Stuff : : Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things

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Dead body in the Collyer Mansion : a prologue to hoarding -- Piles upon piles : the story of hoarding -- We are what we own : owning, collecting, and hoarding -- Amazing junk : the pleasures of hoarding -- Bunkers and cocoons : playing it safe -- A fragment of me : identity and attachment -- Rescue : saving animals from a life on the streets -- A river of opportunities -- Avoiding the agony -- You haven't got a clue -- A tree with too many branches : genetics and the brain -- A pack rat in the family -- But it's mine! : hoarding in children -- Having, being, and hoarding.
With vivid portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder, Frost and Steketee explain the causes and outline the often ineffective treatments for the disorder while illuminating the pull that possessions exert on all of us.

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Fascinating submitted by pk on July 11, 2012, 12:34pm Fascinating look at the psychology and life of those who keep stuff far beyond excess. And of the people who try to help them. Why do people hoard? What different forms does it take? How does it start? The book examines all these issues. The scariest part - sometimes you recognize a bit of yourself in here and start looking at that pile of papers on your desk in a whole new light...

stuff submitted by a2sue on August 27, 2013, 7:26am this novel gives a good insight into the compulsive hoarder

Interesting submitted by Zekicmom on June 16, 2022, 4:55pm This book was much more readable then I thought it would be. Very thought provoking and insightful.