I just don’t seem to be able to watch any web series or movies. Even TV shows. Watching these sitting in one place makes me uneasy and anxious.
Reality shows competitions like dancing or singing creep me out.
I wonder if it is something like internet addiction? Can’t focus?
It is starting to get me. Everyone around me follows web series. Plays video games. I can’t participate in their discussions.
Watching movies or web series feels mechanical. It feels forced.
Before getting sick I used those as avoidance in a way. In recent years I have began to not enjoy them.
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Movies and TV often give me anxiety, and make the voices worse for a while. It’s unusual for me to sit through an entire movie. I usually watch a movie over two or three nights. I was able to watch The New Mutants in one sitting, though. 
I avoid watching horror most of the time, but if I watch an action movie, I’ll also try and watch a comedy in the same week, so I’m not totally immersed in violence.
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I cannot watch any tv because of anxiety and I cannot read
I do similar thing if I happen to watch movie.
You mean like none? You don’t even surf channels?
I’m in the same situation. I can’t really watch tv other than having music tv channels on in the background.
Zinc supplementation is helping me with this issue, but
it just takes lot of time depending on the dosage.
Vitamin E might help too
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I’m the same way. I no longer enjoy movies, tv and video games. I have a hard time concentration on movies and tv also. Often have to try to watch a movie in multiple sittings when I do try. It’s the sz.
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That reply was supposed to be to @AhmShere , not Cloudy. Screwed up, still tired this morning.
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I can’t watch a series if I’m not doing something else meanwhile. Like doodling, texting, knitting, reading forum posts, doing translations, etc.
I was raised in front of the tv, which is dumb…
But when my illness became more severe, i cant watch the tv either very often… Me too, i feel uneasy and uncomfortable in my body in order to sit with hours in front of the tv… My mind also is way too preoccupied with some other sick stuff, so i am not calm or focused in order to watch… I also have no the mood now for watching 
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I do it still though, sometimes but its really rarer than before the illness. I watch also sometimes torrents on my computer… But i really need to be quite calm for that, which is not often.
Take care!
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I too was raised in front of tv. It might be one of reason I am more into gadgets and books than people around me.
People around me really amaze me with multitasking skills. They will be watching tv while some music is playing on their phone and speak with someone in person. Epitome is my dad he will be watching tv, playing someone music on phone while speaking with someone in person and then he makes person wait to receive call on another phone.
When two people are speaking at same time my brain goes shut.
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