Prepping: Can It Lead To Hoarding?
It can for a very small percentage of people, and like any condition described as a disorder there are varying degrees. We all "hoard" to some extent, but most of us would never get to the point where we would be eligible to get on the reality show Hoarding: Buried Alive.
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items (MAYO Clinic, 2015).
You are not a hoarder by definition necessarily if your home becomes cluttered with items you may think you will need at some point. However, will that point ever come, and just how much do you really …show more content…
When you start tripping over items you have collected it may be time to bag some up and put by the curb.
Food
You need an emergency supply of food, but you cannot just keep piling it up and not ever incorporate the older supply into your daily menu. Even though some emergency rations have an extended shelf life you still have to inspect the food, check the dates, and use what may be getting close to its life expectancy.
You always want a fresh supply on hand for an emergency, so you do have to rotate and replace. You should always have some idea of how much you do need on hand for the most obvious threats you and your community face. You need a plan, and you have revise and adapt as the situation changes.
Survey after survey shows that only a small percentage of people in this country are prepared for any type of emergency. When a family is not prepared, and then a snow storm is predicated they panic buy. They rush out and buy generators, bags of ice melt, snow shovels, snow blowers, and then load their carts up with batteries, jugs of water, canned soups, diapers, candles and whatever else is left on the …show more content…
They may sit for hours looking at them, still in the original box or package, never opened, and they never intend to open the box. They are not hoarders. They are collectors, and they know exactly what they are doing. They want fine art, rare firearms, certain toys, knives, coins, stamps and so on. They want and can afford things they would never use in any practical manner.
The rest of us do not have the financial resources to buy what we want just so we can say we are the only one that has that rare piece. Most of us have to budget for things we need and for things we want, and we simply cannot afford to buy things just for the sake of it. We buy and use things and when they no longer do as intended we should toss them in the trash and be done with it.
If you stop and think about it, some of what you have is simply something you wanted, and not something you needed to survive. We are talking about supplies, gear and gadgets you may pick up to survive an emergency, survive becoming lost in the wilds, survive a major natural disaster, not everyday items you need during the normal course of the
It can for a very small percentage of people, and like any condition described as a disorder there are varying degrees. We all "hoard" to some extent, but most of us would never get to the point where we would be eligible to get on the reality show Hoarding: Buried Alive.
Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items (MAYO Clinic, 2015).
You are not a hoarder by definition necessarily if your home becomes cluttered with items you may think you will need at some point. However, will that point ever come, and just how much do you really …show more content…
When you start tripping over items you have collected it may be time to bag some up and put by the curb.
Food
You need an emergency supply of food, but you cannot just keep piling it up and not ever incorporate the older supply into your daily menu. Even though some emergency rations have an extended shelf life you still have to inspect the food, check the dates, and use what may be getting close to its life expectancy.
You always want a fresh supply on hand for an emergency, so you do have to rotate and replace. You should always have some idea of how much you do need on hand for the most obvious threats you and your community face. You need a plan, and you have revise and adapt as the situation changes.
Survey after survey shows that only a small percentage of people in this country are prepared for any type of emergency. When a family is not prepared, and then a snow storm is predicated they panic buy. They rush out and buy generators, bags of ice melt, snow shovels, snow blowers, and then load their carts up with batteries, jugs of water, canned soups, diapers, candles and whatever else is left on the …show more content…
They may sit for hours looking at them, still in the original box or package, never opened, and they never intend to open the box. They are not hoarders. They are collectors, and they know exactly what they are doing. They want fine art, rare firearms, certain toys, knives, coins, stamps and so on. They want and can afford things they would never use in any practical manner.
The rest of us do not have the financial resources to buy what we want just so we can say we are the only one that has that rare piece. Most of us have to budget for things we need and for things we want, and we simply cannot afford to buy things just for the sake of it. We buy and use things and when they no longer do as intended we should toss them in the trash and be done with it.
If you stop and think about it, some of what you have is simply something you wanted, and not something you needed to survive. We are talking about supplies, gear and gadgets you may pick up to survive an emergency, survive becoming lost in the wilds, survive a major natural disaster, not everyday items you need during the normal course of the