Hoarding is an endless fight with discarding or departing with their possessions, regardless of the value of the items. People with this disorder get severe anxiety when attempting to throw out any item but tend to get overwhelmed about their possessions. For those who hoard, the quantity of their collected items sets them apart from other people. Hoarding ranges from moderate to extreme and in some cases, it can severely impair the functioning of your daily life. There is not much difference between anyone else as to why they keep the items. Most items have a sentimental value, it could be useful in the future, or the item is easy or attractive to look at. The causes of hoarding are still unknown but it is usually associated with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and …show more content…
With more people getting treatment for hoarding, researchers are able to estimate that about one in every four people with OCD are also hoarders. It is affecting approximately 700,000 to 1.4 million people in the US, which is 5% of the population. This is two times more than OCD and four times more than bipolar and schizophrenia while 50% of hoarders suffer from depression as well. Genetics also factor about 50% of the problems, while 50% of hoarders actually grew up in a hoarding household. To get their anger and frustration out, 75% of hoarders engage in excessive bullying of others and they are three times more likely to become overweight or obese. About 75% of hoarders are excessive buyers, but 50% of the items they acquire are free. The hardest part about hoarding is only 15% know they have it so there is not a way to treat the rest, but from those people who are able to get help, about 73% of those demonstrate positive results from cognitive behavior