Ken asks…Is Hoarding considered a disease of some kind?I watched the show Hoarding: Buried Alive last night and was completey and utterly disgusted. I really can't understand how anyone could live like that.Anne answers:Definition: Pathological or compulsive hoarding is a specific type of behavior characterized by:
•acquiring and failing to throw out a large number of items that would appear to have little or no value to others (e.g., papers, notes, flyers, newspapers, clothes)
•severe cluttering of the person’s home so that it is no longer able to function as a viable living
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