Quote Originally Posted by Chicken lady View Post
i am am dissapointed at not getting responses to my reflections on introversion and hoarding though - i really do want to know why you seem so intent on tying the two together and painting them with the same brush.

another thought along those lines - I have two daughters. Both are what I would call high extroverts. The older one is a minimalist, married to a "keeper" (I don't think he's a hoarder, but he's only 25...) who loves to entertain. The younger one has such a strong need to be around other people that she sometimes lets them treat her badly and forgives easily. When she had trouble lining up a college roommate because her friends were moving off campus (I can't move off campus, I'll be away from everything) I suggested a single and she was horrified. She chose a potluck transfer student instead. That is the one who worries me because I see strong hoarding characteristics in her relationship to stuff. My uncle who hoarders is also very social.
I have reflected on your questions about introversion and hoarding.

Here is a thought: Maybe introversion can make hoarding worse, or make it faster -- like an introvert has more time to hoard than someone who is out and about interacting with friends often.

But you may be right, and perhaps introversion is not a causal factor in hoarding. This is possible.

My mom is extroverted. I thought that perhaps she was an exception who missed that trait but had all the others.

Then I thought about my significant other, who I suspect is a hoarder. She is also extroverted. '

So I just don't know. I think after another decade of research we'll have a lot more knowledge about hoarders. So much is still speculative.

Tell me what makes you see hoarding characteristics in your daughter's relationship to stuff.