And because of that key characteristic--acquiring things makes people who hoard feel good whilst people engaging in OCD behaviours feel horrible--#HoardingDisorder is no longer #classified as a type or manifestation(?) of #OCD in the DSM.

Hoarding Disorder is a separate, specific condition with specific #diagnostic #criteria in the more recent editon(s) of the #DSM.

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If the only thing you know about people with #HoardingDisorder is something from #RealityTV, I strongly encourage you to learn the actual reality.

I'm no expert on the #diagnostic side but my understanding of the condition and it's history in the relevant #medical #literature is that hoarding was once considered a manifestation(?) of #OCD, but over the years experts noted a key distinguishing factor for hoarding vs OCD in particular:

When people with OCD are engaging in a repetitive behaviour (eg: excessive handwashing) they feel terrible about it. They want desperately to stop *in the moment* but cannot do so.

People with hoarding disorder, OTOH, feel good, perhaps even fabulous, in the moment(s) of acquiring new things. The bad feeling only comes after and/or when trying to de-accumulate.

And a full-abstinence, AA-type approach cannot work, as people NEED to aquire things to survive: groceries don't buy themselves, after all! 😐

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