COLLECTING AND CLUTTER CAN
BE PART OF PEOPLE'S HOUSEHOLDS
BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN CAUSE
STRESS.
IS IT HORDING OR SOMEBODY
WHO LIKES TO KEEP STUFF.
IN OUR RELATIONSHIP REBOOT WE
EXPLAIN WAYS TO DEAL WITH THIS.
IT CAN BE STRESSFUL.
THIS IS REALLY HARD.
IT IS HARD ON THE FAMILY.
THE THING IS IT IS HARD ON THE
PERSON WHO IS HORDING.
HORDING IS AN ISOLATED
DISORDER.
IT TENS TO -- TENDS TO GET
WORSE AS THE PERSON GETS OLDER.
FIRST, WHAT IS HORDING?
WHAT IS THE LINE?
HORDING DISORDER IS DEFINED
AS A PERSISTENT INABLE TO GET
RID OF ITEMS AND A NEED TO
CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ITEMS.
THE CLINIC DIAGNOSIS IS WHEN IT
IS CAUSING GREAT DISTRESS.
THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF LIVING
SPACES BECOME COMPLETELY
UNINHABITABLE.
IT IS SO SAD.
PEOPLE FEEL THEY CAN NOT STOP.
THEY KIND OF CAN'T.
THAT'S THE HARD PART.
THERE IS NO REAL MEDICATION
FOUND TO HELP.
ONE THEORY IS IT IS AN OFFSHOOT
OF OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE
DISORDER.
IF YOU ARE A FAMILY MEMBER AND
SOMEBODY YOU LOVE IS HORDING.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO
DO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL
THINGS THAT HELP WITH HORDERS.
YOU CAN GET COUNTY OR CITY
AUTHORITIES TO COME IN.
THAT'S A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
STRESS IS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR FAMILY MEMBERS NOT TO CUT
OFF THE HORDER.
THAT CAN BE SOMETHING PEOPLE GO
TO DESPERATELY AS A MEASURE AT
THE VERY END.
WHY IS THAT?
IS IT THE TOUGH LOVE CONCEPT?
I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THEY
HAVE GIVEN UP.
THEY HAVE TRIED HARD TO CHANGE
THE HORDER.
THEY MAY HAVE GONE IN AND
CLEANED OUT THINGS AND
LITERALLY YOU WOULD BE AMAZED
IN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS SOMEBODY CAN RECREATE
THAT WHOLE SITUATION ALL OVER
AGAIN.
WHAT KIND OF STUFF ARE
PEOPLE HORDING?
MUCH OF THE HORDING HAPPENS
AROUND DAILY ITEM LIKE
NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINES AND
BOOKS AND EMPTY JARS.
THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM
COLLECTING.
WHEN PEOPLE COLLECT YOU MAY
COME IN THEIR HOMES AND SEE A
WHOLE VAST ARRAY OF THINGS BUT
THEY
ARE ORGANIZED OR HERE ARE MY
SHELVES FOR MY TINY SALT AND
PEPPER SHAKERS OR MY SPOON
COLLECTION.
HERE'S MY SUGAR LUMPS.
PEOPLE COLLECT ALL SORTS OF
THINGS.
THAT IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH
IT FEELS CLUTTERED.
HORDING IS WHEN THINGS ARE
UNMANAGEABLE.
DO WE KNOW WHY PEOPLE BECOME
THIS WAY?
DOES IT START OFF WHEN THEY ARE
KIDS?
ONE THEORY ABOUT WHY THIS
HAPPENS IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO
WITH GRIEF AND LOSS.
PEOPLE COLLECT THINGS TO MAKE
THEMSELVES FEEL MORE SECURE.
LIKE A SAFETY BLANKET.
EXACTLY.
WHEN YOU THINK OF KEEPING
NEWSPAPERS, IT IS LIKE TO --
IF I KEEP THE PAPERS FROM THE
70s AND 80s THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION I DIDN'T GET TO BUT
IF I HAVE IT HERE, I HAVE IT.
IT IS NOT LOGICAL.
EXACTLY.
IT IS NOT LOGICAL.
ARE THERE RESEARCHERS
WORKING ON THIS IN MINNESOTA?
YES.
THERE IS A GREAT RESOURCE
CALLED THE MINNESOTA HORDING
TASK
IT STARTED OUT AS THE HORDING
PROJECT.
THERE IS A WEBSITE YOU CAN GO
TO.
IT WILL SHOW YOU A LOT OF
RESOURCES.
THEY ARE THERAPISTS WHO
SPECIALIZE IN THIS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I
WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSCORE IS
FAMILY MEMBERS STAYING INVOLVED
AND NOT DOING THE I CAN'T DEAL
WITH YOU ANYMORE.
THAT'S SO PAINFUL.
IT IS ISOLATING ANYWAY.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
STRESS.
TRY TO STAY THERE.
TRY TO STAY IN THE
RELATIONSHIP.