Collecting

cute-stims:

chickpeastims:

radicallyautistic:

myautisticjournal:

Do any other autistics collect things just to collect them? If so, what do you collect?

Over the years I’ve had several collections:
Rocks
Magic: The Gathering cards
“Pretties” (basically glassware, statues, etc.)
Rings
Stress balls shaped like other things (mainly from robotics competitions)
Pins (mainly Disney and ones from robotics competitions)

Water bottles
Buttons (the kind you pin in backpacks
Sketchbooks/notebooks
Crystals
Pop figures

crystals
stationery
stuffed animals
stim toys
comics

used to collect stuff for practicing witchcraft, stamps, coins, and polly pocket toys as well

keyrigns

snowglobes

monster high dolls

crystals (again)

dead things and things from dead things (bones, teeth, ect)

• rocks, gems, fossils, etc.
• seashells
• pokemon figurines (moncolle is my favorite, but i collect zukan and the hasbro battle figures too)
• pokemon plushies
• pokemon cards
• amiibos
• dragon figures
• marbles
• tamagotchis
• adoptable pets (only valley of unicorns and gpx+ right now, but i used to be on a ton of different collecting sites)
• souvenir nail clipper keychains
• pictures of pretty cakes
• shiny pokemon
• cheesy brochures for us/canadian tourist traps
• nail polish