Extreme Hoarding: Can Dr. Phil Rescue These Hoarders? | Best of Compilations | Dr. Phil

[@ChickenLadyofoz]

My heart goes out to these people and their families. Hoarding is a trauma response, I hope they get the help they need and freedom from this mess. 😢

[@mariapyrc6862]

Wrong.....millions suffer from trauma and don't clutter up their space and everyone else's space with rubbish.

[@gentlegiants04]

@@mariapyrc6862 Do you honestly believe everyone responds to trauma the same way? No, she is not wrong. Every single time someone does this, EVERY time, there is severe trauma in their background. Just because many other people suffer trauma without this exact response, absolutely does not mean this isn't trauma related.

[@mariapyrc6862]

@@gentlegiants04 and you have assumed that all these hoarders have suffered trauma. Mental issues play a big role for some.

[@paulinemcfarlane4379]

​@@gentlegiants04I realise everyone is different but so many excuses are made for selfish people with victim mentality that they become enabled. I have a next door neighbour like this and she has caused me e financial hardship by rats from her property entering mine and having to get pest control, to the tune of £800 to date. It has caused me health issues from anxiety hearing rats running above me in the attic when I'm in bed, sleepless nights then disgusting flies from the dead rats in my loft because she has put down poison. She is selfish and in complete denial and is so abusive that I've had to involve the police. A real nightmare neighbour. I have no sympathy

[@gentlegiants04]

@@mariapyrc6862 Riiight.... And where did the mental issues come from?

[@georgeflooks3384]

They're laughing about this, but there is nothing funny about hoarding, it destroys families and homes.

[@jonathandevereaux298]

Not everyone has the same response to stress as you. Their laughing and hoarding are signs of stress whereas you come here to pass judgment, I wonder who is worse 🤔

[@slitherysnakewonders5744]

​@@jonathandevereaux298I hate to tell you this, but Dr. Phil's show is designed to pass judgment onto unfortunate people

[@williamhensley8698]

​@@slitherysnakewonders5744 He must be a terrible person. Why do you watch? Do you enjoy his sadistic displays?

[@slitherysnakewonders5744]

@@williamhensley8698 Nah I just got recommended this, I dont watch him often, used to but when I clicked on the episode I just remembered how bad of a person he is

[@CaelenRachele]

I'm usually a fan, but this interaction dissapointed me.

[@dianebaugher3919]

I am a bit of a hoarder and it makes me feel so bad about myself. I know it frustrates my husband and he tries to be supportive and offer suggestions on how to clean it up but its so hard...you have to suffer from it to understand-its not laziness, I assure you

[@joycerodriguez4505]

Laziness is a big part of it. They would rather let it pile than to put effort into cleaning. I caught myself to start hoarding and mostly cause I didn't want to fool with deciding whst to throw out or give away. Then it piles up and gets so overwhelming that it's just easier not to do nothing.

[@dianebaugher3919]

@@joycerodriguez4505 Not for everyone-I assure you I am not lazy lol. My doctor said its part of my OCD, but I would agree that with some yes, it is laziness but it is classified as a real diagnosis.

[@rmeganlewis8766]

I understand everything that these women say and I do the same thing and now I'm sitting here crying because I really know I am a hoarder and don't know how it began and don't know how to stop it

[@Nevermind1972]

Throw stuff away!!! Its really not that hard

[@rmeganlewis8766]

I need everything I don't keep garbage, I fixed everything polish it up and give it away or sell it I don't have garbage on my floor I don't have any animal feces on my floor, you can walk through my house

[@SuzanneRoberge]

Sometimes people need others to be with them as they clean out. It is a long process and takes time and patience. Like they say they're overwhelmed and they will be losing a part of themselves.

[@porshaz911]

This is a clean hoard! Others are a far cry worse!!

[@beckieknight6184]

These must be VERY WEALTHY women, to buy and buy and buy and buy

[@fetus2280]

4 Years it took me to clean up my step fathers hoard.. Its a behaviour that needs sorting, when they pass the mess is left for the family to deal with. Selfish thought process. This is Nothing, id have gladly taken this clean up over what I had to deal with. Please, if you have elderly folk doing this, just go in and clean it, no matter if they like it or not. You will be left holding the bag. Sooner rather than later is the best course of action.

[@lollipop6311]

I'm not a hoarder I am a Collector lol

[@SB-000]

Who would go to a dentist in a place like that!!!!

[@Carol-sm6zu]

Please do not laugh at hoarders. It is a mental disorder and hoarders need professional help.

[@Jkaye13]

Agreed! There is nothing remotely funny about how these people are living, and l don't understand the humor in it. It's incredibly sad that someone would feel the need to 'collect' stuff to this degree..

[@stephaniepiazzese2602]

At least,,, this lady is trying to Explain,,, the foul/ rock/ old toothbrushes. It’s not going over well,,, but she’s trying. So tragic that the hoarders life is put out there now for all to see. It’s pretty hard to see. 😢

[@Jkaye13]

Yes.. she has a reason/ purpose for keeping all this stuff. It's a control issue for her..

[@sarahboakes6392]

Im a horder ,But every month I go around with a black sack. Straight to the bin. Boy no wonder I have a happy husband . These ladies are very sad. I had a sister like this. Loved her to bits, but when she went into hospital. Which was frequently I used to fill up every bin in her building. Folk were very kind never complained. ❤

[@hashtagmomlife366]

Soo....how did he help them?

[@yolipurpleflower9895]

NOTHING needs to be rescued when it comes to be hoarders' junk! They drive me crazy 😮!!!!

[@Lindalou5977]

Why does this lady laugh ??? This is horrid …………… nothing to laugh about at all 😣😣😣😣😣😣

[@taesoolovely6495]

It's a trauma response

[@janegolson237]

Hoarding is a mental health issue under the umbrella of OCD

[@Heidi_137]

It is indeed. I'm the opposite (not to the point of OCD though), I'm not a minimalist but I know everything I own and where it is. I get anxiety watching hoarders, I can't have stuff all over the place, messy places with lots of nick knack's really make me uncomfortable.

[@sandynunez7444]

15:22 15:30 15:49 15:59 16:03 16:06

[@Lemon.tea2511]

Hoarders are torturing their family members, forcing them to live in mess 😢

[@perfectlyimperfect9129]

And it's a mental health issue for the hoarders as well. They aren't hoarding to hurt the ones they love

[@pippadawg7037]

@@perfectlyimperfect9129 But they don't care that it hurts the ones they love enough to get well. Alcoholics are very selfish people too but an alcoholic has a higher likelihood of recovery than a hoarder. My brother is a recovering addict and got into treatment before he met his wife who turned out to be a hoarder. He left her (and the hoarder house they own together) and got a new place and she followed him to the new place. Wo they pay over 2k a month for a house that is being used a storage facility. She is starting to hoard the new place. I guess they will abandon it and move to a third place.

[@tisbutascratch2045]

​@@pippadawg7037 I believe it has more to do with mental health issues leaving you feeling as if you are not good enough to make a change. And due to this, the poeple in the hoarder's life suffer and come to hate them, and the hoarder has no hope in themself, so they don't feel like they deserve love from their family either. It's a never-ending cycle, and if a person is willing to live among mountains of garbage, feces, and urine, and not care about their own health and happiness, why would they care about the same things for the people around them? It's not really selfishness (although it can involve selfish behaviors) - but it's more about a detchment from the self, from self-love and from love from others. It's a terrible thing.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

⁠@@pippadawg7037​​⁠​⁠​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠it’s inaccurate to say that alcoholics have a higher likelihood of recovery than hoarders when you look at the data/statistics which show the recovery rate of hoarders and addicts/alcoholics to be roughly the same. Based on a rudimentary Google search, the recovery rate for hoarders is between 60-80% while the recovery rate for an addiction is about 75%. Alcoholics and hoarders who don’t get treatment to work on themselves and their issues are very selfish individuals. Even though that sounds like I’m saying that those who have a mental illness are selfish or that having a mental illness makes them selfish that’s not the case a mental illness isn’t what makes the individual selfish, it’s how the person handles their mental illness that can make them selfish. A person can’t just use their mental illness as an excuse to harm themselves and those around them.

[@ericaschaidt8588]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@perfectlyimperfect9129I agree that hoarding is a mental health issue and while the hoarder may not be trying to intentionally hurt the ones they love the truth is their hoarding *does* hurt them. How the hoarders themselves approaches their mental health issue(s) is what, in my mind, determines how their family members and those affected by the hoarding should handle the hoarder and hoarding situation. The long and the short of it is if a hoarder is trying to seek help and treatment and aren’t just using their mental illness as a shield to excuse away their behavior and hoarding then I wouldn’t say they’re trying to hurt their loved ones. It’s the hoarders that sit there day after day, changing absolutely nothing about themselves or in their lives that imo are responsible for the harm they inflict on the lives of their loved ones/family. It’s frustratingly disgusting for a hoarder to constantly negatively impact their family only for them to hide behind the shield they’ve built out of their mental illness. They place the entirety of the blame for their situation on their mental illness, rather than accept even an iota of responsibility for how things go the way they got.

[@callicordova4066]

Audience and family members should not be laughing. Living in these conditions for the hoarders' families is a nightmare, unhealthy, and dangerous.

[@SandraNelson063]

This is a constant battle. Its connected to mental health issues. I was able to accept help and its saved me. Its not easy. I have to give myself a firm talking to all the time. But it can be done.

[@kelleys5334]

That’s great! I’m so glad you accepted the help and were successful! That’s an inspiration to others. 😊

[@carolinesmith2324]

Well done Sandra. Keep going.

[@gigiis526]

Beloved, It is a spiritual problem that is. Most all mental issues start in our soul. I hope that you didnt allow docs to push pills that you dont need down your throat. Drugs cause even more problems in most instances. I know from yrs of experience. I know. You need Christ and His word daily. Trust in Christ . Repent of sinning against God. We have all fallen short of the glory of God. God created you. He knows you best. God gave you His word to heal your heart and sanctify you. Trust in Christ who died on the cross for our sins and rose from the dead the 3rd day and ascended into heaven where he now sits at the right hand of the Father to mediate for our sins. 2Timothy 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. Proverbs 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. John 14:6 Jesus said "I am the way the truth and the life. Noone can come to the Father but through me. Romans 10:The Word Brings Salvation …8But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.…

[@sarahlund-nt3kw]

It probably takes a lot of dedication, if I'm right about that. 😊

[@CarolineSmith-b7f]

@@sarahlund-nt3kwI’ve just started to accept it. I’d lost sight of who I am and what I’m capable of doing. Just in the middle of selling my house and moving in to a van. You’re stronger than you realise. ❤

[@KathrynTanner-t8f]

What?!?! I cannot imagine going to someone's messy house to have my teeth cleaned!

[@MariaTorres-hc5uq]

Love or no love I would be out of those houses ASAP. It's like living in a house with a loudspeaker blasting away 24/7. It's visual noise and it is as disturbing as sound noise.

[@Pam-b6r]

You're right! I don't collect things. But I do have a shopping addiction. My 3 bedroom house if FILLED with NEW clothes. Not cheap clothes. I haven't watched my tv in about 3 yrs because of all the clothes. They're in every room in my house except for the bathroom & kitchen. Not thrown down in the floor. Hanging on clothes racks. On the backs of chairs. On the bed in one of my bedrooms. My other bedroom doesn't have a bed or any furniture in it because there isn't room. I have plastic crates stacked up to the ceiling in 2 bedrooms. I've spent too much money to just donate them. They still have tags on them. I am 68 yrs old & if I wore a different blouse/sweater every day for the rest of my life I wouldn't wear the same one twice. I WANT at least 3/4 of this STUFF out of my house! I want a normal, organized home again. I've ALWAYS hated clutter! But I am so OVERWHELMED til I can't do anything with it because there is literally nowhere to put it. Every space is taken up. I have damn good intentions to have yard sales & take pictures to sell online but I just can't get started!!! I NEED someone to come in & help me but I can't afford to pay anyone. I am about to lose my mind

[@janesmith9024]

@@Pam-b6r Could you not just do one bag a day? Even if you have to throw them away that is better than drowning in so many things.

[@Jkaye13]

@@Pam-b6r If l lived near you, l would help you.. but as the other post says, start with ONE bag a day.. one step at a time, tell yourself that you need to do this for YOU and do it!

[@ardentremnant1924]

​@@Pam-b6rif you were our neighbor my husband and I would help you prepare a plan to clean and unload. There are other people out there that are in your area that would help you out. Sometimes you just have to let your guard down and open up some if your vulnerability and allow people that care to step in. Usually houses like yours require small highly dedicated teams. But it can always be broken up from room to room, or simply one corner, to the next corner. Realistically speaking, you have too much to resell on your own. Find someone in your area that is a trustworthy reseller of items and clothing, invite them to come into your home with the intent that they will buy a large bulk of items. The thing is, when selling your things to a reseller the prices go pretty low, but your gained sense if order and peace will be priceless. There is a massive sense of freedom once you can shed the loads of things that are smothering you and your home. Just done ideas from working in a few hoarder houses. I get totally overwhelmed in these houses, but with a ton of perseverance and hope somehow it always does turn out good. You must write the goals on a calendar that you look at daily. Make a plan and pick a day to start implementing new habits to unclutter. If you don't voice the plan out loud and initiate a step forward, you will continually, for months and years put the task off, put it off. Stop losing all these years and peace you can and will have. Once the ball gets rolling, it will keep rolling. Step out in faith and ask others for help, and pay others for help. You could even pay people with barter system. They work for items/clothes in your home. Just throwing some ideas out there that I've personally dealt with. Hope at least one thing I mentioned plants a seed. Blessing to you. -Fanny T

[@aimeelouvier-sutton]

Visible noise... absolutely 💯 best description ever!!

[@julieprj9225]

I’m the opposite I love to throw things out, I hate clutter.

[@onewomanandsomesongs]

Me too.

[@teteihmathews]

same

[@shamsjacobs4771]

Same here, and it makes my husband sooo angry😂

[@kalitheamare]

They were laughing, I was crying. It hit hard. Lost my mother and consequently the family to hoarding. She fought us 'till the bitter end and refused any kind of help😢

[@lynnjames6629]

I used to be a collector. My house was tidy, just had so much stuff! I downsized my living space and had to get rid of a lot of things. It was so difficult at the time but I am so much happier with less stuff! Feels great to have more space. Simplicity is a good thing. 💯👍🙂

[@4kassis]

Dentistry? Dear God! Someone take her license away please!

[@janesmith9024]

She is very clean actually - just very messy in the rest of the house.

[@whoswhoatthezoo9372]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@janesmith9024How can she be very clean, she lives in the rest of the house which is ‘very messy’ ? Unless she has her dental practice outside her home, it would be impossible to maintain the necessary level of hygiene for dentistry in that house - it’s madness. Surely there must be some regulatory body in America that oversees professional standards in Dental Surgeries. ? Did you happen to notice the dirty, stained disposable mask she pulled up to cover her face ?

[@80bbygrl]

Doing this to CHILDREN is abuse. You wanna do it to yourself? Fine. You DO NOT have that option if you have children involved. That severely damages a kid 🤬 That first kid sleeps on a couch, with ZERO space of his own! Wtf!?

[@dastreet615]

You obviously don't know child abuse

[@kimrobinson6285]

It's not a choice, it's a mental disorder. You wouldn't tell someone to stop being schizophrenic because it's affecting their children. Jeesh.

[@sarahlund-nt3kw]

Children or pets. They deserve better.

[@Heidi_137]

It's also a fire hazard

[@pippadawg7037]

@@dastreet615 That sounds like something a hoarder would say. Failing to meet a child's basic needs is child abuse. By definition a parent who is a level 4 Severe, or level 5 Extreme hoarder is guilty of child abuse. Hoarders almost always underestimate the severity of their problem and the suffering of their children. They also lie to themselves about the conditions of their house and the condition of their children. Don't kid yourself dastreet615 you can be deemed an unfit parent and your children can be removed from your home.

[@dorisfricke-rx9nf]

This show exploits people who are suffering . Dr Phil shot to stardom with the help of Oprah...another person who exploited people on her show.there are different reasons for people's hoarding. It's not unlike addictions or disorders which are mentally rooted. Some people hoard stuff, other people have shopping addictions, others are obsessive compulsive. Some people feel safe having a lot of stuff even if it has no monetary value. They may have had a hard life, suffered abuse or have been or become poor. These people need some sympathy and understanding.instead they are being laughed at by the audience and their own family. No wonder they have a disorder.shame on you "Dr" Phil.

[@stephaniepiazzese2602]

I’ve been caregiver in places like this,,, and it was difficult to do the things the patient needs/ bathing/ toileting/ change clothes. But,,,, it is a mental thing. Cant say anything. 😢

[@fauna3989]

Same. 💔

[@duranfan4ever922]

The way this is treated like a joke really bothers me. They all need to stop giggling through this.

[@renewenn463]

Laughing aside, this is such a terrible and sad behavior.

[@suemccomis106]

Exactly 💯 true

[@patriciabell5715]

I've sent you texts because I'm a hoarder and the house is a wreck. I'm 71 and been not living a life because of it. I've been alone for 16 yrs and loved entertaining before this, it really started when my parents died about 11 yrs ago . I've fallen several times . I don't let anyone come in because it's embarrassing ! I use to have Bible study here weekly , baby showers , super bowl parties . I feel like im buried under all of this . I have a lot of health issues , fibromyalgia , arthritis , depression , anxiety , chronic bronchitis. Please help me Dr Phil .

[@moniqueengleman873]

Oh Patricia, I am so sorry that you are grieving I am hugging you from afar.

[@acebinko1]

I hope their team looks into you

[@Aurora4350]

Dr Phil no longer does this.

[@Hoes_Mad]

Hugs from Texas 💝

[@Weirtoe]

Patricia, owning it is half the battle. Being embarrassed, knowing it's not right, they're all good signs. You have plenty of reasons why your place is in the state it's in, but you now need ru look forward, and stop beating yourself up on getting here. You will need help, there are professional cleaners on tik tok that will empty and clean hoarders houses for free, without the occupant being shown, and they love this stuff, they do it without judgement. If you can be part of the tidying process, that often works to not allowing this to happen again, because you know what its like to do that break back cleaning. But if you can't, that's OK too. You might not be physically able to, but bigger than that, you might try to stop them throwing rubbish out. Let it all go. I promise the feeling afterwards you'll have, and the life you'll get to live again will be more rewarding than that stuff. You can do this ❤

[@officialjayhybrid]

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[@MsCatwoman111]

A short excerpt isn't enough - we need a conclusion.

[@Pam-b6r]

EXACTLY! How frustrating not knowing the outcome!!

[@jacqueline8559]

Very disappointing. Not even enough time to discuss more, about the reasons for these women hoarding. No conclusions. Wish I'd never watched this now. Yet, less interesting subjects , on Dr Phil, are 20 minutes longer

[@educostanzo]

Second lady was so offended about being judged but at the same time was able to laugh so sincerely about herself with the tissue joke, I believe that's a very good sign.

[@MelAtlNP]

I had the same thought!

[@janesmith9024]

Yes, that sounded a lovely and well educated bright family and yet still blighted by her hoarding of course.

[@richardw3470]

i plan to, I want to, I'm going to, I thought I'd - for how many years and it still wasn't done.

[@RachelLeMay-y9w]

For me it was 40 years. But I have finally gotten it done and been healed of the compulsion to hoard

[@moniqueengleman873]

I have 30 things I am going to do. I get to the 3/4 place then jump to a different project. My mom was like this and one of my daughters' also has this tendency.

[@richardw3470]

@@moniqueengleman873 Is that ADHD? I'm not up on these newly named things but would that be considered 'attention deficit'? Isn't there a pill for that - my chum was up on new meds for mild problems and talked about what she took?

[@moniqueengleman873]

@@richardw3470 It sure feels like something. I am always trying to figure out how to be better.

[@MichelleKennedy-sd5yl]

It’s a condition that may need a good therapist to help ,it’s not an easy thing to do once your entrenched for years in this 😊behaviour

[@HC_Productions_UK]

From what I've seen on the hoarding shows, people who hoard have had a significant loss in their lives. I think all of these in this video are trying to fill a hole that loss has left. My heart goes out to them and hope they all got some help.

[@Pam-b6r]

I'm 68 yrs old. I have 1 son. He moved out 4 & half yrs ago. My parents, aunts, uncles, 2 brothers, grandparents, best friends are all dead. It's just me & my dog. I've been married & divorced 5 times. Hey! I ain't no quitter! If at first you don't succeed try, try again? I left my 5th husband 7 yrs ago. I don't want a boyfriend/husband. I just want this clutter gone out of my house so my mind can be at peace. I have a shopping addiction. I discovered online shopping boutiques 7 yrs ago. I buy clothes, jewelry, shoes, makeup, & house decor. My hoard has never been used. I have concluded that I buy things for the temporary "joy" I get when I get new stuff. If not for that joy, there would be no joy in my life. . I have a sister that I have to walk on eggshells when communicating with her. I have no friends. No extracurricular activities, NOTHING but buying new things. I can't afford to pay someone to come help me sell the new stuff & donate the used. I'm completely overwhelmed. I don't know what to do.

[@lulumoon6942]

Very compassionate of you, and yes, grief is under all of that mess. 🙏🕊️

[@suemccomis106]

They need true mental health help.

[@ShatteredRippleBooks]

I'm a hoarder but not to this extent. I'm aware of my behaviour and I aim to control it. I am making steps towards getting rid of some things. By either trashing, giving away or donating them.

[@truegemrn]

I have an addiction to thrift store shopping. I didn’t go today and I normally would have. The struggle is real. My living room has turned into my craft room/selling area. It’s an organized disaster. One thing, I think the second lady is just like me. She has too many ideas.

[@sheribrougham4863]

You only have the addiction because you get little hits of dopamine when you shop. Change the addiction to something less harmful. Go and give your time to someone else.

[@georgewagner7787]

What other hobby could you do? Maybe volunteer at the soup kitchen

[@truegemrn]

@@georgewagner7787 That’s a good idea. I’ll find something that doesn’t involve the accumulation of things. Thanks, I’m going to do that.

[@truegemrn]

@@georgewagner7787 I’m gonna take harp lessons!

[@_Y.Not_]

@@truegemrn great idea! put your focus into areas that you enjoy but don't accumulate things, happy playing!

[@MichelleKennedy-sd5yl]

I didn’t suddenly become immature, it mounted up in response to loss, suicides ,deaths ,illness,😢

[@bonnieupton4114]

Me too

[@gaylewatkins6781]

Humiliation is not a good therapy for hoarding.....this is wrong..

[@Pam-b6r]

I agree. I cringed several times when wisecracks were said.

[@_Y.Not_]

I don't think they were humiliating these women at all, if the women feel humiliated its because deep down they know how ridiculous it is to live this way....and to inflict this on others, particularly children. Making light of a subject like this is normal people's way of coping because some of it is soooo ridiculous all one can do is laugh.

[@elizabethyoung4207]

She keeps on laughing...but not one bit of hoarding and the threat of another divorce is funny.

[@bethweeks5943]

Laughing can be a reaction to a distressful situation.

[@Bethoflife]

My former husband was a hoarder & my current husband has begun this too. I can't go thru it again , but I have nowhere to go.

[@LindaGrigsby-rb9zi]

Leave!!!!!

[@freden9234]

I feel you. I’m in much the same situation with my husband of 32 years. His absolute refusal to acknowledge or deal with the problem has destroyed our marriage, but I can’t stand the thought of leaving him to rot in his own filth. It’s truly heartbreaking. I wish you all the strength and support to deal with this. You are not alone.

[@kimrohde4184]

The word “hoarding” dignifies living in garbage. Let’s get real. There is no excuse for this.

[@inheritmyshoes9559]

I can see why he loves kelli. She's got a great personality.

[@madamvaudelune3298]

And he is a sweet, nice looking man. Plenty of out here keep a neat home and cook well, wouldn't keep him in a pig pen. She better wise up.

[@EricNorthman-h2f]

Either you are a hoarder or you've never lived with one. They only care about their junk ! They are selfish, self-centered and despicable ..

[@madamvaudelune3298]

@@EricNorthman-h2f Point taken. I left the o.p. with a thought about how sweet and cute the crazy broad's husband is. There are LOTS of lonely women out there who would cherish him and not make him him live in an old hog pen. Food for thought, right?

[@Cindy_Skylyn]

​​@@EricNorthman-h2f you're right, my father in law has been a hoarder since he first lived on his own in his 20's. He's now 70. To the point that his home is totally packed from floor to ceiling with junk he buys every weekend, then mold, mice, etc. He is also the biggest egotistical, greedy, entitled, selfish scrooge person I've ever known.

[@EricNorthman-h2f]

Inherit my shoes - your name says it all .

[@browneyes2100]

I cant stand her constantly laughing

[@kerynrabe8110]

This is a mental health issue. Please get these hoarders some real psychological help... this can get better with therapy. This is due to loss experienced by the hoarder & there impulse is to keep everything & they cannot throw anything away...even if it's broken, useless & dirty. Throwing stuff away will not make things better...it will make the hoarding behavior worse

[@searabeara5328]

Omg it's like im watching my mom. Crying, blaming her kids for what they did to her, going through trash so you have to throw it away outside your property, defensiveness when confronted with the truth...... Its my mom 😮

[@marylee2732]

This is what ADHD looks born before 1980.

[@heythere5817]

Nah. I have adhd. I hyperfocus on cleaning and it's lead to ocd. It presents in all sorts of ways

[@patriciabell5715]

I have a load in my car to donate but you really can't see a difference , I've done several loads , but it's a drop in a bucket !😢

[@RachelLeMay-y9w]

I encourage you to keep going. Sometimes things seem to be worse before they get better. I can assure you those drops will add up eventually. If I had done that I wouldn't have had to pay someone to come in and clean out my house. It was very expensive and could have been avoided if only I did little by little as my mother would say.

[@richardw3470]

Keep at it. I've not got many years left and can't leave my things for my young relatives to deal with. I see something and put it in a hallway I go thru constantly, then put it in a box and the day before good weather is called for into the car and next day off we go to the charity shop. Things are disappearing from the basement, the kitchen (I don't cook much anymore), the bedroom (too many pillows, blankets and linens), the office, etc, etc. Enough drops will fill the bucket or empty it.

[@lorriegottschalk4385]

Keep on getting rid of things...a couple times a week! You will see a difference .....

[@christinewhitrick5669]

Sometimes you see things and know what to do with them the next time round. This can happen over n over infinitely so definitely worth just keeping on repeating the process.

[@patriciabell5715]

My Daughter is in my life , she helps me pay my phone and water bills . I'm living on 1033.00 a month and still have a mortgage payment because I've had to refinance 3 times since the divorce to pay off credit cards. This house is too big for me , the lot is almost 3/4 of an acre . I've been here 40 yrs but I know I have to get it cleaned out before I can start selling the furniture and get it presentable to show to sell . PLEASE HELP ME 🙏

[@joywebster2678]

Check community volunteer agencies. Not online.

[@patriciabell5715]

Thank you that reached out in kindness not in failure

[@FM19MONTH]

Give CLEAN, SMALL stuffed animal to Rescue Squads, Fire Departments, and Police Departments. They can use them to comfort a small child they come upon on calls.

[@diaryofseresha]

Trauma/stress response is correct I went to university one day and saw my friend had the whole room upside down, she had everything scattered all her materials and projects Bcuz she was stressed tf out in having to complete her display and report as well She was just moving around like crazyy That's a very small example So yes stress or trauma can trigger hoarding

[@kathypate8741]

She needs to sleep where boy is sleeping. Let that young man have a place to sleep

[@peggypeggy4137]

What you say is true. This husband should take some photos of the house so that he has grounds to get custody, Take the kid, move out and begin again. I know this is a serious illness & I say that not to be mean but because kids come first. This is the only thing he can do because the lady isn't going to change.

[@cheryl5994]

DR. PHIL, PLEASE CAN WE GET THE FULL EPISODE. 🙏🏻

[@Pam-b6r]

If I had known these weren't going to be full videos I wouldn't have watched. How frustrating to not know if these ladies were able to get the help they needed mentally & physically.

[@jacqueline8559]

​@@Pam-b6r Me too. I wish I hadn't watched it, only to see the episode was cut short with no conclusion.

[@truthseeker6370]

Expoitacious and pure drama for likes... exactly why I quit watching Dr Phil 15 years ago. Wish I could Reclaim this time of my life that I spent watching this.

[@mrsortizplease]

My heart goes out to the kid, why no one called CPS, the kid deserves better

[@BCoffman]

CPS is worst than hoarding!!!!

[@stephaniepiazzese2602]

My niece when she would come stay over night,, when a little girl, smelled so bad,, we tried to make a fun time out of letting her have a huge bubble bath/ new clothes,, lots of things to feel fresh. It worked. But no telling what was going on in that home. I Miss her so much. 😢

[@_Y.Not_]

You should have made it your business to find out what was going on in that house or called cps to check on her welfare, at a minimum

[@jacqueline8559]

As her Aunt, YOU should have made it your business to know if your niece is safe. You "miss her so much"?? ANYTHING could have happened to her, in the time since you've lost contact with her. Clearly she was not in a place of safety, when she visited you, dirty and smelly as a child ! You could have been her ONLY hope. Her only hope of safety. Shame on you.

[@Synfulz]

My first wife had an uncle who was a hoarder. Mostly trash, newspapers, and magazines. I went one time in the house, couldn't even walk. I had to go outside. When she would visit, I would stay outside. It's such a frustrating situation to be in such a mess.

[@sackofangrybadgers]

My ex mother in law was the same. Even had dried dog and cat poop smashed into the rug everywhere. One time we decided to clean the living room for her because it was literally just trash and old newspapers stacked taller than the dining room table. Afterwards she got angry saying we threw out her newspapers from the 80’s. I explained they were soaked in cat pee but she didn’t care. After that I considered her a lost cause and never returned. Over 20 years later my ex husband told me nothing’s changed.

[@MelAtlNP]

It’s a mental disorder, a compulsion that is really difficult to control and like other addictions it is often resistant to treatment. It does harm and spoils childhoods. Really sad. These people do this often in response to traumas. They have the courage to go on Dr Phil despite the humiliation either because they want to change or they want to salvage relationships. They suffer too.

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Mrs H 🇬🇧 ...Hoarders are suffering... It's NO laughing matter ... These people are suffering extreme mental torture & anxiety.. Letting go of the clutter is letting go of the trauma WHICH isn't easy... It takes time...!

[@DiscountDivorcePhotography]

I believe in many cases hoarding isn't fixable. You can clean a hoarders house and as soon as you turn your back they will fill it back up again. Their junk means more to them than any human relationships. Unless they are willing to go on medication and have frequent therapy and work with a professional organizer continuously- they will not recover.

[@dennaking3611]

There’s no way to really clean a hoarders house because if you make a spot, they will absolutely fill it again and make it worse than before so it’s a sickness and you have to take away the credit card and take away their ability to hoard

[@dennaking3611]

Well, you are the problem you need some mental help. You need some happy pills but this hoarding is also laziness leaving things laying around being dirty. I’m gonna say 75% of the population has this problem?

[@ericaschaidt8588]

That’s just it. If you watch a clip from Hoarders on KZbin so many of the comments on the video are people saying that the hoarders family should just empty out the house. They question why the organizers snd therapists on the show just don’t make the hoarder toss things, or question why they allow the hoarder to run the show and at times bring the cleanup to s complete halt. What they don’t understand is that while the family *could* just empty the house, the hoarder will just fill it right back up as you guys said. There’s a lot of different information regarding the recovery rate for hoarders. Some sites said the recovery rate was 20-50%, some said 60-80% so, hoarding isn’t unfixable regardless of which statistical information is correct. The issue isn’t whether or not hoarding is fixable, it’s whether or not the “fix sticks”. According to a couple sites the recidivism rate for Hoarders who aren’t being treated is nearly 100%. So hoarding can be fixed, but there’s a way to go about that fix that increases the chances of actually achieving recovery and avoiding recidivism. It’s a constant battle that requires dedication and hard work to achieve and maintain.

[@ellezinn9850]

My ex husband is a hoarder, so was my late MIL. It was a miserable situation. He would not go for help. He thought nothing was wrong.

[@staciegills9051]

This woman is a dentist.......yikes !

[@thedude-jb7wx]

Now what you gotta do is blah blah blah blah blah and throw the stuff away cuase its hurting others around you blah blah blah. Wow amazing never wouldve thought of that.

[@gentlegiants04]

Damn, you're a genius. You should have your own show. 🙄 Don't you think if it was that easy, it would have been done a long time ago? These people CANNOT make themselves throw things out. That's the PROBLEM.

[@RoseReadings]

How can anyone normal live in this mess?!?!?!?!?!

[@RachelLeMay-y9w]

They are not normal. Hoarding is classified as a mental disorde in the Ocd category. A lot of times it starts out of something traumatic in the person's life

[@Pmo123]

She’s saving all this junk to make out of something She never will make.

[@lauraansara5066]

Alot of shame involved in hoarding

[@yolipurpleflower9895]

I have a neighbor who has an overwhelming problem with hoarding. Every square inch of the house, back porch, and garage is full of junk and garbage. Her husband left her recently.

[@sarahalderman3126]

That’s probably a good thing. Perhaps now she will have the opportunity to heal herself now.

[@MericaKennedy-p8g]

😢😢😢

[@gillianbrookwell1678]

Obviously many of these people watching this show have no idea what hoarders put their families through; they are frustrating, exhausting, pigheaded and a nightmare to live with.

[@jacqueline8559]

Agree! Sorry but I couldn't cope. Nor would I want to, if the house were as filthy as Woman 3. I'd walk away, and keep right on walking. Just being honest!

[@joycerodriguez4505]

They're lazy

[@MommaJulie2007]

Almost like they are obsessed huh?

[@California265]

@@joycerodriguez4505no, they’re sick

[@ScarletFoundryTarot]

I am not a hoarder but I can totally relate to the 2nd lady, I am frugal and reuse and am creative and repurpose. That should be a commendable attribute...even if it is out of whack. she probably had parents from the depression.

[@amydoran9987]

I lived with a hoarder it was not enjoyable . There’s not really an excuse for this type of behavior and it’s a selfish way to live and treat others that have to live along side the other persons mess.

[@Jkaye13]

This isn't really an issue about selfishness.. that is something the person can change. Hoarding is much deeper and a mental health issue.

[@robinwelch2265]

💮They could take newspapers and give them to an animal rescue group instead of throwing them away. We always use papers.

[@JD-mu4ei]

There are millions of us American senior women abandoned by their husbands and families in our “throw away “ America. I challenge you , Dr. Phil to address this larger issue . Please .

[@SonyaJ83]

That woman is laughing. She has something thats wrong mentally. Hoarders usually do and she needs help. I wonder what happened to her. 🥺

[@FionaMacGregor-z9h]

Child abuse

[@carfriday827]

My sister-in law was a “collector”. She passed in December. My husband is the executor of the estate. We were left with a huge mess. She probably spent several hundred thousand dollars on all of this. We had to have an estate sale. The lady that ran it was gobsmacked. She had to go a moving van and fill it with stuff just to make a little room to organize stuff. After 7 days of sales the house looks like nothing came out. This makes the family feel trapped. We are not making anything from the sales. We just hope we break even. Don’t do this to your family! They will not thank you.

[@caliblue2]

The most valuable commodity is space and peace. And she thinks it’s hilarious to rob her family of that. Has she ever heard of Goodwill?????

[@rmeganlewis8766]

I am a hoarder but I don't hold garbage just furniture

[@CaelenRachele]

Okay so at 02:27 mark Dr Phil leans back, and *with amusement* scoffs and tells this man - who has stood beside his family in the crummiest of circumstances - "you know what is going to make you sick - this was fixable in 2004 and so ALL THAT SUFFERING didn't have to happen." Okay, what's your point? How does pointing this out help ANYONE? It's not just what "Dr." Phil said - it is *how* he said it. He was mocking them. I'm usually a fan, but this interaction dissapointed me.

[@mariapyrc6862]

Oh poor snookems . You can't handle the truth.

[@dannyeverette4551]

I hope he really helps these people

[@cherylcalogero3330]

Her laughing about her hoard is sickening. There is NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT THAT DISGUSTING HOME. I pity their dear son. Poor kid deserves better than a slob for a mom.

[@lynette599]

_She LAUGHES about it...the fact that he stays with her despite the awful hoarding, makes her feel powerful..."how many of you other women is loved SO MUCH by a man that he will stay with YOU despite you insisting in laughing about your addiction". This is just unimaginable...these hoarders are MASTER MANIPULATORS, CONTROL FREAKS!!_

[@suemccomis106]

You don't understand hoarding at all. She doesn't see all of the clutter, she has become blind to it. She needs mental health help, no blaming, shaming and name calling. Something is misfiring in her brain.

[@carlaritchie331]

There's so many who judge and criticize. People rent storage units without realizing it's all very similar. There's shame and pain and denial involved in this problem. There are good intentions to do better but just like losing weight, it is easier said than done. There needs to be more compassion for this condition.

[@steveguti6452]

Urgent emergency please join me in prayer for friend Cheryl she having major difficulty situations she said she needs Jesus Christ she desperately needs your prayers please pray for her God bless you all

[@audreym3777]

YT spammer alert ‼️

[@brofessormex]

I can handle that.

[@adammiller7236]

Jesus save Cheryl from her double whombo combo butt cancer

[@heidi.midget9880]

I'm an atheist so I don't pray but I very much will hope whatever is wrong works out for the best for her and you 💗 be well Internet stranger

[@RachelLeMay-y9w]

Got her covered. Will pray and will continue to do so.

[@jacqueline8559]

No child should EVER be raised in such a vile, filthy environment as this. He's suffering mentally and physically. The father had the responsibility to remove his child, and relocate him to a safe, clean house. He failed him ! The 1st mother just thinks this is funny. Can't she see how abnormal all of this is ? She needs professional Mental Health Care, before she can be an effective mother. The 2nd woman performs DENTISTRY in that house?? 😮 The 3rd womans home is completely vile. She's living in complete filth and squalor. Dog 💩, urine and dirt everywhere, Those poor animals need rescuing. They have NO choice about where they live.

[@christineward7526]

This really upset me as it did nothing to show hoarders how to deal with the hoarding . Dr Phil people need help not more information about their problem . You are better than this .

[@jacqueline8559]

Not anymore he isnt. Now he's forgotten his roots and money is his motivation

[@josephcatsanchez6590]

Hoarder hoard because they have too much money and nothing better to do. I also understand that there are people that hoard things they find. And in the end, they take nothing but leave loved ones co clean out the mess.

[@saintriss]

Watching this as I drive to good will to donate things I don’t need. I love being a minimalist/essentialist

[@Avalonkenton]

Some women do this because they feel unloved so they do this to make up for lack of affection

[@lanavdm]

Why is she laughing?? Its not funny, it's disgusting. She should be ashamed, doing that to her children!

[@kbaker9804]

This really makes me mad! This mental condition is not cured by embarrassing those who suffer, it is a battle for the rest of their lives. Dr. Phill is making fun of it, which is so the opposite of helping them.

[@morganizedwithkelly45]

I wish I could connect with these people and help them. 💛 I was a hoarder and I’ve been a Professional Organizer for the last 13 years. My heart goes out to them. One thing is that you continue to have those tendencies but you learn to recognize your triggers and to not let things build again. You stop being “clutter blind”. Hoarding really does stem from a place of love. They always want to have something to offer because they feel inadequate. Hearing the crowd laugh was really heartbreaking. She needs real guidance and a friendly push.

[@suemccomis106]

I fully agree 💯. My mother passed suddenly , as in she was fine and 10 minutes later she was gone. I spent the next 3 years going to work Mon-Fri. I function fine at work but it has taken me 4 years to be able to get back in the routine of deep cleaning my house. It wasn't hoarded it was pretty cluttered. I just couldn't get up and get started. Thank God watching some motivational cleaning channels on KZbin tube has helped me a great deal. I don't go to bed until my dishes are clean and put away. I don't leave my house on the weekends until my floors and bathrooms are cleaned. I am now helping one of my Aunts deep clean her house. She has also lost her husband, she's having health issues and I want to help pull her out of that dark hole I was in for 4 years.

[@lindawithem8130]

Hoaders do not see their hoards as stuff, each piece is valuable to them... I don't get it but I have seen it....

[@shelleyhershberger1242]

Excuse me animals aren't at a down level! They are full of unconditional love and they're smarter than a lot of humans I know!

[@pauladouglas9891]

I'm not a hoarder because my cats are alive shedding all over.

[@talirakerouac3248]

My mom says my house is in CHAOS: "Can't have anyone over syndrome"!!!!!!!!!!😂😂💖💖✌✌

[@nancycordero-severance7661]

The inability to make healthy choices, prioritize, think of others, clean, shows a clear indication of emotional immaturity, the need to control and some deep unresolved emotional issues. Lack of accountability. Lack of self respect.

[@SandraNelson063]

I have real anxiety and depression issues. My brain tells me that all that STUFF will protect me. I'm on antidepressants and I've gotten some help. This is HARD. I'm 61, and deeply entrenched.

[@searabeara5328]

My mom is like this and it's so selfish and abusive. Live alone if it's more important than others you love

[@angel467]

Sometimes it’s guilt over throwing away garbage

[@MsCatwoman111]

It may selfish, but it's not abusive. Hoarders don't do this to upset other people and it's very difficult to do anything about. @@searabeara5328

[@stephaniepiazzese2602]

????

[@andreajones886]

child,the Devil is a whole ssa LIAR! this is a literal HEALTH HAZARD!🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫

[@MsCatwoman111]

Then go and help a hoarder. Hoarders don't want to live like this. It's very difficult to deal with.

[@VictorianHairwork]

That one lady just needs a studio workshop for herself. She likes to upcycle and make things. Arts and crafts is a healthy outlet. If she had her own space for that, it would improve life for everyone and she'd probably the happiest she's ever been.