Hoarding is a serious, and very prevalent problem in today's society. Often times, after a serious life-altering accident or experience, a person begins to hoard things as a way to hold on to past memories. Without proper help, a house can soon be consumed by a tide of things.
As I come home from hockey, my mom beckons me to the family room. I glance at the TV and lay eyes on a house filled to the brim with clothing, furniture, boxes, and tons of other knick-knacks. A person begins to stock up on accessories and the next thing they know, years have past and full sections in the house have been overrun with what most people would consider junk.
Hoarding is dangerous to one's health, and it severely affects the lives of the people living in a hoarded house, not to mention the the lives of family and friends close to a hoarder. It is often hard for family members or friends to tell a hoarder they have a problem and need to throw things out because the hoarder holds such personal significance on all of their possessions.
Not only is hoarding devastating to an individual and people around an individual, but the economy and businesses and a whole. When more and more people being hoarding (which is happening today), a shortage of goods follows. To combat this, companies, or even the government sets limits on the amount of a certain good that a person is able to purchase.
Without the support of professionals, and encouragement from people close to a hoarder, it is very hard for a hoarder to stop collecting things and let go of their plethora of possessions. Hoarding is a real, and growing problem in today's society, and needs to be looked at as a serious problem. Spreading the word of the horrors of hoarding, and helping out ones who struggle with the mindless acquisition of goods can help control the problem.
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