Hi everybody,
Tillie and MayMay, first, I want to thank you both for always posting. It's something I look forward to everyday.
To others reading, please post. I went to a few chats and met some very nice people there. I would love to hear from you more often.
I haven't been to the chats in a few weeks because for me on the east coast it ran a little late. I've been trying to keep an earlier, more consistent bedtime as I have terrible insomnia and am trying to improve many aspects of my life besides the hoarding.
By all means continue the chats but please post as well. I would love to read about the progress, the ideas, the discouragements, everything that other hoarders and those living with hoarders are going thru. And the people who don't live with hoarders but who love them as part of their families and friends.
I learned that I am not the only one with strange feelings or habits. This message board has made me feel like I'm not as much of an outsider as I thought. I'm not a failure, loser, lazy, stupid, dirty, or any other terrible things. I am a person who deserves self-respect, compassion and encouragement.
Cory, if you read this, thanks you SO much for giving us this forum to connect! Truly it has been a life-saver for me.
But again I would love to hear more from the quiet readers.
Thank you all so much! Dianne :)
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