Junk Collectors Have Type A Personalities: "A" For Addicted

Collectors On The Couch Series
Kitsch n Shrink Discusses:

Are the personalities of junk collectors WNL (within normal limits) or off the charts? In a nutshell (no pun intended) junksters (junk collectors) have Type A Personalities ...and that's "A" for ADDICTED TO JUNK. Junksters like hanging out with other junk maniacs and consider themselves perfectly SANE in a crazy material world.

The Lines Of Normality Are Blurred For Junk Collectors

Lets face it , when you are talking to another dumpster diver the lines of normality are completely blurred. Come on, only a fellow junk addict could stomache hearing about rescuing an old broken, rusty plant stand from a pile of manure and not passing any judgment on this outrageous behavior.

The Sweat, The Dirt, The Cooties, The Joy

Junksters (addicts) completely understand it when another Type A collector explains the ups and downs of picking (hunting for antiques and collectibles and other valuable or useful junk). The sweat, the dirt, the cooties........the JOY!

Type A collectors immediately sympathize with other junk friends who develop a wicked Poison Ivy rash after stomping around the grounds of abandoned house looking for goodies..What's a bottle of Calamine lotion to an addicted collector who can turn a rusty pipe into towel bar?

Let's talk Amongst Ourselves

And to be totally honest, who cares what the real shrinks say? Let's just talk amongst ourselves. We love what we do, we are a creative, passionate, loyal bunch of junk collectors who would sell the shirt off our backs to the right buyer.
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