Does anyone have a parent who is a hoarder?

Zack Lee said

I’ve mentioned this in other threads but my mother got involved in a dog rescue program and she can’t control it. She has to say yes to every one of them. It is in relative control these days but at one point I couldn’t even go to her house anymore. Like it was mentioned about general hoarding it’s a deep emotional thing. Like trying to fill a bottomless hole in your heart. Rescue is a beautiful thing but it isn’t for everyone.


I am a digital hoarder I guess. I have a stack of hard drives but I suppose that’s a very contained hoarding.

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I have a friend who rescues dogs. One time I was there she had her two cats, two pitbulls, a Chihuahua rescue, and another pit with paralyzed, rear legs.

She's had situations where the dogs don't get along and she has to put them in separate rooms and they eat the walls and doors.

She jumped into a fight with three pits and ended up with permanent nerve damage to her hands. I called her while she was still getting treated and she was crying her eyes out. Not because of her injuries, but because she was afraid that she was going to lose the dogs.

It's a rewarding, and necessary job/hobby. I admire her for it. But it's as much an addiction as hoarding.