I think I need to go into YGOA: Yugioh Annonymous. Here's the problem: I've become somewhat obsessed with deck-building. While not nearly strong enough to make me criminal about it, I've started gaining a disturbing RL interest with making decks. Just recently, I had spent well over $100 on booster packs and single cards to try and finish building three of my RL decks (two of which are almost finished, with the third one still in its infancy), and I have also started looking online for the lowest prices for holo and mint versions of cards in my decks. I've even started thinking about acquiring Ultimate Rare versions of certain cards (like Master of Oz). Like I said, it's not nearly as overwhelming as it could be, and I (thankfully) haven't even thought about doing anything criminal to feed this bizarre addiction, but after blowing roughly half of my paycheck on boosters just to get a few cards that I need, it made me realize just how bad it is, and could turn out to be.

Any thoughts about this? Right now, I've committed myself to other things, and have sworn off finishing my third deck as soon as my other two are done (which shouldn't take long), but with the prospect of going to the TLM Sneak Preview looming on the horizon, I'm not sure how fortified I can make my soul to NOT start up again.

Being so obsessed on something like that can be hard to get away from, all you do is deck build and when your not doing it your most probably thinking about it
If thats the case, and it starts to get a problem and interferes with your life, you should try to find something to do that takes your mid of it, i know it will be hard to do, but at the moment its not a big big problem but its something you should keep an eye on, and when the TLM Sneak Preview comes a long, make a budget of how much you are going to spend on it so you dont go over the top.

If you need any help give me a pm.

hey man, I'm obsessed with it too!! I can take my mind off of it sometimes by thinking about Magic the Gathering instead, but since I'm so dominant in my area and watch the show whenever possible, i just think about it too much. You're not alone.

I have OCD so i know exactly what its like.

But hey, thats the whole point of this site, where yugioh addicts come and chat.

Lol, to spawngod, synjodeonecros and kurtboy, you're not alone. When you're not thinking about yugioh decks its magic huh, well i got magic yugioh and duel masters to think about xD! It doesn't sound as serious for me as it is for u though synjo because I have nothing to worry about, I can spend every penny i make in a week on cards and be okay, but then again im 15 and live with my mom xD! Well I reccomend that you don't be so obsessive with it. Playing yugioh and thinking/building decks is okay, just limit it so you have time for a life as well. Maybe even go out for a walk and even if your thinking about yugioh decks while walking its okay because at least your doing something else than sitting around the house. I do feel your pain though, I feel I am far too obsessed at times with this game as well. But like spawngod I can't stop because I love finding a challenge. In my area NO ONE can beat me so apparantly regionals, nationals etc; are my next stop. A HUGE reccomendation is that if you spend so much time playing yugioh at least go some where with it, for example sell cards on ebay for a lot of prefit and attend every tournament possible that way your at least accomplishing something with your "obsession." Whatever you do, don't quit yugioh, just try to vent your anxiety so to speak by other means alot.

Well said :)

*applauds*

well spoken on that lecture! I think I'm going to start selling my unneeded cards that are worth money, such as Tyrant Dragon, Ultimate rare 1st ed. Gearfriend Swordmaster, 4 of my 6 mystic swordsman lv.6, lol, and stuff I"m never, ever going to use. After summer's over, I'll be rich!

Do what newz did, make a new topic in the lounge forum and list the cards your selling, i think its a great idea, good way to turn unneeded cards into cash.


And yes this is going of topic to next mod to come here, close it, or move it to SPAM

I have ADD and OCD....
I get obsessed with yugioh sometimes

I have OCD but not ADD, its better now, but it was bad.