What items are commonly hoarded by compulsive hoarders?

Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD

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Commonly hoarded items can include clothes, mechanical parts, newspapers, magazines, medications, toiletries, CDs, DVDs, and, more rarely, animals, waste matter, hair, dirty diapers, and decaying food.
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