Comments on: Suffer From Disposophobia? These 7 Famous Hoarders Did

By: Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:22:50 +0000

Please be advised that whilst it can be associated with compulsive hoarding, disposophobia is not married to it. Wikipedia chooses to define the word Disposophobia, as compulsive hoarding, but this definition is incorrect.

Since it was initially coined & trademarked by Ron Alford, founder of Disaster Masters, Inc. ® in 1995, the definition of Disposophobia has been maligned by so called experts, but though it has some links with what we now call hoarding, Disposophobia is still defined as “The fear of getting rid of stuff”. The levels of disposophobia seen on the TV shows, such as Hoarders, are extreme, but disposophobia does not equate to hoarding.

Everybody however, has a fear of getting rid of stuff. Would you throw your credit cards in the garbage? Of course not. You, and I are all Disposophobics, albeit we all have differing levels.

By: Helenann

Helenann — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:05:31 +0000

The Hoarders episode with the cats…that got to me. They found skeletons–GAH! I am a slob, but anytime I don’t feel like cleaning, I watch that show. It helps. LOL!

By: theajane

theajane — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:20:17 +0000

a person in my life could be next on the list – not famous, but infamous in her neighborhood for the mess. gets very upset if even an empty Coke can is thrown away. if she cleans her car of trash on the inside, once a year, she’s done her job. this is trash level with her windows and the trunk is jammed. garage sales are her fave. i showed her a pic of a woman who died in u.k. recently buried by her junk, and she didn’t even get it – she says, it’s my house, my car, i’ll live the way i want – and then feels rejected, because nobody else wants to sit on a bag of donuts, a bra, and/or a plate of uneaten food – she’s missing something upstairs – hey, maybe she’s searching!

By: e cigarette

e cigarette — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:26:53 +0000

These people are all stuck on not throwing stuff out?? So weird.

By: bev

bev — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:29:12 +0000

Delta Burke was on Designing Women not Golden Girls.

By: tj

tj — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:27:50 +0000

Delta Burke of the Golden Girls was also a hoarder. She even had storage buildings she rented to store it in.

By: WW

WW — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:11:13 +0000

@melly,

The first color photograph was taken in 1861. That doesn’t look like a hotel room to me, though, so it might just be a photo of a similar mess, rather than the original.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:16:03 +0000

the 2000′s are the 21st century; the 19th century would be the 1800′s

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:41:48 +0000

I have a childhood friend who is now a hoarder. His daughter is in the fourth grade, and he has kept every single piece of artwork, homework, tests, or simple notices she’s brought home from school through the years. Anybody who has kids will realize how utterly insane this is. There is no organization for this collection however. He also had 14 cats last I checked. I’ve noticed hoarding material objects tends to go hand in hand with animal hoarding. His mom is a hoarder as well. At one point in time she had at least 63 cats before the Humane Society stepped in.

By: Al Dunstan

Al Dunstan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:03:13 +0000

I installed a stereo system at the brownstone of Huntington Hartford, the A&P heir. His bedroom was the same way, floor to ceiling newspapers and junk. He blew the entire fortune away.