[cstreit]

A lot of hoarding seems to boil down to two things:

1. An intense fear that someone may discard something that they may later need. Often see this in depression era folks that can't seem to reset themselves into their new reality

2. Those that attach too much emotional value to an object. If I throw that birthday card away, it's like I don't care that Mom/Sis/Friend wished me well that day.