“Situations that are unpredictable, threaten our survival and in which we have no sense of control “are all going to make us react in a very distressed way, either with hostility, with anger (or) with protection,” Juster said. “And I think this hoarding behaviour is a real example of that. … But the problem with that is there’s an individuality element, where people are really just thinking about themselves.”

 

 

Linda Gyulai

Montreal Gazette 

March 27th 2020