aloneatlast

I would love to be sat watching TV with a glass of red wine. Just one glass.

I would love to be able to design a website and once completed, leave it alone and not redo it fifty times.

I would love to be able to go to the gym without leaving in pain from overdoing it.

Have a meal, without eating too much.

Love without smothering those I love.

Drive without speeding.

I was not born/made with an off switch, so sue me. I will have to just live without starting things, I cannot possibly stop easily.

Dee74

I found that once I stopped futzing with my brain chemistry my off switch got a little better.

I'm still obsessive sometimes but I try to use my obsessiveness for good, instead of evil nowadays

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Deleteda

That's really good to hear Dee

Thomasthetank

I'm very much the same. For me, my natural impulse is to go 100% with anything I do. It's actually a very destructive way to live, despite sounding like the sort of thing someone would say in a job interview.

Even the good stuff, like you mentioned going to the gym I'm exactly the same. I'd destroy myself one day so I couldn't train for a week and I dreaded going back.

Learning that less is more is a real test for me. If I'm not doing everything I can, I don't feel in control.

But there are certain things I can learn to control, like working smarter not harder, or eating better. Drinking and smoking I just can't. I'm wired in such a way that if I get a buzz from something I'll chase it to ruin.