My Mother's Garden

On Sunday, April 5th, MSMBC will be showing My Mother's Garden, a film about a family dealing with their mother's hoarding issues. (Check your listing for times.)

One of the most interesting aspects of this condition is shown near the end of the film when their mother returns to her cleared out home - instead of being happy to have the mess gone, she is in fact devastated that the house is empty. I have experienced this with my own clients and it goes to how serious an issue hoarding is and why the hoarder must go into therapy.