Books, sports memorabilia, figurines, purses. All sound harmless enough; but where do we draw the line from collector to hoarder? I have two friends who call themselves collectors; Sheila and Donna. Sheila loves teapots. She has about 35 teapots in her kitchen. My other friend Donna, reads books. Donna keeps all of her books. One is a hoarder and the other is a collector. Sheila displays her teapots above her kitchen cabinets and cleans them weekly. Sheila is a collector. Donna admits that her books are her friends and she can not get rid of them. They have taken over her house. Donna is a hoarder of books. Her books have taken control of her judgment.
When a collection has become so big that you can no longer display it in an organized way and it interferes with your personal space, it has crossed over to hording.
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