it is a schitzoaffective disorder or a social disturbance mainly in women...
2007-01-23 12:53:57 · 12 answers · asked by heyazzo 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
one of many disorders that women aquire through their lives.
...silly women.
2007-01-23 13:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by user name 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thank you for my morning laugh.
But you're right, there is a name for it (of course there is)
Animal hoarding is a mental illness recognized as a psychological condition; a variant of obsessive-compulsive disorder rather than deliberate cruelty towards animals. Hoarding involves keeping higher than usual numbers of animals as pets without having the ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Hoarders are deeply attached to their pets and find it extremely difficult to let the pets go, since they cannot comprehend that they're harming their pets by not providing the right environment and hygiene. Hoarders tend to believe that they provide the right amount of care for their pets. The ASPCA provides a "Hoarding Prevention Team", which works with hoarders to help them attain a manageable and healthy number of pets
2007-01-25 04:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called being lonely, plain and simple.
But you're right, it's women who do it--I've never heard of a man, young or old, with 10 cats.
Don't get me wrong, I love cats, and always had them in the house growing up. But people who have more than, say, 2 or 3 living with them tend to have serious mental issues.
2007-01-23 21:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoarding is related to OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) extremely complicated
2007-01-23 21:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spinsterhood.
2007-01-23 21:01:49 · answer #5 · answered by Kiss My Shaz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called being me. I love cats. I only have 3 but Im referred to (mostly behind my back) as the "cat" lady.
2007-01-23 21:01:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call it "crazy cat lady" syndrome. On TV they call them "collectors" or something similar.
My grandma has it. She's kind of wacko, she observes their natural behaviors and also watches a lot of animal shows.
2007-01-23 20:59:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's called schizo-cat-excessia
2007-01-23 21:06:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called hoarding or collecting
2007-01-23 21:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by ♥mama♥ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being alone and comforted by an abundance of pets... Cats are the most abundant, by far..............
2007-01-23 21:02:31 · answer #10 · answered by mobileminiatures 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋