Hoarders

Have you seen the show Hoarders?

This is not Clean House or Clean Sweep this is hoarding to the max. degree. 

Now that we have tv again, I have found a fascination with this show.  Unlike Clean House where the people sort through the stuff, sell it all at a yard sale to make money for home improvements, get a fresh coat of paint, new furniture, and a beautiful, clean house at the end, in Hoarders these people are psychologically sick.  They can't see the mess.  Smell the rot and decay. Worst yet, their homes are so filled with stuff, mainly trash, that they have no room to live in their own homes.  The majority do not have functioning kitchens or bathrooms.  Many sleep in a space that could barely fit a child.  The level of filth is unheard of and yet they can't figure out why they are sick all the time.

Last nights episode was one of the worst.  Mainly because it dealt with animal hoarding on top of hoarding stuff.  One man had gotten rabbits which multiplied to at least 25 rabbits living freely in the house.  The rabbits had eaten their way through the walls and destroyed everything.  Worst yet, the couple who were hoarding these rabbits and junk were renters.  As a landlord now, that really freaked me out. 

That is one realm of psychology that I don't think I could ever be involved in. 

So now you know my sick obsession.  I still don't know why I am intrigued by the show.  You don't always end up with a clean house at the end.  If they do manage to clean it up, there is no new paint or new furniture.  Half of the people still don't get what they did wrong.  Just another example of the power of sin in this world and our need for a Savior.