Help with hoarding

I might get a new bed set and all I have the one mattresses from this old bed. Already the thought of getting rid of this mattress is already cause anxiety attack

We went through clothes over the weekend and got rid of some. My husband had a hard time with his sweaters for some reason and kept a few that I have never seen him wear. Still, we managed to fill a medium-sized garbage bag of things. I set it up next to the dumpster yesterday and it was gone this morning. People generally will take clothes you leave out like that and sell it at flea markets and such.

I still need to address the mess of shoes on the closet floor next. I'm thinking of buying a shoe organizer. I also think there are some things that need to be gone through on the upper shelf.

For a long time I had trouble donating clothes and now because of where I live they are making it harder to donate clothes. I try to think about it th a way if I can help out one homeless person who need clothes than I giving something out to the world that good.

Your doing better than me. I'm still struggling to get rid of something.

Thanks Buffy! I definitely know it's not easy. For me getting started was the worst part. I kept procrastinating.

I ordered a shoe organizer and it arrived yesterday. I cleaned out all the bottom of the closet, threw out an old comforter and old shoes, etc., swept it all out and then put the shoes in place. It looks so much better!

I just want to keep everything!

Wow! I have one myself! I still struggle struggling to get rid of old things.

Hey, i cleaned out my shoe closet this week too! I have a big bag to donate, and i wrote descriptions on the boxes that didnt have them, about half.

A family member passed away a few months ago and I had to clean out his hoard. Some of what I found was pretty incredible. I have taken truckloads to the dump, recycling center, charities, given away a lot - and still wound up with a room full of stuff in my house. At first it was packed in so tightly I couldn't even get in. I have made a lot of progress and now mostly just have boxes lining the walls, but it feels slow. I had a hard time throwing out his socks the other day.

Anyway, since having to deal with all of his stuff, I have been more likely to throw out my own stuff. I read that the Swedish Death Cleaning method tells you to ask yourself 'does this object have meaning to anyone but me?' I have found that helpful as I sort through things.

That great! I'm happy you are doing so well.

[QUOTE=hvert;6307809]A family member passed away a few months ago and I had to clean out his hoard. Some of what I found was pretty incredible. I have taken truckloads to the dump, recycling center, charities, given away a lot - and still wound up with a room full of stuff in my house. At first it was packed in so tightly I couldn't even get in. I have made a lot of progress and now mostly just have boxes lining the walls, but it feels slow. I had a hard time throwing out his socks the other day.

Anyway, since having to deal with all of his stuff, I have been more likely to throw out my own stuff. I read that the Swedish Death Cleaning method tells you to ask yourself 'does this object have meaning to anyone but me?' I have found that helpful as I sort through things.[/QUOTE

My sister is a hoarder and she is worse than me. Everything has meaning to me which make it harder for me.

I did some work on the kitchen last weekend, clearing out some old dishes and containers we no longer use. I still need to face the closets.

I hear you! I went through my dresser and found shirt that I can't wear and had only worn once. So I put them into two bags one is keepsake and the other is donation. It was very difficult to do. My next door neighbor is a hoarder and he worst than me and is bad as one of my sister.

When I get a new bed frame it going to be hard to get rid of

It looks like we are going to have to step up our efforts. We are probably going to be moving in 3-4 months if our plants work out, and we don't want to move a bunch of stuff we never use.

The joy of moving! I am currently going through clothes I can't wear anymore and deciding what is special and what to give away. One of my sister is a hoarder and now one of my neighbor is a hoarder. I am working it one day at time.

Wow, good luck with the move prep! That sounds like a great motivator.

I am struggling. 6 years ago I decided to redo a room. I moved all the furniture into another room and hall, making those spaces unusable. I never finished the room. When my father died this year, I moved a bunch of his stuff into that half finished room for sorting.

So now I have a half finished room that has so much stuff in it I can't finish it. The room I moved all the furniture into - you can't even walk through it. There isn't even a path. I have stuff on my list like 'finish redoing room' but where am I supposed to put this stuff? It's so overwhelming. I wish I had finished the room shortly after I started.

Wow, things are happening faster than we thought, we should get mortgage approval this week and move next month!! I have started dealing with getting rid of more stuff.

I feel the same way! That is like my bedroom closet.

Congratulations on the move. Congratulations on getting rid of more stuff.

Good luck with the move, Rechu! Buffy1, I hope you are making some headway with your closet. I am not opening mine at the moment because I have too much other stuff to toss first, but mine are in a similar state and I know I could toss a lot.

I somehow crammed most of the contents of the unfinished room into a different space and have made significant progress towards finishing by working on it for a small amount of time every day.

I was also able to give some nice things I really don't need or use to a friend who will get some use out of them.

I am thinking about trying to sell a few things on eBay but am not sure it's worth the hassle. Has anyone tried selling on there recently?

Exciting news - my room renovation is basically done - a few odds and ends, some paint touch ups here and there - but I could start moving furniture back in TODAY.

I'm going through my clothes and putting what is keepsake and ruin and give away.

That good news

I just got rid of the last piece of my bed and replace it with a new bed. It was hard not to get rid of it. Because I have sentimental attachment to it