Is it Junk Removal or a Hoarder Cleanout?- Doesn’t matter who you are: everybody has junk in their house. People tend to accumulate clothing, broken furniture, old toys, magazine and books, and lots of other stuff that no longer serves them. Sometimes, it gets to a breaking point where you just need to get rid of some stuff to make room for the things you truly need.
But is the service you need junk removal or do you need a hoarding cleanout? There’s a difference. Junk removal is the everyday clutter we accumulate in our closets, basements and attics. Hoarding is a serious condition that impacts six percent of Americans. People with hoarding disorder have debilitating difficulty parting with possessions from a perceived need to save their items. They can’t throw anything away, which means their homes get so cluttered with junk that it blocks walkways and fire exits, and interferes with daily life.
Hoarding Disorder: It’s More Than Being Disorganized
The American Psychiatric Association categorizes hoarding disorder as its own separate mental illness. Our culture places importance on buying and consuming things, but this isn’t the root cause of hoarding disorder. A growing concern among psychologists, social workers, fire marshals and public health officials, hoarding can lead to depression and suicide, plus it poses a fire risk as well as the risk of disease. Where there is junk, especially junk that involves food cartons and wrappers, this can attract pests like rats, which poses a whole other layer of issues that affects public health.
If you have a messy house and even call yourself a “pack rat,” this doesn’t necessarily mean you suffer from compulsive hoarding behavior.
The difference between just being messy and having a hoarding disorder has to do with one of degree and compulsion. Hoarding disorder can disrupt a person’s emotional, physical, social, legal or financial well-being. It can destroy families, and even cause people to go into isolation because they’re too embarrassed to have people over.
Knowing When to Call a Junk Removal Service
One of the biggest difference between being overwhelmed with junk and clutter, and suffering from compulsive hoarding (a mental health disorder) is the ability to call a junk removal service like Got Trash NJ to come get all the stuff that’s been weighing you down. Very rarely will hoarders independently realize they need help and call a junk removal company. They usually need to be urged not only by friends and family members but also by social workers and hoarding disorder specialists who can hold their hand through the process.
If you can look around your home or yard and recognize the need for change, knowing you need junk removal services to help you start over, then you are just an average home or business owner who just made the mistake of letting things build up. It happens to lots of us.
But because not everyone owns a pickup truck and can’t easily haul junk to the dump or even drag it all to the curb, you’ll need to rely on an expert junk removal team who can visit your home and take away anything you need (with the exception of hazardous waste).
Not everyone waits till they have too much junk stored up to call us. Some people are facing a one-time event such as a major home cleanup project, home improvement, or renovation and need our services in hauling away the resulting debris.
Contact Got Trash NJ For Junk Removal or Hoarder Cleanouts
We handle both junk removal and hoarder cleanouts here at Got Trash NJ. To book your appointment, call us at 732-431-2788 or complete our online form for a free quote.
