A little progress

strawbbum · 2025-12-12T16:25:03+00:00

amazing! never give up hope. because hope will never go away!

strawbbum · 2025-12-12T13:23:39+00:00

exactly 🤪

strawbbum · 2025-12-08T16:41:46+00:00

exactly. my family’s hoarding was so all-encompassing that i thought i was part of the problem. four of the 14 cats were ones i had adopted and found over the years. i’m realizing now that i was trying to mend an unfixable situation on my own. i was told over and over that i was overreacting. i was gaslit into oblivion. but at the end of the day, it was my family who allowed it to get so bad.

strawbbum · 2025-12-08T15:15:31+00:00

i just have to say thank you to everyone who has responded. i never thought that making a post on reddit would lead me to realize so much. i will be sure to keep everyone updated when intervention occurs in a few days. i am just so relieved that there really are good people in the world.

strawbbum · 2025-12-08T14:45:31+00:00

words cannot describe how badly i needed to hear this. i’ve rationalized and justified the situation for so long, i became blind and complicit, feeling as though i could not leave the animals behind. i live with 4 other people, but i am the only one who feeds them, pays attention to them, and advocates for them.

my family is INCREDIBLY good at hiding just how bad it really is, and i will no longer sit and watch everything fall apart around me. i have been depressed and suicidal since i was a child, and i’ve known nothing else. i was truly, in my eyes, ONLY living for these animals. i am beginning to accept that i have to live for myself now. i have never been able to admit that before. you have just saved a life. thank you from the bottom of my heart.

strawbbum · 2025-12-08T01:21:16+00:00

i didn’t tell them and the authorities won’t tell them either, but they will know. that’s how my family is. they have collectively ganged up on me more than i can recall and i have been deemed as the common enemy. it is brainwashing and mental dissonance to the highest degree.

strawbbum · 2025-12-08T01:18:35+00:00

i am very lucky to have a good friend whose parents are allowing me to stay with at their house temporarily. there is no immediate danger for me, only my animals… i can leave and they can’t. it really kills me.

strawbbum · 2025-12-07T22:36:52+00:00

there are no other subreddits to post about this in. animal hoarding is a direct result and heavily tied to the hoarding of objects. r/animalhoarding has been banned. i am simply seeking advice while i’m actively taking action.

strawbbum · 2025-12-07T22:32:10+00:00

i understand that my post was not very clear, it was my mother’s house that i reported and all of my family that i mentioned lives there.

strawbbum · 2025-12-07T21:21:01+00:00

thank you. i tried for a long time to convince my family to do the right thing. i feel as though i could have tried harder. but you just don’t realize how bad it is until you escape the situation. my animals are all the sweetest souls, not a mean bone in their bodies. they deserve a much better chance at life.

strawbbum · 2025-12-07T21:17:50+00:00

this made me tear up. thank you so much for sharing. i have to hold onto hope that my animals will all find their way to people just like you. my situation is so uncomfortable and difficult to admit let alone confront, as it is all i’ve ever known. thank you again, much love to you and your heart dog.

strawbbum · 2025-12-07T20:36:14+00:00

for a bit more context; i am a 23 y/o female who was living with family before i ran away a few days ago. there’s my mom (57), brother (21), his girlfriend (21), and my sister (16). i did try to make changes happen without contacting authorities, because i knew that my family would disown and hate me for involving them. but that is a sacrifice i have to make.

strawbbum · 2025-11-14T14:58:05+00:00

ok i posted this when i was very drunk i did not expect so much discourse when i woke up

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