My mom is a hoarder, so I try to be vigilant about that stuff in my own life.
Sometimes it feels like I’m at war with the objects in my house, constantly interrogating their value and purpose in my life. It gives me great anxiety to go through this process and I feel like I get rid of things just to get it over with. I do it because I know I’m a hoarder in my heart and want to stamp that fire out before it takes hold.
Anyone else have a hard time letting go?
No, but my wife did. I’m something of a minimalist. She is not. We’ve butted heads a few times over her desire to hold onto junk like random piece of paper and such. Shortly after her dad died. she had a change of heart and didn’t want to be tied down by things. She then made it a special point to ask me to show her my system and when I decide to toss stuff. Nowadays we are very similar in the things we decide to keep. But my general rule is if I haven’t used it in 6 months, pitch it. There are exceptions such as books, but as I said, it’s a general rule.
for me it is really easy to throw things away. i love a good declutter, it feels refreshing and spacious afterwards
I have a REALLY hard time letting go of stuff/knowing what to throw out…
My mom is a hoarder. She’s not as bad as the people you see where junk is everywhere in the house. It’s reasonably well organized but she has tons of junk. Bins and bins of it stored in the basement especially.
My mom is somewhat of a hoarder.
I didn’t inherit that gene.
I throw even important ■■■■ away because it causes clutter.
My husband always buys stuff so I made him get a storage unit.
My Mom is a hoarder too we have junk everywhere especially in the attic boxes and bins of stuff we do not use she is also a dumpster diver just this week she dumpster dived two couches and a headboard
maybe it’s just a fear that you are a hoarder? do you have those tendencies? or are you just imagining it?
Not sure. I just know that I’m afraid I’m going to need something if I throw it out and that I’m sentimental about the time and place in which I acquired something—like everything is a history piece in the museum of my life. 
Maybe you’re right and it’s not as bad as I think.
My mom struggles with hoarding, so she rents a dumpster every few years and commits to filling it up. She invites us all over to help her part with things.
I used to have some hoarding problems, but being homeless really cured me of that. Once I lost almost everything and realized I still survived, I was able to face the idea of not having something I thought I might need. Covid kind of brought it back a bit, because there were a lot of times I needed something but it wasn’t available.
i have a hard time letting things go yea… i think i’m a bit of a hoarder probably.
My mom was a little bit of a hoarder and I always went the other way. I would end up having to buy things multiple times because I wouldn’t hold onto them. But now I think I have found a little balance I live alone and have room for things so I can have a little bit of stuff, but I never want too much, it drives me nuts.
Me too. Even if I have to buy something a few times, it’s worth it to be able to see everything I have without having to dig. I was buying multiples of things anyway because I couldn’t find things with all the clutter.
When I was raising my daughter she was showing signs of the hoarding gene, I had a trash can I would fill up of her junk she would collect that I would go throw away when I would clean her room. It was a constant battle with her.
I’m a recovering hoarder. Over the past year we’ve gotten rid of the stuff I was holding onto. Except clothes. Have that to do, still.
I don’t allow any new stuff in anymore, unless it is really needed and something has to go out.
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