It is called Plyushkin’s Disorder
I always thought I was just a hoarder, but now I know it is not my fault, I feel so privileged. 
Even the description of rooms being so full of ‘stuff’ that only a small path is left allowing access to the furthest point is an accurate description of my rear veranda which is 9 metres long. One of the reasons why I have only just found the deeds to the house, needed by the Notaire, is because both of my filing cabinets are similarly isolated in different rooms.
I might even invite Channel 5 along, I bet they pay good money for filming here.
According to Wikipedia some 2 to 5 % of the UK population share my affliction, I’m sure I could boost it some more if I decided to move back. They also say it is mostly males who had some traumatic event in the past. I certainly qualify on the first point but can’t think of a trigger for the 2nd.
However, I do know who to blame. Amazon. Most of the stuff is empty cardboard boxes and I simply can’t bear to let go the means of return if necessary.
But my often reason given is entirely practical. You never know when something might come in handy. I have a fridge freezer, a fridge , a gas cooker and 2 washing machines in the garden. The fridge now has garden tools in (all sheds, 3 of them, are now full) and the 3 wheeled Ape van similarly employed.
Sometime ago on here I was assured that fingerless gloves are a good idea and no, I was assured, the fingertips do not freeze as a result, so I bought a pair. But they do, freeze the tips, so I only used them once, and put them away, just in case. I was later browsing in the agricultural coop for something or other which I didn’t find, but I did find a pair of ankle boots without laces and instead zips up each side. What a good idea I thought, fedup with hooking bootlaces round clips hardly big enough to accommodate them. But there was a drawback, without laces they are not tight enough and I could feel my ankles getting sore (I don’t wear socks) so I got the fingerless gloves (a misnomer because they do have fingers but no tips) and cut the rest of the fingers off. Now I have some nice soft ankle protections to slip on inside my boots.
I really must make a start on all this cardboard though, but my fear is that as soon as I do, I will find a very good use for it. 
after many years of accumulating, because I moved into a smaller house here in France, a couple of years I was driven to be quite ruthless. I’ve literally been through almost everything and either binned or sold on leboncoin anything that isn’t ‘needed’, but actually defining ‘needed’ has been a little tricky at times 
