Is it normal i think i was a character from a video game?

I know it sounds stupid, but I have a really deep connection with this person in a video game. I don't actually believe I am him, but more as in a past life I was actually that character.

If you're wondering who this character is it's Vaas from Far Cry 3. Now if it was someone normal there wouldn't be much concern, but Vaas is a sociopathic murderer who kidnaps and sells people into slavery. I have urges to kill people and sometimes even remember things from the game in his view, like it was actually real.

I could be just walking through a shopping center but feel like burning the place down and slitting a persons neck in front of their family. I get angry easily, and this is when I lose most of my control and feel like Vaas. Sometimes I'll even see him or he'll be talking to me, telling me all the ways I could murder the person in front of me or just be making crude comments.

The memories I get from him are very strong and make me emotional. I know it's fucked up and I should see a therapist, but do you honestly think once I tell them all this I'll be able to live a normal life? They'll put a label on my name and put me down as some mental illness so whenever I look for a job I'll have "crazy" written all over me. Now who would want to hire someone like that? I'll be lucky if they even let me fucking leave and not throw me into a mental asylum.

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Comments ( 13 )
  • rubbercock

    Join the mma or become a security guard!

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  • sourgrapes

    No not bloody well fkn normal ffs!

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  • edthenut

    stupid millenials

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    • The fuck is a millenial?

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      • jsnpq

        Someone born after the year two thousand. Older generations have forgotten how crazy and fucked up they were when they were younger, they like to judge and talk shit about millenials.

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        • Legion

          Actually, Millennial generation spans from about birth year 1982-2002. The generations is arranged to where the oldest were to be graduating high school in the year 2000.

          The millenials are generally the kids of Gen Xers, who are in turn, the kids of baby boomers.

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          • jsnpq

            Gotcha, thanks

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  • jsnpq

    Nope. See a therapist.

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    • And what's a therapist going to do? Jack me up on drugs until I can't see straight? Talk to me until I'm magically cured from words? Maybe they wont even bother and just chuck me in a fucking mental ward. Fuck therapists

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      • jsnpq

        A psychiatrist prescribes drugs, a therapist just listens and helps you sort shit out, maybe teaches you ways to deal with things. Again, psychiatrist=drugs, a therapist=talk and techniques. Far more fucked up people than you have been helped by therapy believe it or not and they are not going to lock you up unless you hurt someone else or yourself. Thinking about it and talking about it are vastly different things than actually doing it. Thinking and talking about violence are still legal activities.

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        • Okay, but to be honest I don't really want to get help. I've actually already been to a therapist a few times and they didn't really help me that much.

          At the moment I'm not doing anything illegal, but if it gets to the point where I'm unable to control myself at all then I'll probably have to go back to one.

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          • FrizzyHaired

            What's your favourite sport? Do you like going outside? Doing something you enjoy, like swimming, and going out with friends will help you to unfocus your brain from negative thoughts. No therapist required. Focusing on reality, will help you, and I think you have enough self control for the task.

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          • jsnpq

            After thinking about it a little while it sounds to me like you are a very imaginitive person who gets caught up in fantasy very easily but will probably be ok. Fantasy is okay you just want to be careful not to obssess too much or try to act these fantasies out for obvious reasons. Perhaps there is some creative way you can deal with this? Something to think about.

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