OCD?
Last night I sat down to watch "The State Within" (5/6). I started watching this when the first episode was shown and I was staying in a hotel whilst working away. I thought it was just excellent and couldn't wait to watch the next episode. However, the episodes became more and more confusing.....the plot was very hard to follow and if I had to sit and write a precis of it, I know I couldn't do it. Last night I really wanted to continue watching "The Brain Hospital" which I recorded on Wednesday night but turned off the DVD to watch TSW instead.
After 30 minutes I realised I wasn't really concentrating. And then I realised that I was only watching it because I somehow felt that if I didn't continue to the end of the series, the previous 4 hours would be "wasted". Realisation continued to dawn and it occurred to me that I've watched other stuff in the past simply because of a need for completion. I've also read books right to the end for the same reason, even if I wasn't enjoying them.
Am I the only person who does this? I have no problem saying "no" to people when they ask me to do something which I prefer not to do, or I'm busy already. No problem with assertiveness there. Yet I seem to be a pushover when it comes to TV, movies and books! I even sat through "Big Fish" on my own at the cinema once, when it was clearly the most boring and uninteresting film ever made.
And btw, The Brain Hospital was just excellent. They show plenty of MRI scans, which makes me happy :) I always wanted to work at The National since I did a placement there as a student many years ago.
After 30 minutes I realised I wasn't really concentrating. And then I realised that I was only watching it because I somehow felt that if I didn't continue to the end of the series, the previous 4 hours would be "wasted". Realisation continued to dawn and it occurred to me that I've watched other stuff in the past simply because of a need for completion. I've also read books right to the end for the same reason, even if I wasn't enjoying them.
Am I the only person who does this? I have no problem saying "no" to people when they ask me to do something which I prefer not to do, or I'm busy already. No problem with assertiveness there. Yet I seem to be a pushover when it comes to TV, movies and books! I even sat through "Big Fish" on my own at the cinema once, when it was clearly the most boring and uninteresting film ever made.
And btw, The Brain Hospital was just excellent. They show plenty of MRI scans, which makes me happy :) I always wanted to work at The National since I did a placement there as a student many years ago.