Too emotionally attached?

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I've figured out that I get too emotionally attached to things, just stupid little things. See, there's this game and I never used to like it, then suddenly I really got into it, then bam I'm a hermer. I cried at the endings of every game in the series and just a few days ago I had a breakdown about it. Some other things brought on the breakdown, but it morely focused around the fact that the game ended. My mum died a year ago and my teacher says that I've probably just been trying to find something to rely on and to distract myself from reality, which was what the game was doing, and I do believe her. I'm just wondering if anyone's had the same experience, if anyone can relate to me and if it's normal? I mean let's face it, reality is mean and any distraction from it is welcomed with open arms.
Normal or not?

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Based on 22 votes (15 yes)
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  • taciturn
    12 years ago

    I'm really sorry that you're going through this. Your teacher's interpretation sounds reasonable, but I think you should start seeing a therapist. It would probably also help to be more active and hang out with friends.

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  • rockstar2
    7 years ago

    I am guessing you are still in adolescence? So, first your hormones are dictating your behaviour. Your mother who produced the attachment hormones for you has passed and you feel a biological void. You used the ''game'' to fill the void. Once, you come to terms with the fact your mother is gone and it is fine to get ''attached'' to other people, you should stabilise.

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  • amigoing
    12 years ago

    Its normal for your situation hun, and I am so sorry about what happened. :( When you found something you really liked and spent time investing yourself in it, and getting attached to it, you set yourself up for also feeling the grief and loss of the ending... which is a much emotionally *safer* way of letting out the grief and loss you are already feeling.
    I've lost a loved one myself, and the best advice I can give you is to deliberately let yourself really break down and cry about it from time to time. Hurts like raging hell at first, but it does get easier over time, and you begin to be able to remember the good things again, without the overwhelming pain clouding everything.

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    Yes it is normal.

    *forever pissed off at the world.

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  • Aurora93
    12 years ago

    I think your teacher's right. I cling onto things even when I've not got a reason to be depressed.

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