A Collector or Addict?

I am addicted to this hobby which I think it's not healthy at all. My money is gone fast!

 

I browse quite a lot but I'm more of a collector. I've only made a couple of impulse purchases. Everybody else was planned and saved for. I'm quite careful with buying dolls, even the impulses I spent a lot of time thinking about. I got them in the end cause they were limited and I liked them enough that I knew I'd regret not getting them.

 

With more money to spend lately, I do think I bought too many dolls. I just got my last dream doll, so now I’m thinking that next year is the perfect time to get serious about creating my core collection. Time to downsize and just focus on the ones I really love.

 

Not quite a collector, not really a super addict. But what I mainly browse online for in my downtime is photos of other people's collections and doll projects, so maybe I am addicted a little bit!

 

I do think of myself more as a collector than an addict, but it depends on what you are considering.
I don't really look for dolls or doll-related stuff online if I'm not on the search for something that I need though I follow some other owners on social media whose dolls I love to see when they post pictures.
I've never purchased anything by impulse in this hobby (I did in other hobby before and I didn't like the feelings of regret I got afterwards) and my collection has been finished for three years now at 6 dolls. I doubt I'll purchase another doll again, though I'm not closed to it.

 

Collector. My husband and I were collectors of other things separately before getting into this hobby and are still collectors of other things concurrent with this hobby. I know people that have addictions (both properly diagnosed and undiagnosed) and they still battle them so it's one of those things that keeps me grounded as I know that fine line between "just a hobby" to something more can get easily crossed if not monitored properly. Taking a hard look at one's finances, recognizing healthy habits versus enabling/self-destructive habits, having a decent/healthy social network (can be a network of one even), outside hobbies that don't cost money and/or are low cost, and having a proper mental health routine that fits you personally can do so much to prevent addiction or at least help one battle it for the long haul.

 

I am addicted. I watch all the videos I can find. Spend hours on Instagram and Facebook looking at sales posts and others collectors' dolls. I "shop" for dolls all the time. I just don't hit buy. I have a slightly obsessive personality when it comes to my hobbies. I went through this with Make-up and painting. I have to actively work to not go overboard with my spending, but I am okay spending my free time dedicated to my dolls.

 

I’d say a collector.

When I first got into BJDs I went a little crazy and bought more than I could handle. I sold them off and now I’m at a good number of 6. There are a few more that I want but I’m not in a rush to get them. In all honesty I’d don’t see me owning more than 8-9, I don’t have the space.

 

Addict for sure.
I have an addictive personality and the only thing holding my collection so small is being poor, if I had all the money to spend I would literally drown in dolls and their stuff.

I spend my time browsing this site, IG, facebook and various doll sites, making lists of what I would buy if/when I have the money.
I don't even feel bad about being addicted

 

Replying to myself~

100% an addict. I'm not going to deny it. It's an honest problem for me. I just really like to spend money, especially on other people, and once COVID hit, I had to turn that impulse inward. If I could somehow donate all my money to friends or charities and still pay my bills, I'd be happy. I have no clue what to do with money.

(I do have a sizeable amount in savings but that's because I don't touch it ever.)

 

I went the opposite direction. I was always careful about what I allowed myself to buy, and had a very small collection. but during the covid isolation, I became lonely and depressed, since I live alone, and went on a doll buying frenzy. I ended up with dolls that I didn't really want, and felt really ashamed of myself, so I've been gradually selling off my "covid dolls" to get back to my original collection.

I consider myself a collector as far as the dolls I bought (pre-covid frenzy) as all my dolls are mostly from 5 Star or Resinsoul and Bobobie. But I spend many hours at my computer looking at doll sites, and trying to learn everything I can about them. So in that way I'm addicted.

 

Addict and I am trying not to so much addicted . Haha . I will buy almost everything from fairyland .

 

Hmmm. I’d say collector . . . but my family would say addict!! lol. Either way, I’m happy. Love my hobby!!

 

Happy, well-adjusted addict. My resin family is an elegant part of life in so many ways.

 

Uuuummm.... A collector of addictions perhaps?!

Seriously though; when I get fired up for something, I DO have to keep myself in check. I usually do pretty good. When I first got into the BJD hobby years ago, I accumulated a sizable collection in just a few short years. Then I took a break and concentrated on another hobby for a while and managed to build that up pretty quick. And then I switched to a hobby I'd been away from for many years, and now back to dolls. I have a lot of hobbies, and always manage to cycle back after a break.

 

I think that I'm more of a collector than addict. But before I would certainly was an addict, especially when I would purchase 2 or 3 dolls a year. I didn't think about where I would put them, also I would forget that I ordered them, by the time they would arrive, I found that I thought they were not attractive and didn't do anything with them.

 

Um... both? I'm a little less of an addict now, just browsing occasionally to find clothes for the dolls I've purchased. It's probably because I've run out of dolls I can find in the size and style that I buy... *cough*enoughofthat*cough*

I do collect dolls, have collected non-BJD dolls in spurts for years. I just recently got back into the BJD hobby, but that's kind of a long/weird story.

I guess, bottom line, is I'm sticking to a budget now. No more compulsive doll buying for me anymore. Unless I have the mad money available for it, anyways.

 

I have been registered on DoA since 2008, but my collection is at 5, so I want to say collector. BUT, I know me. Hyperfixation is powerful. When I do buy dolls I always buy more than one as if the floodgates have been opened. My last order was 3 dolls all at once (!!) and I regret it. If I could reverse time, I'd probably cut 1 or 2 from the order. Limited dolls are the hardest for me due to FOMO.

I also tend to order fullsets as I am a very visual person and often fall in love with what they advertise, but since I don't invest creative energy into that doll they tend to just sit untouched once dressed. I've been working on planning out blank dolls, though that "endless possibilities" aspect can be overwhelming, as well as the intimidation that comes with having never sent a doll out to be painted.

ramble, ramble

 

As of right now, I’d be leaning more towards collector, if I had to choose either of them.
What saves me from becoming addicted to this hobby, is that I am extremely picky when it comes to liking a doll. If I don’t fall in love with a doll at first sight, then I don’t buy it. That, and also a few dolls I have fallen in love with, are dolls from past years which I haven’t seen being sold secondhand . That is also probably saving me lol ‘cause I know that if I particularly saw 2 dolls I really want, I would buy them without a doubt on the spot.

 

I hesitate to call myself an “addict,” because it has a connotation of being something bad and negative, and dolls have actually done wonderful things for my life and creativity. I kinda live and breathe them at the moment, but I’m also in control. So I’m not sure. Hmm…