https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:54:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065555 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:37:59 +0000 Peri 1065555@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm sure you are joking, but I don't quite understand! If it is great stuff you like, why think you have to get rid of any of it? Please don't purge just to purge!</p> <p>I've never been in the situation where I've been overwhelmed by too many good things. Currently I feel a little overwhelmed by the amount of outdated things I'm tired of that I still hang on to, even after my big purge. And I'm a little overwhelmed by the things that are just fine but don't make me happy because my tastes have changed.</p> <p>But if I was full up with stuff I loved, I don't think I'd be feeling terrified! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065448 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 23:33:28 +0000 Misia 1065448@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Think of it as a&nbsp;good thing, at least you have choices! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065447 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 23:32:55 +0000 Deborah 1065447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL!&nbsp; Shoes do not count.&nbsp; I have not been terrified, but definitely overwhelmed by the lovely things I own but struggle to wear (suggesting perhaps that I still have too many things, despite massive culling).</p> <p>I understand your dilemma tho, not knowing what the immediate future holds.&nbsp; Given that I would be a little reluctant to be too brutal.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065436 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 23:25:52 +0000 Carla 1065436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just right! I'm actually feeling pretty smug because I have a nice little 'curated' wardrobe of things I really love and my need/ want list is very small. I'm getting lots of joy out of my clothes with ++ happiness factor each and every day...even super casual Saturday and Sunday.</p> <p>From now on I think I can do Angie's one in, one out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065307 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:45:17 +0000 Jyoti 1065307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Overwhelmed, totally. &nbsp;I am currently back home temporarily though, and after having gone four months with a severely pared-down wardrobe (it all fits in one suitcase!), I am really, really happy with the amount of stuff I own right now lol. &nbsp;I just need the variety!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065277 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:08:51 +0000 Mo 1065277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Does it help if I tell you every time I move I think it will be the last? &nbsp;Seriously. &nbsp;And yet . . .<br />With my crazy opposing climate moving I still only have under 150 pieces, including shoes and outerwear. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Moving every year or year and a half (even just halfway, leaving stuff behind in CA) makes one consider what they have, what they want to bring, what can be left behind. &nbsp;It's hard. &nbsp;I think I've let go of a lot, considering, &nbsp;I still have an unworn Spiegel lemming at home in the Tahoe closet, and some of the dresses I bought here in FL didn't get worn at all last year in Tahoe. &nbsp;<br />And yet . . .&nbsp;<br />I don't have too much. &nbsp;It doesn't overwhelm me. &nbsp;It fits in a 4 foot closet. &nbsp;<br />So I guess I feel that I have all my bases covered but I don't feel overwhelmed by fabric ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065274 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:05:03 +0000 Debbie 1065274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Terrified might not be the right word for me anyway. I just did a major purge and was very proud and now I seem bent on filling the closet back up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065265 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:54:28 +0000 ironkurtin 1065265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wish I knew what the future held for me (see earlier threads).&nbsp; That would help in letting go of some things, you know? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065260 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 19:50:12 +0000 amiable 1065260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Me too. &nbsp;I'm overwhelmed by my wardrobe of good things. &nbsp;Shoes included. &nbsp;I'm trying to work up to a major purge, and not sure how to deal with the fact that I have a birthday shopping trip scheduled in a few weeks with my favorite shopping friend. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065205 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:59:46 +0000 Gaylene 1065205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know if I'd use the word "terrified", but "dismayed"--yes. I'm always reminded of the adage that the more you have, the more you want when I look at my closet. At other points in my life, my budget curbed my "wants", but, now, I'm the one who has to put the curb on my buying. And the purging just seems to add fuel to the fire because it eliminates my mistakes and mis-steps so they don't confront me day after day. That's why I force myself to "diet" every couple of seasons by restricting myself to only buying a set number of items in a year. </p> <p>And sorry, ladies, but shoes and handbags <b>do</b> count. As do bras, layering tops, and all the other stuff that fills our wardrobes. ;)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065199 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:56:30 +0000 janjan 1065199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>shoes don't count, I agree.&nbsp;Also handbags too or is that just my excuse. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065093 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:37:41 +0000 deb 1065093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes DO NOT count! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/is-it-normal-to-be-terrified-by-what-you-own#post-1065082 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:24:56 +0000 ironkurtin 1065082@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG I have too many nice things. I think it's time to be brutal.&nbsp; Surely no one needs this sheer poundage of fabric in their lives.</p> <p>Shoes though.&nbsp; Maybe shoes don't count. </p>