I Live With a Hoarder

So why am I trying for divorce now... We did briefly go together to a hoarders support group. And it helped bring home to me some truths about my wife's condition and our relationship. So in the light of that, it has to be divorce...

This is a shot of my garage from last year. My concern here was that, in addition to blocking the exit door, she had piled boxes up against the gas furnace and gas water heater:Some time in 2012, I started to change the way I thought...

I'm a big fan of the series, Hoarders: Buried Alive. My wife insists she is not a hoarder, because we don't have rats or roaches. But I think she qualifies as a Level 3 hoarder, which is someone who collects things that don't have any...

My (soon to be) ex-wife started collecting used books to sell about eight years ago. Until then I would say our house was cluttered, but not unmanagable. I could get the car into the garage, we could have guests over, and I could walk...

So, just recently I've made a living situation at my moms house where I stay mainly with my boyfriend through the week and weekend, but twice to three times a week I stay at her house.
Long story short, when I was a kid her house was...

Some of the worst areas of the house are the ones where people don't visit, mainly our bedroom and the garage.This is a shot of our bedroom from about 18 months ago:My problem here is that it is not possible to easily reach parts of the...

My Momma has a lot of stuff. We have a back room that I have never been able to get in because she has so much crap. Not only her, but also her sister and her mom and many Aunts are just like her. When I was cleaning my room, Mom and I...

One thing my wife can never accept is the idea that when a room gets too messy, it's probably an indication that there is too much stuff in it.
Here is a shot of my daughter's room from 2003:
You can see that the shelves are filled up...

I can't take it.  The man refuses to throw anything away! I have tried to sneak stuff in the trash, he will actually dig through the trash to bring it back in the house and then rant and rave about how I don't respect him or his...

I really need to hear from some other people who live with a hoarder. My husband hoards hot wheel cars, action figures,lava lamps, stickers, magazines, misc. toys, and bits of paper (notebooks) basically everything. I married him 5...

This is my story. Initially I posted it as a response to another member's post. Sorry, I wasn't familiar with the site layout...

I have lived with a hoarder for 25 years, and sometimes I think I have lost my mind as well. It has caused...

I live with a "friend" that holds on to anything broken or of any use. We have broken tables, box fans, xbox's, televisions, computers and random parts, you name it. There's random liquor bottles that he won't throw away because they...

While not as bad as some people whom I've seen, my mother is perhaps a mild hoarder. In short, she has way, way too much crap and refuses to dispose of anything. I think her problem is more she likes to throw stuff in random spots and...

My boyfriend of 6 years is a hoarder. The last 3 years has become a problem. I can't even go into our bedroom as it makes me have anxiety. My driveway looks like a car lot and the basement, I can't even talk about. The other rooms I...

A couple in the UK have been convicted for child cruelty. They both received 6-month sentences, suspended for two years.

Interestingly, it was made clear in the court reporting that it was the wife who acquired the clutter, just as my...

We moved in with my boyfriend almost 3 years ago, with only our treasures (22 boxes for 5 of us). He cleared a room out for all our stuff. In that time, I have found 3 boxes of old girlfriends personal stuff; receipts for cars that...

Sounds trivial doesn't it? "We all hoard stuff," you're thinking.

That's true but the way my wife hoards is different. Firstly, the buying and hoarding are only the most obvious signs of an all-consuming mental condition that mediates...

One of the biggest places we fight about is the kitchen counter and the dining room table. The table hasn't been available for most of the last 5 or 6 years, so we stopped having meals together as a family.  
The kitchen counter is...

My hoarder is a bit different then others, he doesnt bring more stuff home, he just wont let anything go he bought 20/30 years ago.. he hangs onto crap that has no use to his present day life.

he hoards everything from the past, kids...