OCD on 4K/Blu-ray Condition

[stackerboy99]

Hello,

I know I have made a lot of forum posts already on this topic, but I feel at this point, I need some help and closure with this, and if ANYBODY has ANYTHING that can help, that would be very appreciated.

For the last year or so, I have been growing an obsession with the condition of Blu-ray/4K/DVDs. Whenever I purchase a title, brand new, and notice any sort of scratch (even those invisible ones that only appear when you hold the disc up to the light a certain way) or any imperfection that I cannot wipe off, then I end up having to rebuy the same title(s) until the disc condition is pristine. It also equals an automatic rebuy for me when a title arrives and I hear a loose disc.

Thankfully, I have gotten a little better at this by not looking at the bottom of the disc whenever I buy a title, but I think my worst culprit are the Blu-ray seasons of Supernatural. I own every season, but one season has had imperfect discs with every duplicate purchase I make of it.

I think my mindset is that if there is any sort of imperfection on a disc, then that automatically means to me that the disc is defective and will not play properly, even when I have not tested it at all. It's also gotten to the point where, if I do look at a new disc, I then end up deeming it unplayable with every wipe of my shirt I give it, causing another rebuy. This obsession has only occurred with small portions of my collection (thankfully) and I do not plan to do this with every title I own.

All of these things have been causing me to think maybe I should move to digital media and just purchase movies via VUDU and own them digitally. I know physical media reigns supreme to many, but with digital, you don't have to worry about rebuying or the condition of it.

If anybody has any sort of advice, or help, or ANYTHING that can go towards ending this OCD obsession, that would be appreciated. The main TL;DR here, is that I worry about the condition of discs in my collection, and feel the need to rebuy a title if I ever notice an irremovable scratch/smudge on a disc, and I want to be able to not worry about it anymore. This didn't start happening until a year ago, so I don't know why it has become such an issue when it meant nothing to me before.