Collecting is often just Hoarding for the Organised? / myLot

United Kingdom

January 23, 2024 8:44am CST

A reel popped up on Facebook showing someones "beautifully organised" scented candle collection. This wasn't a box or even a whole shelf of candles, it was a whole room! Who needs that many candles? Surely most of the scents will be gone by the time they get around to using them? Do they even use them or do the just "collect" them? Surely this is just compulsive shopping and hoarding even if it does look neat and tidy? What do you think?

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Amber

@AmbiePam (92820)

• United States

24 Jan

That’s a good question. Does she burn them? If she doesn’t use them for their actual purpose I would lean towards it being hoarding.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (106397)

• Marion, Ohio

23 Jan

I stopped collecting anything as It needs to be cleaned. But I guess that's a collection

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marguicha

@marguicha (223107)

• Chile

23 Jan

I guess that if they are tidy it is a collection. But it is not easy to decide what is hoarding. I could not live in a house with no furniture, some books and some paintings.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (178877)

• United States

24 Jan

I stopped collecting things. I want to downsize, not get more clutter. That person could be collecting; but collecting does tend to get out of hand sometimes. Have a good day.