I am sure most of you know hoarders, but you don't know they are. I am an HVAC tech, and have been in people's homes for 20 years. Rich, poor, city, country, all races. Many of them I had known from fixing equipment at their work, then I was invited to their homes. They seem normal at work, but they can't hide it at home.
One notable apparently didn't seem normal at work. A beautiful old city home, but inside was 4' deep of trash and booze bottles. He was a county judge. He was removed for being drunk on the bench, not wearing pants under his robes.
Alcoholism and hoarding are both symptoms of mental illness.
