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Of letting it go. i think she feels that when she lets it go, she loses a little bit of control over the item. she doesnt realize the control she has to let it go is much greater. >> for years, the hoarding strains jessicas relationship with her mother, but more recently, the two commit to tackling the problem together without professional help. >> it was you have an issue and you need help. no, i dont. im perfectly fine. no, you really do have a problem. and you really do need help. when she go...

Them in. she just keeps them if they show up. >> jessica finds the mess and unsanitary conditions so intolerable, she seeks refuge in an isolated bedroom in their home. >> its at the far end of the house. ive separated myself off from the house with a heavy duty shower curtain and baby gate to keep the barrier between myself and the rest of the house. i keep everything in my room now, all my personal belongings because if i leave them out theyll get destroyed and destroyed very quickly. either s...

>> the debris in this case was a lot of trash, but also a lot of computer parts. he loved tinkering on computers and taking them apart. >> just like everything. lunch containers, soda bottles, you name it. everything you can buy at the grocery store, you bring it home and it was all there. >> a lot of paperwork. people have a huge problem with what to do with paper. >> the crew begins carefully sifting through the debris room by room. >> we dont take the snow shovels and just haul the stuff into...

Executive living in an apartment filled with garbage, clothes and computers. fearing eviction, he calls in the experts. the disaster masters. >> he felt that the landlord was about to create an action and eviction. he felt the pressure. >> 2005. they head out to survey the scene. >> he welcomed us in and really said the magic words that fix it people love to hear, like ron and myself, which is will you please help me? please help me. >> and what they find shocks even a team of experienced profes...

They went back. >> im not sure i would have made as much progress as i have. i think it would have been much easier to side step it and find something else that was less distasteful to do and not as difficult. this is very difficult process. so if it were just me by myself, there wouldnt be as much progress. >> despite her mothers recent efforts to change her life, the hoarding has also had an effect on jessica. >> i started seeing reactions in myself that i couldnt understand. i was constantly ...

So they were overgrown on the house. there was a car parked outside. it was completely packed with stuff. >> that was overflow from the house. basically when you opened up the door to the car, it was filled to the ceiling. >> they shut the door and locked it. im sure if you opened it up, it would all fall out. >> looked like stuff youd find digging through the garbage. >> there was a note in there saying this is my stuff, do not take it, its not garbage, its my stuff. >> with the camera still ro...

In the trees, chained spots of dogs. >> many were kept in a variety of pens and many were just chained on the property. and there was an unbelievable amount of trash and debris strewn all throughout the property. the residents from the main one was just filled with all sort of stuff. it was sort of a little trail to go through the trailer. very strong odor in there of urine and feces. the animals were sort of climbing over piles of debris. lots of the animals were heartworm positive. many had ha...

Your nostrils dont burn, your throat doesnt suddenly hurt. you dont feel like someones sitting on your chest. >> with the house in such disorder, jessica finds day-to-day life mentally draining and physically exhausting. >> it takes ten times more work and effort to do simple things than it should take, to take a shower, you have to get all your stuff from your bedroom, make sure you have your flip flops on, step over your baby gate, walk to the other end of the house. i dont walk around barefoo...

All back and then do the next section. its very exhausting and very stressful. >> to an outsider, the solution seems easy, clean it up. but with a hoarder, its just not that simple. >> you dont move stuff. she would be very hurt, first of all, shed be angry, shed be hurt at the disrespect to her and her things. shed be ashamed. it would be kind of like her worst fears coming true right then and there. it would just make the problem worse because it would make her more defensive of everything els...

Dishes, mail and everything you can imagine. as you moved into the kitchen, the kitchen was stacked with dishes and, you know, cooking utensils and pots and pans. >> the nastiest had to be the kitchen because there were a bunch of plates that they were used. they werent washed. and they were stacked up and spoons and forks and pots and pans that were used and not washed. >> at one point during the survey lang loses ght of his friend rick. >> where are you at? >> we didnt see him back there at fi...