Does anyone else have this?

vj288

vj288

not actually Fiona Apple
Does anyone get really into things? I'm not exactly sure how to explain what I mean so bear with me. Whenever I do something I either put in 110% effort or almost none at all. I have a couple examples. Whenever I would play video games, I would never do it only for fun, but I had to make sure I did everything. I didn't skip any secret doors, and I wouldn't put it down until there was nothing more I could possibly do. Another is I got into comic books a few years ago, and instead of starting a year back or with a more recent series(?) I had to read it from the beginning. I didn't want to miss anything, but after 200 issues of 1960's avengers I had to stop because I saw the goal was unrealistic, it was just taking up time. It's always like this. I don't read just one book I read all books by author/in series. Watch all episodes of a TV show. Listen to all the songs by an artist. I don't do part of my homework I do it all and in one sitting. Does this relate to anyone else? (Sorry for the post being so long)
 
anxiety1408

anxiety1408

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I could have posted all that lol. I can relate to that ;) Its always all or nothing with me don't really like hanging around in the middle!
 
arsenalwa

arsenalwa

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Same here. Being a perfectionist, OCD, etc. is what I thought. Nothing seems "normal" in me anyway so I don't wonder what is what anymore.
 
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Gerdje

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vj288 said:
Does anyone get really into things? I'm not exactly sure how to explain what I mean so bear with me. Whenever I do something I either put in 110% effort or almost none at all. I have a couple examples. Whenever I would play video games, I would never do it only for fun, but I had to make sure I did everything. I didn't skip any secret doors, and I wouldn't put it down until there was nothing more I could possibly do. Another is I got into comic books a few years ago, and instead of starting a year back or with a more recent series(?) I had to read it from the beginning. I didn't want to miss anything, but after 200 issues of 1960's avengers I had to stop because I saw the goal was unrealistic, it was just taking up time. It's always like this. I don't read just one book I read all books by author/in series. Watch all episodes of a TV show. Listen to all the songs by an artist. I don't do part of my homework I do it all and in one sitting. Does this relate to anyone else? (Sorry for the post being so long)
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Yes, I can completely relate.

I bought some video games for Playstation3 some years ago, and I'm not quiting until I have finished it, collected every item, collected every trophy, EVERYthing, I search all kind of sites for clues, walkthroughs, etc...

I spend A LOT of time behind a computer and I'm addicted to collecting and keeping every version for uncountable shareware & freeware tools.

If I watch a movie, documentary, whatever on DVD or media that I can "rewind" I always rewind if I miss any fraction of second, being it by going to the bathroom, pouring in a cup of coffee, or my mother saying 1 single sentence.

When I (have to) do some little job, it has to be perfect, I have to know beforehand how it can be done perfectly, or I simply will not do it by myself.

There are countless of other things I can mention, but I'll stop ;)
 
FluroUnderwear

FluroUnderwear

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I have OCD and everything you mentioned, I struggle with too. Particuarly with school assignments... I have to do them all at the same time, and have them all finished in one go. I don't give myself breaks. xD It's also how I filled my iPod up a while ago, because if I liked one song from a singer, I'd have to google a list of all of their songs, and download them all. It didn't matter whether or not I liked all of the songs.
Maybe you have OCD too?
 
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worrywort

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yep, I'm the exact same! I like that feeling of completion....or maybe I just dislike the feeling of incompletion!

I watched through every episode of Malcolm in the Middle earlier this year, and I'm currently working my way through Red Dwarf!

...and when I listen to albums, even if I'm bored halfway through, I'd still rather get to the end and finish it properly, than to just bail out mid album.

I never used to be like this though. I feel like it's a habit I've actually voluntarily cultivated in myself, or allowed to happen. I think because I have a fear that I would become hedonistic if I were to allow myself to just give up halfway through something just because I didn't feel like it. I don't want to be a person who gets blown around by their whims and desires. I want to be someone who finishes what they start.
 
Richey

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I tend to be the opposite, i only focus 100% on hobbies that interest me or subjects that i am genuine about and its not usually 100%. when it comes to being forced to work, duties at a job, at school i honestly tend to have a bit of a disinterest and that's how i prefer it in the realm of conforming to others, which is quite selfish of me but i don't feel the need to be a perfectionist because i dont believe in perfectionism. i do believe in trying and making mistakes though and looking at challenges for lots of various possibilities, which rules out perfection.

i have a real problem with the perfectionist mindset, who is to say that anything has to have a perfect full stop painted over it. effort and practice is healthy though.

i have lived with a few perfectionists and they annoy me so much i avoid them. but this mainly because they use arrogance and patronise people who have different ideas to theirs. they believe that their opinions are the correct ones and are perfect and so any argument is not valid, but that is probably because they lack open mindedness.
 
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vj288

vj288

not actually Fiona Apple
worrywort said:
if I were to allow myself to just give up halfway through something just because I didn't feel like it. I don't want to be a person who gets blown around by their whims and desires. I want to be someone who finishes what they start.
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Yeah that sounds right too. If I don't finish something I started it's a waste of time. I really can't use something I don't know everything about. The last chapter of a book is usually one of the most important.
 
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Snowdrop

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I do this sometimes, but with video games especially. I will go back and check for all the secret doors/treasure chests as well XD I'm not really sure why it is either but I know if I leave it I start to feel very uncomfortable and itching like I've left it unfinished.
I have a theory about this though, for me, since anxiety/depression started it felt a lot like everyone around me was moving ahead, whilst I was stuck in the same place. I couldn't move on with my life because there is this big problem that I have to sort now. So maybe feeling the need to complete everything in the small things that we do, like video games, is our way of compensating for everything we've missed out in real life. That's just how I see it anyway :rolleyes:
 
ikbenrifi

ikbenrifi

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OMG, i defintely have this ! espacially in studies, for exemple when i study a precise subject, i have to study and understand all the basic definitions and issues where i get stuck and lost especially with Wikipedia which gives nonstop links to other articles :confused:

last year, i had to study atomistics ( which is the study of intern structure of the atom ). What i tried to study first was the fowllowing :
- the history of the atom, how do we know it exists
- Wave-particle duality of the electron.
- Light and electromagnetic waves
- Photons
- Uncertainty principle of Heinsburg.............
Which is more related to quatum mechanics

And because there is no enough time, when the exam took place, i didn't even started revising my real lesson.

( sorry for the long post ::eek:: )
 
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