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November 14, 2009
Family members describe how hoarding affects them.
The Wall Street Journal (11/10) reports that some children and siblings of compulsive hoarders are coming forward to describe how hoarding, an OCD-related disorder which may affect about one in 50 Americans, has impacted their lives, often causing them emotional distress.
Some children of hoarders liken the effects of living in a home with a hoarder as a kind of child abuse. Others must deal with parents and siblings who not only will not change their behavior, but refuse to see the problems hoarding causes in their lives. In fact, many children and siblings of hoarders resent psychologists' advice not to force clean-ups and to deal patiently with hoarders.
Related Links:
- When Hoarders Make Life Miserable for Others," Melinda Beck, The Wallstreet Journal, November 9,2009.
Posted by admin at November 14, 2009 06:55 PM