Three months after moving houses, I still haven’t unpacked all my LEGO. When I look at the massive piles behind me I can’t help but wonder: am I a hoarder?
Three months after moving houses, I still haven’t unpacked all my LEGO. When I look at the massive piles behind me I can’t help but wonder: am I a hoarder?
Two great guests for this one.
First, Nathan Sawyer of Sawyer Studios on YouTube. Nathan is a rare LEGO content creator who A.) genuinely admits there’s a problem and B.) takes steps to address it. He has twice now cleared out a bunch of his LEGO after coming to a similar realization as me.
Second, Professor Nick Neave of Northumbria University Newcastle. I lucked into finding one of THE hoarding experts in the world. Nick approaches this disorder with empathy and compassion and it’s so refreshing to hear someone finally taking steps to help hoarders - not just shaming them.
Nick is part of the UK Hoarding Partnership which provides resources to people who need help. He encourages anyone who thinks they hoard to fill out this self-assessment survey. There aren’t many resources out there for people who hoard, so any data you can give Nick will help!
I also want to link to Ace’s post on From Bricks to Bothans that inspired this episode. It’s a really fascinating look at someone who realizes they have too much LEGO.
For Clutch Power supporters, you get a bonus section about the use of the word “hoard”. It’s had a winding road from its original meaning to now, where many TikTokers with a lot of one thing use it.
Usually this is where I’d provide the MOC for this episode, but it didn’t feel ethical to do an episode about hoarding and then say: GET THIS BUILD! So while I did build one for socials, it isn’t available (unless you email me personally). We’ll be back to the normal builds next episode!
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Music by Nihilore (www.nihilore.com):