After completing many hoarding cleanouts in Brooklyn, we’ve noticed quite a few similarities between people with hoarding tendencies. While clutter is normal, excessive amounts of clutter that hinders your ability to easily use and move about your living space is both anxiety provoking and a fire hazard. Learn more about how hoarding begins and what you can do to get your life back.

Early Symptoms of Hoarding

Hoarding tends to afflict people who have trouble making decisions. For an indecisive person, it’s easier to keep everything than to risk throwing something away that you fear you might need in the future. It is also prevalent for those who have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Early symptoms of hoarding include:

• Extreme anxiety when attempting to part with possessions of any value
• Difficulty categorizing or finding places to store possessions
• Emotional difficulties such as divorce, health problems, marital issues and social isolation

Common Items People Hoard

We’ve worked with many clients helping with their hoarding cleanouts in Brooklyn and find that many homes are filled with the same things. People who suffer with hoarding feel unable to throw anything away. The following is a list of the common items that hoarders keep, only to get piled so deep that they lose access to their living spaces:

• Newspapers, magazines and other paper products
• Photos
• Household supplies such as expired toiletries and unused cleaning products
• Clothing
• Food
• Boxes
• Animals (in extreme cases)

How a Hoarding Specialist Can Help

Brooklyn hoarding cleanouts can be extremely overwhelming. Clients don’t know where to begin, what to do with the items that have accumulated or how to let go. Hoarding specialists are trained to work with you to get rid of everything you’re comfortable parting with, nothing more. Specialists are also trained to deal with hazardous clean ups and disposal.

Hoarding Cleanouts in Brooklyn

If hoarding has negatively impacted you or a loved one, get in touch with Hoarding Cleaning Specialists. Our dedicated team will gently help you through the process and bring life back to your home. Give us a call at 1-800-284-6610 or click here to fill out the online contact form.