So sorry Tippy, classic signs of a hoarder. They can't separate themselves from their stuff. It was good that you moved on & hopefully someday that wound will heal internally
Good for you. And have you ever noticed clutter breeds and expands one day it will take over the world.
It will. Sad, after 23 years clutter, complacency garbage and junk put me over the edge, made me crazy. I can't even enjoy my horses. All I see is JUNK! Hate it. Gotta go. I have a bichin 30 ft camper. All I need is some property to park it with room for doggies, 2 ponies and space for me.
Come here!
I will tell you my pack-rat ex put me over the edge one night. He saved the sliding glass doors that we took out of the house that we replaced with new french doors and they were stashed in the garage with all his other crap for years. Eight track players, etc. You know. I tripped over them and cut myself. I blew up! He wasn't worried about the gash I had on my arm. He was worried about the sliding glass doors! I lost it totally! Used sliding glass doors! Me with a gash on my arm. He only cared about those used doors. I took a sledge hammer to those doors and smashed them to pieces! I also took a hacksaw to the frames so he couldn't replace the glass in them, because he would have saved the used doors for that also. That's when I knew he didn't care one bit about me. He only cared for his treasures. He ran in the garage to see what I had done and was pizzed. Not one look at my arm and the blood. I carry the scar on my arm to this day. Both externally and internally.