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Look familiar?
“My Mother’s Dining Room,” Photo courtesy of HOardersOn. Visit his blog. Watch videos: The Hallway, The Empty Nest
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You Are Not Alone
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See the stories submitted by Children of Hoarders and other family members.
In 2006 when this site started, stories from others in hoarding situations (especially COH!) were hard to come by. Now, especially with all the media on hoarding, that is no longer the case.
We asked site visitors to submit their experiences if they chose, so others could see they aren’t alone.
(We no longer ask for them, but feel free to send yours in if you’d like us to post it.)
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You can join the COH Yahoo Group only for Children of Hoarders (spouses of COH are welcome too) and talk to others in the same situations, get advice, vent, share, learn, grow.
Please, *only* apply to join this group if you are a COH or spouse of a COH.
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Help the COH Site stay online with your donation.
We are going into our 5th year online and only exist through very appreciated
donations from our visitors (no advertising):
“Skeleton in my mother’s closet. Really.”
-photo courtesy of Daughter with a hoarding mother
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Read the article, “I Grew Up In This Mess,” featured in the August 2007 issue of Marie Claire Magazine where members of our Yahoo support Group were interviewed for the piece:(pdf-Portable Document Format)
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Note: Any links that refer you to helpinghoarders.com are no good
It’s just an ad site now-it used to be a domain for a site we (childrenofhoarders.com) maintained, but it was snatched up by an advertiser when the domain name expired and we don’t have the extra cash to buy it back from them.
Thank you to all our visitors who take the time to report the broken links they find to us!
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New informational DVD about Compulsive Hoarding, by Dr. Renae Reinardy, one of the therapists featured on
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Hoarders Aren’t Alone
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About & Understanding Compulsive Hoarding:Understanding Compulsive HoardingRead Introduction to Hoarding.(pdf)Read Hoarding 101.(pdf)Read Hoarding from the Inside Out.(pdf)Read How & When to Intervene (pdf) Hoarding vs. Cluttering Fact Sheets 107 Reasons whyAnimalHoarding Articles/literature to learn moreWhat is anthropomorphism? What does perfectionism have to do with it?Online videos/audio to learn moreHow is it classified as a disorder? Is it OCD? Genetics Results of genetic study 2007 Selected Research Abstracts ResearchBooks:Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding- Author. Review.Buried in Treasures book. Workbook. Review. Therapists Guide for Hoarding. Chapter 1. Review. COH Bookstore, books about hoarding & for COH
Measurement Scales:Degrees of Squalor by Squalor Survivors Compulsive Hoarding Rating Scale by OCF (pdf)
Treatment, Doctors, Self-help for Hoarders:Is there a cure? How is it treated?What to expect in treatment Where is it treated? Finding a therapist: ADAA, ACT, ABCT, OCD-LAOCD therapist list from Obsessive Compulsive Fndn.Attention Deficit therapist referrals
For/help for, those that hoard:Do you think you have a Hoarding problem? Self-help tools for compulsive hoarders.5 Stages of Change for Compulsive Hoarding Rating anxiety levels for Hoarders (SUDS) Cost-benefit analysis for Compulsive HoardingDysfunctional Thought Record Inspirational quotes for Compulsive Hoarders Questions to ask self while decluttering "Saving The World" article Support groups & treatment centers for Hoarders
Anxiety disorders help links Online support groups, websites, books,for Hoarders
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Additional reading, videos: NE Hoarding Consortium newsletters: 2006, 2007 (search for online) Chapter 23 about Hoarding Readers Digest article 2/07, U.S., Australia, U.K. ABC Medical Mysteries 1/07News stories about Hoarding. Archives. (Stories no longer added to database (since 2008), so many other sites keep track now.) Oprah Show "Inside The Lives of Hoarders" 11/07The Learning Channel videos: "Help I'm a Hoarder!“
From leaders in research: Q & A with mental health professionals Face Your Hoarding Tendencies teleclass DVDs Gail Steketee, Ph.D., online video-about hoarding. Sanjaya Saxena, M.D., video: Neurobiology of Hoarders
Misc.:Firefighter Discussion forum:Compliance, "Collyer Mansions" Gift Giving Ideas for a person who hoards. Video. Links to others sites to learn from: links. (List not updated since 2009-there are so many now!) Peter Walsh talks about children of hoarders How Not To Raise A Hoarder
Hoarding Presentations (Mass. Housing):Addressing Health & Safety Concerns of Hoarders Addressing Tenancy Preservation Needs Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Interventions Hoarding: Reasonable Accomodations/Court Involvement What it is, Indiv. & Public consequences, intervention