> Hoarding is a compulsive disorder that is irrespective of someone's capacity to manage their objects. It's someone who cannot stop acquiring and cannot manage

> Hoarding is a compulsive disorder that is irrespective of someone's capacity to manage their objects. It's someone who cannot stop acquiring and cannot manage their own collection of items, not even long enough to organize their space or their collected objects. That makes a lot of sense. My mom collects records, and she will buy the same record two or three times, and will not care if she ever has time to listen to them. For her, the pleasure of discovery and acquisition is what matters. In her case, her records fit nicely on one giant wall. But her only limit is how many records she can drag home at once.