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  • Presenter Jasmine Harman knows a thing or two about hoarding - her mother is a hoarder. In this programme, she sets out to investigate the condition and, with assistance from a team of experts, help other hoarders across Britain by providing advice and practical support to them. Among the people Harman encounters is a senior citizen who allows her to start clearing a decades-old hoard after building up trust over a period of months.
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  • @BraxEvans
    @BraxEvans ปีที่แล้ว +165

    The patience and compassion Jasmine maintains with every person she is tasked with helping is really quite remarkable.

    • @shannonparcell357
      @shannonparcell357 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I agree. It's impressive. My mother is a hoarder and I grew up in a really dirty/hoarded home. I didn't really have the patience for it, but saying that I put up with it for years and years before it finally rubbed me the wrong way. It was around puberty I started to lose my temper with her. Probably because it was so embarrassing bringing home boyfriends and friends. So embarrassing. So yes, my point is that it really takes a patient, strong person to deal with a hoarder. They are probably the most frustrating people to deal with on the planet. Moving out was one of the best days of my life and my homes have been spotless ever since. Same with my sister. So fair play.

    • @kgbmsu
      @kgbmsu ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She's lovely

  • @sharcrum
    @sharcrum 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    What a wonderful daughter she is. Still loving her mom with respect and dignity even though she knows there is such a significant problem.

    • @S30Uploads
      @S30Uploads 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      enabler

    • @Koselill
      @Koselill หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@S30Uploads her mothers home is clutter free at the moment because she helped her with cleaning it, so im not sure how she's an enabler?????? She's literally the opposite of one?????

  • @Tinthia82
    @Tinthia82 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    British tv is sooooo much easier to watch than American tv.

    • @lianealbert7728
      @lianealbert7728 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Agreed…. I enjoy British programming so much. I say this as an American who has lived in the states my entire life!

    • @sararichardson737
      @sararichardson737 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Less SHOUTY!

    • @xeniajola
      @xeniajola 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Less mean .

    • @bobbiduval7961
      @bobbiduval7961 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Native to Arizona in USA, AGREED 👍💯

    • @zxyatiywariii8
      @zxyatiywariii8 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      American here and I agree.

  • @marloeslovestea
    @marloeslovestea ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Only time I've seen Janet smile was when Vicky was singing. She looks so depressed, absolutly heartbreaking. Hope she got the help she needed

    • @Sammythat_B
      @Sammythat_B หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was thinking the same thing…… as I am also cleaning my depression mess…

  • @f33rcetv34
    @f33rcetv34 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    42:10
    "Nobody will be taking part of your life away- this things have taken your life away"
    You can see Richard gain some clarity there

    • @lisawhite8402
      @lisawhite8402 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I noticed that, I felt like I could actually hear the cogs turning in his brain??

  • @sandi4215
    @sandi4215 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I’d never have that sort of patience. Those women are amazing.

  • @thisbirdhasflown2554
    @thisbirdhasflown2554 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    What a thoughtful, compassionate program! My mom is also a hoarder, and I have not always been as kind as I should be about it. Kudos to Jasmine and all the hoarders and families involved, for bringing awareness and destigmatizing this disorder.

    • @TurquoiseInk
      @TurquoiseInk ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's possible to get help. There are different approaches, but we found a therapist who works with the book Buried in Treasure. The 2nd edition has worksheets that you can work with a therapist and an organizer. Professional help is needed.

  • @JP-ve7or
    @JP-ve7or ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Jasmine is a good daughter. But can I also say, I admire her mother for accepting help and treatment even though it's obviously very difficult for her.

  • @skunkbuttmagoo
    @skunkbuttmagoo ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I'm always awestruck how similar every hoarder is to each other when it comes to throwing away things. The whole "it's good because I bought it"mentality and "I've had it so long, I can't part with it" mentality are so strong in some people. It's fascinating. Most of us are along the lines of "I've had this too long, it's expired, or has outlived it's usefulness, it must go" mentality. I love how calmly everyone is dealing with these aggravating situations.

    • @TurquoiseInk
      @TurquoiseInk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think there are a lot more people who are in this situation than we know. This is a sickness that grows in secrecy.

    • @debbysouthworth5606
      @debbysouthworth5606 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In the USA the common thread seems to be some kind of traumatic loss.

    • @RS54321
      @RS54321 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And so many of them seem to have (too many) cats.

    • @thesplendidinternet36
      @thesplendidinternet36 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​​@@RS54321t's the cats! We cracked the code! Lol.

    • @suziecreamcheese211
      @suziecreamcheese211 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thesplendidinternet36well cats like clutter.

  • @sararichardson737
    @sararichardson737 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I’ve just cleared my bathroom/closet after 3 months of neglect. The feeling is wonderful! Clearing the decks is revelatory and such a mood lift! Pity the people who can’t experience such a simple delight. This makes me want to jettison more “stuff”

    • @ScubaFanatic60
      @ScubaFanatic60 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's like a weight being lifted off your shoulders.

  • @ardenevox
    @ardenevox 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The music is brilliant. Very compassionate toward the hoarder. Unlike American TV which is sensationalistic.

  • @melissadoucette278
    @melissadoucette278 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I’m amazed at how polite and tolerant the people that Jasmine has worked with! Here in the USA we have so so many people who scream, throw fits are so rude and are just plain nasty! But in Britain everyone is so so different! I think it’s so sweet and awesome what Jasmine is doing to help others and how long she works with them! Plus all the professional help that she has brought to the people is just remarkable!!

    • @thesplendidinternet36
      @thesplendidinternet36 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't be foold that everyone is so diferent. People do scream, but maybe just not as much seen on TV.

    • @katarina1852
      @katarina1852 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Hoarder shows in the US most all depict crisis interventions where the hoarder has been reported by their neighbors, threatened with adult protective or even child protective services, are in trouble with city code enforcement related to vermin infestations or fire hazard situations and as such have a deadline to fix everything or be forced to vacate and have their home condemned. Therefore they are overwhelmed, not mentally prepared for the forced cleanup and you see raw emotions erupt. Their therapy occurs after the cleanup (aftercare) unless they decline it…and some do decline it. I have rarely seen any of the U.K. shows depict a forced cleanup by the authorities. The cleanups are a suggestion, a voluntary situation where the hoarder is in charge.

    • @sophiesong8937
      @sophiesong8937 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Notice some things about the approach taken here. They do not put excessive pressure on the hoarders, they do not bring in huge clean up crews or give someone very limited control, they respect the hoarder's choices and take time to understand the hoarder as a person. They combine therapy with slow work and compassion. It's no wonder the American hoarders act so defensive and distressed. They are experiencing trauma for people's entertainment.

    • @melissadoucette278
      @melissadoucette278 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sophiesong8937 you are so right about everything you said! I’m with you 💯%

    • @melissachatwin9673
      @melissachatwin9673 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sophiesong8937 you do realise that the hoarders on both shows sign up for this. On the American show they don't have time to "slow work" or they will find themselves on the streets. If the people in this show had that much pressure on them and faced homelessness, they would exhibit the same behaviours as the American show.
      Tbh these people are so lucky they still have anyone that wants to help them as theyv'e simple chose "stuff" over their own family and even children

  • @rherho1
    @rherho1 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Olive’s cat appears to be happy and in remarkably good health too. Almost all of the pets, especially the cats, that I’ve seen on the shows that feature hoarders here in the US are in poor health and appear malnourished and neglected. It seems like Olive genuinely cares for her pet and also she obviously truly does follow through with her recycling to earn money for charity rather than just using recycling as an empty excuse to hoard. She’s a sweet lady. I hope she was able to find some way to find peace and order in her home.

    • @blondecat666
      @blondecat666 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was just going to say - having watched several US Hoarders episodes - that in the US version, not all of them are real hoarders, rather just sloppy, dirty, lazy or entitled people who don't want to clean on their own.

    • @HaggisMuncher-69-420
      @HaggisMuncher-69-420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blondecat666 So democrat voters?

    • @blondecat666
      @blondecat666 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@HaggisMuncher-69-420 No, I just described Republicans.

    • @JP-ve7or
      @JP-ve7or ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@HaggisMuncher-69-420if you all really want to drag politics into this, many of them are Libertarians, mainly because they're trying to keep local government from forcing them to clear out the mess. I've clocked more than a few on that show with signs in their windows all about their "rights."

    • @xeniajola
      @xeniajola 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I saw both. And us hoarders most of them are Just lazy or has other mental problems not only hoarding ( a lot are no hoarders)

  • @tamiz8895
    @tamiz8895 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is so kind. Compassionate and understanding. The hoarder clean out shows here in the US are so hurried and obv for ratings!!!

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, but the hoarder's rate of relapse to hoarding is similiar (from what gathered from both British and American shows).

    • @cjmorris47
      @cjmorris47 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And sometimes they make the hoarder feel worthless. This is more gradual, but they really work with the hoarders on their timeline.

    • @susancross3935
      @susancross3935 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They generally call in the city and the property owner is given a short time to clean before the home is condemned. Many times adult and child protection are involved before they call the show for help. These are some sad situations. I can't imagine living like that, I grew up with disabled parents so hoarding was an issue, so I am now a minimalist. A couple of my family members went the other way.

    • @vincentgoupil180
      @vincentgoupil180 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also, the average house in the UK is 818 sq. ft. (76 sq. meters) while the US is 2,200 to 2,400 sq. ft. (202 sq. m. to 222 sq. m. ). This doesn't include the yard area. US yards can be larger.
      So, one or two ladies wouldn't do for a hoard in the US. A different approach is required.
      The US hoarder signs a contract previous to the clean-up with the understanding of what to expect. Whether the contract is legal since hoarders are mentally ill is questionable. So they should know what they're getting into.
      In addition hoarders are manipulative without the intent of fulfilling their end of the agreement. Some just expect a free cleanup as the price can run into six figures. Hoarders lie. They're basically drug addicts not to be trusted. Some are drama actors.
      US hoarders receive pre and post consultation with psychiatrists and a budget. Some new furniture and a makeover.
      Don't know what UK hoarder receives.
      The US hoard is massive compared to the UK. So, a Gordian Knot knot approach is used usually under duress of the hoarder losing their house by code enforcement agencies or having their family broken up. Its a last ditch effort in the shortest amount of time given.
      Yes the US cleanup compared to the UK approach appears relatively brutal with an eye on the ratings catering to the short attention span and need for staged drama of the average American veiwer. The US cleanup has more resources and production buget.
      But, there are reasons.
      Either way the relapse rate of the hoarder going back to hoarding is similiar. Both are tv shows.

    • @Draffut2003
      @Draffut2003 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They have actually talked about why they only have 4 days to clean out the hoard. The cleaners and stuff have real jobs and families they have to go back to, if they spent a month working with each person they wouldn't be able to have a life.

  • @blondecat666
    @blondecat666 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Jasmine is the most beautiful person, inside and out. I am lost for words for her and the others' kindness, empathy and patience.

  • @kathleendigregorio1701
    @kathleendigregorio1701 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    The hoarding and chronic messiness are often the results of unshed tears, rejection and trauma from harsh treatment and words 🍂

    • @pretty-eyes
      @pretty-eyes ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes also bullying, betrayal, harsh parenthood (anger) emotions kept inside and never expressed

    • @HeyGirlHaaay
      @HeyGirlHaaay ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ☹️ you're not wrong

    • @Saxonybedwitch
      @Saxonybedwitch ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's a form of OCD, I sure it is. My mother has OCD but is a compulsive hoarder. She has so much pent up hurt stemming from PTSD also. "Collecting", has become her way of coping.

    • @JP-ve7or
      @JP-ve7or ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@mayblixandren You're right, it is. Hoarding used to be just considered a symptom of OCD, but that's been changing in recent years to become seen as a disorder of its own as well.

    • @Avasmommy11509
      @Avasmommy11509 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There are infinite possibilities for the cause but in almost every single one, mental health/illness needs addressed and treated. Sometimes for long term.

  • @charmianblackall4005
    @charmianblackall4005 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Poor Marion, she’s clearly scared of Alan. He clearly has a nasty temper.

    • @chrissnow9080
      @chrissnow9080 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Alan cares about Alan and that is it.

    • @lisawhite8402
      @lisawhite8402 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep, I noticed that immediately.. just bullied and controlled her their entire relationship, the kids too. My worries are the fact that he had no qualms showing that temper on national tv and quickly at that.. how bad is it when the camera goes?? Poor Marion 😢

  • @angeldsouza777
    @angeldsouza777 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Richard thinks he can intellectualise his illness. He is wrong.
    And sorry to say it, but Marion should have left Alan ages ago. 41 years? 😧 *You'd get less for murder.* And worse, he never once considers what SHE'S going through 😟

    • @HandleDeleted
      @HandleDeleted 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I got the same feeling when watching this!

    • @Ruth58969
      @Ruth58969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Alan is a sefish narcassist. Marion needs to leave him to his rubbish pile while she is still young enough to enjoy her life.

    • @lisawhite8402
      @lisawhite8402 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He is a pretentious selfish bully!! A nasty temper too, it's awful to think of what she could be going through. God love her ♥️

  • @susanpaul4752
    @susanpaul4752 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The tolerance of the accepting, silent, long suffering spouses, endlessly willing to sacrifice their own needs always amazes me. These marriages seem to be matches made in heaven. The rebellious, angry, depressed, acting out children of hoarders are a lot healthier emotionally. At least they express some negative feelings. Such sad stories.

    • @ChiCityLady
      @ChiCityLady 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Most of the hoarders end up being at least emotionally abusive to their family members. In cases where they put them in physical danger with their hoarding, the abuse could also be considered neglect and physical abuse. I think that's why so few people have sympathy for hoarders. They're abusers.

  • @marloeslovestea
    @marloeslovestea ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Vicky is an absolute angel, I hope she has a great life, she deserves it and more ❤

  • @The-Cute-One
    @The-Cute-One ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Richard's hubris with the throwing money away with perfectly good tins of beans is outrageous . Considering the piles of food tossed on the floor to spoil.

    • @louhortonsculpture
      @louhortonsculpture 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I want to know what really happened with that 15? 20? year old tin of meat!!!! he claims he ate?? Well he said he opened it and it was fine. He didn’t say he ate it.
      My first thought was that newer tinned food is made with much thinner metal because manufacturing has improved to be able to make them so much thinner, and the need for everything to be lightweight to save on transportation costs.
      Also, it’s possible the old can used a higher grade of metal that was less likely than today’s tins to have weak spots that are more susceptible to rust/air/microbe growth.

    • @lisawhite8402
      @lisawhite8402 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Definition of irony....

  • @HandleDeleted
    @HandleDeleted 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That first grandma was such a trooper sticking with the husband during all the hoarding!

  • @Jack-qd3xo
    @Jack-qd3xo ปีที่แล้ว +30

    God bless Jasmine for such a kind, compassionate presentation of this disorder. There are people in my immediate family who suffer from hoarding tendencies and there are so many judgemental people out there (documentaries included) that just talk it down like they're pack rats and shame the family for not just throwing it all out - if it were that easy, these cases wouldn't happen!

  • @janacabenson8503
    @janacabenson8503 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My mother is a hoarder and we have cleaned it out completely 2 times and it's amazing how fast she fills it up again. I emotionally can't do it again. It's definitely an illness and my heart breaks for her.

    • @CnithTheOnliestOne
      @CnithTheOnliestOne ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because no one has helped her with the real issue. Throwing stuff out is an easy answer but doesn't actually solve anything and that's why it gets filled up again.

    • @TheWaterfall7
      @TheWaterfall7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You have to find out about her past trauma perhaps do counselling

    • @CnithTheOnliestOne
      @CnithTheOnliestOne ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What waterfall said is right. If you don't heal the trauma, it will never get fixed.

    • @RS54321
      @RS54321 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, it's like hiding an addict's smokes or booze...they'll find any way possible to get their next fix unless their underlying trauma and reason for the addiction is dealt with.

    • @Mrs.TJTaylor
      @Mrs.TJTaylor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I did it twice with one friend. She didn’t really want the hoard cleared. She wanted it reorganized and compacted so that she could bring more in. Her home was rehoarded with lightening speed. I gave up. She died in her hoarded home. The irony was that the kinds of things she collected were things to make a beautiful home and to facilitate entertaining family and friends. The hoard made it impossible for her to do either. It was a smelly, filthy, dangerous mess with not one place that a person could sit. No one would ever eat a meal prepared in her house. Very sad.

  • @Jackjackjackson
    @Jackjackjackson ปีที่แล้ว +4

    omg the little old lady with her pigtails drinking tea in the middle of all the hoarded things

  • @babyluna7414
    @babyluna7414 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Not me watching this and when the old man says “ if it was in its place it would be better” exactly what I’ve been telling myself. “There’s just not enough storage space in my room” 🤦🏼‍♀️👀🫠

  • @minahako
    @minahako 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One of the better documentaries about hoarding. It shows how deep the issue runs and that these people are not "just lazy". Also I love how much compassion Jasmine has and how the hoarders get actual help at the pace they need

  • @virginiasoskin9082
    @virginiasoskin9082 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I love the picture of her parents and a teenaged young Olive. WW2 really destroyed the dreams of so many young men and women of her generation. I don't think Olive ever got over her fiance's war death. If only therapy would have been available then. She might not have ended up a hoarder. It seems like she sort of stepped away from life, as if she put her life on hold for the next 70 years. Very sad.

    • @paulazajac9155
      @paulazajac9155 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Such a special demonstration of careful intervention on behalf of very deserving folks. Thank you for the insight.

    • @karenharrison885
      @karenharrison885 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if she's still alive?

    • @Ruth58969
      @Ruth58969 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@karenharrison885 She got moved out of the house cos it was unfit to llive in and died in october 2022 aged 93. I really liked her. I thought her story was tragic and very sad. Weird one tho she wasn't born until 1929 so not sure how she had a fiance in the second world war war? She was only just 16 when it ended.

    • @caitlingfaffling8849
      @caitlingfaffling8849 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Olive funding the PDSA and all sorts of things with her recycling is so lovely. What an amazing woman, I'm glad her legacy of charitable work will remain.

  • @LordHorst
    @LordHorst ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Compared to the US shows I've seen this programme is a real treat. Passion, understanding and calmness. The US shows are more like someone's screaming in your face.

    • @katarina1852
      @katarina1852 ปีที่แล้ว

      What US shows have you been watching where the therapists and organizers are screaming in the hoarders’ faces? Because I have seen any.

    • @LordHorst
      @LordHorst 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@katarina1852 I wrote "are more like". Which doesn't mean "they literally do that".
      I also didn't write "they scream in the hoarder's face". So, I really don't know where you got that from.

    • @katarina1852
      @katarina1852 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@LordHorst Sorry, I don’t even think they’re “more like” someone screaming. I don’t see that at all.

    • @LordHorst
      @LordHorst 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@katarina1852 It was a comparison. Compared to this show, the US shows FEEL like someone shouting in your face. You don't feel that? Ok. That's the beauty of it. We don't have to agree with each other. ;)

    • @katarina1852
      @katarina1852 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@LordHorst I like both the U.S. and U.K. shows but they are different. The hoarders in the US shows are mostly under duress and in crisis mode because they may have been threatened with child or adult protective services; given a deadline by the city due to violating codes for clutter, animal welfare, fire hazard, vermin and/or insect infestation, etc. Because the shows are not the same, I don’t try to compare one with the other. But you are correct, we don’t have to agree.

  • @carrissa8867
    @carrissa8867 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jeff's growth was amazing I hope he continued was good to hear at the end he felt happier when before that he said he didn't think happiness existed just the absence of pain and sadness my heart broke when he said that

  • @Detective_by_night
    @Detective_by_night ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I admire the patience of friends/family/ therapists

  • @bluecatjay5229
    @bluecatjay5229 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I do feel sorry for the hoarders but more so for the people that suffer seeing their partner or family member in such a unhealthy environment, life style and mental Decline! It can be heartbreaking and hurtful because those loved ones feelings are not Considered and don’t get help they suffer along.

  • @gorillaprutt
    @gorillaprutt ปีที่แล้ว +31

    In Sweden recycling 1 can (like a beer can) can give you 1 kr (0.079 pounds), so if every single can was recycable in the same way here as in the UK she'd been given roughly 10 890 kr (860 pounds) for 165 kg of cans.

    • @skyvision7363
      @skyvision7363 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Norway - triple it.

    • @xeniajola
      @xeniajola 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      In Holland it is €0.15 per can. And small plastic bottle
      Big bottles plastic €0.25

  • @bethroblek5563
    @bethroblek5563 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This woman is FABULOUS!!! Beautiful, patient, understanding, not pushy and WANTS TO HELP as she has been through it all with her own mother!!!

  • @martinasikk6162
    @martinasikk6162 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Jasmine, I have seen several of your programs with hoarders. You are so sweet and still you can help the hoarders. 🇪🇪

  • @cmotherofpirl
    @cmotherofpirl ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think much of it has to do with history: if you were a depression or ww2 baby you grew up with nothing. Rationing ended, and mass production appeared - a catastrophic combination.

  • @CBrown86
    @CBrown86 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “All of my books and trash are friends” well you need better friends

    • @margenek
      @margenek ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That’s an interesting statement. As watching my anxiety grows.

    • @LU-jo8sq
      @LU-jo8sq ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lots of insight here. Thanks all.

    • @kelleynoiseux1888
      @kelleynoiseux1888 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      When you can't find good godly people anywhere things don't let you down people do so I agree with this guy things rule pets rule people are mean jealous and very very calculating and sick ungodly is the only word I can come up with.

    • @carrilussier7135
      @carrilussier7135 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s the most heartbreaking statement I’ve heard in a long time! Loneliness kills. 😢

    • @CnithTheOnliestOne
      @CnithTheOnliestOne ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do you? People are unreliable and conditional. Things are not.

  • @sararichardson737
    @sararichardson737 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    These women have such good manners: not wearing gloves going through Richard’s jars for example. I wouldn’t go in there without a hazard suit and goggles

  • @leeboriack8054
    @leeboriack8054 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He said he looks at the books as friends. Perhaps he was a loner as a child and this is what has manifested.

  • @jilllawrence5174
    @jilllawrence5174 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I feel so sorry for these people 😢😢I hope they all get through these difficult decisions,

  • @lindaglassford8593
    @lindaglassford8593 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Jasmine, is a beautiful person, full of empathy, thought, care for these people,

  • @marilynkirby-roach187
    @marilynkirby-roach187 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My husband was raised by a hoarder and we fight a lot because he won’t clean up after himself or throw things away. I’ve given him an ultimatum- clean up after yourself, put stuff away or get out. He’s doing better. I don’t have to live like that and I’m not going to. He’s finally realizing his brooding huffing and puffing don’t bother me. I will not shut up. I will nag him till he clears everything away or leaves. Either conclusion is fine with me. I just couldn’t live like this. There is no amount of love that could keep me bound up in a mess like this.

  • @arsenic9584
    @arsenic9584 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    i realized that there will come a time in the future that I'll have to parent my parents when they start getting really old, irrational, childish and might start projecting past traumas too. I hope I will be as compassionate, helpful and understanding as Jasmine.

  • @Hirnwichsen
    @Hirnwichsen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Jeff is a great and deeply funny guy, awesome progress!

  • @jomamasuzan52
    @jomamasuzan52 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Knowing that magazine's, newspaper's and books are on-line helped me declutter my house

  • @chantalhenderson6994
    @chantalhenderson6994 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I feel so sorry for Janet! Her depression is crippling! 😢

  • @toddsculley2710
    @toddsculley2710 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I just waiting for Janet to smile. Can’t wait to see it.

  • @Cinnmon10
    @Cinnmon10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bringing all of their possessions less literal trash to a warehouse and let them sort through their stuff at their own pace while getting counseling is feasible. What you did for your mom is more ideal, seems like for hoarders.

  • @juliebrooke6099
    @juliebrooke6099 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This series is a decade old. I’d love to see an update on these people.

  • @annies8624
    @annies8624 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    after the beginning, i thought this was an older video- in the DSM5 it IS it’s own psychological condition and they know a lot of how it comes about, there are similar triggers and hoarding becomes a trauma and anxiety response on the same level of OCD.

  • @moxleygirl9475
    @moxleygirl9475 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I hope Olive and her cat have a better life now.

  • @brittkamper713
    @brittkamper713 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is frustrating to watch , I was a hoarder once. So manny people are helping here , but it might be best to be a little bit harder on them . In The Netherlands we have a saying : Gentle healers make stinking wounds . In the end to manny wil be hurt like this ( not just the hoarder ) and the risk of loosing all is to big .

  • @goddessmelanisia
    @goddessmelanisia ปีที่แล้ว +9

    OCD hoarding: These things are all my friends. ADHD hoarding: I have idea where to start.

  • @mindrolling24
    @mindrolling24 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hoarding amongst the elderly is a recognised psychiatric disorder, known as senile squalor syndrome. I know that the Home Office employed experts in this field in the last 20 years if not longer.

    • @lizziebkennedy7505
      @lizziebkennedy7505 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not just the elderly. It’s in DSM

  • @chloebrown9205
    @chloebrown9205 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really feel for Janet Victoria mum you can just see how sad she is I prey she is in a much happier place

  • @Anna81Louise
    @Anna81Louise 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I watch the TH-cam channel "A hoarders heart". She is slowly clearing her hoarded house and talking through her feelings and reasons behind her hoarding. She is determined to have a normal house for her two kids. Very insightful.

  • @johanneberube6682
    @johanneberube6682 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Bravo Mr Jeff! Keep on! 🌹 Bravo and thank you Miss Jasmine!🌹

  • @lindapindabelinda3570
    @lindapindabelinda3570 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The approach I would take with the elderly hoarders is that nobody deserves to clean up their mess. They need to clean it up before they die. If that means throwing away everything in the entire house, so be it.

  • @Tanya_Maria
    @Tanya_Maria ปีที่แล้ว +6

    People can addicted with absolutely everything that brings them some comfort or a good feeling. I feel for those people. It's a difficult one to get help for!

  • @brittaj68
    @brittaj68 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God bless you Olive *warm hugs*

  • @Gingers4u1
    @Gingers4u1 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I wish there was a video about the ''final' results. Did they ever stop hoarding and have a clean home? Other shows do show that.

    • @CnithTheOnliestOne
      @CnithTheOnliestOne ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Chances are, no. Bandaids are always temporary.

    • @LoveMusic-pd5iz
      @LoveMusic-pd5iz ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@CnithTheOnliestOne I think hoarding assistance is far better in Britain than in the U.S. In Britain they take longer with their clients. The process needs to go slower and allow the hoarder to arrive at the ability to part with their stuff. In the U.S., the assistance is done - at least on the shows - in a fashion for drama, a sense of urgency, and...ratings.

    • @CnithTheOnliestOne
      @CnithTheOnliestOne ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@LoveMusic-pd5iz I hope you are right because the wham bam never works. I wish I were in the UK if nothing more than for the non gauging healthcare and the actual help to the people part I keep hearing about.

    • @TurquoiseInk
      @TurquoiseInk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The problem is sometimes the situation hits a crisis and time has run out. There were 4 months where nothing got done, then they were down to 2 weeks left. Sometimes a crisis is the only thing left. The 87 year old lady doesn't have time.

    • @Te3time
      @Te3time 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a life long disorder there's no final result. They do show her mom as an example for what it can look like if you keep at it for years

  • @vivienwilliams1538
    @vivienwilliams1538 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    'I have got a rat!' I'm thinking, what, just the one....?

  • @Desperado070
    @Desperado070 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Every family has atleast one person who does this...

    • @Sirianta
      @Sirianta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No

    • @Desperado070
      @Desperado070 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Sirianta So you that person, is what you just said

  • @suzie982
    @suzie982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well done this program makes me cry

  • @jyanjones1276
    @jyanjones1276 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jasmine please follow up these people. I have been trying to find out what happened to Olive but keep drawing a blank. I wonder if there is much aftercare for the people who go through this process on camera?

    • @Te3time
      @Te3time 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was removed from her home in 2013 and died at 93 in 2022 just Google Olive Taylor Brighton

  • @DreadWaaaghGaming
    @DreadWaaaghGaming ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most of these people are endangering their neighbours lives. Not just the fire risk but their boilers clearly are not being serviced as nobody can attend to it through that lot.

  • @ImperfectionistGaming
    @ImperfectionistGaming ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this might be a bit unethical but I'd be very curious to see what would happen if you gave a hoarder a new house every time they filled one (each time telling them "this is the last house we'll give you!", 1) how many houses they would fill in a lifetime 2) if they would realize the stuff is not what they need to attain happiness and eventually stop hoarding 3) at what point would they want to live in a new place away from their things 4) how far apart they would be willing to be from their things. example: a new house next door vs a new house in another state

    • @bridgetgress
      @bridgetgress 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Most hoarders will fill any space they have to fill. It’s not going to give them any kind of revelations to give them more space. A lot of people don’t like the American show Hoarders, but if any of the hoarders do come to a realization, I think it’s generally that their family loves them and wants them to love themselves by having a well kept space.

  • @MickJ666
    @MickJ666 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great video 😁watched the whole thing in one😎

  • @toddsculley2710
    @toddsculley2710 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think I seen Jeff smile. Awesome to see

  • @geekelly000
    @geekelly000 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I hope Jeff finds true happiness in his twilight years. He certainly needs it. Seems like he struggled through most of his life.

  • @Redipstick
    @Redipstick ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I always wonder why social services or the fire departments don’t get involved. These are health and fire hazards

    • @ph2492
      @ph2492 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seeing these shows I'm new to it, I'm thinking need to be watching who doesn't bring out their and shouldn't the Sanitation workers realize thatn they skipping house all the time?

    • @jaycdundee
      @jaycdundee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      have to agree some of them are so delusional its insane 20yr ols can of beans on toast

  • @dougandsharonkrenz8906
    @dougandsharonkrenz8906 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing the patience of these women. I really could not do what they are doing.

  • @rochellena4082
    @rochellena4082 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't know if your mom has ever fully healed but from my house and own experience, honestly one day it clicks and it is like any addiction in life it takes going to classes and constantly from morning to night watching and listening to podcasts reading books all about hoarding and decluttering and it can take years to undo decades of hoarding damage. I am at the major phase of things I would not get rid of for ten years all of a sudden have no value to me. I am choosing to get rid of anything I loved too much. Not loved ones, but my things if a hoarders love for that item is too much I have learned from my own ah ha moment,vir holds me back if I keep only the things I love around me I hoard, of I choose to have nice things around me but nothing I am emotionally attached to is better. I personally believe as a serious hoarder at one point a level 4 hoarder and now after two years of heavy healing level 1 and just today woke up and threw away five things I loved for so long. Another thing about hoarders if it can go on trash no matter what it is the better. I am so grateful for documentaries like yours The Diana K white method works best for me as a recovering hoarder. Mari Condo is not good for hoarders because everything sparks joy.

  • @liftedlegend710
    @liftedlegend710 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I think people who hored feel like they have lost complete control of there life and just give up it's easier to ignore your problems then to deal with them

    • @grumpygrandma257
      @grumpygrandma257 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, hide all your problems then deal with them later, only later keeps getting put off indefinitely.

  • @nightreader1264
    @nightreader1264 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When the hoarding moves outside- you know that it is bad.

  • @gillianbrookwell1678
    @gillianbrookwell1678 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jasmine is a compassionate person and Stelios was too, even getting these hoarders into therapy, but in reality, nobody can cure this disease, and these people will hoard and re hoard for the rest of their lives.

  • @ruthowango7113
    @ruthowango7113 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You’re amazing and thanks so much for helping this people may My God bless you more and more 🙌🏾😇🥰

  • @raincity5004
    @raincity5004 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m a collector who borderline done hoarding things for a while after a traumatic event after I had surgery on my l knee when I was 17. I’m 18 now and I’m managing to get it under control don’t get me wrong I still thrift I still collect but I’m much more controlled now and measured.

  • @59tante
    @59tante ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's heartbreaking

  • @emmsue1053
    @emmsue1053 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jasmine is so lovely! Its a shame people don't realise their house is rotting underneath but its an illness. Good luck to everyone, the first step is the hardest.

  • @bobbiduval7961
    @bobbiduval7961 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This young lady Jasmine is absolutely beautiful inside and out!!!💖💯

  • @juliebrooke6099
    @juliebrooke6099 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don’t understand how Marion can stay with Alan. He’s such a bully and obviously prefers his stuff to her.

  • @angelataylor3822
    @angelataylor3822 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ve lost a lot of people and a lot things in my life but I’d never allow it to make me become a hoarder or do anything out of the ordinary it’s sad that some people can’t move past trauma or loses in their life and I wish there was people they could have talked to before things got out of hand someone should have been there telling them not to give up and to stay strong and showed them that things will get better and they will be okay loving them not hurting them anymore then they already are

  • @hazelduerdoth4333
    @hazelduerdoth4333 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Personally the more of these shows I’m watching I feel there really needs to be a very strict law on hoarders , if there’s ever a fire or something they are truly putting other peoples live at risk very it be the first responders or friends , family and neighbours.

    • @Avasmommy11509
      @Avasmommy11509 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i mean, there are to a point. If homes are bad enough and have been reported they will be given a timeline to clean before the home is condemned but enforcing that on every single hoarding situation would be literally impossible. The manpower doesn't exist. Let alone the amount of homes that are like this that absolutely no one has a clue about except the people that live there.

  • @luxomedia
    @luxomedia ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just think of re-homing the things that other people that need it could use instead of it being stuck in a box for years.

  • @Cazi1111
    @Cazi1111 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Olives wedding hat was adorable 🥰, lovely people on this show ❤

  • @AndyTrucker1985
    @AndyTrucker1985 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a difference from the American hoarding shows , this is so much better

    • @katarina1852
      @katarina1852 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The U.S. shows about hoarders involve people who are in violation of city ordinances like trash, vermin, insects & fire hazard situations, neighbor complaints, family members threatening adult protective or child protective services, etc., and have been given a deadline to clean up or face the consequences including possibly having their property condemned. So they are under a lot of pressure and most all are not psychologically prepared because they have agreed under duress. The U.K. hoarders situations don’t involve the authorities, deadlines, etc., because they are doing this voluntarily with no pressure. I enjoy both US and U.K. shows but they are different.

  • @Ljokerz
    @Ljokerz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as an ebay seller i hope those pianola rolls did not get trashed. its history for a museum or a hobbiest

  • @ADHDSOPHIA
    @ADHDSOPHIA 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alan is an aggressive nightmare, much more than hoarding going on with that man.

  • @faithevolution552
    @faithevolution552 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is what anxiety and antidepressants medication is for...the fear of letting things go would be gone ...I know this from personal experience.

  • @erinthesystem9608
    @erinthesystem9608 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Moving to a smaller place rather than a larger one can be helpful to some people who struggle with a hoarding disorder. An avid "collector" of various categories of things myself, I have made some progress in that way. Being in place without room for one's stuff can cause a hoarder to "hit bottom" faster than they might have otherwise.
    (Apartments are also likely to be subject to inspection.)
    Not every hoarder saves their waste or food which has gone rotten, but these are extreme cases; many of us simply do not have the room for all our things to be used to good purpose, but the solution is not likely to be found in buying up storage units.
    Best of luck and best wishes to any currently discouraged/overwhelmed owners of too much stuff! A person with hoarding tendencies has to stay vigilant, but anyone can improve. I also have to be okay with the fact that I will never be a minimalist at home. 😐

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes looking at the bathroom apparently they have a s*** collection as well haha

    • @erinthesystem9608
      @erinthesystem9608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deadmanswife3625 There was a woman on "Hoarders" who actually preserved her own waste in water-cooler jugs, and her bathroom was literally piled to the ceiling with the things. (It was determined that that woman wasn't okay living by herself.) She had also believed the foul odor in her home had been caused by dust, mildew...certainly not the room filled entirely with human excrement!

    • @deadmanswife3625
      @deadmanswife3625 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erinthesystem9608 just wow. Grief 🤮

  • @benmoussasamia537
    @benmoussasamia537 ปีที่แล้ว

    Whaw thanks for that vidéo Al geria 👏🏻 Algérie

  • @SusanRaickle
    @SusanRaickle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I enjoyed this. I'm American n my family struggles with some of these same issues?? But here it seems like its all about SHAMING the hoarders, instead of treating them with some compassion in that it's severe mental health issues that cause the behavior, i think the British approach is much, much better

  • @xeniajola
    @xeniajola 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He is so nice for his wife...

  • @terridemaio2926
    @terridemaio2926 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I Have Anxiety Just watching this

  • @elizabethcrowley3321
    @elizabethcrowley3321 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’m afraid I’d surreptitiously throw out a goodly amount that won’t be noticed. No way can any hoarder know a tenth of what they have. His wife is a dear lady but has made a Rod for her own back. I hope it works out! X

    • @Mrs.TJTaylor
      @Mrs.TJTaylor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You are incorrect. Until retirement I worked as an organizer. Hoarders know exactly what they have and the fury they have over losing one single item would melt the skin from your body.

  • @austindavis5778
    @austindavis5778 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Living like that would kill me. Couldn't stand the mess!!!

  • @KizzleWizzleFizzle
    @KizzleWizzleFizzle 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I swear I develop asthma every time I watch an episode of hoarders!

  • @robertcoombs4599
    @robertcoombs4599 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Personally I think they should leave Richard to it , he there making unreasonable demands while these two ladies are going out of their way to help clean his filthy house and getting nothing but pure attitude in return. Let him live in his filth.

  • @putzigetajwanu
    @putzigetajwanu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Please wear proper PPE especially a respirator for mould! These places are a breeding ground for Respiratory Tract Infections; disposable coveralls, gloves, shoe covers with proper donning, doffing and disposal procedures could in the worse case save you from a lengthy life threatening situation inside a hospital ICU. The other nasty thing you could get is a case of dermatophytosis caused by fungus entering like Trichophyton rubrum or antifungal resistant Trichophyton Indotinea breeding and spreading all over the body from Tinea Capitis to Pedis and embaressing Tinea Manuum: Think about stinking white head sized mushrooms growing visibly in real time out of pore and sweat glands of your hands! If the fungus breaches your Basel Cells / Melanocyte layer (just below the Epidermis and generates your skin), and works its way into and below your Dermis and Hypodermis layers called a Majocchi's Granuloma, a type of folliculitis (hair follicle infection) - it's basically Russian Roulette; it could latch onto nerves or lymph for example and give all sort of diseases depending on where the "bullet" hits and consequences can be serious as Meningitis and other debilitating CNS issues