Squalor Survivors - Pictures of squalor - Kimmy

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- Angelina Hedgehog Personal experience, with photo.
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- Craptacular Personal experience.
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- Fierce bad bunny Personal experience.
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- J's Junk Personal experience.
- Just Tired Personal experience.
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- Maizy Personal experience.
- Mama Messy Personal experience.
- Melissa Ann Personal experience.
- Miss Jean Personal experience.
- Pigpen Personal experience, with photos and cake.
- Princess Piggy Personal experience.
- Script Personal experience, with photos.
- Thomas Personal experience.
- TrashMan Personal experience.
Pictures Reasons to photograph squalor.
- Kimmy An introduction to Kimmy's photos.
  - Entry area Before and after photos.
  - Kitchen Before and after photos.
  - Living area Before and after photos.
  - Lounge Before and after photos.
  - Bathrooms Before and after photos.
  - Bedrooms Before and after photos.
  - Hallway Before and after photos.
  - Room off kitchen Before and after photos.
  - Storage room Before photo.
  - Dining Before photo.
  - Back kitchen Before photo.
  - Laundry After photo.
  - Zero degree After photo.
  - One year later Reflecting back on the first year anniversary of Kimmy's thread.
- Patkortcam An introduction to Patkortcam's photos.
  - Bedroom, view 1 Before and after photos.
  - Bedroom, view 2 Before and after photos.
  - Kitchen, view 1 Before and after photos.
  - Kitchen, view 2 Before and after photos.
  - Living room Before and after photos.
- Petra An introduction to Petra's photos.
  - Living room Before photos.
  - Kitchen Before photos.
  - Bathroom After photo.
  - Bedroom Before photos.
- Suedonym An introduction to Suedonym's photos.
  - Entry room Before and after photos.
  - Front room Before and after photos.
  - Living room Before and after photos.
  - Dining room Before and after photos.
  - Kitchen Before and after photos.
  - Bedroom 1 Before and after photos.
  - Bedroom 2 Before and after photos.
  - Master bedroom Before and after photos.
  - One year later Before and after photos.
- Joe Before photos.
Squalor What IS "squalor"?
- Measuring Measurement scales for quantifying your squalor, clutter, or hoarding.
- Hoarding 3-part definition and description of clinical hoarding.
- Contributing factors Clinical depression, Post-partum depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder; Physical factors, Behavioral and situational factors.
- Consequences The consequences of squalor to our self-esteem, our finances, our time, our enjoyment of our homes, our aspirations, our participation in society, our dealings with the legal system, and our health .
- Famous squalor Langley Collyer, Ida Mayfield Wood, Mr Trebus, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale, Louis Bonard, Eliza Donnithorne, Quentin Crisp, Beethoven, Katie Holmes.
- Fictional squalor Pig Pen, Oscar from Sesame Street, Oscar Madison, Olive Madison, Cristina Yang, Momma Boone, Miss Havisham and Mrs Jellyby, the Seven Dwarves, the Cat in the Hat.
Overcoming
Yourself
- Self-worth
- Depression
- Perfectionism
- Demand-resistance
- Guilt
- Worry
- Indecision
- Goals
- Self-care
Your house
- Declutter
- Organize
- Clean
- Maintain
Special topics
Community
Resources Kimmy's original Living in Third Degree Squalor thread, available for free dwonload in Word, PDF, and plain text formats. Zipped versions available. Script's paper and finances page is also here as a downloadable document.
- Books A bibliography of useful works.
  - Organizing From the Inside Out review
  - The Messies Manual review
  - Living Organized review
  - Sink Reflections review
  - Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding review
  - Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff review
  - Is There Life After Housework? review
  - Clutter's Last Stand review
  - Speed Cleaning review
  - Sidetracked Home Executives review
  - Shelter For the Spirit review
  - Too Perfect review Dealing with perfectionism.
  - The Now Habit review Dealing with procrastination
- Software
  - Consistency review
  - Kirby Alarm and Task Scheduler review
  - Joe's Goals review Web-based application for tracking progress towards reaching your goals.
  - billQ review Web-based application for tracking your bills and their due dates.
- Web links Web sites, pages and mailing lists on organizing, decluttering, cleaning, and squalor.
Junk drawer
- Abecedary
- Cineplex
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Squalorer
- In Flanders Fields Angelina Hedgehog recorded this poem as a .wav
- The Many Faces of Toni
- The Tales of the HouseReclaimer
- Squalor Glossary
- The Little Things
- How Messies Invented Ballet
- Lies and Truth
- Sesame Street, squalor & me
- Grief goes on
- Life Cycle of Magazines
- Your squalor is rejected
It's not me This is the page for people who coming here looking for answers to help a spouse, relative, or friend.
- Lisa A cautionary tale from a supporter who cleaned a hoarder's house without consent.
Site:
- About The history of the site, plus a PayPal button for those who wish to donate towards site costs.
- Purpose Statement and Community Participation Policies Why the site exists, and Pigpen's vision for it.
- Contact How to contact Pigpen.
- Privacy Privacy Policy
- Sitemap YOU ARE HERE.

Dining room

Before:

Dining room BEFORE. Cat faeces, an abandoned dining table and my cream plastic baskets on the floor - an attempt at organising it gone wrong! No AFTER pic, but it's now clean. I'm annoyed - I took an AFTER pic, but it didn't work!

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