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I don’t know what benefits are from quitting videogames whatsoever, but I decided to do that too (not only Hearthstone). Hearthstone is definitely a gambling game and I don’t want to be a gambler. I realized that I’m a gambling gamer (not sure if person too) because I also play pub quizzes and gambling/stakes are also present there. And I think since we have addictive personalities, then pub quizzes is not good for me either. Maybe if I started playing it moderately at first, then right now things would be good. Gambling is about risking and you can risk with a lot of things, not only “real money”. I almost never used real money in Hearthstone, but the game has its own currency too, you know. I realized I was like a gambler who wanted to win back something/recover his losses and I didn’t want to get deeper, so I stopped.

But what’s good of giving up on videogames whatsoever? I thought about how I was playing single-player games and how enjoyed them, but then, I remember, I was getting bored. So, perhaps, it means that nowadays I find videogames boring, because of repetitive gameplay, I think. Like, what’s the point of Space Marine 2 if all you do is smash things and that’s it? The game from the start tells you what you gonna do the whole game and its story – smashing bugs. I did not finish Still Wakes the Deep too because near the end of the game I didn’t know where to go and also felt that game should have been shorter (was getting longer and longer) and didn’t want to play another couple hours because I understood the gameplay and didn’t want to play it anymore. The same with Control. I tried playing twice. The second time I got to the point where the character started flying and I needed to kill a boss. That time after realized what’s gonna happen throughout the game, what the game is about and I couldn’t beat the boss (maybe if I tried harder and seriously I would), I deleted it because felt boredom (maybe that was an excuse for not beating the boss, but does it matter since I’m trying to quit?). The same happened with Callisto Protocol. Although I remember actually enjoying X-Blades and Remember me and I wanted to know the story. But I played those games moderately. Not everyday and after work for 1-2 hours, I think.

Some say that the benefits from quitting are more free time that they didn’t want to waste on games, energy that was spending on games. They felt that they want to save those resources and spend it on something “real”. Another benefits are clear and calm mental states. You feel more aware and focused (I like that). You can now focus on other things (although games are still on mind, I’m still thinking about them meaning I’m not completely focused on what’s going on around me). Your hormones get to normal state too (I’d like that).

So, yeah, I don’t know why I should quit videogames. I mean I do, but… Maybe so I could focus on real life more? As I said I do enjoy playing single-player games, but perhaps not anymore? Since I’m getting bored while playing. Maybe videogames don’t do it for me anymore. I mean, sure, if I wanted to I could find a game that I would play every day (or not every day).

After all gaming was important part of my childhood and losing it kind of feels lonely. But in reality I kind of don’t have those connections I had as a kid anymore.

I've been getting League of Legends videos in my YouTube Shorts lately and it got me thinking more and more about how I miss the game. I haven't played in over 3 years but last weekend, I decided to download it since I was thinking about it. I probably played 25+ games last weekend and deleted it again on Sunday. The next day, I was on YouTube Shorts again and was being recommended League of Legends videos. I decided to hit "Not Interested" on every single one I came by, and completely wiped it from my algorithm. I'd highly recommend anyone to do this if you are struggling with the same problem.

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I keep playing all day to cope with how empty I feel in life and i feel like the video games are only means to an end. I want to feel something, some form of “gratification” of being the best but it’s just my insecurities talking. I play all day and im failing out of university right now because im too depressed to pull myself to study - just play video games.

I’ve been ignoring my friends, don’t have a family. Just want something to fulfill my needs. Just wanna feel like im “improving” and seeing video game elo go up makes me feel that. I want to feel good at something. I want achievement and gratification. Skins, characters, the movement, maps everything is just addictive to my brain.

It sounds so fucking stupid to confess but I don’t know where to start. I want this to end but I also don’t want it to. I am addicted. I didn’t play for an entire year and I felt like I missed them, so maybe I am overcompensating with an imbalance?

For last five years my opinion on games has gone down hill, for ages the only genre I really liked are souls likes and metroidvanias. Most games I have bought and played I give up on quickly because their isn’t enough to make me want to continue or i get frustrated if something doesn’t work as it should, bad design. I think the other reason is awareness of time, when I was a kid I didn’t have parents well off enough to buy me a games console, but my older siblings had money and bought their own consoles and on the occasions I got to play on their console I could play for hours and it didn’t matter that I wasted Saturday afternoon on it because I enjoyed it and I didn’t have a lot of opportunity to do fun and interesting things. Now I’m older I am aware of the time and can’t lose myself in the game, when I don’t make progress for a while I stop enjoying it. I haven’t really considered quitting because I don’t know what I would replace it with so I keep on trying new stuff hoping it scratches the itch. My problem is I haven’t been treated well at any stage of my life really, I’ve been treated better by some people as an adult, but it doesn’t wipe away my habits of isolating myself from other people to protect myself. Thing is I can in theory stop playing games, but that doesn’t mean I’m suddenly going to feel comfortable trying new things that are social. When I think about doing new things I don’t feel worried about it, but when it comes to getting ready on the day I get anxious. What would you suggest?

I (22f) have been living with my partner (24m diagnosed ADHD no medication) for a year now. He's always been a huge gamer and according to him was playing way more before we got together. He's a university student and I work full time as a sous chef.

I don't really know where to start with all of this. 6 months ago he still had a part time job but he quit it because he got burnt out (he also mentioned to his friend he did it so he could game more) and I didn't really mind. I can deal with picking up the bills for a while. The problem is, he doesn't go to uni or work at the moment, making him do chores is like pulling teeth.

I get so frustrated when I come home from work and see him on his computer because I know he'd been on there for 8+ hours. Well today I got a day off and since some demo just dropped he's been on his pc for the last 12 hours. I tried to join him but I just get so bored up there on my own pc. I want to do things outside and do fun activities but I myself am really depressed and autistic and without his support I can't get myself out of bed.

I just don't know what to do anymore or how to help him since everytime I bring up wanting to do something outside he acts very offendet that I want to take his screentime away. He says he just doesn't like the outdoors. I know he's been really burnt out and depressed but I feel like I've been doing nothing but give and I recieve very little in return. How can I help him get off of the pc?

Sorry if this is really ranty and slightly off topic I suppose. I'm really tired and I want my partner back.

Ive been spiraling down when it comes to my education/career goals and it’s because of my gaming setup. I have both a desktop and a laptop, and I don’t know why but I cannot un-glue myself from my desktop whenever I sit down at it. The hours just fly by and I don’t know where they go. I’ve used gaming as a coping strategy for my depression for years but I think I’ve come to a point where I realized it is making my depression worse in some regards. Especially when I get mad at the game and say unsavory things that I regret later. I feel like it’s slowly making me a worse person and I hate it. It’s also making me spend less time with family and instead spending playing games for hours. This being said lately I have considered giving my desktop to my cousin because he has always wanted a decent one and frankly, I think I’ve gone to a point where it’s better out of my hands. I still have a powerful laptop that I can play games on but I want to play them less frequently. I think getting rid of the massive setup at my desk will stop making gaming a reflex for whenever I’m feeling down, and allow me to spend more time doing productive things. I know the decision will not be made easily and that’s why I’m asking for other people’s input as well. I think I can still play games I find enjoyable in moderation if I can get rid of my desktop setup.

Second day of quitting. Thinking of quitting not only Hearthstone, but video games whatsoever. I hope I won’t have a breakdown and things will get better. I feel that I’m serious this time, but self-control is tough. I know they say that quitting shouldn’t be about self-control, willpower because there will always pull-push behavior, but I don’t have anything better right now. I just hope that in a week I won’t feel this intense psychosomatic pain. I’ll focus on that thought.

There are good sides of quitting already. I feel more aware and focused. And feel that I have a freedom of choice.

It’s just with quitting I sort of lost a meaning of life. I feel like it was torn away from me.

Withdrawal happens occasionally. I don’t always feel that way. It’s like waves.

I don’t feel that I actually want to play Hearthstone. It’s just that seems “fun” to me. The thought of playing. Foretaste. But what I feel is a rush. I know that there are video games I can enjoy. The ones that aren’t gambling. But since I’m thinking of quitting video games whatsoever – I don’t touch them. Playing video games takes time. And if you play every day, then that means you spend 3 hours a day on it. Hours that you could spend on something different.

I know that I’m rambling almost every day with these posts, but this helps me and people need to have support when they quit using.

One said that quitting is also about feeling okay with feeling bored and feeling okay doing nothing. I like that. It might help. Because it seems to me I’m a gambling person which means that I gamble not only playing video games, but on other stuff too.

I've been trying to stop gaming for a month now, and it's actually going pretty well. What I need help with is that I feel like I have no purpose and I'm always bored now. I have afterschool all the time so I rarely have free time. But when I do, I waste it. What can I do?

I bought my PS5 last month, and I've completed three solo games so far, but now I regret buying my PlayStation. I haven't been focusing on my life and what's important. I thought if I strictly bought solo games, I would be fine, but I have an addiction that I need to finish these games quickly, and I've been struggling to get off. I stopped playing and buying games on my PC for over a year, and I mostly do schoolwork on it. I've been having fun on my PlayStation, but it feels like I'm wasting my life. It just sucks that I recently bought it and am feeling like this.

Staying sober, but I've been craving a specific game recently and trying to justify why a relapse wouldn't be that bad this time.

Fortunately, I asked my wife and daughter and they gave me some compassionate advice and a reminder of why I am doing this and why I am committed to not game.

There is not and never will be a better version of myself waiting at the end of a gaming session. Gaming has always taken more than it gives, my life is finite, and escapism only delays me from achieving goals that bring lasting joy.

If you are struggling, I hope you have a support network or a deeply held belief that gives you comfort.

Stopped playing ranked and finding time to do everything I want in life, finding real purpose, and living more present day to day. It’s hard to push this game away, I have this idea that most players that play league are addicted and they have no clue that they are. Tell them to quit for a month+ and they won’t know what to do. Even after 2 weeks I still have thoughts of queuing because I know I’m good at jungle with Kayn and Rammus. League is a never ending loop of un satisfaction, all they need is one game to trigger you and you start playing 8 hours a day doing nothing but staring at a screen. Your eyes get bloodshot, you get fat, you make $0, and you gambled your time away because you can’t get your desired rank. I’m happy to be clean from this junk but the urges are still there I just have to remind myself there’s better things in life than just death staring your monitor or laptop screen for 8 hours a day (even more sometimes on very bad days)

I see so many of you here talk about how shit it feels to quit gaming. Having to deal with the emotions and the thoughts you have.

But many of you are missing the point.

Emotion is the key to change.

If you cannot feel emotion. YOU CANNOT CHANGE.

You can’t become anything meaningful without emotion.

How did Spider-Man become Spider-Man? How did Batman become Batman? Or any of the other heroes?

They had some fucked up shit happen to them felt the emotion and then did something about it. The event changed them fundamentally.

When Bruce Wayne’s parents died he didn’t load up a game of league of legends.

Video games, anti-depressants, social media, all ways to dull the emotional turmoil inside.

Youre emotions are not a bad thing! They are the greatest source of motivation you will ever have!

Stop hiding from them. Embrace them. Sit with them in silence. Turn off your phone, turn off your computer, and stare at a blank wall. Stare until your soul starts leaking and you can hear your desires again.

Hundreds, if not thousands of hours gone. So much work and grind, gone. I think im in shock right now. I can't process it all but I know its for the greater good. I just need to tell somebody. It might not be a big deal, but this is a huge thing for me, and I don't know what to do.

Since some time I had been feeling that gaming that gaming is not allowing me to achieve my dream life.

Today, I had planned to wake up and draw up a schedule for the day, instead I started to play HoMM 3 which I intended to do for 1 hour. Well, 3hrs in I found myself kinda disgraced and disgusted with myself. After all I had bought a Macbook and sold my PC precisely to avoid gaming and cut it from my life. And what do I do? I find a workaround to play games anyway. Well, no more. I'm quiting cold turkey, and the only way I can play video games anymore is only when I achieve my big goal of moving to New Zealand and still it would only be to check out TES VI.

Video games had been and are detrimental to my mental wellbeing, as they deprive me of time to think and process emotion, they are twofold awful for my physical health as not only I don't work out because of them, I actually actively hurt my posture by sitting for hours (and I already do that at University, no need to double down) and most important of all they fuck up by dopamine system where I cannot recognize recording/composing music as rewarding because games give me that dopamine instantly. But alas it will be no more.

Don't wish me luck guys, I'm done.

When come off my PS5 I feel rageful and in a really bad mood - is this common?

I’ve decided to quit for this reason.

Haven't relapsed yet.

I won't but it's interesting to reflect. I really do not have any ability to maintain life balance when I'm gaming.

I become a fragment of myself and my family pays the price.

I have 3 kids now and I dont want my youngest to ever see me in the zone. I've been clean since a little over a month since my youngest was born.

Just been feeling the itch lately. I've been cold turkey from MMORPG and Moba online games though which are my vices.

Really I'm fine. Don't worry about me or think I need consolation.

I have alot of self control. Recently did a no water no food 3 day fast. I think my dopamine is just a little low since I also quit caffeine and have not been working out.

For me the basics are lifting heavy + riding my bike & supplementing L-THEANINE any time I get the itch.

Just wanted to share.

I've drastically improved my life since quitting and I am much more fulfilled. Been a very long time since I've felt the itch. I hardly remember it.

In the past, me-times were something i enjoyed out of desperation and isolation but not at the moment anymore.

I played alot of Online-Games that was alot new experiences since i played Trackmania Nations and even far back when Unreal Tournament 2004 was a thing.

I cant remember how many times i tried to quit but only superficially attempts i made and thought i dont care if i play games again and so many excuses aswell.

Now that im heading close to 40 years of my life i realize there is alot issues ive hidden from myself and my loved ones emotionally and my coping with them was destructive that really makes me give up all the changes i made after 2017.

Right now giving up gaming completely feels impossible to the point that withdrawal anxiety keeps me still playing games.

Whatever the changes it is necessary to get better in life, being healthy again or having a purpose in life is like it slips off my hands whenever i think: "Now is the chance to make the best out of your life".

I wish it would be easy to say goodbye to my life long hobby with one strong move.

All the regrets i stacked up are shown to my face: "This my man is what you missed, do you wanna keep going like that rest of your life" comes always as a thought to me when i feel hopeless but i cant do nothing about it.

TL;DR: I fill what little free time I have with gaming inbetween work, parenting and my relationship and an ADHD assessor thing I have a gaming addiction I fit my life around.

So as a kid I always felt a little different from others, as an older kid 9/10yo onwards I was bullied a lot and never felt like I fit in.

I was always interested in video games ever since I was young, my mums has told me before how I used to play Sonic on the Sega when I was about 4/5 and when the N64 came out I had one as a gift at Christmas, same with the Gameboy, PS2, PS3 etc, when I was 8years old I begged for a computer and because of financial problems my dad spent time with me making one out of spares he had from work rather then buying one, as I got older I was told i had to fix my own computer because my dad was frustrated having to deal with it on a daily basis (Limewire was a cruel mistress)

From as young as 5, I remember just not being interested in playing outside although I used to when friends came knocking which was most days if I'm honest, I've never been one to have loads of friends or for it to be important for me to following a crowd or whatever, much rather stay in, watch pokémon and playing my gameboy(or other console if I had one)

As I grew older towards my teen years I started to get bullied a lot, I don't honestly feel like there was any reason for it, normally you could say it was because of XYZ but I generally kept to myself, sat at the front of the bus to and from high-school etc, I'd just say to people that I felt like it was luck of the draw and I was the one they chose, later on in my highs cool years just rebelling and trying to find a way to fit in.

By the end of year 7 (11/12yo) I had fully accepted that it was safer and better for me to stay indoors and played games more, never struggled going to school or college, just struggled with waking up, I've always struggled getting to sleep at night, my mum would say that I would climb the walls, have night terrors and rely on her comfort to help me settle, from about 6yo she introduced a radio to my room and left me with that to listen to until I drifted, something I had/gave even to this day as a comfort, now days it's either a binge show or music.

Fastforward to an adult, I work, I have 2 children (4yo f & 8yo f) both myself and my 8yo got referred for ADHD, later in the year I was told there were no clear signs and my daughter got support form her school to get diagnosed and was so with ADHD, I was then referred for an ASD assessment, again being told there were no clear signs, this was all In 2022.

I have felt recently that the way I feel is effecting me again and I have spoken to the person who did my adhd assessment for another one, only this time for her to say I have a gaming addiction that dictates how my life operates.

For context, I work 24hours a week, 3 times a week from 11:30am until 8pm, I do the school run every morning, on work days I will relax with my partner and leave for work between 11 and 11:15 (often a couple minutes late due to time management) I do not use my computer at all in this time, may procrastinate with my phone in between things, I will then go to work and finish between 8pm and 8:20pm, I will get home between 8:40pm and 9pm and then depending on which child I have that night (we take bedtime in turns) if its my 4yo she will likely be asleep or I will take over so my partner can settle my 8yo or if it's my 8yo I will spend 10 to 20 minutes with my partner wherever she is in the house and then settle my 8yo, because of her adhd it takes at least one hour to settle her to sleep.

Once this has been done I will then sort myself out dinner, more often than not my partner will stay in bed and I will put our 4yo in her bed or my partner will get into bed after settling our 8yo, my partner says she likes having her own time but has also said she feels like when she comes downstairs she feels like it's pointless because she sits on the sofa alone watching TV while I'm at my desk.

I'll have my dinner around 10pm+ depending on how long it took for the kids to get settled and then I will have one game lasting about an hour, come 11:30 I'll message my partner to see how she is, ask if she wants anything and then say I'll come to bed, I'll admit that I get distracted by things I see on my pc, maybe I'll want to finish what I'm watching first, I'll let the dog out and then go upstairs, in this time between my saying I'll come up to getting to bed, my parent has either fallen asleep or has begun getting to sleep.

On days where I don't go to work, I admittedly see that as my free time and will occupy it if there isn't anything going on, ie, if I have got home from school run, I'll sit with my partner and have breakfast, if we have no plans I will game, I between games I will go over to her, kiss, cuddle, make tea, make sure she's OK and then come 3pm I will do the school run and then once my children are out of their school clothes I will do my 8yo home work with her, my partner will sort dinner out and then we will work towards bedtimes, when I'm not doing something in these situations I'll be continuing the YT video I was watching or checking up on some games.

Come night time once the children are settled it's usually the same as previously mentioned, she wants to stay in bed, I stay downstairs.

On Saturdays we sometimes do something during the day but more likely that the kids just want to chill in the comfies and just go with the flow, 8yo plays roblox, 4yo plays with toys and watches cartoons, my partner will more often then not go out in the evening for drinks and clubbing with her group of friends and stay at her best friends the night, I'll stay at home, settle both the children and then once both are asleep, roughly between 11/11:30pm, I will game up until my partner calls me to say she's got back to her friends and then I'll go to bed, usually about 5am.

My partner always says that we never spend time with each other and how I'm always gaming.

On work days I'll game/watch YT/entertain myself maybe 2 hours a night.

On days off when kids are at school ill play around 4 hours over the course of the entire day, gaming/watching YT.

On Saturday if we don't go out it will be between 2 and 4 hours in the day and then between 4 and 6 hours at night while my partner is out.

After my reassessment today, I have been told that I don't have ADHD or ASD and they are very confident about that, they believe I have a gaming addiction that I fix my life around and it's been recommended that I cut myself off for 2 weeks to see how I feel at the end of it and that the general recommendation was to cut it out and spend them 15 hours a week I spend gaming on something like working more hours, maybe designating one night for my games and then one night for my partner a week.

I my eyes, I feel like something ASD explains my personality and my fixation on using my computer and that gaming addiction isn't a thing for me because I feel that I can go without it if I have to, the assessor started to explain why this would be denial rather than me not being addicted.

I don't drink, I don't smoke, I only have a close nit group of friends that I message or a call on nights where my partner is out (she says my voice carries and I'm too loud)

Would you see this as a gaming addiction?

What have suffers/partners had that's similar to this?

So I quit video games a few days ago, this is not the first time though, I stop playing games from 2017 to 19, more or less, and even before I was not playing as much, my life was mildly interesting and I was working 8-6.

But then I lost my job, Covid hit and well, the prospects of finding another job were drastically reduced. I started gaming again, often all day long, even while trying to work as a web designer, I started a couple of relationships and both ended because I didn't paid enough attention to my partners, these last four years have been the worst of my life and all because of my lack of self-control, I make websites but I do just the bare minimum, not enough to live on my own.

So I quit gaming cold turkey, but I'm scared of relapsing, as this last relapse was much worse than before, I wasn't even that addicted even in college when I was playing WOW.

I deleted all my games, all the save states, I unfollowed all gaming-related accounts/forums.

I have been doing exercise, bought some paints to try a new hobby and talked to my friends so they wouldn't talk to me about games.

What else could I do to stop thinking about gaming?

Relapsed, downloaded discord again Friday 10/25/24, been using it for the past 5 days. It makes me feel connected and allows me to socialize in the comfort of my home without judgement. However, it is a huge time sink, I'm losing sleep and neglecting other things. Deleting discord again 10/30/24.

I decided recently to box up my gaming consoles and put them in storage.

I have a full time job, married, and I'm also a parent... I have VERY little time to game, probably only 15ish hours per week. But I'm still addicted to it, and here's why:

-Gaming has led to poor performance at work and home. On WFH days I've gotten accustomed to long "gaming lunches", and maybe some gaming morning coffee, oh and maybe a mid-afternoon gaming snack. I'm lucky I can Work From Home 2x per week, but you'd think I could apply myself to my job or if not, at bare minimum help out with getting some chores done. But nah.

-I have something like a withdrawal/recoil to losing my precious gaming time at night. Sometimes I rush through things during the day, or rush trying to get my child to bed, so that I can game. This has led to me being an asshole sometimes, too, when I'm urging my family to move through our night time routine quickly because I don't want to lose "me" time.

-There's never "enough" gaming. Despite having less than 20 hours to game on a good week, I keep starting games that are way too long - Death Stranding, Elden Ring, Metaphor Refantazio, etc. There's no way I can play these games now, but I keep starting them and then getting anxious/angry about my ability to keep them in my life.

-My other hobbies, which I define myself by and pride myself on, like making music and playing guitar, or studying languages, go to the wayside. I work WAY HARDER at games and WAY LONGER than I do at basically any other activity in my life, and I don't really even enjoy them!

Anyway, just sharing this because I wanted to get my story out there. Addiction doesn't always look like someone who plays 80 hours per week while their life crumbles around them. It can also look like a very "moderate" or even ideal hobby on the outside but really it's a toxic relationship with an addictive substance. I think there is some space for gaming in my life (party games, retro) but the place it inhabits in my psyche currently is so ridiculously outsized that I just needed to stop.

Is watching Twitch or gaming/walkthroughs on YouTube a good way to ease the urge to play or is it a bad thing that can lead to binge on games later on?

Made a post here a few weeks ago stating how validating it felt to see so many posts describing their feelings towards gaming and said I'd sell all my gaming items. Well I finally did for the most part by selling my gaming pc and xbox and in these three days without them I'm really in awe of how much of my focus was going towards video games.

I didn't clock it before but even the anticipation of gaming shaped my habits. From cooking, cleaning, spending time/calling with loved ones, studying, exercising, and many more. I'd half ass almost every activity just so I could sign in and play some games. It's been five days without games and I'm more focused on leveling up my own life rather than dumping hours on some game.

I'm thankful for how far I've come in life but I can only imagine just how different my life would be if I didn't have access to video games.

I've struggled off and on with gaming and quitting gaming.

The only games I play are competitive first person shooters (games like R6S, Apex Legends, Valorant), so there's a huge element of learning, gaining more skills, and overall working on getting better at it.

I'll take a break from playing and then that excitement to play builds up, and I'll play. Sometimes I do well and it's fun, other times I do poorly and it's frustrating. When I play poorly, I think "holy shit I'm terrible at this game. Why do I even try?" I'm aware of the fact that people who are good have spent thousands of hours playing, and because I don't have that kind of time to commit, that I'll never really get that "good". Of course, I have times where I play good (even if it's against bad players) so I know what that kind of high feels like. I have to talk myself out of continuing to try because like I said I can't/won't dedicate too much time to getting good.

But then I can't help but think that the overall experience I have with these types of games is pretty similar to other non-gaming skilled hobbies; piano for example. I'm not great at piano. I'll never be a "pianist" because I don't have the time nor the drive to play that much. Should I be frustrated at the level I'm at, and therefore not practice at all? Of course not. I should work on making incremental improvements, because although the practice is boring and being "bad" is frustrating, that's the only way to get better.

But then it comes full circle and I ask myself why shouldn't this mentality apply to gaming. Will I ever be a pro player? Of course not. Does that mean I shouldn't play at all? I don't know.

Like sometimes I'll end a piano session feeling like things just weren't flowing. Sometimes I'll end a video game session feeling like things just weren't flowing. Why do I feel like in the gaming context that means I should stop spending time playing completely while in the piano context that's just "part of the process" and to pick it back up the next day?

I feel like I'm missing some pieces here and am curious on other peoples thoughts?