Their Second Chances

Do you know the show, Hoarders: Buried Alive?

My husband and I love this TV series that feature people with OCD and compulsive hoarding disorder. Basically, they're the type of people who have this disorder where they find it hard to dispose or let go of things that are sentimental to them. What happens is, they bring more into their homes and nothing pretty much comes out, and through the years of just buying or collecting stuff, they've turned their homes into something that's nearly uninhabitable by any living things.

Anyway, what they do is, they help these people change their ways and turn their lives completely back into normal, providing them with any means of help they'll need along the way. They help them clean their houses, and every time they do, I still am always left in great awe at how much trash they actually can collect. They use about 3 or sometimes more huge trucks, like that of the Bellaire Junk removal, to help them dispose the things they've cleaned out of the house. You'd be surprised on how much junk they can literally remove. But above all, I guess, you'd be more taken aback at how were these people able to live in such an environment for years and not once have they tried seeking for help. Most of them actually were only forced to do so because of the fear that their house might be taken away from them, or worse, their kids will be taken by the CPS if they don't clean their homes and make it into a safe place for their kids to live in. More than anything, I think I am more surprised finding out that there are indeed people like them out there, and that they need help more than anything. They can change, if only they're given the chance to. After all, they're like us, not perfect, and they always deserve all the "second chances" they could get till they are better.