tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post9071294645974105484..comments2024-01-07T05:31:54.900-05:00Comments on My Sick Mind: Suddenly, I feel so much better about myself.Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08149741345181484820noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post-54834681986189716492010-09-01T11:01:51.572-04:002010-09-01T11:01:51.572-04:00Did the tax man give you a break when he saw the m...Did the tax man give you a break when he saw the magnificat Thor? <br /><br />Thanks for posting the piccy. <br /><br />NOthing on TV I agree with you. I like watching cat TV,. sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea, watching the birds and the squirrels while she sits in the window sill thumping her tail at them and salivating.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474227548195593445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post-84381472822218717562010-08-30T20:10:15.531-04:002010-08-30T20:10:15.531-04:00kcoz: On one of the recent "Hoarders" s...kcoz: On one of the recent "Hoarders" shows, a woman admitted to running up $200,000 in purchases of stuff to fill her home. I have no idea how many credit cards that is, but it's a lot. That I know.<br />Another had rented 3 storage facilities outside her home (which was already filled) to keep the stuff. Ironically, she WORKED at one, so she kept everything people brought in. What a great job for someone with a mental disorder.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149741345181484820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post-3484874918456425172010-08-30T20:08:07.584-04:002010-08-30T20:08:07.584-04:00I can't watch "Idol" either. Maybe ...I can't watch "Idol" either. Maybe "Hoarders" is similar? People with defects (whether singing or habitual) want to parade themselves on TV.<br />I'm not sure why people want to go on Dr. Phil's show either. If, of course, they are genuinely screwed up and not actors filling-in for real screwed up people.<br /><br />I have no doubt about the "Hoarders" crowd though. I suspect that my condo neighbor is harboring a storage facility in her home. She was conveniently not at home when the assessor showed up.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149741345181484820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post-16211633694972068472010-08-30T05:58:45.798-04:002010-08-30T05:58:45.798-04:00I watched 5 minutes of that show and couldn't ...I watched 5 minutes of that show and couldn't watch any more. Why do we want to parade these people on television? I don't get it.<br />But then I can't watch American Idol either, so I am not much use to TV programmers!Big Red Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630765957447774531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25101657.post-51019432289492859892010-08-30T01:18:54.175-04:002010-08-30T01:18:54.175-04:00I have a sister that is like that…a hoarder. I hav...I have a sister that is like that…a hoarder. I have never seen the show you speak of, but I have heard of it advertised. <br />Though the rest of my siblings and I are not that way, I can tell you that hoarding is genetic. On my fathers side there are several hoarders, he wasn’t so bad but one of his sisters was really bad, and her children are not. I have a cousin from the same side of the family that is a hoarder but his parents were not. <br />I’m not sure if my sister is as bad as the people on this program but it sounds like she is close, trails in-between boxes of junk throughout her house, bedrooms filled with boxes so she sleeps in a small clearing in front of the TV, on the one couch in the house that is not stacked with crap. Many times over the years we have helped her to clean only to have the place look the same after a few months.<br /><br />What I can tell you about a hoarder is this, they have a compulsion to buy stuff, even if they don’t need it or can afford it…and if there is a sale they will buy ten of that item instead of one. In their mind they are saving money by capitalizing on a good deal. When it comes time to throw out an item they can’t part with it…even if it has never been used or broken, all they think of is how much they spent on it, so it is still of that value, plus the added paranoia that they will need it one day. The problem is that when they do nee that item they can never find it so they go out and buy more, I was cleaning out her shed and found about eight gallons of antifreeze in different locations, all of them opened and partially used.<br /><br />Later...Kcoznoreply@blogger.com