How to Use hoarding disorder in a Sentence

hoarding disorder

noun
  • A lot of times, individuals with hoarding disorder will have some type of trauma in their past.
    — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Lovelle's videos have drawn tens of thousands of comments, many from family members of people with hoarding disorder.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Once a home is cleaned out, the person with hoarding disorder should have regular check-ins with friends, family or case workers to keep the clutter from re-accumulating.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Because of the stigma that persists around hoarding, people with hoarding disorder and their families tend to hold guilt and shame that is only complicated further when the person who hoarded dies.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Around 14 million Americans are affected by hoarding disorder, with similar rates across other Western countries.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Today Kim runs a Facebook support group for 2,100 people with hoarding disorder, which the World Health Organization categorized as a mental health condition in 2018, five years after the condition was to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025

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