Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studies suggest that between 3% and 5% of the population are compulsive hoarders, posing danger to themselves and others. Photo by ...

Mark was always a loner. His reclusiveness worsened when the coronavirus pandemic emerged. He shied away from having visitors at his home, including members of his family. When he died recently, his ...

Behind closed doors across the country, millions of individuals are quietly overwhelmed by something most of us take for granted: our relationship with things we bring into our homes. The ...

At what point does a collection become hoarding? All of us at one time or another had collections whether of stamps, books or plates. “People collect and save objects as a hobby in virtually all ...

Some of the treatment options for compulsive hoarding are therapy, medication, support groups, and help from a professional organizer. Everyone likes having stuff in their home, and many people are ...

The clutter and trash blanketing a Moorhead woman's home couldn't hide the irony in a few possessions. Amid the flotsam of the middle-aged woman's life was "The Power of Positive Thinking," the ...

Hoarding, a condition often sensationalized in the media and misunderstood by the public, is a complex psychological disorder that affects millions of individuals worldwide. Characterized by the ...

When Madison Lovelle put on a hazmat suit and blue gloves to enter her late father’s Oklahoma condo, she knew the cleanup ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It causes a person to have intrusive, distressing thoughts, which they manage using compulsive behaviors. For example, a person, who fixates ...

Madison Lovelle posts videos of her cleaning out her father's hoarded house, which she inherited after his death.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) --News stories about hoarding seem to appear with greater frequency these days, telling tales of people who have little space to eat or sleep because their floors, countertops ...