Emotion regulation and hoarding symptomsHoardingEmotionEmotion regulationImpulsivityAlexithymiaCognitionsHoarding disorder is a disabling condition associated with significant health risks, and social, occupational, and economic impairment. While the cognitive-behavioral model of compulsive hoarding has been ...
Hoarding Disorder is a complex condition with multifaceted complications that extend beyond the visible accumulation of items. These complications—cognitive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, social isolation, physical health risks, and poor insight—are deeply intertwined with underlying neuropsycholog...
Some researchers conceptualize hoarders as having addictive traits when it comes to objects. This means they have a strong desire to acquire items, and keeping them fulfills an emotional need that makes discarding the item highly upsetting.4 The symptoms of hoarding disorder include:5 Lasting proble...
However, it is the number and amount of acquiring, and the negative impact on functioning and the emotional reaction to their possessions that is the defining feature of HD in youth. SIGNS & SYMPTOMS Thoughts & Beliefs (Note: very young children may be unable to identify specific thoughts): ...
Attachment theory and hoarding disorder: A review and theoretical integration 2020, Behaviour Research and Therapy Show abstract Pinning our possessions: Associations between digital hoarding and symptoms of hoarding disorder 2019, Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Show abstract Assessing ...
Causes for HD include experiencing strong emotional attachment to items, deficits in executive functioning, behavioral avoidance, or early developmental factors.[1]As a result of hoarding, those with the disorder oftendo not allow visitors in, such as family and friends, or repair and maintenance ...
Researchers believe that there may be two types of hoarding disorder. Hoarding that begins in childhood or adolescence is more likely related to OCD, with symptoms of anxiety temporarily relieved by saving things. In older adults, hoarding may begin with a traumatic life experience, such as ...
Symptoms of hoarding disorder may first appear at around 11 to 15 years old. But the disorder often doesn’t become problematic until later in life. There are a few reasons why someone’s hoarding behaviors increase later in life. Their parents may die, leaving behind a house full of items...
The experience of two types of childhood trauma (emotional abuse and physical neglect) predicted higher levels of hoarding symptoms. Attachment anxiety and avoidance were positively correlated with hoarding symptoms and with emotional attachment to possessions. Current attachment insecurity and emotional ...
Although the term 'hoarding' is often casually used to describe a person that has a lot of things or doesn't like to throw things away, in a clinical sense, hoarding is generally the result of or related to an anxiety disorder. When hoarding is related to anxiety, a person will likely...