Hoarder house

Photographer Arnaud Chochon spent a year with Jean, a 60-year-old hoarder whose house is cleaned out once a year, for health and safety reasons.

Most of us have a friend, a relative, or a neighbor who seems to pack his or her home with unnecessary stuff. Researchers are just beginning to understand why.

Let's be fair, living space decor can make or break it when it comes to one's home. Of course, all of us are entitled to our own opinions regarding how we'd like to decorate our houses... but that doesn't necessarily mean that those decisions are great either.

Hands up if you secretly/openly love the TV programs that display creaking tables covered in the diets of the morbidly obese, or piles of newspapers collected by heartbroken hoarders. Carrie M. Becker, a sculptor and photographer (who, judging by the dark tagline on this project may or may not have been through a divorce recently) has taken obsessive mass-hoarding and gluttony to a whole new level; building and photographing tiny models of junk-filled rooms in dollhouses to represent the…

If you’ve recently inherited a hoarder home, you may feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of stuff. Follow this guide to find any valuables in the mess.

Homeopath Lynn Amara discusses hoarding disorder, providing rubrics such as fear, poverty, fear, misfortune, delusion he is ruined, as well as indications for about twenty remedies.

GRAPHIC: The Dirty, Stinking Truth About Real-Life Hoarders

front room of hoarder house clearance

Hoarding disorder is a widespread condition that affects millions of people worldwide. However, many individuals may not even realize that they have this disorder. In a recent article, Dr. Robin Zasio, a clinical psychologist and hoarding expert, shares three ways to identify if you are a secret hoarder. One of the key signs of secret hoarding is feeling overwhelmed by possessions and struggling to let go of items that hold sentimental value or memories. This often leads to cluttered living…