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某男子每周拍摄数千张数码照片,每日花数小时在电脑上整理照片。迄今为止尚未有医学文献描述这种症状。据该男子最近的一项病例报告称,他可能患上了“数字囤积症”。[2]这名男子47岁,住在荷兰,他不光收集数码照片,还囤积各种物品。他被诊断为患有实物囤积症,也就是说他收集从旧自行车部件到废纸片等各类物件。据《英国医学杂志病例报告》期刊发表的报告称,他位于阿姆斯特丹的公寓一片狼藉,令他无法邀请别人到家里做客。[3]不过,这个男人的囤积行为大多发生在数字领域——他在电脑和购买的四个硬盘上,存储了数万张照片。
A man shoots thousands of digital photos weekly, spending hours daily arranging photos on his computer. To date there is no medical literature describing this symptom. According to a recent case report by the man, he may have “digital hoarding syndrome.” [2] The 47-year-old man, who lives in the Netherlands, not only collects digital photos but also hoards of various objects. He was diagnosed with physical hoarding, which means he collected everything from old bicycle parts to scrap paper. According to a report published in the British Medical Journal Case Report, his apartment in Amsterdam was in a mess and prevented him from inviting others to his house. However, most of this man’s hoarding occurred in the digital realm - storing tens of thousands of photos on his computer and the four hard drives he purchased.