Hi BNLsMOM, Just responding to your post on hoarding and I wanted to say that this is not an isolated issue regarding OCD, I too am a hoarder and have been since perhaps I was a child(unbeknown to me at the time undiagnosed at that point) as I would always find some solace in other peoples "junk" and treasure it. My parents were absolutely devasted as I would spend a lot of time rummaging through neighborhood hard rubbish refuge(spring cleaning season)looking for curios always hangin out by myself.Anyhow as an adult this issue became more reinforced when I lost my full time job and was officially diagnosed with OCD and it got to a stage that my father could not tolerate it and hence decided to eventually discard all my collections of curios which in turn I resorted to leasing a self storage unit that I have had for almost ten years to keep this so called worthless junk.A few years back when i a had a realpse of deep depression I took on the realm and wisdom pertainning to eastern thought and philopsophy which was a subtle and gradual help to me, that i concluded to let go of a lot of my posessions in the material form, but however , I still lease a self storage unit but mainly use it to fascilitate and accomadate my other ocd sympton that is sacred to me and that is.... storing documents and tax invoice receipts and shopping dockets(bundles of them all itemised by year and to the months and day) and use these as my proof of activity as to what I was doing on a particular day,if I should ever need to use it as reference to whatever reason....Any how please dont despair youre not alone and I dont think it is an unusual behaviour...just let time be the healer as you will know when the time is due to what is important to you and what isn't......Take care and best wishes and good health too you also.