I don't think that's really "pet hoarding" - just a reasonable amount of pets. I love pets and all animals too. Through my life I've had fish, numerous frogs and newts, water turtles, a tortoise, dogs, cats, a hamster, anoles. I have somewhat of a dream to keep poison dart frogs or possible a horned chameleon (but they are both lots of work/responsibility that I'm not ready to take on...).

If you want to trim down your pets to make room for more you can always feed the rest of them to the python (just kidding)

Books and animals are much more reliable than humans in my experience (and I also have trouble feeling close and connecting with people too, although I'm not so much of a reader). I feel very distant from people and never truly open up - it's hard keeping things in sometimes but I don't think I really know any other way...

Anyways I don't have any good advice or anything except maybe you can adjust your meds if they're not working well for you anymore. Right now I have a Russian Tortoise and they make an awesome pet (and easy to care for) if you have the chance to rescue one