Got this in an email. All I can say is OMG!!!!!! I thought our local "dog lady" was bad (15 dogs living in a 14' camper trailer along with all their turds) but this is just absurd, unspeakable!

This was a lady 1 month delinquent on her rent in Houston. This is current, the lady has not come back from Ike and cannot be reached. I will never live in an apt building, no pun intended!

 

I seen this on another website. This is more than just being a pig pen. This is a mental disorder..

 

its already been posted here.

 

Really? I haven't seen it, this is supposedly current from around the time of Hurricane Ike. I got it off HoustonImports forum via email today.

 

I think it's called "hoarding"

By the nature of my job...I go in people's house's...

I've seen stuff worse than that, believe it or not...

 

Yeah, my wife worked "home health" for years; that is nothing compared to what she has seen many times.


I got a kick out of the iron and board, the only clear spot in the place; maybe hoarders are also neat about their ironing.


I have reason to be in all sorts of peoples vehicles, everything from little toodle-around cars to 379 Petes; what I see a lot of is how NASTY these spoiled wives of doctors/lawyers can be with their vehicles.

These women will appear all paint powder and lipstick, and dressed to the nines, nails all perfect, and not a hair out of place, yet the inside of their brand new car would cause a pig to puke.

 

Me too.

If I can find them, I have some cool pictures too.

 

What is that piled up all over the end table?

If that is a pile of pins, that may explain a lot (dopers).

 

I wouldn't come back to that either.....

 

Looked like cigarette butts to me - they are all over the computer as well.

Like s cesnick said, it's a mental disorder. Some people who live like this are really hoarders and can't bear to throw anything away - they are genuinely sick in the head and need help. Others got behind on their housekeeping, the mess got to be overwhelming and they just gave up - that's just pathetic and I have very little sympathy for 'em. Get a shovel, rent a dumpster, and clean up your mess. Seems like a lot of what gets excused as mental illness these days is really just a lack of willpower.

But like Bearkiller said, a lot of these folks you would never be able to tell they have this problem by looking at them. They have been able to compartmentalize their problem, kind of like a functioning alcoholic.