The popular cable channel TLC introduced the phenomenon of hoarding too many Americans through their show “Hoarding: Buried Alive.” On this reality program cameras were taken inside the home of hoarders whose lives have gotten out of control through their obsessive-compulsive behavior. In most instances these hoarders were in complete denial as to their surroundings. Some of these stories were especially tragic when there were innocent animals involved like the house that was overrun with rats while another one was swarming with rabbits. It takes a lot of coordination between professional junk haulers and trained psychotherapist to help these hoarders regain a sense of normalcy. Sadly sometimes after a thorough cleanup these folks go right back to their old habits.

Now TLC has a new series called “My Crazy Obsession” that makes a distinction between a hoarder and a collector. To the casual observer these are indistinguishable. The folks featured on “My Crazy Obsession” have taken collecting to new heights such as the couple that have $1 million invested in their Cabbage Patch doll collection or the woman who moved from Puerto Rico to Orlando so she could be closer to the Magic Kingdom and the object of her collecting obsession Mickey Mouse.

There’s a little bit of a collector in all of us although we certainly don’t take it to such crazy heights. Thanks to the iPod we’ve all become well versed at collecting music and playlists. If you were to transfer these music collections into actual CDs or singles it might look just like one of those crazy obsessions! Collectors of any stripe would never think of throwing out their collections. Their goal is to continue to add those missing pieces and find a way to display them. But there is a collection that many people have which carries zero value and that would be the collection of junk in our lives.

It’s not hard to find this junk. Look in closets, basements, attics or garages in your Cincinnati home. You’re sure to find piles and boxes of stuff that could be thrown out if only you had the means to do so. Does keeping this junk make you a hoarder? A simple test would be whether or not you throw this stuff out once and for all. The hoarder can’t do that. If you have no trouble tossing out the trash then what’s holding you back? It might come down to a matter of not having a truck to haul away is junk or the right amount of manpower. You can find both of those in abundance when you hire Junk King Cincinnati.

Junk King is a local Cincinnati owned business that’s part of a national franchise of professional junk haulers. As with other types of services Junk King Cincinnati is licensed and insured. This means there won’t be any nonsense when it comes to removing your junk. It will be done on time and as efficiently as possible. After Junk King removes all your junk you can breathe a heavy sigh of relief knowing that you’re officially not a hoarder!