Behind closed doors across the country, millions of individuals are quietly overwhelmed by something most of us take for granted: our relationship with things we bring into our homes. The ...

Fion Phua has been offering help, from household chores to serious decluttering, to vulnerable residents for 40 years. She ...

Understand the difference between clutter and hoarding. The tendency to clutter is common, but it is not the same as hoarding. The latter is a mental health disorder; this person feels distressed by ...

Asking how discarding an item fits with a person's goals can help them decide whether to keep it. MoMo Productions via Getty Images I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my ...

Eva Williams, wife of Fight the Blight founder Matt Williams, works to clean the basement of someone with hoarding disorder. The homeowner decided to clear out their home in Youngwood, Pennsylvania, ...

PETALING JAYA: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health issue marked by a pattern of unwanted thoughts, known as obsessions. These obsessions drive a person to perform repetitive ...

Hoarding is a serious mental illness that affects 2 to 5% of the population. — -- intro:You're buying things a second time because you lost the first ones you purchased. You can't fit your car in ...

Let's be honest: we all have that one drawer in our house that could easily qualify for an episode of a hoarding reality show ...

To be transparent, I am a clutterer. This is even though I have two large areas to work in our home — one is the sunroom/breakfast room on the main floor. The other is a guest room upstairs. Both are ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — America's leading downsizing expert and former host of the hit A&E TV show "Hoarders" is in Virginia Beach on Thursday. Matt Paxton stopped by Westminister-Canterbury on ...

A dozen people seated around folding tables clap heartily for a beaming woman: She’s donated two 13-gallon garbage bags full of clothes, including several Christmas sweaters and a couple of pantsuits, ...

A dozen people seated around folding tables clap heartily for a beaming woman: She’s donated two 13-gallon garbage bags full of clothes, including several Christmas sweaters and a couple of pantsuits, ...