Some people may have questions about this psychological disorder, revolving in the orbit of what is the difference between the hobby of collecting collectibles and hoarding itself, but the answer leads us to the fact that the first is nothing but a natural matter, but hoarding is a different matter, as it contradicts the hobby, and makes the person accumulate things from around in a disorganized manner and finds it hard to get rid of them.
In this context, the psychologist, Sarah Hawsawi, believes that the prevalence of compulsive hoarding disorder between both sexes is equal, and is subject to a number of causes that the patient suffers from, such as emotional trauma, anxiety, age, as well as heredity.
Hawsawi toldNews 24There are many reasons for compulsive hoarding, and one of them is emotion. For example, a person may be very inclined towards the past, or he may have lived a difficult childhood, or emotional traumas in the prime of his life, which produced sadness and pain, and therefore it is difficult to get rid of some of those possessions that he accumulated. “.
She added, “This disorder is also closely related to the elderly, as they see hoarding as an integral part of their daily lives, as they express themselves by storing junk, for example.”
She stated that the person with hoarding sees that everything he owns is part of his emotional formation, and there can never come a day to replace it. If he feels that, he becomes anxious and disturbed, and thus loses a sense of psychological security.
Hawsawi revealed that heredity plays an important role in developing this disease, as it is possible that if the mother or father suffers from the disease, the son in his life stages may be affected by this hoarding behavior.
She called on people who live in a state of hoarding to review psychiatric clinics, to obtain appropriate medical supervision, and to get rid of this condition, so as not to exacerbate its effects.
