The Woman Trapped In Her Own Home | Hoarders

1 in 20 people have a problem with hoarding - this extreme compulsion to stockpile items or not throw things away can have a severe impact on your wellbeing.
Our dedicated team are here to dig people out from being trapped in their own homes.
In this episode: Susan’s hoard fills her whole house and has made her virtually homeless. Brian from Cardiff has dedicated his life to hoarding and his daughter Heather is sick of it. And Jake is lucky to be alive after inadvertently turning his home into a fire hazard...
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[@ChekkersYT]

I appreciate how British show doesn’t have as much drama and fights as American.

[@romanakipper7713]

Yes, but I still find it horrible - SO judgemental and dramatic

[@abundantlyinspired]

The two cleaner ladies are absolute angels. To have the strength to clear and clean like that❤❤❤God bless them.

[@chanelvenus]

So true❤

[@terrainofthought]

It's videos like these and those about abandoned houses over the last 10 years that helped me change my life from a hoarder to a normal way of living. Thank you KZbin.

[@oregoncountrygirl]

Hoarding is a severe mental illness. People have suffered incredible trauma and loss. I grew up with this. Never had a space of my own no bedroom until I unburied a space for myself. Could never have friends over too ashamed. I remember maggots on the dishes. As a grown woman I’ve cleared out so many rooms so many times only for them to go right back to being hoarded. I live with chronic anxiety and depression. Live minimalistic to the point of not being able to keep anything I bring home because it’s like ptsd to keep it. It’s an awful upbringing there’s no room for you to develop an identity of your own. Therapy made all the difference for me, I’ve forgiven but I’ll never forget that anxiety and depression will never leave me, all I can do is manage.

[@Katarina-ds5mj]

I love the declutter divas. They’re patient, considerate, nonjudgmental and supportive. And they’re miracle workers at cleaning out hoarded spaces.

[@Pixiedust940]

I hope Susan spent the rest of her days, with her children and grandchildren in a very clean and comfortable home…😢

[@jlf6803]

REST IN PEACE SUSAN. I’m so happy those lovely ladies gave you some peace at last.

[@Brooklynlife1000]

I didn't expect that at the end oddly enough. I'm so glad she got to be home in her last days.

[@jeanelizabethterry7583]

Unchain that poor dog. The man is a fool. Keeps having fires and smokes in the middle of the place. The poor other dog. He should have no pets.

[@PhilomenaSinger]

Heather is a really empathic, sympathic and clever woman, trying her best to help her family but without pushing,she really impressed me in this documentary!

[@DebSherr]

Jake shouldn't be allowed to have a pet! The dog who died in one of his two fires probably got trapped in the mess and couldn't find its way out!

[@sheriek2777]

The saving grace , if any,, Is that the dog almost certainly died of carbon monoxide long, long before the fire ever reached him. One of my adult male cousins silently suffered chronic deep depression for many years and lived with his elderly widowed mother. Daniel set their home on fire and went to bed one afternoon. He was ordained as an minister in middle age. He preached at many small town, to many small congregations who could not afford to even share the cost of a half time pastor. So his only income was “good will offerings” which did little more than pay for his gasoline. He devoted a huge amount of hours weekly to those congregations, preparing sermons, visiting the sick, etc as rural pastors do. He desperately wanted to be called to a home church as at least a half time pastor. It wasn’t to be. He died of smoke exposure, and the fire never reached him before it was extinguished. We were told that it appeared that he had peacefully gone to sleep. His mother was in her 90s recovering from a slip and fall in a nursing home at the time. Although she was still of sound mind, she would not have been physically able to live at home for many years without Daniel’s help, and they were good companions, supporting each other And enjoying life, all in all, living with each other. His mother survived him for quite a long time, but never left the nursing home to live. Rest in Peace, Daniel and Aunt Delores

[@sashaedwards2097]

I'm so glad Susan was able to live out the rest of her days in a peaceful environment.

[@r.d.durfey5862]

Those ladies are heaven sent angels. I started cleaning a hoarder's home. We didn't make it too the floors even. There were needles, things that held poop and pee. My dad and I started to become ill. And had to stop. The house still stands. People live there, just thinking about it makes me feel sick.

[@RatedArggg]

My mother was a low-level hoarder. I tried to help her clear it up. Together we cleared off one corner of the kitchen counter, but a few hours later it was cluttered again. I gave up. Hoarders don't change unless they want to.

[@lilyt5855]

It seems really dangerous to be cleaning that house without some kind of protection other than plastic gloves, isn't it? I can't imagine breathing in those mouse carcass and dropping fumes.

[@jlf6803]

Hanta Virus is a very real possibility. Those ladies didn’t protect their own bodies. I’d like to also see more help for them.

[@sandrahowell9266]

Those two ladies did a excellent job at Susan's house. R.I.P. Susan. Good Luck with the other two 😢😢😊❤❤👍🙏🥰

[@unusermas99]

How cute it was to see Heather dancing at home, it was like watching her as a child. Your childhood scars are really hard to mend and sometimes I feel like her, so far away and "better" than what i came from, but it's days like today when I feel stuck in the past.

[@HighSierraDawn]

How on earth did those two ladies clean out that hoarded house by themselves?

[@alejandraherrera515]

I bet most of all her stuff went to the trash cleaning a dirty home is much easier than cleaning a clean one the cleaners probably just saved what could be saved I'm happy those that the lady got to die with dignity to be able to see her home clean and sleep in her bed before she died is price less

[@MsHeartIsArt]

Fake

[@ioanna9240]

They have a cleaning crew with them. They are just the bosses or the expert

[@B-24Liberator]

@@alejandraherrera515it helped that the owner wasn’t going through every item they were throwing out.

[@1chooOne]

Hoarding is a mental issue and as an outsider, it’s easy to express disgust or concern. I can only imagine how stressful it was for the daughter who is a victim of his dad’s hoarding and the mental toll it has had on her. And Susan, I’m glad that she finally came around and sought professional help to clean her house. RIP to her. it’s not easy, but my wish is for hoarders to have been given help and support earlier.

[@rodagrail3231]

It has NOT been proven to be a mental issue. I believe it's a habit and pure laziness.. is all.

[@maxineb9598]

​@@rodagrail3231Okay, show us all the articles you havd read where they say hoarding is NOT a mental health issue!!

[@noonespecial4171]

What rubbish!

[@Christmas587]

Dude, I'm so freakin bummed out I fell in love with Susan and her clean house is gorgeous only to see she passed away 😢 😔

[@user-up6fj5rn9q]

What do mean by Susan Shane 1954-2019?? She is dead?? TELL ME IM WRONG, NO WAY! 😭😭 SHE DESERVE THE 2 LADIES CLEANING HER HOUSE, THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING HER😭 SHE LOOK SO CALM AND CHILL, IM VERY SAD SEEING THE LAST PART HER NAME AND THE YEAR😭😭

[@karenosche5348]

I have the handed to these women. They are hard workers and they want to help people, God bless you, ladies

[@hmbl-cb1be]

I am 64 living in a studio and this is disgusting to me. Unbelievable.

[@music58p]

I pray Susan got a while to enjoy her clean house. prayers for the family.

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

That was so cute when the one sister had to push her sister into the house as the hill of junk was so high . What a great business !!

[@pm2886]

If Brian and Jake are any indicator, it appears hoarding is some kind of anti-aging elixir. Both look amazing for their respective ages 😮

[@shoujobarton7692]

He didn't pass on those genes. Brian's daughter looks like his sister.

[@tuxedoplanstoday]

​@@shoujobarton7692yes

[@Widdekuu91]

Autism usually makes you look younger.

[@lilyt5855]

I hate to admit it, but you're right!

[@uninsurable9028]

No stress. They just ignore everything

[@TinaICXCNIKA]

"I said there was no dead bodies, I was wrong." LOL Susan, as soon as I saw what was going on in your house ... I began to pray for you.

[@elhernandez3921]

Susan was such a good sport and did not object to anything! Those cleaning ladies did a fantastic job! I wonder what their charge was for something like this..

[@nrivera4380]

Susan's place looks so beautiful after the gals cleaned it up! Congrats to all for that nice transformation and hope Susan's cancer is cured.

[@nrivera4380]

Reading the comments that Susan passed away. RIP dear Susan.

[@sheriek2777]

I’m surprised they don’t have face masks on. I’m glad to see gloves.

[@akarshanjaiswal7350]

It was so beautiful to hear dad and daughter talk

[@dadaebiko8332]

Hoarding looks like a condition that needs deliverance.

[@wanderinggypsy3203]

Those two gals, need a team of help.

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

The daughter could meet with her dad OUTSIDE of his home somewhere and forget about insisting he change at his elderly age. In time he ll die in his mess.

[@jeannegarrell7217]

I hope the two women that cleaned up by their selves are getting good pay. I can’t understand how people,I’ve like that.

[@alberteinstein5510]

I once tried cleaning up a Hoarder's appartement. It was tiny (ca. 12 squaremeters). The rubbish was gone by this point but I just felt overwhelmed, there was so much damage done by the roaches and the neglect.... (roach shit basically covered everything and went 2 mt up all the walls). And the electricity was shut off, so no hot water from the boiler. It's a neverending hell of fillth. It takes at least 5 liters of water, changed at least 3 times, and a barrage of cleaning supplies and sponges to just clean 1 squaremeter of this mess. It's just unimaginable for the mainstream people. It's insanity, hell.

[@user-qc7bv7xk4x]

I love how these two women changed the life of the elder lady, I just love it!

[@srper2]

The lovely declutter Divas are amazing! So sad that Susan finally got her house cleared and then passed away.

[@milunar6878]

Rest in Peace Susan 🙏🙏🙏 those Two Ladies ar Absolutely Amazing...well done.

[@JW-zs6tn]

the dog didn't follow him out cause it wanted to die over living there anymore... sad

[@nataliamonteiroba]

I think the dog was in a chain. This man should be prohibited to have a dog

[@Meutroos]

Why don't the cleaner wear protective masks and clothing? Can't be healthy working like this!

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@Meutroos My thought too. Working themselves far too hard to get that much cleared out in five days. And all the time, breathing in all the dust and mould spores.

[@nyxiiiiieee]

It was hard watching this. I felt tired and I wasn't even there 😥. The view takes a toll on you mentally especially if you live like this. I didn't watch it fully cause I couldn't take it. Kept on forwarding the vid lol but the ending's great. Well done on Susan's place 👏🏻

[@dukengare5354]

My parents has the same problem. When my dad passed in 2019, I undertook to rearrange and declutter their house but my mom couldn't let me! We could agree to get everything out and let her pick tè stuff she wanted and then we dispose the rest! We ended up getting literally everything back to the house. Long story short, I timed when she was visiting her brother for a few days.....the rest is history 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lilyt5855]

What was your mother's reaction to you getting rid of her stuff while she was gone? It seems like such an obvious solution to just hire a dumpster and throw it all away, but I hear hoarders can have a completely unreasonable attachment to their stuff. Myself, I have a lot of junk, but I love purging and getting rid of stuff- thank God!

[@dukengare5354]

@@lilyt5855 Thank God that you are willing to let some stuff go! For my mom, I had to declutter while she was away. Of course she came back, got mad at me for days,weeks....months, but she eventually got used to it😀

[@monicad351]

Susan has beautiful 🏡. I hope she can enjoy it now.

[@CoraJean19]

She is deceased.

[@Ohhhwehere]

my parents are hoarders and it drives me crazy, I cant find anywere to live to so I live in a camper on my dad's peoperty, the man has a huge hose full of trash and old mold, but he wont clean it or let me clean it, he would rather have me living outside in a campingwagon in freezing weather then allow his "house" be cleaned. My mum's house is full of everything you can imagin and my tounger brother lives there and is misereble 😢😢

[@EpiicxFuziion]

It says "trapped in her own home" and then opens with her WALKING OUTSIDE

[@CraigsOverijse]

Just the first few she sounds very sad. Poor Susan.

[@annfoster6116]

She needs a doctor asap !

[@dee1nesh738]

I work for British family in uae and they keep everything. As a clean freak it drives me clazy

[@user-nn4bu6ip9m]

RIP Suzan ❤

[@Thom-gs6zt]

????

[@CoraJean19]

@@Thom-gs6ztDied of her cancer in 2019

[@meady50]

@@CoraJean19that’s very sad. Hopefully she got visit with her sons and grandchildren plenty of times before then

[@the.magic.catbus9459]

I grew up in a situation that ended up being a hoarder situation after I moved out. I have a bit of it in me as well. But I do huge purges every year and I my apartment is a lot better than the one I grew up in

[@elvisghostcaseoh]

my mum hords pillows

[@chanelvenus]

These 2 women are heroes ❤

[@Anu_Fathima]

What the hell.????Hats off ladies...Great job

[@createwithkas]

Jake reminds me of a British Robin Williams ❤

[@claudiamandini]

I do wish the best for all these brothers and sisters in our Lord, since this is such a troubled disorder!!! Both my husband and I have the tendency to hoard and it really is something that kind of pulls you to it!

[@baishalideb5565]

how?? how ??? too much money to buy unnecessary stuff could be a reason

[@agapi1904]

Even if you cleaned yheir houses again after a few months will becoming the same,they must learn to cleaning by themselves

[@mamagrace1199]

Incase Susan needs help kindly let me know, she can’t live there all by herself alone that’s not cool

[@prasadmyname]

Jake is whole next level 😅 one bucket water , stay safe

[@aaknrbc]

You could always put things up on eBay. Those corks would be delightful if they were in the hands such as myself as a crafter😊❤

[@Mikado677]

Heathers dad seems like a sweet daddy only with a problem 😢

[@comealongcomealong4480]

@Mikado677 I've just realised who he reminds me of. A little bit Michael Portillo. But more the actor Geoffrey Palmer.

[@pesbol6809]

Dear susan

[@billyje4726]

It is somehow interesting, how this can happen. How? Sad but interesting, and I wish everybody can get help, that has to deal with this.

[@berlingolingoful]

Whats the accent of the "excentric artist" guy, with the head band?

[@lisanevins3605]

Cant belive people dont wear masks when cleaning up hoarders messes

[@acay575]

many people in the world don't have anything to wear but Susan all have things she didn't need

[@gabeee4332]

She's only in her mid 60's she'd better get on the shtick and get around to taking better care of herself my mom was 89 and her house was neat as a pin.

[@cranberry411]

You know whats weird hoarding in Tokyo have they had any cases there.

[@CraigsOverijse]

Japanes has a massive issue with old houses being abandoned because the family do not want to take them on or are uable to pay back tax after a person dies and the population is falling in numbers. Meanwhile the Japanese continue to build and want new houses in part due to earth quake concerns of houses not being stable afterwards for sure and some Japanese houses are defintely hoarded. They are often clean but packed to the gunnels.

[@siwiwahyurini12]

Kemfroh

[@kittenclawsguitarvideos6147]

She could have the most amazing yard sale, she could meet people, make a ton of money

[@Catnip-uh5pi]

Jake needs some serious help

[@Adnancorner]

Its not hoarding its not getting rid of old broken things, cigarette buds and other broken wood products such as windows etc. Its also putting things in plastic bags shaped into a big round ball like that is taking over the whole area. Nothing to do with hoarding. Oh rest in comfort Susan after this horror show we call earth. May you find peace.

[@Ohhhwehere]

hoarding is a mental disorder that inpares a person's perception and makes it very hard to get rid of anything even trash.

[@picpoker1606]

Hi ma'am from Philippines if I am there near you I will help you to clean your house ❤❤❤

[@irishkazolotse]

This is very sad... kids, just dont get codependent, meet your parents in the garden so you dont see the hirded stuff, dont get too emotional...

[@maxineb9598]

And who's there to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong inside?

[@marniejane88]

Omg 😳

[@agapi1904]

Or they are lazy or they are having mental issues

[@ritahorvath8207]

they do have " mental issues " . . . .

[@barbaramccullough3057]

Why ?

[@Panchosama2]

That crazy collector is featured in almost every show

[@eeccee11]

3:35 did they mean to wear the same shirt 👚

[@rhondabradberry3994]

Jake should take responsibility for his dog’s death- instead he seems to almost put the blame on the dog for not following him?!That poor dog would have made it out of the fire if there was no hoard in the way to get out. I’m sure he loves his dog but he should not have any pets if he cannot care for them responsibly. The dog he has now should not be chained up all the time. People should not have pets if they will not prioritize their care above the junk in their home. So sad 😞

[@Ohhhwehere]

that man is a lunatick

[@nicoledemari2154]

Grub

[@annageorgiou7891]

It’s a pity that people of today’s civilization can gradually end up living like this ! It is very easy to reach a point that it won’t leave the housekeeper room for a healthy life in their very house , especially after a serious illness or loss ! I wonder how the cleaners did their job without masks and protection outfit !!!

[@polyglotfrog]

Its very sad but pleease wear masks while cleaning... all the best to everyone

[@zoelhyn1478]

Tawag sana sa amon na mga laking Probinsya..." BAGLA" Burara... grabe man yan...

[@sandylafontaine]

Is yoursure in London

[@laurabentzinger200]

😮

[@bhiexybhie]

Someone please tell me this is scripted😳 I couldn’t believe this

[@julianinurgahayati911]

What I don't understand is to buy so much stuff either online or at the store, can take up a lot of money. Is she very wealthy? This is a serious question as I'm not sure I can pay for bills and food if I shopped like her

[@Wendy-il3lu]

All of these make me wonder, where do they get the money for their own house, let alone all of the junk? Frustrating when it seems 90% of people can't afford housing anymore.

[@LindaPiet]

Just two people to clean… in the USA we have teams of people 😢

[@dushy09]

You should video only one cleaning job at one time, trying to push too many makes the video confusing and boring

[@paeeze5]

You know i don’t understand WHY FAMILIES they do anything sooner so wont get to this point ??? Why ??

[@Ohhhwehere]

because its imposible to have our parens change their ways, even if we clean their home and get them help they will start hoarding again as soon as you turn around from them

[@d8ngdeld8ng]

🫂

[@theodorebandamartin]

breeding bubonic plague for sure..

[@sannymatobato6521]

Lazy woman

[@beritakilat77]

the problem is, this woman is lazy.......

[@karenortiz6519]

@aurikatarina would be so happy to help that lady

[@freakymeltdown1]

I thought retirement is expensive how did ahe manage to buy all these ? Do a garage sale

[@PiggyFuktoy]

What freaks: same hair, same clothes....

[@lydiaj7492]

I don't know, being a "piggy fuktoy" sounds miles freakier. Not sure you have any room to judge twins for dressing alike 😆

[@4LuvOfGAIA]

It's not about attire, that is irrelevant. It's about people helping people and having compassion for others.

[@nealdmiller]

extreme cleaning-me-givemeamatch--js