We have to be honest, even if it's just with ourselves, that the way we're living is damaging us For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 14, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 24
"I have never been able to say to a mental health professional or to anybody. I am a hoarder, I need some help. Because of the shame." For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 07, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 23
"I can't throw away these scissors. What if I need them? I can't throw away this notebook. What if I need it? I can't throw away this out-of-date food, what if I need it?" For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Dec 31, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Who do you know who is still going to the gym today, or walking 10,000 steps a day today who vowed to do those on January 1st this year? Who do you know who went on a diet on January 1st this year, and is still on that same diet today? For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support th...
Dec 24, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 21
"People don't give you gifts to burden you. And if keeping hold of something will burden you, then that's the opposite of the point of a gift. "It's not disrespectful to get something and to quietly think, “Somebody else could get better use out of this than me” and pass it on to that person. There's nothing wrong with that. " For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding w...
Dec 17, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 20
A big issue for Christmas for hoarders is gifts: both giving and receiving gifts can be fraught. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 10, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 19
So I want to talk today about a revelation I had. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 03, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 18
"Even if I was the most skilled expert on compulsive hoarding, I probably wouldn't be the appropriate person to be intervening with my mother because of the intimacy and all the emotional baggage between us. So yeah, it's just really complicated." For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out...
Nov 26, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 17
"If you break it down, and you're still overwhelmed, break it down further. If you're still overwhelmed then, break it down further." For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 19, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 16
"People say, ‘No, you shouldn't do these things. Because you're just transferring physical clutter into digital clutter. And it's just as disorganised and it takes up a different kind of space and your phone will run out of room and you'll regret it’" For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder YouTube: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help...
Nov 12, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 15
"I don't know why I get such an urge to get stuff in the first place. I mean, is it just living under capitalism? Am I just a victim of every advert I see and every idea I have that I feel I need to turn into a possession of some kind?" For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Nov 05, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This may sound like a weird reason to dehoard my home, but it's not as morbid as it sounds. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 29, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
What I want to focus on today is: ‘well I can't throw this away, because it would be a waste of money. I spent a lot of money on that pair of jeans, or that shelving unit, or that bedding and throwing it away now would waste that money’. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Oct 22, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
I need to stop this statistic - that may or may not be made up - from being a barrier that stops me from making my home livable in. And so that is my goal for the time being, I need to get that number out of my head and stop using it as a reason to not make progress. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the s...
Oct 14, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
I was so scared. I was so scared because this person was going to come in and see how I live For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 21, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 10
I'm also full of panic about the absolute horror and shame I will feel when they are in here. My initial reaction to that the appointment was panic, panic, panic, and then I just froze. I was paralysed for days, I knew what needed to be done, I didn't know how to do it. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support th...
May 14, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
My podcast planning has gone out of the window today, because I am in a panic. A full-on panic, my worst nightmare - one of my worst nightmares - is happening For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 07, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
If you're listening, and you're struggling with hoarding and you haven't got rid of 75% of your stuff already, then listen to me: “Don't get the pretty basket, don't get the shelving unit, and don't get the pretty bags. Not just yet, anyway. Hold out, as it is just more clutter”. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project ...
Apr 30, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Thinking of compulsive hoarders, thinking of people whose homes are in quite a mess, then just saying, “I'm going to work on the bedroom” is just too big. It's too overwhelming. It's too difficult to do. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project . Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Apr 23, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 6
I can't tell you how dejected I feel right now. Because sorting out a few boxes in one room is one thing. It's better than not sorting out a few boxes in one room. But that's one room of several. And that's a few boxes out of a gazillion boxes. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. Se...
Apr 16, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Programmes about hoarders exist so that viewers can look into the home of somebody who's struggling and laugh at them. And that's not okay. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 09, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
I was sceptical because the initial CBT sessions had been relatively useless. But equally, I had no other options. There aren't exactly hoarding treatments readily available. So I agreed to be referred on for this more in-depth therapy. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Apr 02, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 3
So, I hate the word hoarding. I hate the word hoarder. I resist saying them unless I absolutely have to. And this podcast and the website are kind of forcing me into getting used to those words, and I suspect that's a good thing. But they are difficult words. It's a very, very stigmatised thing. Website: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Support this project Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Mar 30, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 2
So I guess the place to start really is how I got to where I'm at now. Where I'm at now is that I live in a hoarded house, surrounded by crap that I have a lot of mental blocks around getting rid of. I'm sick of how I live. But fixing it is so overwhelming that I don't know what to do. For the full show notes and transcript for this episode, visit the website at Overcome Compulsive Hoarding . Twitter: @ThatHoarder Facebook: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder Help out: Support this pr...
Mar 30, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 1