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Disposophobia is a disorder characterized by the tendency to accumulate a large quantity of objects, of any shape and nature, regardless of their value.
The need to acquire - without using or throwing away - these goods translates into extreme disorder and the limitation of essential activities of daily life, such as rest, nutrition, body hygiene and cleaning of spaces.
In fact, those suffering from disposophobia are pushed to accumulate without brakes, even when the conservation of objects prevents and / or significantly reduces the physical possibility of going around the house. In association with this accumulation compulsion, there is a complementary fear of throwing away one's collections.
Often, at the origin of disposophobia there is an emotional trauma, such as the loss of a loved one, a love disappointment or the divorce of the parents during childhood. This creates a deficiency that the compulsive accumulator will try to fill through the "collections" of objects.
Disposophobia is a very complex disorder, but it can be addressed with cognitive behavioral therapy.
