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Hoarding Disorders: Andy Warhol

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Hoarding Around 5% of the world’s population struggle with compulsive hoarding. Hoarders want whatever they can put their hands on and will keep those items forever. Hoarders often look at their possessions as the most important thing in their lives. Hoarders want to buy new objects as often as they can. Hoarders feel the need to have as much as they can and have trouble throwing out those possessions. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders explains that hoarding is the struggle of parting with or doing away with their possessions, regardless of what they are worth (DSM-5). An individual with hoarding has a persistent inability to part with belongings (Kalb ). Having their belongings lets them have a sense of control over …show more content…

Andy Warhol had a hoarding disorder. The hoarding disorder affected Warhol’s life in various ways. Andy Warhol loved to go shopping, and when he went shopping he went shopping with great fervor. Warhol would go to a market, buy a thirty-cent bag and see how much he could fit into the bag, and then buy it all (Kalb ). Frequently, Warhol would not even take the time to remove the price tag from the item, he did not care about the item, he cared more about the chase than the find (Kalb ). Warhol did not care what he bought, he was just buying it. It was feasible for Warhol to go shopping, and when he would return from one shopping trip, he would be ready to go on another one. Kalb provided insight as to why Andy Warhol may have been a hoarder. Warhol did not have much in his childhood, he grew up in a poor family and his father died when he was thirteen (Kalb ). He may also have been neglected as a child, his parents were concerned about keeping afloat and perhaps Warhol was bereft of attention from his parents. Perhaps Warhol did not want to lose anything else so he started keeping everything to avoid loss. Objects became a substitute for intimacy (Kalb ). Warhol valued his possessions over anything else because he had control over them and could keep them forever. He was not afraid of feeling the pain of loss with his

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