#actuallycompulsive

Hoarding is the persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value. Hoarding disorder affects an estimated 2% to 6% of the U.S. population. (clevelandclinic.org)

“Someone who hoards may exhibit the following:

Inability to throw away possessions

Severe anxiety when attempting to discard items

Great difficulty categorizing or organizing possessions

Indecision about what to keep or where to put things

Distress, such as feeling overwhelmed or embarrassed by possessions

Suspicion of other people touching items

Obsessive thoughts and actions: fear of running out of an item or of needing it in the future; checking the trash for accidentally discarded objects

Functional impairments, including loss of living space, social isolation, family or marital discord, financial difficulties, health hazards (adaa.org)”

“Compulsive hoarding includes ALL three of the following:

A person collects and keeps a lot of items, even things that appear useless or of little value to most people, and

These items clutter the living spaces and keep the person from using their rooms as they were intended, and

These items cause distress or problems in day-to-day activities.”

“Some estimate that as many as 1 in 4 people with OCD also have compulsive hoarding. Recent research suggests that nearly 1 in 5 compulsive hoarders have non-hoarding OCD symptoms (iocdf hoarding fact sheet).”

Hoarding vs. Normal Clutter and/or Collecting

oh yeah i got one!!

so if you bring up one of your intrusive thoughts to these people who also claim to have them they'll literally just say you're trying to be edgy or call you a p*do for having,,, intrusive thoughts.

like that's the whole point. we don't like having them. they're severely disturbing. what do you think "intrusive" means? they are not at all enjoyable. it's not some sick, violent and/or perverse fantasy we secretly dream of living out one day. if that were the case, that'd be a completely different issue.