Compulsive Hoarding

You are a successful, intelligent person with so much to feel good about. But when you are confronted with the omnipresent clutter in your life, you feel like a failure. No matter how hard you try to get organized, you can’t figure out how to make the clutter go away for good. You can tell that there’s something bigger going on, but you have no idea what it is. You’re stuck. The good news is, you absolutely can learn how to free yourself from clutter.

In Possessed, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoarding - once a paradigm of economic rationality - came to be defined as a mental illness. Hoarding is unique among the disorders included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5 because its diagnosis requires the existence of a material entity: the hoard. Possessed therefore considers the hoard as an aesthetic object produced by clashing perspectives about the meaning or value of objects.

Discover long term minimalist strategies that will get your home cleaned and organized in just seven days! Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed with all the clutter in your life? Do you sometimes get the horrible impression that someday you will drown under all the unnecessary stuff piling in your life? Yet despite all your efforts the clutter always come back doesn't it. Well not anymore! With this guide you will finally have the secret weapon you need to live a life free of clutter!

Minimalism is tied in with living a purposeful, essential, and satisfying life through settling on conscious decisions. Minimalism backs off life and liberates us from this cutting edge agitation to live quicker. It discovers opportunity to separate. It tries to keep just the basics. It tries to evacuate the trivial and keep the noteworthy. Furthermore, in doing as such, it esteems the purposeful undertakings that enhance life.

Judy Batalion grew up in a house filled with endless piles of junk and layers of crumbs and dust; suffocated by tuna fish cans, old papers and magazines, swivel chairs, tea bags, clocks, cameras, printers, VHS tapes, ballpoint pens - obsessively gathered and stored by her hoarder mother. The first chance she had, she escaped the clutter to create a new identity - one made of order, regimen, and clean white walls. Until, one day, she found herself enmeshed in life's biggest chaos: motherhood.

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The author has spent her life helping the chronically cluttered and disorganized change their bad habits and adopt new positive ones. In her trademark, straightforward, and often humorous approach, Mary Carlomagno takes the listener through thought-provoking exercises to discover the real reasons as to why we clutter. Crush Your Clutter is based on her work as a nationally recognized media expert and sought-after public speaker.

Millions of Americans struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. Barry Yourgrau is one of them. Behind the door of his Queens apartment, Yourgrau's life is, quite literally, chaos. Confronted by his exasperated girlfriend, he embarks on a heartfelt and too often uproarious project to take control of his disorderly apartment and life, and to explore the wider world of collecting, clutter, and extreme hoarding.

Is your world stuffed with clutter? Discover a simple method to get organized and take back your life! Overwhelmed by the constant pile of stuff that's turned your every day into total chaos? Do you dream of getting organized but you have no idea where to start? Author and decluttering coach Christine D. Shuck has over a decade of experience working with clients to accomplish their organizational goals. Now she'll teach you her step-by-step method to go from mess to success.

Spring clean your life with this practical, achievable guide to decluttering from the British Marie Kondo. Wardrobes bursting with unworn clothes. Boxes full of obsolete chargers and neglected children's toys. A dresser jammed full of mismatched socks... Sound familiar? Many of us feel increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff packed into our homes. Being organised at home doesn't just mean always knowing where you left the remote; it means being able to face the world with a clear mind and increased energy. It all starts at home.

Discover what minimalist living is about in Minimalism, and start changing your life where it matters most: Your mindset. Then, change your home to one that is uncluttered using my PURGE ideology which you will discover in Declutter. Everything you need for a minimal living is right here, but discover the strategies that will help you stick to your minimalist journey in the audiobook Stop Procrastinating.

Thinking of decluttering your home but have no idea how? Have you tried before and failed? Don’t give up, you just need to know the right systems! Want to find your stuff in less than five minutes? Putting everything where it belongs will help you save both time and money! Organizing and decluttering is your ultimate solution. This book is the complete roadmap to discovering peace in your home. Annette is a seasoned professional organizer, and she is sharing her many tips, tricks, and methods that have taken her years to master! Declutter - where do I begin?

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Most of us know the weight of too much stuff. We can avoid it for a while, but when it's time to move house or reorganize, we can't escape facing our clutter. Your excess stuff can hold you back and make you sick. Having stuff we don't use or enjoy is a burden, a waste of money, and importantly, it doesn't spark joy. If your rooms, closets, and surfaces are filled with clutter, all your unneeded possessions can get in the way of a full experience of life as it was meant to be lived.

Molto di quello che chiamiamo disordine è solamente un ordine più profondo che si manifesta secondo schemi non matematicamente prevedibili, né logicamente programmabili. La vita stessa, nella sua complessità, rientra in questa categoria. Ecco allora un manuale pratico per disordinati che hanno bisogno di riconoscere il valore, il pregio e i vantaggi del loro modo di affrontare le cose, e di prevenirne quegli eccessi che invece nuocerebbero al proprio - e altrui - benessere.

Do you want to live a stress free, happier life? The pursuit of materialistic possessions is never satisfied. Someone will always have something newer or something better, but there is a better and happier way to live. Becker Brown shows you how to use minimalism to declutter, simplify, and organize your home and life!

Ti sei mai chiesto se tutto quello che hai, tutto ciò che possiedi, sia davvero necessario nella tua vita? In un mondo in cui il consumismo bussa alla porta di continuo e le pubblicità assillanti bombardano la posta elettronica (e non solo), non si può far altro che rassegnarsi all'idea che per essere davvero felici bisogna avere una vita piena di oggetti, di cianfrusaglie, di "cose". Ma è davvero così? La nostra vita migliora se ci circondiamo di beni materiali? Quante volte ci siamo buttati nello shopping pur di non sentire certe "mancanze"?

If you’ve always wanted to start living like a minimalist, but you never knew how to get started, then look no further. This book won't focus on WHY adopt the minimalist lifestyle, but on the HOW because let's be honest you already know what minimalism is and why it's beneficial. If you’re ready to discover how to declutter, organize, simplify and free your family from the modern world of more-is-more, then read on and prepare for change.

Discover how to become a minimalist by decluttering your life of unwanted items and emotions at the same time. You will learn how to live a less stressful lifestyle with proven guidelines and exercises.

Author and YouTuber Zoey Arielle opens up about her struggle with loving all the things in life we bring home. A hoarder in disguise, Arielle has mastered the tools needed to embrace simplicity and the minimalist philosophy. Life can stress anyone out. So, by embracing minimalism, you’ll be saying good-bye to stress and everything that you never needed anyway. Discover a greater focus and true freedom as you live your new life with a real sense of gratitude for everything and everyone around you.