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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by CipherThrowaway on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:51PM (#34583602)
Non-ADHD weaker clutter tolerance means that lots of people need to hide stuff to keep it from bothering them.

Clutter intolerance can have a profound impact on daily life for sufferers. Many will engage in maladaptive coping strategies such as ritualistic tidying and avoiding cluttered rooms or spaces. Whether tolerance can be improved through therapy is an area of active research. Unfortunately, clutter intolerance is thought to be neurobiological.

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by cwillu on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:35PM (#34584312)
I had a couple friends barge into my suite and tidy everything up because they were worried about me.

“There, doesn't that feel better?”

“Yes [I will say anything that will make you go away, and then I will cower in the corner of a room that is no longer my bedroom in a suite that is no longer my home]”

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Re:Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you re... by papandada on Monday January 30, 2023 @01:00PM (#34583742)
This is hilarious -- though I have been shamed throughout my life for clutter as though it were a moral defect.
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