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Hoarders on A&E
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Posts: 35712 (11/07/09 1:50 PM) Not a Registered User anymore |
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Penalty Shot |
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Posts: 1797 (11/07/09 5:55 PM) Registered user |
I don't understand why the professional lets them go through every last piece of crap in the house. You are about to loose your children, house, whatever
and you freak when the people who are there to help you empty THE TRASH CAN without you digging through it?
Take the hoarder out of the damn house during the clean up, there is no way they would notice 99% of the crap missing. The only time they flip out is when they actually see it thrown out without their "permission". Bull shit on that, these people are there to help them but the hoarder always winds up with an attitude and most of the garbage they hoard by the end of the show. The lady with the rotting food that was still "edible" was just disgusting. |
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 17165 (11/07/09 6:09 PM) Registered User |
But this show isn't just about cleaning the shit up. It's about helping the hoarder learn to let go. If it's cleaned up the hoarder will only pile
it back up unless they get help for their emotional problems. They suffer from a mental disorder that's very hard to overcome.
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SurvivorArctic |
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Posts: 23263 (11/07/09 6:40 PM) Not a team player
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^^^What FLuffy said.
It is probably the most frustrating mental disorder to watch, but it is still a disorder. Just like schizophrenia, which was horribly misunderstood for decades. |
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Kitten Gloves |
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Posts: 10488 (11/07/09 6:43 PM) Registered User |
I don't think the show is about helping the hoarder at all, they only spend two days with each hoarder. Nowhere near enough time to undo years worth of
lazy/mental illness. The show even states in the opening every week that this disorder is rarely cured. It's about good ratings, period.
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 17168 (11/07/09 7:08 PM) Registered User |
Well, yeah, Kitten. It is about ratings. If it wasn't it wouldn't be on TV. My point is that it's not like one of those shows on HGTV about an
organizer coming in & cleaning the shit up. They do work with the people some even though, like you said, rarely is there a cure.
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Former Angel Gabriel |
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Posts: 6029 (11/07/09 10:01 PM) Registered user |
Some of the participants have posted on the official A&E boards. Apparently they are given a lot of money and aftercare. The gay hoarder said he broke up
with his creepy older boyfriend and is doing okay now.
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Fluffynurse |
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Posts: 17170 (11/07/09 10:09 PM) Registered User |
I'd like to see a review show on these people. Let us see how piled up & nasty their homes are now. Maybe that gay boy says he's doing OK but is he
really?
I'm glad to hear they get aftercare though. |
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Former Angel Gabriel |
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Posts: 6030 (11/07/09 10:22 PM) Registered user |
He said he was still messy but that he was no worse than a normal 22 year old. He said he was no longer hoarding garbage and dog hair. The woman with the child
hoarder was posting over there too but I didn't see how she was doing.
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clever trousers |
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Posts: 1105 (11/30/09 2:46 PM) Registered User |
*bump* new season starts tonight.
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Ethel Mae Potter |
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Posts: 18987 (11/30/09 4:44 PM) |
Hopefully if I start shoveling now I can wade through the crap near the TV and watch this. Wish me luck- I may have to throw out a blanket with throw-up on it
but I'm thinking I could use it if I ever need to wash the car. Then that broken fan that's blocking the TV- you know I could fix that and give it to
someone who is really hot, it would be a shame to toss it.
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GameShowMyAss |
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Posts: 5445 (11/30/09 5:16 PM) Registered user |
Already? They better've found some collectors gone wild and not just trashy pigs this "season." Fewer obvious medical problems would be nice, too. |
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nursie |
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Posts: 672 (11/30/09 5:24 PM) Registered user |
i hope there won't be people saving any food that is almost 'puffy' tonight
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Will |
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Posts: 35883 (11/30/09 9:33 PM) Not a Registered User anymore |
They found 2 RANDOM dead cats in the house!?
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11/30/09 9:37 PM.
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Remington Steele |
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Posts: 2867 (11/30/09 9:35 PM) |
I'm watching the one with the cat carcass that went unnoticed (eta: make that 2 and counting).
This show always motivates me to do some cleaning in my own home, so this show helps some people, if not the participants. |
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factoryhurl |
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Posts: 14534 (11/30/09 9:44 PM) Registered user |
one of the cats was 10 years dead. omg. they should have just torched that place.
she seems very stubborn and disconnected.
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Kitten Gloves |
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Posts: 10618 (11/30/09 9:45 PM) Registered User |
This woman is just mean and nasty. And may have undiagnosed melanoma.
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 polka dot |
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Posts: 1351 (11/30/09 10:08 PM) |
the whole thing made me uncomfortable to watch.
and the son? almost as dead inside as the mom, but he thinks he escaped harm by moving away. |
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NeonTetra67 |
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Posts: 5749 (11/30/09 10:12 PM) Registered user |
The dead cats were disturbing. How in the heck can you have a dead cat rotting in your living room and not smell it? Oh and the son thinks he came out okay?
Sad!
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Lux Lux Redux |
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Posts: 1963 (11/30/09 10:17 PM) Registered User |
last week i saw an episode with 2 elderly and they found 35+ cat and kitten skeletons.
there were live cats that were being taken to be put to death and they allowed her to keep some cats. i think the end graphic mentioned something about 70 cats. |
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