Weird Thoughts

Sometimes I have weird thoughts in my head.  Today's thought was about my TV viewing habits.  Is there a reason behind the binge watching that I do?

For many years, I watched very little TV.  In fact, so little TV that it was only a year ago that I replaced my very old 19" tube TV -- you remember, the kind that were two feet deep and must weight 70 lbs?  Between the big screen TV and Netflix, I watch a lot more.  But the weird thing is I watch things in binges.  At first, I binge watched all 11 seasons of Frazier, several times!  And then, for a while, I couldn't get enough Blue Bloods.  (then season 6 came along and I wasn't as impressed with it ......).  It got to the point with either show that I have lines memorized!

I got caught up in Orange is the New Black, I watched an Australian show called "Dance Academy" and just loved the actor Jordan Rodriques ---- which led me to watch Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack --- um, ugh, but it was fun watching him!  I also binged on "Highway Thru Hell". During our summer heat, it was oddly soothing to watch big rigs running in the snow ......

Which brings me back to my original weird thought:  Is there a reason behind the binge watching that I do?  What brought me back to watching "Frazier" again ??  I'm wondering if it fills some unacknowledged need I have.  Or that there's so little people drama that goes unresolved in the show that it's soothing after a day of work-drama ??  Sophisticated humor could be part of it.


Bustle says "We tend to gravitate toward binge-watching when we experience more stress in our lives. For better or worse, binge-watching is one way our brain now responds to anxiety. Does that mean you should cancel your accounts? Absolutely not. The trick is to introduce as many other alternatives to dealing with stress as the ones we choose through television.  Because whatever happens, that next episode will still be there tomorrow. "

When this little symbol appears on my screen, it's like euphoria! at the end of a long work day.

OK, maybe it's as simple as having the TV run as if there's other people in the house.  And maybe it IS to reduce some of the daytime stress induced by work.

But come cooler weather, I'm going to try and curb some of this TV watching
-- until next summer!