I’m someone who keeps quite a bit too, things i think that might be useful still, whereas my husband likes to chuck things out. Keeping important receipts might be useful for the warranty period, not entirely a bad thing

I find this hard too. One way to deal with it is to have a timeframe – if you don’t have a use for something in that timeframe, get rid of it. Eg I clear out my receipts at the end of each financial year – only a few need to be kept long term.

i know how you feel. Hoarding is a real problem. For me I just made a decision to get rid of anything j don’t need and not think twice. I also found its good to do it night or day begins rubbish collection day so you can’t retrieve anything.

My hubby is like this. I regularly go round and have clean ups to keep it under control. I dread the day we’ll have to pack up and move :/ We’ll need oodles of skip bins I think

My brother in law keeps all receipts and tallys them up afterwards so he knows how much he spends . I only keep the ones for warranty such as electricals etcs. Ask yourself why are you keeping it . If it is not for a warranty or return of a product throw it out .

To stop any more hoarding, take a day to think about buying anything new and bringing it into your home. The feeling and urge may pass.

Work on an area at a time and maybe enlist the help of books or friends? Books on overcoming hoarding and friends to help you declutter!

The only time I was able to get rid of some stuff when when I was pregnant

yep have a good clean out and tackle it one room at a time.

I get like that sometimes but not for very long then I get a cleaning buzz and go through all my receipts all my old clothes and everything else and have a great day cleaning up

It is hard to get rid of items from the past but as you move on,you decide what is important and what needs to go! Best of luck!

I seriously hate getting rid of things everytime has some sort of sentimtal value. worst trait about me : (

yes omg i have so much from kmart hehe

yes and I unfortunately have very limited storage space so I used to get extremely frustrated. However, my friend has put me onto a Japanese cleaning method call the Konmari Method! It teaches you to declutter and let go of things. It is a slow process so you can learn to live minimalistic. There is a book on it…check it out! I am in love with it and have finally convinced my hubby who is the family hoarder!

I am the opposite, I feel better with less. Hubby likes to keep, I tell him that if you have not used it in 6 months, no matter what it is it’s going, bin or charity.

My hubby is exactly the same. To make things worse, he brings broken stuff home from other places, with the intention of fixing it and using it. Never happens :/ I end up moving it all to the shed then it slowly ‘disappears.’

I don’t have this compulsion, but wish you well – I have the opposite problem, I give things away and regret it LOL