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February 1, 2006, 10:00 am PST
I too am simply overwhelmed
Quote From: jbailey06I have had this problem since my early teen years I guess. I hang on to gift wraps from presents that I have received through the years and really don't know why. I have a 6 month old daughter and I am scared that I have started hanging on to worthless things that was hers in the earlier months. I still have clothes that I can no longer wear. My house is starting to get over packed. I try to go in what is suppose to be my daughters room and clean up the clutter but it just over whelms me and I shut the door. I live in a one bedroom "converted into a studio because STUFF has overwhelmed me. I am a hoarder of things like magazines, newspapers, cds, vhs tapes, records, stuff stuff stuff. I even started a "magazine exchange table in my apt complex so I could check it several times a day and grab all the goodies there and add them to my misery".... Very "smart of me" YES? I must have 20K magazines, 10K records, 40K books, etc. I actually try to keep the kitchen and bath area "neat". I can no longer get into the (once was a bedroom) room as it is filled to the ceiling with STUFF. I have lost 1/3 of my apt there. And the huge piles of stuff everywhere only leave me small aisles to walk. I tripped over some stuff and broke my toe last month. I can only sit on the bed and this computer chair. I am OVERWHELMED! What to do? If I was a renter the owner would throw me out. I am afraid the apt complex management will someday come in and throw me out. Sometimes I hope a fire will just burn it all up and I can walk away (and start again?).
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