Mom's imaginary friend more important than her son

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21. Speaking of hoarders,

My mom was an incurable hoarder. She also got Alzheimers and was very irrational and nasty. She had trails through the junk in her house. She would not let me throw anything away. I was her only surviving child but her junk was more important than any family. I got sick from the filth when I went to see her and dad. They looked at me like they just could not figure out why i was vomiting uncontrollably with a sinus infection when they took me to the emergency room. I had to outlive her to wait to throw anything out. Most of the people on those hoarding shows have driven away their family. Their junk is more important than their kids and that is sad. I have sympathy for OP. I am not saying my situation is worse. Many things can cause irrational alienation.