Research Paper On Hoarding

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Hoarding is my favorite show. It is amazing how someone live life everyday physically, due to the issues and illness that takes over their mind. It makes you want to clean up your home after seeing their living environment. Not only inside their home, but the outside of their home look like no one lives there anymore. Based on the ethical issues, would it be right to take a person out of their comfort zone and get rid of meaningful things. For example, what if a person collected tons and tons of newspapers to help remember her deceased husband, who use to be the mail carrier. On another note, what if the health risk and weight gained caused an individual to go into depression and her house to become a mess. In every situation, you have to

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