{"id":1463,"date":"2009-01-19T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T08:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2009-01-19T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T08:01:06","slug":"more-about-hoarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/more-about-hoarding\/","title":{"rendered":"More About Hoarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/from-possessed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1464\" title=\"from-possessed\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/from-possessed-300x168.jpg?resize=300%2C168\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/from-possessed.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/godammit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/from-possessed.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While trying to find a research study I once read about hoarding and gender, I came upon a great documentary called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vimeo.com\/603058\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Possessed.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film maker, Martin Hampton, lets four hoarders talk about their behavior and how it has affected their lives. It is 21 minutes long and well worth your time if you&#8217;ve ever wondered why you have so much crap, or why you continue to buy things you don&#8217;t need.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you can&#8217;t relate to hoarding, you will still be fascinated and moved by the plight of Mr. Hampton&#8217;s subjects. They are in different stages of both awareness and desperation, but all four are so straightforward and sincere that you can&#8217;t help but feel for them.<\/p>\n<p>Is hoarding a metaphor or a mental illness?&nbsp;\u00a0 Do our possessions provide solace or do they weigh us down?<\/p>\n<p>I was going to count my t-shirts to add a personal note here but I can&#8217;t bear the thought of it right now. Let&#8217;s just say I have a lot of them. Inside my thin self is a fat circus lady trying to get out, and inside my t-shirt collecting is a hoarder of empty toilet rolls and plastic bags.<\/p>\n<p>Know what I mean?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While trying to find a research study I once read about hoarding and gender, I came upon a great documentary called &#8220;Possessed.&#8221; The film maker, Martin Hampton, lets four hoarders talk about their behavior and how it has affected their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/godammit.com\/more-about-hoarding\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12,9],"tags":[227,462,387],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7t44M-nB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}