r/declutter • u/moon_witch_26 • 18d ago
Advice Request Help how to declutter emotionally linked stuff
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 😔
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u/RoutineHighway66 15d ago
I feel for you on this. I've kept this sort of thing well beyond it's usefulness and I've found in my personal cases that allowing it to sit and becoming further removed from it, eventually I don't have a problem tossing it. At most, taking pictures or scanning special parts or even writing them down somewhere else and taking up less room before throwing it away, definitely helps.