After having some time to get over the experience of this Tuesday I've come to the conclusion that there has most probably been a miscommunication between the declutterers & myself. I sure they didn't mean to be what I perceived as insensitive etc or cause me the distress that then followed. They are a small organisation (charity) & only have 6 month experience in this (hoarding) area.
It probably would of been much better if the kind of approach that was used by the psychologist (some time ago) was used here in this situation. Unfortunately they (psychologist) offered advice & cognitive behavioural therapy but no actual practical, physical help. Even when they did the home visits it was a case of standing over me & guiding me with such questions as what to do with this & where to put that, but with NO actual practical hands on help. While the charity I'm now working with seems to work the over way round.
What was most disheartening was being forced to throw away things, actually not even forced, as much of it was being done without my knowledge or consent. I made the mistake of thinking that as had happened with the home visits from the psychologist, that I would be asked what I wanted to do with different things & that I wouldn't be forced to throw away anything until I was ready to. That it would go to one side to be dealt with later. I thought I would have the peace of mind in knowing that nothing would leave my house without my knowledge.
Anyway, blah blah blah I'm rambling, so I will leave it there for now.
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