Should I Get Myself Committed?

[nate]

well then your set ! seen alot of obsessive collectors get divorced though...probably in more expensive hobbies that also take up alot more space.

what the heck...all my PSX games are black label. I don't consider myself obsessive.

[crux]

No. You should not have your yourself committed for being OCD. Even if your OCD had a strong negative impact on your life, going to the crazy house wouldn't help. Not many people are aware, but patients often get much worse due to taking drugs and/or shock therapy.

Just think about it for a minute. How the fuck are drugs and electrocuting your brain supposed to help your mental condition? They don't treat the actual cause of the problem at all. If you must seek out professional help, you might want to see a counselor. Just be sure to refuse all drugs he prescribes.

tl;dr
Communication is the solution, not expensive drugs that will fuck you up even worse.

Shock therapy? What decade are you in?!

[Inazuma]

Shock therapy? What decade are you in?!

It's almost 2010 where I'm at. How about you?
According to wikipedia:

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, is a well-established, albeit controversial, psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anesthetized patients for therapeutic effect. Today, ECT is most often used as a treatment for severe major depression which has not responded to other treatment,[1] and is also used in the treatment of mania (often in bipolar disorder), catatonia and schizophrenia. It was first introduced in the 1930s[2] and gained widespread use as a form of treatment in the 1940s and 1950s; today, an estimated 1 million people worldwide receive ECT every year,[3] usually in a course of 6–12 treatments administered 2 or 3 times a week.

It won't likely be used for simple OCD of course but shock therapy is still done today. He could go in for OCD, be put on drugs that make him worse, and then later get shocked. It's just totally bullshit and mind blowing how it is still allowed today.

[Luke]

You come to a retro video game forum for medical advice?
Have you read half the posts here?
Talk to your family, not to stranger-dangers.

I say call the guys in the white jackets.

[Golgo 14]

How about a partial lobotomy? No need for commitment. You can probably get it done on an out-patient basis these days.

[MrPopo]

I too have a bit of a need to have the collection look nice on the shelf. However, what I did is stick everything in standard size DVD-cases/UGCs and get covers from The Cover Project. If I get a greatest hits release I print off my own cover so it looks nice.

[Gamerforlife]

I'm a bit OCD too. I don't like greatest hits or any other equivalent in my collection. I like original releases. For example, Resident Evil 4 for the Gamecube has more value in my eyes than the PS2 or Wii versions. Thought I'll definitely buy a port if it is really well done, like Disgaea for the PSP, but I always want to own the original release as well.

Recently, I'm getting obsessed with disc condition, which means I'm sort of getting turned off by the whole buying used thing, unless it's for old games and systems since there is no choice with those.

I think being OCD about anything is fine as long you don't let your obsessiveness cause you stress and you are still living a normal life

One of my favorite tv characters is Adrian Monk, whose insane level of OCD actually makes him a very good detective as he has the ability to notice and analyze things on a level beyond most normal people and it is entirely because of his obsessive nature.

[Xonticus]

I say everything you outlined is fine, except...

If the SE is larger then two DVD cases (ie Assassins’ Creed , BlazBlue, Street Fighter 4) I will not purchase them because they don’t esthetically match my library.

This one I would leave out, because you would be missing out on some cool ass special editions, like Atlus games with bonus soundtracks.

[dedalusdedalus]

Now here's a real quandary for you guys. What do you do if you prefer black labels, but the greatest hits version features bonus material? Do you get black label? GH? Both?

[Hatta]

You know why they still do ECT? Because it works. It's not like it's painful or anything. The brain is an electrochemical device. If it's malfunctioning, it only makes sense to use electricity or chemicals to treat it. Yes, it's a crude tool, but the brain is incredibly complex. It really does make more sense than using words to treat a physical problem.