Hording is a psychological symptom. It is very rarely caused by an inability to physically function, or severe trauma (some depression era adults began hording out of fear of another great time of need), but most have no physical or traumatic reason for hording. Far more often it is a symptom, or the main symptom, of other root psychological causes. To not address those causes means the disorder is unlikely to end, as most who have dealt with horders know too well. Medications to control hording are probably more toward controlling anxiety and chemical responses in the brain, such as beta-blockers, which are highly useful for many anxiety caused disorders. This is just one example, and they help far more people than you seem to understand. There is no reeason we cannot expand our knowledge and include hording. Also, there is the point that people with these problems are often poor and unable to pay for help or therapy. If hording is considered a true disorder, it is far more likely to be covered by insurance, which is often the only access americans have to health care at all. If they have that much.
Hording is an illness, and the people that have it, like alcoholics, don't know they have a problemHording is interesting because we are moving toward an era where lots of stuff will quickly become scarce in the sense few people can afford them. Perhaps you people should be looking at methods of long term storage of really valuable stuffs which will soon be priced out of affordability much like gold already is for the commoner.
Hording is not something that has ever appealed to me. But it's out there, and now comes word that a local psychologist,. , will be appearing on the cable tv show "confessions: animal hording" to provide some advice. The animal planet show airs wednesday evenings and portrays the human condition that affects people and their animals. Apparently this is the third season in which dr. Gonzales has appeared on the show. For all you hoarders, tune in for some free advice. : school is back in session and for many teachers, it will be a much more difficult year in the classroom.
Hording is hurting others and is a health risk. How could one approach him, is there a way to? our family would love to say to him, "hey we love you and all, but this is seriously out of hand, we can help you with this, but you have to let us get rid of this stuff, especially the rotting food. " i just don't know what to do, because if he isn't out and out angry he seems to get back at us in other ways if we make him mad. I do not understand why he can not at least see that he is making life almost unlivable for the family he lives with. I know he knows he needs to clean up, but it doesn't seem to register the pain he is putting all the rest through. How do you tell someone who has a scary temper that they are hurting you and your family?.
