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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 ...
Collecting as a hobby can become hoarding or compulsive hoarding, differing in that covering a large amount of living area with possessions leads to significant distress or impairment. [10] Compulsive hoarding, also known as hoarding disorder, is a diagnosable mental disorder in the DSM-5 and is closely related to obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
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.
Tori Spelling had an honest conversation with Dr. Robin Zasio from A&E’s Hoarders about her tendency to accumulate things, saying “I don’t know if I’m technically a hoarder”
Book covers need to effectively communicate their content to the intended market, which can encourage reliance on stereotypical representations, such as using the color pink for books by or about women, or showing a multiracial group on the cover of a book about racial diversity.
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 ...
Hoarder House Flippers is more focused on the hoarded house, where teams work hard to flip properties that have been hoarded. [53] There have been possible depictions of hoarding in literature before the diagnosis was created. In Nikolai Gogol’s book Dead Souls (1842), wealthy Plyushkin displays hoarding behaviors. For example, he serves an ...