Squirrels hoard large amounts of food early before winter comes. It seems that squirrels are animals with a strong sense of worry. But in fact, the large amount of food they hoard is impossible to eat in winter.

Have you ever heard of “squirrel syndrome”?

Squirrels hoard large amounts of food early before winter comes. It seems that squirrels are animals with a strong sense of worry.

But in fact, they have no way to finish the large amount of food they have hoarded in winter.

Such a state is "squirrel syndrome mentality", also called "compulsive hoarding disorder".

No matter whether this thing is useful or not, as long as you have feelings, you must stay.

Some specific manifestations include:

Keep the receipts every time you go shopping;

Every time you visit a bookstore, you have to buy a batch of books. In fact, many books are put in the bookcase to collect dust before they are finished;

hard drives were prepared one after another, and they were constantly downloading various music, movies, books, and some embarrassing things from the Internet; but in the end, the hard drives were left in the corner gathering dust;

WeChat chat records filled up the memory, and there was no I am reluctant to delete it;

keeps downloading apps, but there are very few that can be used.

likes to collect and collect. Even though most of the things are not used frequently and occupy a large part of the space at home, they are not willing to throw them away.

likes to hoard things and is reluctant to throw things away. This kind of anxiety constantly squeezes a person's life and emotions.

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Why do people have "squirrel syndrome"?

1. Obsession with the past

cannot be said to be "emotional", but rather obsessional.

For example:

He keeps everything his predecessor gave him and is not willing to throw it away;

He is also reluctant to delete the things he accumulated from his previous job;

knows clearly that they are no longer useful, and he will not even think about them for some time in the future. I will look at it again, and I won’t be willing to throw away things that I won’t use.

worn clothes, broken toys, expired tickets, etc.

always dwells in the past, tends to "see things and miss people", and often lives in his own inner world.

is unwilling to step out of the small world he set up and hit a wall in reality, preferring to be immersed in thoughts of "reminiscing about the past."

This is not a healthy mentality.

2. "Escape from reality"

There are some hoarders who often make excuses for their laziness.

This is a gradual process:

When he started, the house was not that messy; when he realized that the house was very messy, he had no intention of cleaning up the house.

When I get home from get off work every day, I feel depressed when I see the messy environment.

Therefore, they would rather find various excuses to stay outside than go home;

would rather find various excuses for themselves to be busy than pack their things.

This is a kind of "inertial escapist thinking".

3. Worrying too much about the future, but not optimistic about the present

are unwilling to accept the present, so they are immersed in the past;

are not optimistic about the present, and also worry about the future, so they always think about "planning for the future."

Just like when the epidemic first broke out, many people rushed to stock up on vegetables and food at home.

But things are stored at home, and the chances of using them are very small; in the end, they will either be given away, or they will expire and be wasted.

Some people go crazy buying clothes for their children when they are just born.

But babies grow very fast. In the blink of an eye, the clothes you bought will no longer fit.

This is a waste of time and energy, giving it to people around you, and you may not meet the right one.

"Excessive worry about the future" can also easily lead a person to develop a greedy and wasteful mentality.

There is also a saying that:

People who love hoarding are a kind of "compensation mentality" for the past.

Retaliatory consumption and retaliatory hoarding are because we were unable to obtain these things in the past; now that we have certain economic conditions, we must try our best to satisfy ourselves.

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How to change the "squirrel syndrome mentality"?

1. Effective organization, subtracting from life

Put things that are not used on the desktop into the kitchen for storage and organization;

Wardrobe Either give away, donate or throw away the clothes you can no longer wear;

Excessive hoarding of apps and chat history on your phone will only make your experience of using your phone worse;

Put everything in your home away , all summarized and organized.

Before throwing it away or giving it away, ask yourself a few questions:

Will these things be used frequently in the future? Are these things

really suitable for me? Are these things

more useful or more wasteful?

Organizing your life is like organizing your social life.

For you, you should stay away from meaningless social interactions and circles;

The same goes for subtraction in life.

2. Have the mentality of "living in the present" and not biting off more than you can chew

What is living in the present?

It’s not about being drunk now, but not being too obsessed with the past and not being too pessimistic about the future.

Only by cherishing the present can you reduce your nostalgia for the past;

By seizing the present and creating more value, can you reduce your pessimism about your future life.

To bite off more than you can chew means only using a little at a time, only buying a little, and only possessing a part.

When the refrigerator is empty, you can go to the supermarket to buy vegetables for 2-3 days instead of hoarding vegetables for a week.

When you can’t finish the food and it goes bad, your frustration and guilt will be far greater than the pleasure you feel when you consume it.

Anything that is done "too hard" will not make you happy in the end.

You should get corresponding rewards for every effort you make and for every planned time.

For example:

If you work for an hour, you have to make yourself serious for 50 minutes, and you can't fish for an hour;

arranges a "small plan schedule" every day to polish yourself in the gaps in life.

Today’s topic:

Do you have “squirrel syndrome”?

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