Health, Anxiety and Gamers: Crossword anxiety

Crossword anxiety

By Anonymous - 27/02/2021 18:30 - United States - Gloucester

Today, I've been so anxious that I downloaded a crossword app to try to focus. You get stars whenever you complete a puzzle, either 1, 2, or 3. I'm now up to 400 stars and placed first in a competition I didn't even know I was participating in. I'm still anxious. FML

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You deserved it 164

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By solitaire - 20/07/2013 08:14 - United States - Enumclaw

Today, I was playing solitaire when an achievement popped up on my phone. "You have just completed your 1000th game of solitaire!" Never felt so alone in my life. FML

I agree, your life sucks 50 172

You deserved it 8 224

Competitive

By Crazy mom - 28/02/2023 02:30 - India - Hyderabad

Today, I've been relentlessly refreshing my email. I'm anxious and expecting the results of a competition. It's my preschooler's playdough competition results. What has my life become? FML

I agree, your life sucks 274

You deserved it 763

By sudoku_fiend - 13/12/2015 04:40 - United States - Millville

Today, I discovered that I've spent so much time playing Sudoku in the bathroom at work that I've trained myself to need to pee whenever I open the app. FML

I agree, your life sucks 20 676

You deserved it 5 819

Stressed out

By coloring is not for me - 10/11/2015 05:52 - United States

Today, in an attempt to lower my stress and anxiety, I tried out an anti-stress coloring page on my phone. I couldn't get the color to evenly fill inside the lines and it stressed me out even more, to the point where I started crying at work. FML

I agree, your life sucks 22 126

You deserved it 3 762

By Anonymous - 11/08/2012 14:20 - United Kingdom - Bishops Stortford

Today, my social anxiety hit a new low. I was playing bingo and, although I won, I didn't shout "bingo" because I thought too many people would look at me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 30 485

You deserved it 8 891

By fattypatty - 20/02/2017 13:00 - United States

Today, it seems I do, in fact, have an addiction to food. My employer has put on a weight loss challenge with a 1000$ prize, and on day 5 of 100 I'm already lying to the calorie counting app I installed on my phone. FML

I agree, your life sucks 5 005

You deserved it 2 331

By Ashleigh - 02/03/2012 22:53 - Australia

Today, I installed an alarm app on my phone. Turns out, to unlock the phone and get the ringing to stop, I have to answer a maths question. It took me ten minutes to get it right. FML

I agree, your life sucks 12 917

You deserved it 33 041

Math ain't easy

By Anonymous - 13/08/2021 15:59 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, as I struggle with dyscalculia, I set up some counters so I could knit up a perfect square. Turns out the counters actually made it worse. I have three failed attempts and I'm stuck on number 4. FML

I agree, your life sucks 706

You deserved it 78

Tense

By Anonymous - 12/11/2023 22:00 - Germany

Today, you might know that anxiety before an extremely important exam: sweating, shaking, heart palpitations, tension headache… That’s how I felt this morning when I got into my car… to pick up a free mattress I scored on the internet. Guess my adrenal glands were bored and decided to have a party. FML

I agree, your life sucks 356

You deserved it 101

Classic Redditor

By Bored - 05/04/2023 05:00 - United States

Today, most of my day was spent repeatedly checking to see how well my Reddit posts have been performing as of late. I think I need to find a hobby. FML

I agree, your life sucks 225

You deserved it 737

Yemi Adeshokan 4

Sunday 28 February 2021 1:01

Weird flex, but okay

Seeya55 31

Sunday 28 February 2021 13:43

You...deserve...it? I mean, this isn't a bad..thing?

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Yemi Adeshokan 4

Sunday 28 February 2021 1:01

Weird flex, but okay

Jesse Duff 15

Sunday 28 February 2021 1:18

maybe puzzles aren't the way for you to relax...or at least anything with a grading matrix to it. you need something without rewards to relax.

RichardPencil 30

Sunday 28 February 2021 1:30

You'd better keep working those puzzles because *they* are coming for you!

Seeya55 31

Sunday 28 February 2021 13:43

You...deserve...it? I mean, this isn't a bad..thing?

DanielleinDC 33

Monday 1 March 2021 3:28

I enjoy playing games on my iPad, although many come with ads. A commercial for one game said, "I never knew anxiety until I played this," and I thought, well, I'm not downloading THAT game. I want games to reduce my anxiety, not increase them!