The hoarder is purging

So my grandmother has indeed decided to sell her home. She is downsizing and purchasing a small home in a gated seniors community just down the street from where she lives.

Now for most grandparents this would be an easy thing to physically do. There would be the normal sentimental issues that would make it difficult to move, but most grandparents don't have that much stuff right? Well that would be correct for most grandparents, but not with my grandmother. She is a hoarder. Not a pack rat, a hoarder.

There is a difference. To recognize the difference you have to truly know a hoarder. A pack rat just has a lot of stuff. A room, an area, somewhere in the house with things tucked away in boxes or bags. For the most part, out of sight, out of mind. This is not the case with my grandmother. You walk into her home and every surface, every nook, every cranny filled to brimming with stuff. What stuff you may ask? You name is she has it. She actually probably has four or five of every item. You see, with hoarders, they can't find something so they just buy another of that item, sometimes this may happen repeatedly.

My grandmother has rooms in her home that she can't even walk into, there are items blocking the doorway, items that she's giving away that we can't even remember seeing in her home to begin with because it was either covered or obscured with so many items. It's sad really. I have a hard time being in her home because the clutter is that overwhelming.

My uncle is trying to get her purged, packed and out of her house so quickly I just have this feeling of disaster looming after she moves. Hopefully I'm wrong, but only time will tell how this situation will end.