I'm having a panic attack over buying/owning a video game

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Earlier today I bought a few Silent Hill games off ebay (For anyone who doesn't know, Silent Hill is a survival-horror series that focuses on psychological horror). All afternoon I've been really excited, thinking about how great it will be when they arrived. And now I'm pretty much having a panic attack over the thought of them arriving.

I don't know what has come over me; Silent Hill is one of my favourite series, I've played all the games before. And yet, the idea of owning my own copy of the game terrifies me. The idea of the games arriving in a few days is making me shake and cry and feel like I'm on a golf course in the middle of a storm. I'm scared, and I'm not even sure why.

Yesterday I heard someone mention having a fear of the dark, then she next said she loves horror movies and uses video games to relax.

Play those games if you like, but never for more than about an hour per day.

This sounds like an overload to me. You're overwhelmed by your excitement so your brain kinda dove into an anxiety attack. I wish I could explain it better and but if I could, I'd probably understand myself more when stuff like that happens.

I like what leejosepho said and I think that's a good rule for any of us who can get obsessive with or overwhelmed by things. I think I'm going to apply that 1hr rule to a lot more things.

Yes, this is normal for Aspies. When possible it is a good idea to take a time out--avoid social situations and let your brain recover.

I get this all the time when I'm getting something new.

Dive into a special interest for a while.

When I wait so, so long for a game to come out / arrive and finally hold it in my hands, I get so excited that it's like having a bad panic attack, even though its a good thing .

Silent Hill is seriously f-uped, yeah I would go with not playing it more than a hour way.

Never feel uneasy about giving in to a special interest.

I wish I'd still feel excited about getting a game.

Nowadays, I just get games I think I'd like - maybe five of them at once - but I don't even remove the plastic from them... just put them away, right after buying them. -_-; I have so many unopened games, it's just crazy. More than you'd find to buy in the average videogame store. Then again, part of why I don't play them is because opening them is difficult, since I don't want the boxes to get filthy. And when I have opened the games, I have to make sure the controllers don't get filthy... as well as the discs, before I touch them... and I have to wipe all dust off of the console with wet wipes, so the fan doesn't suck the dust in, or so the disc doesn't bring some of it into the console, when I put the disc in. Sigh. -_- And the controllers have to get wiped off, too, of course...

Anyway, yeah, sounds like an overload to me. In the beginning of last year, I got a panic attack because of being in an extremely good mood. Lasted for two horrible hours... -_-

I did feel a bit content with getting some nice anime, a few days ago, though... when I get my computer running, I will finally be able to watch it... I have barely watched any anime for years, now... same with videogames... but I think anime will be able to keep up my interest, more easily.

Haha, sorry for this rant... just started thinking about it all.