Since I may want to upgrade from my cheapo Remington 1200 I will keep an eye on your posts.I have both deslecsia which make it hard to type my responses at times, or do math, and OCD. Compulsive buying, triple checking things. Having to count things several times even if I know I'm right etc...
I have found that tinkering on my existing guns helps in keeping me from buying more. I will buy myself one occasionally. But in more recent times I buy them, fix them. Will shoot them for awhile and then sell them. Or one of my others. I also will buy smaller purchases pellets, tools etc.... instead of a new airgun.
I think most of you don't have my disability. But the majority have a bad case of wantisum.
Wanting is better than havingI have both deslecsia which make it hard to type my responses at times, or do math, and OCD. Compulsive buying, triple checking things. Having to count things several times even if I know I'm right etc...
I have found that tinkering on my existing guns helps in keeping me from buying more. I will buy myself one occasionally. But in more recent times I buy them, fix them. Will shoot them for awhile and then sell them. Or one of my others. I also will buy smaller purchases pellets, tools etc.... instead of a new airgun.
I think most of you don't have my disability. But the majority have a bad case of wantisum.
Except when it comes to a full auto .30 airgun. Having is the best.Wanting is better than having
In the end, though, it’s whatever makes them happy, right? We only have a short time here, so might as well make it all about smilesI've know people that are addicted to buying things. To them it's basically the same thing as being a drug addict that is chasing their original high. They get a rush from the purchase and don't even bother to open the box that the item is in because the item wasn't the point of the purchase. The same thing happens to people that buy scratch offs in a bar and if they win they put the winnings into more tickets. It isn't about the money that they won, it's about the next rush from winning. There are many examples of this behavior. It's the reason why a person ends up with 100 cats.
Being happy or mentally healthy are two different things. A person can fill up their house with so much stuff that they only have a path to go from room to room if they can even get to rooms. In a way it's like saying that as long as people are happy by cutting themselves then just let them be. The whole point is, they were never happy in the first place but they found a messed up way to deal with it.In the end, though, it’s whatever makes them happy, right? We only have a short time here, so might as well make it all about smiles
My mother in law was(passed last April) was like that. When my wife went over her parents house to assist her dad in cleaning up the hoarded items, they found a pile of stuff, anywhere from target stores to K mart, items still in their original packaging piled all the way to the ceiling. Tons of vhs movie tapes that were never unwrapped. A lot of wasted dollars for sureBeing happy or mentally healthy are two different things. A person can fill up their house with so much stuff that they only have a path to go from room to room if they can even get to rooms. In a way it's like saying that as long as people are happy by cutting themselves then just let them be. The whole point is, they were never happy in the first place but they found a messed up way to deal with it.