Too True Tuesday – Obsessions and Compulsions
Too True Tuesday is back at The Accidental Mommy. Go and check it out. This week we are speaking of obsessions and compulsions.
For our purposes here today, we’ll use “obsessive” to refer to an unwelcome pattern of thought and “compulsive” to refer to an unwelcome pattern of action.
I tend to over think. I “play the movie” to the end. Of course with every conceivable outcome. Particularly when it comes to CPS, knowing full well they give little thought to us, and have never acted on any of their threats but still….it may be defined as obsessive, or diligent. Either way. I put way too much effort into it.
As far as compulsions?
Video games. Tetris. Farmville. Word games. Sudoku. If I am in the middle of the game, I cannot stop. Don’t care if the house is on fire. Kid’s bleeding? They probably won’t die before I set the new all time world record. Yes, people only challenge me on Facebook once, then I never hear from them again. Because I will not quit until I am the top of the leader board. And with Farmville? I obsess over getting home to harvest my blueberries, and why I planted blueberries on date night, and “blah blah blah important stuff” conversation with Tech Support is drowned out by the voice in my head wondering how much money I’m going to lose having not harvested my berries.
It’s true.
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
oooo, have you tried Peggle? I get the same kind of tunnel vision with yarn crafts.
knit, knit, knit. . .
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March 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 pm
LOL! I used to have a thing with the computer solitare game, where I had to win 3 times before I could leave the house.
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