[Talewinds]

Eric 951 hit it on the head. That television show takes on the entirety of hoarding and makes no distinction. But I think they're missing the responsibility of identifying a very important distinction. There are some people that are clinically considered hoarders. They actually have some nice things tucked away in there. Their outward appearance is otherwise "normal", they have jobs, etc.
Then, there is the other..... I don't actually consider them hoarders in the traditional sense. Sure, the same mechanism may be at work on them but I think there are much more serious mental issues at work on a few of those people, ESPECIALLY the lady depicted on the program from the other night. You could tell from a 2-second glance that she was mentally unfit.

It is very sad. And of course there are many varying degrees of hoarding, but some of the people occupy a realm that is much, MUCH worse, they need to be in nursing homes.