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I had a set of steel wheels in the loft for about 10 years. I thought this is silly so sold them cheap. A year later they would have come in handy to use while I got my alloys refurbished.
I still have a full Hartge bodykit up there, thats not going anywhere but on a car sometime in the future
I still have a full Hartge bodykit up there, thats not going anywhere but on a car sometime in the future
There is always an underlying issue that needs to be addressed. There was a program about it where a physiologist, rather than removal men went around to address the problem. He was a slightly odd looking chap, but he managed to sort most of them out.
One I recall was a woman who had hundreds of tins of food, some years out of date squirrelled away in every nook and cranny. Turns out they ran out of food once when she was a child and some trauma or other happened at the same time. mum got ill or something and she had to look after her little sister without any food.
Since then she just started stock piling vast quantities of cans so she would never run out of food again. Once she talked it through with the psychologist, she was able to let go and she felt liberated and actually took joy in binning/donating the lot.
Actual hoarding is as bad as actual ocd. Both words are misused a lot to describe slightly messy or overly tidy people.
Something in the subconscious is stopping the hordee being able to let go. Address it and make progress.
One I recall was a woman who had hundreds of tins of food, some years out of date squirrelled away in every nook and cranny. Turns out they ran out of food once when she was a child and some trauma or other happened at the same time. mum got ill or something and she had to look after her little sister without any food.
Since then she just started stock piling vast quantities of cans so she would never run out of food again. Once she talked it through with the psychologist, she was able to let go and she felt liberated and actually took joy in binning/donating the lot.
Actual hoarding is as bad as actual ocd. Both words are misused a lot to describe slightly messy or overly tidy people.
Something in the subconscious is stopping the hordee being able to let go. Address it and make progress.
HarryFlatters said:
My wife is a hoarder, and it annoys the hell out of me.
Unfortunately, there's no apparent way to persuade her to throw things out.
So basically hoarders are selfish bUnfortunately, there's no apparent way to persuade her to throw things out.
ds, they have no cares for the opinions of other people in their house who find clutter stressful. I think I am going to have to resort to subterfuge and plan clandestine visits to the council dump.
How can hoarders possibly remember what stuff they have and have not, right?
StressedEric said:
How can hoarders possibly remember what stuff they have and have not, right?
Not quite the same but reminds me of this threadhttp://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
5potTurbo said:
Steamer said:
To a certain extent.
'I'll just keep these wood off-cuts for stirring paint, old rags, broken things that could be salvaged for parts...' Things like that.
Inherited from my farther and his farther... and his farther's farther. They all lived in farmyards that looked like 'Stepotoes' Yard.
Are they a long way away? 'I'll just keep these wood off-cuts for stirring paint, old rags, broken things that could be salvaged for parts...' Things like that.
Inherited from my farther and his farther... and his farther's farther. They all lived in farmyards that looked like 'Stepotoes' Yard.
TurboHatchback said:
5potTurbo said:
Steamer said:
To a certain extent.
'I'll just keep these wood off-cuts for stirring paint, old rags, broken things that could be salvaged for parts...' Things like that.
Inherited from my farther and his farther... and his farther's farther. They all lived in farmyards that looked like 'Stepotoes' Yard.
Are they a long way away? 'I'll just keep these wood off-cuts for stirring paint, old rags, broken things that could be salvaged for parts...' Things like that.
Inherited from my farther and his farther... and his farther's farther. They all lived in farmyards that looked like 'Stepotoes' Yard.
No I just have an excess amount of 'R's I'm trying to get rid of.
I don't hoard but I do pick up discarded stuff.
I now have a decent sized Sweden flag on a short pole,left behind after a motorsport event finished.
Luckily it wasn't too big as I wouldn't have fitted it into my car for the 1200 mile drive home.
I also picked up 2 event programmes left on the ground.
I'd paid 50SEK for my copy.
I'm going to plant the flag in my back garden.
I now have a decent sized Sweden flag on a short pole,left behind after a motorsport event finished.
Luckily it wasn't too big as I wouldn't have fitted it into my car for the 1200 mile drive home.
I also picked up 2 event programmes left on the ground.
I'd paid 50SEK for my copy.
I'm going to plant the flag in my back garden.
Adamxck said:
There is always an underlying issue that needs to be addressed. There was a program about it where a physiologist, rather than removal men went around to address the problem. He was a slightly odd looking chap, but he managed to sort most of them out.
One I recall was a woman who had hundreds of tins of food, some years out of date squirrelled away in every nook and cranny. Turns out they ran out of food once when she was a child and some trauma or other happened at the same time. mum got ill or something and she had to look after her little sister without any food.
Since then she just started stock piling vast quantities of cans so she would never run out of food again. Once she talked it through with the psychologist, she was able to let go and she felt liberated and actually took joy in binning/donating the lot.
Actual hoarding is as bad as actual ocd. Both words are misused a lot to describe slightly messy or overly tidy people.
Something in the subconscious is stopping the hordee being able to let go. Address it and make progress.
Some of the hoarding tv programmes have been interesting/eye opening to the problem.One I recall was a woman who had hundreds of tins of food, some years out of date squirrelled away in every nook and cranny. Turns out they ran out of food once when she was a child and some trauma or other happened at the same time. mum got ill or something and she had to look after her little sister without any food.
Since then she just started stock piling vast quantities of cans so she would never run out of food again. Once she talked it through with the psychologist, she was able to let go and she felt liberated and actually took joy in binning/donating the lot.
Actual hoarding is as bad as actual ocd. Both words are misused a lot to describe slightly messy or overly tidy people.
Something in the subconscious is stopping the hordee being able to let go. Address it and make progress.
Long thread about it on mse
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...
F3RNY7 said:
Complete opposite. I absolutely hate hanging onto anything I think I don't want/need, and hate having 'clutter' lying around. Often to the point of saying years down the line 'I wish I still had that....'
That pretty much describes me.I hate seeing cupboards or sheds full of stuff that only looks fractionally useful, and whenever I have a good clear out and tidy up I feel really good about it.
My girlfriend on the other hand, is Polish, and therefore thinks that anything and everything is potentially useful or of value.
It makes for some interesting 'debates' I can tell you...
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