The difference between a collector and a hoarder is that a collector has a system of organization as well as keeping it in pristine condition. A hoarder doesn’t care and they’ll have their collectibles next pieces of garbage.
Not necessarily- Collectors and hoarders have the same evolutionary urges to ‘gather’- the same way squirrels will do before the winter season. Hoarders just don’t have the discipline or conscientiousness to determine whether something is worth keeping, or discipline to organize. I have OCD and I love organizing- like my mother; but clutter gives me anxiety. My mother loves to organize her hoard but I constantly get on her because she has so much stuff that it even though it’s organized, it still will never be used!! Also mother’s ‘collection’ can easily turn to hoarding if she doesn’t have time for organizing because she works all the time. The difference is discipline. Discipline to realize that some items will never be used- and discipline to keep what is used in order. My mother’s organized ‘collection’ pisses me off. She doesn’t get to use half of it… so to me it’s just as bad as the hoarding dysfunction even though it’s in proper order.
@@sarastarski oh lord you don’t get it ! He can’t clean himself unless the rooms immaculate his kitchen he keeps clean but doesn’t eat in it as he mention 😂
I think we all have a little bit of a hoarder in us. So much better to donate to church, charity or the poor. I bring a new coat in and donate a coat to charity.
I would not have helped David... No way... Why did he even ask for help. He wanted someone for free to do the cleaning he's too lazy to do... He is Soooo annoying and such an actor... I laughed when he said he hurt his back or something. Wow. Just wow
Never judge a book by its cover as they say. Every back injury is different and certainly some people use that as an excuse to do nothing. From time to time I have back pain but I'm still able to do this and that including cutting the grass or lifting some dumbbells when I'm motivated. I prefer not to bend over but really there's no pain involved. Back injuries can happen to anyone but some people milk it. If you can't do the work then open your wallet and pay someone who can. Sadly you can usually find me laying on the couch because it relieves pressure from my lower back. I need to replace this couch with a recliner.
I have a spinal disease diagnosed in childhood that's caused me chronic pain since then (literally just moderate level chores make me hurt so bad I can barely walk) yet because I'm not old people seem to think I'm just full of shit...which David most assuredly is, back trouble or no.
“I’m a collector not a hoarder”. People I know who are legitimate collectors, take care of the items they collect, display them/Maintain them in place of honour in their home. They don’t just have random piles of garbage everywhere
David seems like the kind of guy who claims to have done all the things he says he’s done. I don’t believe him.😂 Edit: I’m cleaning my house as this plays.
My brother says he's not a hoarder "he's an inventor", I'm yet to see one finished invention or even a working model. He won't even go outside on a warm day because he's so tied to the computer. Not even for 5 minutes. But we all have the freedom to decide how we are going to spend our time on Earth. I spend too much time making comments on RU-vid because my ego needs me to share my two cents. I wonder how many people will read my less than important words blah blah blah
I grew up in an alcoholic home and ended up doing most of the housework. I hated it with a passion and left home whenever possible. I've never been very good at housework, especially not having been taught. I know my daughter just hated living in a cluttered environment and still resents me for it.
Nobody taught me and I had to not only grow up in a home with a schizophrenic (unmedicated) drug addicted mother who was also extremely abusive, neglectful, and sadistic - and a father who allowed it and beat the crap out of me daily - and had to learn how to cook by dragging a step stool to the stove at age 5 - and teach myself how to clean the house and do laundry - AND take care of my siblings as well, including one that's autistic, but I would never make that my child's problem or legacy. I'm sorry for what you went through, but it sounds like excuses.
I give this kid SO. MUCH. CREDIT. When even the movers gag, that’s means it’s absolute *slag.* Edit: I’ve never had so much faith in a bowling alley in my entire life 😂 He really said “surgical levels of cleanliness.” If you would’ve told me I’m meeting Elvis today, I think o would’ve believe that more than a bowling ball being that clean lmao
There is a name for what David is saying that he does in jobs and that he does so many being he's so intelligent. I had a boyfriend like that, and this is where I learned about being a constant lier. They are called pathological liars. This is a chronic behavior. Also he seems to be narcissistic too.
One man doesn’t need a 15 room house and especially if he doesn’t want to clean it. There’s no reason why he can’t get bookshelves for books and other ones for trinkets. Things don’t have to be on the floor or just laying on top of furniture. Display it!
It's unfair that people like me have to live in a subsidized tiny ass trailer just bc of being disabled (practically a crime according to the US government) yet this nasty weird hoarder gets a whole ass hotel. It's so unfair. 😵
Lol if you have 3 young kids, expect to clean about 1-2 hours MINIMUM daily if you want to keep stuff sufficiently tidy/not gross. Maybe it just takes me a long time bc I'm constantly distracted, start another cleaning project in the middle of a bigger one, I enjoy cleaning most times, as long as I have the energy. But I'm not a perfectionist either by any means. Lol Liam doesn't actually cook so of course he never has a mess but it's such a waste. You can always cook a damn meal then clean up afterwards.. I don't get it unless he can't stand having a little splatter for a few minutes. Here's the thing, these OCD cleaners usually don't have much experience cleaning ACTUAL MESS. That vintage fridge could very well be cleaned but he's not used to cleaning stuff like that. Fridges are the worst to clean though. It's awkward. But my suggestion is using a scrubbing bubbles aerosol foaming cleanser that'll cling to the vertical surfaces, allow it to sit for about 10-15 minutes then scrub it off with scalding water and rough rag. If it's super grungy then a scrub like pink stuff on your wet rag will help your elbow grease go that extra mile. Then you can get whatever's left with all purpose cleaner (Ms Meyers is the best, very effective yet non toxic and beautifully + potently scented like a high end fragrance).
Mad person tries to diagnose a clean person. Listen I know that obsessive cleaning is bad but someone need to diagnose this guys as unhealthy dirt collectors. The man removing the old freezer vomited his guts out for Pete's sake. Common!!!!!
I loved this show when it was on! I also love Hayley's new show. I REALLY felt sorry for Glen!! This delusional man did not want his house clean. Glen should have been allowed to go and help someone else instead.
I couldn’t agree more, my son is 8 and he asked “Mam, whatcha listening to?”as I was cleaning our stove, he’s loving this show-his assessment of the situations in this episode was, “That man can’t possibly live happily in the mess so he’s really rude because he knows what he should do and is making excuses for his choices-that’s no good. The other fella is a bit extreme but he’s really, really brave. I think I’m going to go and sort out my room now.”
I think that mother and daughter “with OCD” (I have it) are actually just in a sick dynamic where they try to outdo each other. Out sick each other. Out extreme OCD each other. They have a very unhealthy codependency. It’s shown that when. With others who push their limits they both do things they’d “never” do. I found with my own OCD that if I allow myself to feed into the patterns and rituals then it snowballs very fast, but if you force yourself to try to cut them off you do better by a lot. That’s why I think with that pair they snowball with each other and don’t allow each other to grow in a positive way unless they get out of their symbiotic dynamic.
10:45 this girl is going to have freakin issues. What's the damn point of buying something like a couch or a towel, a utilitarian not solely decorative yet cleanable object, and not use it?... Why? I would never get a white couch though. I can't think of anything less ideal than a pristine white couch. All it takes it one speck of dust and it looks dingym
15 bedrooms? Hotel? If he would of used his brain, that would of been a great rental place for ppl who need to rent a room. Good resource wasted by junk
I saved so much for my twin boys thinking they would be thankful. Guess what they did at 19 years old?? They threw it all away and laughed at me for keeping it. I was so sad and I learned that it was all a waste of time keeping there stuff. They said mom just take a picture if you want to look at because we have more to think about. :-(. They said I’m living in a fantasy world lol. so nevvverrrr again - I am a throw away queen.
I feel like Glenn represents the OCD side of me and David represents the ADHD side of me. I'm diagnosed with both, and it's like they fight with each other. The ADHD is like, "Meh, it's fine, you can do it tomorrow! Just relax!" and the OCD is like, "If you don't do this and 1000 other things right this instant you are a hoarder!" I've been both slovenly and extremely tidy at different points in time, depending on which diagnosis is dominant in my mind at a given time.
OOF, I also have both and oh man, ADHD really loves to play into OCD. I obsessively check on stuff, and with my ADHD I can't always trust my memory, because it makes me forgetful af. So it makes me check even more obsessively.
I used to be pretty dirty then I had a baby and it’s like my brain switched. I really do clean all day everyday. I’m a stay at home mom and so to stop staying bored sometimes I’ll pull out my couch and mop behind it for fun. Or take everything out of drawers and reorganize them. I have a baby and 2 step children and I feel very overwhelmed sometimes because it is super difficult to keep a house clean with kids so I am pretty strict about them staying clean that I feel like that resent me over it but I can’t help it. It’s like after I became a mother I had a fear of germs and also I just had nothing better to do with my time so why not clean
Bring this back worldwide! Than maybe we wouldnt have a chance to create outbreaks like Corona if only we'd be more clean, all of us! Id def would like this type of program in Belgium, I'd def join than lol
I was like this for 25 years. You could eat off my floors, eat off my toilet seat, and I washed walls and floors daily. I let it go. My home is still clean but the obsessive cleaning is no more. I still don't have laundry baskets because I wash everything everyday and there's never dishes in my sink but I'll never go back to ocd. It's a total waste of a life.
There’s a LOT of justification for not letting things go and you can call it what you want to but he’s been enabled and quite frankly very defensive probably because he’s ashamed. He comes across as quite full of himself and like he’s spoiling for a fight. He wants help but only on his terms. Hence the defense. I’m hoping he gets some help.
It seems that there's a similar trait or gene running in people on both sides of this spectrum. I've helped several people on the hoarding side too many times to count, because like the obsessive cleaners here, I can and think it's healthier. I've recently helped someone or tried to. I describe it as digging a hole in rocky ground with ten men coming behind who are filling up the hole. After I've cleared and cleaned three rooms, I go back in a week, and the rooms are in the same state, or worse, than before. Are they mocking us?! On the bright side, it drives me to take better care of my environment and discard useless clutter. I won't volunteer again. Cheers.
I'd never help someone like that... It's pointless because it's a mental illness and until they choose to do the work they need to in therapy, there's no chance whatsoever of change.
I've lived in my house (with two brothers) for 7 years and still haven't hung up one painting or one curtain. 1988 was the last time I hung up a framed picture. What prevents us from doing these simple things? *In the age of recycling I noticed that Glenn had no concern for items in the skip like cardboard boxes that are easily recycled. If they can hire someone to create shelving they can certainly haul off some separated recycle items. **On the flip side Glenn blew me away with his results, especially the kitchen. I almost feel like I could lick any surface there. What's for lunch?!
One thing that I’ve done with my home that helps tremendously is I have a shower caddy (3 tier plastic shelf) hanging on my bathroom wall that has all of my hair products, nail polish remover etc in it. It keeps it off my sink and organized. In my kitchen I have 3 metal bars with hooks on it and I have that hanging on my wall which holds all of my utensils like spatulas, wooden spoons, pizza cutter etc. keeping them out of and off of my cabinets and easy to grab the right one. Inside my cabinets I have organizing buckets that hold all of my spices so if I need one, I can pull out the entire bucket at once and get the right one. There’s lots of ways to utilize the space you have without being messy.
These are my people! I'm a single father of 2 wonderful boys! Just us 3 and they realize how lucky they are to have a dad that is a great cook and O.C.D that dictates the house must be immaculate! My youngest son is a complete contrast by nature. Soon as he gets on the school bus, I head straight to his room!
Fixing one extreme with another extreme - does that work in the long term? It sure is entertaining but both types of people (hoarders & those with OCD) need to learn moderation so they can live healthy lifestyles, because both extremes can be detrimental.
@Zelda Cereza I understand your point, totally. I think they are being pretty good sports, because I could see this being traumatizing for some people with OCD. My mother has OCPD and I couldn't even imagine how she would handle this kind of situation.
I wish 2 things 1 this show was still in with new episodes with the original main few ppl and 2 that if it was still on they'd do another season of them.coming to America so I could get some help with my house. It's not near as bad as most of the houses on here, these are like the UK version of hoarder houses but I'd still love their help. I feel like I could finally get my house to the place I want it at with their help. I need a giant skip to throw things out into and I need someone to help me clean all the tiny spaces I never get a chance to clean. Like baseboards and behind my fridge ect.
Wow that big chubby guy sure was Full of his self!! If he’s a pilot captain magistrate lawyer archeologist “Collector” Why can’t he keep his house clean?!! (Guess he’s just smarter than the rest of us) 🤷♀️
Hi y’all, as somebody who deals with a tremendous amount of hurt & trauma from obsessive-compulsive disorder, this label is an outrage. It’s really upsetting feeling like the world misunderstands your hardship to this degree. No hate, all love. God alone can truly know people. But the way this comes off is incredibly insensitive to a degree that it is misinformation & slanderous of people’s experience. (Just an example) but it would be like me calling my local business something “catchy” that involves cancer. It’s not a joke & it can really misinform people on a substantial level. Thanks for reading this! Goodnight all.
Wooahh, no it is definitely not a gift, it's making our lives so much harder, filled with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and man I wash my hands for so long to the point where they crack and dry out. Like it actually hurts. OCD is not a "gift" nobody with OCD enjoys our compulsions, because it's classified as an anxiety based disorder.
33:36 THE BAR SCENE: I can't stand lipstick or alcohol & I've never had beer in 58 years. It boggles my mind that it's completely commonplace for women to wear lipstick. Also makeup which I call clown makeup. I certainly don't want that lipstick on me! 🤪💄💅💋 Disgusting 😠🤮💀
39:34 I fail to understand why men find themselves wearing two earrings or even one for that matter? What does it all mean anyway? Just saying they prefer that doesn't explain it to me. That's an easy answer for anything that any of us do. Many years ago I went to an acquaintance house with a friend and we found him wearing a dress in the kitchen. Now ask yourself why did the novel "Lolita" become extremely popular?
