Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Enforcing CC&Rs (Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 245, Issue 27)

[Kate C (katetx2001]

Re “Hoarding issues often fall into "I want to clean this up" even when all
evidence is that they are not doing anything about it.”
It might be helpful to remember that hoarding is a hard to treat mental 
condition. It is possible that the hoarding or clutter is beyond the person’s 
control, no matter how much they want to address it. It is possible that there 
is great shame around it that may look like like defensiveness or defiance. 
You may want to check into 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519704/table/ch3.t29/
Or an excellent general audience book called _Stuff_ by Randy O Frost, one of 
the leaders in the field.
 That may be more than anybody wants to know, but if it helps even one person 
or community, I’m glad to put it out there.

Kate
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> On Jun 23, 2024, at 5:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:
> Hoarding issues often fall into "I want to clean this up" even when all
> evidence is that they are not doing anything about it.)