Am I the only one who does this?.........................................

I do this as well, when I get up in the morning, I press the button on my computer then the TV, its automatic..then when I am doing my housework I often have the TV on in the front room as well so I don't miss anything...I think it is a normal thing to do, years ago people would have the radio on all day so the only difference is we have pictures as well...perfectly normal...

Hello my friend Just to show you how bad it is for me,me and my grandson was watching a dvd last night the movie has been over for I don't know how long so now the credits are rolling with some weird music and I have yet to turn the thing off, walked pass it I don't know how many times as long as it is on I am happy

WE have tv on in puter room and any room we go into has something going on . but in Kitchen we have to turn the radio on if we are in there a long time.

maybe it has something to do with not being alone or possibley you had kids and got accustomed to the noise. i do it sometimes but then if i havent listened to whats on or noticed it for a while, i start worrying about why im wasting electricity and turn it off its ok though if you can pay the bill i guess.

Well, it definitely looks like you aren't alone! I do this quite often too. For some reason I sometimes prefer the TV to music when I'm doing house work or whatever. I don't really know why!

I have the TV on while I am on the computer and even have it on while I am cleaning my house it does keep you company. I have a small TV in my bedroom and I turn it on when I go to bed and set the timer so it will go off if I fall to sleep.

I was reading some of the other post here. It seems to be something that most of us do. Good !!! Lol!!! I thought i was the only one. Once im tired of the internet i start playing sim3. When im tired of tv i play the xmradio. While im doing housework im listen to either the tv or sterio.

I do this and I used to do it a lot when I went to sleep by myself. The sound of the tv used to keep me company so I didn't feel so lonely at the time.

Nothing wrong with background noise... I do the same thing... yes sometimes it is nice to just sit in totally silence.. But after awhile the silence can start playing mind games... its just a comfort thing..

Anytime I am home the TV is on. For me it keeps me company and breaks the silence. I tried having the radio or other music on but it is something about the movement on TV that works for me. Sometimes I will even turn the volume down and have music or something else going but I think for me it is having the movement going on. I can actually multi-task better if the TV is playing in the background.

hi celticeagle. i can't Watch tv if there something bother me in the back ground like radio or if i listening music and the tv is on is okey with me.. but If i am watching tv and the radio is open i can't watch is something bother me.. like sound of radio happy mylottings!!!

Lately I've been able to keep the TV off, but I tended to be -just- like that. It's not like I'm wasting more or less power, I use my computer to watch TV and it's already on 24/7, but I did kept it on (the TV) so that I could keep it on to listen to things and occasionally watch when I heard something that triggered more of my attention. I don't think that there's anything wrong, it's an habit a lot of people have and some of them with even less of a reason.

i think that's completely normal, it happens to me as well and i think i watch tv more than you do. i also spend time with my computer as much as you do and i think that's what's important and nothing else you should do what ever you feel like and not like some psychological problem or anything.

i keep tv on all day and all night for the background noise. Dont know why but it helps me sleep too

No I don't really do this (perhaps its an age thing), but I prefer to work in silence most times, although I do sometimes have some internet music playing softly in the background. My children, though, never seem to now what silence is with tv or ipods blaring all the time no matter what they are doing. I value silence - other peoples sounds are very intrusive, I have absolutely no wish to hear other people's music especially if they are traveling in a car with the windows open and the sound turned up full.

It can be good and bad. I also do it at proper hours, at leasy, and I do it just out of habit or for the feeling of company or that at any moment something interesting might come on TV. It's bad too though as it is a waste of electricity and you'll be paying more money for something you are not really using properly.

Hi, I do the same too; most of the time, I listen to the movies and news, rather than watch them. It's only when it gets exciting, that I stop my work, and turn to watch the tv. I suppose the tv provides some sort of soothing background noises, entertaining some parts of my conscious/subconscious mind while I work away!

I do this too. I've done it for as long as I can remember. Before we moved to this house, the television was actually in the same room as the computer so I could glance over at the TV every now and then to see what was going on. Now, however, we have a dedicated office and the computer is in the next room over, the living room. I can't just glance at the television to see what is going on. However, when the television is on, it is very comforting to me, especially when everyone else in the house is asleep. It gives me a certain sense of companionship.

Guilty as well. Doing it as we speak. I feel as though I cannot work otherwise. I am rarely watching whats on it, but it must be on.

I do the same thing.... If I am home all day the television will be on all day... With no one barely paying any attention to what is on... If it is a bad thing or not? That is the question... Its something that I have been doing my whole life to me, its completely normal...