#TalkAbout n°4 - Let's talk about: hoarders. / Hablemos de: acumuladores. ⚠️
No voy a negar ni afirmar que este tema random me vino a mi mente luego de ver un capítulo de la serie de televisión. Siempre que lo veo no puedo creer que haya gente que viva en esas condiciones. Me encanta ese programa. Es por eso que hoy quiero hablarles de esto: acumuladores.
In the television show they often explain that this hoarding disorder arises from strong emotion. This could be the loss of a loved one or some traumatic event. After having experienced this, many people cling to material things on an unhealthy level to the point of turning their own homes into almost uninhabitable places.
En el programa de televisión muchas veces explican que este trastorno de acumulación surge a raíz de una emoción fuerte. Esto puede ser pérdida de un ser querido o algún evento traumático. Luego de haber vivido esto, muchas personas se aferran a cosas materiales en un nivel enfermizo al punto de volver sus propios hogares en lugares casi inhabitables.
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But I'm interested in focusing on a non-pathological hoarder level and analyzing how hoarding we all are in our daily lives. Am I a potential hoarder?
I think that sometimes many of us put objects together so gradually that when we want to realize it we are already surrounded by a lot of useless things. The typical case is that "I keep it because later I will use it for something" and this is never the case.
Pero me interesa enfocarme en un nivel de acaparadores no patólogico y analizar qué tan acumuladores somos todos en nuestras vidas diarias. ¿Soy un acumulador en potencia?
Pienso que a veces muchos de nosotros juntamos objetos tan gradualmente que cuando queremos darnos cuenta ya estamos rodeados de un montón de cosas inservibles. El caso típico es eso que "lo guardo porque después lo voy a usar para algo" y esto nunca es así.
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Generally I try to have as few things as possible. I just want to have what it need. But I consider myself a garment hoard. I love clothes and I have a lot. And I admit that I have several clothes "in case one day I want to wear them" and looking back maybe years have passed since I bought it and I never used it, but I don't want to get rid of it either.
Another thing that I'm accumulating that I want to stop it is the fabrics for my sewing projects. Since I started sewing, I have bought and have been given a large quantity of fabrics, to the point that I already have like 3 boxes full of them. And it accumulates because I don't sew so many things. And I don't want to get rid of them either because most of them are cute and I fall into what I just mentioned of "I save them for when I want to do a project with them."
Yo generalmente intento tener la menor cantidad de cosas posible. Solo quiero tener lo necesario. Pero me considero una acumuladora de ropa. Me encanta la ropa y tengo mucha. Y admito que tengo varias prendas "por si algún día las quiero usar" y mirando atrás quizás han pasado años desde que la compré y nunca la usé, pero tampoco quiero deshacerme de ella.
Otra cosa que estoy acumulando y que quiero frenarlo son las telas para mis proyectos de costura. Desde que empecé a coser he comprado y me han regalado gran cantidad de telas, al punto que ya tengo como 3 cajas llenas de ellas. Pero se me acumula porque no coso tantas cosas. Y tampoco quiero deshacerme de ellas porque la mayoría son lindas y caigo en lo que acabo de mencionar de "las guardo para cuando quiera hacer tal proyecto".
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So, what should I do to avoid accumulation? First we must know how to distinguish between the things we really need from those that are unnecessary. If it's been too long and I haven't used something, it's because I probably don't need it. Also, depending on what objects you have accumulated without use, you could generate a business from it. They always say that one's garbage is another's treasure. And if not, on a free level we can simply take out the things that we do not need and have someone else take advantage of them. This will allow us to have cleaner, more orderly spaces, and in my case, that generate peace of mind by being clean ❤️.
Entonces, ¿qué debemos hacer para no caer en la acumulación? Primero debemos saber distinguir entre las cosas que verdaderamente necesitamos de aquellas que son innecesarias. Si ha pasado demasiado tiempo y no he usado alguna cosa, es porque probablemente no la necesito. Además, dependiendo de qué objetos tenga acumulados sin uso, podría generar un negocio a partir de ello. Siempre dicen que la basura de uno es el tesoro de otros. Y sino, en un nivel gratuito podemos simplemente sacar a la calle las cosas que no necesitemos y que alguien más las aproveche. Esto nos permitirá tener espacios más limpios, ordenados, y en mi caso, que generan paz mental al estar despejados ❤️.
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Hope you liked this post! Thanks for reading ❤️.
¡Espero que les haya gustado esta publicación! Gracias por leer ❤️.
¡Espero que les haya gustado esta publicación! Gracias por leer ❤️.
Lau 💚.
My parents particularly are hoarders for as long as I have known them. Fortunately we did away with a lot of stuff when we moved houses ten years ago. But in the last ten years there's been an accumulation of useless stuff around the house. Sometimes I throw out stuff without letting them know and act like I don't know what happened.
For me personally, I don't have a lot of stuff. Occasionally I arrange my stuff and throw out what I don't use. For clothes, I divide the ones I don't use into three piles; one for reselling, second for gifting out and the last for the trash.
My mom and some of my friends' parents are hoarders too. Must it be something that parenthood brings with it?
And I also throw things without warning. Although I know that something it is useless, I know that if I tell my mom she will start to complain and justify it not to get rid of it.
As you mentioned, there's a psychological side to hoarding. I was exploring this topic about three years ago when I started my minimalism journey and attempting to convert my family. Even to this day, it's still a tough job as often I find people and even my family attaching emotion and memories to things. These days, with the rising of essentialism lifestyle, I think people are more open and conscious about it especially the younger generation . But yes, it's also a guilty pleasure of mine to watch TV shows about hoarders because not only showing how to clean it, the shows gives you a hint about the people living in it and their emotional problem that they have yet solve.
It is very difficult to convince someone to convert to minimalism. Sounds like an excellent idea to me! But for example I think my mom could never do it. As you say, I think she has many things that bring back memories and that is why he does not want to get rid of them. On the contrary, I try to have what is just and necessary.
Oh yeah, that is also because unlike us who grow during technology adaption, the way the store memories is through possession and objects while for us, it's easy to store the memories in a form of pictures, storing via blockchain, etc. Everything that we have is easily replaceable meanwhile from what I gather, my parents generation grow up with a scarcity mindset. Hence, the difference.