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[quote=Anonymous]For the OP:
There are a lot of good resources at childrenofhoarders.com and by doing a web search for adult children of hoarders.  My parents are low-level hoarders, don't maintain possessions, don't organize them, get very touchy if you try to throw anything away, didn't create homey spaces in our house for people to relax in.  Much of our house was given over to storage, multiple rooms full of cast-offs, etc.

It has given me a strange relationship with 'stuff'.  I'm actually a minimalist and my husband jokes about my tendency to throw away and donate everything when he's on a business trip.  I can't abide having anything broken in our home.  It makes me so nervous and uncomfortable.

My kids say our house is so empty it's uncomfortable.

I hate the fact that my sentimental husband keeps things as mementos.  I'm like 'scan that photo and you don't need that dusty old photo album.'

As I have learned more about my parents' disorder and how it has affected me, I am better able to discuss these issues with my husband.

By the way, the  COH website has a great page which describes the difference between have a collection which is carefully chosen and maintained, stored in an orderly fashion -- vs. hoarding.  Well worth a read.[/quote]

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