10 Tips for Compulsive Hoarding

Overcoming hoarding disorder can be a real challenge, but it isn’t impossible. Trying to get rid of your old habits can be hard, but everybody has to start somewhere. All it takes is one step at a time. Compulsive hoarding is a result of the following 5 habits:

1. Indecisiveness.
2. Perfectionism. 
3. Procrastination. 
4. Avoidance behaviours. 
5. Difficulty organizing tasks.

         

Here are a few tips to overcome it:

• Don’t buy stuff you don’t need in the near future. 
• More is not necessarily better; limit your usage of products to just one!
• Categorize files or things into categories or departments. 
• Use the OHIO rule, which stands for ‘Only Handle It Once’. Don’t move your things from one file to another, dispose it or keep it in its proper place once for all. 
• Just because you can’t find a reason to dispose, it doesn't mean you have to keep it. 
• Dispose everything you have not used for over a year. 
• Sell, recycle, reuse. 
• Keep a carton for things you don’t need, make a pile and dispose it on a regular basis. 
• Detach yourself from old stuff, even if you have an emotional attachment. 
• Ask for professional help, if you can’t do it on your own. 

Call us on 042 741 1789 or visit us on our website at http://www.bio-cleanse.com.au/services/hoarding-management/ for professional assistance.