Anyone here play any video games, tabletops, etc? Tell me what you nerd out about. I'll start, I love old school SNES games (i'm 31, grew up around the SNES, Amiga, etc), especially old JRPG's like Chrono Trigger. The story and gameplay will always have me stoked. What about you?

Me too! I grew up more around Nintendo 64 games though, but I also really like NES and SNES games too! What kind of music do you like that you had connections around growing up? I like a lot of different kinds of music. My favorite genre is Drum & Bass which is a popular genre in the UK and New Zealand. But I also love 70's rock like Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. I also like to listen to some Metal sometimes too.

@Drew777 Any music really, but I find myself listening to music that comes from video games I like a lot. I'm positive that I like more songs that are decades older than the ones now. If I had to pick, Jazz, ballad, rock, and rap are pretty good

@BigGip09 Yeah, video game soundtracks often times have some great music in them! Yeah, I like older music better than newer music too I'd say, like 70s and 80s and 90s too. But I also like a good bit of music from the early to mid 2000's, even though I know that really isn't that old. Jazz is awesome! I love the sound of the saxophone the best I think. And of course rock is just so classic! I like some old school rap like House Of Pain. And ballad is a such a relaxing and peaceful genre. :)

@Drew777 Honestly I'd be willing to consider the early/mid 2000s to be retro. That's 21 years from now and looking back, we've come such a long way with music, video game consoles, etc. I think it also depends on where you look in those things as well.

@BigGip09 Yeah, you're right, we really have come such a long way with everything since the early/mid 2000's, everything felt so different even just back then. And yeah, I think it really depends too with all of what we're looking at with those things from back then.

@Drew777 That was a pretty decent chat, bro. What brings you to NOCD anyway?

@BigGip09 Yeah, it really was a nice chat. And one reason I really love this app is to be here to help others with there daily struggles, it makes me sad to see the pain people are facing on a regular and daily basis, but I realize I've not been allowing any time for myself or my needs recently either in trying to use all of my time to be there for everyone else... I'm not good at balancing things out in that way... Any advice? I also love this app though because I've realized that ALL people have such amazing insights to offer on various topics! It's so encouraging to see things being talked about by so many people from so many different perspectives and personal experiences. This is an awesome community and I'm just so glad to be a part of it. :) Also, I just wanted to say that I read everything you have typed on your profile and I feel like it is all truly inspiring. I feel like it may have even answered some questions I've been having about myself and what I should be doing to try and live my life in the best possible way. I realize that sounds kind of odd, I think I just need to talk to a therapist about how I'm feeling... but anyways, I just wanted to say thanks BigGip09. It's been nice talking to you friend. :)

@Drew777 That was a nice and honest reply you left there. Much like me, it seems that we get a lot of joy in helping people and that's really nice. It's always good to have people that are willing to help others and listen to people in order to lift them from struggles whether similar or different. You also have to make time for yourself with the use of self-care. That's important for your overall health. I'm often too hard on myself and it causes me to only focus on things that I either didn't do in the past but could have, things I haven't gotten to in my life, and only my mistakes. It's a very negative process, but also addictive and it's something I need to try and stop. I'm also glad my profile was able to help in some way. It's not odd at all to need to talk to a therapist. It's completely normal and it should be encouraged that you're looking to talk to someone professionally about how you feel, man.

@BigGip09 To add to this real quick. Part of why I love doing threads like this is to help normalize the experience of needing therapy. It's been "taboo" for so long, and it shouldnt be. As I said above, we're still people. And we should embrace that. Hope y'all are well tonight.

@BigGip09 Sorry I never replied to you BigGip09. I've honestly just been trying not get on this app too much for the last few days because I realize I've been stressing myself out by feeling like I have to help everyone on here all the time. But I still love this app and I'm so glad to be able to talk to the people on here, I just want to make sure that I also take the proper time I need for myself to relax as well, like you were saying with the use of self-care. And I can relate to what you're saying about being too hard on yourself about stuff. I obsess about feeling like I have to do all of theses specific tasks each day, or spend time talking to all of these specific people, otherwise I'll feel guilty, and I know it's not healthy so I need to try and stop too, but like you said it's a negative and addictive process and it's difficult to break out of. I really want to talk to a therapist, I just don't know how to handle the financial part of all of it... :( I'm sure in time it'll all work out though, I just need to keep trusting in God and know that God will help me through this. :)

@Sound Lotus I agree that the experience of needing therapy should be normalized. We are still people, and we have nothing to be ashamed of. :) sorry for the late reply Sound Lotus, I hope you're well too friend. :)

Thanks so much for your kind words. One reason I like creating threads like this is to sorta "rehumanize" what were going through. We might be sick and hurting, but we are still people with interests. This isn't to take away from the validity of other posts, but just to provide a break amidst the hell that is OCD. Also I heckin love Fall Guys. If you were on PC I'd say let's play haha. Part of me wants to start a discord for NOCD gamers.

@Sound Lotus I agree with what you're doing to "rehumanize" what we're going through. :) OCD may be one thing we all have in common that's a struggle for us, but our OCD doesn't define us, there is SO much more about who we are than our OCD. I believe it's good to focus on other things amidst the OCD, just to make life feel more normal to us. :) And that's awesome! I thought Fall Guys was a cross platform game though? Can't PC and Playstation players play together? I think an NOCD gamer discord server sounds like a great idea though! I would 100% love that. :) Hope you have a great night Sound Lotus! God bless! :)

What I'm hearing from this, is that we're now best friends solely based upon your Planescape reference. I actually need to finish that game.

@Sound Lotus Doooooo it… it’s even been ported to mobile now… My gaming magnum opus will be to eventually run a major play-by-mail tabletop campaign, though. It’s technically a 2nd-edition setting but it’s so detailed that you could run it with pretty much any system. 💌📦💎🖋🌌