Love hoarding may be a disease.

Love hoarding may be a disease.

Compulsive hoarding

Many people are unwilling to throw away old things, even unimportant things, while constantly adding new things, which leads them to hoard a lot of useless or useless things, and some people can't even live a normal life. Psychologists say that this is actually a mental illness, the scientific name is compulsive hoarding, commonly known as "hoarding mania."

Social network hoarding

With the network life, "social network hoarding" appeared. For example: never willing to delete chat records, WeChat eats half of the memory; After joining countless groups, don't talk and don't quit. As soon as they have free time, their first reaction is to take out their mobile phones and brush their circle of friends and Weibo indefinitely, for fear of missing any information; When you see a good WeChat article, collect it first and tell yourself to wait until you have time.

Put fitness methods, eating practices, etc. Turn what you see from the short video platform into a favorite and tell yourself to study when you have time; And I have no time and energy to browse and read, so I am covered by new collections. This cycle will eventually lead to the memory of computers and mobile phones being full. And I have no time and energy to browse and read, so I am covered by new collections. This cycle will eventually lead to the memory of computers and mobile phones being full.

When people find that they can't finish reading their own collections, they may cause some negative emotions such as anxiety and reduced self-efficacy.

How to overcome "hoarding"?

Mild patients can subtract their own lives from now on, abandon redundant waste and get rid of the obsession with invalid information. In addition, develop the habit of using social media scientifically, restrain yourself, improve your mobility, find useful information and knowledge, browse, understand and master it in time, instead of habitually clicking on attention and collection. Patients with serious hoarding can seek the help of professional psychological counselors.