I feel for her. What she must be going through right now is what I'd probably experience if someone came in and removed all the contents of my house and threw it away -- plus an anxiety disorder.
Oh, I'm sure it isn't! I just guessed the level of loss and angst she must be feeling would be close to what I'd feel if they took absolutely everything I owned and threw it in a dumpster.
I'm not so bad that I can't throw away garbage and bad food. But beyond that, yeah, I hoard bad. I've never mentioned it to my doctor simply because I didn't realize it might be a medical problem. I just figured I was a packrat ;-)
We are overstuffed here in our condo, but when I read stories like this http://www.auctions-registration.com/ebay/ I am glad. (Although I do have a lot of refridgerator magnets!)
My MIL won't let my FIL reduce the house to filth but other than that, this article describes him perfectly. "His" areas are filled floor to ceiling with thing. Even the other day, I pulled a broken piece of a garden decoration from the van and tried to throw it away. He caught me before I could put it in the garbage and told me he could use it.
When we moved he pulled a stainless steel dog food dish from the garbage can because "you can't throw away good things like that".
I'm dreading the day we have to help clean out their house...
I have an adult friend that got evicted from two houses he was renting because of that type of behavior and his father is the same way....you literally could not see the floor at my friend's home...it was dangerous to walk on it was so thick with things...it was a hard place to be, you could barely open the front door, there was never any place to sit w.out moving more than one layer of things...I've since lost contact with him, purposely, and have closed my LJ to friends only, which I never wanted to do, because he is a stalker...I even made a whole new LJ just to post in Burning Man because I did not want him to see me....
I think this disorder, I know it is, is not always alone...it probably comes with more than one...I think the only reason my friend's parent's house is livable is becuase the mom keeps the father's things down to an overcrowded minimum...but still, even their house is pretty tight.
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I am glad. (Although I do have a lot of refridgerator magnets!)
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Date: 2006-03-23 03:41 am (UTC)When we moved he pulled a stainless steel dog food dish from the garbage can because "you can't throw away good things like that".
I'm dreading the day we have to help clean out their house...
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Date: 2006-03-25 04:24 pm (UTC)I think this disorder, I know it is, is not always alone...it probably comes with more than one...I think the only reason my friend's parent's house is livable is becuase the mom keeps the father's things down to an overcrowded minimum...but still, even their house is pretty tight.