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Hoarding behavior is obsession and compulsion
Hoarding behavior is obsession and compulsion

Many of us laugh about our tendency to collect clutter and call ourselves pack rats. But pack rats don’t let their clutter interfere with their lives. They don’t feel secretive or ashamed about the stuff they save.

05/06/08 10:50 AM

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Hoarding behavior is obsession and compulsion

Many of us laugh about our tendency to collect clutter and call ourselves pack rats. But pack rats don’t let their clutter interfere with their lives. They don’t feel secretive or ashamed about the stuff they save.


May 05, 2008

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Lisa Crawford is part of a new generation of women with breast cancer who are taking aggressive action — and in many cases, making difficult decisions — to control their destinies. 

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