Are Kleptomania and Syllogomania related?

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Kleptomania = Stealing on impulse without monetary value in mind.
Syllogomania = Hoarding with no intention of use.
Is there any significant relationship that has been established between these two conditions?

I often thought I had some level of kleptomania as a child, but I never had a psych evaluation because I never stole anything noticeable.  I have been diagnosed with some form of OCD in the past, but I don't remember the specifics.

As a child I would steal meaningless items constantly.  Cement and nails from construction sites.  Rubber bands and beads from thrift stores. etc etc
Now as an adult I find myself unable to discard anything I come across.  Piles of paper in the form of notes, bills, receipts, etc.  Coins of all varieties tossed in boxes and never touched.  Pictures, Videos and whole Websites archived to hundreds of data DVDs.

Anyway, just curious and couldn't find an existing question that matched.

David L · Accepted Answer

I can't answer your question per se, but I have some followup questions to your background info.  When you hoard the items you describe, do you know intellectually that they have no value TO YOU at the moment you hoard them, or do you have some sort of justification in the sense that it might be useful to you at a future point, regardless of how unlikely that may be to come to fruition?

Example: 

There's a ball of lint.  I think I'll keep it.

~~ versus ~~

There's a season's worth of episodes of a show I think looks interesting.  I may never get around to watching it, but I think I'll download it now just in case I won't have access to it again in the future.

If it's more the latter scenario, investigate Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (different from OCD).

alexis · Answer

Absolutely i have O.C.D and they are most likely connected as are most psychological problems and conditions are.

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Are Kleptomania and Syllogomania related?

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