Messages By: planet818

I to am a compulsive hoarder. I have been since I was in my teens. They believe it to be a form of OCD but they're not sure because all hoarders do not have OCD and all those who have OCD are not hoarders. Buy her the book "Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding" by doctors Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome Burbrick and Jose Yaryura-Tobias. I highly recommend it and it may help her but only if as Dr. Phil says she's a "willing spirt". It's paperback, $15. I found it to be a great help. It explains the different degrees of hoarding, why they believe we do it and gives great step by step methods to change the behavior. I hope this helps. Dr. Phil posted a link to the OCD website which lead me to the hoarding website which lead me to this book. For that I am eternally grateful. I hope this helps in some small way.

Maybe because your talking apples and oranges here. Do you know what it's like to be an individual?? People have different tolerence levels. NO ONE grieves the same, loves the same, laughs the same, no one has the same energy levels, stress levels or God forbid has the same housekeeping skills. If that's Amy's thing then I say more power to her. But Amy is Amy and Kelly is Kelly!! Maybe that list of yours is something you should have provided Kelly with the day you interviewed her for the position of being your wife. Maybe she would have taken one look at it and said "thanks but no thanks". I know I sure would have. I sure hope you listen to Dr. Phil and find some joy in your life because if you don't you just might die and very, very, unhappy and lonely old man.

Should make you feel blessed not judgmental of those who didn’t make it out the other side as unscathed as you did. I’ve faced my share of adversity as we all have and I thank God that he gave me the intestinal fortitude not use drugs or alcohol to squelch the pain I felt inside. I think the lack of empathy for others is a much scarier thing to have then any addiction. Addictions can be overcome; cankers on our soul are much harder especially when our supposed “superiority” hides their existence. You may have won the battle over your adversities but as a human being you've lost the war. I wish the twins a safe journey on their way out of their addictions and much success growing into the two wonderful people most of us see inside. May your lives be filled with peace and joy and above all else LOVE.

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