Hoarder Blows Through Retirement Fund

A woman on Hoarding: Buried Alive tonight is in his situation because she is a compulsive shopper. She has spent all of her retirement fund. That is so frightening. It is scary that people get in these situations. I know that after they become hoarders, they also tend to become recluses. But I wonder if they have somewht tendency towards that to begin with. Because if they had a steady stream of visitors, it would be harder for people to become hoarders, I would think. There would be pressure to pick up and keep things clean.