Diary of a Hoarder's Daughter: A diary of dealing with an extreme hoarder written with honesty and humour.
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1494929449 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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I found I was ranting on about the same things over and over to each friend but I had to get it out and God bless them all for asking.I figured the best way to let them all know without boring them to death and so they could switch off when listening to my ranting became too much, was to write it all down. From the Author I wrote this book originally as a blog because after spending all day in Dad's house I used to come home only to spend any remaining hours of the day on the phone to my friends who all r
Temporarily unable to live in the house, it was down to me, his daughter to make the house safe for him to return. Why would a man with two feet need 173 shoes? Where were his teeth, his hearing aid and the vacuum cleaner? In fact, where was the floor? Meet my dad - 82, eccentric, stubborn, knows everything and collects 'stuff'. I had to sort the whole house knowing he would freak out if I threw anything away. A new 20ft carpet which arrived, rolled up and ready to be laid in 1974, was still there forty years later. - His house, his stuff - what's the problem? For him there wasn't a problem, until one day he had a nasty accident while up a ladder in his garden and was taken to hospital. A true story of revisiting the house of my childhood and the demons I hoped I'd left behind I discover a lot of stuff I'm glad I uncovered and a lot more I'd prefer to forget.. What is it really like to be the relative of a hoarder - especially if you're a tidy freak? How much can one person take until they snap? Imagine living in a house where you can only walk sideways, where Christmas lights stay up all year and tins in the kitchen eventually explode with age. Of eight televisions in the lounge, only one actually worked. I had to do something with over fifty years of accumulated 'stuff'
"No, a packrat and a hoarder are NOT the same thing!" according to Whistlers Mom. God forgive me, before reading this book I might have been guilty of saying to the adult child of a hoarder, "I know just what you're going through. Both my parents were packrats." And they were, but their "saving" never equated to the nightmare experienced by those who live with true hoarders. No other book on this subject has brought home to me as clearly the anguish that these family members endure and the indelible scars that are left.That said, this is not only a story of hoarding. I've read books by people who were raised by loving parents, one of whom caused them inconvenience and embarrassment by filling up their hous. Woolieart said It IS a diary don't expect any revelations. I was expecting to hopefully find some ideas, tips, suggestions from the experience of someone else dealing with a parent who saves everything but this book was basically a "blog" about how this daughter felt, her health issues as a result of her Mothers inability to clean due to all the "stuff" and what she removed or was not allowed to remove from the house. At least her Dad allowed her into his house & yard, she never had to deal with that situation & I'm glad for her that she didn't. Don't look for any help in this book, its just an interesting read if you wonder how hoarders function (or don't ).. An honest look into dealing with a difficult family member anna777mo This is a well put together story of a daughter trying to respect her father's life and what her father needs while balancing her own sanity and life.This was an interesting read, from the perspective of parent as well as child. Reading brought up childhood memories of piles, though no where near as mountainous (only 2-3 ft in corners at times), still large none-the-less I did have to take a break a couple times from reading because the inner stress it was churning up. Thank God for EFT tapping to get through and get rid of the rehashed anxiety/other emotions!!!!!!!!! While I have been accused of piling stuff up by my offspri