. >> 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

. >> 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 think i am a terrible person. so we just live in isolation. it's a very isolating disorder. so i started the support group or i join the support group as a participant and then one evening, john franklin, our team leader came in and said there was a peer responder position open and i just thought that is for me. so i got it and here i am and