How to Tell if You’re a Hoarder and What to Do About it
How to Tell if You’re a Hoarder and What to Do About it
It seems like, lately, a lot of my patients come in with the same problem: they have a hard time getting rid of their possessions. At first, it starts harmlessly: they keep old childhood knick-knacks or arts & crafts their children made, and eventually it piles up until they have a stack of old papers, and objects that they never use. They always come to me knowing there might be a problem, but afraid of what it might entail to fix it. And I always have to tell them the truth: getting attached to your possessions is easy, but letting go is very difficult.
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