First the hoarding. Your local fire department might have a hoarding task force that can make a house call. Or your local ...

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 ...

Do you struggle to click delete? These questions can help gauge if you have a hoarding habit in the digital age. Minimalism can be hard to embrace. The idea that less is more has become trendy in ...

In his dim motel room, flies and dust swirled through a slanted blade of sunlight. A shoulder-high heap of boxes, trash bags, electronics and clothes prevented him from opening the curtains. Mario ...

Many people who dream of an organized, uncluttered home à la Marie Kondo find it hard to decide what to keep and what to let go. But for those with hoarding disorder - a mental condition estimated to ...

Hoarding is a serious mental illness that affects 2 to 5% of the population. — -- intro:You're buying things a second time because you lost the first ones you purchased. You can't fit your car in ...

Jessica Grisham has received funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation. Keong Yap receives funding from the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation.

A conversation with a hoarding consultant. By Eve M. Kahn Brigador Stamback, the founder of NYC Hoards, a company started in 2018 that carts away unsalvageable household possessions by the ton, ...

(CNN) — Having grown up with food insecurity, Kimi Ceridon and her sister see how their childhood experiences continue to leave their mark on their lives. Ceridon looks back on how she would sneak off ...