Declutter problem? Do you Hoard? Here are some symptoms.

Date:   8/10/2007 10:30:57 PM ( 17 y ago)

8:30 PM
August 10, 07


I was wondering if there was support
for declutters in San Diego.

I came upon this site:


http://www.helpinghoarders.com/index.html


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Reasons for Hoarding:


http://www.helpinghoarders.com/Reasons.html



* Information-processing deficits: including deficits in decision
making, deficits in organizational skills, and difficulties with
memory functions;


* Problems in forming emotional attachments: compulsive
hoarders believe that their belongings are a part of them, so
discarding an item is like discarding a part of themselves;


[ I can see this in myself...]

* Behavioral avoidance: the net result of poor decision-making
skills and the need for perfection. Compulsive hoarders avoid
not only the decision to discard an object, but also what to do
with the object once they have it; and,


* Erroneous beliefs about the nature of possessions: such as
beliefs about the necessity of maintaining control over
possessions, beliefs about responsibility for possessions, and
beliefs about the necessity of perfection.

[ I have some guilt about how I discard....
I would like it to go into the right hands...
That seemed impossible today. I would not want
to give bug infested books to a Thift Store...

Not sure yet how to deinfest it...
Left some in the driveway in boxes to experiment. ]



http://www.helpinghoarders.com/CompulsiveHoarding.html


More here...


{Oh mY God!
My Dad is definitely a compulsive hoarder!!!

Fits the description to the T! ]



Behavioral avoidance

* The net result of poor decision-making skills and the need for
perfection. Compulsive hoarders avoid not only the decision to
discard an object, but also what to do with the object once
they have it. Because of their desire for perfection, compulsive
hoarders frequently take a long time to do even small chores.
An inordinate amount of time may be spent "churning" -
moving items from one pile to another but never actually
discarding any item nor establishing any consistent
organizational system.

[ A, here does a lot of this kind of moving from pile to pile...]


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OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...

I believe my sister has had this...
not sure if she still does...


http://www.ocfoundation.org/organizedchaos/articles/Organized-Chaos-V008/Orga...



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Yikes!

This sounds like me:


http://www.ocfoundation.org/organizedchaos/articles/Organized-Chaos-V008/Orga...


Now I can project and plan a day, moment-by moment, and LEAVE IT AS IT IS.

I can't do that, hardly!!!

I got too many things going on in my office...
highly disfunctional...!!!

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Clean Sweep article
Psychology Today


http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-3557.html


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