Giving up TV and Autism

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I completely gave up on TV some years ago. I was at a point when I had to prioritize differently, which left less and lesss time for watching TV. At first I found it really annoying to miss out episodes that I was used to watching and found it annoying to always have to try to get back into the story after having missed a couple of episodes, so I ended up giving up TV almost completely.

When I did that I suddenly had a lot more time to enjoy other activities and I felt kind of liberated for not feeling the need to check the TV programme daily and keep track of the time and make sure to be home watching TV at the right time or recording whatever I was missing and finding time to watch it some other time. All of the sudden I could stay out or do other things whenever I wanted to without worrying about TV. It felt nice.

After a while I moved somewhere else and didn't bother even buying a TV. I didn't need one. I lived without any access to TV for a long time. After moving somewhere else again my sister gave me her old TV and I watched it on a rare occasion if something really interesting was on, but didn't feel as attached to it as I used to. I still don't watch much TV at all and don't feel like I can't live without it or miss anything. If I'm doing something else I don't think about TV or worry about missing anything, but if I'm bored or tired and something nice is on I'll watch it.

All I watch on TV is Stargate and NCIS. Possibly The Big Bang Theory. So I could probably watch them on something else instead of TV.

I have one. The only TV broadcast things I watch on it is the 7 o'clock news and couple of local quiz shows. I do have a lot of DVD and shows I like to watch from my media center however. Ads in shows just bug me too much to put up with it, as does having to wait for a show to come on at a specific time. Well, specific time except when said show MUST be pushed back because some very important semi-illiterates had to play a ballgame and all media must yield it's timeslot so we can watch something that important.

I prefer being able to pick exactly what I'm watching and when without ads or sport events getting in my way. I don't even like putting up with the DVD trailers or silly animated half minute opening intro to the menu, I almost always end up ripping my media to a pure 'just the show thanks' form and stick it on an HD. Most TV stations have way too much reality TV crap on them, if I cared that much about other people's inane chatter and bickering I'd... probably not have AS for one thing...

I really hate commercials and there is usually nothing intresting to watch anyways......there are a couple shows I like but I would rather just watch them on DVD then on T.V.

I might watch TV more if I actually had one.

I used to watch at least an hour or two after school throughout middle school and high school.

I haven't had one since I went off to college, and that's been at least 7-8 years now.

Grew up mostly sans TV. Have had periods of zero television.

At any poinr highly selctive.

Currently a moderate amount of carefully selected videos.

Plusses include less of the frustration of Boob Tube Mystiques, and a much lower flux of news.

My wife dives into web news; bei mir aber no news can be good news.

I didn't watch any TV until highschool and I could either rent a season or get it on the computer. I now watch some shows to see if I can understand people better. I feel like it increases my ability to respond to people appropriately and determine their responses better.

I also watch it if I have too much on my mind and want to not think.

Generally, my tv watching is hit or miss. I will spend weeks without watching it, and then in a couple of days I will get caught up on the three or four shows that I like. Generally that is near when I take a test.

I hate people having tvs on in the background or going to restaurants where there are tvs. It annoys me and I can't concentrate as well. I can usually block it out if I try, but it is one more thing that puts me on edge and I have to "worry" about.

The only reason we have a tv is for my brother when he comes to visit cause he gets bored out of his mind...he is an NT and does not know how to entertain himself. B
but I only like to watch the learning channels like discovery, NatGeo, History, and Animal Planet....I use to like HGTV before they decided to get into real estate.

My family has not owned a television in years. It has too much mind rot.

Because so many elements of the Internet resembles television, we are switching back to dial up. This should hopefully keep my boys from watching some of the mindless videos. I think the cost is $3.00 per month for 100 hours of access.

I did not respond to the pole because I am NT.

Don't own a TV; now and again I'll watch a movie on Netflix or catch a bit of a TV show at the "general store" by me. In general, I much prefer a good book. But considering how much time I spend/waste on line, I don't claim any bragging rights.