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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8312937" data-attributes="member: 18">Weirdly, almost never.On the direct contrary I'm typically massively mentally energised by it (though sometimes physically tired - not exhausted) just because of what time of night it is.There have been RPGs which left me feeling drained every time I ran them - 3.XE D&amp;D was one. But I typically don't run them for long, for that reason.Yup same experience here.I get more stress as a player, honestly. If a DM is running a game I'm not familiar with and doing even an okay job that's not stressful, but if a DM is DMing a game I am very familiar with and/or doing a less-than-ideal job, that can be pretty stressful, especially as as I have to resist the urge to &quot;help them out&quot;. I did have one DM who treated me like a kinda-assistant, and always wanted me to help out when I could, and butt in with rules corrections and so on, and that was waaaaaaaaaaaay less stressful.I do wonder, if I was DMing literally every week, end on end, it might get tiring, but I think only if I was running a crunch-heavy game. So I wouldn't.I think that's making some unfortunately gross assumptions about neurotypicality which you might not want to make. I have ADHD and D&amp;D DMing gives me the &quot;hyperfocus&quot; that comes with that, and the hyperfocus is energising. Suggesting to strangers you don't know that there's something &quot;seriously wrong&quot; (implying a clear and unarguable need to for medical help), because they're failing to have the same physical/mental reaction as you, or as what you regard as &quot;within the acceptable range&quot; is not really appropriate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8312937, member: 18"] Weirdly, almost never. On the direct contrary I'm typically massively mentally energised by it (though sometimes physically tired - not exhausted) just because of what time of night it is. There have been RPGs which left me feeling drained every time I ran them - 3.XE D&D was one. But I typically don't run them for long, for that reason. Yup same experience here. I get more stress as a player, honestly. If a DM is running a game I'm not familiar with and doing even an okay job that's not stressful, but if a DM is DMing a game I am very familiar with and/or doing a less-than-ideal job, that can be pretty stressful, especially as as I have to resist the urge to "help them out". I did have one DM who treated me like a kinda-assistant, and always wanted me to help out when I could, and butt in with rules corrections and so on, and that was waaaaaaaaaaaay less stressful. I do wonder, if I was DMing literally every week, end on end, it might get tiring, but I think only if I was running a crunch-heavy game. So I wouldn't. I think that's making some unfortunately gross assumptions about neurotypicality which you might not want to make. I have ADHD and D&D DMing gives me the "hyperfocus" that comes with that, and the hyperfocus is energising. Suggesting to strangers you don't know that there's something "seriously wrong" (implying a clear and unarguable need to for medical help), because they're failing to have the same physical/mental reaction as you, or as what you regard as "within the acceptable range" is not really appropriate. [/QUOTE]

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