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Overcoming hoarding at home

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  • Seeking tips (hacks) and experiences of other asd adults - how have you managed to dispose of excess items at home, where the volume has become troublesome? I have started taking action and donated a few items but the process has stalled because I’m ambivalent about letting things go. Help please ! 
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  • I found the most effective way is to allocate a specific amount of space to the thing I am hoarding (books are my current vice) and you can only have what will fit in the space - or less.

    It takes effort to reduce the collection to fit but it helps to give away the surplus to either charity or other collectors (sometimes selling things is more helpful).

    This way you can only add to the collection by removing something and this lets you focus on quality over quantity.

    It does work - I'm going to be restocking my bookcase and giving the ones I read to a local English school as English language books aren't very common where I live.

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  • I found the most effective way is to allocate a specific amount of space to the thing I am hoarding (books are my current vice) and you can only have what will fit in the space - or less.

    It takes effort to reduce the collection to fit but it helps to give away the surplus to either charity or other collectors (sometimes selling things is more helpful).

    This way you can only add to the collection by removing something and this lets you focus on quality over quantity.

    It does work - I'm going to be restocking my bookcase and giving the ones I read to a local English school as English language books aren't very common where I live.

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