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Sorry for being nosy but are you a hoarder?
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"Photographs of family and holidays. Also kept all my old school reports and a few childhood presents." Sentimental hoarder. I can relate. I find it quite easy to go through other stuff and recycle/throw away | |||
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"Photographs of family and holidays. Also kept all my old school reports and a few childhood presents." That's fair enough I keep stuff like that as well. | |||
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"I have a tendency towards keeping things. And I have in the past used "stuff" as a replacement for happiness, affection, love etc especially in relationships. Which sounds weird to say or write down. But actually isn't that uncommon." I can relate to this. | |||
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Ruthless with house stuff, clothes etc.
I hate seeing useful stuff get binned though, so I keep everything with even the slightest possible use for my classic cars for years.
Also - people complain about the price of wood now. Simple! Find your nearest skip, it’ll be full of the stuff. Haven’t bought any in years. | |||
"I have cleared the home of a hoarder twice. The psychological experience is fascinating. There’s a lot more to it than just hoarding. " I think you're right. We've also cleared the homes of a couple of hoarders and it's a bit like peeling an onion,there are always more layers to be found! I'm the opposite of a hoarder as I love chucking crap away. I've also discovered how easy it is to sell stuff online.I might think that something is worthless but there's usually somebody out there willing to pay for it! Mike | |||
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"I'm certainly a hoarder, I love to collect things but before you ask it's not tat, I'm like a magpie, think I inherited the hoarding instinct from my dad as he was the same. It has cost me a relationship in the past however but my collections came first to be fair, she had got herself stuck in the garage but entered by the wrong door being in a rush. I have everything from a 14th century church font 100's of rare books, magazines, film collectibles, model collections, original art, a 7ft velociraptor, a BBC dalek more books, antique furniture workshop machinery, a few old cars motorcycles, I believe around 15 vintage bicycles. 100's of vinyl albums, fossil and gemstone collections, old designer clothes, Aviation collectibles, 100's of model kits, coin collections, specialist medical machinery and instruments, tribal art, masks, old bottles, various animal skulls, a 11ft swordfish. Sorry for listing some of it, needed to get it off my chest to carry on collecting ( it helps me psychologically) Lol xx" but that's some interesting stuff you have there: 7ft velociraptor and dalek, awesome. I am a hoarder, I have collections of looney tunes statues, they look cool individually, but crazy in large numbers. I also keep stuff I think will be useful, and to be fair when neighbours are looking for stuff I often have it to help them out. I also keep stuff thinking some day it might be valuable. "he saves what others throw away, he says that he'll be rich some day" - points for song reference; seemed appropriate. | |||
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"No i hate clutter. i dont over buy, and keep things minimal, if ive not worn it in 6 months it goes to charity, if i dont use something i generally gift it on selling pages. I hate clutter and stuff that collects dust or kept for a rainy day. If a electrical item breaks thats out of warrenty ill generally get it repaired. "Just a gentle reminder that tomorrow is Monday, sir | |||
"I have cleared the home of a hoarder twice. The psychological experience is fascinating. There’s a lot more to it than just hoarding. " Similar thing here for deceased family. I had three tubs: Recycle, Bin, Keep. The last one then would be gone through again. It is an insight into a life with some smiles and some tears. I’m probably regarded by some as a bit of a hoarder myself. I don’t prescribe to the thing about “if you haven’t used it in 6.. 18 months get rid” what about fire extinguishers or car insurance? There genuinely are items that may be very useful in time to come. | |||
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I deal with hoarding sometimes through work. It's a mental health problem and very difficult to manage in a way that makes the hoader safe without having a detrimental impact on their wellbeing. | |||
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