4 Things No One Tells You about Having OCD I had an epiphany when reading this article. I have had hoarding tendencies for as long as I can remember. Cleaning my room was fraught with guilt, shame, and terror. I had always known that some cases of hoarding were linked with OCD, but I didn’t really understand what that actually meant. This article broke it down in a way that really made it … [Read more...]
A Long, Strange Three Years
It's been a long, strange three years. All of the important things are still going well, but we're finding ourselves in a position where we will be moving again*. I'm still fighting the messie hoarding battle, though things are not desperate now. Honestly, I have found myself in a place where I no longer fit into the forum I created, which is fine. I have every intention of keeping the forum … [Read more...]
Clothing Management
One thing we messies are good at is having too many things. Too many papers, too many books, too many shoes, and too many clothes! Organization experts recommend purging your closet every six months or so, but if you're anything like me, you probably haven't purged your closet in years. If that's your situation, you'll need to do a major purge. You can choose to do this in one long day, or you … [Read more...]
Dash and Stash
If you're like me, one of your biggest cleaning hurdles is what you do when you are actually trying to clean. Once you have overcome your procrastination and hoarding tendencies, you still might be sabotaging your efforts to have a clean house. Does this sound familiar? You have a visitor coming over at short notice, or you're holding a birthday party for a child. You're going to have company … [Read more...]
Hoarding
As we start to dig ourselves out of the piles we are buried under, we start to realize it's time for a change. A lot of us are hoarders. My parents can tell you all about my hoarding problems since my childhood hoard still lives in one of their closets, ten years after I moved out! Since moving out, I have acquired a family and 11,000 more pounds of stuff. (When you move as much as I do, you … [Read more...]