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When Collecting Becomes Compulsion with Alyx Effron of Collectors MD (Ep. 273)
WHEN THE HOBBY STOPS FEELING LIKE A HOBBY.
This week we’re joined by Alyx Effron, founder of Collectors MD, for a conversation about something that can be difficult to recognise from inside the hobby: what happens when collecting shifts from something you enjoy into something you feel compelled to keep doing?
Alyx’s perspective comes from lived experience. After struggling with gambling addiction, he began recognising familiar patterns in his own collecting — where it wasn’t necessarily the card he was chasing, but the anticipation, the next opportunity, and the feeling attached to the…
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