Psychological Hoarding and Government Induced Hoarding

The Mayo Clinic describes a hoarder as a person who survives in cluttered living spaces, moves items from one pile to another without the ability to throw anything away, acquires seemingly useless items, empty boxes, wrappers, trash, newspapers, magazines, bits of paper, and discarded old toys, ratty clothes, household supplies, and spoiled food. Such a hoarder would buy, search for, and store items of little to no value. It is alleged that there are more males than females who exhibit such a disorder and 2-6% of the population exhibits hoarding disorders. Causes of hoarding may include heredity, brain damage, serotonin issues, and other medical conditions.