I go through phases where I am sentimental about nearly everything. I hate clutter, and everything MUST have a place, but I can keep quite a few things. Then it usually starts with just one thing being out of place, I will start tidying. Everything HAS to be tidy. And when I say tidying up I mean throwing out everything. If I haven't used it in a while it gets thrown out. If It has any sort of emotion attached to it, its gets thrown out. I can be bawling my eyes out but I must keep going until it has passed. I get angry when I am like this, and seeing all the sentimental things and other items I have kept usually brings back memories which is then a trigger and this makes me throw out even more and more things. It often goes into the late hours of the night and will result in the garbage bin overflowing or the trailer full, as I would rather throw something away when I am like this than give it away or sell it. I want it gone and it has to be right now! I will keep going and will only stop when I have thrown out that much that my wife has to pull me up and literally stop me.

Tidying up is nearly always sign that I am cycling.