My nephew the hoarder has gotten worse- my sister is taking him to the dr
LIAngel
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So the other day, he freaked out cause my sister was throwing away a bag of my niece's old/outgrown shoes. I posted about how he threw himself on the bag of shoes and begged my sister to let him keep them for his "girl kid when he has one".
Friday is garbage day. Yesterday he screamed and was shaking. Begging my sister (his mother) to let him see what was in the garbage. She kept telling him "Son it's garbage. There's Pee Pee Pad in there (from the dog), Pull Ups. It's yucky". He kept saying, "But I want to see.". My sister said he was literally shaking. They were outside for 40 minutes with my nephew pleading with my sister to let him look through the garbage. He said "Please just let me save one bag" He managed to drag one bag of garbage up the driveway and into the garage. My sister then brought him inside to get ready for the day. Well he freaked out when he heard the garbage truck come down the street. "I don't want them to sqooush my garbage!". He wants to save everything and always thinks of ways he can use it. Like a cartop carrier we brought back from NY (it's broken now) that my sister threw away. He says "I want to save it for my car when I grow up".
Then he asked what happens to the garbage once it gets picked up. So my sister looked it up to show him.
She called his dr and explained what was happening. This has been going on for a year now (just started getting worse recently). Hopefully the Dr has some insight. I'm sure she will refer my sister to a Child Psychologist.
Re: My nephew the hoarder has gotten worse- my sister is taking him to the dr
Bless his heart...I hope they figure out whatever is causing this and he can find some peace.
Poor kiddo..
that is really frightening. i am sure they will refer your sister to a psychologist, and i hope the psychologist can help.
i read your original post the other day but did not have time to reply- i hope that they get some help and he can get better, it does sound like serious hoarding behavior.
eta: i mean what i say with great sympathy- after re-reading my post i worried it sounded judgmental. i also hope that he and your family find some peace.
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He'll be 6 in October. No nothing like that has happened. My sister said it started with him gathering up garbage outside right before a storm hits, cause he's afraid it will blow away. Then he also started lining up his trucks in his room and if my sister says "Okay lets clean up your trucks (i.e. get them out from in the middle of the floor)". he says "No! I like them all lined up"
The scene you described brought tears to my eyes. You poor sister must have been so heart sick and frustrated all at once, and I can't imagine. Poor little guy and his anxiety.
She (and you) should be congratulated for being so proactive and understanding and not judgemental.
My son (4.5) has OCD, and I can relate to this. We have done Congnitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and it has been extremely effective. My prayers are with your sister - this is intensely difficult for everyone involved, I know first hand.