Paper hoarding was a big one for me. When I first started on my "purging stuff" work, one of my strategies was to group all like items together. It kind of helped to wrap my head around how much of it I had. And WOW did I have a lot of paper. Like, a closet full. And no, I'm not being hyperbolic.

It was definitely a trauma-anxiety response for me; I was told by a psychologist I had OCD but I consider myself cured of that now because I don't really engage in those behaviors anymore. Like, I'm still a little anal, not gonna lie, but nothing like I was. At one point in my life, I was counting my breaths or my blinks. It was bad.

These days, purging stuff feels really good, whereas when I started it was like pulling teeth. It's true what they say, that it's like building muscle - it gets easier the more you practice. :)

!LUV