[lit-ideas] Re: a question for the sages here
- From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:59:52 -0600
Eric wrote:
. . . .
While there is no definition of compulsive hoarding in accepted
diagnostic criteria (such as the current DSM), Frost and Hartl provide
the following defining features:
* the acquisition of, and failure to discard, a large number of
possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value
* living spaces sufficiently cluttered so as to preclude
activities for which those spaces were designed
* significant distress or impairment in functioning caused by the
hoarding
Eric Fromm talked about this in several books, two of which are MAN FOR
HIMSELF and THE SANE SOCIETY. In both, he identified the "hoarding
orientation" as a pathology of modern life, but one that was so
wide-spread as to be labeled "sane" despite its damage.
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John Wager john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx
Lisle, IL, USA
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