How Yo Reform Hoarders and Restore Sanity in Their Lives

The term "hoarder" is used to describe anyone who collects items, and refuses to do away with them no matter the amount of actual value they possess.Living with a hoarder can be extremely rough. If you don't set boundaries, they will eventually takeover your home and convert it into a giant trash fort. I've come up with three ways to reform the hoarder in your life(or at least control how much of the house they muck up.)

Reforming Hoarders:The Floor is Lava technique.
The Floor is Lava is a game played by kids who like to use their imagination...and didn't have than many toys to play with growing up. The premise is as simple as it sounds Tell your hoarder that everything will burn/melt unless the floor is cleaned up within a set time period.

Alternate versions of this technique include: The trash thinks those jeans do make you look fat. Empty cereal boxes order pay per view movies without asking if it''s okay to do so. And last but not least, giant rats come out from under one of your garbage mounds to touch themselves while you sleep. All of these variations have differing results. Try one on your reforming hoarder and stick with it.

Reforming Hoarders:Hide & Seek technique.
Some people say that cleaning a hoarders home for them is a big no no for various reasons. First of all, they'll get mad(gasp!), and nobody wants to see an angry hoarder(lawl). Second of all, they'll do everything in their power to re-clutter the domicile in retaliation. What can a ticked off hoarder really do to anyone? You took away any possible weapons when you cleaned their house. There's really not much they can do except say "thank you."

Filling an entire house up with stuff you don't mean takes a lot a time. It's not like everything will be back to abnormal the next morning. You don't need to really hide the trash, just take it it to a landfill, but tell them everything is hidden like a treasure hunt. Give your hoarder a map that points to locations like the Library, local movie rental service, a park, and other places they could go to hind new hobbies and preoccupy their time.

Reforming Hoarders:Wait and See method.
Use guilt and instill fear into the hoarder by telling them bad things will happen to them if they don't improve their own living conditions. Here's the beauty of the wait and see method: No matter outrageous and exaggerated you are with what could happen, there's more than a bit of truth in it. When somebody is living in a pool of their own filth, who's to say they won't accidentally slip and fall on one of their prized finding?

What are the odds of someone becoming trapped under a pile of news paper? It's gotta be better than nil. There's always a chance of people falling victim to their own bad habits. When you refuse to take responsibility and instead create some kind of alternate reality were every little thing you can carry has value, it's only a matter of time until it all comes crashing down.