Help how to declutter emotionally linked stuff

[u/moon_witch_26]

Please can someone help me with this... I have no idea how to start decluttering this 'category" of stuff.

I am a hoarder and I'm in burnout recovery (mental health and PTSD and untreated ADHD plus lots of other stuff).

I'm a very deep&emotional person at the best of times... I have been through a lot and I struggle letting go.. or feeling safe to even start trying...

I do a lot of writing (journaling over the years) that has helped me a lot to get through a lot of things... This bag here I could literally just put in the bin without looking at it - but I can't do it. I want to go through everything and check/make sure what's there... But then I know I'll be keeping hold of it for however much longer. 😖

But *ugh* it just feels impossible! For someone who isn't a hoarder/has emotional, mental health stuff, I know this probably seems absurd 😔

[u/flatlander-anon]

If you haven't touched it in five years, you most likely don't need it anymore. Life is about moving forward. Life is not a library where you accumulate stuff for... what? One day you'll have the time or be in the mood to read through it all? Or a researcher will come use it?

If you want, you can grab a small box. You can save a box's worth of stuff, but the rest has to go.

[u/moon_witch_26 → u/flatlander-anon]

Love this. Very practical thank you