a mental disorder/addition. |