I feel personally attacked

I have 7-8 movies from the eighties that I watch over and over. And now I know why. Thanks BP.

I love rewatching tv shows because I know what will happen, you sort of feel nervous and uncomfortable watching a show for the first time (edit: just realised this was a bit misleading, I do not struggle with anxiety I just like rewatching tv)

You mean you guys can’t recite Loki

That explains me watching Father Ted for the umpteenth time 🤔

That's why I'm watching the mentalist for the 6th time.

I like to re-read or check the ending to make sure it's not unhappy.

I do this with books and movies also.

Friends, New Girl, Big Bang Theory. Criminal Minds, House, Yellowstone. 2 different sets of shows that I repeat depending on my mood. Both give me so much relief from daily anxiety.

Sometimes when things go out of hand, we all go to a safe space where we may relive our nostalgia moments. Don’t worry, just enjoy your comfort before you are ready to step out again

no! its because... umm.... i like archer.

Well that explains a lot of my Netflix history and fanfic history :)

Nah, I re-watch things because of cannabis. Plain and simple.

This is me. I fall asleep to family guy every night because its familiar and makes me feel safe.

Murder She Wrote, Monk, Diagnosis Murder (the ones w/o Baio), cooking shows, Time Team on YT, plus most kinds of history/nature/science/aliens docs/"docs" - no surprises, no "second-hand embarrassment", etc.

Idk, I feel like I'm rewatching cuz I don't have the to me to pay attention to something new

this is very true, i have anxiety and i watch family guy so much that ive seen every episode at least twice, some i have seen several times, most at least 5 times

Yup,I do that all the time.

I have my list of shows I rewatch. My family has teased me for this, but I keep explaining why. Finally my partner started to realize that I get better when I am not fighting to process new information while anxious. My youngest son does the same thing, just different shows than me.

I do this and never really thought much about it till now, I do get anxious but try not to let it control me, plus I have an amazing supportive partner.

"The Middle' then??

But if you never watch new shows, you'll never find a great show you want to watch over and over again

Introverts do this too because we're soothed by the familiar.

Or they're just really, really good.

Have so many comedies that I've watched and re-re-re-watched. Mainly cos in my depression times I know that they will help bring me up.

God This One it me hard....

I didn’t know others did this. Wow

I live with severe anxiety. I don't do that.

If I feel any anxiety, I fast forward the TV show & watch the ending. For movies, I use Movie Spoiler or something similar so I know how it ends & if someone dies. Any movie or show is so much more enjoyable without sitting there dreading the ending.

Thank you. I never thought about it before but this explains so much of my life

Seems perfectly sensible to me.

Repetitive calming behaviors

Yeah......i keep seeing things that i want to watch because they look cool or different but once I'm choosing i fall right back into my old standbys. Same with movies....im more app to choose one ive watched a million times than a new one even if i was excited with the idea of it on release. I even have movies and shows that i call warm blanket ones. An example for me is Totoro. That's my goto warm blanket movie.

*Me, who has read the same book over 40 times

I feel called out

As I'm on my 4th round of Ted Lasso....

I rewatched them because I completely forgot that I had watched them before.

I wondered why I watch so many reruns

Precisely.

yeah...