Hoarding/Junk addiction

[rusty ol ranger]

I really dont know if this is serious enough to post in this part of the boards but....

The past couple years ive felt like my drive to buy stuff is bad. Like obessed bad. Im not talking about going on shopping sprees at the mall...i mean buying....literal junk/projects.

Ive always had the tendancy to do it...but lately it feels like a consuming obsession. The only thing holding me back from it is my unwillingness to blow money...but thats even fading.

I am constantly browsing and contemplating buying shit i dont even need, have no use for, or would most likely sit until i die.

Vehicles, tractors, random old stuff, i have ALOT of trouble letting go of anything...i find myself saving things that are literal junk (not like food wrappers and shit, but for instance the wife threw away a dollar store pedestal fan...i saved it, it dont even work)

I sometimes go to a junk auction at the fairgrounds...last time i was there i bought 32 cement blocks...for no reason other then i got them for 2 dollars...i had no use for them. Just like the whole tray of fuel oil filter canisters...or whatever other random shit i bring home.

I dont know....maybe its not really a problem but does anyone else go through this? An obessed need to just buy random shit for no reason? How do you deal with it?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Had kids, no time and if I did have the time daycare keeps the funds low to keep me in check lol.

 

[Curious Hound]

I deal with it by avoiding the temptation. Unless I'm shopping for something I NEED;

I don't go to auctions, flea markets or yard sales.

I avoid FB marketplace and Craigslist.

Don't stop when you see interesting stuff in peoples yards.

Just avoid the temptations completely.

Convince yourself that you're broke and believe that 24/7.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I deal with it by avoiding the temptation. Unless I'm shopping for something I NEED;

I don't go to auctions, flea markets or yard sales.

I avoid FB marketplace and Craigslist.

Don't stop when you see interesting stuff in peoples yards.

Just avoid the temptations completely.

Convince yourself that you're broke and believe that 24/7.

That last line is what ive been doing.

But damn its hard.

 

[Curious Hound]

That last line is what ive been doing.

But damn its hard.

I know the feeling.

 

[Li'l Work Truck]

I feel this. Honestly, with as many unfinished projects I have, I have no right to start another. In fact, I owe it to my wife to start cleaning them up/finishing them, among other things.

Hoarding is something that therapy can help to resolve, and it has helped many people. I would reach out to someone to help you out. Bonus: therapy is expensive, and will curb your ability to purchase items.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Well, now that I've actually started a project, I'm finding all the bits and bobs to be coming in handy. So technically it's not hoarding anymore...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Well, now that I've actually started a project, I'm finding all the bits and bobs to be coming in handy. So technically it's not hoarding anymore...

Usually the stuff would come in handy AFTER you purge...

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Usually the stuff would come in handy AFTER you purge...

It always works like that

 

[Shran]

My thought is that if you're actually working on projects then it's no problem. It's a problem when you give up and watch TV and work on nothing. I've watched more than a few guys wait till retirement to work on projects and then the project is way too far gone or way past their ability, or their health goes to shit, or they die. Hate to see that happen. Keeping actual trash is a problem regardless though.

 

[RobbieD]

"Hoarding" is bad?

I must have missed the memo . . .

. . . besides, I'm actually more of a "Curator Of Unrecognized Treasures".