Did any of you guys watch this show, or are tuning into the series on A & E Channel? The show focused on a couple, Jennifer and Ron, who are hoarders, as well as a 61-year-old woman named Jill, who hoards food.
Jennifer is a young stay at home mom. Both she and her husband Ron, suffer from hoarding and their three kids are growing up with piles of junk, food, and clothing everywhere. They have been cited by the city on numerous occasions. Jennifer lives every day in fear of child protective services coming and taking her kids away and must now try to get the house in order before it's too late. Personally, it's one thing to live like that, it's another to subject children to it.
Jill's home is a nightmare. Food in various stages of decay is stuffed among her two freezers and four refrigerators--one of which is held shut by duct tape and a box of dented canned goods. She recently lost her job and knows that if her landlord were to pay a visit she would get evicted immediately.
Both Jennifer and Ron, and Jill, were greeted by cleanup crews and psychologists to help them. I think Ron had the hardest time, Jennifer the easiest, and Jill, OMG what a nightmare her home was with rotting food on the floors and the stench the guy said was just unbelievable. It made me want to hurl just looking at it.
The sad truth is that unless their mental behavior changes they will probably fall right back into their hoarding ways. Unfortunately there is no full episode video available like there was last week, which I posted, but there is a disturbing video about Jill's food hoarding. To check out this video click here.
Got an opinion? Are you a hoarder yourself? This series is disturbing, and it makes me want to clean out my junk and get rid of it. Next week, looks to be interesting too!
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I've had various hoarding episodes in my life, but the moment anything starts to rot or smell, it goes without hesitation.
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I never hoard anything! I throw everything away!
ReplyDeleteI am definitely not a hoarder, in fact, I'm the opposite, whatever that would be called, LOL. I tend to like the bare minimum and when we moved 3 years ago from MOntana to So. Calif, we went from 3400 square feet to 1500 square feet; I got rid of 2/3 of our stuff, didn't miss a thing! only thing I do have to be careful with here, in So. Calif. is emergency supplies in case of earthquake!
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I watched that one, too, and was horrified! The food hoarding was just scary... she kept saying, "But that's still good, I can eat that!" about food that was a year past its expiration date and was growing green mold! She really needs some help. Very sad.
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