Children of Hoarders: Why Trying to Help Can Reinforce the System
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
This episode explores Children of Hoarders by Fugen Neziroglu and Katharine Donnelly as a systems-level analysis of hoarding, family accommodation, and psychological persistence.
Rather than focusing on clutter itself, the discussion examines the feedback loops that connect anxiety, identity, avoidance, caregiving, and institutional intervention.
The larger pattern emerges when hoarding is viewed not as an isolated behavior but as a self-reinforcing system sustained by multiple interacting incentives.
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