Redpill me on hoarding

Redpill me on hoarding

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People afraid of loss and death. Often had to move house alot as a child.

They are crazy, but not as crazy as the people that got vaxed.

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>People afraid of loss and death
Pretty much this. I had a spat of hoarding after the small business I started went tits up. I had this fear that if I threw something away, I would be throwing away something valuable that could help me start my next venture, or something that I could sell to keep the business afloat. I just couldn't let go and face the failure.
Took a few years and some help from friends and family to help me clean my house and work through my issues.

Consumer culture's worst enemy

I struggle to throw things away because I have sentimental attachment to things. Like I'll have some shoes I haven't worn for years but I'll think to myself, "I can't get rid of them because I did x, y and z in them."

I could use some of that help

A) Get some friends to help you
B) Scrounge up a few hundred bucks and pay someone to help you
Option B is probably less hamulating. Having your friends and family go through all that shit you accumulated, and trying to justify why you thought it was a good idea to keep it is a pretty painful process. But I think going through it made me realize how crazy I was to keep it all.

The biggest set back was when I would find something actually useful, e.g. I hoarded a shit load of aluminum foil rolls, I would use that to justify the shit heap of other stuff I had.

Just get into the root cause of why you are hoarding. Imagine throwing all the shit out, and examine why that gives you anxiety, and then build from there. Imagine your house catching on fire, and if the thought of all that garbage burning up gives you relief, then keep that feeling in mind while you're throwing everything away.

We can all get better, we just need to figure out how. Get some help if you can. I waited too long and some of the house is a little fucked. Nothing too crazy, but I had to replace some flooring and I had a mouse problem. Fix it ASAP and remember that it's your brain that's broken, but it isn't destroyed.

Thanks user this is actually shit in my back room I’m dealing with right now

Leaving it dumped all over the place isn't hoarding. A true hoarder would take care of their stuff and have it sorted into neat poles and put on shelves.
People who live in a dump have something else going on.

Bugs.

if you're in san antonio Id help for $80 user, or twice that if you're in a nearby city (gas)

This is another reason why it's important to have friends and other interpersonal connections. That way, it's easier to let go of things you might be attached to, by giving them to others who might need them. Selling or throwing away an item means you have to completely sever your ties with it, but if you're giving it to someone who can use or appreciate it, it softens the blow.

the house across the road from me is a overgrown rotting old house full of trash, old furniture and junk. the guy blocked off the pathway with old metal fencing, desks and pallets.

the funniest thing is that the guy who owns it, owns a cleaning company.

I have the opposite thing, I usually throw out perfectly good things to minimize bloat or buy something fresh.

I have a hard time throwing away things, no idea why, I never been poor, my parents gave us what we needed and more.
I have a fuckton of useless things, I try to keep it at a certain level but it's hard.

I will say, it's like quitting cigarettes. Even looking at your picture, I immediately thought
>That pressure cooker just needs a little elbow grease and it'll work great
>Those books might be useful down the line.
You'll still get the inkling from time to time to start hoarding shit again.
Another thing that helps with the anxiety is to try and donate as much as possible. At least that helped me, thinking that at least the items might go to someone that needs it.

Same here.

That isn't hoarding, that is just a dirty mess. I have dozens of boxes carefully packed with decades of personal items. Attic filled with them, every bed has them underneath. Bookshelves stuffed full with items. But my house is not dirty.

I grew up a hoarder, my parents were both shitty alcoholics. I felt like a lot of my needs were never met as a child and I was always in survival mode. I also spent a lot more time around my grandparents, who were both farmers who pulled through the great depression.

Being in survival mode all the time was definitely an anxiety response and a way to deal with being afraid of not being prepared for the world.

The way I "cured" it? I was in the military and my ex wife left with pretty much all my possessions. She was pretty much a hoarder too, so even after all the drama, I'm sure she still has half of my shit all these years later. After I ETS'd out, I decided to pretty much go homeless and survival no longer was this long series of anxiety ridden preparation and more of a day to day "eat food, shit, shower, sleep". Hoarding really is a privilege of the first world because it's an anxiety response.

I no longer need shit because I can make it or get it at will. The only thing I'm guilty of hoarding these days are tools and car parts.

I dont get hoarding
Just throw shit away, lol like it's that easy

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ChrisChan disagrees

also it may be a meme but this harlot works

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>tools
I crave tools, but I buy quality ones and they can be sold if needed or used for the next decades at least

what use is keeping everything. When once you need it you can't find it?

>Often had to move house alot as a child.
I had that happen to me, moved over 8 times while growing up. I had the adverse effect of hording, I just throw everything away and discarded sentimentality all together, it got worst when my dad passed away.