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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;I Like Trees, post: 290815, member: 10463&quot;]<b>Lie back on the couch and put a nickel in the can (silver preferred)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Believe me, there are equally frustrating, and even far worse situations that do not involve quilting.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quilter who actually uses the fabric to make things is not a hoarder. By the medical definition, if the quilter&#039;s hobby does not interfere with the person&#039;s ability to lead a well-balanced, fulfilling life, it is not pathological. Keeping fabric would become pathological if the cloth were never used, but only accumulated, and the collection got in the way of normal activities, such as friendship or bathing.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone&#039;s collecting behavior annoys you, it is not necessarily hoarding, but it may be a point of frustration that needs to be worked out with a compromise all household members can agree to, if not like, otherwise buried resentment leads to relational strife.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Any more instances called for of free, unqulified, metal health advice?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, thanks to clembo for expanding the list of links from page 1 of thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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