>>51619257Diagnosed autist here. I've been carrying trading cards in cases and slabs with me ever since I was like 8 years old, I'm 27 now. I don't know why I really do it, I just feel incomplete if my "inventory" is completely empty and utility EDC items like my phone, wallet, lighter, and knife just don't fill that void for some reason. I just NEED something personal, some sort of toy or pretty picture, I don't really get it either because I don't even look at it or really fondle the object of interest that often I just need to sense it resting in my pocket or else I feel wrong. Sometimes it's other things too like dice or crystals but often it's trading cards. Often I will buy multiple copies of a card I love even if it's fairly expensive because I want one NM and slabbed for display and one ~LP that I don't care too much about (pocket dust always eventually ruins these cards) that will be slabbed up and carried with me.
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