One misconception about hoarding is that people who hoard can’t discard. Not necessarily so. Some people who hoard can discard just fine. What they never do is balance the volume of what they acquire ...

The drawer full of broken phones and obsolete gadgets you can't seem to throw away isn't about being practical—it's about the hidden ways you've learned to measure your own worth.

In Amanda Uhle’s recent book, Destroy This House (Summit Books, 2025), Uhle describes an interaction between her hoarder mother and nonhoarder father: “It was weird how Dad never complained about ...