Tips for a hoarder trying to be more functional?

Question

I'm usually not very emotional, but for some reason I get emotional over the most random stuff in my house. I know I'm a hoarder. I know that the stuff that I lose my shit over the dumbest things when throwing them out. I'm not against the idea of throwing it all out, but for some reason I break down when it comes to actually throwing stuff out. (And I'm good at not buying a ton of stuff, even though that took a lot of time, most the time it's just built up gifts).
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I'm thinking what I can do is make it more "sterile" "logical" "detached" is go around my house and make a list of absolutely everything in my house and just circle the stuff I want to keep. My husband is willing to help me, and he said if I do that he'll just throw out the "not keep" stuff while I'm at work.
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I know this isn't the best long term solution, but we may be moving soon, and I want to start out as minimally as possible.

Answer

A lot of times, clutter/hoarding/excessive shopping can be a sign of untreated anxiety and/or depression. I would talk to a doctor or a therapist.

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The best thing you can do for yourself is start going to therapy and see if you can come up with the root cause for your hoarding. Then you need to work on resolving that issue. Lots of times hoarding happens because at some point in your life you felt like you didn't have enough or if you threw something away you wouldn't be able to get more of it or sometimes you are even trying to fill a void with all of the stuff in your home. So if you can figure that out, you'll be able to understand yourself a little better and eventually you will be able to let go of your hoarding tendencies.

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Take cash with you when you are shopping and only enough cash for what you truly need. For every new item you bring in take 3 items out, start giving your surplus items away, maybe knowing that they're going to a good home will make it easier to part with them.

Tips for a hoarder trying to be more functional?

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