An old Japanese creamer shaped like a blue pug.

Instead of investigating the origins of this faded old creamer from Japan, I turn my attention to the “why” of Creamer Dog. Why is he mine? Of all the things I’ve thrown away over the years, why did he make the cut? Why is he still here? This leads us to directly address the psychiatric condition of hoarding disorder as outlined by the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition). I thankfully am not afflicted with such a tragic diagnosis, but I discuss the ways in which I relate to the impulse to hang on to seeming worthless stuff.  I talk about my history of possession by spirits (of my own invention), and set out a hypothesis on the nature of a hoarding dragon spirit. I also touch on hoarding as an economic phenomena through the story of how two mad Texans attempted to corner the silver market, culminating in the catastrophic event known as “Silver Thursday”.

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