What is bibliomania?

bibliomania is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD, which is characterized by trying to acquire, collect and accumulate books beyond what is reasonable. Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorders suffer from obsession or ubiquitous and disturbing thoughts and urge or recurring behavior that the affected individual must complete to prevent anxiety. Bibliomania is grouped with such disorders, because individuals involve books as a result of the urge, not because of any legitimate interest in the book. They often buy or otherwise acquire books without any intention to read them. For individuals with this urge, it is not unusual to buy several copies of the same book.

The pleasure of books and the collection of books is called bibliophilia. It is not always easy or even possible to ensure that bibliophilia from bibliomania does not continue, as both can lead to similar behavior. The collection and general accumulation of books is considered compulsive behavior if it causes damage to socialan individual's life or health. In addition, the collection of books without the intention of reading them, especially if they do not have any other value, indicates bibliomania. When the inability to collect more books, whether due to lack of funds or lack of physical space, causes disproportionate anxiety, it is also likely that a psychological urge is present.

In some cases, bibliomania may be combined with other psychological disorders related to the book. Sometimes, especially if someone lacks funds to promote its urge, can be forced to steal books, which is the urge referred to as bibliikeptomania. Bibliomania can also be combined with other accumulation of urge, such as the accumulation of vinyl records or the accumulation of the magazine. People with such coercations can accumulate objects to the extent, the leader of physical storage in their stay becomes a problemm.

For bibliomanias and other urge disorders, various treatments are available, although they are not permanently successful and many people with compulsive disorders are not looking for help. Different techniques and medicines for behavioral therapy are commonly used to control various obsessive compulsive disorders. Behavioral therapy is often based on a slow reduction in the extent that one manages his urge and increases the extent in which a person tolerates related anxiety. For example, an individual with bibliomania may be asked to set a weekly limit to the number of books added to his collection. Different forms of drugs have been shown to be effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders, but mechanisms to reduce anxiety and increase the social functionality of the affected individual are not well understood.