and would make her fight harder to keep it. dr. morrison has not treated jessica s mother but has dealt with many similar cases. if you were to go into the home of someone who hoards and you were to clean out everything, not only would that make the person incredibly vulnerable and incredibly distressed, but it would not solve the problem. and in fact, the person would just rehoard and reclutter home right away. the first step is to have them get the motivation to want to beat this. looking at all the seemingly unmovable piles, jessica wories about the future. just walking through the house and seeing everything that s here and wondering is she going to be able to conquer this? is she going to get through this or am i going to be stuck with this one day? is this going to be her legacy. coming up, jessica s mother in her own words. it s daunting. and you think i need to go through this, it will take forever. when caught on camera.
she d be ashamed. it would be kind of like her worst fears coming true right then and there. it would just make the problem worse because it would make her more defensive of everything else. and would make her fight harder to keep it. dr. morrison has not treated jessica s mother but has dealt with many similar cases. if you were to go into the home of someone who hoards and you were to clean out everything, not only would that make the person incredibly vulnerable and distressed but it would not solve the problem. but the person would reclutter and rehoard. the first step is to have them get the motivation to want this. looking at all the seemingly unmovable piles, jessica wories about the future. just walking through the house and seeing everything that s here and wondering is she going to be able to conquer this? is she going to get through this or am i going to be stuck with this one day? is this going to be her legacy. coming up, jessica s mother in her own words. it s
the transition to such deplorable conditions takes a toll. it s been very difficult. i grew very accustomed to having kind of a minimalistic existence in my apartment. not having a lot of stuff. and being able to clean my apartment from top to bottom in maybe an hour and a half, where cleaning everything could take days or weeks or it s not an easy process. you don t have control over where you can move stuff or what you do with stuff or what stuff stays and what stuff goes. so it s been stressful. dr. samantha morrison, a licensed psychologist, specializes in compulsive hoarding. by definition it includes three components. there s the acquisition or failure to discard a large number of possessions. an inability to use your home for its intended purposes due to the clutter. the third part of it is significant distress or impairment in your life. jessica gives our cameras a revealing look inside the house and mind of a hoarder.
you do with stuff or what stuff stays and what stuff goes. so it s been stressful. dr. samantha morrison, a licensed psychologist, specializes in compulsive hoarding. by definition it includes three components. there is the acquisition or failure to discard a large number of possessions. an inability to use your home for its intended purposes due to the clutter. the third part of it is significant distress or impairment in your life. jessica gives our cameras a revealing look inside the house and mind of a hoarder. this is the entryway to my mother s house. in this room is antique lamps, boxes of blankets and sleeping bags that have been there for over a year, and boxes upon boxes of books. coloring books, academic books, journals, all sort of electronics, workout gear, a piano, and all sorts of antiques and tvs. this room is intended to be my
mop, wait for it to dry, put it all back and then do the next section. it s very exhausting and very stressful. to an outsider, the solution seems easy, clean it up. but with a hoarder, it s just not that simple. you don t move stuff. she would be very hurt, first of all, she d be angry, she d be hurt at the disrespect to her and her things. she d be ashamed. it would be kind of like her worst fears coming true right then and there. it would just make the problem worse because it would make her more defensive of everything else and would make her fight harder to keep it. dr. morrison has not treated jessica s mother but has dealt with many similar cases. if you were to go into the home of someone who hoards and you were to clean out everything, not only would that make the person incredibly vulnerable and incredibly distressed but it would not solve the problem. but the person would reclutter and rehoard right away. the first step is to have them