I'm admiring this confident woman speaking so eloquently and thinking back to the beginning and the stress being so audible in your voice. What a dramatic change in so few short years. You are an overcomer of note. 💛
I think a big factor in your recovery process from hoarding is that you have looked at the roots of the problem (in your case). You have a great voice and you are really great at articulate the roots of hoarding (both in your case and in general). I think that you have helped many people with your story. Lots of love!
EXACTLY. Not enough who struggle - and even fewer on the outside - ever really get to the root of what’s holding them, as an individual, in that less-than-beneficial pattern. Regarding my own battle, I have been able to put my finger on a few reasons…. and they’re *still* coming. Nothing is ever one and done when it comes to mental illness. Let us never forget how invaluable mindfulness, empathy and compassion are ~ especially with ourselves.
I feel so awful for the people on a TV hoarding program when a group of people rush in and throw everything away. Make the person decide in seconds what is going to be saved or thrown away. Ms. Heart how you are handling your situation is so much healthier. One program broke my heart. An older gentlemen loved books and sheet music. He was begging them not to throw his books away, the poor guy was just crying. He was trying to tell them they were first addition publications, which many of it was! That was the last time I watched the TV program. Thank you for showing people there are healthier steps that can be taken to combat hoarding.
The single greatest way you can prevent stuff from ending up in the landfill is simply cutting down your consumption. Not buying stuff means less gets produced, which means less gets tossed out (including packaging, waste from production, etc.). I think your no-spend challenges and "shopping the hoard" are probably the best things you've implemented to achieve that goal. You've come such a long way!
You're helping to save the earth much more by giving away items that other people will actively use and by reducing your consumption! You're doing great, Ms. Heart!
I used to have a ton of craft supplies which I would never have used in a life time. I donated the paper and other supplies to a local school. They were absolutely thrilled. Old blankets and towels were donated to animal refuges and veterinarian clinics as they are always looking for those sorts of items.
Thank you for sharing your story! I know that had to be difficult for you to share. Years ago I had a family member who was a hoarder. I didn't realize that there was a reason behind her hoarding. I wish that I knew why. Hoarding can be hereditary. I was a level 1 hoarder. I am still working on those tendencies.
Thank you for sharing your story with us ❤️🙏🏼❤️ It definitely is hereditary, I have an Aunt on the hoarding spectrum. But my parents were not, my mom was almost minimalistic. Please know I will always cheer you on alongside your journey too 🌟🌟
I think along with my ADHD a lot of childhood trauma caused me to hold on to things I don't need. The anxiety doesn't help either. I have a need to collect and keep things to make myself look better to others. I was overweight, an only child growing up with a single mom in the early 60's. I never felt like I was good enough for anyone. I was teased and taunted and since I was a minority in an all while school it was even worse. Of course this caused me to get into a couple of really bad relationships just like you did. I swear this past few years I have learned to live with less. I have curatemy wardrobe and try to only buy what I need now. I try to keep track of what I have like an inventory. It has helped me. You know what else helped today? Seeing that your nightstand looks like mine!!!!!!!!! OMG I don't feel alone!! Thank you for your support and making me feel ok!!
Well spoken. Very helpful for non hoarders who want to understand as well as those who hoard. Your videos are a treasure. Thank you for being so brave that you open so much of your life and heart and journey. It is no small thing what you are doing!
Thank you for this video, Mrs Heart! I think it's so important to humanise the experiencing you've had, and putting your truth out there for others to better understand what is part of life for some people (and not a moral failing!). Cheering you on from Canada!
Thank you for being a wonderful, caring teacher. You continue to help, encourage and motivate me and so many others by showing us it can be done. Miss Heart ❤️ you are a fantastic strong woman. Also thanks to Miss Pepper too 🐈 Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 💪👏👍🙏💐🐈🦄
Dear Mrs. Heart, I always call you unicorn heart because it just stayed from the start and your love of rainbows and unicorns🤗💚Love to see how far you have come on your journey, to see you smiling and confident. I have been digging deep for decades now to understand this hoarding of mine but I have not yet written down a list, I will do that, some of my reasons are different and some are similar, we are all so unique in some of the specifics of our struggles yet we are alike in our humanity and the fact we are confronted with struggles and try so hard to cope. We are all really trying to do the best we can with what we have at hand, and it is a (dysfunctional, as in it is not functional for us in the the end) coping mechanism....I know my hoarding came out many many years later and stems from my deep chronic depression, it's like the depression was invisible and it became tangible, visible, through hoarding, my pain materialized that way. I am still stuck, still struggling, still fighting and many days I am desperate and have been unable to get out of it in spite of so much trying, and I also have not been able to find adequate help. I think shame is the worst part, because it compounds all the impairment this demon has on my life. I am still trying and still trying to find support. sending you Light 💚💐
My stuff gives me value. I grew up poor in an abusive home. When I was on my own, It felt good to be able to purchase items that I wanted. Because I paid for the stuff, to get rid of it was wasteful even if I didn't care for the item anymore. Also I always keep gifts that are given to me. I don't want to offend someone by getting rid of something that they gave me. Tne feeling of having value that my stuff gives me that is number 1 reason. I'm trying to declutter but it is hard.
I just want to give you a massive hug, for me I have stuff because I wasn't allowed when I was a child, I had an abusive mother in all forms. I have ptsd because of it. Thanks so much for sharing with us all ❤️
Thank you so much for continuing to share your perspective. While I don't deal with hoarding, I find it very helpful to hear your story/journey to deal with my issues.
This PINGS for me! Your hoarder-y fan from Perth, Oz! For me it’s partly from my English parents who practised frugality coming from the Depression, World War 2, and real poverty. Thankfully, they found a better life in Australia but those careful habits persisted! And, like you, it’s been my anxiety disorder and clinical depression that cemented my clinging to stuff!😊 Thank you for leading the way for us out of the mess! 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘❤️
I wonder if it would be a good excercise for you (and others) to reword those 10 statements to show how hoarding actually hindered you in achieving them. Like if you hoard you can’t find the things you need in the hoard and so go out and buy again, therefore spending more money. Or, things in the hoard become damaged and unusable due to moistness etc so then they have to end up in a landfill instead of being used.
When you talked about saving all your things from your childhood, I am glad your sons are not hoarders. Imagine they wanted to save everything. I Think you have come a long long Way! You are doing so great!
Thanks for sharing your story and information about Hoarding Disorder. Please know your Hope and Prayer defiantly have come true and continue to. God bless you. Please keep up the great work you're doing.
I have just discovered your channel and subscribed. I just love it so much, you are so honest and real. Thank you for all you do, I have many videos to catch up on 😊 wishing you all the best on your journey ❤
Oh, i feel the same and do the same for same reasons. Even though i don't have own house and had to move several times every time i have a lot of staff for give away and lot of them i still bring with me.
My mum lived in timesof extreme poverty, so she had to share a pair of shoes with her other 3 siblings. Feeling of financial insecurity , unsafety and context factors can lead to hoarding. When in poverty, one must think of surviving and maybe emotional expression is suppressed ( how are you going to express anger when you cannot afford the desperation?). So, i know that in my mum's case that is also important in her hoarding.
Clean House Simple Mama is on RUclips - I have been watching her for the last few months. She is doing better but could use more encouragement I think.
Thank you for sharing all this, Miss Heart. My mother in law has hoarding disorder and will soon move into an elderly home and needs to downsize a lot in a small time frame. Any tips to help her pare down?
I’m facing a similar situation with someone in my family who is older. What I learned from this video is to emphasize safety and security. “They will have everything you need at your new home. They will take care of you there - they will cook & clean for you and you can just rest and enjoy yourself.” I don’t know if that will work but at least it’s an attempt to be soothing and reassuring.
@@grutarg2938 Thank you. I'm not sure it will help too much since she has trouble accepting help, but I will definitely keep it in mind and give it a try. At this point she wants to take everything and I told her she can only take her favourite things, but that distinction is hard as I've understood from Ms Heart's videos.
Hello. Thank you so much for your video. It’s a blessing to find someone who understands and explains what’s going on with hoarders. I have a question: by what I can I replace “hoarding self soothing”?
We first have to identify what the root of the anxiety/depression/PTSD is. Once we identified the fear source, we tell ourselves that we are safe and that does not exist today. We release those feelings of fear, pain and regret. If you are ADHD like I am not just need to take action to release that energy: I started writing, meditating, walking, exercising, yoga, dancing…an action that is healthy for me to destress myself! I hope this helps you my friend ❤️🙏🏼❤️
I had a friend, who sadly died of Covid, who said she had a shopping addiction and at the time we met was living with her daughter, who she said had a hoarder disorder, but that is not the point. My friend told me that once she was in a very frail financial condition and could not sustain her shopping addiction. She decided to hoard pencils because they were unexpansive and could afford them. It worked for her.
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm sure it has helped lots of people. I have watched all your videos and enjoy every one. As an observer I think you have a problem with shopping too much and buying too much and that's where a lot of this stuff comes from. Maybe you're one of those people who gets a huge brain chemical boost whenever you buy things. I know you've gotten better over the years and don't buy as much as you used to but I lovingly suggest you consider whether you have a shopping addiction or maybe had one in the past. It also seems to me like your husband may be a bit of a hoarder or pack rat, too. I understand a lot of what you mean when you talk about not wanting to waste and be resourceful and not want to add things to a landfill. But keeping all these things in our life isn't what prevents landfills from filling up. The best thing that we could do to lessen landfills and impacts on the environment and animals is just consume less overall. I hope these thoughts help you make further progress and I look forward to your future videos.
I might have a low level or hording. I hoarder items to use in my dream house that never materialized. Recently accepted the fact that I will not win the Power Ball and disposed of so much stuff. I do not need 10 400 tread counts bed sheets when I only have 2 beds, only 1 of them in use and keep using (and watching) the same set. Same at the kitchen, closet, everywhere. I just needed to be honest with myself.
I wanted to know if there are any surveys out there that are good and free that you can answer some questions to find out if you are a hoarder and why and what type you are?
I thought of this scripture during your video- Revelation 11:18 says the time will come when God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth.” In the near future, people who intentionally pollute the Earth will not be able to remain here if they dont change their ways. Our Earth will be restored soon, don't worry! 🥰
Hello, thanks for this video. I've been doing a hoarder garage declutter for my parents for over a year and this gave me a couple ideas as to why my parents hoard. I hope you can check it out, I'd love to know your thoughts coming from a hoarder :)
Very true, I have to research this more bc I showed hoarding behaviors since age 4-5. I was raised in a “minimalist style home” as my mom kept nothing. So that need to save was already ingrained in me. So those early childhood experiences amplified those behaviors more.
@@ahoardersheart my son is having a hard time to let stuff go. Toys, books, decor, crafted stuff. I never take stuff away when he is not there. We do it together. And for now, we put it in boxes on the attic. He is three years old and he needs to keep it for now. If i trow it away he is crying a lot, sad, scared more stuff is gone..(something that was made with painted pasta was molding). He is old enough to miss stuff and to young to make the actual decisions where things go. He is fine with clothing to small being passed on. So we apply this principle to stuff in boxes. Yesterday he asked if a certain toy could be gifted to a specific baby. So i think he is ready to part with it. He and i went somewhere when he was almost 2. Over a year later he recognised the place instantly. Many people think their child will not know, mine remembers things 15 months ago..he will notice things that were somewhere for months being gone. Maybe stuff you were attached to as a little kid were just gone. Which might trigger anxiety and fear..very young.
There are different kinds of things people hoard, and different levels (I think there are 8 levels?) of how much of those things are hoarded. It's good that you asked, I'm sure many have had this question.
@@joyindrelie6715 Right ok. I suppose I just thought they cant throw away even worthless things like rotting food, broken stuff etc Where as keeping things of value is a different kind of hoarding I think. Fascinating either way!
I think the inability to throw away excrement falls under squalling disorder. Separate disorder but a lot of overlap. People with hoarding disorder don't necessarily have squalling, but people with squalling disorder are always hoarders.
That's a lot of what they show on the TV shows about hoarders but those are only in the most extreme cases. Jeff hit the nail on the head in his comment.
When you talked about saving all your things from your childhood, I am glad your sons are not hoarders. Imagine they wanted to save everything. I Think you have come a long long Way! You are doing so great!
I'm admiring this confident woman speaking so eloquently and thinking back to the beginning and the stress being so audible in your voice. What a dramatic change in so few short years. You are an overcomer of note. 💛
Thank you so much for your sweet encouraging message!!! It truly means the world to me and keeps me motivated to keep going 🙏🏼🌟💜
I think a big factor in your recovery process from hoarding is that you have looked at the roots of the problem (in your case). You have a great voice and you are really great at articulate the roots of hoarding (both in your case and in general). I think that you have helped many people with your story. Lots of love!
EXACTLY. Not enough who struggle - and even fewer on the outside - ever really get to the root of what’s holding them, as an individual, in that less-than-beneficial pattern.
Regarding my own battle, I have been able to put my finger on a few reasons…. and they’re *still* coming. Nothing is ever one and done when it comes to mental illness.
Let us never forget how invaluable mindfulness, empathy and compassion are ~ especially with ourselves.
Self compassion, especially. Xxx
I feel so awful for the people on a TV hoarding program when a group of people rush in and throw everything away. Make the person decide in seconds what is going to be saved or thrown away. Ms. Heart how you are handling your situation is so much healthier. One program broke my heart. An older gentlemen loved books and sheet music. He was begging them not to throw his books away, the poor guy was just crying. He was trying to tell them they were first addition publications, which many of it was! That was the last time I watched the TV program. Thank you for showing people there are healthier steps that can be taken to combat hoarding.
Thank you for saying that
The single greatest way you can prevent stuff from ending up in the landfill is simply cutting down your consumption. Not buying stuff means less gets produced, which means less gets tossed out (including packaging, waste from production, etc.). I think your no-spend challenges and "shopping the hoard" are probably the best things you've implemented to achieve that goal.
You've come such a long way!
Hoarding tends to make the hoarder more isolated due to the shame of the mess and chaos. One compounds the other.
You're helping to save the earth much more by giving away items that other people will actively use and by reducing your consumption! You're doing great, Ms. Heart!
I used to have a ton of craft supplies which I would never have used in a life time. I donated the paper and other supplies to a local school. They were absolutely thrilled. Old blankets and towels were donated to animal refuges and veterinarian clinics as they are always looking for those sorts of items.
Thank you for sharing your story! I know that had to be difficult for you to share. Years ago I had a family member who was a hoarder. I didn't realize that there was a reason behind her hoarding. I wish that I knew why. Hoarding can be hereditary. I was a level 1 hoarder. I am still working on those tendencies.
Thank you for sharing your story with us ❤️🙏🏼❤️ It definitely is hereditary, I have an Aunt on the hoarding spectrum. But my parents were not, my mom was almost minimalistic. Please know I will always cheer you on alongside your journey too 🌟🌟
I think along with my ADHD a lot of childhood trauma caused me to hold on to things I don't need. The anxiety doesn't help either. I have a need to collect and keep things to make myself look better to others. I was overweight, an only child growing up with a single mom in the early 60's. I never felt like I was good enough for anyone. I was teased and taunted and since I was a minority in an all while school it was even worse. Of course this caused me to get into a couple of really bad relationships just like you did. I swear this past few years I have learned to live with less. I have curatemy wardrobe and try to only buy what I need now. I try to keep track of what I have like an inventory. It has helped me. You know what else helped today? Seeing that your nightstand looks like mine!!!!!!!!! OMG I don't feel alone!! Thank you for your support and making me feel ok!!
Well spoken. Very helpful for non hoarders who want to understand as well as those who hoard. Your videos are a treasure. Thank you for being so brave that you open so much of your life and heart and journey. It is no small thing what you are doing!
Thank you for this video, Mrs Heart! I think it's so important to humanise the experiencing you've had, and putting your truth out there for others to better understand what is part of life for some people (and not a moral failing!). Cheering you on from Canada!
And I from Australia! Xxx
Thank you for being a wonderful, caring teacher. You continue to help, encourage and motivate me and so many others by showing us it can be done. Miss Heart ❤️ you are a fantastic strong woman. Also thanks to Miss Pepper too 🐈 Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 💪👏👍🙏💐🐈🦄
Dear Mrs. Heart, I always call you unicorn heart because it just stayed from the start and your love of rainbows and unicorns🤗💚Love to see how far you have come on your journey, to see you smiling and confident. I have been digging deep for decades now to understand this hoarding of mine but I have not yet written down a list, I will do that, some of my reasons are different and some are similar, we are all so unique in some of the specifics of our struggles yet we are alike in our humanity and the fact we are confronted with struggles and try so hard to cope. We are all really trying to do the best we can with what we have at hand, and it is a (dysfunctional, as in it is not functional for us in the the end) coping mechanism....I know my hoarding came out many many years later and stems from my deep chronic depression, it's like the depression was invisible and it became tangible, visible, through hoarding, my pain materialized that way. I am still stuck, still struggling, still fighting and many days I am desperate and have been unable to get out of it in spite of so much trying, and I also have not been able to find adequate help. I think shame is the worst part, because it compounds all the impairment this demon has on my life. I am still trying and still trying to find support. sending you Light 💚💐
I'm so grateful for all the work you do. You're doing great 🦄💜
My stuff gives me value. I grew up poor in an abusive home. When I was on my own, It felt good to be able to purchase items that I wanted. Because I paid for the stuff, to get rid of it was wasteful even if I didn't care for the item anymore. Also I always keep gifts that are given to me. I don't want to offend someone by getting rid of something that they gave me.
Tne feeling of having value that my stuff gives me that is number 1 reason. I'm trying to declutter but it is hard.
I just want to give you a massive hug, for me I have stuff because I wasn't allowed when I was a child, I had an abusive mother in all forms. I have ptsd because of it. Thanks so much for sharing with us all ❤️
Thank you so much for continuing to share your perspective. While I don't deal with hoarding, I find it very helpful to hear your story/journey to deal with my issues.
Anxiety, depression and trauma, very insightful, thank you for sharing.
This PINGS for me! Your hoarder-y fan from Perth, Oz!
For me it’s partly from my English parents who practised frugality coming from the Depression, World War 2, and real poverty.
Thankfully, they found a better life in Australia but those careful habits persisted!
And, like you, it’s been my anxiety disorder and clinical depression that cemented my clinging to stuff!😊 Thank you for leading the way for us out of the mess! 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘❤️
Thank you so much for being so brave to explain your reasons. It is mind opening.
Thank you my friend 🙏🏼💜🌟 I feel being open about it, helps bring everyone together 💕
This is one the best and most helpful videos I have ever seen. Thank you so much for putting hoarding into words and showing visuals.
You are a gifted teacher and wonderful advocate.
Your growth as a speaker and inspirational person is so wonderful to see. Plus I love that soft pink color on you. You are beautiful in so many ways!
i notice your side of the bed still looks decluttered. keep up the great habits. thanks for sharing. cant wait for the next basement video.
I wonder if it would be a good excercise for you (and others) to reword those 10 statements to show how hoarding actually hindered you in achieving them. Like if you hoard you can’t find the things you need in the hoard and so go out and buy again, therefore spending more money. Or, things in the hoard become damaged and unusable due to moistness etc so then they have to end up in a landfill instead of being used.
I'm going to make my list why I hoard very helpful thanks for the insight 👍 💜🦄
Awe, yes once you write it out, you can start working/healing in those areas. You know I’ll always be here alongside your journey 🦄💜🙏🏼🌟
@@ahoardersheart 😊 thanks
Thank you so much for sharing this! We are so similar!!!!!! Thank you!!!!! Many blessings to you and your family!!!!! Love from Ania from Poland
Ms. Heart, just wanted to say we love you! ❤️🥰🙏
Fantastic as always! Thank you for explaining it all so clearly. Very proud of you!! 🥰😍🤩❤️
thank you for sharing your story.
Perfectly explained ❤
When you talked about saving all your things from your childhood, I am glad your sons are not hoarders. Imagine they wanted to save everything. I Think you have come a long long Way! You are doing so great!
I would love to give you a hug ….you are a beautiful soul 😊❤️
I find the creativity and trauma elements relatable. I enjoyed this chatty type of video. I could see you taking the mess into a message thing far. 😀
Your articulation of all of this is amazing! You need to write a book. Thanks.
I bet you would be such a wonderful mentor to young girls someday. Your boys are lucky to have you as their mama!
Thanks for sharing your story and information about Hoarding Disorder. Please know your Hope and Prayer defiantly have come true and continue to.
God bless you. Please keep up the great work you're doing.
You look gorgeous in this video! Just had to tell you ☺️
I thought that too. 🙂
Oh my goodness, you both are so sweet, thank you so much ☺️🙏🏼💕
This was a very helpful video for me to understand the disorder. Thank you for being honest and open.
I have just discovered your channel and subscribed. I just love it so much, you are so honest and real. Thank you for all you do, I have many videos to catch up on 😊 wishing you all the best on your journey ❤
Your words warm my heart and motivate me so much. Thank you for being so true and inspiring for all of us. God bless you & the people you care💗🥰🦄
What an excellent, excellent video, thank you so much.
Such a beautiful, articulate young woman you are! We wish you every future happiness….
Oh, i feel the same and do the same for same reasons. Even though i don't have own house and had to move several times every time i have a lot of staff for give away and lot of them i still bring with me.
I also have ADHD, anxiety, and I am struggling with hoarding. Thanks for speaking out!!
I also have PTSD
My mum lived in timesof extreme poverty, so she had to share a pair of shoes with her other 3 siblings. Feeling of financial insecurity , unsafety and context factors can lead to hoarding. When in poverty, one must think of surviving and maybe emotional expression is suppressed ( how are you going to express anger when you cannot afford the desperation?). So, i know that in my mum's case that is also important in her hoarding.
Hello from Germany and hi miss, you can be so proud of you. Be safe
I watch *Clean House Simple Mama* and she is a hoarder. Very strongly an eco-hoarder, which has a big impact on her progress 😕
Oh, I will have to watch her too 🙏🏼 I never heard of it yet, is she on RUclips?
Clean House Simple Mama is on RUclips - I have been watching her for the last few months. She is doing better but could use more encouragement I think.
@@ahoardersheart yep
@@anncastanon2191 yeah, the eco/recycling part is really hindering, bless her
Thank you for sharing all this, Miss Heart. My mother in law has hoarding disorder and will soon move into an elderly home and needs to downsize a lot in a small time frame. Any tips to help her pare down?
I’m facing a similar situation with someone in my family who is older. What I learned from this video is to emphasize safety and security. “They will have everything you need at your new home. They will take care of you there - they will cook & clean for you and you can just rest and enjoy yourself.” I don’t know if that will work but at least it’s an attempt to be soothing and reassuring.
@@grutarg2938 Thank you. I'm not sure it will help too much since she has trouble accepting help, but I will definitely keep it in mind and give it a try. At this point she wants to take everything and I told her she can only take her favourite things, but that distinction is hard as I've understood from Ms Heart's videos.
@@amara560 Yeah, it's very tricky, but just know that you are not alone.
Beautiful cat 😍
I can see myself in alot of those on ur list.
Hello. Thank you so much for your video. It’s a blessing to find someone who understands and explains what’s going on with hoarders.
I have a question: by what I can I replace “hoarding self soothing”?
We first have to identify what the root of the anxiety/depression/PTSD is. Once we identified the fear source, we tell ourselves that we are safe and that does not exist today. We release those feelings of fear, pain and regret. If you are ADHD like I am not just need to take action to release that energy: I started writing, meditating, walking, exercising, yoga, dancing…an action that is healthy for me to destress myself! I hope this helps you my friend ❤️🙏🏼❤️
Thank you ! :)
Yes I am ADHD, PTSD, anxiety…
All the box 📦
I had a friend, who sadly died of Covid, who said she had a shopping addiction and at the time we met was living with her daughter, who she said had a hoarder disorder, but that is not the point. My friend told me that once she was in a very frail financial condition and could not sustain her shopping addiction. She decided to hoard pencils because they were unexpansive and could afford them. It worked for her.
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm sure it has helped lots of people. I have watched all your videos and enjoy every one. As an observer I think you have a problem with shopping too much and buying too much and that's where a lot of this stuff comes from. Maybe you're one of those people who gets a huge brain chemical boost whenever you buy things. I know you've gotten better over the years and don't buy as much as you used to but I lovingly suggest you consider whether you have a shopping addiction or maybe had one in the past. It also seems to me like your husband may be a bit of a hoarder or pack rat, too. I understand a lot of what you mean when you talk about not wanting to waste and be resourceful and not want to add things to a landfill. But keeping all these things in our life isn't what prevents landfills from filling up. The best thing that we could do to lessen landfills and impacts on the environment and animals is just consume less overall. I hope these thoughts help you make further progress and I look forward to your future videos.
I might have a low level or hording. I hoarder items to use in my dream house that never materialized. Recently accepted the fact that I will not win the Power Ball and disposed of so much stuff. I do not need 10 400 tread counts bed sheets when I only have 2 beds, only 1 of them in use and keep using (and watching) the same set. Same at the kitchen, closet, everywhere. I just needed to be honest with myself.
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I understand where u are coming from. Now I get rid of stuff cuz I just don't care if it's gone.
I wanted to know if there are any surveys out there that are good and free that you can answer some questions to find out if you are a hoarder and why and what type you are?
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When you do evtually get the basement craft area possibly consider opening a Etsy shop
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I would like to know how you came to get help and start recovering from Hoarding Disorder? What was your turning point?
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I thought of this scripture during your video- Revelation 11:18 says the time will come when God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth.” In the near future, people who intentionally pollute the Earth will not be able to remain here if they dont change their ways. Our Earth will be restored soon, don't worry! 🥰
Hello, thanks for this video. I've been doing a hoarder garage declutter for my parents for over a year and this gave me a couple ideas as to why my parents hoard. I hope you can check it out, I'd love to know your thoughts coming from a hoarder :)
Your parents must be hoarders to because most parents go through their kids toys once a year and purge things to make room for new things
Hoarding was not your actual problem.. it was just what was showing. Hoarding is a problem. But it was just a symptom of a deeper issue.
Very true, I have to research this more bc I showed hoarding behaviors since age 4-5. I was raised in a “minimalist style home” as my mom kept nothing. So that need to save was already ingrained in me. So those early childhood experiences amplified those behaviors more.
@@ahoardersheart my son is having a hard time to let stuff go. Toys, books, decor, crafted stuff. I never take stuff away when he is not there. We do it together. And for now, we put it in boxes on the attic. He is three years old and he needs to keep it for now.
If i trow it away he is crying a lot, sad, scared more stuff is gone..(something that was made with painted pasta was molding).
He is old enough to miss stuff and to young to make the actual decisions where things go.
He is fine with clothing to small being passed on. So we apply this principle to stuff in boxes. Yesterday he asked if a certain toy could be gifted to a specific baby. So i think he is ready to part with it.
He and i went somewhere when he was almost 2. Over a year later he recognised the place instantly. Many people think their child will not know, mine remembers things 15 months ago..he will notice things that were somewhere for months being gone.
Maybe stuff you were attached to as a little kid were just gone. Which might trigger anxiety and fear..very young.
But isn’t a hoarder someone who won’t throw away their excrement? Having lots of stuff is different no?
There’s different stages of hoarding.
There are different kinds of things people hoard, and different levels (I think there are 8 levels?) of how much of those things are hoarded. It's good that you asked, I'm sure many have had this question.
@@joyindrelie6715 Right ok. I suppose I just thought they cant throw away even worthless things like rotting food, broken stuff etc Where as keeping things of value is a different kind of hoarding I think. Fascinating either way!
I think the inability to throw away excrement falls under squalling disorder. Separate disorder but a lot of overlap. People with hoarding disorder don't necessarily have squalling, but people with squalling disorder are always hoarders.
That's a lot of what they show on the TV shows about hoarders but those are only in the most extreme cases. Jeff hit the nail on the head in his comment.
When you talked about saving all your things from your childhood, I am glad your sons are not hoarders. Imagine they wanted to save everything. I Think you have come a long long Way! You are doing so great!