Hoarders : Common Hoarder Trait - Selfishness

The one trait all hoarders seem to need have in common is selfishness. Many soften before the end of the episode and actually factor in the impact on their family members.

The coldest, most self absorbed hoarder has to be Anne of the Season 9, Episode 2 Stanks and Anne episode. She had a zillion and a half lotions, candles, Christmas and other stuff that she'd never use in 5 life times. The way she casually threw away concern about her husband Scott's physical safety and his illness makes me very angry. The only person who counts in her house is her. I hope no kids get damaged around such a toxic person.

Maybe we can get a future update to find out what happened. I'd bet the whole place is re-hoarded, including her husband's safe space. Scott legs will have more and/or bigger sores.

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Wasn't that the one where her husband was a Diabetic? Her dad didn't seem like the type that would tolerate any kind of nonsense like that, I agree there are different degrees of hoarders, some of these elderly people I believe are truly attached to the items, but I don't believe the people with the piles of brand new merchandise are as attached to it as they like the experts to believe.

It's totally true. They're all selfish. Sick, but selfish.

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MacRobin92
It's totally true. They're all selfish. Sick, but selfish.

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I keep debating with myself whether a better description is selfish or lack of empathy for others.

At any rate, the professionals on this show are great at helping some of the hoarders come out of their shell and have better interaction with the outside world. That's a happy ending.

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I totally agree.

It's a mixture of both for me. Selfishness and a lack of empathy. A lack of empathy for their children, their family, their pets, and their neighbors. What about the hoarders that rent? They are destroying an investment for their landlords.

They just don't care. They're too sick to get it.

Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.even when most of that stuff is garbage. It's a byproduct of a capitalist and materialistic society.

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kiboshz
Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.even when most of that stuff is garbage. It's a byproduct of a capitalist and materialistic society.

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You got that right.

It's only been possible for non-wealthy people to fill their house with 3-9 feet of junk (packed tight) since World War II. When mass production of cheap goods really took off. I didn't realize how much thrift stores, collections of throw aways, enabled hoarding until I saw this show.

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Most of it is garbage anyway. Poop mountain, tons of bottles filled with piss, empty bottles, cans, dead cats, and rats, and bugs everywhere. Its stuff that don't belong in the house to begin with.

I guess that's why I find the episodes with hordes of actual usable or valuable items more interesting.