I've ended up catching this show a few times. Usually I just watch it for 10-15 mins or so. The other night, I caught the whole thing. It was pretty heartbreaking. The woman who hoarded was actually a psychologist, but she couldn't step outside herself and see her own symptoms. She was prob desensitized over time. There were bugs everywhere....worst I've seen when I've caught parts of this show.
It seems like so many times, the hoarding is triggered by a major loss or a death. I remember hearing that hoarding is one of the toughest things to treat/heal...but I can't remember why they said that. Maybe bc the disorder doesn't have as many treatment options (ie, like there are many treatment options for substances)...?
The one I caught a couple weeks ago (about 15mins of it) actually showed....omg this is horrible...3 dead cats who had been trapped in some of the piles of stuff. It appears they got trapped and starved there. That was too much for me to see
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