article_snippet.sent: their mother started compulsively hoarding when Geoff Johnson was a young boy, refusing to trash anything; unable to fix anything.
article_snippet.sent: Life as a hoarder's child
article_snippet.sent: It is difficult to describe the feeling of shame, the fear of embarrassment that you have growing up with a hoarder,' Geoff, who is still based nearby in Omaha, tells DailyMail.com. '
article_snippet.sent: People would say "why didn't you just throw things away?
article_snippet.sent: Hoarders have a deep-rooted sense of attachment to things and it seems crazy but Hoarders have a sense of order. '
article_snippet.sent: My sister and I would try to throw things away, but if anything even moved our mom would get very upset. '
article_snippet.sent: It's a complex issue': Geoff said people have since asked Geoff why people didn't just throw things away.
highlights_snippet.sent: Geoff Johnson and Jennifer McShea both grew up with a mother who compulsively hoarded things .
  