Name: 從擁有到負擔：囤積對生活的深層影響 (Hoarding: How it impacted my life | BBC Ideas)
Uploaded: 2025-08-29T21:01:30.000Z
Duration: 5 min 33 s

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A mental health professional once said to me, just stop buying two newspapers a day, as if that simple advice was going to be a solution to my decades-long problem.

一位心理健康專家曾對我說，只要每天不買兩份報紙就可以了，似乎這個簡單的建議就能解決我幾十年的問題。

I am a person with hoarding behaviour and I feel the urge to buy and keep newspapers.

我是一個有囤積行為的人，我有購買和保存報紙的衝動。

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Hoarding is a huge problem in our society, affecting around 1.4 million people in the UK alone.

囤積是我們社會的一個大問題，僅在英國就有約 140 萬人受到影響。

Yet it's largely hidden from view and, as in my case, it can ruin lives, relationships and your sense of self.

然而，它在很大程度上被隱藏起來，就像我的情況一樣，它會毀掉生活、人際關係和自我意識。

My life stopped in 1999 when I lost two children, one child in a miscarriage and another to a cot death.

1999 年，我失去了兩個孩子，一個流產了，另一個在嬰兒床上夭折。

These unimaginable losses compounded by an earlier traumatic experience suddenly made it impossible to function.

這些難以想象的損失，再加上之前的創傷經歷，突然間讓人無法正常工作。

At first I could not let go of my children's clothes, milk bottles, everything they had touched.

起初，我捨不得孩子們的衣服、奶瓶和他們接觸過的一切。

Then I began to buy newspapers and magazines, obsessively searching for articles about babies who had passed away, trying to understand why these bad things happened and to accept that I was not immune.

然後，我開始購買報紙和雜誌，痴迷地尋找有關去世嬰兒的文章，試圖理解為什麼會發生這些糟糕的事情，並接受自己無法倖免的事實。

Eventually my world got smaller and smaller.

最後，我的世界變得越來越小。

Although it felt like a safe nest, I was confined to a square of space in my house, surrounded mainly by stacks of newspapers and magazines.

雖然感覺像一個安全的巢穴，但我被限制在家裡的一個方形空間裡，周圍主要是成堆的報紙和雜誌。

And for all the feeling of safety that hoarding gave me, it took away so much more.

囤積給了我安全感，卻也帶走了更多。

I isolated myself from those close to me, my husband, my other children and friends.

我將自己與親近的人、我的丈夫、其他孩子和朋友隔離開來。

I stopped inviting people over, always making excuses.

我不再邀請別人來家裡做客，總是找各種藉口。

I lived off sandwich meal deals and canned drinks.

My house had also become a fire hazard, endangering not only me but potentially my neighbours.

我的房子也成了火災隱患，不僅危及我自己，還可能危及我的鄰居。

The thing to remember is that no one wants to live like this.

需要記住的是，沒有人願意過這樣的生活。

I tried to seek help, but most professionals didn't have enough awareness or experience with this behaviour.

我試圖尋求幫助，但大多數專業人士對這種行為的認識和經驗都不夠。

Housing authorities regularly sent officers over to help clear up my house, but as well-intentioned as these interventions often were, they only magnified my shame.

房管部門經常派人過來幫我清理房子，但儘管這些干預措施往往用心良苦，卻只會放大我的羞恥感。

As soon as I touched some of the items, I felt the need to retell my story, which was incredibly painful.

我一接觸到其中的一些物品，就覺得有必要重述我的故事，這讓我無比痛苦。

It wasn't until I finally received the right support that I came to realise that all this stuff is my trauma, and I understood why clear-ups were so triggering and why they're not a solution to the hoarding problem.

直到我最終得到了正確的支持，我才意識到所有這些東西都是我的心理創傷，我才明白為什麼清理會如此具有觸發性，為什麼清理並不能解決囤積問題。

Only about 5% of people with hoarding behaviour ask for help, often because of shame.

有囤積行為的人中只有約 5%會尋求幫助，這往往是因為羞恥心作祟。

Other times, people simply don't realise they have a problem or lose sight of just how negatively this impacts their lives.

還有一些時候，人們根本沒有意識到自己有問題，或者忽視了問題對生活的負面影響。

For many years, I felt too vulnerable and ashamed to seek help again, until I faced eviction.

多年來，我一直覺得自己太脆弱、太羞愧，不敢再尋求幫助，直到我面臨被驅逐。

And at that time, I thought it was the worst thing that could have happened, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

當時，我覺得這是最糟糕的事情，但結果卻是不幸中的萬幸。

I met a wonderful team of people who work tirelessly to understand this behaviour and raise awareness about it.

我遇到了一個出色的團隊，他們為了解這種行為和提高人們對這種行為的認識而不懈努力。

For the first time in my life, I felt like someone was on my side.

這是我有生以來第一次感覺到有人站在我這邊。

I started to attend group support sessions where I realised that I wasn't the only person in the world who hoarded.

我開始參加小組互助會，在那裡我意識到，世界上並不只有我一個人囤積物品。

Some of the shame I carried had been lifted.

我身上的一些羞恥感已經消除了。

And with time, I was able to start letting go of some of the things I held onto for so long.

隨著時間的推移，我開始放下一些我長久以來耿耿於懷的東西。

I threw a lot away and kept some in storage.

我扔掉了很多，還有一些放在倉庫裡。

現在，簡單的快樂對我來說意義重大。

A hot cup of tea with buttery toast in the morning.

Being able to keep my favourite ice cream in my freezer, which I can now access.

能把我最喜歡的冰淇淋放在冰箱裡，現在我可以拿出來吃了。

Hoarding is often associated with older people, but in truth, it doesn't discriminate.

囤積通常與老年人聯繫在一起，但事實上，囤積並沒有區別對待。

Over 90% of people who hoard have at least one other condition such as obsessive compulsive disorder or bipolar disorder.

超過 90% 的囤積癖患者至少還患有一種其他疾病，如強迫症或躁鬱症。

I have been diagnosed with OCD and post-traumatic stress disorder.

我被診斷患有強迫症和創傷後應激障礙。

If you're worried about your own behaviour, there are support groups that can help.

如果您擔心自己的行為，有一些支持小組可以提供幫助。

For me, it was starting small, working on sorting and throwing things away 15 minutes at a time.

對我來說，就是從小事做起，每次 15 分鐘，把東西分類扔掉。

Imagine stacks of newspapers that you'd need to comb through.

想象一下，你需要翻閱成堆的報紙。

If you're wondering how to broach the subject with someone you're concerned about, you can use a hoarding clutter scale designed to compare someone's home with a series of images to help start the conversation.

如果您想知道如何與您所關心的人談論這個話題，您可以使用囤積雜物量表，將某人的家與一系列圖片進行比較，以幫助開始談話。

Always include a person in every decision and offer a choice so change doesn't feel like something that is done to them.

在做出每項決定時，都要讓他們參與進來，並提供選擇，這樣他們才不會覺得改變是對他們做的。

How we talk about hoarding matters hugely.

我們如何談論囤積問題至關重要。

This can be a very stigmatising word, when in fact, hoarding is not something that defines me.

這可能是一個非常汙名化的詞，而事實上，囤積並不能定義我。

What it actually is, is a coping mechanism, a need to protect myself from the world.

它實際上是一種應對機制，一種保護自己免受世界傷害的需要。

I hope that one day everyone will be able to see past the behaviour and understand that people who hoard are not lazy or dirty, but rather deeply wounded human beings who need support and understanding.

我希望有一天，每個人都能看清自己的行為，明白囤積居奇的人不是懶惰或骯髒，而是深受傷害、需要支持和理解的人。