I don't understand people that hoard. It seems seriously crazy to me.
Animals actually hoard too, they will hoard certain items or food mostly though.
OH really? Like animals in hibernation? Do they keep things stored away while while hibernating?
Yeah, but they are mostly of food for lean times, so there's an actual reason for it.  Totally different from human hoarders.
That type of hoarding I understand. Do you know why people tend to hoard?
They seem to lose the desire to throw stuff away because they are attached to it - a lot of them have gone through really bad things like divorce or loss of a spouse and then it starts.
Do they consider it a sickness?
houses may become a fire hazard (due to blocked exits and stacked papers) or a health hazard (due to vermin infestation, excreta and detritus from excessive pets, hoarded food and garbage or the risk of stacks of items collapsing on the occupants and blocking exit routes).. Hoarding affects more than just the person who has the strong attachment to possessions, as other people living in the home and neighbours can be affected by the clutter. Individuals with hoarding disorder have a quality of life as poor as those diagnosed with schizophrenia
the surface. Marsh shrews are easily trapped in sunken cans, possibly due to their inability to see where the edges of surfaces drop. In captivity they vocalize when they are displaced or scuffle with other animals in their cage, twittering shrilly if disturbed while eating or in a confrontation over food (such as a worm). Although it is uncertain whether marsh shrews cache (or hoard) food in the wild, in captivity they set aside nightcrawlers in a corner of the cage for later consumption; no other food items were