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HOARDING

HOARDING. Keyara Valencia-Hinds. Current Events . HSB4M0. What is Hoarding. Failing to discard a large amount or number of items that have little to no value Severe cluttering of person’s home; no longer able to function as a viable living space. Perfectionism

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HOARDING

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  1. HOARDING Keyara Valencia-Hinds Current Events HSB4M0

  2. What is Hoarding • Failing to discard a large amount or number of items that have little to no value • Severe cluttering of person’s home; no longer able to function as a viable living space

  3. Perfectionism • If cannot do it right, will not do it at all • Afraid • May accidentally throw away • Ways of Use • All types of ways to use, or as a gift, therefore keep item • Attachment • Emotional feeling is intense and excessive WHY Do people hoard?

  4. Challenges & Change Safety.Deviant.Health.Help.Responsible.Norms

  5. Safety • Individuals lives put into danger; surroundings • Deviance • Seen as unsanitary and abnormal • Health • OCD • Mentally unstable • Is not easy to diagnose or treat; consent Challenges Safety Deviance Health

  6. Change • Help & Support • De-clutter • Problematic behaviour • Medications • CBT

  7. Anthropology Hoarding does not only occur in Canada, United States etc. - Worldwide Different cultures & ethnicities Shown on TV; discussed

  8. HOARDING: Buried Alive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ewFIL6zbY

  9. Taboo • Seen as weird and abnormal • Realization of Relation • They are not alone; Others “suffer” with same “illness” • Isolation • No social life Sociology The study of human social life, groups, and societies and how these affect individuals.

  10. Psychology Clinical Psychology Objects, items etc. becomes individuals life “addictions lie to you and tell you that you can't do without them”

  11. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Hoarders desire to move up levels • Lack social aspect within their lives • Attempt to make their lives better • As a result, hoard things with “value” • Seems like a solution to their feelings of isolation

  12. Alfred Adler • Individuals need to overcome feelings of inferiority • Strive for superiority and success • Hoarders aim to be “somebody” in a society that judges them as different

  13. Sigmund Freud • SUPEREGO • Aims for perfection • Punishes feelings, actions with guilt • Wants to seek help; realizes it is wrong or different • ID • ‘pleasure principle’ • Demands immediate satisfaction • Wants to continue hoarding; habitual • EGO • Reality principle • Find balance [referee] • Unsure of what action to take; confused • Psychologist comes in

  14. Questions “A question that makes you think is worth asking”

  15. Question 1 • How has society’s views on hoarding changed overtime? Considering that in the earlier years, individuals were seen as “pack rats”, but are now seen as a threat to society? Was it a hidden issue?

  16. Question 2 • How has the media negatively or positively impacted hoarding? Have our minds been altered to believe things said about hoarding?

  17. Question 3 • “I am not who I think I am, I am who I think you think I am” – Cooley’s Looking Glass • How does this quotation link with an individual’s mind who suffers from compulsive hoarding?

  18. Thank You For listening & participating.

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