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erronis

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12. That is such a difficult tale to read, and for you to live. Thank you for sharing!

Reply to happybird (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 08:34 PM

Dec 12

My hording examples are mainly most of my family hating to throw away anything that a parent or grandparent had owned or gifted to us. And books. Books and CDs.

I'm glad that you have lessened your physical burden but the psychological one is harder to deal with. Good luck!!!

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Hoarding Disorder: A Looming National Crisis? [View all] erronis Nov 25 OP

Buying disorder is a much greater problem delisen Nov 25 #1

How? It seems like an individual problem jimfields33 Nov 25 #2

True delisen Nov 25 #4

Really well my family has the Hoarding Disorder gene bucolic_frolic Nov 25 #3

My mother became a hoarder. yardwork Nov 25 #5

I guess I'm lucky. I had way too many books, CDs, etc. And then I became homeless erronis Nov 25 #6

I'm sorry you became homeless. mountain grammy Nov 25 #9

I think its loneliness XanaDUer2 Nov 25 #7

My wife is deeply in exboyfil Nov 25 #8

My ex was helped greatly by PTSD counseling happybird Dec 12 #11

My ex was a hoarder happybird Dec 12 #10

That is such a difficult tale to read, and for you to live. Thank you for sharing! erronis Dec 12 #12

Thank you happybird Dec 12 #13

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