Great Video!! I say the same thing: my hoarding is a coping mechanism for my anxiety and past traumas or hardships. But it also represents good moments like my creativity and my favorite seasons of my life. Healing from my hoarding has been from dealing with those feelings that lay underneath. Meditating, finding healthier coping mechanisms, writing/reading positive affirmations about myself, believing there is a “higher power” (God/Universe) to take care of me, expressing myself as a hoarder on my channel, talking & engaging with other hoarders has been very therapeutic. It’s how I have been able to let go of thousands of items in my house in the past year. There is healing, I know there is!! But it doesn’t happen in a day...it takes some time but it is possible!!
Thanks always, A Hoarder's Heart. Yes... healing those underlying issues seems to be key! I wish the healing would happen faster... but I welcome any progress in the right direction! 🙏
I enjoy your videos so much. Its such a comfort to know i am not alone & people understand. Im also very grateful that there is support now for children of hoarders. So much help is needed by the children. Very long ovedue that they have a resource now. Thank you for getting the word out there!!!! Bless you in your journey!!!
J L Jones, you're far from alone! 💔 that any child feels his/her parent is actively choosing "stuff" over him/her. The more we can bring this condition out in the open without all the stigma... the better 🙏
Hello! Thank you so much for this video and the work you’re doing. I have a two-year-old grandson my daughter-in-law, and my son are married. I have a lot of prevention work to do! I have just started my journey on education and trying to figure out how best to go about this. I would like to ask why you are wearing the sunglasses?
Thank you. You have really touch me. And help me in recovery of hoarding. I’m from a long line of hoarding. 5 generation of hoarding. Thank you for wearing you sunglasses. It made me feel so comfortable.
I’m 12 years old and we used to live and a big house but then we had problems and we had to move into an apartment she has so much stuff not like extreme hoarders but still I hate it and I wanna move out what should I do?
Hello & thank you for your comment. It does not have to be "extreme" to be of concern and uncomfortable to live in. Have you gone to @t yet? It is a private peer support group for children such as yourself.
Wow....that is so deep. You are really understanding so much about the hoarding issue. It is unfortunate you can't dig yourself the whole way out yet. I believe you are going to figure it out and it will be a great day. Please keep up the good fight!! * My dad soldered too! I loved that smell.
@@icanletgo-recoveryfromhoar537 Well I have faith in you! I think you are going to just wake up one day and say "let it all be gone...". Well not the cats but everything else 😉😊 .
My parents are hoarders. I moved out at 18 and never moved back. As a kid I always thought it was my mom, but after many years of trying to help them clean the house, I came to realize that my dad was also a hoarder, and my sister is an enabler, perhaps even a hoarder herself.
Hi I don't know what to say as a housewife in Indian village you can't even imagine how hoarding let my life down it was a sin for people around me Even my husband can't understand my situation my children was too young to understand this whenever I watch your videos it's like I am talking to myself I try to change myself but it was like pushing a mountain with a hairpin everything fails it was like something pulling me behind you're my inspiration You're my hope but somewhere I have a little faith we will come over this don't worry as you say we're not alone👍😉
Welcome, Mrs. Arasa Kumar. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for a family dealing with this condition in a home together. Even though I get very lonely, I don't have to deal with day-to-day pressure from others in my home. Please have faith that we can get through this! The fact that you have awareness & are seeking ways to change = a huge step in the right direction 👍 Many who have this condition lack awareness that they even have an issue. You are far from alone. I hope you'll do the exercises I'm sharing. They've been key to improving my outlook on life; I'm feeling less need to cling onto things and more able to relinquish some control ✨
There's strength in numbers, Mrs. Arasa Kumar 😉 We can support each other & celebrate our successes! By the way... I visited India & loved it so much. It's been well over a decade; I still have such fond memories. Would love to go back again someday ✨
You know what, Mrs. Arasa Kumar? My outlook on life has been changing so much for the better recently that more & more things feel possible. I have this feeling that you and I may very well meet one day! ✨😊
Thank you so much for making this video, I have never felt so heard and understood by someone. I grew up and still and in a hoarding house, I’ve always felt so lonely in my experience. Thank you for validating me.
Your comment made my day. Thank YOU so much. There is a lot of healing to be done around this issue, from many perspectives. The first step is to be able to talk about it with compassion instead of hiding in shame 🙏
