Why do we tend to hoard things?
Are you struggling to separate yourself from your belongings? Valérie Guillard explains what that says about you.
Valérie Guillard, author of Binging on Objects: Possession in our societies*:
"In my investigations, I discovered different psychological profiles, "savers" who have developed a bond so strongly to objects that they cannot be separated without the feeling of losing a part of themselves. Hoarding responds to a need for security and shows a form of anxiety.
There is thus the "emotional savers" that accumulate nostalgic pieces recalling their memories; the "instrumental savers" who raise "in case" items and that it reassures them; the "altruistic savers" that store for others. There are also "economic savers" keeping objects only because they have paid the price. All are usually procrastinators who have trouble making decisions."
*Ed. De Boeck.
Fabienne Broucaret
