Hoarders

[babybreath62]

yes i do like watching those shows, but i cant relate to the hoarding,i dont like to keep stuff that i dont use

[lightningclix]

One of the shows we watch together, me and my girls. It saddens and makes us sick at times, but it is a good show that opens up nice discussions of life with them.

[mrisha]

I feel sorry for people who thinks they have to hold on to things and stuff from when they were in the first grade.  But what is wrong with them when they throw food everywhere.  Nothing is clean.  Who walks on Toxic stuff on the floor, walls, bathroom, kitchen.

[alina6]

I could be a hoarder because I love selling at flea markets so everyone always gives me their junk to sell and it usually ends up in my basement.

[PGS28]

I watch every now and then.

[PGS28]

600 lb Life is a guilty pleasure of mine too, along with Strange Addictions and Extreme Cheapskates.

Other than sports and a few other documentary programs, two of my guilty pleasures when it comes to TV shows (because most of the network stuff is crap, most of the cable news is biased, and all of the reality shows are scripted drama) are Hoarders and My 600 Pound Life.


I'm no psychologist, but I find the psychological issues of the people featured on those two shows absolutely fascinating. Nobody would choose to live like that (I'm talking about both living in filth with deep attachment to useless trash and eating oneself to morbid obesity to the point of death) without some sort of deep seated trauma/drama.


The train wreck episodes of both shows can be infuriating and heart breaking, but the success stories are very uplifting.


I am both a bit of a pack rat and I've struggled with trying to drop about 20 extra pounds on my mid-section that will not go away. Neither issue has a severe impact on my life or health and I don't obsess over my possessions or my desire for unhealthy food. But in a non-extreme case, I loosely identify and sympathize with the show subjects who are not complete A-holes.

[Tresbn00]

Kind of not liking hoarders too much right now. There is no toilet paper in Colorado. People are stealing it from work and public restrooms in desperation. Thank heavens the local stores are catching on and putting limits on people. Even bottled water. I saw a Toyota Sequoia with it's cargo area loaded to the roof with cases of water. My understanding is tat this is a two week flu and doesn't involve bathroom problems. I have filter s on all of my drinking water faucets (including the refrigerator) and the filters last six months. We generally pick up a large package of toilet paper from Costco but the hoarders are grabbing them all before you can get fifteen feet through the door. We ordered our toilet paper (because we needed it) online from Costco and avoided the madness.

[teresa3200]

I'm not a hoarder, but I am glad I stocked up on toilet paper a couple months ago when Winn Dixie had a sale. Walmart had a completely empty aisle when I was there yesterday.