Impacts of Hoarding & Hiring a Professional Hoarder Cleaner
For those suffering from the hoarding condition, dealing with the stresses that come along with living in such debilitating conditions can be overwhelming. Finding a Hoarder Cleaner that not only helps to sanitize the home, but also helps organize and sort through the items, like an Organizing and Sorting Service, is crucial to a successful recovery. Hoarder cleaners are not Junk Removal Services. They can provide specialized service for hoarders and a wide array of equipment like trucks, dumpsters, boxes, and trash bags as well as refer you to therapists to help return you to a happy and healthy lifestyle.
It is important to understand the different types of stressors associated with the hoarding condition to understand the benefits of professional hoarding cleanup service.
Hoarding Can Cause Stress that Results In:
- Physical pain
- Mental burdens
- Emotional pain
- Social burdens
- Financial burdens
Physical Pain:
In some extreme hoarding situations physical dangers are present. In these situations, the house can be so filled with clutter and biohazards that physical dangers are present (including):
- Structural damage to the home
- Falling piles and stacks of hoarded items or debris
- Exposure to poisons and/or biohazards (feces, vomit, urine, etc.)
- Exposure to spoiled or rotten food products
- Insect infestation
Until the clutter has been removed and the physical damage to the home has been undone then the threat of physical harm will always be present in the home.
Mental & Emotional Pain:
Mental pain can wreak havoc on the life of someone suffering from hoarding disorder, causing mental anguish and negative thoughts. These negative thoughts may persist until the home has been cleaned and the hoarding disorder has been treated properly from a psychological prospective.
Emotional pain is created in someone with hoarding disorder when their overwhelming feelings feed into each other, causing a vicious cycle of negative emotions. Finding a hoarder cleaner to help ease these stresses will help all parties involved with the recovery process. These negative emotions may persist until the home has been cleaned and the hoarding disorder has been treated properly from a psychological prospective.
Social Burdens:
Due to embarrassment and stigma surrounding hoarding disorder, some hoarders may distance themselves from family and friends who may want to help them out if they are asked. This self-imposed isolation can cause a tough social burden that leads to depression and loneliness for the hoarder and may even lead to irreparable damage to personal relationships. After the home has been cleaned and the hoarding disorder has been psychologically treated the individual can start to re-build their relationships with friends and family again.
Financial Burdens:
The financial burdens of hoarding can put a strain on the financial well-being of the hoarder and their family. Failure to keep a property maintained can result in a wide array of fines and tickets that could cost thousands. In order to prevent these lawsuits from happening it is important that the hoarder cleans their property and addresses the psychological reasons behind their hoarding to avoid lawsuits now or in the future.
For hoarders and their loved ones, it can be difficult to take on the cleaning project and recovery alone. With the help of Hoarding Cleanup Service and therapy people can develop an important bond of trust that is crucial to the success of the recovery effort. Feelings of anger, resentment, and judgment can be extinguished, allowing those involved in the process to approach the recovery with a clean slate.
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