it feels like a year.
welcome verian.
>> welcome.
>> i am verian pierce, and i
am a peer responder and i
started as a member of the
action group, which one is of
the support groups we have
available at mha, and i came to
a point in my life i just
needed to deal with this issue.
and a friend -- i told a
friend, i am a hoarder.
i had this realization and he
told me about the action group,
and mha and i went and it was
-- these are people i can
speak to about this shameful
behavior.
there is so much shame and
stigma around this behavior and
coming to the support group or
talking to john or having a
peer responder come to your
home, it's the first time in
many, many years that most
people have allowed someone to
cross their front door, because
there is so much terror, if
you see how i live, you will