Author: Bakang Khunou
Hoarding is an accessive accumulation of things without an actual value attached to them. A hoarder is someone who picks on everything and unable to throw away their possessions, often met with great anxiety when they have to discard their items, and that is called Hoarding Disorder. The disorder often brings a lot of emotional attachment to materialistic possessions and would often inflict a lot of distress and overwhelming emotions of anxiety when people touch or go through their belongings, or fear of losing what they have accumulated as they journey through life. A hoarder finds it hard to categorise space for their items,always anxious when people touch or go through their belongings and indicision in what to keep or what to let go.
Hoarders are normal people like you and I, you’d find that somewhere along the way, in their journey of life, they had somehow experienced traumer such as, loss of possessions caused by fire or eviction that led them to this kind of lifestyle,and at the same time being afraid to part ways with what looks valuable in their eyes. They become so clingy and overprotective over their “valuables”.
With hoarding, you create an uncomfortable space for your self, that makes it difficult for your freedom, freedom of movement, and comfort. You block your way to swiftly move to the other side of the room, it keeps you from seeing the light. It takes away the joy and peace of contentment.
Hoarding in a Spiritual Context.
Your Spirituality and Soul is the light that shines through your life, it is a blessing to your existence as a human being. It’s purpose is to make your being whole and to contribute to your overall sanity. What you feed your soul is succeeded by how you relate to other people.
Spiritual hoarding is accumulated overtime, it does not happen overnight. Like physical hoarding, the spiritual hoarding it is brought by many traumatic experiences one has gone through such as, REJECTION, GRIEF, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE and other hurtful situations that have impacted one’s life in an unpleasant way. It hinders the major senses of one’s life all because of being afraid to be judged by society. The solution now becomes removing all the hurtful things, the “gabbage” inside of you and letting go of fear of how will others perceive you or if you will ever survive the painful /hurtful period your enduring.
How does one SHIFT from this Harm?
Self introspection plays a major role in spiritual and personal growth. It gives one the opportunity to evaluate what works for them and what does not. Emotions may be conflicted but the critical aspect of moving away from the things that harm you is your ability to gather the STRENGTH that will automatically lead you to owning your freedom.
It is true that the first step to healing is admitting that there is a problem. Communicating the need for help, will begin to break barriers of fear, of failure, rejection and will create opportunities that will lead to pleasant outcomes. Evaluate the relationships you keep, romantic or friendship. Create a circle of friends that allows you to be your self and let all the junk out. If a romantic relationship is constantly pulling you down and adding to your anxiety, if it is not communicated, fixed or efforted upon, it is time to wave goodbye, for your peace, your sanity and the opportunity to give your love and effort to those who deserve it. Now that is being KIND to yourself.
Your Authentic Self eminates from taking the first step to improving your being. You COME FIRST and ALWAYS remember to CLEAN the LIGHT.