I read in the press that health services had to call on the fire department to gain access to the home of an elderly man living alone, surrounded by all kinds of waste and useless objects, in order to transport him by ambulance to the hospital. He was lucky, after all. Some die in solitude without their neighbors noticing until many days or even months later. The article explained that the man suffered from "Diogenes syndrome," a compulsive tendency to accumulate all kinds of waste as if it were the most valuable treasure. This is not the first news of its kind to appear in the media: loneliness, compulsive hoarding, a lost sense of purpose... In most cases, it's not a matter of survival. People affected by the syndrome often have their means of living, a pension, or an allowance. Usually, they own the home in which they accumulate their "treasures," and they do not derive any benefit from the objects they amass. They don't use them or sell them; they sim...
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