Sally Howell, 47, from West Midlands, UK, has turned her home into a real mess. The hoarder has accumulated so much junk in her small apartment that she can no longer leave her bedroom. She lives with her cat surrounded by feces, urine bottles, and dishes swarmed with larvae. The trash house has become a real threat to neighbors, as it is a hotbed of dangerous infections. Here is why the woman lives in such a nightmare.
Howell had to pee in empty soda bottles because she couldn't get through piles of garbage to the bathroom. This is not the first situation: two years ago, a hoarder had already called in specialists who needed a few days to clear her apartment of junk. But it happened again.
Sally, 47, lives in an 18-story high-rise with her cat, Castard, amid piles of unwashed plates full of food scraps and maggots that have settled in them. The small apartment resembles a stinking inferno.
The nightmare that goes on in the house started after Sally's mother died.
Sally, whose apartment has become a dump, had to seek help from the experts of the British reality show Hoarders. Howell confesses it's not just that she can't get rid of all her junk, but that she doesn't want to be disturbed. She admits that she has become a junk hoarder.
Sally cooks and eats right in bed because the kitchen is full of empty boxes and cans, paper cups and plates, bags and leftovers. The woman sleeps in the middle of open cans of food and pieces of moldy bread. "I haven't seen the floor in two years," she confessed.
The specialists who arrived on the scene were shocked by what they saw. They did not think the situation was so bad. The woman's home had become life-threatening and biologically dangerous.
Despite the gravity of the situation, the professionals from the reality show were able to cope with the task and removed about a ton of garbage from the apartment. They believe that Howell suffers from a psychological disorder.
The cleaning professionals had to work for four days to clear the room of junk. At first, Sally didn't want to accept their help. But when the apartment shone clean for the first time in years, she was ecstatic and cried with joy.
Howell promised that she would keep the house clean and not make the same mistakes she had made in the past. Finally, Sally was able to lie down on her bed.
Hoarding is primarily a psychological problem. Staying in the stinking hell that Sally created with her own hands was no longer possible, and experts from the reality show helped her cope with the garbage nightmare.
We hope that now Sally will be able to start her life with a clean slate.
Source: bigpicture
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