HOARDING

With the constant purchasing of new things, the natural problem is having too much stuff. Except the reason this is a problem is when you compulsively buy new things on a regular basis, you are less likely to get rid of them because they seem as a necessity. The result of this is hoarding. Which symptoms include clutter disorganization, acquisition, and saving tendencies which are associated with excessive positive emotion with low-value possessions and anxiety, fear, or sadness associated with loss of possession. Further, as these inactive clothes are kept instead of discarded, in the extreme, it could be argued these are hoarding tendencies. The 3 main symptoms of compulsive hoarding are excessive clutter, excessive acquisition, difficulty discarding

75% of people who hoard also engage in compulsive buying tendencies

Hoarding can take a huge mental toll on the body because the constant thought of cleaning and discarding is always on the back of the mind. Often hoarders don’t start the process ever because they don’t know how and where to even start. The result of this is the hoarding gets worse and worse. One of the most common ways that people get rid of things they no longer want is to just easily throw it in the trash, take it to the curb and forget about it, out of sight out of mind. This again is another “quick fix” type of solution for the situation at hand. The real issue here is it causes a much bigger issue that not a lot of people know about which is clothing waste.