I have bluescreen-phobia
- by Charlie Somerville
I'm scared of the Blue Screen of Death. Seriously.
Whenever I hibernate or shutdown my computer, I have to turn the screen off in case it bluescreens during that process. Whenever I see a bluescreen, it makes my heart skip a beat and I jump a little - especially if it's on my own computer.
I decided that this is getting ridiculous after I experienced a BSOD this evening. My computer booted back up and I decided to switch off the screen and leave the room. I came back about a minute later and it still hadn't got to the login screen. To find out what happened, I actually covered the screen with two A4 pages and gradually peeled them back after I saw that the screen wasn't blue.
This is going way too far, but I can't help it. I am legitimately afraid of BSODs.
Does anyone have any advice on how I can help myself?