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    Symptoms
    If you are experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms, contact a health care provider.

    The first signs are build-up of clutter and refusal to throw away things that are not needed.

    Other symptoms include:

    • Acquiring a lot of items that are not needed despite lacking space
    • Persistent difficulty throwing out things
    • A need to keep items
    • Filling up the rooms with clutter rendering some things unusable
    • Indecisiveness
    • Procrastination
    • Avoidance personalities

    Causes

    • The exact cause is not clearly known but it may be attributed to genetics and stressful life events.
    • Risk factors include:
    • Indecisive or procrastinating personality
    • Family history – people with close relatives with the disorder are more likely to acquire the disorder
    • Stressful life events – like losing possessions in a tragedy, or loss of a loved one

    Prevention

    There is no known way to prevent it.

    Complications

    If untreated the complications may include

    • Family conflicts
    • Trapping by the clutter
    • Isolation from others
    • Health hazards due to unhygienic conditions
    • Fire hazards
    • Legal issues, like eviction
    • Increased risk of falls
    • Poor work performance

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    Hoarding is a severe psychological disorder where a person gathers an excessive number of items and stores them. The reasons someone become a hoarder include altered brain connections, genetics, stress, OCD, environmental factors and altered levels of serotonin. Doctors point to several potential causes for a person to become a hoarder.
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    Why do people with hoarding disorder hoard items?
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    Why am I hoarding a lot?
    It's likely to be a combination of factors. Hoarding can be related to difficult experiences and painful feelings. You may find these hard to express, face or resolve. Some people say hoarding helps them cope with other mental health problems, or distracts them from feeling very anxious, upset or afraid.
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