Compulsive hoarding is the impulse to hold onto unnecessary items due to the idea that they hold some sort of emotional value. It is a severe problem that affects the United States and it can lead people to awful and unfortunate situations such as illness and even homelessness. Studies have shown that one in four people are hoarders with the leading causes being depression or loss of a loved one. It is also apparent that a large amount of the homeless population was evicted from their housing due
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Outline for Informative Speech Compulsive Hoarding Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech my audience will know about compulsive hoarding. I will inform them what hoarding is‚ the signs and symptoms and as well as treatments for hoarding. Introduction 1. Compulsive Hoarding is considered to be a clinical syndrome reported to affect approximately 3 million Americans across the United States. We believe however‚ that these statistics are highly underrepresented due to the difficulty
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Effect of Hurricane Katrina According to dosomething.org‚ Hurricane Katrina affected over 15 million people in different ways varying from having to evacuate their homes‚ rising gas prices‚ and the economy suffering. Citizens in Louisiana and New Orleans suffered the most from this disaster because the levees were designed for Category 3 Hurricanes while Hurricane Katrina was much stronger. Not only the levee system failed in this disaster‚ but also the US government failed the people of Louisiana
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Essay Outline Topic: Cause of a divorce Audience: Person’s looking for causes of Divorce or what may lead to a Divorce. Purpose: To bring to light the different reasons that lead to a Divorce. 1. Introduction: A. Lead in Strategies 1. Define Divorce 2. The types of person’s affect by it 3. How did I learn about it – Personal experience B. My thesis & Essay map: There are as many theories on this issue divorce as there are people offering the usual explanations are communication‚ compromise
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Just Because. . . That’s Why Writing Cause and Effect Essays What is a cause and effect essay? The basis of cause and effect writing is to show that certain actions cause certain results or effects. As a writer‚ you can approach the topic two different ways. You can set out to prove that certain known causes will have a certain effect. Or you can approach it from the other direction‚ setting out to prove that a particular effect was due to certain causes. Be careful to avoid some logical fallacies
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Brittney Amison Professor D Comp. 1 1-27-11 Cause and Effect Essay The Cause and Effect of Alcoholism ------------------------------------------------- Alcoholism is a cause that haves numerous effects on people in the United States today. It’s defined as a condition that resulted in the continued consumptions of alcoholic’s beverages‚ despite health problems and negative social consequences. The symptoms of alcoholism vary from person to person‚ but the most common symptoms seen are changes
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Hoarding disorder‚ also known as compulsive hoarding‚ is a chronic behavioral syndrome that is characterized by difficulty discarding possessions‚ regardless of their value. The hoarding condition exists along a continuum from normal collecting to a serious psychological condition that interferes not only with the quality and safety of life of the individual‚ but their family members‚ or others closely associated with them as well. Hoarding disorder used to be considered a symptom of other disabilities
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Hello‚ Julissa Julissa‚ while reading your answer to the sociology of hoarding question‚ according to the author of the Hoarding and the Sociology of Consumption article I would have to say that I somewhat agree with you. Although your answer to question one is not wrong‚ I think that when you stated the sociology of hoarding according to the author is that people are afraid to let their possessions go and are motivated to follow a joyful path in life does not really answer question one. However
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Mrs. Ham Honors English 2 March 7th‚ 2012 Julius Caesar Cause and Effect Essay: A Leader’s Fateful Decision: Decisions. Decisions are what make the world go round. Without them‚ time would be frozen‚ never moving forward. They are the choices people make that determine our future. Some decisions are hard‚ some are easy. But‚ no matter what decisions are made‚ they will always end with the same result: an effect. So‚ it’s important that people go through the decision making
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on A&E the opening line says that three million people are compulsive hoarders. This attention grabber is a great way to intrigue the viewer and inform them of this real problem of hoarding and show them how it affects the lives of two hoarders. Hoarding is a huge issue that affects not only the people hoarding‚ but the families and people that surround the hoarders. The T.V. show takes us through a brief background of the two hoarders featured in the episode‚ Vula from Indiana‚ and Lisa from
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