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D I S P O S O P H O B I A The Fear of Getting Rid of Stuff

Founded by Ron Alford in NYC about 15 years ago after having discovered hundreds of cases when DISASTER MASTERS, Inc was call in to deal with a flood, fire or other casualty in a Disposophobic's living quarters.

Much has been said and written about folk who hold on to things and yet a precious few have real one-on-one experience with these folks.

The medical community and the DSM4 has all sorts of definitions for practitioners to us to bill insurers such as ADD, ADHD, Fibromyalgia and some procedures for these folks.

It is this authors opinion that no therapy or drug provides any relief or cure for a chronic Disposophobic any more than therapy or drugs can cure alcoholics, drug addicts, gamblers etc. To the contrary, therapy and drugs do the exact opposite in that the therapist inadvertently keeps the Disposophobic ill by constantly reminding the patient about how they got that way.

Support groups don't work well either in that they provide a forum for Disposophobic to go to see others who are in worse condition than they are which fulfills one of a Disposophobic's core thinking patterns which are rationalization.