BIG difference.
Prepping isn't a metal or emotional disorder.
I think being prepared is just smart.
I think all of you here think so also.
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actualalue, occurs.
I've been accused of "hoarding" my firearms.
There is a difference between collecting and hoarding.
A person who collects stamps, coins, etc. isn't hoarding.
I have something like 50 guns. 26 are handguns. Many of the handguns aren't made
any longer and value has skyrocketed.
No way am I going to part with them either.
Prepping isn't even close to hoarding.
Stock piling food, firearms, ammo, books, medical supplies is just plain smart
in an uncertain world.
I DO know a fellow that exhibits symptoms of hoarding.
He just can't throw away paper.
ANY paper. Sandwich wrappers, MacDonald's soda cups, newspapers, etc.
I one time searched a house for an old single lady reported missing by her
neighbors. FOUR FEET of newspapers and magazines in her house in all
rooms.
We didn't find anything.
Days later we did when she began to stink and rot.
She was covered in 2 feet of newspapers.
THAT is hoarding.
Things of zero value.
Many that suffer from morbid obesity suffer from hoarding and other emotional
disorders.
Morbid is 100 pounds or more over recommended body weight.
Most people that have gastric bypass surgery loose weight quickly.
And put it right back on and then some in under one year.
It's a mental disorder.
If the mind is healthy the body should be and the reverse.
Prepping isn't a metal or emotional disorder.
I think being prepared is just smart.
I think all of you here think so also.
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actualalue, occurs.
I've been accused of "hoarding" my firearms.
There is a difference between collecting and hoarding.
A person who collects stamps, coins, etc. isn't hoarding.
I have something like 50 guns. 26 are handguns. Many of the handguns aren't made
any longer and value has skyrocketed.
No way am I going to part with them either.
Prepping isn't even close to hoarding.
Stock piling food, firearms, ammo, books, medical supplies is just plain smart
in an uncertain world.
I DO know a fellow that exhibits symptoms of hoarding.
He just can't throw away paper.
ANY paper. Sandwich wrappers, MacDonald's soda cups, newspapers, etc.
I one time searched a house for an old single lady reported missing by her
neighbors. FOUR FEET of newspapers and magazines in her house in all
rooms.
We didn't find anything.
Days later we did when she began to stink and rot.
She was covered in 2 feet of newspapers.
THAT is hoarding.
Things of zero value.
Many that suffer from morbid obesity suffer from hoarding and other emotional
disorders.
Morbid is 100 pounds or more over recommended body weight.
Most people that have gastric bypass surgery loose weight quickly.
And put it right back on and then some in under one year.
It's a mental disorder.
If the mind is healthy the body should be and the reverse.
. Its all in presentation. Know of a guy that has so many filled canning jars that he now stacks, throws tablecloths over them and uses in place of furniture. . . night table, coffee table, etc. Get a piece of glass on top. In his guest bedroom, he took down his bed frame even and just lays his mattress on top of cases of jars. I'd be worried something would happen to my jars, but now I think he did say something about also having 5 gallon buckets under there for support.
