Talk:Compulsive hoarding

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[edit] How

How do I help, or speak to my wife about this? There is not a room in the house that is not filled with junk. We had to buy a bigger house just to store the stuff. She does not seem to be open to talk about it and I do not want to hurt her. I NEED Help!!

Ward


Ward, there is significant evidence that compulsive hoarding is a medical problem. Unfortunately Wikipedia cannot offer medical advice. You might consider talking to a medical professional. -- The Anome 10:47, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

There are a number of links for support for hoarders and their loved ones at http://www.reclaimingdignity.com .


[edit] Possible removal of text

"How one person could fill an entire one-bedroom apartment with such garbage after only three years, leaves one wondering."

This appears to be a somewhat unconventional or unprofessional statement to make in an encyclopedia. Shouldn't it be sort of like a "just the facts, ma'am" approach?

I suggest the whole of that second example is removed. It's uncited and I don't think adds anything to the example already given. - Vaughan 13:09, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I agree with Vaughan and have removed the example. Sietse 14:33, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] messiness

Some expert should add information here or probably in a new article about messiness that also explains the distinction between it and compulsive hoarding. Comments can and should also be provided on at least some available relevant online help sites such as http://www.messies.com and http://clutterless.org and the abovementioned http://www.reclaimingdignity.com.

Wikipedia tries to avoid offering medical advice, but it can link to such advice and describe it generally, as it does on many less "controversial", less psychological, and more traditional health topics, e.g. Tinea versicolor. Another good and more relevant model for the present article is workaholism although that article is much too short considering how widespread and serious the problem of workaholism is. --Espoo 10:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Is "messiness" the same as clutter? Tinlinkin 05:50, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad link?

The link http://www.archive.org/details/MomsMessyHouse doesn't work for me. Is that just because I use Firefox instead of IE? Or should it just be deleted? Thue | talk 20:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I found this article that says it is a distinct medical disorder

It seems that they found that it is only distantly related to OCD, not even using the same area of the brain, and not responding to the usual OCD treatments.

http://discovermagazine.com/2004/oct/psychology-of-hoarding —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.100.45.84 (talk) 21:43, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] digital pack rat

i found the article on Digital Pack Rat and saw that "pack rat" links here. Is there room to make mention that acquiring digital items could be part of this concept also? Minnaert 21:02, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Paxil bogeyman

Paxil was unfairly singled out as a risky drug in a way I felt violated NPOV. I tried to subdue this. However, my rework still sucks on many levels. The references supplied do not fully support the claims, nor do I have personal knowledge on these claims. The source I used for the list of drugs did not even spell several of the drugs correctly. MaxEnt 02:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)