Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "Hoarding Disorder Case Study" video.

@yehmen29 Your comment about looking like a hoarder lines up with my own situation. I live in a small studio apartment and have boxes of unread books as I live in a town where books are very easy to get (sales, Little Free Libraries, library bookstore) for little or no cost. I finally realized that the amount of books and other things I have that look borderline hoarder are just because I live in a space too small for a reasonable, overall fairly small amount of possessions. The books have caused me stress for a long time because I acquire so much faster than I read and donate. I've done some purging of unread books in the past but have brought many more new ones in. I may do another book purge. Just too much of a good thing. Also I made the decision that no new books will come in for the first six months of 2021and have started telling people so there will be accountability on my part. I probably have some hoarder and/or compulsive issue/s but I'm not going to let them dominate and control me.
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@erynlasgalen1949 I come from a family with a variety of problems and my older brother turned into a hoarder and made life miserable for the rest of us under the same roof with him. He's not been diagnosed but is probably autistic along with the other difficulties in his life. I'm also using items that go way back: the pans my parents received when they were married in 1957 and I have a couple of black iron frying pans that go I don't even knoow how far back. Well, we got our money's worth!
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