Compulsive hoarding
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Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding or disposaphobia or the Messie mindset) is a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire (and failure to use or discard) a significant amount of possessions, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary. Compulsive hoarding causes significant clutter and impairment to basic living activities, including mobility, cooking, cleaning, showering, and sleeping. A person who engages in compulsive hoarding is commonly said to be a "pack rat", in reference to that animal's apparent fondness for material objects.
It is not clear whether compulsive hoarding is an isolated disorder, or rather a symptom of another condition, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder Hoarding unnecessary possessions may be referred to as syllogomania.
See also
- Bibliomania
- Collecting
- Diogenes syndrome
- Hoarding
- Impulse control disorder
- Collyer brothers, notable hoarders
- Edmund Trebus, notable hoarder
- Alexander Kennedy Miller, hoarded about 30 Stutz automobiles
- Simple living
