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Originally posted by cj@Apr 17 2005, 07:39 PM
but the most important question hasn't yet been asked ....
IS SHE HURTING ANYONE?!
really, in the grander scheme of life, who cares if she hoards stuff ...... just hope you aren't the one who has to clean it when she goes!!
I wonder what our grandkids will be saying about us when we get to that age ...
Hopefully none of my family tries to medicate me because they disagree with how I live ...
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She hurts herself and her family members living this way. Her mental illness makes it very difficult for her family to maintain a relationship with her. Her hoarding is only one of the ways it manifests itself. Her grandkids, who she loves, are not allowed at her house because its unsafe. She has a big dog that can only curl up on the area beneath her chair if the footrest is up. Her husband who is nearly blind and in bad health had to move out of his own house because it he kept tripping over garbage she would leave around. He just had surgery to remove some cancer and he cannot go home and have his wife take care of him. The charred cabinets you see are from her setting them on fire while cooking with papers and shit piled up around the stove. Its not as if we all just think she is eccentric and needs meds, she is SICK and needs meds.