I’m a psychologist — here are 3 ways to tell if you’re a secret hoarder

Hoarding disorder affects about 2.6% of all adults, especially those who are older than 60 and suffer from anxiety and depression.

Now, Dr. David Tolin, a clinical psychologist who is featured on the A&E series “Hoarders” — Season 15 premiered last week — is sharing three ways to tell if you are secretly a hoarder.

“Hoarding disorder is a psychiatric condition that is characterized by extreme difficulty discarding or otherwise letting go of possessions,” Tolin explained to the Daily Mail in a new interview.

“[This] results in the clutter building up to the point where living areas in the home are no longer usable for their intended purpose,” he continued.

Hoarders get very attached to their possessions, he noted, often making their homes unlivable or unsafe.

He shared three common types of attachments hoarders have to the objects they amass — sentimental, utilization-based, and aesthetic attachments.