Product Description: This book, the first ever written for savers and their families, provides an overview of compulsive hoarding and how it relates to obsessive-compulsive disorder. It discusses hoarding broadly, offering readers perspectives on the physical, behavioral, and value-oriented aspects of the condition. Readers can use its assessment tools to help decide why they or their loved one hoards. Skill-building exercises help readers determine how to beat the hoarding problem by addressing issues that often underlie compulsive saving. Even though this is fundamentally a self-help book, it contains a frank discussion about the need for professional help in some hoarding cases, how to find it, and what medications have been proven effective for savers.
Very Helpful, easy to understand, Makes me want to keep it!! i was told i had "the disease" from my mother when she came to visit me one time, which i had gotten from her. I tried to pass it off as saying that it was because i was getting the ceiling painted and things were a ruckus then, which was partly true. But then after she told me that i lost all ambition to return all the things i had to move around. This book made me realize that i did get the "disease" from her, and little does she ever admit it at least i am willing to get some help and clear the clutter. This book helps you step by step if you do the activities and take the time to seriously do it.
Logical, Effective Info and Methodology As a mid-level hoarder (had pathways), this book provided helpful info and an effective methodology for conquering my hoarding. It discusses cognitive therapy, which many people with depression will be familiar with.
I also read Peter Walsh's Its All Too Much. It provided additional inspiration and help in knowing what to toss and in planning my rooms. However, Walsh's approach of a quick sort that takes a day or two was not feasible for me as a hoarder. I needed to see tangible results in a short period of time, or my efforts would fall by the wayside like so many times before. Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding gave me the tools to do that.
For the first time, I believe I am truly conquering this problem for good and don't have to panic that someone might see inside my apartment.
I'm someone that hoards. As someone who hoards along with her mother, this book is a tremendous help in understanding the problem, and provides assistance in helping to alleviate the compulsive hoarding.
As advertised within the book, THE BOOK NEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BAD about your problem.
I higly recommend this book to anyone who has a compulsive hoarding problem or is a packrat of sorts.
My living situation is improving based on my reading this book. Soon I'll have the whole coach cleaned off and will be able to enjoy sitting and watching TV for once in years.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family where we never had any company because you could not walk through the house and it was so embarassing. I can remember as far back as age 13 (now 46), when the house was a mess thanks to my mother. How depressing. Never had friends over, never had a birthday party for me or most of my other siblings. We, as children, were miserable and had a rotten childhood because of my mom's problem which I inherited or learned to some degree.
Again, this book never makes you feel like you're an idiot or psychotic for having a problem. The book is supportive and very informative. I haven't finished reading it yet, but an half way through and already I am empowered to clean up and do the right thing. I hope I can keep the house clean from now on and not hoard anymore. I use to be a dumpster diver - literally.
A useful book Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) As a "recovering" hoarder, I found this book useful and helpful. I even bought a second copy for a friend who is also trying to come to grips with the problem. It is an easy read and it's full of insights. Besides that, it takes up very little space!
digging out of a mountain Compulsive hoarding is a dirty little secret in America. If you have a friend or family member who will never allow you into their home, that is a big red flag warning you that they are afflicted with this disorder. Someone who cannot bear to part with anything someone else would consider minor, such as junk mail, twist ties, broken pens and pencils--to the point there are literally hundreds or thousands of such items and it affects their ability to walk through their living space is a compulsive hoarder. Everyone has a bit of the pack rat in them, this book helps the person, and especially the families of such individuals, identify this disorder and gives a method of dealing with the consequences.
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