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  • Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    Hi Everyone!

     
    Today, Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer will be a featured guest on our boards.

    Matt will be here posting replies to your questions and comments throughout the day.  Post your comments and questions about last night's episode here and he will get to them as soon as he is able!


    We will be having  featured guests come to the board to answer your questions the day after each Hoarders episode premieres.

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  • Re: Love this show!!!

    Posted By: esa

    I just finished watching the show and I was so impressed with both stories.  I have been watching for several seasons but never knew the difference between Hoarders and Hoarding:buried alive until recently.  What's the scoop?  Not to put down the other show (because I'm a "Hoarder show hoarder"!!) but there seems to be so much more depth to your show. I found myself laughing and crying and I felt like the people had a better chance of recovery after being on your show. It just seems like two completely different shows. Can't wait for next week! Thanks! 

    thanks. yes, 2 different shows. Honestly, i've never watched the other one. I know they let me use humor in my style and for me and my clients that is what works. I think what I like best is that HOARDERS (although a show), they basically just let us do our job and they film it. That being said, the crew has been with us for 4 years now, so we all start to really know each other and the hoarders. It's a very big "turbo bonding" experience for the family and the hoarders. We get to know them so well and they get to know us and I think that shows in our final product.

    thanks for watching. check out my podcast, you might like it. that being said, it's EXTREMELY graphic and crude and funny and motivational. but also crude. 5 Decisions Away is the name.

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  • Re: Re: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    Posted By: Hannah
    I also didn't see a dog or cat in Patty's house.Great to see you back Matt!!!! How many eps did y'all film?
    you get 13 glorious weeks! thanks for watching

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  • Re: Hoarders

    Posted By: Momoftwins
    I was just wondering how the show, Hoarders, came about and how you got involved. Also, how are the mental health professionals chosen. Thanks!
    the mental health professionals are chosen by our production company. I know they spend an enormous ammount of time researching, interviewing, etc before they pick someone. I've talked to a few candidates before they were hired just to see if they could handle the in-home experience. The key for us is that they person has SOUND and proven mental health experience, but also has years of experience in the homes. Our show is much different than talking to someone in a couch.

    great question on the show's inception. Most people don't know this, but it was originally supposed to be a show about a crime scene clean-up company. that was too graphic and then the guy said "hey, we also do this...." as soon as the producers saw a hoarded home, i think it happened quickly from there. I was called in to clean at the end of season 1. i'm a very lucky man. I'm sure there are 100's of people out there doing what I do.

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  • Re: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    The turbo bonding sounds like it probably occurs almost immediately due to the dire circumstances everyone finds themselves in upon beginning...I'm sure that having Patty with such a leader as Matt was so good for everyone right off the bat

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  • Re: Re: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    Posted By: BlessingsAll
    Hi Matt,
    Not sure when you were in ND, but am sure you quickly found out the state bit is the mosquito, followed closely in a tie of flies and gnats. Found out when my hubby and I moved to Minot last year lol. As far as suggestions for the overnights and without being too graphic, there are other areas of living in a hoard that weren't talked about. What about dinner, bathroom needs, hygiene? Not suggesting you do any of those things, but just the thought process about those issues. I can't imagine what it would feel like, in dire need of taking a shower and no where to be able to do it. It was obvious by what was accomplished that the show's shoot time was more than the previous 2 days. So glad A&E extended the time periods. Two days from start to finish seems virtually impossible to get started in the hoard, much less getting to know the hoarder and how to treat them individually. Kudos to A&E for extending the time frames. Being on the OTT side of cleaning and organizing, I became a huge fan of the British TV show, "How Clean Is Your House" when stationed in England. Swear by and use all of the cheap, cheerful, Eco friendly cleaning methods. So my question: are there any domestic skills lessons given to the hoarder? How to properly clean a bathroom, why it's important to change out kitchen sponges...how baking soda mixed with dried lavender makes a fantastic carpet freshener? Would be interesting to see the hoarder actually experiencing the process of making an area, even a small bit of counter top, truly clean. From brown and bacteria covered to clean and sanitized. Great show, glad it the family is moving forward!Blessings All!Paige
    thanks so much for your post.

    we definitely explore all of those things in the season coming up. I do try to eat dinner with one client in his home. I do figure out how he uses the restroom, etc. It's a very touchy subject, but you really will see me trying to live in the home with them as they normally do.

    the hoarder does get some life skill stuff, mainly in their aftercare. We have to treat the mental first, then the physical. The physical is often taught SLOWLY over a 5 to 6 month period.

    love your suggestions, i'll let A&E know.

    thanks again.

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  • Re: Re: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    Posted By: Sweetie
    The turbo bonding sounds like it probably occurs almost immediately due to the dire circumstances everyone finds themselves in upon beginning...I'm sure that having Patty with such a leader as Matt was so good for everyone right off the bat
    thanks. the turbo bonding is amazing for EVERYONE.

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  • Re: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 on in the Community - Matt Paxton, Patty's Organizer

    Tell them if their looking for cheap and cheerful tips, give me a call LOL

  • i'm out

    alright folks. I'm out for the day. Feel free to post questions tonight, i'll answer again on Wednesday. Thanks for watching HOARDERS and feel free to check out the podcast if you are interested. 5 Decisions Away. I'll be on HOARDERS next week.

    thanks for watching.

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  • Spending the night in a hoarded home

    I just wanted to comment on spending the night in the house. My father-in-law's live-in girlfriend is a hoarder. My husband slept over there (on a couch) a few years ago, and he could TOTALLY identify with Matt's feelings. He said it was one of the worst nights he's ever had, and he's usually one of those people who can sleep anywhere, anytime. One night and he swore he would never do it again! So Matt, if you are going to make this a regular thing, I sympathize with you and hope you can get a solid 8 hours in a nice hotel the following night!

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  • Spending the night in a hoarded home

    Matt, the best thing about your spending part of the night in the hoard was locating the "safe spot," lying in it, and seeing the world from that view point. I felt the impact of your exclamation. I felt that your ordeal was well worth your bringing us this perspective. Whatever the present condition of each of us, from clutter through a class 5 hoard, your being inside and looking out was the perfect jolt of reality we can use accordingly.


    Thanks for doing this for us!

    Edited by Lara_Feeney, 9 months ago

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  • What an Intense Show!

    Hi Matt,

    It was incredible to watch you attempt to spend the night in that hoarded house -- alone!  I agree with the poster who said that this show added an incredible depth and dimension to the understanding of what hoarders live with.  I can't believe you had the courage to confront this reality "up close and personal" and survived a part of the night there....  I also can't believe what hoarders themselves put up with and get used to over a period of time, in the name of this disease which you called a "pile of sadness, a pile of quitting.." in your book.  It would be hard to find a more eloquent description than this one of yours.

    I was wondering if there is a single house which stands out above the rest in your memory as the most densely cluttered?  I still think that Arlene from Hawaii (whose husband slept in the car) had a home with the least living space imaginable left in it, but was curious how common it is to find homes like hers?

    Thanks for all you have done and are doing to help shed the light on hoarding! 

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