Stuck

Japanese mental-health professionals are growing intensely concerned about gomi yashiki, meaning "garbage mansions" -- that is, the homes of seniors who collect junk until it becomes a public nuisance, overflowing the house or apartment itself and spreading onto alleyways, sidewalks, streets, and parking areas. Is this stockpiling of junk an attempt to offset loneliness -- and/or to create ad-hoc burrows and forts in fear of losing independence and being forced to leave?   Read More