Possessed 1 - Control

[@adiadv10]

I understand the compulsion not to waste anything because you see a potential use for it. Sometimes people convince themselves that every object represents a memory, and they get overwhelmed with so much stuff that they give up. Trauma, extreme financial stress or the loss of a loved one can cause people to isolate themselves and/or become obsessed with hanging on to things that they were once comforted by or they were desperate for. They surround themselves with a cocoon of material things.

[@mst3kanita]

I do that with my VHS/recorded dvds, have an index of what's on them.

[@Gehenna71]

It is a lot more. A book is me. When I buy a book I must hold it close to me, smell it, touch it, than it is mine. Some books go, I don't keep them all as sometimes it does not click with a book.

[@Lex60]

Thats true. I love collecting books too. But the space is a real pain. And i have vcr tapes too, but only family ones. Im thinking of transfer to save space and have copies for my familiy.

[@special7217]

He needs digital books, or trading all of those books to a used book store. I wonder if he's read them all? I saw an episode of hoarders where the couple had a house full of books, both of them liked them but had to part with so many books.

[@odd0odium]

The first person is a collector. I don't see him as a hoarder.

[@Einstein0GETBaC]

i hoard animal semen