I've watched Hoarders shows from time to time. Probably to reassure myself that I'm not that bad. (Come to think of it, probably the same reason I watch the 600 lb. sisters, but that's another story.) As far as Hoarding goes, I would say there are two main types.
One type consists of out-of-control collections or purchasing gone amok, with monumental arrays of belongings and merchandise, mostly unused and often still packaged. Many of those items, once sorted, are sold or donated or otherwise reclaimed. It's a relief to see the stuff gone.
The second type are hoarders who throw nothing away, including leftover food, dirty papers, and just plain garbage, often rodent-infested. And it's a relief to see that disgusting stuff loaded onto garbage trucks often through the efforts of masked and gagging workers.
So, watching the shows, either way, it is gratifying to see the overloads hauled away, regardless of either value or health hazard. Of all the stuff taken from the homes, I think I, if in the position of hoarder or their advocates, would have no reluctance in letting go. Only one thing bothered me; a show a week or so ago featured a woman hoarder who had been persuaded to dispose of her collection of ball-point pens, which were in a quite large barrel type container. In there was her collection of 3,000 pens. Now if I put all the pens in my house together, culled from former teaching and tutoring totebags, etc. I suppose there might be close to 100, but definitely not constituting a collection. When I saw the woman's collection of pens being unceremoniously dumped into a garbage truck, my instinctive reaction was, NO, NOT THE PENS!
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