Are You A Hoarder? ( Slow Saturday On Here)

[Bobbisox1]

I’m not,I never keep anything for a ‘just in case ‘ time

[Vagus]

Nope, not at all, can’t bear junk. Cards get thrown out after one day, and I live by the ‘if it’s not beautiful or useful’ thing, then it goes.
I have a lot of family pieces dotted around, which really are beautiful, and embroideries and paintings, but that’s it.
I suppose my ‘hoarder’ stuff would be clothes, although even they get recycled elsewhere if they’re not worn after a year or two.
Clutter makes me anxious.

[tamborine]

am always looking for chalk when am sewing

[Caran]

I have a lot of my fathers things. He was a guitarist in a dance band.
His piano accordion,
Lots of Django Rheinhart LPs
Lots of Stephan Grappelli LPs
Hundreds of copies of Melody Maker newspapers
Loads of sheet music.
He has been dead for about 35 years now.
I don't really know what to do with them, they are just cluttering up the loft.

[Peter Pedant]

stephan grappelli and django rheinhardt LPs have a resale value

[Caran]

Really Peter, i must investigate!

[ummmm]

No, I bin most things. I have a few sentimental things I won't part with but everything else gets binned.

[emmie]

i have a filing cabinet full to brimming with paperwork, i can't get at it now as the fridge freezer is blocking it in, so have created another little folder for more paperwork, bills, hospital stuff etc, so i guess i am in a way. i have cleared out my wardrobe room endless times giving loads and loads to charity, but its still packed literally to the ceiling.
i hate mess so don;t have stuff just lurking around. its all in its place.

[ummmm]

Emmie - do you get the charity bags?

[emmie]

not sure what charity bags are to be honest, i gave 14 bags of clothes to the charity Shelter last year. large black sacks -

[emmie]

i am not giving any more away for the time being, i love every piece i own, ,spring, summer and winter wear all in the room in its place.

[ummmm]

We get them posted through our door. Some want decent stuff others will take anything as it's mushed down to make other stuff.

[emmie]

we have a security system in place, no one can just get in, you have to ring the intercom. i have never had any charity bags before. i just buy a big load of black sacks and put all the clothing in that. last time they collected the stuff, which was ok, as i don't drive, so would have no way of getting the stuff to them.

[ummmm]

We have bags from various charities and they list what they'll take. They'll take furniture as well. They give a pick up day when they'll collect.

If we put any white goods out, guaranteed they'd be gone the same day.

[emmie]

i have donated to British Heart Foundation before, they took my sofa and chair, and 40 bags of clothing, that was when they would pick up, not sure about now.

[DTCwordfan]

There's a strong association between hoarding when it becomes OCDish and Alzheimer's - and particularly if the hoarding was done at a young age.

Don't fret too much as it has to be in association with two or more other symptoms, of which there are about 12, and it's one of the reasons that it's hard to spot it. One can take three folk with dementia and they can show completely different characteristics - I termed it a Woolworth's 'pic-an-mix' when it came to the palette of possibilities.

[Apc2604]

Noone ever collects charity bags from where we are. Sometimes they have been left with a time they will be collected. But noone ever collects. Trouble is now, because I don't drive anymore I can't sneak OH stuff out of the house when he's not about. I must admit I have given up. He has been saying he will sort out the garage for decades. He goes in there and comes out with perhaps one bin liner of stuff. The garage is huge and also has large loft space. He is an avid recycler though, which is good.

In his case though, it was definitely a habit caused by his upbringing in unfortunate circumstances.

[Apc2604]

I don't like junk Vagus, but have a house full of memorabilia. We also seem to collect animals, but now we are down to only four!!! I couldn't live anywhere without art or books (or pets!).