The Relationship Between Hoarding and Cluttering

Gabe: I see hoarding as hanging on to stuff that I don't like when in actuality it's causing this, I don't want to use the word trauma, but maybe it's causing distress in their lives. Every single person who hoards has told me they started out with clutter. But every person who has clutter is not necessarily going to go on to develop hoarding disorder. When you create a hazard for yourself, no matter how big or how small that hazard is, you are probably also creating a hazard.