Guest guest Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I am in shock - in a good way! My daughter, as I've written before, has a pretty bad hoarding problem that goes along with her OCD. Food, junk, clothes tags, rubbish, that she just hasn't been able to get rid of. Her room has been so bad that we haven't been able to open the door, and every time she tries to get to her bed she stands on things and breaks them. So much stuff has been lost of the last few years, and then I have to replace things that we've never seen again (school books, clothes, shoes etc.). We've been struggling with this for a few years now, and in the last 6 months have been talking about how to deal with it. She's read 2 good book (Buried in Treasure & Lesson in letting go), and her psychologist said it might be too early to tackle it at the moment, because she's working on so much other stuff. Well, today my husband and I went out for the afternoon, and when we came home (6-7 hrs later) we could hardly get in the front door because she'd filled 6 huge garbage bags, 3 boxes of recycling and 3 big bags of stuff to give away! We can see her floor, and she is SO HAPPY! (and so are we!). I didn't think she'd ever be able to use her room again, and her psychologist thought it would take a long time - but this just happened suddenly. Something must have just clicked for her. I'm so scared she just won't know how to maintain it - or that she'll suddenly get an anxiety attack about something she's thrown out. It's certainly put her in a pleasant mood for now though! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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