Hoarding is so sad. I'm no where NEAR like those people (I'm a very neat & organized person) but I have this thing about keeping papers. Things I've written, school papers, just generally pointless things. I have probably 3 or 4 binders and file folders filled with these old papers. A few months ago I did a "clean out" and forced myself to throw a lot of the papers away - it was physically painful. I'm not SO so bad anymore. I don't really take them home and put them somewhere anymore, I just find it so hard to get rid of the ones I currently have.
I'm glad mental illnesses are recognized as actual conditions now. I see how hard it is being so mild as it is for me...I couldn't even IMAGINE having a severe addiction like that. |