So im sorta a child of a hoarder but ive also done some stuff aswell, its nothing like whats on tv, but its still a problem as we want to move. My mother keeps saying she wants me and her to get the junk out first but shes having trouble terterming whats trash compared to me, nor can we really afford some team to clean everything up.
What would be the best course of action here, because 2 people is not working.
I used to be somewhat of a hoarder and I found it helpful to ask myself things like “When have I used this past few years?” or “Would I even remember this thing if I got rid of it?” etc.
If you have stuff you never really look at or use and maybe never even think about until you find it again then why keep it?
i dont think you’re a hoarder, a hoarder would not think about these things they might or might not need, they find it uncomfortable to even consider it. they dont see what t hey are hoarding as a PROBLEM, it includes TRASH on the floor they dont bother to clean it up, plus you will see them pick up random boxes, and used furniture and never uses it themselves, and leaves in whatever room. and they would be extremely irate if you were to remove something from a hoarders house.
I didn’t claim to be a full blown hoarder, I said I used to be somewhat of a hoarder. OP also said they didn’t have that extreme of a problem with hoarding either so thought it could still be worth sharing what helped me.