Is "just right" OCD preventing me from enjoying story-driven games and media?

"Just Right" OCD causing me to avoid stories?

I really like video games. But I've found I only play multiplayer games, which sucks because I miss playing story games. I avoid the story games a lot of the time because I'm worried I won't be in the "right" state to enjoy them. I actually often don't watch TV shows, movies, read books, all of this stuff for that reason. I'm beginning to wonder if that's at least somewhat affected by "just right" OCD Just putting this here, wondering if others have had a similar experience.

Username: Uninspired username Uninspired u...

Date posted: 2y ago

This is me too! With video games, movies and I'm the same with snacks. I have a whole stash of snacks and I never eat them because of the same reason you say and they expire

Username: SheldoriumSheldorium

Date posted: 2y ago

I can relate to this a lot. Especially when it comes to watching the final of a series. I have put final episodes off for over a month because I wanted the moment I experience them to be in to be just right. I also never see myself watching youtube videos of creators I really like in casual moments like when I am eating cause it wouldn’t be the right moment and I say to myself that I wouldn’t appreciate it enough. Maybe youre onto something.

Username: MrAlcometMrAlcomet

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

I can fully relate with this!!! I wasted like 10 years almost not engaging in any activity I love like video games because of this obsession. Until I finally accepted that this "perfect moment" will never come. Even before I had this obsession, I realized that there was never such moment. So now I try to force myself to just engage in whatever I feel at the moment without waiting to be in a perfect state

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Thank you! And yeah that sounds like the way to do it, just accept that the "perfect" moment will never come and just do it anyway. Thank you!

Username: AnonymousAnonymous

Date posted: 2y ago

Thank all of you so much for your replies! It's validating to know that others have also had this experience

Username: user7

Date posted: 5y ago

How do you use ERP (exposure response prevention) to help “just right” OCD? I’ve never quite understood how to expose myself to anything to help me not do my compulsions since a lot of my feelings are just that it’s not right Like for germ/cleaning OCD they say to touch a trash can or something to expose yourself and not give in to your compulsions, but how would you do something like that with just right ocd?

Perfectionism OCD

Username: autumngrace

Date posted: 4y ago

I listen to a lot of ocd podcasts and watch a lot videos read a lot of articles. And I’m recently feeling a bit worried when I hea stories about how ocd has manifested in other people’s lives. A lot of people talk about experiencing some perfectionism as a kid, often counting or being afraid of germs. I don’t temper experiencing such things. I don’t think I’ve ever struggled with contamination ocd. I’ve only really struggled with pure o types of ocd. This leads me to worry “maybe it’s not ocd.” Does anyone else feel this way?

"Pure" OCD

Username: AnthonyB71

Date posted: 1y ago

It’s OCD but doesn’t fall into any subtype I know

Well my OCD is odd. I’m sure everyone says the same thing. I’ve tried to identify it but about as close as I get is to Just Right OCD but even that doesn’t sound right. There is no anxiety attached to my obsessive thoughts and no intrusive thoughts unless intrusive thoughts are thoughts that trigger compulsions. I seem to have more a compulsive/ritual based disorder. Though I do have an obsessive nature the obsessions don’t seem to have a nexus with the compulsions. The compulsions are mostly in my head and like Mental rituals - sequencing and arranging thoughts into a particular order. Anything can fail the routine and to have to start again. There are ad hoc routines triggered by thoughts and then there are set routines - every time before I leave the house, eat a meal, before I go to bed. The mental rituals usually have a theme of death. Thoughts of death or deceased people or even old people will reset the routine. Coughing, an itch, my phone giving me a notification will also fail the routine and I start over again. It almost feels like I am playing a game with obstacles but I can’t move on to the next thing until I complete the routine. What sub type do I have ? Do I even have OCD?

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