The True Story of What Was

jennabee:

meaghano:

Magic Molly’s piece in Vice about this hoarder-y guy is FASCINATING.

Oh my God it really is.

“…No two hoarding jobs are exactly alike. Except for the client. The client, he says, will always try to manipulate you. The A&E show Hoarders, he adds, is horseshit. ‘Shrinks, social workers, and psychotherapists have never cured a smoker, drinker, overeater, gambler, or sex addict, yet the media has these folks working with the clients as if they are providing some kind of valuable service.’ Like any junkie, a client can’t be helped until he or she asks for physical help and coaching, Ron tells me. But never therapy: ‘Coaching is about tomorrow. Therapy is about yesterday.’

I started reading this and quickly realized that the author didn’t truly understand compulsive hoarding and had to give up. It would only drive me crazy if I kept reading.