I figured this didn't exactly fit under the KH General section since I'm not really talking about the games, and it's more of a personal thing I was thinking about.

 

I'll avoid going into this pathetic sob story I've been wallowing in for the past three years of my life and just skip to the "Is Kingdom Hearts an unhealthy obsession of mine?" Basically, I got my first KH game a bit over a year ago (358/2 Days), I didn't have a PS2 yet, but playing the DS game and reading the background of the first game greatly intrigued me. So, eventually I did get a PS2 and played KH, watched cutscenes of Re:CoM, and played KHII. Something I've noticed, however, is that I really like to soak up my time with playing KH games; especially the first and second one (the "bigger" ones, I guess). And a bad thing? I feel down when I don't get to and feel like I've somehow wasted my day if I did not get my KH1 or KH2 fix. Because of how busy it is during the school year, I only get to play the home console KH games in the summer. So when a day passes in the summer and I haven't played KH on my PS2, I flip out about how my summer's shortening and I may not get to finish KH + KHII all the way through before summer vacation is over. Then I feel depressed and antsy about how little time I have left.

 

I mean, in some ways, I think KH has been good for me. In relation to the pathetic-sob-story-I'm-not-going-to-talk-about, KH games are what have kept my mind occupied when I don't want to think about the bad things going on with/inside me. It helps to keep me from feeling too sad, and it gives me a story to focus on and try to not sink too far into my own. Especially last summer. Kingdom Hearts was my biggest form of escape, I guess you could say. So, as much as I can, I like going back to it. I just worry about how this might be bad for me. When I get really sad about whatever's going on, I just wish I could disappear and somehow be in it, you know? Just get away from everything and everyone here and be my own person in a world I feel like I belong to. Which, obviously, I don't. Kingdom Hearts is just a fantasy world, and I get that. I'm not that insane. It just makes me wonder what's wrong with me.

 

And sorry, probably nobody will really want to read all of this stuff anyway, so I'll just shut my trap now and post this weird topic 'cause I'm a sad case of a human. But if anyone does reply...please, don't tell me to go to therapy. My tiny request.

Listen,you are not a sad case.Its normal if you think KH is a way of "escaping".just dont escape too much,you know.Dont fell that you wasted you're day because you didnt play KH...Okay?

Damn, and I thought I was into KH. You should watch Inception.

If it makes you feel any better, when I was little I used to want Pokemon to be real. Ehm, but anyway.

Don't think you're a sad case of a human. If it keeps you from being sad, then that's good. Just, don't get too caught up in it, you know? Like, even if you don't play Kingdom Hearts, don't feel anxious and depressed.

you're not addicted. addicted is "i cant do anything at all that isnt kh related and that includes eating."

I had a similar case, I played DAYS first and watched cutscenes and walkthroughs of all the other games. And I got freaking obsessed, but since I really don't have any games other than re; coded I didn't get like you.

Anyway, it's not a bad thing at all to feel like that, it's just a little bit extreme. People like to run to "other worlds" because they obviously are better then ours, but that can't happen. Everyone likes a game or a book better than real life. somethings just don't happen.

I suggest you just lay off the games for a bit, if it's really making you depressed. It's nothing worth crying over, as it's not real life.

u r just like me. kh can keep my mind occupied FOREVER, as if i can't flash back into reality. even if i don't play kh for a while i don't feell anxious or depressed. word of advice, just do what kindoe said, if u can avoid playin kh for a week or two u might feel less depressed. don't get me wrong, kh is an awesome game, but not playin it shouldn't make u depressed. hope u feel better now (it's basically kh fever) http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/happy.png

I'm really sure u are not a sad case and u don't need therapy. I'm really sure, i could not stop talking about kingdom hearts when i first started playing it. I played it all the time, and when i heard kh2 came out i went crazy and bought it the first day it came out and i ran to the back of the store where they had the electronic sections. And i begged my parents for a psp when i heard bbs would be for psp so we all have our ways with Kingdom Hearts. You are perfectly normal, you just have Kh fever. All you have to do is stop playing it for a while and do whatever u like to do and you'll be fine. I got over mine by playing final fantasy but you do what u want to do to get over it.

I'm the same way but with books. If my parents are arguing or I want to strangle my sister, I pick up a book and start reading. I'll play video games too to escape but books are more accessible in most cases. What I wonder is was your day so bad just because you didn't play KH? I'm sure you did other things that day that held up your time. Did you enjoy those things? Instead of focusing on what you didn't get to do that day look at what things you did do. And if you just stared at the ceiling for 12+ hours, well that's summer vacation for ya

 

If it makes you feel any better, when I was little I used to want Pokemon to be real. Ehm, but anyway.

 

I still want pokemon to be real. But now that I'm older I can appreciate how much pokemon battles would have PETA people going ballistic. Maybe they would even form Team Peta

KH is an obsession it makes u have a good feeling inside

Right now I have Legend of Zelda fever, but its nothing to get sad about if you cant play it. Whenever I get bad videogame fever I just open up my GBA emulator and play a random game.