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What is a hoarder? What even is hoarding? Is it simply continuing to hold possessions after their intended use has ended? Unfortunately it is not that simple, as you will understand after reading this book. What is OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? What are the symptoms, causes, treatments and signs? All covered in this book. The author, Lindsay Leatherdale, a 19 year old neuro-science and psychology under graduate, with a special interest in hoarding, has a friend who's mum is a hoarder. She wanted to help her friend and her mum by giving them some books to read. To her disappointment there was a lack of informative books available on hoarding. She decided to investigate the subject thoroughly and write a book about it to be able to help her friend and lots of other people. This book is a must have for anybody who is confronted with hoarding and/or OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straightforward, no nonsense fashion, Lindsay covers all aspects of hoarding including types of hoarding, early warning signs, symptoms, behavioral patterns, causes, what can you do to help a hoarder, who can diagnose it, treatments available, medication, working or living with a person who hoards, and a lot more.... With separate chapters on many other disorders associated with hoarding and with OCD, this book is full of sound advice and answers to all your questions. This book has helped me to understand what's going on in my mum's mind. All I did was shout at her to clean up her mess before I read this book. Now I understand a lot more about hoarding and OCD and I will never shout again about her mess. I have practised a few help-tips from the book and I couldn't believe it when mum gave me a box of stuff to throw away! That's called a result! Sarah Porter Easy to read, written in a style for anybody to understand hoarding and OCD, I can recommend this book. It certainly has answered all my questions. Glen Howard