OCD about Comping

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1trainer1
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I am work and getting comping withdrawal symptons...

does anyone else get a bit anxious if they go more than a day without comping...I know I do but its because I am an end date comper and if I miss a day i get very anxious....

I was just wondering if their is anyone else in the same boat as I go home after work and comp for an hour or two every night
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  • Madrabbitgirl
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    I can't say it makes me feel anxious, if I miss a day I just try to enter a few extra over the next few days but then I only usually do about 30 a day anyway so then I haven't really got all that much to make up. Maybe rather than enter for the ones ending the next day, you could enter the ones that are ending in a few days time, so if you missed a day or two you would still have a bit of time to enter and not feel as if you are missing out? I don't know if this would help?

    It does make me feel a bit miserable at times if I've had no win for more than a couple of days but i know the chances are that I'm not going to win all the time so I'll have to get used to it! I feel so elated when I get a win though and also the hope that I might win keeps me going! I find keeping busy helps if I'm having a not such a good day, maybe doing something else you enjoy would take your mind off it for a bit? Comping should be a bit of fun, not something that's going to make you anxious or get you down.
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  • hazyjo
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    I just had to miss over 2 weeks' worth. Was hard! Just trying to get motivated again now...

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  • Lynnie27
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    I know exactly what you mean. I went to Torquay for a week and found myself itching to get to a pc to comp, when I got home I tried to make up for lost time. Then, when moving house recently, the same thing happened, I was really anxious to get back to comping and tried desperately to enter the comps I had missed over the few days I was too busy to sit down and enter. I'm glad I'm not the only one :)
  • Chyna-s
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    Lol I am at an airport right now trying to get some last minute comping in before my holiday and panicking about what comps I will miss out on while away.
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  • DUKE
    DUKE Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    I'm the same, the longer the day goes on the more twitchy I become - I'm an addict! When I go on holiday it's an absolute mare having to return & catch up on all the comps.
  • 1trainer1
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    just glad its not only me then....

    it keeps me quiet at home so the missus can her have own time
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  • catmiaow
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    Definitely I missed two weeks whilst on honeymoon, I didn't think much about it until I got home. I find it a nightmare catching up whilst I have been away. I am going to miss loads of comping this year, a week in July, a week in September, a couple of days in Oct and Dec. That will be a nightmare.
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  • Short-n-Sweet
    Short-n-Sweet Posts: 7,129 Forumite
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    I suffer with anxiety and OCD anyway so a big fat YES from me. I feel lost and worried i am missing out! (like last week totally missed the win every hour ones) kicked myself. I also started working friday afternoons..and Twitter have most competitions on a friday..so im always out when the best ones are running and it secretly kills me.

    I try to keep on top of comps. I really hate missing them. It has become a complete obsession. I try to comp on my phone if away from the PC from to long. It is THAT BAD. lol
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  • Alex_max
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    So nice to hear i'm not alone in my comping addiction :D :rotfl:

    I was away for three days and had no access to the internet and i was panicking about all the comps i was missing, even now i'm dreading going away for the week where again there's no pc or internet. I think i just love to comp, even though i know i won't win all the time, i love the surprises :)
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  • MimiJane
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    I think maybe we all need therapy ;)

    A couple of years ago, I went on a four-day break to Wales with my partner and, when I got back, just entered the main comps. I'd missed. Thank god I did, I won a Loose Women comp. from one of the days I was away! Now I'm paranoid about not missing any of the "biggies" ...
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