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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 745936" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>My husband’s old colleague, the hoarder, seems compulsive to me. Seriously problematic. The description fits him to a t. Makes me wonder and a bit sad to think perhaps there is trauma in the background. Fits a relative on my husband’s side to a t as well. Totally accurate. And of note, they don’t purchase much. Just hoard/ keep just about everything at times. And I dooooo mean everything. Neither are big on any shopping.</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, the nurse I met at the garage sale was different. What she described to me was more like an addiction with clear shades of compulsion too! She could not stop buying. She was out of control with purchasing. Very different than the other two clear cut hoarders I know. She got a “thrill,” from buying something for less than it’s true value. She LITERALLY went every weekend seeking this thrill again. Then she cleaned the item and put it in her garage W T H????? She may or may not have a hoarders house. But, I can see where it might happen sooner rather than later. But, she made it clear to me she was getting a “high,” from the purchase. I think if her husband forced her to chose, she would give away items in the garage to make room for more purchases because she couldn’t give up the high she was getting from shopping.</p><p></p><p>Organization:</p><p>Ugh. Weird experience this weekend. My friend and her husband came by this weekend. (Sort of). We met somewhere else. Her husband it seems didn’t want to come to our house. I know for a fact their garage is a disaster and she uses my Garage as an example that he can do much better.</p><p>What a weird thing. So, last minute they didn’t stop by the house. He muttered something to my husband about maybe it was time to work on his garage. Just w e i r d. I guess she has been trying to motivate him via our organized Garage. (She once took pictures to show him!) but, I think it just upset him or something. People be goofy. Oh well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 745936, member: 4152"] My husband’s old colleague, the hoarder, seems compulsive to me. Seriously problematic. The description fits him to a t. Makes me wonder and a bit sad to think perhaps there is trauma in the background. Fits a relative on my husband’s side to a t as well. Totally accurate. And of note, they don’t purchase much. Just hoard/ keep just about everything at times. And I dooooo mean everything. Neither are big on any shopping. Interestingly, the nurse I met at the garage sale was different. What she described to me was more like an addiction with clear shades of compulsion too! She could not stop buying. She was out of control with purchasing. Very different than the other two clear cut hoarders I know. She got a “thrill,” from buying something for less than it’s true value. She LITERALLY went every weekend seeking this thrill again. Then she cleaned the item and put it in her garage W T H????? She may or may not have a hoarders house. But, I can see where it might happen sooner rather than later. But, she made it clear to me she was getting a “high,” from the purchase. I think if her husband forced her to chose, she would give away items in the garage to make room for more purchases because she couldn’t give up the high she was getting from shopping. Organization: Ugh. Weird experience this weekend. My friend and her husband came by this weekend. (Sort of). We met somewhere else. Her husband it seems didn’t want to come to our house. I know for a fact their garage is a disaster and she uses my Garage as an example that he can do much better. What a weird thing. So, last minute they didn’t stop by the house. He muttered something to my husband about maybe it was time to work on his garage. Just w e i r d. I guess she has been trying to motivate him via our organized Garage. (She once took pictures to show him!) but, I think it just upset him or something. People be goofy. Oh well. [/QUOTE]
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