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Bibliomania is the excessive collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged, particularly as a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Bibliomania is not to be confused with bibliophilia , which is the (psychologically healthy) love of books, and as such is not considered a clinical ...
The psychology of collecting is an area of study that seeks to understand the motivating factors explaining why people devote time, money, and energy making and maintaining collections. There exist a variety of theories for why collecting behavior occurs, including consumerism, materialism, neurobiology and psychoanalytic theory.
A bookworm or bibliophile is an individual who loves and frequently reads or collects books. Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, autographed copies, or illustrated versions.
What started out as a genuine desire to hold on to memories slowly turned into an obsession.
Hoarding can run in families, and it may be possible genetics play a role in developing hoarding behaviors. [16] Also, this behavior can be developed due to life circumstances such as difficult losses, depression, financial crises, and living small which make it difficult for people to get rid of their belongings. [14]
A hoarding disorder is a recognized mental health condition in which a person has difficulty discarding or parting with possessions. Regardless of the value of the items, it causes the person ...
Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1770855854. [17] [18] Thomas, Geralin. From Hoarding to Hope: Understanding People Who Hoard and How to Help Them (April 2015). ISBN 9781506148359; She is referenced in Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding [19] and The ICD Guide to Collaborating with Professional Organizers.
An extremely cluttered computer desktop, a common example of digital hoarding.. Digital hoarding (also known as e-hoarding, e-clutter, data hoarding, digital pack-rattery or cyber hoarding) is defined by researchers as an emerging sub-type of hoarding disorder characterized by individuals collecting excessive digital material which leads to those individuals experiencing stress and ...