flowerchild asked:


I wish i could pick up my house and shake it on it's side to get rid of all this stuff, but I can't. I suggested to my dad that we have a garage sale. I've asked a couple times before, but we've been too busy. Now that he's agreed, along with my sister, we're planning to have a sale. This would go along fine and smooth but there's a problem.
My mother is a huge hoarder, and when I ask her to help out, she get's defensive and angry. She says things bitterly like Leave me alone and Why are you bothering me?. She has a job, but other than that she just cooks, watches TV, checks email/ebay and reads. She is a huge reader, our house is filled with books.
Most of our stuff is hers, so it's hard to tell what to sell without asking her. We might have to avoid asking her at all, anything to get our house clean! If anyone has any advice, PLEASE help us out. We desperately need this!
I completely understand how she feels about hoarding. I've done it myself, but ive gone through therapy.
I hear what some of yall are saying by buying her organizational items, but every 11 rooms in our house (not including closets) is filled with her stuff. It's not fair to me, my sister, and my dad to have to live in a storage unit. My dad goes along with it because he doesn't want to hurt her feelings. And gets mad when i tell them the truth.

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