Did some light reading on the subject:
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Keep in mind, however, that the patient often is torn about their hoarding. "Really what it comes down to is many, but not all, [of those who] have this compulsive hoarding problem are really ambivalent," Rodriguez says. "Part of them wants to get help, and part of them doesn't want to get help. Hoarding is serving some useful goal in their life."
Specify if: With excessive acquisition: If difficulty discarding possessions is accompanied by excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which there is no available space. (Approximately 80 – 90 percent of individuals with hoarding disorder display this trait.)
With absent insight/delusional beliefs: The individual is completely convinced that hoarding-related beliefs and behaviors (pertaining to difficulty discarding items, clutter, or excessive acquisition) are not problematic despite evidence to the contrary.
.... a person with this disorder will usually collect so many things over a long period of time, that the actual use of any given item — or indeed the person’s normal living space — is next to impossible. The clutter collected over time impedes the person from living in their apartment or home in a normal manner.
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