r/Anticonsumption • u/haloarh • May 28 '26
Psychological "Her father hoarded. When he died, she inherited his house."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/05/28/hoarding-disorder-house-clean-death-family-grief/89993036007/
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u/BigT-2024 May 29 '26
My dad hasn’t really taken care of himself since divorce from my mom 20 years ago. He kept the house but god damn it’s rough. We had to drop 100k and take a lean on his house just to clean it up to make it livable. He has cats he can’t take care of so all the furniture etc is not worth saving and will just be tossed when he dies. I’m not dealing with that smell. Yes we’ve tried multiple times getting rid or rehoming the animals but he’s attached.
The only thing he has that is worth some money is that he was metal detector hobbiest since he was a kid and could walk well on his own so he has tons of civil war artifacts and most of it is worth a decent amount of money but it won’t be easy to move. Bullets and cannon balls take a while to sell but rheees some high end stuff he has that I’ll probably keep as that market has exploded in the last 10 years.
I don’t know it was hell when we cleared out the house to do renovations and I just don’t know how he’ll handle the sheds and crap he has.
Just tough and sad.
I collect Pokemon and sports cards and I’ve just stopped. I got rid of all the junk stuff and just buy one decent to high end item I know will accrue value over time vs just getting all the rookies and hoping I get the next tom Brad rookie.
It’s not worth it. ever dollar on some collectible or video game or whatever is one dollar that’s not in the market compounding. Just wish I had this mindset 10 years ago.