{"id":94,"date":"2020-01-23T12:24:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:54:38","slug":"hoarding-and-beginning-the-clean-up-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/23\/hoarding-and-beginning-the-clean-up-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoarding and Beginning the Clean-up Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine throwing away your most prized or valuable possession. This is the type of anxiety that a hoarder goes through on a daily basis, even when it comes to old or meaningless items and things others may view as junk. By definition, hoarding is the\u00a0 compulsion to continually accumulate a variety of items that are often considered useless or worthless by others accompanied by an inability to discard the items without great distress. Hoarding can create unsanitary living conditions, not to mention the emotional strain on friends and family. Read on to learn more about the facts of hoarding and the clean-up process, including the benefits of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/2019\/08\/19\/how-to-be-responsible-in-your-waste-management\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dumpster rental<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Burlington, Mississauga, Oakville and Milton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Dangers of Hoarding<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoarding can be very dangerous to your health, mental state, and your home. Hoarding dangers can include: mold growth, bug infestations, structural damage, and tripping hazards. Hoarding has been known to also overwhelm the mind, cause stress, anxiety, and drain energy levels. Even minor hoarding problems can result in a diminished quality of life. A lack of functional living space is common among hoarders, who may also live in unhealthy or dangerous conditions due to improper waste disposal. Hoarders also cope with malfunctioning appliances and systems rather than allow qualified individuals into their home to fix a problem, which means they often live without heat or other necessary comforts. Social isolation, financial difficulties, and family or marital discord are also common among hoarders.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Symptoms and Behaviors<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inability to throw away possessions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe anxiety when attempting to discard items<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great difficulty categorizing or organizing possessions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indecision about what to keep or where to put things<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distress, such as feeling overwhelmed or embarrassed by possessions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suspicion of other people touching items<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obsessive thoughts and actions: fear of running out of an item or of needing it in the future; checking the trash for accidentally discarded objects<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Functional impairments, including loss of living space, social isolation, family or marital discord, financial difficulties, health hazards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>The Clean-Up Process<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you identify a friend or relative who may have a hoarding problem, a good idea is to act quickly to address the problem and help improve that persons\u2019 quality of life. If your friend or relative accepts your help, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/bin-rentals-and-rates.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rent a dumpster bin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and begin the process of going through the junk. Respect your loved one\u2019s wishes and don\u2019t throw anything away without his permission. You will probably experience some pushback, so make sure you can extend your dumpster rental if necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine throwing away your most prized or valuable possession. This is the type of anxiety that a hoarder goes through on a daily basis, even when it comes to old or meaningless items and things others may view as junk. By definition, hoarding is the\u00a0 compulsion to continually accumulate a variety of items that are often considered useless or worthless by others accompanied by an inability to discard the items without great distress. Hoarding can create unsanitary living conditions, not to mention the emotional strain on friends and family. Read on to learn more about the facts of hoarding and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,32],"tags":[37,5,38,16,23,7,33],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrwaste.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}