Quote Originally Posted by DaiTengu View Post
That's not compulsive hoarding. I knew a guy who had that, and his house was nothing like that, there were just boxes and papers everywhere.

That's just plain messy.

Using the arm of a chair, and a table as an ashtray because your ashtray is too full?

The litterbox hadn't been cleaned in forever.

I'd be surprised if the cat wasn't lying dead somewhere in that place.

Well, I mean there are obviously different degrees of the disorder. Most people just hoard selective things such as newspapers and magazines. Only a few people never throw anything out.