The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we relate with each other, at least for a long time to come. That's because close proximity, and strange environments cause us anxiety, even when we are with familiar friends. And a meeting with a stranger exaggerates that fear. … [Read more...]
Valuing and Clearing a Hoarded House for Probate
Probate is a legal term derived from the Latin word ‘probatum’ meaning something proved. Nowadays we use it in the sense of winding up a deceased estate. And incidentally clearing a hoarded house as may be needed too. The probate process includes identifying the … [Read more...]
Clearing a Hoarder’s House While Checking for Value
Hoarding disorder is a compulsion that compels afflicted people to store things up for no apparent reason. This distinguishes the condition from a desire to collect items of social value. Hoarding tends to develop later in life, sometimes after a psychological … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarders House in the Lonely Age of COVID
Compulsive hoarding is a pattern of behaviour in which affected people acquire large quantities of objects they seem unable to throw away. However, this is not the result of a conscious decision to collect. There are deep-seated drivers behind the fixation we may … [Read more...]
Royal College of Psychiatrists Info for Hoarder Friends
If you are worried someone you know is developing, or has hoarding syndrome then this post is for you. What we provide here is only for information, and is not medical advice. You may however use this knowledge to help decide whether you need to consult a medical … [Read more...]
Unusual Angle on Hoarding May Shed Fresh Light
Hoarding seems embedded in the English psyche if for no reason that the habit is so persistent. Scientists have been re-visiting Anglo-Saxon hoards in England, and wondering why they dumped such valuable things. Artefacts found in the Tattershall hoard in … [Read more...]
How Memories Are a Barrier to Hoarders Releasing Objects
Well over a million people living in the UK are significant hoarders. It is one thing to keep things for sentimental value. However, when the collection starts affecting lifestyle then perhaps welfare should intervene. Scientists at University of Bath have been … [Read more...]
An Overview of Hoarding UK and Its Charitable Goals
Hoarding UK is a UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting people who hoard. It ran a successful UK National Hoarding Roadshow in 2018, and is launching the next ones in Wales and Scotland later this year. While that’s a bit too far away for some of us, we thought it … [Read more...]
The Typical Profile of a UK Hoarder is Food for Thought
The typical UK hoarder is getting on in years and may have a mental condition associated with aging. That’s a perfectly normal thing, because we have not evolved into living forever. Besides, death is the only way to get out of this place and if it’s a gradual … [Read more...]
Hoarding is More Than a Sign Calling for Help
We have become accustomed to information signs guiding us through airport terminals and along highways. Moreover, when we lose our way in a computer app, we click on the question mark and all is revealed. Hence it follows - or so we think - there is a … [Read more...]
