Research shows that hoarding stems from executive-function struggles, where emotion overpowers decision-making.

Having grown up with food insecurity, Kimi Ceridon and her sister see how their childhood experiences continue to leave their mark on their lives. Ceridon looks back on how she would sneak off to her ...

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Behind closed doors across the country, millions of individuals are quietly overwhelmed by something most of us take for granted: our relationship with things we bring into our homes. The ...

Although the general population often thinks that hoarding disorder (HD) is common, it is not. As a collector, I often have to make that distinction. I am not a hoarder, but a collector. I have ...

The habit crept up on Kim. She would arrive at garage sales as they were ending to pick up what remained. “I’d load my car full of the free stuff on the side of the road: clothes, things that needed ...

Hoarding disorder affects about 1 person in 40 in the United States. While most of us have at least a few prized possessions we’d have a hard time letting go of, those with this disorder are compelled ...