Do you horde things?

[getforfree]

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I do to an extent my dh would say I am a bad horder but I dont know I stockpile things I get for free & I have save the girls clothes for the next one & since they are spread out a little 9yrs between the oldest & youngest it can sit in boxes for awhile but I guarantee its saving us money my youngest 2yrs old wore my oldest dd's shoes & used tons of stuff from my second dd who is almost 6 so yes I guess I do hoard

My DD wears some of my sons clothes. So, at home, she dresses like a boy. When I buy clothes for my DS, I try to buy those, that would be ok to wear for my DD too. My kids have some toys, that my little brother, who is 16 now, used to play with. I have a baby blanket that was used by me and all my siblings and both of my kids. And it's still good. I want to give it to my sister who will have baby in jan2007.

[Broken Arrow]

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Hmm. I may have misunderstood the question.

I thought the question dealt with clutter. I don't like clutter.

However, when it comes to stockpiling essential items that are on sale, that's a different story. So long as they are neatly stacked and put away, I don't mind hoarding either.

[poundwise]

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As far as the MyPoints-
I've seen too many rewards programs go under, so I tend to cash in early in case the site disappears

Absolutely. The original MyPoints program went under, as a matter of fact.

[poundwise]

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Stockpiling things with an eye towards potential needs in the future is one thing. Accumulating and/or hanging on to things for no legitimate reason is just foolishness. I have a friend with what I call 'pack-rat' syndrome. He keeps everything. His house, attic, storage sheds (yes, plural) are all full. If his wife tries to have a garage sale or to toss anything he is opposed to the idea in nearly every instance.

If you hang on to rewards points that could benefit you, and you aren't hanging on to them in order to save up for some specific future benefit, I think you have to regard that as problem behavior. I don't mean this to be insulting, just addressing what may be a factual problem. If you take food you don't need just because, and save things compulsively that you know you don't need to save etc. you may need to speak to a personal counselor.

[contrary1]

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I'm totally the opposite of hoarding things at this point. I do have a pantry and freezer, that are both stocked, but it is a rotating sort of affair. I don't put in more than I'm using...but I hate to shop and refuse to most of the time, so I'm not defining either area as hoarding.

My moms house (which will eventually be my responsibility to clear out) is a mass of stuff. Inside, outside, in the garage, all over. She jokes that I'll have my work cut out for me. Everytime I'm at her place, I try to toss things in the trash can..... Seeing her place is all the push I need to keep mine clear of any surplus stuff.

[vsjhoc]

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Poundwise is correct (as usual) -- there is a range of behavior from sensible storing to pathological accumulation. I always keep the original boxes that stuff came in -- computer, printer, stereo, etc. I never met a box I didn't like.

There was a link here somewhere (of course I can't find it now) to a video called "messy house." You literally couldn't walk around. It was pretty obvious there were some psychological issues there. Hoarding is also a symptom of certain types of drug abuse.

[jaksilee]

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Yep, Meat and toilet paper. A hold out from a time when they were in short supply in my family as a teenager.

[Ima saver]

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What would hoarding have to do with drug abuse? Not arguing, just curious??

[lrjohnson]

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Ima: Speed freaks sometimes hoard. (Amphetamine addicts. Meth heads.)

The messy house thing I think was on youTuvbe and someone posted the link in "Everything Else." In that case the husband was positing OCD.

[kealina]

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a lot of people think the pathological hoarding is related to anxiety and OCD... didnt' know people who have drug abuse problems do that too... interesting...

[shengmei]

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Of course. Things just naturally look better grouped together by category.

[vsjhoc]

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Ima: Speed freaks sometimes hoard. (Amphetamine addicts. Meth heads.)

The messy house thing I think was on youTuvbe and someone posted the link in "Everything Else." In that case the husband was positing OCD.

Thanks for clarifying all my vague comments and finding the missing (hoarded??) link.

[mountainmist]

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Stockpiling things with an eye towards potential needs in the future is one thing. Accumulating and/or hanging on to things for no legitimate reason is just foolishness. I have a friend with what I call 'pack-rat' syndrome. He keeps everything. His house, attic, storage sheds (yes, plural) are all full. If his wife tries to have a garage sale or to toss anything he is opposed to the idea in nearly every instance.

If you hang on to rewards points that could benefit you, and you aren't hanging on to them in order to save up for some specific future benefit, I think you have to regard that as problem behavior. I don't mean this to be insulting, just addressing what may be a factual problem. If you take food you don't need just because, and save things compulsively that you know you don't need to save etc. you may need to speak to a personal counselor.

I agree with you, there have been numerous articles over the past decade about an epidemic of hoarding useless material items, particularly among senior citizens. An actual epidemic requiring task forces to go in and clean homes - from the health & fire departments and with scads of social workers & psychologists. Hoarding stuff you don't use, and will not use is a form of OCD, and if you do an online search you'll find a huge amount of information about it. Procrastination can be a symptom of OCD.

There is a difference between storage of valuable items and hoarding. There is also a big difference between a messy cluttered home, and a hoarder's house. Big world of difference.

[PrincessPerky]

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Does one lead to the other? Did people who end up with hoarding ocd start out saving perfectly useful stuff? Did it start as a good idea, gone bad?

Is there any research about the childhood of these people? is it a response as one poster mentioned to being without at one time?

I personally see hoarding as well selfish..you might need it at sometime in the future, but in the meantime..why not share (or at least use it yourself!)? Not saying stockpile is bad, and the line between the two is a big fuzzy grey area (about a mile wide) just saying at some point people need to look and see if they are being selfish or frugal. (course if they are sick, they crossed the line long ago and don't care..or rather to sick to care)

[Ima saver]

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I don't hoard anything. I try to have 2 of everything on hand. that way, If I run out of aluminum foil, I have another one in the pantry and then I put it on my gorcery list. My dh can't seem to bring himself to throw away nails. He had millions of nails in the garage. Moving the stuff in the two garages would probably be the hardest part of moving.