Hannah, a recent college graduate and aspiring professional writer, is being interrogated at a Brooklyn coffee house by Ray, her curmudgeonly, know-it-all boss, after she tells him about an essay she's written on an ex-boyfriend's hoarding problem.
WHATEVER balance children of hoarders manage to find in their own homes, there is still the ancestral homestead to contend with — and the knowledge that it is filling up with more junk by the day — so long as the parent with the hoarding problem is alive.
I mention this not to brag about my embarrassing hoarding problem, but to explain the oddness of an experience I've had: I start paging through a new cocktail book looking for a new drink to make and realize that there is scarcely one I can make with ingredients I have on hand.
In 2010, a duplex that Sherrell was sharing with her ex-husband was featured in an episode of "Hoarding: Buried Alive". Sherrell told the San Diego Union-Tribune that her hoarding problem grew out of control after she worked at a storage facility and brought home items that customers didn't want.
A recent survey by used gadget buyer uSell, suggested 68% of Americans admit to having at least one gadget they haven't used for at least two years and 25% say they have a hoarding problem.
I think she has a hoarding problem.
