How do you guys handle it?

[Mikezila]

I haven't read the thread for fear of spoilers, no matter how minor, but I keep going until I find myself too paranoid to make steady progress. I only play at night, all the lights off, with nice headphones, and all phones/IM/email/etc turned off. When I'm in it, I'm in it.

Games like this one are the only thing that still gives me the combat-high reaction that most other games have lost the power to do. When a monster chases me in the game I almost stand out of my chair and my heart starts beating so fast I can hear it in my throat. Once I've managed to lose the monster I'm ready to fight a grizzly bear and run a marathon. Understandably I can't handle that for too long a time or my nerves will be destroyed. Gotta take a break.