…It’s at that moment when Trish is forced to consider the one thing she’s always hoped wasn’t true: that she’s living out her mother’s life as a compulsive hoarder. … two very different sisters are about to uncover more than just piles of junk, as years of secrets, resentments, obsessions, and pain are finally brought …
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Apr 13
Hoarding: If You Suspect a Child Lives With a Hoarder
Psychiatric Times Hoarding: If You Suspect a Child Lives With a Hoarder -April 13, 2012- Hoarding is a tenacious disorder that strikes millions of people and affects families and communities.1 -Few children reveal they are living in a hoarded home. Paradoxically, by encouraging the child to disclose the hoarding behaviors of the parent, clinicians are …
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Mar 26
Jessie Sholl’s Dirty Secret Movie-Facebook Page
DIRTY SECRET is based on the book ‘Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother’s Compulsive Hoarding’ by Jessie Sholl.
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Feb 16
Son Offers Backstory on Mom’s Fatal Hoarding
Autopsy shows Margareta Scheibe died of a heart attack (http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Worth-Womans-Body-Found-Buried-in-Trash-139350333.html) Additional quotes found regarding this sad story: Bill Scheibe said he’d tried repeatedly over the years to help his mother, to no avail. “If I had a dollar for every time I discussed this issue with her, tried to work with her on this …
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Feb 11
NBC San Diego: Spx Report on Children of Hoarders
Children of Hoarders: Special Report One group is trying to raise awareness about the lives of kids who have hoarders for parents. Rory Devine reports.
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Feb 01
Lessons Learned by a Child of a Hoarder
Extremely insightful post on Hoarder’s Son’s Blog: ~Lessons Learned by a Child of a Hoarder~
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Jan 31
Family Members Needed for Research
Title of Study: Reactions to Hoarding Principal Investigators: Martin M. Antony, PhD, CPsych, & Valerie Vorstenbosch, MA =Do you or your loved one have difficulty throwing things away?= Edited to add: This study requires the participation of Hoarder to qualify-COH Inc. -Researchers in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University are seeking individuals and their …
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Jan 30
Neziroglu /upcoming book on family members of hoarders
Hello, This comment was posted on the COH site-Donna: ============== http://childrenofhoarders.com/wordpress/?page_id=3479#comment-509 Katharine Donnelly and I, Fugen Neziroglu are working on an upcoming book on family members of hoarders. We would love to get some feedback from those who have lived or who are currently a member of a hoarder . We are looking to …
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Nov 16
Dr. Suzanne Chabaud Sets the Stage for Children of Hoarders Research
Dr. Suzanne Chabaud Sets the Stage for Children of Hoarders Research ›From the time that the ChildrenOfHoarders.com website was launched in 2006, adult children of hoarders have been sharing experiences and developing ideas about how growing up in a hoarding environment can affect a child and how those effects can echo into adulthood. While it …
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Nov 10
The Hidden Lives of Children of Hoarders
Psychiatric Times COMMENTARY The Hidden Lives of Children of Hoarders By Suzanne A. Chabaud, PhD | November 10, 2011 Dr Chabaud merged her dual doctorate in developmental and clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University to treat hundreds of clients of all ages. She founded the OCD Institute of Greater New Orleans, where she and her staff …
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Oct 19
From a blog post from a COH
“To learn that life is not just about what happened to you, but how you can move past it. I may still suffer with this, struggle every day to do basic things like answer the phone or open the door for someone, but I will be stronger for it, & I will make my life …
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Oct 14
Have advice for firefighters addressing COH?
What advice do you have for these firefighters making presentations to children, on how to address the topic with their hoarding parent(s)? Fire Prevention Month: Stop Hoarding Mom and Dad? If you post your comments below, COH Inc. will forward all to Firehouse.com. Thank you for your input.
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