Hoarders Information Network Team-HINT

12/20/2013

HOARDERS ARE PEOPLE TOO!! There are many types of hoarders and levels of hoarding. Many hoarders begin young as children and follow a parent or siblings example of what is normal. A mess may be a mess to some but to a hoarder it has "meaning". Each piece of paper or picture may actually represent something. There is some irrationality to hoarding but for the hoarder it makes perfect sense. Just like any other behavior hoarding is a learned behavior that gets out of control quickly. There are very few places in our communities where hoarding is acceptable. Everyone sees hoarders as "abnormal", " unorganized", "deficient in some way" all of these descriptions are inaccurate. Many high functioning intellectual people have hoarding issues.

10/11/2013

Some people actually have schizophrenia and hoarding but it is somewhat rare for this to be the first signs of a hoarder.
Most people used to think of hoarding as a harmless eccentricity — however, this compulsion has begun to be linked with serious forms of mental illness like obsessive-compulsive disorder and schizophrenia. And recently, compulsive hoarding has begun to receive attention in schizophrenia research. In fact, people with schizophrenia often engage in hoarding behavior.

10/11/2013

Helping a Hoarder
Do you have any advice concerning a man who buys things that are unnecessary for his everyday life? He buys more food, housewares, electronics, and home furnishings than he needs, and then buys storage cabinets and containers to store excess items. This has been going on for a long time and it's causing problems with relatives. — Kay, Pennsylvania. Kay, the behavior that you are describing fits a www.everydayhealth.com
Is Hoarding Different From Other Kinds of OCD?
Everyday Health: Hoarding is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. What makes it different from other kinds of OCD? Debbie Stanley, LLPC, NCC, CPO-CD ( debbiestanley.com ) Hoarding behavior can be a symptom of a number of conditions, whereas obsessive-compulsive disorder is a distinct condition of which hoarding can be one symptom. In addition to OCD (an anxiety disorder), I have most often seen www.everydayhealth.com

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