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        "msgid": "hoarding-disorder-the-habit-of-accumulating-items-that-can-trigger-family-conflict-1773662003",
        "date": "2026-03-16 18:17:15",
        "title": "Hoarding Disorder: The Habit of Accumulating Items That Can Trigger Family Conflict",
        "author": "Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A Jakarta resident's hoarding habit\u2014accumulating cardboard boxes, scrap materials, and unused items over many years since retirement\u2014has become a significant source of family conflict. The behaviour stems from a reluctance to discard items out of fear they may be needed in the future, resulting in a cluttered, unsanitary home environment that relatives find problematic. The case illustrates how hoarding disorder can strain family relationships and highlights the need for awareness about the psychological and domestic impacts of such compulsive accumulation behaviours.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2014 The habit of hoarding items not only makes home conditions\ncramped and dirty, but can also trigger conflict among family\nmembers.<\/p>\n<p>This was experienced by a South Jakarta resident, Sanaji (64), who\nadmits his family frequently scolds him for his habit of accumulating\nthings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also confused why they get angry with me. Really, it\u2019s not so\nmuch hoarding rubbish\u2014it\u2019s more like collecting cardboard boxes, plywood\nsheets, tables,\u201d said Sanaji when interviewed by Kompas.com at his home\non Friday (13 March 2026).<\/p>\n<p>For instance, when he buys a washing machine or gas cooker, he does\nnot immediately discard the packaging but stores it for years.<\/p>\n<p>So when the appliance breaks down or he wants to resell it, the box\nis still available. The father of two admits he only throws away\naccumulated cardboard when it becomes damaged by termites.<\/p>\n<p>Besides cardboard, he also frequently saves used bottles for storing\nfood for his pet birds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose used bottles are for the birds\u2019 water and food containers. The\ntables in front of the house are for storing my son\u2019s motorcycle\nequipment,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He admits to developing the hoarding habit since his retirement or\nwhen he reached senior years.<\/p>\n<p>Sanaji always feels reluctant to discard items he has accumulated,\nfearing he might need them someday.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledges his habit of hoarding old items makes his house\nsmaller and dirtier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also confused why my father often hoards old items. Like in\nfront of the house, there\u2019s a long old table from a neighbour\u2014the\nterrace becomes cramped, and underneath becomes a rat\u2019s nest,\u201d said Aris\nwhen interviewed at the location on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why his father frequently hoards items because he fears\nthey might be needed later, Aris noted frequent conflicts arise between\nthem over the accumulated rubbish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe argue quite often. He always blames me for making the house\nmessy, when actually he\u2019s the one who likes hoarding things that aren\u2019t\neven used,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>When Aris takes the initiative to clean up the house by discarding\nunused items to make it cleaner, his father gets angry instead.<\/p>\n<p>However, approaching Lebaran (Eid celebration), Aris asks his younger\nsister to clean the house.<\/p>\n<p>This is because when his sister cleans, his father does not dare get\nangry and can only accept it.<\/p>\n<p>Aris has never brought his father to see a doctor regarding his habit\nof hoarding discarded items.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hoarding-disorder-the-habit-of-accumulating-items-that-can-trigger-family-conflict-1773662003",
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