Hoarding And Clutter

[iwanttoLIVE]

I LOVE This Thread!

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Used to be an immaculate housekeeper.....not anymore!!
piles, piles, everywhere......everywhere i look is piles. You all will be so prould of me! I got the living room clean! and am concentrating on keeping it clean while I am starting on my bedroom. One room at a time! Thankfully the kitchen has to stay fairly clean in order to be able to feed my family but we don't have a diswasher so there are ALWAYS dishes that need washing. Thank you all for the great ideas :clap:

 

[Nicky31]

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I have been trying desperately to ignore that this has even happened to me, but your thread has made me admit the MASSIVE problem I have with chaos in my house, in my room in my car. like so many people who have posted here I used to be so organised. As my condition worsened and overwhelmed me my bedroom became more cluttered- washing everywhere, piles of paperwork scattered across the floor left un-filed, bags of overnight stuff strewn everywhere, washing up piled up and it's the same in my car. I told my friend yesterday that my car reflects the chaos in my head and i was being honest.

I'm still too overwhelmed to deal with this. Maybe I have more important priorities, maybe I'd feel better if I sorted it, but I just don't think I will find the energy and mental power. I'm dreading going to sleep in my room tonight. I'll probably sleep on the sofa again... I'm heartened to read others' coping strategies and ideas such as getting a cleaner in. Maybe I need to tackle this head on NOW!

 

[Grama-Herc]

Nicky

The best thing for you to do is start to tackle the mess a tiny bit at a time. Start in one corner and slowly work your way out. Never look at how much is left to do. Only look at what you managed to accomplish.

Don't hire a cleaner yet. You are not ready, yet.

Just admitting you are a member of this "club" is big step and those of us in the same club know how you feel.

Today, all I wanted to do was decorate my patio for the holidays. Wore myself out cleaning it before I could even start decorating.