Hi,
I am a hoarder and I inherited this from my mother. I'm am the worst in my nuclear family. In visiting relatives that I have in another country, I found that this is definitely an inherited condition because I have an aunt and a couple cousins in Europe who have it like I do and an aunt here where I live as well.
My hoarding started after I started taking medicine for OCD as well as a sexual assault. I have found with each traumatic even the hording gets worse. I go through times where it is not so bad and things get clean but I no longer have the energy to keep on top of everything. I'd like to find strategies that will help me to be cleaner and to clean my home up. I'm too ashame to have anyone in to help.
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