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20. A renter of my grandmother's ground floor apartment left dog mess.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 12:20 AM

Jul 25

It must be all too common.

One should distinguish dirty from hoarding.

Psychology Today describes hoarding disorder.

The cause of hoarding disorder has yet to be identified, although there are known risk factors. People who experience a traumatic event, have difficulty making decisions, or have a family member who hoards are at higher risk of developing the disorder. The majority of people with hoarding disorder also suffer some type of depressive or anxiety disorder.

The tendency to hoard often begins in adolescence and worsens as a person gets older.

Hoarding disorder is viewed as a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and many OCD disorders are closely linked to anxiety. None of the symptoms of hoarding disorder is due to any other mental health condition or medical problem. One study found that among the reasons people reported for their hoarding, avoiding waste was the most common.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/hoarding-disorder

OH! About those repairs.
If at all possible: "I need to take this to the shop to repair it"
Even if it's a refrigerator, what the heck.

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A gross story. Please don't read unless you're ready to be grossed out. [View all] Orrex Jul 24 OP

Glad True Dough Jul 24 #1

The county public health department or animal control... 3catwoman3 Jul 24 #2

Do I have a reasonable case to make? Orrex Jul 24 #3

Keeping animals in filthy conditions. Ocelot II Jul 24 #12

I work as a senior move manager and I have encountered this many times in senior homes kimbutgar Jul 24 #4

I've had a few of those over the years Orrex Jul 24 #6

Yes I have also encountered that in my job, kimbutgar Jul 24 #9

That's very kind and honorable work Orrex Jul 24 #10

It is something to see them in their new living situations and happy and less stressed. kimbutgar Jul 24 #11

Should be reported to board of health Figarosmom Jul 24 #5

You might contact your city's health department? Ocelot II Jul 24 #7

That's an interesting approach. Orrex Jul 24 #8

Can do one better gay texan Jul 24 #13

Wow. Yeah, that's worse. Orrex Jul 24 #14

Before reporting them TommyT139 Jul 24 #15

That's a great point Orrex Jul 24 #16

That a very useful observation. TommyT139 Jul 24 #17

I agree with post 15 FoxNewsSucks Jul 24 #18

i have been doing estate sales for years. i finally did a dog hoarder house. carpet removed + still it reeked. no shit pansypoo53219 Jul 24 #19

A renter of my grandmother's ground floor apartment left dog mess. usonian Jul 25 #20

An ex-girlfriend did pretty much the same thing Oeditpus Rex Jul 25 #21

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