I LOVE watching hoarders as I sit around my immaculate, Shinto Temple house with zero clutter with my short-haired Chihuahua on my lap. Honestly, it’s one of my favorite shows (and Glee!) this year. One of my housemates Ronzi has a hoarding disorder. Every time he sets something down (read: attempts to clutter my world), I put the misplaced item in his room. If it is unopened mail, bills, or crap like that, I politely slide it under his door. If it’s something larger, I enter his room, scale the debris, and try to find a suitable spot. Over the years, his room has become filled to the ceiling and looks very much like one of the hoarding rooms on the show. I refuse to let his disorder spill into any other room of the house. He’s not even allowed to keep toiletries or towels in the bathroom. I have to draw a line
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How do you stand living in the same house with the hoarder? Even having the door closed, just knowing it was all piled up on the other side would make the ticking sound in my brain start. His piles of crap would mock me in low whispers and shake me awake at night.
What happened when he figured out all his shit that was so important it was shoved into a trash bag on the porch was gone? Is Ronzi one of those hoarders who starts to get all defensive and agitated if you touch or mention their crap piles?
"scale the debris" This phrase has cracked me up three times so far. I just picture you with a look of stern determination on your face that would be fitting for someone climbing the Alps. You fucking FUUUUHHHHNEEE.
I'm no real fan of mess, and keep my hoarding under one bed, but the dog here increases his shedding in direct proportion to the amount of cleaning done so I probably oughta follow the folks on TV and let the hoader-monster come out from under the bed and take over the house.
Diary of a Mad CraphoundcuervolindaJanuary 14 2010, 06:37:06 UTC
God, I'm almost afraid to even look at that group. It's easier to mock it now that I am 20 years away from living under my family's cluttered roof. I definitely learned from the best
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Re: Diary of a Mad CraphoundvyvianeJanuary 25 2010, 15:57:57 UTC
I went the 180 way. We have a two bedroom house and everything fits neatly into it. If we bring home new stuff some old stuff has to go so everything will fit. The only reason I have as much stuff as I do now is Taran. Prior to Taran whenever I moved it took me about a day total- packing, unpacking, moving etc and I had two pickup trucks full of stuff
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What happened when he figured out all his shit that was so important it was shoved into a trash bag on the porch was gone? Is Ronzi one of those hoarders who starts to get all defensive and agitated if you touch or mention their crap piles?
"scale the debris" This phrase has cracked me up three times so far. I just picture you with a look of stern determination on your face that would be fitting for someone climbing the Alps. You fucking FUUUUHHHHNEEE.
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"And why do you have buckets of sea water?"
"I'm a surf hoarder."
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After two days of lying in bed crying I joined the yahoo group Children of Hoarders.
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