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Very Freudian! It all comes down to sex. Sex is why we gamble, sex is why we drink, sex is why women have babies!

• 0x8BADF00D 8y ago
  When you don’t have a fulfilling sex life, it will make you go crazy. Anecdotally, I have seen this with both married, unmarried, single, in a relationship, etc. You substitute your sexual energy for another pursuit. See the concepts of lingam and yoni. If as a culture we could have a mature conversation about sex, you wouldn’t see these types of disorders.
• belorn 8y ago
  While the comment has been flag killed, the article did actually tangentially support that claim. > The psychological understanding is that objects are gathered in a futile attempt to fill emotional emptiness—piled up like a barricade to protect oneself against an uncertain future. Ie, a theory is that increased loneness and lack of emotional connections with other people causes a raise in hording disorder. In a uncertain future we either need social connections to protect against the unknown, or we substitute it by building up a defense layer through objects. It is a survivor strategy that can become maladaptive.
  • 0x8BADF00D 8y ago
    Thanks for keeping an open mind. I’m not even sure why it was flag killed. Having open minded discussions (no pun intended) about how the mind works is beneficial to all. It is something I think about all the time, in order to better build the things I’m building.