This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Winthrop chapter.
Let’s be honest, we all have that friend who’s desk is always cluttered with stuff or they can never find anything in their room from their ID to their laptops, they always have a lot of stuff.
Maybe you’re that friend and you find yourself justifying all the stuff you have in your room; your mom bought it for you when you were six so you need to hold on to it for sentimental value or an ex partner gave it to you and you need to hold onto it in case they come back. Either way, you have found your friend or yourself drowning in stuff, this might be a sign you’re a hoarder in college.
Here are 9 signs that you might be a hoarder in college:
1. You hold onto “useless” stuff
Everything you’ve ever owned
2. You deny you’re a hoarder
Even though you definitely are
3. When you shopping you can’t help buying something
Even though you don’t have the time or the money for it
4. You justify why you have everything
Everything you own has sentimental meaning
5. It started in your childhood
You kept everything you ever bought or were given resulting in a wall of stuff animals
6. When moving into to college you had a hard time deciding what to bring to college
Because everything has value and you love all the stuff you had
7. You’ve seen hoarder shows and your stuff isn’t that bad
Even though you can def see yourself holding onto a 1000 beanie babies because you never know when they’ll be popular again
8. It runs in your family
Your grandma kept everything, your mom, and your great aunt. You come from a long line of hoarders.
9. You’ll never stop hoarding
Because you’re proud of all things you have and no one can ever stop you from getting more stuff.
Hey there’s no shame in keeping a few keepsakes, but make sure not to end up on TLC because you have a collection of plastic spoons from the dining hall. So support your hoarder friends Collegiettes because they (or maybe you) need that support group to brave the stresses of college. HCXO!