Dan MacNee is a hoarder who lives amongst the towering piles of boxes, papers, and creative projects that engulf his Edinburgh home.
He attributes his condition to having moved over 50 times across three continents in 30 years. He says his sense of security has been repeatedly uprooted.
“When your sense of security keeps getting pulled out from under you, you hang on to things,” he adds. “It’s a vain attempt to establish some sense of security.”
Despite acknowledging that his hoarding makes him “horribly uncomfortable”, Dan finds it difficult to let go.
“It’s my life, it’s who I am. Even if it makes me uneasy, I can’t just let it go.”
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