Are you a collector?

[cassiesmom]

Pathological collecting also goes by the name compulsive hoarding. Dr. Randy Frost (professor at Smith College in Massachusetts) and Dr. Gail Steketee (professor at Boston University) are about the best known researchers and writers in this area. There are a few others "on the rise", too, but Frost and Steketee were the first. I don't hoard animals, food containers, or trash. But I have too many years of accumulated "stuff" that needs to be culled down. I would not wish compulsive hoarding on anybody, not even my worst enemy. That's my soapbox on hoarding.

[dogzr#1]

I collect PotC stuff, and probably have over 60 pieces of merchandise. I also collect PotC/ Johnny Depp pictures and have over 500 of those.

I ALSO collect stuffed animals, although not as much as I used to. I have near 200 of them now, and have kept some for 10 years or more. I know they take up a lot of space in my room, but I just can't sell them or anything.

[Rachel]

When I was a youngster (a long time ago) I had a collection of little dog figurines. Most were china, but I did have some metal and wood ones too. They meant a lot to me and as an adult I wanted to pass them on to dog loving children. Today's kids seem to have such an abundance of stuff that I don't think the little dogs had much meaning to the recipients.

As an adult, I have not really *collected* anything. I do like teapots and there is a certain type of ceramic I would like to acquire some pieces, but I doubt that I would want any more than 5 of anything. Guess I don't have the collector mentality anymore. I still think that my little dog collection and that it really didn't have any importance to anyone else made an impression on me.