CURE FOR MODEL A FORD HOARDERS FOUND! According to a recent article in the New York Daily News (see “Hoarding to Receive New Clinical Definition by the Psychiatric Association ‘Bible’ “ by Christine Roberts, 12/9/12) the new 5th revision to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (“DSM-5”) will redefine “hoarding” and separate it from OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder).
It is estimated that some 4 to 15 million people in the US are hoarders, many of them Model A owners. Now, with the new definition that went into effect in May of 2013 with the publication of DSM-5, a Hoarding Disorder is defined as “persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value.”
Sound familiar?
Herewith the cure: give away at least one Model A part.
To help others who may suffer from Model A-related Hoarding Disorder, I will provide a list of needed Model A parts, along with the address to which they can be shipped (…er, “discarded”). Sorry, no COD discards.
Btw, DSM-5 has also re-titled OCD. It is now “CDO” – the symptoms are the same but the letters are in the proper order…