Have you ever heard of hoarding? My mother is a hoarder. She has 500 pairs of shoes!
Yes I have, sometimes people have an attachment to something they don't need. She may think she'll need each pair for something.
I guess so. I think maybe it is some kind of anxiety disorder.
Anxiety can be caused by environmental factors. Maybe the hoarding causes anxiety and it creates a vicious circle.
Maybe so. I wonder if some kind of medication or therapy might help.
It is worth looking into, it can be a health risk to compusively hoard.
Yes, first it is shoes, next it could be something else. Have you ever seen the show Hoarders on tv? It's scary. 
Yes, it is really bad if they don't have the spaces to cook, clean, or sleep. It can become debilitating.
Yes, and then it seems like the family members cannot talk any sense into them. They have to have interventions. Sometimes the local authorities will condemn the home as unsafe.
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
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