envisablepuppet
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Ok she is 22 now but this has been going on all of her life and I just don't get it. She will not or cannot throw empty containers of any kind away!!! It makes me crazy. Be it empty shampoo bottles or cereal boxes or anything in between she puts them back empty.
Between the ages of about 4 and 13 she used to make well wrapped neat looking little packages with very weird stuff inside them. Bits of paper, tacks, string etc. and then hide them. I brought this up to her psychiatrist years ago (the hidden little bundles) and he said she was hording. She doesnt do that anymore that I know of but the empty containers???
Has anyone else had this kind of problem but can't justify saying it's just laziness? I don't think that's why she does it. If you have had the problem did any doctor ever know a cause or what to do to help them not do it?
When she has her own home I won't be there to toss this stuff out :smile:
It's beginning to scare me. I know it may just be a little thing but if she ever has children... :surprise:
Has anyone ever faced this and is there anything I can do for her??? I've asked her why she does it and she says she doesnt know. Is it maybe another form of hording? When she found out that was why she was making the little bundles she stopped doing it.
I'd appreciate any input.
Lea
Between the ages of about 4 and 13 she used to make well wrapped neat looking little packages with very weird stuff inside them. Bits of paper, tacks, string etc. and then hide them. I brought this up to her psychiatrist years ago (the hidden little bundles) and he said she was hording. She doesnt do that anymore that I know of but the empty containers???
Has anyone else had this kind of problem but can't justify saying it's just laziness? I don't think that's why she does it. If you have had the problem did any doctor ever know a cause or what to do to help them not do it?
When she has her own home I won't be there to toss this stuff out :smile:
It's beginning to scare me. I know it may just be a little thing but if she ever has children... :surprise:
Has anyone ever faced this and is there anything I can do for her??? I've asked her why she does it and she says she doesnt know. Is it maybe another form of hording? When she found out that was why she was making the little bundles she stopped doing it.
I'd appreciate any input.
Lea