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To: hennie pennie

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I totally agree on the hoarding diagnosis.

I believe there is an increase in personality disorders in our society. Why else would there be at least 2 TV shows that I am aware of dedicated to hoarding, another dedicated to interventions, and another one about *strange addictions*? This doesn’t even touch all the programs devoted to obsessively observing the lifestyles of upper and upper-middle class *housewives* or of celebrities in the so-called reality shows. This is a form of voyeurism, IMO. I find it boring as can be, but it is certainly very popular. I believe it all substitutes for productive lives, just as the hoarding gets called *frugality*.

As for couponing, you would have to give it away. Who can possibly make use of dozens of boxes of dry cereal, for example? When we traveled for our business, doing trade shows, I would save all the hotel toiletries and donate those to abused women’s shelters.


81 posted on 01/01/2011 10:37:37 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: reformedliberal
There are the 2 different shows on hoarders, and then there is also the Animal Planet show on animal hoarders.

I've read that there is an epidemic of personality disorders nowadays, but of all things, I also recently read that ... I think it's the Brits... are deleting Narcissistic Personality Disorder as a diagnosis.

Perhaps that's because narcissism is so prevalent as a key trait in other personality disorders?

It seems to me that PJ-Comix is so experienced at couponing that they don't have multiple dozens of cereal boxes -- although they obviously ADORE pizza, LOL

I'm thinking that it would be nice to figure out how to get Extreme Deals on pet foods and pet products --- as the animal shelters all have such massive needs and long wish lists. I don't know whether many Extreme Coupon Deals exist for pet-stuff, but I'd be interested in learning about that.

83 posted on 01/01/2011 11:17:08 AM PST by hennie pennie
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