Our cousins across the pond surely delight in the sensational - nothing seems too shocking for them, or so it seems. One area of great interest seems to be the age-old subject of hoarding. It is proving a lurid, fascinating topic as people accumulate what they regard … [Read more...]
Digital Hoarding a New Compulsion in Cyberspace
Digital Hoarding (AKA e-hoarding or cyber-hoarding) is an excessive tendency to acquire electronic material, and a reluctance to delete it when it is no useful to us. This digital clutter in a growing phenomenon in pop culture, although the medical profession fails … [Read more...]
Hoarding Linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) affects children, teens, and may even continue into adulthood. WebMD defines people with the condition as “hyperactive and unable control their impulses. Or they may have trouble paying attention,” the website … [Read more...]
Lost Will Found After 50 Years Under Hoarded Paper And Clutter
Will Found In Loughton, Essex Heavily Hoarded House In February this year I was asked to attend a property in Loughton, Essex to meet a lady who had the task of clearing out her uncles extremely hoarded house. Not only did the niece have to get the house cleared out … [Read more...]
Clearing Clutter is An Important Step in the Right Direction
None of us wants to inherit the ‘hoarder label’, though each of us is probably guilty of accumulating worthless junk anyway. So how do we ensure that we are not heading down the slippery slope of hoarding? Read on to find out more. Size is Irrelevant Yep, quite … [Read more...]
Does an Obsession with Tidiness Make a Clutterer Happier?
Marie Kondo, born 1984 in Tokyo Japan may have been a bit of a pain when she was growing up. Her Wikipedia page reveals she used to arrive early at school to tidy up the bookshelves in the classroom while her classmates were playing outside. "I was obsessed with what … [Read more...]
There Could Be More to Hoarding Than You Think
There’s more to hoarding than most people think who watch television sitcoms of people clearing houses. Hoarding disorder is far from being a comedy show. It is a serious affliction that may affect people living down your street, or even the folk at work you think you … [Read more...]
A Hoarder Named Judy Comes Out the Closet
An Australian lady named Judy Nicholas had an achingly deprived childhood it’s hard to come to terms with. She had to take her baths out the back in the open until she was twelve. Things improved after her parents separated, and she had her own bedroom under her … [Read more...]
Did Brexit Re-Awaken Our National Penchant for Hoarding?
Kay Neufeld of the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has been thinking of asking Mrs May to revoke Article 50 again. This is not a political decision by the managing economist. It’s about the nuts and bolts issues economists revel in. Kay has noticed … [Read more...]
The Truth About Hoarding Disorder
The Truth About Hoarding Disorder Hoarding, or Hoarding Disorder, describes the practice of unduly saving items that others may view as worthless or excessive, and the persistent difficulty getting rid of these possessions. This leads to immoderate clutter, that … [Read more...]
