While the comment has been flag killed, the article did actually tangentially support that claim. > The psychological understanding is that objects are gathere

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.