While I don't put much restriction on myself when it comes to hobbies, I did notice that I had to do so for other things if I want to accomplish something. Like, say, I want to finish a game. I had a tendency to grind until my characters are at max level and then stop without seeing the ending. I had to restrict myself to that one game or I'll never be done with it.
Sometimes, it's the guilt of not finishing something I poured my time into that puts the pressure on me not to let it go to waste. Is it the same with you? Perhaps your mind is trying to remind you to commit to something but you're looking for the next high, so to speak?
When I was depressed, I clung onto any small thing that distracted me and triggered happy chemicals in my brain. If that meant buying something ober my budget, so be it. But then, the guilt hit and I'd feel like a failure at self control. We do have that tendency to feel overly guilty...then become depressed when we don't satisfy our perfectionism.
Wow, exactly! That does make a lot of sense for me. I seem to be pretty prone to depression, due to loneliness and anxiety, so maybe this
is a weird coping mechanism? I say "weird" because it causes me more stress for a while. But once I finally accept the next obsession and commit to it, I definitely get a rush of happiness - it's thrilling and the novelty is so refreshing for a while. But yes, I do the same thing with the books I read and the games I play. Harry Potter, for instance - I still haven't finished that series because I can never commit to the obsession long enough.
Thanks so much for your reply; I'd never looked at it from this angle.
Lol this is also a familiar issue, although I started to find ways to keep myself from buying too much, knowing that I may hate this interest in a few months.
I have to say though, I wouldn't like to have to be restricted to one interest. I think I would eventually run out of things to do with it. Plus I love finding a new game series to latch onto.
Haha yeah, at the moment I'm in a state of hopelessness regarding this - there's really no point in buying anything related to my interest, since I'm so fickle. I hate it.
But I guess I want to settle on one interest because it's an aesthetic thing for me. Like, say, if I settled on my Zelda interest, I'd want to drown myself in not only Zelda-related things, but anything that I can somehow associate with Zelda, like LOTR, HP, horses/other animals, medievial-type things... For instance, LOTR is similar to Zelda in that there are elf-like people, the settings are similar, there's magic and fantasy, etc. But Zelda would still be the root of the aesthetic. I hope that makes sense, lol.
Your Avatar reminds me of Lindsey Stirling
Aw, you're right! Lindsey Stirling is amazing
I can understand even as a grown woman I sometimes get misunderstandings,a few years ago I went to a shop to buy a my little pony equestrian girl doll and when I went to buy it the lady who served me noticed I had a my little pony purse and asked me if the doll was for me and I replied yes,she then burst into laughter which made me teary eyed but I agree with you I would rather my dolls over some people at least they bring me joy and there could be a lot worse things that I could be interested in than doll collecting.
It's alright, don't let those kinds of people bring you down. Just keep doing what you love, and you'll eventually attract people who are like-minded. MLP is a cute show! There are a ton of adult people who are into it, so don't feel bad.
As someone who has just recently been going through a little bit of a Zelda obsession, I am wondering what your opinion is on which games are the best. I played some of them as a kid but didn't enjoy them very much, I think because I was always so focused on wanting to beat the games I played. I've been systematically playing them again for a few months very leisurely and have been getting pretty into it (I really liked OoT, I loved MM, and I'm currently playing Wind Waker which I'm a little meh on). I guess this isn't the thread to get into too much detail, but I was just curious if your opinions are similar and what other Zelda games you liked in case I decide to play another after WW.
Well, I didn't quite get into Zelda until about 6th grade, which is when I got a Wii. The "LoZ: Twilight Princess" game came with it. It was the second Zelda game I'd ever played, the first being "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link," which I didn't care much for. So, I never got to experience the more classic games like OoT and MM first-hand, but Twilight Princess was (and still is) my favorite game of the games that I own. At the moment I'm watching a playthrough of "LoZ: Breath of the Wild," which definitely ties with TP as my favorite. They're both really beautiful; the stories are compelling. I've completed TP at least 8 times now, haha. And in BoTW, it seems like they're really putting emphasis on how Link is semi-mute, which I think is great.
I own WW for the gamecube, but haven't played it much. A lot of people adore it, but it doesn't quite feel like Zelda to me; it's so different. I would really love to own OoT, as I've watched part of a playthrough of it as well, and I love it, despite the graphics being so outdated. I actually love the fact that it looks like an older game (I love the classic stuff), and it really feels like a Zelda game, unlike WW (just my opinion please don't attack me lol).
I'd also love to own MM and ALBW. I've heard a lot of good things about those. ALBW is another playthrough I've seen; it seems like a great game. Still need to finish that one too.
TL;DR: I would try Twilight Princess, BoTW, and ALBW. Can't say much for the other games for now, but I'm hoping to know more in the future
Sorry for the super-long post, lol
Oh and nice collection Adora!
