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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
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Is your attic full of crap like mine.
VHS video tapes when we don't have a video player
Unopened wedding presents
Half rolls of wallpaper and tiles just in case
A drawer in the kitchen full of stuff/crapn
Kids toys,copy books and old school uniforms filling wardrooms
None of the above down to me as Id hire a skip and dump the lot,my rooms in the house are clutter free
What about you.
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Only thing that get hoarded here are shoes, handbags and stuff I need to do repairs to the house (floorboards, tiles and assorted other things of that nature)
We threw out a skipload last year to make room for a project and the year before as we had to take up a tiled floor so threw out a rake of stuff to fill the skip |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
My attic is too shallow to put anything up there and I never made the mistake to get married....
...however I have several sheds with loads of stuff in it, big spring clear is on the cards, one car load went already to the recycling. |
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"My attic is too shallow to put anything up there and I never made the mistake to get married....
...however I have several sheds with loads of stuff in it, big spring clear is on the cards, one car load went already to the recycling. "
I take it "attic" and "shed" are euphemisms ?  |
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I am a hoarder, and I make no apologies for it! That said, I'm making an effort these days to try to "curate" the collection, so that the stuff I hang onto is the stuff I really want, and I "deaccession" the things that I only think I might want someday... |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
"My attic is too shallow to put anything up there and I never made the mistake to get married....
...however I have several sheds with loads of stuff in it, big spring clear is on the cards, one car load went already to the recycling.
I take it "attic" and "shed" are euphemisms ? "
Just came across/learnt the word 'cockloft'...
... and maybe hay barn would be more appropriate... |
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By *indenMan
over a year ago
Naas which is South West of Dublin |
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Just came across/learnt the word 'cockloft'...
... and maybe hay barn would be more appropriate... "
That’s a blast from the past, the attic in my grandparents house was always know as cockloft.
I took a chance on ruining my innocence  and goodled it….
noun: A small loft just below the roof. ETYMOLOGY: From cock (rooster), from Old English cocc, of imitative origin + Old English loft (sky). Apparently roosters love to roost up high and this is the highest place, indoors, in the house.
I don’t remember any roosters up there but I was regularly put up there to empty water where there was a leak in a valley between two roofs.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Over the last year, since I retired, I have had the time to decluttered the house.
Apart from clothes 
Part of me says I should get rid of a lot of 'work' clothes as I won't need them anymore but the other part says I would get wear out of them still.
It is a work in progress  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I am good at decluttering now. Every 6 months or so I do a big clear out especially with clothes. I do hold on to small sentimental pieces as they hold precious memories to me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Work clothes were the first thing that went when I retired. Couldn't wait to give those suits shirts and ties to the charity shop.
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I did get rid of some 'officy' work clothes but have held on to a lot as most smart/casual and too good to get rid off 
I hate waste and if I can still wear it below a jumper or cardy, why get rid of it?
Plus I don't want to be one of the Grannys that collect their grandchildren from school wearing joggers and a hoodie.
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"I'm a hoarder from a long line of hoarders
Books are probably my biggest indulgence followed by DVDs that I can't part with
Starting to throw things out and feeling better for doing so though  "
Yep, books here too! Ideally I'd have a dedicated library room... |
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"Work clothes were the first thing that went when I retired. Couldn't wait to give those suits shirts and ties to the charity shop.
I did get rid of some 'officy' work clothes but have held on to a lot as most smart/casual and too good to get rid off
I hate waste and if I can still wear it below a jumper or cardy, why get rid of it?
Plus I don't want to be one of the Grannys that collect their grandchildren from school wearing joggers and a hoodie.
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It's what you are wearing underneath that matters.
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"My attic is full of my children's clutter,even though they have their own attics now. They like to keep theirs clutter free "
It's not the clutter your kids leave in your attic that matters. It's the feelings they store in your heart that are priceless.
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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The genesis or etiology of real hoarding is trauma in the hoarder's early life, usually their childhood, that is unresolved and is a festering sore on their wounded psyche.
Collecting is a different issue entirely; there are many covert elderly folk who suffer from Diogenes Syndrome, which is related to dementia, schizophrenia and OCD. Anxiety about throwing out valueless items, usually rubbish, is a central feature.
I know a hoarder, whose mother was also a hoarder, who even stores his urine and other bodily waste.
It is largely incurable; the long-running TV prog, How Clean is Your House often had to deal with the chaos of hoarders' homes.
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I wouldn't say I'm a hoarder but my house is full of shite which I'd hate to throw out in case it comes in handy one day - I have organised chaos. Some areas of the house are worse than others but I do regular clear outs. In the grand scheme of things, compared to some family members, I'd be considered a neat freak
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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I have an understanding of the hoarding phenomenon as my mother was a hoarder.
At the hoarder's core is insecurity that they may discard something that they might need in the future, and thus they are paralysed into inaction.
My mother had a traumatic upbringing, punctuated by poverty, homelessness and alcoholism.
The American hoarding TV programmes are very sad to watch.The hoarder destroys the lives of everyone in their family circle such is their distorted view of what they are doing to bolster their damaged inner child! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not a hoarder but I've an ever growing collection of united jerseys, also keep the kids ones now as I realise how much my old ones would've been worth now |
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By *og-Man OP Man
over a year ago
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"Not a hoarder but I've an ever growing collection of united jerseys, also keep the kids ones now as I realise how much my old ones would've been worth now"
Sure look they'll come in handy if there's a toilet roll shortage again |
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By *indenMan
over a year ago
Naas which is South West of Dublin |
"I wouldn't say I'm a hoarder but my house is full of shite which I'd hate to throw out in case it comes in handy one day.
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I have bad news for you, you’re a hoarder, sorry….. |
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By *indenMan
over a year ago
Naas which is South West of Dublin |
"I wouldn't say I'm a hoarder but my house is full of shite which I'd hate to throw out in case it comes in handy one day.
I have bad news for you, you’re a hoarder, sorry…..
Oh feck (off)   "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not a hoarder but I've an ever growing collection of united jerseys, also keep the kids ones now as I realise how much my old ones would've been worth now
Sure look they'll come in handy if there's a toilet roll shortage again "
I use the Liverpool ones for that |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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Pathological hoarding is indicative of severe and enduring mentaldysfunction that is often hidden, and only becomes obvious when the hoarding spills out into the sufferer's garden
There are many millions of cases of hoarding in USA, to the extent that local authorities have byelaws to combat it.
UK laws are available, but are much less draconian.
Living next door to a hoarder is a nightmare.
The most famous UK hoarder was Edmund Trebus, who lived in Crouch End, but who was born in Eastern Europe and whose hoarding was triggered by the abuse and maltreatment he had endured from the Wehrmacht
Edmund's wife and children left him because of his pathological hoarding, that was symptomatic of Diogenes Syndrome. |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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Hoarding Disorder involves the acquisition and the retention of items that are frequently valueless; the hoarder experiences the most intense anxiety if it is suggested that some of the waste garbage and waste they amassed be disposed of.
Collections of records books or useful items do not constitute hoarding. |
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I admit , I am a hoarder . Audio equipment for an entire Studio from vintage Sennheiser MD421 , a functional 1” reel 2 reel tape multitrack recorder to Rammstein’s old Studio mixer , my place screams for an extension to be build . Music instruments to equip an entire band …. at least I reduced the vinyls and got rid of the vintage VHS porn tapes
Worshop is bursting in variety of woodworking tools |
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I work in the building trade and 99% of all attics in the country are full of junk that should be thrown out my own attic and sheds included.
Think it's down to the way we were brought up with hand me downs and making do with what we had we are afraid to throw stuff out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’d like to say NO I’m definitely not, but as I’m saying that I’m looking at a drawer with keys to the wardrobe in Narnia & a Nokia charger that’s like something you’d charge a laptop with |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
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I have not been a hoarder, in the sense of raiding skips, or picking up items off the street, but there are a few personal items that I would never get rid of, because of their value (to me).
My mother was a hoarder, and periodically I used to dispose of her hoards, to her extreme annoyance and distress.
Hoarding, especially a new type; Diogenes Syndrome, is a manifestation of acute mental illness that requires professional intervention, with little prospect of success.
I worked with a hoarder for several years, but had to give up! |
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