Dear Amy: I’m a middle-aged man. My fiancée recently moved in with me.
She donated an occasionally used, older kitchen appliance and later the same day purchased another.Please raise awareness of compulsive decluttering.Dear R:
Compulsive decluttering does resemble hoarding, in that extreme anxiety and compulsions drive the desire to obsessively remove “stuff.” People who suffer with this will get rid of things they will need later, then replace the item, and then remove that, too. So yes, according to your description, your fiancée may suffer from a version of this.
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