Children of Hoarders

The official twitter feed for news about Children of Hoarders Inc., a nonprofit support group dedicated to helping children of hoarders.

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Stop trying to understand abuse.

Start trying to understand healing.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

There is no "better" way to handle child abuse.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Stop misdirecting hoarded children to help someone hurting us.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Time for real conversations about hoarding.

It's never your job to understand abuse.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

You can break the cycle.

The future is ours.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Healthy relationships are reciprocal.

You deserve so much better.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Abuse is not love.

Mental illness is never a license to abuse children.

Intentions don't negate child abuse.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Love does not prevent child abuse. Neither do good intentions.

Naming isn't blaming.

Nobody can heal what they can't see.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/ZzGgcABTUu

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

You can break the cycle.

Find the boundaries that are safe and healthy for you.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Always choose safety.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/mzaCPyODoA

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Don't betray your truth.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

No more dirty secrets.

Time to worry about betraying YOURSELF as much as you would anyone else.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Safe parents do not bury children alive.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

DYK?
16% of children exposed to trauma will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & also
A) trauma is ongoing
B) we're at higher risk of developing PTSD later
C) experience many effects of trauma without developing the full blown disorder.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Time to help hoarded children.

We are not the help.

Show the compassion you expect from us.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Denial & lack of insight are a monumental mindF for children.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/O4LeBkW3as

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

No more magical thinking.

No more denial.

No more dirty secrets.

The future is ours.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

You cannot change anyone but yourself.

You can break the cycle.

The future is ours.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/NNRg3AZkRu

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Stop expecting traumatized children & survivors to do all the work.

Healthy relationships are reciprocal.

Show some compassion for hoarded children buried alive by our parents.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

You deserve so much better.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/tOkTHDZyUh

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Children need parents and cannot raise themselves.

We don't cause hoarding and we are not the solution.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Children are never responsible for damaging relationships their parents define.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/lMsA6VqWzz

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Children NEED parents who CAN care for them.

Stop confusing family dysfunction with "clutter."

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Children need parents and cannot raise themselves.

#ItsNOTJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/QsooKuDGAE

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Good advice all year round.

Find the boundaries that are safe for you.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

If you're still reeling from the holidays, it's never too late to find the boundaries that are safe and healthy for you.

The future is ours.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder

https://t.co/odbxziD16U

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Protect yourself.

Find the boundaries that are safe and healthy for you.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Denial, invalidation & hoardsplaining instill self-doubt, shame & self-hate.

Children need parents & cannot raise themselves.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Stop expecting hoarded children to raise their parents and themselves.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Hoards lack every kind of appropriate boundary you can imagine.

Mental illness is on every list of the risk factors for child abuse.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Time to stop denying and ignoring trauma and misdirecting survivors to serve someone else.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Time for REAL CONVERSATIONS about the consequences of burying children alive.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/4h8HWE8wq2

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Stop misdirecting trauma survivors to help someone else.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

You deserve so much better.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

https://t.co/RS56uyLoCM

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Stop misdirecting hoarded children and families to help someone else.

Mental illness is on every list of the risk factors for child abuse and neglect.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Find the people who won't deny trauma, blame shift, gaslight, or invalidate children & misdirect them to help someone else.

Time for real conversations.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren
#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder

https://t.co/eWj5FRseEg

[Children of Hoarders @COHinc]

Focus on behavior.

Intentions don't negate child abuse.

Time for the hoarding industry to stop defending child abuse & expecting support from survivors.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

[mycohp @ coh inc. @MYCOHP]

Parents who bury children alive are not safe.

Actions define child abuse, not intentions.

Stop misdirecting us to help hoarders.

#ItsNotJUSTClutter

#HelpHoardedChildren

#AskTraumaExpertsInstead

#Hoarding
#HoardingDisorder
#HoardingAwareness

https://t.co/dGJ2e1JlYX