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Everyone fall somewhere on the hoarding spectrum. I am guilty of keeping things that may some day be useful. I mean, sure, but there's a pretty stark differenc
by NickM 3y ago
Everyone fall somewhere on the hoarding spectrum. I am guilty of keeping things that may some day be useful.
I mean, sure, but there's a pretty stark difference between "oops, this didn't turn out to be useful after all" and someone who keeps hundreds of dirty plastic takeout containers "just in case". Maybe to some extent it's a spectrum, but it feels like there's a hard line between someone who keeps things that legitimately might be useful vs someone who is literally delusional.
- intrasight 3y agoThat's keeping trash, and is a mental disorder with a specific name: "trash hoarder". Not to be confused with rational/healthy hoarding ;)
- solarmist 3y agoIt is a spectrum and there is a line. When it begins to negatively impact your life or functioning in life. Technically you could have a pile of dirty takeout containers and be healthy, but it is just extremely unlikely because a series of things need to happen to arrive at that outcome and the distinction is almost always in the process not the results.
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