I found the speaker's knowledge was thorough, and her tone was compassionate as she explained the many and varied factors involved. Presentations like this are much more helpful in getting help for people than the expose tv shows which seem to target subjects when they are the most vulnerable.

One of the best presentations on hoarding I have ever seen. Great work.

Thank you Boston University for that enlightening presentation ! Indeed , it may be easier at first to build our sense of identity on the accumulation of stuff but, when stuff is discarded, then with it leaves a part of ourselves...

*RESEARCH NEEDED* I greatly appreciate the mention of Information Processing issues at 27:37. I have ADHD and have discovered certain cognitive blindspots only by chance despite decades of actively searching for insight and help. For example, I only recently "got" that when I put something down in a random place, *I* am the one who is going to have to move it later when company comes over, so it would be better to do that work up front so I can enjoy a more functional and pleasant space. This was a genuine epiphany after decades of reading books and articles on home organizing. Prior to that, it was as if things stopped existing in a way once they left my hand, though I was unaware of that and couldn't have articulated it. Like an actual vision problem, some of these blindspots persist even after becoming aware of them, or the insight doesn't generalize from one situation to another. For example, I found out by chance after decades of desperately trying to understand how to be on time that I wasn't "seeing" the unit of time between the parking lot and the building. Yet, like a dyslexic child tutored repeatedly about a certain phoneme, I would still forget it intermittently in daily life. Later, when I'd practiced enough to retain it more often, my brain still didn't realize there are also other units of time I wasn't seeing, like the distance from the building entrance to the top floor, or waiting in line to check in. These things *still* don't come to mind effortlessly, even though I laboriously brainstorm and problem-solve all my potential blindspots on paper when meeting a friend at a restaurant I've been to dozen of times, for example. *None of the tidy or punctual neurotypical people I've asked for help through the years ever thought to mention these essential things because for them they're automatic. And I didn't know to ask about them, because they were invisible to me.* The state of my home has cost me time, money, peace, chances for connection, etc., and I've lost multiple jobs and educational opportunities because of my genuine disability with time. And I have other chronic issues. *If researchers with better executive function could reverse engineer where these blindspots might be based on observable differences in behavior and outcomes, it could provide life changing help for millions of people.* I appreciate the speaker for touching on this subject, and providing a concrete tip like using an office supply company's website for hints on how to categorize things.

This deserves way more views!

A friend of mine walked away from her apartment, let people come get what they wanted and she left. (Someone else was going to stay in the apartment for a year). She could not deal with th overwhelming of letting go. She was lonely and bought stuff.

This was a very very informative and she hit the nail on the head! I wish the question and answer part would have been louder though.

I think the impairment of the "closet hoarder" is that they aren't able to access the items that are truly important that are being stored in these hidden spaces which causes distress. Also the items that were designed to go into these storages spaces (for ex: cabinets in the kitchen) are now being utilized to hide hoards of items completely unrelated to the space - which precludes the usual use of the space.

Shopping makes me feel powerful, capable, and able to care for myself, despite having a very limited income. Garbage gives me the same feeling, finding something useful, or something I can fix. Which I never do. Holding a job, providing for her children, do not a good mother make. She maintains the appearance of a good mother.

This was very informative. thank you for work you are doing

1:11:00 and 1:11:56 'A Hoarders Swap Meet'. Definitely don't want THAT happening! LOL!

Excellent video Ty!

Very informative, thank you!

Great presentation, thank you for sharing.

It seems that in some cases the consumption of space is the object of the hoarding. In those cases, could treatment using Augmented Reality be of any use? Maybe a certain amount of time each day wearing a VR headset that makes the living space seem more cluttered than it is? I'd be curious if such a technique produced a reportable decrease in anxiety.

She skipped over those of us who save things that we believe we can resell for profit! We call this inventory. I'm so over it!

I don’t understand the rotten food and insects. Why?

Interesting

14:30, 31:38.

It’s positive that you are making an effort to understand the problem, tread carefully & help but your tone is a bit haughty.

What's the point of the video, if you can't see the home?

Speaker has a distracting tsk, tongue click? Hope it can be over come.

privacy policy = lame