Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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nobody666 10/05/2010

do you ever get the feeling you may be hoarding or just a messy person that never gets around to thowing anything away.

I notice as I get older I have become a lot more posessive of things and don't throw as much away like I see the value in things now where when I was young I felt I could always get more.

I still think my desk is just messy though =)

tommymott 10/05/2010

I periodically purge out what's not needed and that's not much since I only tend to accumulate items I want, like books.

katiebelle1091 10/05/2010

I am both I think. I hoard but there are other things I just need to get around to throwing out.

Suninbloom 10/05/2010

I'm a dirty hoarder lol. My garage was so full of things!!! I got several plastic totes and organized everything .. actually threw 8 boxes of stuff away and boy oh boy that was hard to do!

ZanyBeeper 10/05/2010

I am both.

deleted_user 10/05/2010

LOL my mom is a hoarder. I think I am too but not sure. I tend to keep a lot of things for sentimental value

deleted_user 10/05/2010

I am a packrat, though I don't think I am a hoarder. I can hold on to things longer than necessary.

deleted_user 10/05/2010

Thought about this all day.

I found a bag with some hand written instructions on exercises to do after my surgery. That was 1 1/2 years ago. I put it in a drawer to keep it safe, "just in case."

That was when I knew - hoarder, messy, with a touch of OCD where rugs and sheets are concerned.

deleted_user 10/05/2010

Something broke in my cycle and not I just throw away or give away and I really do it. I like my house now once I have done that, now onto the kids rooms...

deleted_user 10/05/2010

No, but my hubby is. I'm the opposite of a hoarder, I throw everything out (donate or give away). It's a constant battle in this house.

deleted_user 10/05/2010

I am so not either. I hate clutter and stuff laying around, it bothers me. I don't keep every little thing that has sentimental value either. There are a few things I keep around that were my grandma's or belonged to someone special.

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