The line between collecting and hoarding isn’t always clear to the casual observer. While one person’s carefully curated vinyl record collection might occupy an entire room, another’s seemingly random ...

From the outside, animal hoarding often looks like compassion for vulnerable critters. A person may appear to be taking in unwanted pets or rescuing animals that no one else will help. However, inside ...

Amanda Uhle’s recent book Destroy This House (Summit Books, 2025) opens with an unsettling image of her parents’ home: “The garage in their Pontiac home was filled with food, much of it perishable.

Last year, I wrote about animal hoarding. In part, this was spurred by an animal hoarder I knew, the daughter of a friend. Her hoarding was not so extreme that the animals suffered. Still, I wondered ...

Individuals who experience hoarding related to OCD may have distressing feelings about discarding items. It can drive compulsive saving behaviors that they recognize as excessive. Obsessive-compulsive ...