Getting help is as hard as throwing something away for a hoarder. A hoarder doesn’t recognize the issue and, even when presented with the issue, the hoarder will deny the problem. Hoarding isn’t a problem that will go away overnight or with a pill. Hoarding is a deep-rooted problem that can be solved with joint efforts of different recovery methods. Since most cases of compulsive hoarding aren’t suspected outside the home or have gone undetected for years, the hoarding issue can takes years to work through and it can take years of regular checkups to ensure the behavior doesn’t repeat itself.
The sad fact of hoarding is that very few people stay organized and tidy. Most will maintain a clean living environment and healthy lifestyle to only return back to the bad habits of hoarding years later.