JAHD | Junk Accumulation Hyperactive Disorder | Incurable Condition

JAHD affects the brain of those afflicted, is totally misunderstood by your spouse and neighbors, is not covered under any health insurance plan and was not considered in the Health Care Reform Act.

I have been self-diagnosed with JAHD (Junk Accumulating Hyperactive Disorder).  Some symptoms are,

• no matter how much you have there is always one more thing you have to have,
• a chronic inability to keep your hand in your pocket at an auction,
• your outbuildings are full and running over,
• your yard is covered with cars, trucks, tractors and other miscellaneous items,
• more restoration projects than you could possibly finish if you lived to be 120 years old.

I have found that JAHD is not a lonely condition and not to be dreaded.  Actually, I enjoy it.  Everywhere I go I find someone of like mind to visit with.  When traveling the countryside, if the natural scenery is obscured by old vehicles or machinery, it is still a pleasant view.

When JAHD has a real hold, sufferers have the ability to remember the locations of hundreds of items around the country, even though they may not be able to recall their spouse’s or their kids’ birthdays.

The condition is incurable, but can go into remission at times, due to a lack of funds.

I do feel we are being discriminated against when the health insurance companies declare JAHD uninsurable. After all JAHD is a handicapping condition. Congress deliberately did not address the issue in the Healthcare Reform Act. Possibly they are fellow sufferers but have not come to realization of the situation or are not willing to admit it.  Or many of them are ‘beautification addicts” who do not have a real appreciation for items with clear ‘historical significance’.    Remember when Lady Bird Johnson forced all of the junk yards to build solid fences around their property?  Of all the bad things I recall about the Johnson years, this is the worst. How can anyone know what good stuff might be in those places when you can’t see over the fence.

Indulge your JAHD and load up something you are proud of to bring it to Sho-Me Your Wheels at Wilder Days in Mansfield, Missouri.  The date is September 18, 2010.  See you there among all of the other sufferers.