Plus, added finger to eye coordination. It's a motor skill and above all the things Rubik, that's one of the better things you get with being able to solve it.
Am I obsessed ? 9 days ago I started with episode 1 of the podcast, now I'm done and thinking why did I spend about 9 hours a day on the podcast, and have been playing house flipper most of the time. It's been entertaining and inspiring so I don't care. love you boys
ADHD is why I get obsessive. It’s the dopamine hits of taking on a challenge, working towards it until I feel like I have it down and then I usually lose all desire to do it anymore. On to the next thing. Videography, gunsmithing, book binding, Minecraft, mountian biking, wood working, composting, guitar, rock climbing, snowboarding, camping etc. Mountain Biking is the best most sustainable obsession for me. Take any bit of time off and fitness starts to go away and have to work hard to get back to a good level. No matter how good you get the ability to continue getting better is endless. It’s a SLOW skill set to learn. Can’t just grind away for countless hours everyday until it is mastered, so it takes a long time to get really good at it. Balance is the key like you guys are saying.
ADHD (AuDHD for me) is why I'm a jack of all trades but a master of none lol. I can hyperfixate on a subject and within 2 weeks I can give an intro lesson on the subject. I'll know more in my head but being able to convey the deeper knowledge gets a little tricky lol. I'm wayy into shadow work (Carl Jung from the age of 12, and I'm 35 on March 14th) so psychology and personal development has something I've studied vocationally my whole life. I kind of hate it because I have a concept or a teaching for everything lol. I was always the friend everyone went to for advice but now my advice is too blunt and realistic so it annoys people. I even annoy myself because I am so quick to see flaws and how to do better for myself, so much so I actively try not to be my best 😂 Agh it gets confusing lmao
Same here. I have ADHD and most sustainable obsessions for people like us are things that are outside. I am a student so this affects dynamically, so I have to go on medication. My ADHD makes me lose interest within a few hours, with a few exceptions. That is why my major interests haven't changed since I was like 8.
Same! I do the audio version because I can boost the audio in my player. The videos are to quiet and even with the volume maxed I can't hear them at the gym.
I have this problem. I have a natural obsessive personality much like you two, but I had my brain cells rearranged by PTSD, and now I have this issue where I can't process memories or events properly, which makes it impossible to let go of anything anymore. Even after the task or event is completed, I can't move on. I want to keep going, I want to improve upon the thing, and it never stops. I have to make a conscious effort to think about other things and try to ignore the obsession in my mind. It's not fun, but I've learned coping skills for it and many other issues I have.
As certified "obsessed to the point where it's unhealthy" personality, I think this podcast is made for me. (Obsessed like "obsessed with eating healthy" in 6th grade, obsessed like "obsessed with a video game and its fandom" all during covid, wasting away my life and forgetting what I did for that span of time, obsessed like "obsessed with hermitcraft/life series and watching tons of videos and getting heavily involved with the fan community" which is present day me.) Obsessions become my entire personality, though ironically a lot of my causal friends don't see that side of me. Which, I don't like that I get super invested in stuff to where it consumes my life, so hopefully there's something in this podcast that I can gain.
Do you ever find yourself nowadays trying to “partition” or ration your current obsessions? I used to also be really bad with consuming or doing things I really liked to the point where I would ignore everything or be constantly thinking about it. Like if I wanted to see art or watch or play or research something I like I have to set a time aside (before AND after) and try to split it up with other things. As in, I have to make a conscious effort to separate myself from that sort of thing to prevent some really unhealthy behaviours I used to have. I’ve just never related to a comment more than I have now!
Came in from spotify to watch the intro XD My obsession take: It all started with guitar hero. I was not really into music back when guitar hero came out, but my brother and I played it in the old Walmart video game demo section and had a lot of fun. The problem is my younger brother was rhythmically gifted and I wasn't so he was better than me...I couldn't let that slide...we got the game (guitar hero 3) and I poured hours and hours into it. Fast forward. I got good, did competitions, won one, loved the game...but it opened up a can of worms. I loved the difficult songs, the difficult songs were metal, I fell in love with metal... I then felt like I needed to step it up. I got a real guitar, then started that "get good" obsession all over again. Now! 15 years later, I've played talent shows and performed town street shows with my brother on drums, I'm now self teaching myself audio engineering while slowing building up my at home music studio, have 8 guitars, and hardly think about anything else in my spare time....yea, obsession hit hard and am loving every second of it. As a side note, you guys have both kept me inspired to keep pushing to make my music dreams a reality so thank you imp and skizz!
Love this podcast (especially the opening)! My brother and I joke about being "AD-OCD". Find something, become obsessed about it, then part-way through, get "good enough", see something shiny and pursue that instead. I think I enjoy the pursuit of learning new things, not perfecting something.
Yeah same here, I get good enough to the point that I feel like I accomplished something... Then I lose interest in continuing. The closest I got to becoming great at something is photoshop and even then, I felt like some people are just so good that I can't keep up
One thing Skizz - can see you're spending a Lil time outside in the nice warm sunshine, and you're not wearing sunscreen on your tattoo. So, to prevent the tattoo's scar from fading the tattoo, either apply oil based sunscreen on your tattoo ery day or apply Nivea body lotion on it after you shower ery day. Love you, don't want your tattoo to lose it's quality.❤❤❤
My kid's (Kalaphant) obsession for the past year has been learning, then speedrunning, rubik's cube. It was such a great hobby! His best time is like 13 seconds!
I didn't watch the challenge streams live, but in no way did I feel let down when you didn't manage to get the gold those first tries. I was gutted for you sure, but I was buoyed by the fact that I knew your knowledge and skill was increasing as you were making your attempts and knew it was only a matter of time before everything came together for you. When it did both myself and my other half were ecstatic for you. It was a great moment of catharsis for all of us I think. Your achievements are incredible and we were very proud to see you accomplish the gold.
Thank you Skizz. I'm all about living to create, not living to work. Once basic needs are taken care of, I'll take time with family over money, any day.
7:50 I went through this same exact experience last year when I finished college, began working two jobs, and was applying everywhere for a better full time job. I think part of it was to chase the feeling of accomplishing something. Working towards an end goal that's within my control to achieve. In a world where too many of my circumstances and stressors are completely out of my control, and I just have to keep plugging away at a problem with no end in sight, I detached myself with learning to solve a Rubik's cube. It really helped carry me through the storm and find peace with my current position. I'm just on phase whatever of getting into a fulfilling career, and I need to learn to have peace and patience throughout my experience of each phase. Understanding that my current phase is temporary, and I can find enjoyment in it.
I feel like my life is really mirroring you guys’s right now. I'm a sophomore mellophone player who has been going through a dark time recently, and another senior in my section has been there for me this whole time. I can't believe how much of a bond marching band can give two people, and I really get why you two have been best friends for so long.
I was recently obsessed with getting through a woodland mansion in Minecraft Bedrock... and I died 3 times just trying to get in the door from Vindicator's on the first floor! (Seriously have they made mansions harder?!) I was so frustrated that I had to just walk away even if it meant loosing all my stuff so I logged off. But as I relaxed I realized I was re-spawning far enough a way that my stuff would be there and that I could just make my way back to my base to get fresh armor etc. and then try again. So what does this have to do with a serious discussion about obsession? The lesson I want to share is that when you are really struggling with a hard task and are obsessed with accomplishing the task, sometimes you have to walk away for a time to clear you head to see solutions you haven't considered. It still took me a while to conquer that woodland mansion but I did do it!
Rubik’s cubes are super therapeutic. I’m at the point where I’m able to solve them while multitasking but still having something for my hands to do and a little process for my brain to run in the background helps me get my head straight. I’ve got a few more complex twisty puzzles I’ll work on if I need to fully focus my brain in on something. My Megaminx is my current most complex puzzle - imagine a Rubik’s Dodecahedron. I also have a 9x9 cube, but it’s pretty simple to solve because it’s just like 3 algorithms before you get it to a 3x3 state.
The single episode I decided to listen too instead of pulling up the video and there was an intro I missed.... So naturally I obsessed over it until I opened up the video and watched it :)
Aha, now for my own little waffle on this. Obsession is now somewhat used for strong strong interest, but psychologically usually means interest out of control that brings more harm than good, like with OCD, used to be a challenge(hehe) but words loose strength with time and thats normal. Now: Autism leads to "special interests" which are different in that its a long-lasting almost obsessive interest in something, in collecting all the knowledge about a topic in a way that brings you joy. It can become an obsession as well and can be about subjects that you also dont want to research like if its true crime or something, but usually its comforting, a lens you can see the world through. I have/had one in physics for example, just hours and hours for years researching what I could as a teenager, seeing the world through quantum mechanical interactions, the beauty of it all, some could call obsessive. ADHD has hyperfixatons, its intense, usually days to a month long, and is closer to an obsession in that its basically all that you can think about, everything has to connect to it in someway and you can even feel pain away from it. Which also can lead to hyperfocusing, just hours of phasing other needs and tasks out of your mind to focus on one things, one activity, realizing hours too late you need to eat... which can become quite distressing And all these things vary and overlap because this is human brains were talking about of course it does lol Loved the intro btw heh
Listening to you guys talk about obsession was really affirming. I am SO prone to getting obsessed with stuff and hearing someone else voice how I feel makes me feel better. You guys have such good conversations, I'm glad you have a podcast to share them.
Hey Impulse and Skizz! I just want to say thank you for being such an inspiration in my life, the podcast has helped me so much and I cant wait for the future episodes :D
My obsession: I was drawing wile listening to this podcast… after you said “we’ll rap this one up.” I noticed I ONLY fully finished the eyes, and hands. I’m not even happy with the sketch. I have a very obsessive nature, and I’m very self motivated so this podcast hit hard. Thank you as always!
I think this just topped the list as my absolute favorite of these podcast episodes. This was an amazing look at obsession from some very key and personal experiences. Thank you Impulse and Skizz for allowing us a peek behind the curtain into your experiences with this mindset and the behaviors that come with it. You talked about how you'd need to bring in a professional to really do a deep dive, but if I'm being honest, just listening to you two share was incredibly therapeutic on its' own. So thank you!
If I recall correctly Etho said that he doesn't want to do or participate in anything other than making minecraft LP. But I would love to have him here.
@@brunodizajner nah that’s just completely incorrect. I was watching a Br0dyman stream where he was playing don’t starve with etho, and I was the person to ask whether or not he would go on the podcast. He said if he was asked, he probably would.
@@dasapples Cool. I'm not that incorrect tho. He said something like that in regards to beefs TGC, when he was asked why he doesnt sign cards. I guess he ment a business aspect of things. Thanks for the correction.
a couple of things that help me manage obsessions - 1. cultivate awareness, simply noticing when you're neglecting everything else is a good starting point. 2. increase the time spent reflecting. this helps savor the progress, and provides a chance to reassess strategy and consider a different approach
I just wanted to toss in my 2 cents about how obsession for people with ADHD/ASD turns into hyperfocus and wondering where that line is. Personally I would say that line is the territory Skizz was talking about where you stop taking care of your basic needs (hence part of why ADHD/ASD is considered a disability). I'm autistic and my obsessions are decades long and if I'm "in the zone' on whatever that hyperfocus is I forget to eat and use the bathroom and sleep until I literally get to the point of about to pass out. Partially from alexithymia dumbing down body cues, but also because my brain is SO engaged in the task that I don't even feel my body anymore until it's too extreme to ignore any longer. And sometimes it's to the point where I really need to get up for something, I realize it, and decide to continue in discomfort anyway. BUT. You're right in that level of detrimental obsession can literally change the world and have net positive outcomes. Some of the most famous engineers and creators are autistic or adhd. Literally built into our DNA to be bad enough at society and relationships that we are happy to dive that far into an interest and shun everything and everyone around us that it revolutionizes the world. But it IS a disability. It comes with a cost.
26:00 The issue with mastering something is that it becomes your entire life, your entire existence. Then if you can't do it anymore you don't know who you are. Where as someone who is good at many things if unable to do one, yeah it sucks but theres other things and none of which are the be all and end all of their life. Which gives them more resilience with life in general.
I'm obsessed with this podcast, everyday I'll catch myself watching one of the past pods everyday (I've already seen them all several times) and the anticipation for Friday's is so Unreal, 👏 👏 👏 thanks yall
As someone with ADHD that experiences hyperfocus often, I can relate immensely to the toxic sides of obsession. It's like all good things, healthy in moderation but too much makes you sick.
First off: HOLY HECK THAT BOOK SPIN Second off: As an artist, I get overly obsessed with whatever project I’m currently working on. I have it in my mind that if I just finish this last little detail then I’ll be done, but once I do, I find another little detail that’s bugging me and then the process repeats itself and I end up staying up til 3am trying to finish the entire piece. It’s a bit of a problem😅
I started this video on my second screen and then forgot about it, paying attention to my main one. Skizz suddenly yelling 'I DID IT!' absolutely scared the life out of me.
About a decade ago, I was absolutely obsessed with building this aircraft carrier in Minecraft which is based off of a real one. I refused to do a 1:1 scale because the size of blocks in Minecraft would have made it blocky, and most others at the time were already doing 1:1 scale, so I decided to do it twice as big in all dimensions. If you're following the maths, that's 8 times the volume. It was going to be built in creative, but when I started I didn't think about the massive scale of the project and the amount of effort required, I really just wanted to get it done so I could say that I could and - eventually - that I did. Took me 2 years to finish. Not straight, because I took months-long hiatuses in between, asking myself why I was doing that to myself, but I pushed through. It's detailed as well as I was able to make, complete with interiors down to the redstone. I felt so much relief at the end of it that I was able to finish a project all by myself, but I also because I pushed myself a bit too hard to finish it I really just wanted it to be over. I haven't even looked back at the build much since I finished it but I do think of it every now and again with a mix of pride and lingering exhaustion. I also have this small, everyday obsession: every time I'm trying to look for something and my mind is absolutely sure that it wants to find that thing, I can't rest until I do, or at least not be able to rest easily.
Ever since the "What are you Waiting for" episode, I have been obsessed with starting, then running my own business. Thanks to you guys, I have worked hard enough that I have made my first sale in my new online shop. It's been a trip and I can't wait for more. Thank you guys so so much for the kick in the butt that got me started :) Cheers
I kind of agree, it is very hard to tell the difference between obsession and determination but obsession consumes you and determination allows you to achieve things you wouldn't without it.
It took me 3 weeks to finally make myself click on this because of the topic. Not because of imp and skizz, but because my brain knew this podcast would hit me where it hurts, and I hate confrontation. So now here I am making sure I listen to this. I tend to get very hyperfocused on stuff, so this should be fun.
I was also a band kid, and I remember in grade 7 (when I started playing trumpet) i was not very good and I knew I was not gonna be the best so I didn’t apply myself 100%. Then within a year or two I grew so much as a player and became the section leader! Into highschool I applied myself even more and was so impressed with my own progress I was the only second trumpet in jazz (if you know you know that’s a hard role to play, harder than 1st sometimes) and then my last year of highschool was Covid and band completely changed. We couldn’t play in person anymore for obvious reasons. I miss it so much since I graduated 3 years ago now. :)
I have been dealing with depression all my life and I often have a serious lack of motivation to start things or finish them because they feel pointless to me. I wish I had some of ,both of your,drive and passion for doing things. When I do get in to something I can get obsessive about it because I know I wont finish it if I stop. Its very interesting to see how both sides of the coin work.. Balance is everything. Love watching your podcasts, they always give me something to think about. 😊💜
I wonder if Skizz would find more merit in the method I was taught My grandad called it the daisy method In simple terms it goes: Make your daisy White cross Finish the white Finish the second line Make a yellow fish Finish the yellow Corners Complete it. It's hard to explain in words but there are plenty of videos on how to do it. It's a lot easier than it sounds and hasn't failed me once.
As someone who gets obsessed over my interests very easily this podcast episode was very relatable. One of the biggest obsessions I’ve had is art an writing I’ve always loved telling story’s and both are great ways that I am able to tell my stories.
Listening to you guys talk about your obsession in the workplace is very inspiring. Improving a code at work, for work? Hooking up cameras and developing a whole new system to save on costs? Like wow. I personally know countless ppl living the 9-5 cubicle life. Not one of them is willing to do anything like this EVER But honestly, can we blame them? Like skizz said, this new technology was no longer being used. It seems like all the effort we put into the world just seems to be forgotten...
My obsessions usually involve reading. I have finished books, while ignoring food and mostly sleep. Worst one was reading through the night and finishing up a book to the crowing of a rooster and sunlight streaming through a window, signalling sunrise. Then I had to get ready and go to work. Another great episode on the books. Great job, you guys!
I first tried a Rubik's Cube in 1988 or so. Could only get the top layer on my own. It rattled around in my brain for decades until a couple of years ago when I decided I'd finally learn the thing. Took plenty of reading and diagrams, sorting it out when I was reading my kids to sleep, but I finally got it. I'm no speed solver, but I can sort it now. It's nice to have that "settled", as it were. Edited to add: It was never an obsession, but it was something that I wanted to solve, so I dedicated some time each night for a while to learn it. It's nice to learn things and to complete things.
Norm's time on SNL was mostly before the time when I watched, but you better believe that his caricature of Burt on Celebrity Jeopardy is some of my favorite moments of comedy. Also, Skizz, I LOVE the "don't be that guy" bits with Toppers on HermitCraft. In October, Scar asked Twitter what we wanted to see in S10, and I replied with your name in the tablist, knowing that if you joined, we'd get amazing stuff like this. I'm so glad you're a hermit now.
When 2 dudes asked me "what's still stopping you?" I remembered I was looking for change and I wasn't happy with my job, I felt stagnent. I updated my resume and found a nice little company that would be interested in what I have to offer, today I formally accepted their offer because I realized, I would obsess about the "what if" if I didn't. I'm scared because it's a big change, but I'm also excited to become a real software developper.
I have quite an obsessive personality, I'm told. I love the way you guys have talked about this. I think my problem with my own obsessions is that, unlike you two, i never gave myself concrete goals to accomplish. I think i was just chasing dopamine until it ran out and i moved onto something else! Gave me a lot to think about :)
recently found the Imp and Skizz podcast and have been really enjoying the episodes with the other hermits. Would love to see Pearl or Grian on the show soon. Thanks to you both for being a real inspiration.
Always love the Friday Podcast. Science me - “ Completing a task that you have been focused/obsessed about is such a rush of Dopamine that depending on how your brain is “wired” you need to find something else to focus on the get that release. It is this stage where obsession can lead to addiction. It is all about self-control.
I kept saying that the two of you have obsessive personalities, and that's not a bad thing. I have a obsessive personality and jump from one obsession to the next. I'm on a very different level that you guys obviously but, I can jump from playing minecraft for 16ish hours with minor breaks for food and bathroom to going to my local card gaming store and going through their pokemon cards for hours just to find the one's that I'm missing from my collection. I think that there's a fine line that those like me have to towe between obsession and addiction. For instance back in 2013 when I was in college I found comfort in MLP (My Little Pony) and it's fan base. I became addicted as all I did was watch, listen to and talk about mlp but as I grew older and broadened my horizens I became less addicted and would occasionally obsess over it. I love your guys podcast. As a person who struggles dayly with mental health and to simply get up in the morning, I appreciate the insite and the laughs that I get from the two of you, and any guests that you bring on. Keep up the good work.
I listened on spotify on my way to class originally. But I had to come see this skit. Originally only watched here on YT. And I know anytime there's a skit as an intro, I gotta come watch here! Just like the staring at the screen moment. Keep being awesome dudes, homie buddies!
I semi recently have started to watch your podcasts and they have been so helpful. As a teenager who is struggling with burnout from school, your podcasts give me motivation to get out and go do something, take initiative, basically just live. Thank you both for being you
A great ep guys! I also had a customer service role initially that lead me to do everything I could to get out of answering phones. There is a saying I heard where someone described the creative or obsessive process as "positive frustration". I've always really liked that because it's not just getting angry and quitting, it's the joyful experience of the journey to achieve something.
My obssesion is reading. Ive started to read about half a year ago and i read every day for atleast an hour. I read 1 book with 350 - 500 pages every week and it all started after i read a book for a school bingo. After the first book of Rangers Apprentice i got obsessed and read the entire serie and the followup serie for a total of around 25 books. And now my classmates are also obsessed with the Rangers Apprentice serie. And i would recomend this serie for peopole who like adventures and they have fantastic build up to the exciting parts. Also ive started to become obsessed with listening to the Imp and Skizz podcasts.
My son is OBSESSED. With people not touching his brand new rubix cubes , he has one on his shelf that we got him he has never attempted to mess with it . I tried jumbleing it up one day he said " dad no, i like it to be displayed finished " lol i told him to try to finish it and you will be more proud to display it. He said" ill never be able to finish it " it made me realize thar ive never solved one either.
I once spent over 20 hrs drawing a portrait in pencil. I used a mechanical pencil with a very thin lead, and had to sharpen it every few lines with 1000 grit sandpaper to keep it pin sharp. The portrait is postage stamp size. You need a magnifying lens to read my signature. 20 something years later, I haven't done another one, and hardly draw at all.
Heartstopper... it's a young adult LGBT show on Netflix (based on the web comic of the same name). It had quite a fan base as a web comic, but the show was my first introduction. This show hit me hard, and there's an online discussion groups about "Heartstopper Syndrome", so I'm not alone. Though I am gay, I don't normally watch LGBT shows, but my husband was watching this one day. I sat and watched it with him (the first and only season at the time was eight 30-minute episodes), but I missed the first half of the first episode, so the next day, I watched the first episode again. And I kept going, finishing the season for a second time. The next day, I started it again. Over the course of two months, I watched this well-crafted show 22 times. This was an obvious obsession, and as it's happening, I'm self-analyzing, trying to understand what in the world is going on. What I was experiencing was what people have dubbed "Heartstopper Syndrome," when adults reflect on what could have been, had they had the opportunity to be their authentic selves as teens. Ultimately, I came out of this obsession with a new understanding of some of the repressed teen emotions that were still influencing my adult self, 30 years later.
You guys did that shot in one take?!?! Oh my god that’s incredible!! I’ve had people do that kind of take with that many lines for over an hour at least! Well done Skizz!! 😁
Thank you, great podcast. I got some nice stories to tell how I have been handling obsession. I have been playing chess since I was young. Won prizes in tournaments, even went to the national championship a few times (more regularly as part of a team). I guess it was an obsession the moment I started prioritizing it over other things. Although it was actually school that just got busier that the priorities list became: 1. family 2. school 3. Chess. Nothing too wrong with that, except that you can practice chess like every moment of the day unlike many other sports. Seeing younger stronger players really made it feel like I should spend any free time on practicing chess to become the best player in the world. At some point I just gave up on that goal, but I still was playing as it had become part of my identity. I got actually a really weird phase I started winning my bad games (because of luck) and losing my good games. This really messed with me and I started to not enjoy the game. Some years ago I realised I don't need to win to enjoy the game. I learned the game by enjoying doing chess puzzles. Enjoyment of the game just came from trying to get such puzzle situations on the board. So since a few years really been enjoying playing chess again. Also helps the game is very popular these days. I'm not really sacrificing much time for it these days, so I would not really count it as an obsession anymore. As another story I got from my obsession with chess a more general obsession of trying to solve complex problems. The logic being: not many people can solve these problems, so it's a valuable thing to learn. I like that mindset, but that pathway can give quite some struggles that can also end up sacrificing free time. I don't think this is an obsession I should manage forever, but at the moment I will just have to make it work. Actually making time to read and learning to draw are a great way to balance things and focus on other things. The drawing effectively doesn't even take that much time as most of them I did when a family birthday became a bit boring or other moments that can't really be used for anything else like travel time.
Wonderful video! I am obsessed with character voice acting. I do all sorts of things for fun for my family and kids and enjoy it every time. One obsession I had as a teenager was to play the Moonlight Sonata movement #2 in front of a class. I took a high school piano class that would last all school year, but I practiced at home hours per day. I advanced so quickly, the teacher let me practice the advanced book as well. By the end of the year, our final was to play 1 song of choice in front of a small audience. I was able to pull off playing the Moonlight Sonata at that time. I never really played the piano much after I got that out of my system. It is a glorious memory I am still proud of to this day.
The intro was very funny. I like that the talks often make me think about things more or in a different way, I'm definitely thinking about this topic for a bit.
When I was in middle school and high school I had played the flute, I wanted to to be able to prove to my teachers that at least one student was serious about the class that I when I was at home I would practice for 3+ hrs a day. The time I practiced flute sometimes over taken the time I was to use for other homework. Then I had went to a music competition and I messed up on the Chromatic Scale, which kept me from going to the next stage and I mentally beat myself up for months.
I'd say I'm currently obsessed with this podcast! I get so excited every friday to see what the upload will be :) (Although I do have quite a few, maybe better clarified to be autistic special interests: birds, certain book series, d&d, hermitcraft...)
This podcast really made me think. "When does obsession become addiction?" I know I'm obsessed with watching all POVs of hermitcraft and the life series and getting as much information as I can about youtubers (It sounds kind of creepy but its all public information so...). But is that obsession an addiction? It's probably not healthy to watch so much youtube but I enjoy talking about all the facts I know about mincrafter stuff with family. I'll have to think more about this. Anyway, it was a really great topic, can't wait for next week!
Okay. I’ve now noticed the string standing up on Skizz’s left shoulder and I can’t see anything else. But I was impressed with the book spin and Rubix cube, Skizz! You did it all with that crazy string sticking up that I’m not obsessed with at all.
As someone who can solve a rubix cube in under two min, I keep mine with me almost at all times. Often times, it sits in my desk at my office and while I am working I tend to stop what I am doing and mess up and solve it. Sometimes our brains need the reset! I also have a deck of cards to shuffle as well!
I'm so obsessed with the intro.. I wanna replay it over and over again until I can beat montage time of skizz solving the the cube. Edit: Took me 3 tries
I had a similar obsession with learning to solve a Rubik’s cube earlier this year except my obsession was learning in one day. I did it but it had me completely mentally exhausted. Burnout is an interesting thing when the obsession is gone.
When I find something I really like, I REALLY like it. I'm autistic and my special interests can consume me entirely when I have one. I can go months or longer without being very into one thing, but when I find one it tends to be the only thing I think and talk about. Currently the thing is Hermitcraft, I've been watching the series for half a decade now but have never before followed it SO closely as I am now. I usually don't like streams since I struggle with unpredictability in the content I consume (that's also why I never watch shows or movies unless they are popular enough that I can consume content ABOUT them first. I need to know the characters, the plot and the ending before I can enjoy the media), but today I stuck around in Impulses stream for the whole pretty much three hours. I watch every video of every hermit and will probably continue to do so for a while until my finals roll around. For a while the only thing that got me to calm down and enter a headspace suitable for studying was watching Tangos Decked Out 2 VODS on his second channel in the background. This tense game becamse such a comfort space (and also helped me time how long I studied for as I only ran the video when I was actually busy taking notes). That obsession had mostly mellowed out with season 9 ending and season 10 taking over my mind (and also because you can only watch 6-8 hour videos a day for so long), but it still took having one of those VODS run in the background for me to be able to actually study for my maths exam recently. The reason why things are like that for me partly is that I am trying to escape real life events that are happening and that I can only wait out. Socializing helps, but when I'm done with my classes and come back home I do not like to speak, so hanging out with friends in person or in calls is hard. Hermitcraft or even the life series sort of provides this social atmosphere that I am only a witness to and do not have to put energy in to keep it functioning. I don't even know where I am going with this. Pretty much thank you all for providing my current favourite thing to be excited about. I love it so much that I sometimes have to get up and go for a walk because I get too fidgety from joy. My studies are hard, adulting is hard and being powerless in a stressful situation is hard, so I deeply apprechiate that you all have created this online space that people like me can go to to just enjoy.
I'd love to see Joel and Lizzie on the podcast
Yes!!
I would loooove that. 2 of my favourite TH-camrs and they're married which makes the two of their YT characters even stronger lol. Love them.
Skizz your new video is on trending if you did not know. Also I hope you have Grian on the podcast soon.
The fish cast
signed
I feel like everyones been asking for ages, I mean I sure have, like where is Grian?😭
@@Gliscorsbounty Rodcast was literally right there
Oh god that poor man needs some friendly conversation😆😆
i like to call it “an obsession with being obsessed.” i’m always obsessed with one thing and the world stops until i complete it lol
Skizz your trophy for solving the Rubik's Cube is just that ... a solved cube!
Plus, added finger to eye coordination. It's a motor skill and above all the things Rubik, that's one of the better things you get with being able to solve it.
Am I obsessed ? 9 days ago I started with episode 1 of the podcast, now I'm done and thinking why did I spend about 9 hours a day on the podcast, and have been playing house flipper most of the time. It's been entertaining and inspiring so I don't care. love you boys
ADHD is why I get obsessive. It’s the dopamine hits of taking on a challenge, working towards it until I feel like I have it down and then I usually lose all desire to do it anymore. On to the next thing. Videography, gunsmithing, book binding, Minecraft, mountian biking, wood working, composting, guitar, rock climbing, snowboarding, camping etc.
Mountain Biking is the best most sustainable obsession for me. Take any bit of time off and fitness starts to go away and have to work hard to get back to a good level. No matter how good you get the ability to continue getting better is endless. It’s a SLOW skill set to learn. Can’t just grind away for countless hours everyday until it is mastered, so it takes a long time to get really good at it.
Balance is the key like you guys are saying.
Same 😭I also did journal binding! Super fun except now I’ve got two+ totes of craft supplies and a bunch of empty, poorly bound journals.
ADHD (AuDHD for me) is why I'm a jack of all trades but a master of none lol. I can hyperfixate on a subject and within 2 weeks I can give an intro lesson on the subject. I'll know more in my head but being able to convey the deeper knowledge gets a little tricky lol.
I'm wayy into shadow work (Carl Jung from the age of 12, and I'm 35 on March 14th) so psychology and personal development has something I've studied vocationally my whole life. I kind of hate it because I have a concept or a teaching for everything lol.
I was always the friend everyone went to for advice but now my advice is too blunt and realistic so it annoys people. I even annoy myself because I am so quick to see flaws and how to do better for myself, so much so I actively try not to be my best 😂 Agh it gets confusing lmao
Same here. I have ADHD and most sustainable obsessions for people like us are things that are outside.
I am a student so this affects dynamically, so I have to go on medication. My ADHD makes me lose interest within a few hours, with a few exceptions. That is why my major interests haven't changed since I was like 8.
usually listen on audio but had to come and check out that rubix cube intro!!! Hope you’re enjoying hermitcraft Skizz! Hope you’re feeling better!
I cannot imagine that being a one minute silence intro on other platforms.
Me too😭😭
Same! I do the audio version because I can boost the audio in my player. The videos are to quiet and even with the volume maxed I can't hear them at the gym.
And the book spinning!
He was totally out. 😂
That's some grade A intro right there! XD
"the extinguishing of some sort of anguish that we placed on ourselves" is EXACTLY how it feels
I have this problem. I have a natural obsessive personality much like you two, but I had my brain cells rearranged by PTSD, and now I have this issue where I can't process memories or events properly, which makes it impossible to let go of anything anymore. Even after the task or event is completed, I can't move on. I want to keep going, I want to improve upon the thing, and it never stops.
I have to make a conscious effort to think about other things and try to ignore the obsession in my mind. It's not fun, but I've learned coping skills for it and many other issues I have.
As certified "obsessed to the point where it's unhealthy" personality, I think this podcast is made for me. (Obsessed like "obsessed with eating healthy" in 6th grade, obsessed like "obsessed with a video game and its fandom" all during covid, wasting away my life and forgetting what I did for that span of time, obsessed like "obsessed with hermitcraft/life series and watching tons of videos and getting heavily involved with the fan community" which is present day me.)
Obsessions become my entire personality, though ironically a lot of my causal friends don't see that side of me. Which, I don't like that I get super invested in stuff to where it consumes my life, so hopefully there's something in this podcast that I can gain.
Do you ever find yourself nowadays trying to “partition” or ration your current obsessions? I used to also be really bad with consuming or doing things I really liked to the point where I would ignore everything or be constantly thinking about it. Like if I wanted to see art or watch or play or research something I like I have to set a time aside (before AND after) and try to split it up with other things. As in, I have to make a conscious effort to separate myself from that sort of thing to prevent some really unhealthy behaviours I used to have. I’ve just never related to a comment more than I have now!
I love how this podcast doesn't have that air of pretentiousness you've come to expect. It's just two friends having a great conversation ❤
Came in from spotify to watch the intro XD
My obsession take:
It all started with guitar hero. I was not really into music back when guitar hero came out, but my brother and I played it in the old Walmart video game demo section and had a lot of fun. The problem is my younger brother was rhythmically gifted and I wasn't so he was better than me...I couldn't let that slide...we got the game (guitar hero 3) and I poured hours and hours into it. Fast forward. I got good, did competitions, won one, loved the game...but it opened up a can of worms. I loved the difficult songs, the difficult songs were metal, I fell in love with metal... I then felt like I needed to step it up. I got a real guitar, then started that "get good" obsession all over again. Now! 15 years later, I've played talent shows and performed town street shows with my brother on drums, I'm now self teaching myself audio engineering while slowing building up my at home music studio, have 8 guitars, and hardly think about anything else in my spare time....yea, obsession hit hard and am loving every second of it.
As a side note, you guys have both kept me inspired to keep pushing to make my music dreams a reality so thank you imp and skizz!
Imp looks like he’s about to go back to teen anger
And hulk smash 😂
Love this podcast (especially the opening)! My brother and I joke about being "AD-OCD". Find something, become obsessed about it, then part-way through, get "good enough", see something shiny and pursue that instead. I think I enjoy the pursuit of learning new things, not perfecting something.
Literally me😂
That sounds like me 🙈🤣
Yeah same here, I get good enough to the point that I feel like I accomplished something... Then I lose interest in continuing.
The closest I got to becoming great at something is photoshop and even then, I felt like some people are just so good that I can't keep up
Wooo skizz is a cuber!!!!!
One of us! One of us!
One thing Skizz - can see you're spending a Lil time outside in the nice warm sunshine, and you're not wearing sunscreen on your tattoo. So, to prevent the tattoo's scar from fading the tattoo, either apply oil based sunscreen on your tattoo ery day or apply Nivea body lotion on it after you shower ery day. Love you, don't want your tattoo to lose it's quality.❤❤❤
My kid's (Kalaphant) obsession for the past year has been learning, then speedrunning, rubik's cube. It was such a great hobby! His best time is like 13 seconds!
that intro was GOLD!! I went back so many times to watch Skizz startle Impulse awake
I didn't watch the challenge streams live, but in no way did I feel let down when you didn't manage to get the gold those first tries. I was gutted for you sure, but I was buoyed by the fact that I knew your knowledge and skill was increasing as you were making your attempts and knew it was only a matter of time before everything came together for you. When it did both myself and my other half were ecstatic for you. It was a great moment of catharsis for all of us I think. Your achievements are incredible and we were very proud to see you accomplish the gold.
Thank you Skizz. I'm all about living to create, not living to work.
Once basic needs are taken care of, I'll take time with family over money, any day.
7:50 I went through this same exact experience last year when I finished college, began working two jobs, and was applying everywhere for a better full time job. I think part of it was to chase the feeling of accomplishing something. Working towards an end goal that's within my control to achieve. In a world where too many of my circumstances and stressors are completely out of my control, and I just have to keep plugging away at a problem with no end in sight, I detached myself with learning to solve a Rubik's cube. It really helped carry me through the storm and find peace with my current position. I'm just on phase whatever of getting into a fulfilling career, and I need to learn to have peace and patience throughout my experience of each phase. Understanding that my current phase is temporary, and I can find enjoyment in it.
Lmfao 🤣🤣 the rubix cube intro!! I love it!!🤣🤣
I feel like my life is really mirroring you guys’s right now. I'm a sophomore mellophone player who has been going through a dark time recently, and another senior in my section has been there for me this whole time. I can't believe how much of a bond marching band can give two people, and I really get why you two have been best friends for so long.
OMG THATS AMAZING SKDJKSJSHSHSHWHWUEUUEURUEEIOWPSPZNSJS
I was recently obsessed with getting through a woodland mansion in Minecraft Bedrock... and I died 3 times just trying to get in the door from Vindicator's on the first floor! (Seriously have they made mansions harder?!) I was so frustrated that I had to just walk away even if it meant loosing all my stuff so I logged off. But as I relaxed I realized I was re-spawning far enough a way that my stuff would be there and that I could just make my way back to my base to get fresh armor etc. and then try again. So what does this have to do with a serious discussion about obsession? The lesson I want to share is that when you are really struggling with a hard task and are obsessed with accomplishing the task, sometimes you have to walk away for a time to clear you head to see solutions you haven't considered. It still took me a while to conquer that woodland mansion but I did do it!
Rubik’s cubes are super therapeutic. I’m at the point where I’m able to solve them while multitasking but still having something for my hands to do and a little process for my brain to run in the background helps me get my head straight.
I’ve got a few more complex twisty puzzles I’ll work on if I need to fully focus my brain in on something. My Megaminx is my current most complex puzzle - imagine a Rubik’s Dodecahedron. I also have a 9x9 cube, but it’s pretty simple to solve because it’s just like 3 algorithms before you get it to a 3x3 state.
The single episode I decided to listen too instead of pulling up the video and there was an intro I missed.... So naturally I obsessed over it until I opened up the video and watched it :)
Skizz keep up the cube! You'd be amazed how quickly you go from 5+ minutes to under a minute. It happens very quickly once you get it down.
Okay, hold on. So this comment will get edited in an hour when Im done watching, BUT I cannot wait to say how amazing that intro was. Superb
Did you enjoy
@@storm-the-wizestill am!
Aha, now for my own little waffle on this. Obsession is now somewhat used for strong strong interest, but psychologically usually means interest out of control that brings more harm than good, like with OCD, used to be a challenge(hehe) but words loose strength with time and thats normal.
Now: Autism leads to "special interests" which are different in that its a long-lasting almost obsessive interest in something, in collecting all the knowledge about a topic in a way that brings you joy. It can become an obsession as well and can be about subjects that you also dont want to research like if its true crime or something, but usually its comforting, a lens you can see the world through. I have/had one in physics for example, just hours and hours for years researching what I could as a teenager, seeing the world through quantum mechanical interactions, the beauty of it all, some could call obsessive.
ADHD has hyperfixatons, its intense, usually days to a month long, and is closer to an obsession in that its basically all that you can think about, everything has to connect to it in someway and you can even feel pain away from it. Which also can lead to hyperfocusing, just hours of phasing other needs and tasks out of your mind to focus on one things, one activity, realizing hours too late you need to eat... which can become quite distressing
And all these things vary and overlap because this is human brains were talking about of course it does lol
Loved the intro btw heh
Love the podcasts, but after the last awesome podcast, you gotta get Yeol on to talk about his journey into the HC server 😊
Listening to you guys talk about obsession was really affirming. I am SO prone to getting obsessed with stuff and hearing someone else voice how I feel makes me feel better.
You guys have such good conversations, I'm glad you have a podcast to share them.
Hey Impulse and Skizz! I just want to say thank you for being such an inspiration in my life, the podcast has helped me so much and I cant wait for the future episodes :D
My obsession: I was drawing wile listening to this podcast… after you said “we’ll rap this one up.” I noticed I ONLY fully finished the eyes, and hands. I’m not even happy with the sketch. I have a very obsessive nature, and I’m very self motivated so this podcast hit hard. Thank you as always!
Yes!! Perfect Timing!!
I think this just topped the list as my absolute favorite of these podcast episodes. This was an amazing look at obsession from some very key and personal experiences. Thank you Impulse and Skizz for allowing us a peek behind the curtain into your experiences with this mindset and the behaviors that come with it. You talked about how you'd need to bring in a professional to really do a deep dive, but if I'm being honest, just listening to you two share was incredibly therapeutic on its' own. So thank you!
15:31 "It's more like the extinguishing of some sort of anguish that we placed on ourselves"
Etho next!
Its gonna be a 2-parter, one part one minecraft, the other one is just him talking about gardening, samwhiches and saving people from plastic bags lol
@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 They'll have to do it in Minecraft, sitting in minecarts.
If I recall correctly Etho said that he doesn't want to do or participate in anything other than making minecraft LP. But I would love to have him here.
@@brunodizajner nah that’s just completely incorrect. I was watching a Br0dyman stream where he was playing don’t starve with etho, and I was the person to ask whether or not he would go on the podcast. He said if he was asked, he probably would.
@@dasapples Cool. I'm not that incorrect tho. He said something like that in regards to beefs TGC, when he was asked why he doesnt sign cards. I guess he ment a business aspect of things. Thanks for the correction.
a couple of things that help me manage obsessions - 1. cultivate awareness, simply noticing when you're neglecting everything else is a good starting point. 2. increase the time spent reflecting. this helps savor the progress, and provides a chance to reassess strategy and consider a different approach
Thank you guys for always being something for me to look forward to in my week! Keeping my motivation up even through tough times!
I just wanted to toss in my 2 cents about how obsession for people with ADHD/ASD turns into hyperfocus and wondering where that line is. Personally I would say that line is the territory Skizz was talking about where you stop taking care of your basic needs (hence part of why ADHD/ASD is considered a disability). I'm autistic and my obsessions are decades long and if I'm "in the zone' on whatever that hyperfocus is I forget to eat and use the bathroom and sleep until I literally get to the point of about to pass out. Partially from alexithymia dumbing down body cues, but also because my brain is SO engaged in the task that I don't even feel my body anymore until it's too extreme to ignore any longer. And sometimes it's to the point where I really need to get up for something, I realize it, and decide to continue in discomfort anyway. BUT. You're right in that level of detrimental obsession can literally change the world and have net positive outcomes. Some of the most famous engineers and creators are autistic or adhd. Literally built into our DNA to be bad enough at society and relationships that we are happy to dive that far into an interest and shun everything and everyone around us that it revolutionizes the world. But it IS a disability. It comes with a cost.
26:00
The issue with mastering something is that it becomes your entire life, your entire existence.
Then if you can't do it anymore you don't know who you are.
Where as someone who is good at many things if unable to do one, yeah it sucks but theres other things and none of which are the be all and end all of their life. Which gives them more resilience with life in general.
I'm obsessed with this podcast, everyday I'll catch myself watching one of the past pods everyday (I've already seen them all several times) and the anticipation for Friday's is so Unreal, 👏 👏 👏 thanks yall
As someone with ADHD that experiences hyperfocus often, I can relate immensely to the toxic sides of obsession. It's like all good things, healthy in moderation but too much makes you sick.
54:45 I didn't know to expect it, but I definitely heard that really quiet bit at the beginning. I rewound and turned the volume way up 😂
i normally listen on Spotify and curiousity has brought me here
First off: HOLY HECK THAT BOOK SPIN
Second off: As an artist, I get overly obsessed with whatever project I’m currently working on. I have it in my mind that if I just finish this last little detail then I’ll be done, but once I do, I find another little detail that’s bugging me and then the process repeats itself and I end up staying up til 3am trying to finish the entire piece. It’s a bit of a problem😅
I started this video on my second screen and then forgot about it, paying attention to my main one. Skizz suddenly yelling 'I DID IT!' absolutely scared the life out of me.
About a decade ago, I was absolutely obsessed with building this aircraft carrier in Minecraft which is based off of a real one. I refused to do a 1:1 scale because the size of blocks in Minecraft would have made it blocky, and most others at the time were already doing 1:1 scale, so I decided to do it twice as big in all dimensions. If you're following the maths, that's 8 times the volume. It was going to be built in creative, but when I started I didn't think about the massive scale of the project and the amount of effort required, I really just wanted to get it done so I could say that I could and - eventually - that I did.
Took me 2 years to finish. Not straight, because I took months-long hiatuses in between, asking myself why I was doing that to myself, but I pushed through. It's detailed as well as I was able to make, complete with interiors down to the redstone. I felt so much relief at the end of it that I was able to finish a project all by myself, but I also because I pushed myself a bit too hard to finish it I really just wanted it to be over. I haven't even looked back at the build much since I finished it but I do think of it every now and again with a mix of pride and lingering exhaustion.
I also have this small, everyday obsession: every time I'm trying to look for something and my mind is absolutely sure that it wants to find that thing, I can't rest until I do, or at least not be able to rest easily.
I look forward to this every Friday
Ever since the "What are you Waiting for" episode, I have been obsessed with starting, then running my own business. Thanks to you guys, I have worked hard enough that I have made my first sale in my new online shop. It's been a trip and I can't wait for more. Thank you guys so so much for the kick in the butt that got me started :) Cheers
I kind of agree, it is very hard to tell the difference between obsession and determination but obsession consumes you and determination allows you to achieve things you wouldn't without it.
It took me 3 weeks to finally make myself click on this because of the topic. Not because of imp and skizz, but because my brain knew this podcast would hit me where it hurts, and I hate confrontation. So now here I am making sure I listen to this. I tend to get very hyperfocused on stuff, so this should be fun.
I was also a band kid, and I remember in grade 7 (when I started playing trumpet) i was not very good and I knew I was not gonna be the best so I didn’t apply myself 100%. Then within a year or two I grew so much as a player and became the section leader! Into highschool I applied myself even more and was so impressed with my own progress I was the only second trumpet in jazz (if you know you know that’s a hard role to play, harder than 1st sometimes) and then my last year of highschool was Covid and band completely changed. We couldn’t play in person anymore for obvious reasons. I miss it so much since I graduated 3 years ago now. :)
I have been dealing with depression all my life and I
often have a serious lack of motivation to start things or finish them because they feel pointless to me. I wish I had some of ,both of your,drive and passion for doing things. When I do get in to something I can get obsessive about it because I know I wont finish it if I stop.
Its very interesting to see how both sides of the coin work..
Balance is everything.
Love watching your podcasts, they always give me something to think about. 😊💜
I'm just now getting into the podcast and I can confidently say that a full minute of rubix cube for the intro was very bold, I thoroughly enjoyed
I wonder if Skizz would find more merit in the method I was taught
My grandad called it the daisy method
In simple terms it goes:
Make your daisy
White cross
Finish the white
Finish the second line
Make a yellow fish
Finish the yellow
Corners
Complete it.
It's hard to explain in words but there are plenty of videos on how to do it. It's a lot easier than it sounds and hasn't failed me once.
As someone who gets obsessed over my interests very easily this podcast episode was very relatable. One of the biggest obsessions I’ve had is art an writing I’ve always loved telling story’s and both are great ways that I am able to tell my stories.
The book spinning was ACTUALLY impressive! 😲
Listening to you guys talk about your obsession in the workplace is very inspiring. Improving a code at work, for work? Hooking up cameras and developing a whole new system to save on costs? Like wow. I personally know countless ppl living the 9-5 cubicle life. Not one of them is willing to do anything like this EVER
But honestly, can we blame them? Like skizz said, this new technology was no longer being used. It seems like all the effort we put into the world just seems to be forgotten...
that was the best intro i’ve ever seen omg the sheer silence and imp just going to sleep i have chills
and skizz scared the life out of me
My obsessions usually involve reading. I have finished books, while ignoring food and mostly sleep. Worst one was reading through the night and finishing up a book to the crowing of a rooster and sunlight streaming through a window, signalling sunrise. Then I had to get ready and go to work. Another great episode on the books. Great job, you guys!
I first tried a Rubik's Cube in 1988 or so. Could only get the top layer on my own. It rattled around in my brain for decades until a couple of years ago when I decided I'd finally learn the thing. Took plenty of reading and diagrams, sorting it out when I was reading my kids to sleep, but I finally got it. I'm no speed solver, but I can sort it now. It's nice to have that "settled", as it were. Edited to add: It was never an obsession, but it was something that I wanted to solve, so I dedicated some time each night for a while to learn it. It's nice to learn things and to complete things.
Norm's time on SNL was mostly before the time when I watched, but you better believe that his caricature of Burt on Celebrity Jeopardy is some of my favorite moments of comedy.
Also, Skizz, I LOVE the "don't be that guy" bits with Toppers on HermitCraft.
In October, Scar asked Twitter what we wanted to see in S10, and I replied with your name in the tablist, knowing that if you joined, we'd get amazing stuff like this. I'm so glad you're a hermit now.
When 2 dudes asked me "what's still stopping you?" I remembered I was looking for change and I wasn't happy with my job, I felt stagnent. I updated my resume and found a nice little company that would be interested in what I have to offer, today I formally accepted their offer because I realized, I would obsess about the "what if" if I didn't. I'm scared because it's a big change, but I'm also excited to become a real software developper.
I have quite an obsessive personality, I'm told. I love the way you guys have talked about this. I think my problem with my own obsessions is that, unlike you two, i never gave myself concrete goals to accomplish. I think i was just chasing dopamine until it ran out and i moved onto something else! Gave me a lot to think about :)
recently found the Imp and Skizz podcast and have been really enjoying the episodes with the other hermits. Would love to see Pearl or Grian on the show soon. Thanks to you both for being a real inspiration.
Always love the Friday Podcast. Science me - “ Completing a task that you have been focused/obsessed about is such a rush of Dopamine that depending on how your brain is “wired” you need to find something else to focus on the get that release. It is this stage where obsession can lead to addiction. It is all about self-control.
The process brings more satisfaction than the actual goal itself. The key is recognizing that the process is bringing you satisfaction imo
I kept saying that the two of you have obsessive personalities, and that's not a bad thing.
I have a obsessive personality and jump from one obsession to the next. I'm on a very different level that you guys obviously but, I can jump from playing minecraft for 16ish hours with minor breaks for food and bathroom to going to my local card gaming store and going through their pokemon cards for hours just to find the one's that I'm missing from my collection. I think that there's a fine line that those like me have to towe between obsession and addiction. For instance back in 2013 when I was in college I found comfort in MLP (My Little Pony) and it's fan base. I became addicted as all I did was watch, listen to and talk about mlp but as I grew older and broadened my horizens I became less addicted and would occasionally obsess over it.
I love your guys podcast. As a person who struggles dayly with mental health and to simply get up in the morning, I appreciate the insite and the laughs that I get from the two of you, and any guests that you bring on. Keep up the good work.
I love getting home from work and getting to watch a episode of this podcast : )
I listened on spotify on my way to class originally. But I had to come see this skit. Originally only watched here on YT. And I know anytime there's a skit as an intro, I gotta come watch here! Just like the staring at the screen moment.
Keep being awesome dudes, homie buddies!
I would love full rubics cube asmr vid. Thank you 👌
I semi recently have started to watch your podcasts and they have been so helpful. As a teenager who is struggling with burnout from school, your podcasts give me motivation to get out and go do something, take initiative, basically just live. Thank you both for being you
A great ep guys! I also had a customer service role initially that lead me to do everything I could to get out of answering phones. There is a saying I heard where someone described the creative or obsessive process as "positive frustration". I've always really liked that because it's not just getting angry and quitting, it's the joyful experience of the journey to achieve something.
My obssesion is reading. Ive started to read about half a year ago and i read every day for atleast an hour. I read 1 book with 350 - 500 pages every week and it all started after i read a book for a school bingo. After the first book of Rangers Apprentice i got obsessed and read the entire serie and the followup serie for a total of around 25 books. And now my classmates are also obsessed with the Rangers Apprentice serie. And i would recomend this serie for peopole who like adventures and they have fantastic build up to the exciting parts. Also ive started to become obsessed with listening to the Imp and Skizz podcasts.
When perseverance turns to ego for help but ego is in it for itself, and never satisfied.
My obsession is listening to this podcast! Gah I can't miss them without feeling i'm missing out on great things
My son is OBSESSED. With people not touching his brand new rubix cubes , he has one on his shelf that we got him he has never attempted to mess with it . I tried jumbleing it up one day he said " dad no, i like it to be displayed finished " lol i told him to try to finish it and you will be more proud to display it. He said" ill never be able to finish it " it made me realize thar ive never solved one either.
I once spent over 20 hrs drawing a portrait in pencil. I used a mechanical pencil with a very thin lead, and had to sharpen it every few lines with 1000 grit sandpaper to keep it pin sharp.
The portrait is postage stamp size. You need a magnifying lens to read my signature.
20 something years later, I haven't done another one, and hardly draw at all.
Another great podcast! I love watching/listening these during my work, they are great! Keep them coming
This podcast saved me while flying. I always get bad anxiety in a plane and this helped distract me :)
Heartstopper... it's a young adult LGBT show on Netflix (based on the web comic of the same name). It had quite a fan base as a web comic, but the show was my first introduction. This show hit me hard, and there's an online discussion groups about "Heartstopper Syndrome", so I'm not alone.
Though I am gay, I don't normally watch LGBT shows, but my husband was watching this one day. I sat and watched it with him (the first and only season at the time was eight 30-minute episodes), but I missed the first half of the first episode, so the next day, I watched the first episode again. And I kept going, finishing the season for a second time. The next day, I started it again. Over the course of two months, I watched this well-crafted show 22 times.
This was an obvious obsession, and as it's happening, I'm self-analyzing, trying to understand what in the world is going on. What I was experiencing was what people have dubbed "Heartstopper Syndrome," when adults reflect on what could have been, had they had the opportunity to be their authentic selves as teens. Ultimately, I came out of this obsession with a new understanding of some of the repressed teen emotions that were still influencing my adult self, 30 years later.
You guys did that shot in one take?!?! Oh my god that’s incredible!! I’ve had people do that kind of take with that many lines for over an hour at least! Well done Skizz!! 😁
Thank you, great podcast.
I got some nice stories to tell how I have been handling obsession.
I have been playing chess since I was young. Won prizes in tournaments, even went to the national championship a few times (more regularly as part of a team). I guess it was an obsession the moment I started prioritizing it over other things. Although it was actually school that just got busier that the priorities list became: 1. family 2. school 3. Chess.
Nothing too wrong with that, except that you can practice chess like every moment of the day unlike many other sports. Seeing younger stronger players really made it feel like I should spend any free time on practicing chess to become the best player in the world. At some point I just gave up on that goal, but I still was playing as it had become part of my identity. I got actually a really weird phase I started winning my bad games (because of luck) and losing my good games. This really messed with me and I started to not enjoy the game.
Some years ago I realised I don't need to win to enjoy the game. I learned the game by enjoying doing chess puzzles. Enjoyment of the game just came from trying to get such puzzle situations on the board. So since a few years really been enjoying playing chess again. Also helps the game is very popular these days. I'm not really sacrificing much time for it these days, so I would not really count it as an obsession anymore.
As another story I got from my obsession with chess a more general obsession of trying to solve complex problems. The logic being: not many people can solve these problems, so it's a valuable thing to learn. I like that mindset, but that pathway can give quite some struggles that can also end up sacrificing free time. I don't think this is an obsession I should manage forever, but at the moment I will just have to make it work. Actually making time to read and learning to draw are a great way to balance things and focus on other things. The drawing effectively doesn't even take that much time as most of them I did when a family birthday became a bit boring or other moments that can't really be used for anything else like travel time.
What a nice intro! You can clearly tell that this is a channel run by long time professional youtubers xD
This is like my 20th podcast, LOVEE THIS PODCAST SO MUCH
Wonderful video! I am obsessed with character voice acting. I do all sorts of things for fun for my family and kids and enjoy it every time.
One obsession I had as a teenager was to play the Moonlight Sonata movement #2 in front of a class. I took a high school piano class that would last all school year, but I practiced at home hours per day. I advanced so quickly, the teacher let me practice the advanced book as well. By the end of the year, our final was to play 1 song of choice in front of a small audience. I was able to pull off playing the Moonlight Sonata at that time. I never really played the piano much after I got that out of my system. It is a glorious memory I am still proud of to this day.
The intro was very funny. I like that the talks often make me think about things more or in a different way, I'm definitely thinking about this topic for a bit.
I think one difference between healthy and unhealthy obsession is a person's ability to take breaks and pace the pursuit of their goal.
When I was in middle school and high school I had played the flute, I wanted to to be able to prove to my teachers that at least one student was serious about the class that I when I was at home I would practice for 3+ hrs a day. The time I practiced flute sometimes over taken the time I was to use for other homework. Then I had went to a music competition and I messed up on the Chromatic Scale, which kept me from going to the next stage and I mentally beat myself up for months.
I'd say I'm currently obsessed with this podcast! I get so excited every friday to see what the upload will be :) (Although I do have quite a few, maybe better clarified to be autistic special interests: birds, certain book series, d&d, hermitcraft...)
I love what y'all are doing with your intros recently! I love the creativity with this one and the Anger episode intro
This podcast really made me think. "When does obsession become addiction?" I know I'm obsessed with watching all POVs of hermitcraft and the life series and getting as much information as I can about youtubers (It sounds kind of creepy but its all public information so...). But is that obsession an addiction? It's probably not healthy to watch so much youtube but I enjoy talking about all the facts I know about mincrafter stuff with family. I'll have to think more about this. Anyway, it was a really great topic, can't wait for next week!
LOL the intro! You guys always make my day XD
Okay. I’ve now noticed the string standing up on Skizz’s left shoulder and I can’t see anything else. But I was impressed with the book spin and Rubix cube, Skizz! You did it all with that crazy string sticking up that I’m not obsessed with at all.
As someone who can solve a rubix cube in under two min, I keep mine with me almost at all times. Often times, it sits in my desk at my office and while I am working I tend to stop what I am doing and mess up and solve it. Sometimes our brains need the reset! I also have a deck of cards to shuffle as well!
I'm so obsessed with the intro.. I wanna replay it over and over again until I can beat montage time of skizz solving the the cube.
Edit: Took me 3 tries
I had a similar obsession with learning to solve a Rubik’s cube earlier this year except my obsession was learning in one day. I did it but it had me completely mentally exhausted. Burnout is an interesting thing when the obsession is gone.
When I find something I really like, I REALLY like it. I'm autistic and my special interests can consume me entirely when I have one. I can go months or longer without being very into one thing, but when I find one it tends to be the only thing I think and talk about. Currently the thing is Hermitcraft, I've been watching the series for half a decade now but have never before followed it SO closely as I am now. I usually don't like streams since I struggle with unpredictability in the content I consume (that's also why I never watch shows or movies unless they are popular enough that I can consume content ABOUT them first. I need to know the characters, the plot and the ending before I can enjoy the media), but today I stuck around in Impulses stream for the whole pretty much three hours. I watch every video of every hermit and will probably continue to do so for a while until my finals roll around.
For a while the only thing that got me to calm down and enter a headspace suitable for studying was watching Tangos Decked Out 2 VODS on his second channel in the background. This tense game becamse such a comfort space (and also helped me time how long I studied for as I only ran the video when I was actually busy taking notes). That obsession had mostly mellowed out with season 9 ending and season 10 taking over my mind (and also because you can only watch 6-8 hour videos a day for so long), but it still took having one of those VODS run in the background for me to be able to actually study for my maths exam recently.
The reason why things are like that for me partly is that I am trying to escape real life events that are happening and that I can only wait out. Socializing helps, but when I'm done with my classes and come back home I do not like to speak, so hanging out with friends in person or in calls is hard. Hermitcraft or even the life series sort of provides this social atmosphere that I am only a witness to and do not have to put energy in to keep it functioning.
I don't even know where I am going with this. Pretty much thank you all for providing my current favourite thing to be excited about. I love it so much that I sometimes have to get up and go for a walk because I get too fidgety from joy. My studies are hard, adulting is hard and being powerless in a stressful situation is hard, so I deeply apprechiate that you all have created this online space that people like me can go to to just enjoy.