That is what I meant by sick. I have a good friend who is a hoarder. I almost threw up the one and only time I went into his living room. He is completely resistant to any professional help.
Most of them do refuse help, unfortunately. I know I mentioned this here before but a relative’s house caught fire and the firemen could not get through for the stash of things she’d hoarded. She saved every scrap of paper, newspapers, drink cartons, stuff like that.That is what I meant by sick. I have a good friend who is a hoarder. I almost threw up the one and only time I went into his living room. He is completely resistant to any professional help.
My father is a hoarder, and he's in the same boat, saying he doesn't need help because he doesn't have a problem. Meanwhile, you can barely even walk through the garage to get in the house because there's so much junk everywhere. Empty boxes, bubble wrap, random machine parts, all sorts of stuff, all up to the ceiling. Full of roaches too. Shudder!! Not to mention he has a separate garage in the yard that's supposed to be used as a hobby area (he does woodworking and stuff) and it's even worse. Going to their house during holidays stresses me out, guh.Most of them do refuse help, unfortunately.
This describes me exactly! Unfortunately as an artist I’ll save things like cereal boxes (to cut up and use as the base for one of my journals) or oatmeal canisters (for... I don’t know what). Then I start feeling like a hoarder so I toss them.I have trouble throwing things out and have to do it in a very calculated way and at the right time or I start to think something bad will happen that I can not recover from. I worry I will end up as a hoarder if I do not stay mindful of my issues with disposing of things. I can throw out normal food rubbish and useless stuff but I constantly see the value in things I no longer need and try to work out if they can be reused in some way.
Yes! I have told my mother many times to watch it. And I told her to listen to what the counselors on the show say because they are right. She didn’t want to hear it.I asked my hoarder friend to watch a tv show with me. You know the one on AE called hoarders. He did watch the entire show and said "I'm not like that"
But he is.
This describes me exactly! Unfortunately as an artist I’ll save things like cereal boxes (to cut up and use as the base for one of my journals) or oatmeal canisters (for... I don’t know what). Then I start feeling like a hoarder so I toss them.
See? LLOL Today I was looking for a small jar to use for painting medium. I said you know, the only one I. Threw out is the one I now need!it maybe time to reorder some Chinese food - LOL. Love them for mixing small quantities of paint.