Posted by torchgrl on February 4, 2000, at 22:33:09
In reply to Re: a different kind of hoarding..., posted by Cindy W on February 4, 2000, at 22:01:45
> > Not at all wierd. I feel that too, maybe not as intensely as you. I think I deal with it by using the defense called "denial" which we humans are good at: just don't think about the impact of your everyday actions on our world.
> >
> > You would go NUTS here at the school I work at! The cafeteria uses a lot of polystyrene that doesn't get recycled.
> CarolAnn, part of my OCD is saving things that I intend to recycle but never do (tons of plastic bags, plastic containers, old batteries, pens that don't work, etc. etc.). This is part of my OCD (feeling responsible for everything, animate and inanimate). You might want to read up on OCD and see if that might be why it's so hard to throw things away.--Cindy WEeks--reading this thread is definitely reminding me of myself. I'm always saving things that I should recycle, or that I feel should have some useful function (empty boxes etc.), or that I may come up for a use for some day. As well as the whole unfinished business/failure aspect. Periodically, I find myself in Noa's position, and get rid of a ton of stuff in order to simplify, but it's never enough, and it always builds up again. I don't think I'm bonafide OCD, but there are definitely some aspects there... As I sit here tonight, I'm surrounded by stacks of magazines and newspapers that I either feel I need to read (regardless of their age), or I've read and I don't think I'll remember the useful info, so I need to keep (like I'm going to remember that there IS useful info)--when I decide I should throw them away, I can't do it without looking through to make sure I'm not throwing away something useful, then I find something and I'm right back where I started... AAAGH! I should just eliminate periodicals from my life :)
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