What'z up with these hoarders?

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I also think that for *some* people,
*some* portion of the problem with letting go of items
is the topic of this WP thread:
WP thread on "Personifying Objects" LINK

I don't hoard, I throw everything away. My daughter hoards so I just don't go in her room.

Hi,

I am an aspie/hoarder/compulsive collector.

My house and my finances are both at crisis point (again!)

Believe me, in my case it has nothing to do with any traumatic "trigger" event - it's to do with pursuing my special interests/obsessions with having "complete sets" of as many things as possible/total lack of executive function/love of "the hunt" for stuff......

I get all the stuff into the house and then there is no room to sort anything so it just builds up and up.

Hoarding can be a disorder and some can't help it. I believe I am a hoarder myself. Not to an intense extreme, but I am shall we say a mild hoarder, and could get to some bizarre extremes if I don't receive some help now.

I have got a new TV for my bedroom, but don't want to throw the old one away. The old one is 10 years old, has a video built in, and both the screen and the video work brilliantly, good picture, good sound quality, everything. But the trouble is, it's too small for one thing (12 inch, I think), and nothing is compatible with it now, it is only useful to watch videos on, that's it. Nobody I know wants it and it's not worth selling. Not only that, I have gotten rather attached to it and worried about giving it away to someone I don't know in case they might just keep it temporarily and then throw it on the dump. The dump! That is my biggest fear, and I fear to imagine any of my possessions on the dump.

So the TV is upstairs safe in a cupboard.

my things love me! my stuff are my best friends in the whole world! I CAN'T just dump it! I cannot betray my friends.

I do understand-no one (person) has been in my life as long as the *things* that are in my life, so is it any wonder I've grown quite attached to the things ?
It's a relationship, even if one-sided, and I lack for relationships (two-sided) with people, so that doesn't help me feel any less attached to my reliable things.

There's only one thing that I've kept over the years. My special pillow.

YES! my things will never betray me or leave me. they will stick with me no matter what, no matter that I am not socially acceptable anywhere else. they are my friends.

I still have my baby blue baby blankie - I kept it until about the age of 7 when my parents took it away from me- I believe that helped to warp me. I didn't get it back until my parents were gone, in my 40s.