The Secret Lives of Hoarders_ True Stories of Tackling Extreme Clutter - Matt Paxton [88]
team, recruiting the
bulimic hoarders
burden of cleanup, sharing the
Candace’s case
cases of hoarding
Aimee
Ben (“pizza man”)
Brad and Ellen
Candace
Daisy
Don
Jackson (and Mike)
Janelle
Jim
Katrina
Kurt
Li
Lucy
Marcie
Margaret
Mario
Michelle
Nika (and Andre)
Pat
Rick
Roger (and Kathy)
Rose
Roxanne
Thalia
Timothy
Wendy and Sam
Will
celebration after cleanup
Chabaud, Suzanne
Cher’s doorknobs
Child and Adult Protective Services
children of hoarders
children who hoard
“chore” charts
church as support network
city, county, state officials
cleaners (professional) and junk removers
cleanup
building inspectors
celebration after cleanup
cost issues of
dates and
disposing of hoarder’s stuff
document shredding
“donation” piles
dumps/dumpsters
emotional roller coaster of hoarding and
expectations for
fire list
goals for
hazardous waste
homework for hoarder
“keep” piles
logistics of cleanup
“maybe” piles
morning meetings
portable storage
positive reinforcement for hoarders
process of cleanup
resources for
role of hoarders in
scheduling
scrap metal
“sell” piles
setbacks
supplies
“trash” piles
trust, importance of
“we” goals
when not to
See also cases of hoarding; hoarders; planning the cleanup; reactions from hoarders; Stages 1 through 5 (Clutter Cleaner Scale); staying clean; team, recruiting the
clergy
clothes hoarders
Clutter Cleaner
Clutter Cleaner Scale
“cockpit” (small livable space)
collaboration: case with a somewhat happy ending
collectors
colors (team)
Comfort Zone Camp in Richmond, Virginia
community support services
co-morbid disorders
compliments (perceived) of DIYs
“compulsive disorders,”
Compulsive Hoarding Center in Sacramento, California
control
importance to hoarders
pushing for control by hoarder
conversation, starting the
cost issues of cleanup
coworkers
craft hoarders
credit cards
Daisy’s case
dates, cleanup
deadlines for cleanup
de-cluttering
defensiveness of hoarders
dementia and hoarding
denial
depression and hoarding
desire to change, importance of
disposing of hoarder’s stuff
DIY (do-it-yourself) hoarders
document shredding
do-it-yourself (DIY) hoarders
“donation” piles
Don’s case
dumps/dumpsters
Dumpster diving
early- to mid-stage hoarders
See also Stages 1 through 3 (Clutter Cleaner Scale)
easy love
eBay
effective teams
elderly housebound people
Ellen’s and Brad’s case
emotional triggers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
“everything has a home” rule
executive function of brain and ADHD
expectations of cleanup
fake future
“false triggers,”
family members
staying clean
team, recruiting the
family pattern of hoarding
“fat” clothes
fear and hoarding
“fighting the system,”
finances, management of
financial mess from hoarders
fire list
follow-up rules, staying clean
food hoarders
freaking out by hoarders
friends
staying clean
team, recruiting the
future, fixated on
future focus for cleanup
future plans of DIYs
gambling
genetic theory
goals of cleanup
Goodwill
“great walls” of clutter
grief of hoarders
guns
habits of hoarders
Hale, Lisa
hazardous waste
health goals of cleanup
Hearst, William Randolph
“hoarder hangover,”
hoarders
American society and
beginnings of
books on
bulimic hoarders
Clutter Cleaner Scale
“cockpit” (small livable space)
de-cluttering
early- to mid-stage hoarders
emotional roller coaster of hoarding
“great walls” of clutter
hoarders-in-training
hope for
individual’s physical and mental health vs. stuff
late-stage hoarders
layers of trash
messiness vs. hoarding
numbers of
outside hoarding
“recovery,”
resources for
self-image of
“spaghetti,”
stereotypical hoarders
stuff vs. individual’s physical and mental health
support groups
treatment centers
unhappiness of
where hoarders hoard
who are the hoarders?
yard hoarders
See also cases of hoarding; cleanup; planning the cleanup; positive reinforcement; reactions from hoarders; Stages 1 through 5 (Clutter Cleaner Scale); staying clean; success,