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Originally Posted by slobake  Sixty three people have read this and no one has replied. I guess I am the only one with this problem. Either that or this is a really boring post (please don't respond to that)  |
It's horrible!!!
....just kidding.
It comes and goes for me now. When I first started, however, I had a solid 7 or 8 years of being obsessed with playing. Not being able to sleep, getting up at 3am to record that new riff really quick so I could try again to crash because I had to be at work in 3hrs...not being able to hang out with friends because in the middle of a conversation my mind would come up with some awesome new intro and I'd feel like I was wasting my time when I did anything other than play. It was bad, and caused me to sever almost every social tie I had outside of shows/practice (and women...it takes a special breed to put up with that).
Nowadays I find myself getting excited about shows, and sometimes practice, but I'm able to quiet my mind and not let practicing/creating take over my life. YMMV, but for me it was like having the best illness in the world, and slowly recovering over time.
