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Madness and Mother: October 2011
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Thursday, October 6, 2011. And in mystery bag number 2 . . . . I am beyond the point of trying to change or "fix" my mother. I have accepted that I can't. So life now mostly consist of keeping mom's crazy out of my own. But this is crazy. And no one sneezes. Asked her not to bring a...
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Madness and Mother: February 2015
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Thursday, February 12, 2015. Pepe La Pew Valentine. It's almost Valentines day. My mom has been "visiting" with us since August. Because otherwise, Valentines can be a pretty miserable experience. Charlie Brown-kind of miserable. Today, my boy comes home from school with a loot of s...
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COH+O2 :: My struggles as an adult child of hoarders: Mother's Day Massacre
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COH O2 : My struggles as an adult child of hoarders. Experience with me, as I work through the tendencies learned from my hoarding parents and attempt to help my parents clean up. Monday, May 13, 2013. Seeing ads for Mother's Day presents reminded me of everyone here. Like most holidays, Mother's Day is a time of the year that I cringe at adverts. Amazon suggested for the outdoorsy mom, I should give her a plant and gardening tools. But you've all seen her "garden.". Later Sunday night, my mother sent me...
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COH+O2 :: My struggles as an adult child of hoarders: Spring Reasoning
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COH O2 : My struggles as an adult child of hoarders. Experience with me, as I work through the tendencies learned from my hoarding parents and attempt to help my parents clean up. Monday, January 21, 2013. I'd like to preface the 7 month update post with the good. I want to begin with what I've learned from my experiences up until now. It's very simple in concept, and very complicated in practice. Yesterday, during our weekly house cleaning.I'm cutting myself off here: our. So on the guest bed we collect...
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Madness and Mother: May 2015
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Saturday, May 30, 2015. I am reading Children of Hoarders: How to Minimize Conflict, Reduce the Clutter and Improve Your Relationship. By Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP, ABPP and Katharine Donnelly, PhD. Inside there are questions posed for you to consider and maybe journal about. Here ...
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Madness and Mother: What is normal?
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Saturday, May 30, 2015. I am reading Children of Hoarders: How to Minimize Conflict, Reduce the Clutter and Improve Your Relationship. By Fugen Neziroglu, PhD, ABBP, ABPP and Katharine Donnelly, PhD. Inside there are questions posed for you to consider and maybe journal about. Here ...
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Madness and Mother: Amazing
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Mom can amaze me on a daily basis with her incessant talking. No one needs to respond, no one needs to necessarily be. Gets a curt tort from me "Just a MINUTE! February 11, 2012 at 10:42 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Here I'll probably over us...
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COH+O2 :: My struggles as an adult child of hoarders: May 2012
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COH O2 : My struggles as an adult child of hoarders. Experience with me, as I work through the tendencies learned from my hoarding parents and attempt to help my parents clean up. Thursday, May 31, 2012. Tuesday, May 29, 2012. I'm feeling hypocritical today. Need with a storage unit? When my boyfriend, whom I care very much for, comes home upset, I am upset. But I know the people he is talking about are my. Monday, May 28, 2012. Why People Hoard - UOCHD resource. And end up avoiding having to make any by...
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Madness and Mother: Please cover your sneezes.
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I'M not crazy, YOU are! She was shaking her finger at me - and it's never been diagnosed. But it's there, make no mistake, like tainted water. My mother, close to normal, but just not quite, and this is my working through it. Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Please cover your sneezes. I am beyond the point of trying to change or "fix" my mother. I have accepted that I can't. So life now mostly consist of keeping mom's crazy out of my own. But this is crazy. And no one sneezes. Asked her not to bring any foods or m...
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Stepping Out of the Fog: Where the Hoard Started: Newspaper Stacks
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Stepping Out of the Fog. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Where the Hoard Started: Newspaper Stacks. I think by the time I was 12, my parents had the sense to cancel the newspaper subscriptions. Again as a family we saw this as an opportunity for my father to win the battle of the newspapers, without fresh material coming in. What do you think I am doing while he is at work," my mother side, "every day I take a little bit from the bottom of the pile.". April 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM. My mother also clings to all ...
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