Interesting Article about Hoarding

[tommom]

I know that some of us here are in relationships with someone who hoards. This particular question: "Is hoarding related to disassociation" has come up and I finally found an article related!

Here it is: https://www.discussingdissociation.com/2009/12/compulsive-hoarding-and-dissociative-disorders/

[Poison Ivy]

Thank you for sharing this.

[Call Me Cordelia]

Oh my gosh Shop and Drop. That was my grandfather... He would go to the auction and buy the boxes of random junk at the end for a couple of dollars. It was a mystery box, you didn't know what you were bidding on. He would take it home, sometimes not even look inside, and dump it in the garage. He had a two car garage with no room for a car.

A common hoarder line seems to be, "You'll see how valuable it all is when I die." Coins, "collectibles," baseball cards, old toys... Junk. I never thought of it as identifying with the stuff. Throwing out their stuff is throwing away THEM.

[tommom]

Yes, Cordelia! And the part about their need to "connect with items and animals as opposed to people" really does make sense.