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I can't stop restarting

NSFWSpoilerNeed support/advice

If I stop watching a show for a couple days, I have to restart it. If I stop playing a game for a couple days, I have to restart it. If I'm drawing and put it aside for a couple days, I have to start over.

This is incredibly frustrating and ruins all of my passions and hobbies. I can't even unwind with a video game after work because I feel this overwhelming compulsion to reset. Hours and hours of progress wiped because I can't resist the urge to start over. It gets to a point where I don't even want to do art (my passion) because I know I'll just reset. If I don't start and finish an art project the same day, I know I never will, so I spend my entire days off cramming a project so I can finish it before bed. I'm so sick of this.

I'm on medications for Anxiety & OCD but it's not helping with this specific issue. I don't know what started this because it wasn't a problem when I was younger. There wasn't even a specific moment. It just happened one day. And I am so incredibly sick of it. I just want to commit.

Posted Feb 22, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC

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