Reducing Stress in Hoarding Support April’s Stress Awareness Month provides an important opportunity to reflect on stress and its impact on hoarding disorder. In many cases, stress is not simply a contributing factor, it is central to both the behaviour itself and the barriers that make change feel difficult. This is why a trauma-informed approach is essential when supporting individuals with hoarding disorder, ensuring that support actively reduces stress rather than unintentionally adding to it. The Stress–Hoarding Cycle: Stress as a consequence of hoarding disorder As a result of living with hoarding disorder, Individuals often experience ongoing, heightened stress that
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