Donating from hoarded homes
Donating from hoarded homes! Whether the kids have flown the nest, you’re moving or it’s starting to look like a hoarders episode, we can help! getting rid of items you no longer want or need, especially in the summer heat, can be a chore.
But for many charities in the area, it’s a great way to give someone a hand and they’re not just glad to accept those items off donors’ hands, they’ll send a truck to your front door, load it up with the donations and be on their way. It takes a few clicks to have a Fort Worth-area service come knocking and drive away with a load that, if one’s being honest, would otherwise stay right where it is. Donating from hoarded homes helps people in need of clothes and other Necessities.
It is important to note that even though most people consider compulsive hoarding to be part of the same illness. As obsessive-compulsive disorder, studies show that hoarders suffer from depressio. In fact, brain imaging research found that compulsive hoarders show abnormalities in brain function. This is different from non-hoarding OCD patients and people with no psychiatric disorder.
Doctors say that “What leads to those brain abnormalities (other than genetics) is still not clear, but compulsive hoarding can start after the brain has been damaged by stroke, surgery, injuries or infections. In addition, psychological and environmental factors (e.g. traumatic family experiences) appear to play a role in the development of abnormal brain structure and function.”
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Hoarding is part of a syndrome that also includes:
- Indecisiveness
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- They avoid people coming into their home
- Difficulty with organizingAlso, interesting stats: hoarding obsessions and compulsions are present in approximately 30 percent of people with OCD. However, as a group, OCD-affected individuals with hoarding symptoms tend to have more severe illness, greater prevalence of anxiety disorders, and greater prevalence of personality disorders than OCD patients who do not have hoarding symptoms. Hoarders also tend to be less responsive to treatment than non-hoarding OCD patients.
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