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Hoarders. Clean House. Hoarding: Buried Alive — if these reality TV shows are all you know about the disorder, have a look at a new documentary calledBeyond Hoarding.

Directed by David Coffin, Beyond Hoarding takes a compassionate look at the compulsion and includes interviews with people in various stages of recovery.

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Beyond Hoarding dismisses the notion that people who hoard are simply too lazy to tidy up or get organized.

The film shows how stressful it can be for hoarders to be forcibly ‘helped’ to get rid of items in a clean-out.

It’s not just about accumulating. It’s about not being able to let go of any of it.

The movie introduces people whose lives have been impacted by their hoarding disorder in terrible ways — strained relationships, lost jobs, eviction threats, guilt, stress, physical danger.

There are also interviews with Randy Frost and Gail Steketee, experts on hoarding disorder, and the benefits of therapy are on display.