What’s Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder?
Smaller living space means that you can&#x27;t save the thing you will need once every five year anymore. A previously adaptive behavior becomes poorly adaptive.<p>Cheap disposable items. Where before you would have a few hand made item of high quality, you now get a lot of lower quality items. This is partially related to technological advancement. If things become obsolete fast, it doesn&#x27;t make sense to build with quality. Anyway a consequence is that it&#x27;s easier to acquire a large amount of stuff than before.<p>Anti-landfill propaganda. We are guilt-tripped for throwing stuff in the garbage. We are told to dispose of things in very complicated ways and then it may be easier to just not dispose of it.<p>Breakdown of community and family. Before we might keep things around by giving them away to relatives or friends. There is a satisfaction in passing the torch. But this option isn&#x27;t as available anymore.