Clutter Chronicles

Hi! I am listening this and the reason for it is that I have tendencies to hold onto things myself. It’s a family affair (my mother is filling two entire containers with boxes filled with stuff and I am terrified that I will have to take care of her hoard one day too) and I’ve been trying to understand what the reasons for this are. Why do we attach symbolic value to seemingly random items? Why does it hurt to let things go without feeling like a failure? I have come across a text by Siegmund Freud, called Melancholia, which somehow helped me to understand that my (and my families) holding onto stuff is a (pathological) way of coping with more severe losses (the loss of a dear person for example). Once I understood this, I realised that I need to organise my emotions first. Otherwise I will only keep fooling myself and the people around me. Everyone is different, but this helps me… Thank you for doing this podcast!! xxx

Relatable content, great editing, overall well done. Finished this within a couple of weeks and wishing there were more podcasts like this one.

The story was good but the frequent shrill cackle laughing made the podcast unbearable. Had the story been told in a softer tone, it would have been so enjoyable.

Thank you, Mary, for sharing so much of your personal story. You are a great storyteller and through your thoughts I have identified many things in myself. I have faced some monsters and become a better decision maker with your podcast. Thank you, ladies!