Hoarding doesn’t always have to be material things; it can also be emotional and mental materials that you are holding on to.

Lets really take time to think about it… You hold grudges towards people, you like someone and don’t tell them. You are really embarrassed about something and you won’t share it.  You have ideas (good/bad) and have not expressed them.  And the list goes on!

So often we feel safer or more confident when we keep things bottled in.  We don’t want people to know our thoughts and feelings.  We fear that we will be judged or that someone will get too close to us.  Sometimes we don’t want to hurt others, so we don’t share our thoughts that we are hoarding.  Or should I say the thoughts that are hurting us?

I suffer from the hoarding condition myself. I suffer from not telling people when they hurt me.  Now, why should I be afraid to tell people to stop?  That should be so easy, right? My thought process is that I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.  So, I hoard these feelings for days, months and even years.  We all know that this isn’t helpful for me.  Any type of hoarding is a serious condition.  It is just that the mass on looks at hoarding as ones’ home that is packed with stuff.

I am here to confess that I am a hoarder and my “house” is full of years of “stuff.”

So now that that is  out of the way, what is the next step for me and you?

1st. Be fed up enough to want to change

2nd. Acknowledge what it is that you’re hoarding

3rd. Attack each situation separately

4th. Take your time.  Depending on how long you have been hoarding, it can get rough and you are probably sensitive to that situation. 

 

 

Love,

Chrissy