I think what’s even more important to consider here is: am I contacting the police, the doctor, or the vet? Because if my stuff is covered in poop I need to make
some phone calls.
To be fair, I’ve seen humans both small and large be involved in some regrettable Norwalk-Virus-related property damage, but at least none of them were, for example, addicted to eating compost.
Oh sure but no other humans besides myself live in my apartment either. Haha Guests are rare and I’d be shocked if any of mine destroyed my entire record collection in one visit! 😂
My baby (🐈⬛ ) died in 2004 & it took me a long time to feel ready to replace him but by the time I was, I’d gotten used to no litter box, no cat hair, no hairballs, puke, piss or shit. No chewing on plastic constantly and no fear of bringing in a poisonous plant! Haha I’m afraid it’s too late for me.
Tbh I've always thought this rule is just asking if things are absorbent and not hot wash appropriate, which seems like a really weird way to prioritise your stuff.
Oh I get what it's supposed to be saying. It's just thats my poop cleaning thought process. I'd be happy to clean poop off anything if it was easy enough. But some of my favourite and most cherished possessions could not withstand a single shitting.
I wonder how much this reflects “have you ever actually cleaned poop off something?”, in that my mind went to where yours does, and part of that I think is the experience of a dear friend’s toddler poohing through their nappy and onto my lovely jacket, which I did NOT keep.
Yeah. As I said in my followups, it's actually more "am I willing to undergo an unpleasant task to keep this?", and is specifically aimed at reframing the thinking of someone with ADHD about our hoarding habits. It doesn't necessarily work when expanded to include everyone.
I don't think so. Say, you have a treasured book signed by an author who is no longer with us, and shit gets on the pages. I don't think I could keep that. But yes, many clothes might be fine.
Don’t worry, my stupid brain’s first thought was “i don’t think i can wash poo off books, so this rule is useless to me”, until I thought about it being an abstract thing.
Also I think it's quite important to note this is another "concept for someone with ADHD gets corrupted into something else while dropping the ADHD bit" thing*. The idea of the original is "would you keep this if you had to engage in an unpleasant task to do so vs just throwing it away" because
The intersection between ADHD and lower/unreliable income doesn’t help. Do I NEED this much yarn and this many knitting needles (many of which I bought because I forgot or lost my needles). I do not. But I’m not sure which ones I do need & how certain am I that I could afford to replace it all?
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some phone calls.
Though sweet videos of cat cuddles do make me waver occasionally. 😊
*See also bullet journals
But if it had poop on it? Nah, bin it.