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lene1949 · 01-30-2011, 04:21 AM

I recently watched on TV about someone, who was hoarding... Their home was completely covered in 'stuff'.. No where to sit or lay down, no where to cook and no where to bath... Everything was covered in 'stuff' that was so important to the people, they would have a major panic attack, should it suddenly be removed...

Since then, I have researched 'hoarding', and I think we might all be guilty of that to some degree...

I certainly have the makeup of a hoarder... At one stage in 2003 I had nearly 200 rats, I kept paperwork for many years, such as paid bills, and I collected books... I'm just about to throw out some books I bought, when we first came to Australia in 1983!

Some years ago I became interested in birds... and rescued a little Green Cheek Conure. He was gorgeous, but very aggressive... I clicker trained him with so much success, I thought I could rescue every bird in the world, and I was soon in over my head in birds. There were no time to train, socialise or even spending time the the individual bird.

My children stopped visiting - they couldn't handle the noise - My grand children loved it - it was like visiting a Zoo. I also had a couple of dogs, 3 cats and some rats.

After two years, I realised that I couldn't properly look after that amount of birds and donated most of them to a rescue. I kept three.

I have a huge amount of electrical appliances I never use, and I keep buying more. I just love new gadgets.

I think my kindle has saved me... Now I only hoard ebooks.

01-30-2011, 04:21 AM	#1
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,952 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Middelfart, Denmark Device: Kindle paper white	Hoarding I recently watched on TV about someone, who was hoarding... Their home was completely covered in 'stuff'.. No where to sit or lay down, no where to cook and no where to bath... Everything was covered in 'stuff' that was so important to the people, they would have a major panic attack, should it suddenly be removed... Since then, I have researched 'hoarding', and I think we might all be guilty of that to some degree... I certainly have the makeup of a hoarder... At one stage in 2003 I had nearly 200 rats, I kept paperwork for many years, such as paid bills, and I collected books... I'm just about to throw out some books I bought, when we first came to Australia in 1983! Some years ago I became interested in birds... and rescued a little Green Cheek Conure. He was gorgeous, but very aggressive... I clicker trained him with so much success, I thought I could rescue every bird in the world, and I was soon in over my head in birds. There were no time to train, socialise or even spending time the the individual bird. My children stopped visiting - they couldn't handle the noise - My grand children loved it - it was like visiting a Zoo. I also had a couple of dogs, 3 cats and some rats. After two years, I realised that I couldn't properly look after that amount of birds and donated most of them to a rescue. I kept three. I have a huge amount of electrical appliances I never use, and I keep buying more. I just love new gadgets. I think my kindle has saved me... Now I only hoard ebooks.