How is binging affecting my life?

        For this blog entry I decided to touch on something’s we talked about in class today as a group in terms of how are binging is going and expand a little. One comment that came up in class is that people felt that what was happening in the show was affecting their mood. I personally disagreed with this statement, at least for the TV binge. I felt that I found my mood being affected more by binging as a whole rather than what was specifically going on in the episode. I believe part of this may be because although I’m glad I watched both Peaky Blinders and The Knick, I am not sure if I ever really got invested or addicted to either shows. I think that if I had fallen in love with the show I was binging on I would have gotten into episodes more and probably felt more emotionally connected to the show.

        Another interesting point that I actually brought up during our class discussions was the fact that I feel like 8 hours of binging is too much in one day, but between group and individual binging I found time to watch other TV shows. This discovery was a shock for me, I was sure that after binging for 5 hours alone the last thing I would want to do is watch TV. However, I have found that since I love watching TV so much, I get a different enjoyment from watching what I want rather than binging on something I was assigned. The other interesting thing about it is that since I have started binging, I have not watched any of my shows I was already binging on or watched Netflix at all. Although I still have time to watch TV, I find I have no desire to be on my computer or Netflix, which is not something normal for me personally. I wonder if now that we are done TV binging if I will be able to become a regular binger again on shows by choice.

        The final reason why I think I personally still watch TV during my free time between binging is probably because I have a very introverted personality. Unlike other people in the class who said after binging they craved human interactions, I find spending hours alone relaxing and am actually more in my elm then being in groups. I believe being an introvert has made binging a bit easier for me personally and more natural.