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Need help dealing with hording disorder

Postby Lemuel » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:19 pm

I just realized that my fiancee has a serious case of hording disorder which also shows some typical traits of OCD and panic dissorder.
I realized it too late (because naturaly she didn't let me see her appartement). So since I didn't knew, I wanted to marry her and SHE IS RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING IN WITH ME INCLUDING BRINGING ALL HER JUNK WITH HER!

So I need help! What can I do? It's no question that I cannot let this happen. There is no way i could live like that, there is no way of trying to convince her not to bring her junk or throwing it away or asking her to store it some place (belive me i tried - she insists on bringing truckloads (literally) of junk right into our (very small) bedroom and she goes berserk if i start arguing about it not to mention if i where to throw any of it away or even touch any of it), and since she has allready started moving in with me it will be very difficult (and propably hazardous to both of our health and sanity) if i just throw her out now, just like that.

So... HELP! What can i do? I would of course love to help her and find that magic pill that would make her illness go away... but it's propably caused by some deep trauma or something and i would be deluding myself if i where to say i had any way or even any clue of how to help her (particularly because she violently resists any help).

So the only safe way for me to get out of the situation that i can think of right now is to fake my own death or something and then just leave her and everything behind and move to some distant location. I am seriously considering this option since i always wanted to live a simpler, more secluded lifestyle (-;

But maybe you guys know of other ways out of the situation? To make it absolutely clear, i am not really trying to help her anymore. I tried helping her and it was pretty futile and resulted in violent outbursts and panic attacks on her part. Getting professional help would be good, but she would never accept any real professional help and there is no way for me to force her. So the only thing i want right now is to find a way for myself to get out of the situation and away from her (or even better her away from me) without causing her even more trauma or endangering any of us.

And please only reply if you have experience with hording dissorders. The DSM still classifies compulsive hording as a symptom of OCD so i guessed this is the right place to ask. But while compulsive hording is certainly similar to OCD, the the ways to provide help as well as the ways it effects others are differen't (paricularly if living in the same household).
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Re: Need help dealing with hording disorder

Postby jasmin » Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:33 pm

Hi, Lemuel! Maybe it'd be good to ask someone from her family or a friend of hers to help you let her know that she needs to move somewhere else. You could ask them to be there with you. Is there anyone that understands the situation?
You could call the police and ask them to provide her with some counseling if she freaks out if you ask her to leave (I mean if she gets ill, if she will need help).
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