Comments on: San Francisco health workers offer help to hoarders http://unclutterer.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-health-workers-offer-help-to-hoarders/ Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. Mon, 12 May 2008 12:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cynthia http://unclutterer.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-health-workers-offer-help-to-hoarders/#comment-9971 Cynthia Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:54:02 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-health-workers-offer-help-to-hoarders/#comment-9971 Wow, I didn't realize that hoarding was an illness, but I'm glad that there is a support group out there. Now, how do you get someone who doesn't think he (ie. my husband) has a problem to go to one of these group meetings. He has the most problem giving things away that his son has grown out of or doesn't play with anymore. I understand keeping some things to cheerish, but is it necessary to keep all the socks he has worn since he was born. He also thinks he needs to keep a lot of the things that belonged to him and his ex wife so that he can give his son once he grows up. I don't mind keeping some of it, but it's a lot to keep and store. I'm not innocent myself, but I'm trying to declutter our home. Wow, I didn’t realize that hoarding was an illness, but I’m glad that there is a support group out there. Now, how do you get someone who doesn’t think he (ie. my husband) has a problem to go to one of these group meetings. He has the most problem giving things away that his son has grown out of or doesn’t play with anymore. I understand keeping some things to cheerish, but is it necessary to keep all the socks he has worn since he was born. He also thinks he needs to keep a lot of the things that belonged to him and his ex wife so that he can give his son once he grows up. I don’t mind keeping some of it, but it’s a lot to keep and store. I’m not innocent myself, but I’m trying to declutter our home.

]]> By: Kate Saltfleet http://unclutterer.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-health-workers-offer-help-to-hoarders/#comment-9953 Kate Saltfleet Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:23:16 +0000 http://unclutterer.com/2008/03/27/san-francisco-health-workers-offer-help-to-hoarders/#comment-9953 I do genuinely believe that these behaviours are an illness for some people - my partner is a second generation hoarder, and he does try to get rid of stuff but there is a sort of paralysis of fear with throwing things away, like the pile of newspapers from 1996 which can't be binned until he's read them all cover to cover. I wish we had some sort of support group like that here. I do genuinely believe that these behaviours are an illness for some people - my partner is a second generation hoarder, and he does try to get rid of stuff but there is a sort of paralysis of fear with throwing things away, like the pile of newspapers from 1996 which can’t be binned until he’s read them all cover to cover.

I wish we had some sort of support group like that here.

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