If you don't want/can't move start with a space that is your space. Define some boundaries to the hoard.

Then in that space organize your clutter into things you use and things you would use.

Then use your shelves, closet, and drawers to put away all the stuff that you use.

Then in the clutter pile organize that again into "things i can't get again" and "stuff that is easily available"

Then the hard part: throw out the "stuff that is easily available"

Repeat the process until it is space and light that fills your room.

You can't have organizational boundaries as such so you are not willing to let some stuff go. It is hard.

And often times clutter is because of lack of shelving. Buy some shelves. And limit your possessions to your space storage. And don't get a storage space. Just throw it out. Give it to Goodwill. Sell it on EtsyBay.

But start with your space.

If possible, work with a therapist for this kind of support.

You can rent a roll off dumpster from your local waste management company, and remove a lot in a matter of days. But if you are living with a hoarder, then the mess will just accumulate to fill the space you clear out in a couple months.

This is not a logistical problem, but a behavioral one.

Inherited a 3 bedroom house from my mom and it was full (overfull) of her stuff. My house had 4 full bedrooms. Both had full garages. Like you, it's just stuff- not trash , though some was old mail and magazines.

I have big trash pickup every Wednesday. I usually put things on the curb on Saturday and Sunday and much of it is gone before the trash people come. I like knowing that it's going to someone instead of a landfill.

Other items were donated to a local organization that runs a thrift store.

About 40 bags of clothing and bedding went to my cleaning lady. She keeps what she can use and the rest goes to her church. They offer it to people here and the rest goes to the border. We tease that in a few months we will turn on the news to see everyone at the border dressed like my mom. ❤️

The 'mementos' or items that i feel nostalgic or sentimental about - I've learned that it takes me 3 times of interacting with items to decide what i definitely want to keep and what can go. I've also learned to be ok with that. I can narrow from 10 boxes to 7, then to 5, and if those sit in a closet for s year before i do more, so be it.

I used to clean out houses and came across hording situations quite a bit. Depending on the type of clutter it can be done yourself. I did it with a partner but the way we would divide work and figure out how much volume we would be removing from the house would be like this.

-how many bags? -how many pieces of furniture that can't be broken down? -how many trucks?

Bagging up trash takes the longest but will make the most difference so you can remove any furniture that comes after as well as being able to actually see the space you are in.

For furniture, you'd be surprised how easy it is to break furniture once you decide to get rid of it. This will help with motivation to continue the process with seeing the new space you have acquired as well as not injuring yourself since you mentioned you won't have help.

Now overall volume is dependent on what you have available to transport waste. Depending on your local laws you may be able to take a rental box truck to a landfill and do a large removal all in one go. Otherwise look into recycling and dumps in your area, preferably a concrete tipping floor or large residential dumpster if you are using a non commercial vehicle.

Hope this helps and if you want specific advice feel free to dm, no judgement from me. I've helped a lot of people get a fresh start from hording. Best of luck

Is it possible to rent a dumpster? If you dedicate a few hours a day over a week rental, you could probably get a lot out. If you can recruit some friends to give you a hand, even better. Be sure to at least feed them afterwards, or they won't be around next time you need a hand.

Dumpsters full up faster than you'd expect, if you can, go bigger than you think.

"Dashrath Manjhi, also known as the Mountain Man, was an Indian labourer from Gehlaur village, near Gaya in the eastern state of Bihar. He is best known for carving a 110-metre-long (360 ft), 9.1-metre-wide (30 ft), and 7.7-metre-deep (25 ft) path through a ridge of hills using only a hammer and a chisel, from which his wife fell and died from injuries due to it blocking easy access to a nearby hospital on time. After 22 years of work, Dashrath shortened travel between the Atri and Wazirganj blocks of Gaya district from 55 km (34 mi) to 15 km (9.3 mi)".

A little at a time, and you can even move mountains.

There's a YouTube channel Midwest Magic Cleaning that does cleanups for hoarder houses, and generally has a lot of information about hoarding disorder.

Forcing a cleanup without the permission from the hoarder(s) can actually cause the hoarding to get worse, as it spikes the anxiety and lack of a feeling of control from the hoarder. And their response is typically, more hoarding

This is a tricky situation, and typically you need therapy to address the underlying mental illness before cleanup can take place

No mercy. In the bins. Hired help would do it.

My mother believes we dont need an external help and that i can do it by myself as if its my problem

If you throw something out, what happens? Does your mom complain? Does she fill the space with something else?

Also, what kind of stuff is it? Specifically, how close to garbage is it?

Sometimes the amount of stuff one has to handle is just too much for one person. Get a quote from one or two professionals to be able to judge the situation.

I think that you're looking at it from the wrong angle. You're looking at the forest and in this case it's the trees that you should focus on. If there's no rotting food or other health and safety issues then the only time pressure is your own comfort and anxiety. Deal with that kind of pressure by breaking the task down into manageable chunks and prioritize.

How much can you do in a week? Would one room a week would be manageable? More? Less? How much you can do at a time is the lesser of how much time and energy you can put into the work and how much you can take away or have taken away in the given time period. Maybe you just work until the garbage can is full and then start again after trash day. Maybe you don't fill the garage can but between cleaning, organizing, and selling stuff on eBay/Nextdoor/etc you use up as much time and energy as you can devote to this task in this time period. As long as more is going out than is coming in during any given time period you're making progress.

Start with the areas that will make the most difference to you. Probably your bedroom, the bathroom that you use most often, kitchen, living room. Looking at it as one task, cleaning and organizing a whole house is an overwhelming task so don't look at it as one task. Tackle the forest by dealing with one tree at a time.

I have a hoarder relative. Their life is the stuff. The stuff is gone, they have no life. And the stuff made them drive away their family. So if you take the stuff, they get mad.

Wait it out until they're gone then have a free yard sale and throw the rest in the dumpster. That's my plan.

From my experience once you start doing it she will insist obvious garbage should not be thrown away.

Request additional trash bins from your municipality. Save one for regular refuse, use all the rest each week to fill with things you're getting rid of.

If it's a quantity issue, rent more cans or a truck to go to the dump/thrift store donation place.

If it's hard to get rid of stuff, be fearless. If you haven't utilized an item for 6 months and it's not sentimental. Get rid of it. (Special exceptions allowed of course).

If you find there is a lot of good stuff you don't want to get rid of, organize it instead. Plastic bins with covers are great for this. You can label them and store things and find them easily again when needed.

Wow, lots of asshole saying to throw things away. Don't throw things away!

Hire an estate sale agent, who will be paid by the sales. They'll use eBay and marketplace and all the local places to find good homes for anything of value. That's their job.

Anything you can't sell, donate.

Depends on your cash situation and what kind of vehicle you have. Is a dump, recycling center, Goodwill near by? Renting a dumpster can be a good way to get rid of a lot in one swoop. If you have a neighbor that could use some room in the dumpster you might be able to go halves on it to make it a bit more affordable.

calculate how stubborn everyone is. The motivation for continuing to hoard because of sentimental value etc is insanely high. we tried this and still have crap leftover.

Hire an estate sales agent