Why People Hoard with Julie Pike, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Is There a Difference Between Hoarding and OCD?
People feel a sense of comfort when they have their spaces filled up. Hoarding was only given its own diagnostic criteria in the DSM in 2013, but in the past it was considered a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder. We also know that people who have trauma often feel safer surrounded by their stuff. The point of making a diagnosis is to inform treatment and increase understanding and empathy.
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