How To Tell If You Are A Hoarder

The Possessions Have No Value

Hoarders will collect just about anything under the sun, even if the object in question has no monetary or sentimental value. These items may include junk mail, magazines, catalogs, and newspapers. Other items collected by compulsive hoarders are pieces of clothing no longer worn, broken appliances that have not been fixed in years, various and unnecessary household supplies, food, and even plastic bags. Hoarding is a compulsion, which means anything is a potential possession and fair game to bring into the home, and the individual will have no intention of throwing anything out. They simply feel they cannot do that.

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Collecting Animals

The obsessive-compulsive part of hoarding may lead a person to collect animals such as great numbers of cats. This adds a biological or bacterial threat to an already hazardous situation considering the mess that has already been created in a person’s home. Animal hoarding goes far beyond having multiple pets and caring for them well. When animals come into a hoarder’s home, it becomes even more dangerous than hoarding other objects as the animals in question cannot be cared for safely. In the end, both the animals as well as the individual can suffer greatly in situations like these.

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