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I have a problem that interferes with my ability to enjoy Pokemon games, and I'm wondering if anyone can relate. I obsess over all kinds of small details such as the date I started playing, which Pokemon I use, the data that's registered in my Pokedex, and so on. If something doesn't feel quite right, I get the urge to delete my save file and restart.
I once erased an entire Omega Ruby living dex in the middle of the night, because thinking about all the attributes of those Pokemon - their abilities, genders, the balls they were caught in, and so on - was keeping me awake. I made a new living dex in Ultra Sun a few years later, and that one suffered the same fate.
I avoid downloading event Pokemon, because I don't like having anything on my save file that can't be re-obtained at a later date. I dread encountering shinies, because I feel that it makes my Pokedex untidy if I have a few shinies registered but not all of them. Sometimes I avoid using nicknames even if I have really good ideas for them, because I feel that they make my Pokemon look untidy.
I used to be really carefree and never thought about any of these things. I wish I could go back to playing the way I used to, because I feel like I'm ruining the games for myself. There are so many save files I regret deleting.
I've heard people talking about "Pokemon OCD" and "video game OCD" so I know I'm not alone. I hesitate to use the term OCD, though, because I don't want to trivialise the struggles of people who really have the illness. Sometimes I do wonder if I might really have a mild form of OCD, but I've never been formally diagnosed.
Has anyone else here ever had problems like this? How do you deal with it? I would love to leave all of this nonsense behind me when BDSP and Legends come out. Recently, I've been having some success with a "messy" playthrough of Sword which I'm hoping to make my main save file, but I still keep having to fight the urge to delete it!
I once erased an entire Omega Ruby living dex in the middle of the night, because thinking about all the attributes of those Pokemon - their abilities, genders, the balls they were caught in, and so on - was keeping me awake. I made a new living dex in Ultra Sun a few years later, and that one suffered the same fate.
I avoid downloading event Pokemon, because I don't like having anything on my save file that can't be re-obtained at a later date. I dread encountering shinies, because I feel that it makes my Pokedex untidy if I have a few shinies registered but not all of them. Sometimes I avoid using nicknames even if I have really good ideas for them, because I feel that they make my Pokemon look untidy.
I used to be really carefree and never thought about any of these things. I wish I could go back to playing the way I used to, because I feel like I'm ruining the games for myself. There are so many save files I regret deleting.
I've heard people talking about "Pokemon OCD" and "video game OCD" so I know I'm not alone. I hesitate to use the term OCD, though, because I don't want to trivialise the struggles of people who really have the illness. Sometimes I do wonder if I might really have a mild form of OCD, but I've never been formally diagnosed.
Has anyone else here ever had problems like this? How do you deal with it? I would love to leave all of this nonsense behind me when BDSP and Legends come out. Recently, I've been having some success with a "messy" playthrough of Sword which I'm hoping to make my main save file, but I still keep having to fight the urge to delete it!