Am I a Compulsive Hoarder
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Hello friends and I welcome you to my article and I would love to appreciate @fjjrg for such an interesting contest by putting effort to connect with the dynamics.
Growing up as a kid comes with lots of challenges, I got so clingy with my toys and the daily excitement of seeing my little toy car run on its own just with a battery made me want to have more toy cars. I stacked them up and got myself a bag of junk toys.
Interestinly, I had my aeroplane toys too and whenever one was missing in the mix I would yell on the top of my voice in distress. At age 10 I lost about 80% of my space to junk of video games, Simba, xboss, play station and a whole lot. Explaining how much of a compulsory hoarder existed.
Moreso, as the last born, my elder brother always gave me clothes so much that I had over 3 full boxes of overgrown clothes and I couldn't as much as give off to the needy at the time. I would hold on and hold out believing that one day I would need these clothes, those days never came eventually.
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Importantly, adulthood set in and the habit was already in me, my girlfriend found it difficult with me, I had about 3 phones and 2 MacBooks. I was advised to sell off some and keep a few but I insisted that I used all of them! This was when it dawned on me of how much of a hoarder I was I'm trying hard to stop it though.
Furthermore, this habit made me love how to care for my properties I was always in love with cleaning and arranging these hoarded garbage, so to say. I would arrange them carefully calling them pet names all to make me feel so good about having them. I guess that was the only benefit. Well it costs me alot as an adult, ladies always found me so stingy as it cut across to my basic values as a human eventually.
Finally, I hope to reduce these hoarding spree and tenaciously hold on to good habits. Sharing this doesn't make me feel embarrassed but rather throws more light in a part of me hidden in the subconscious.