254: The OCD Gamer

[ender003]

It's a lack of control, feeling an inexplicable impulse and just spontaneously going with it. Just because you get bored watching TV doesn't mean you have ADD. If you are watching TV and suddenly have the impulse to get up, run over to the couch and try to vault over it without knowing where the idea came from, that's....well, it's a more bad ass variation of ADD, but that's pretty much it. Inexplicable impulses that, when asked "why" you can't really explain.

This sounds like a good explanation for why it takes me half an hour to make a sandwich. I'm constantly interrupting the sandwich-making with something totally unrelated. For no reason at all I'll just stop what I'm doing and see what my cat is up to.

 

[FunKing]

The OCD Gamer

All gamers have a desire to play videogames, but, for someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, that desire becomes need. Michael Comeau relates how he discovered that his gaming was just another symptom of his OCD.

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for what it's worth.....your totally not alone, i can relate to you on many levels...just one example, i'm glad i got a new car w/ a keyless entry, now i just press the lock button 5-6 times while leaving my car, as opossed to walking back to it 5-6 times to see if i locked it....either way i feel for you and i'm glad things are getting better, OCD (people can make jokes all they want...i even do sometimes) is not something fun to have at all