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Has anybody ever hear of the term "hoarding"? It's when people collect junk and collect it to a point of being overwhelmed in junk and dirt. Recently a psychologist told me that when a person has that disorder it's due to an obsession with perfection. I've known a few people with this disorder. Got any good stories about hoarding?

I know people who hoard junk and also animals, sometimes both. I don't see how perfection comes into play. I think it's more a need for security. Being afraid to part with anything. Somehow their stuff gives them a sense of security and place in the world. And in the case of animals, thinking no one else can care for them as well as they can.

I once saw a show on TV about a woman who was so bad that she couldn't bring herself to throw out used bandaids. She would stick them to the wall. There were filthy dishes strewn across the house and plates of old food everywhere. Her kids didn't even have a place to eat dinner. I think someone like that is to the point of illness.

Stuart was like that, unbeleivable, you couldnt even sit in the kitchen at times.

SWhen I did reshab for people with disabilities, I had a bit of a sad case. The lady was in a wheelchair....funny thing main room was clear, but one spare room and a closet were stuffed with news papers, and things bought through home shopping network. She would never throw thingsout. I think it was a cross betwee hoarding and some OCD or something. Though she was not compulsively neat, she had trouble throwing things out. She had food and stuff in her fridge that was old, but would not throw it out. She had cartons of orange juice months old, not fit to drink, but she could not be convinced to get rid of it.

Marie5656;692126 wrote: SWhen I did reshab for people with disabilities, I had a bit of a sad case. The lady was in a wheelchair....funny thing main room was clear, but one spare room and a closet were stuffed with news papers, and things bought through home shopping network. She would never throw thingsout. I think it was a cross betwee hoarding and some OCD or something. Though she was not compulsively neat, she had trouble throwing things out. She had food and stuff in her fridge that was old, but would not throw it out. She had cartons of orange juice months old, not fit to drink, but she could not be convinced to get rid of it.
That's me (except for the fridge stuff)

I am one of lifes magpie's, i'm liberating myself at the moment and putting all my junk .......

treasure on ebay and i'm finding it very liberating.

Problem is, i just can't resist buying more ....treasure.

Im familiar with this. Theres a certain person at work that hoards all the doughnuts.

Im near my breaking point.

I wont put up with it much longer.

You hear me ?

I have known a few people who do that.One was pills,she had lots and the other was magazines and newspapers.

Pinky;692384 wrote: I tend to hoard for ages and then get narked at all the junk. Then I hire a skip, chuck out everything that's not glued down, then tend to wish that I'd kept some of it.:rolleyes:

Seeing as I have a house inspection on Tues, the skip is outside right now.:wah:


Wow Pinky havnt seen you around here for awhile

Nomad;692268 wrote: Im familiar with this. Theres a certain person at work that hoards all the doughnuts.

Im near my breaking point.

I wont put up with it much longer.

You hear me ?
LOL!