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Hoarding: 'I was sleeping in a bed covered in boxes'

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70% Informative

Jayne started hoarding after her husband took his own life.

The 75-year-old was left a widowed single mum with two teenage children.

Hoarding became a small way to find pleasure in life again after husband's death.

Jayne is one of an estimated one in 20 people in the UK thought to have a hoarding disorder.

Experts estimate nearly all people with hoarding behaviours who are forced to clear homes will relapse.

VR Score

63

Informative language

55

Neutral language

71

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

33

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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