Mary vs. Martha? Please read!

It is not about what you DO, it is about the need for CONTROL. It takes different forms for different people. Some hoard, others compulsively neaten - BOTH are Martha. It is the incessant controlling the environment that sways, NOT the form that it may happen to take for you personally. Both huge slobs and neatniks may have more boys because it is not about the things that you do in and of themselves, it is that need for control over your environment.

Compulsive Decluttering: The Opposite of Hoarding - The Atlantic