Neurobiological distinctions. Hoarding and addictions are also different in how they affect the brain and brain functions. Some experts now believe that continued addiction can cause persistent ...

Dear Annie: I am a single and retired homeowner. The problem is that I have a spending addiction where I nickel-and-dime myself to death. I literally cannot stop. My house is full of things I have ...

A stockpile of cans, a stash of food in a closet, and an inability to throw food away once it has gone bad — these may be signs of food hoarding, experts say. CNN values your feedback 1.

But the hoarding behaviors are not likely to change, Yeats says, unless a collaborative approach is deployed, one that involves organizational experts, and the involvement of the greater community ...

He got married, and his wife and stepdaughter helped him keep his addiction and hoarding under some control. But he fell to pieces when his mom died from diabetes in 2014.

DEAR ANNIE: I am a single and retired homeowner. The problem is that I have a spending addiction where I nickel-and-dime myself to death. I literally cannot stop. My house is full of things I have … ...

DEAR ANNIE: I am a single and retired homeowner. The problem is that I have a spending addiction where I nickel-and-dime myself to death. I literally cannot stop. My house is full of things I have … ...