For anyone who's dealt with a hoarder house that's not the reducto ad absurdum you think it is, just the tragic reality.
Likely you’re psychologically unable to ever do it, but it’s comforting to have this convenient lie.
There’s only one way to know.
"I'm not addicted, I can quit anytime I want"
No helpful disposition is required behind the "calling out" for that to be the case.
The (unverifiable anyway) intention doesn't add some magic dust to a comment to make it good or bad.
my experience helping clear out a hoarding family member's house tells me this is highly unlikely.
If the decision is just "dump", the problem become easy: you strip the house bare and throw it in a dumpster. There was a hoarder house near me that was cleaned out in a couple days that way - they parked a dumpster in the front yard, hired a couple guys to toss everything in the house in garbage bags and toss all the garbage bags in the dumpster, gutted it down to the studs, remodeled it, and sold it.
They regaled us with a tale of how they just got to the city and were looking forward to being able to furnish/populate their house, but it was obvious that they were just grabbing and selling everything as a career. No harm no foul though, as we just wanted stuff cleared out and it certainly ended up 'in circulation' for folks that could use it.
> they want to evaluate every single item
I almost gave up on him and only resumed when he was literally crying for me to come back. Did not regret coming back.
When he died 5 years later, my poor mother needed WEEKS to throw away all the useless shit he had accumulated in his apartment. Then I did regret not being harsher on him, but he was mentally and physically ill.
To anyone reading this: You are not the only one being hurt when you are a hoarder. Let people help you.
Even more unlikely when said hoarder says _they_ can do it in a few days.
It's not the junk that is the problem, it's the way of thinking that leads someone to refuse to discard it. Or more likely there is some even deeper rooted cause that makes them think that way.
It can also be the case that the people they live with don't help either.
Don't agree in demolition of the USG though - it's actually quite effective when you think about it.
As a matter of fact, hoarder house is quite an accurate description of the US government.