Collecting things obsessions

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I realize I like birds and pokemon for the same reason... I like collecting things. Same basic principle I keep lists of species of birds and other living things seen, and the games I enjoyed a full collection more than anything. More variety in the bird world though, with over 10,000 different species.

Aspish?

I used to be a compulsive collector but I gradually ran out of space, and it started to make my life a misery, so I don't collect much any more. I'm still refusing to get rid of the collections I have, but if I get the chance to add to them, I think very carefully about the wisdom of doing that. It's quite depressing, but I don't want to spend the rest of my life overrun with stuff and unable to move house because of the sheer volume of it all.

greetings all,

i use to collect hotwheels... i bought my first one when i was five and collected most of my life. i addition, i collect rocks! we have a gravel driveway and i can sit for hours looking at the different shapes and colors of them. no matter where i go i seem to bring one rock home with me.

with peace,

JanusOne

I'm a collector at heart, and would find it very enjoyable, but I don't have the time nor money to start collecting things. I did collect the Lego Bionicle toys when I was a kid (this was like 2001-2005ish), and have all 6 of the original Toa, Toa Nuva, Bohrok, and Rahkshi. I also have this wall-mounted case for all 50 U.S. state quarters, and whenever I get change for something, I check to see if the quarter is in better condition than the one I have in the case. I believe collecting is one contributing factor, along with my obsession with math and probability, to my interest in Pokemon.

I've gone quite berserk with my collections in the past.
Nowadays, I try to keep them digital to curb the craziness.
I like me a bit of rock porn

JanusOne, I love rocks too! I long told myself that my interest was inherited from my grandfather who was a prospector. We had samples of us from around Canada. That may be why was drawn to them, but now that I know I am an Aspie, I suspect that's why I have decades worth collected. I love the variety of colours and how they change when wet.

I relate 100%. By the way I like stones to as some of you guys. But since I had to move several times already, it is so sad to leave things behind. If I don't take the stuff I collected with me, then I feel I'm not home wherever I am. Sadly I lost a book that was part of a trilogy in my last move, for example. I don't collect books anymore since it made me so sad, that lost. I can't keep my collection as nicely as it always was and as I wished, so I try to forget about this. I don't even store them classified as I used to, cause now I have another shelf. I don't collect anymore cause it's It's useless, and my interest goes beyond the interest for the objects (books, stones), but I confess it's more the act of collecting itself. Now I think well before bringing home anything new.

greetings,

i get it from my grandfather as well! we could spend hours walking through the river bed looking at and skimming rocks across the water! dad and i love to walk through the fields after harvest to look as well.

with peace,

JanusOne

I am a minimalist and too much of anything can make me feel quite anxious, but, I have collected the following, throughout my lifetime_

Hot Wheels - I have given most of mine away, but, I will indulge myself, from time to time, still, to this day

Design Magazines - although the content has to be extremely pleasing to my eyes, or valuable to me in some way, so, I possess very few. I've just built a bookshelf out of birch plywood, that I display them, on

Music

Sea Glass
Beach Rocks
Driftwood
Seashells - of the smaller variety that have been tumbled and pounded into the sand by the force of waves, over time

i had the best sticker collection. my bedroom walls were COVERED in stickers..i would keep every sticker i could even like the stickers on produce and other purchasable products. but then my parents moved and i had to scrape them off all my walls and it devastated me.
since then i've never had a collection as great and well maintained.
but i still am a "collector"
this is why games like pokemon and pocket frogs are bad for me.