Insight 3A

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Materialism

Hoarding

Compulsive Hoarding - Hoarding Disorder

Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs.

Hoarding often creates such cramped living conditions that homes may be filled to capacity, with only narrow pathways winding through stacks of clutter. Countertops, sinks, stoves, desks, stairways and virtually all other surfaces are usually piled with stuff. And when there's no more room inside, the clutter may spread to the garage, vehicles, yard and other storage facilities.

Hoarding ranges from mild to severe. In some cases, hoarding may not have much impact on your life, while in other cases it seriously affects your functioning on a daily basis.

People with hoarding disorder may not see it as a problem, making treatment challenging. But intensive treatment can help people with hoarding disorder understand how their beliefs and behaviors can be changed so that they can live safer, more enjoyable lives.

Let's read the text on p. 30 SB

Write down words you don't know the meaning of 

White picket fence

Vocabulary

SB p. 32

Exercise 6

Exercise 8

Exercise 9

Done? Work on speech 

Discussion answers

Exercise 6

1. Piles of, mountains of, stacks of, heaps of

2. Stuff, possessions, products, belongings

3. Junk, clutter

4. Get rid of, bin (v), junk (v)

5. Amass objects, accumulate

Exercise 8

a - 1 

b - 5, 6

c - 3

d - 2

e - 4

f - 7

Exercise 9

1. Reaches out to - f

2. Drop out of - e

3. Spilled out of - d

4. Took - out - b

5. Sort out - a

6. Worn out - c

QUESTIONS?

Homework

For everyone that had an insufficient grade on the test

Online Workbook

Unit 3: Things that matter 

Vocabulary: Hoarders

 Exercises 1, 2, 4