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Originally posted by Dravyk@Apr 17 2005, 08:20 AM
My Aunt Ann was exactly the same way. Tons of stuff everywhere and narrow paths! Couldn't sit anywhere in her house. Plus she had five cats!
People like this need help, unfortunately they are also the most stubborn people on earth. As in can't dynamite them out of the house stubborn. Mention seeing a doctor or going to a hospital, and they will fight it tooth and nail. And win. Because they feel something will happen to their "stuff" if they're not there to protect it (and they're usually right about that too!)
Why do they do this? I haven't read up on any of this, but from my old experiences with my now departed aunt for many many years, I've come up with something .... My personal theory is that they think the more they possess that it will stop them from dying. No, seriously, like the more earthly possessions they have, it's more of an anchor of some sort. Or the more stuff they have, the more they are connected "here" and can't "go away".
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She is incredibly stubborn. The whole family has tried to convince her to get help but she never will. If you try and throw stuff away she will have a screaming fit like a wounded animal. If you throw stuff away while she is gone she will just fill it back up again in no time.
Hoarders respond well to drug therapy but she would never do it. My grandfather was a very handsome, famous pilot in Alaska and a complete womanizer and egomaniac. They had four kids and she was left at home while he slept with stewerdesses all over the world. I think she slowly went crazy and for whatever reason feels comforted by surrounding herself with junk.
She also stashes cash all over the house in books, cereal boxes etc. It will be a nightmare going through all that stuff when she dies.