For people who develop hoarding behaviors, possessions take on meanings and values far beyond their practical use. Each item becomes deeply intertwined with emotions, memories, and personal identity ...

As a last resort, Guo's daughter decided to get help to clean the place up, so that her family can enjoy reunion dinner at the house this Lunar New Year. To get her mother to go along with it, she ...

Hoarding is the subject of numerous television shows and popular attention. It is also the subject of new and exciting research that is identifying factors that may contribute to the development and ...

Whether you are someone who lives around piles of things you cannot throw away, you had an aunt who was too embarrassed to let anyone into her cluttered home or you have seen the TV show “Hoarders,” ...

Everyone is guilty of hoarding items in their homes that they don't really need. In fact, it's common for homeowners to find excuses and rationalize the need for not disposing of the things that ...

First, there was reality TV show Hoarders about so-called “hoarders” whose homes were so cluttered they required professional intervention. Then, years after that program introduced hoarding to the ...

We all have those items lurking in the back of our closets or tucked away in drawers that we keep "just in case." Maybe you think you’ll need that random piece of hardware someday, or perhaps it’s a ...