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Does anyone else have issues with hoarding? And is it really hoarding or just not feeling up to dealing with the clutter in your house? Or is that a condition of hoarding? Looks like a chicken and the egg issues here, for me anyway.
As usual PC has a quiz for Hoarding......my results were as follows
Results of Your
Compulsive Hoarding Quiz
You scored a total of 55
Clutter: 27 (*)
Difficulty Discarding: 16 (*)
Excessive Acquisition: 12
Hoarding Problems Likely
People who've scored similarly to you often complain of hoarding behaviors, or problems related to saving too much stuff with no real use for it or place for it in their homes. Hoarding for people who score at this level is usually a part of their lives, and it may even be interfering with one's everyday routines or ability to go to work, have friends or family over, or use the kitchen or one's furniture for its intended use. Symptoms of this degree are usually a sign that the hoarding behaviors are pretty significant and may benefit from treatment or further help.

You appear to have a serious problem with clutter.
You appear to have difficulty in discarding stuff.
You appear to have a problem with excessively acquiring new stuff.

This is not a diagnostic quiz or professional assessment, however, so please do not take these quiz results as a recommendation for treatment. However, some people who take this quiz and score in this range may find it beneficial to talk about their symptoms with their doctor or a mental health professional (such as a psychologist). Only a properly-trained physician or professional can diagnosis a sleep concern.

Okay, so I was glad to see I wasn't higher up the scale with this and that lead me to believe that maybe the depression was the issue and not the hoarding. Any thoughts or comments?

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A lot of the time it's just not being physically or emotionally able to remove the clutter, at least for me I just don't have the energy. It sucks because I normally don't like clutter, but I just can't do it.

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Originally Posted by Fharraige

A lot of the time it's just not being physically or emotionally able to remove the clutter, at least for me I just don't have the energy. It sucks because I normally don't like clutter, but I just can't do it.

That's kind of what I was thinking. That it's not a hoarding issues, maybe my laziness, depression, lack of energy and don't give a crap about it right now attitude

I am a hoarder and clutter king. I enjoy shopping. I've gained weight and have a lot of clothes that I can no longer wear, especially those items that I've stocked up on. I have no social life so I shop a little. I really don't buy a lot at once. It's a little here and there but it adds up over the months / year.

I am fully aware that I don't do anything social anymore. I have not confidence and, when I go out, can't wait to leave. I no longer enjoy the company of others. I don't know if I really ever did. I was raised to be adult from the start and am not a very fun person. I don't understand modern people at all. They are so childlike and cruel.

I have no idea how to clean. My mother was depressed all the time and never cleaned. She would throw tantrums around the holidays when the house needed to be cleaned. Lately, I've been trying but procrastination is also a problem for me. So, I'm living my life but it feels like I have no idea whatsoever how to do it.

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Originally Posted by unguy

I am a hoarder and clutter king. I enjoy shopping. I've gained weight and have a lot of clothes that I can no longer wear, especially those items that I've stocked up on. I have no social life so I shop a little. I really don't buy a lot at once. It's a little here and there but it adds up over the months / year.

I am fully aware that I don't do anything social anymore. I have not confidence and, when I go out, can't wait to leave. I no longer enjoy the company of others. I don't know if I really ever did. I was raised to be adult from the start and am not a very fun person. I don't understand modern people at all. They are so childlike and cruel.

I have no idea how to clean. My mother was depressed all the time and never cleaned. She would throw tantrums around the holidays when the house needed to be cleaned. Lately, I've been trying but procrastination is also a problem for me. So, I'm living my life but it feels like I have no idea whatsoever how to do it.

It's easy to do to get caught up in the shopping to give some sense of pleasure. I've started making sure I have receipts because after I get home with it I realize I didn't need it, or I really can't afford it, and I take it back. And that's okay because I had that little bit of pleasure just finding and buying it I have a lot of my Dad's stuff here also that I'm just not ready to go through and get rid of. Last night I worked on some of it though. My weight goes up and down. I have size 12-2X in my closet. I want to keep a range of clothes in there but not what I have. There's things in there I haven't worn in years and I really need to get rid of them. I think I am going to start sorting through them by sizes first. Then I can pick out so many of each size and keep. Last beach trip I took 62 pairs of shorts, and that was just a fraction of what I truly have. There's no need for that. I know that But knowing about it and doing something about is two different stories, right.
Anyway, cleaning...my theory is why dust? It only gets so deep and as soon as you dust it will be getting dirty all over again. Now if dust ever starts getting an inch deep...then I will worry about it
Life's short, don't look back and say I wish I had done this, or that, when there's no more time.