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Sum-up of Show
Hoarding: Buried Alive takes the viewer into the personal lives of hoarders, focusing on how the mental illness has affected the individual and the family members. Each episode looks two different cases. It examines the history of the victim and takes time to interview family members. The show includes an extensive look at the items each person collects. Each hoarder receives treatment provided by both a therapist and a professional organizer. These professionals help them through the process of riding their house of the hoard. By the end of the episode the hoarder has shown signs of improvement that make the viewer hopeful for their continuing success.

Reception
The Hoarding: Buried Alive show is a great example of a reality TV rehab program. Mental disorders have been a source of interest for people for many years. Now, instead of investigating institutions that house the mentally ill, people have the ability to bring them into their own homes by simply turning on the television. Reality rehab shows, including Hoarding, have been extremely popular in recent years. However, the ability of these shows to effectively treat people is often questioned. Some focus on the fact that these shows do get people into some rehabilitation program. It is obviously better than them continuing their addictive behaviors and receiving no professional guidance. However, the presence of the cameras can influence the way the patients act. They may exaggerate certain emotions or fail to share essential information for fear of it coming back to haunt them once the show is aired. These additions and omissions could greatly impair their ability to recover and move forward in the process. In addition to the information regarding the disease being provided in the show, many of these programs do provide some services to help people get in contact with organizations that can provide treatment or more information on the disease. This can help viewers get a better picture of the disorders depicted and aids towards combating the stigmatism that surrounds mental illness. Hoarding paints a picture of compulsive hoarders that makes viewers sympathize with them. It helps people understand that it is an illness and not just a pack rat gone wild. When these individuals enter a rehab program the quality of their lives and the lives of their families can improve drastically. It also provides a view of the disease that is not totally bent on feeding the human appetite for horror. Instead, it focuses more on giving an accurate look at the illness. It picks cases that are not overly extreme and graphic and doesn’t dwell completely on the disturbing things that the patient has collected. It focuses on conveying the ugly truth about the illness, focusing on the way it affects both the afflicted individual and their family.

Reffrences
“Hoarding: Buried Alive”. Common Sense Media. Common Sense Media Inc. 2011. 30 Jan 2011. Web. Retrieved From: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/hoarding-buried-alive Morrison, Sara. “Hoarders vs. Hoarding: Buried Alive: A&E’s Hoarders has some stiff 		competition in TLC’s new Hoarding: Buried Alive.” UGO. UGO Entertainment. 2011. 1 Apr 2010. 5 Feb 2011. Web. Retrieved From: http://www.ugo.com/tv/hoarding-series Kaufman, Amy. “TV’s rehab series: a help or an obstacle?” Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 2011. Web. Retrieved from: http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_17008772?nclick_check=1 Kmiotek, Celeste. “Reality Television Tackles Mental Illness: Hoarders Addicts and Those with 	Eating 	Disorders All Appear on the Airwaves”. The Ram 27 October 2010. Web. Retrieved from: http://www.theramonline.com/culture/reality-television-tackles-mental-illness-1.2384460# Associated Press. “TLC adjusts after ‘Trading Spaces’ crashes”. USA Today. Gannett Co. Inc. 2008. 4 Oct 2005. 30 Jan 2011. Web. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-04-10-tlc-aftermath_x.htm