oh my god, your childhood :( I'm really glad that you're getting over the dysfunctional habits and non-habits. A lot of people can't or aren't willing to. *hugs*

I'm not sure if my family has a hoarding gene (my dad had the most enormous collection of records for YEARS, and now he has over 1,000 CDs and is building up a massive DVD collection, and my mom used to have an entire room in the basement full of fabric samples--now I collect books almost compulsively), or if we just like having stuff.