My mother is a big time hoarder. Even the idea of throwing out rotten food angers her. Of course, to avoid her hoarding getting too big, we forcibly throw out stuff. Sometimes if we throw it out, she will pillage through the bin to get it back. It's a pretty pathetic way to live.
Anyway, I know my mother's hoarding stems from the extreme poverty she experienced as a child and every time her family got their hands on anything, they would use it very carefully or store it away under the mentality 'you never know when you might need it'. Now that might of worked under those conditions then, but my mother who is now much richer and surrounded by an abundance of goods still can't seem to let go.
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