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I wake up around 12:00 AM. Then, I start up my PC and play games all day until 3:00 AM. Because of this, I don’t eat well, and I don’t feel good. I always thought of gaming as just a hobby, but I now realize I have an addiction. Even when I play the games, I’m not sure if I am even having fun. I’m just wasting my life playing these stupid games. I have tried to talk myself into gaming more because I have spent so much money on DLCs. And what if I miss out on cool skins and stuff? But the truth is, the money I spend is already gone. It’s time to start this new chapter of my life.

Did not game for 1,5 years. Bought an ipad and started to play mobile, then pc again. I can see that unfortunately gaming is helping me to ruing my life. So i will try to quit again. Last time i was here, the sub helped me a lot at the very beginnig, because i felt accountable. Will try again, don't know how far will i go this time. THanks for reading the post

My husband and I are both 30 and we've been together for 6 years. He started playing League of Legends during the pandemic. The time he spent playing added up little by little at the point that he doesn't go a single day without playing. He plays at least 4 hours a day during the weekdays because he is also working. On the weekend it can be more than 8 hours. So, if he has a day off he will for sure play more than 8 hours. He stays until early morning hours playing during the weekend. I mostly go to bed alone. I feel very neglected and I have shared this with him multiple times in these years. He tried maybe once or twice to reduce it and the maximum he has gone without playing is 2-3 days. When we go on holidays, it's the only time I can spend with him uninterrupted for like a week or two. But when we are at home, the moment he gets back from work he immediately starts playing with his friends. When he has a day off it's also the first thing he does when he wakes up. We have had so many talks, fights about it. Nothing has changed. He also is in denial most of the time. There are a few times when I softly suggested it might be excessive (never called it addiction) and that I worry about him, and he would nod and say yeah I should change that. But nothing happens. I have suggested maybe going to therapy would help. He agrees but he doesn't take the first step. I have been waiting for 2 years for him to go to therapy because he tells me not to remind him. He tells me he needs time and that he knows he should work on himself. I am going to therapy myself, I am trying to improve myself. We've tried going to couple therapy together also and we've seen a lot of improvement in our communication throughout the years. But I feel completely stuck with his gaming habit and we haven't addressed this much in our sessions. He keeps calling it a hobby but yet he is there playing more than 30 hours a week. I feel devasted, neglected and lonely in our relationship. His family also agrees with me that he plays a lot. I get along well with his parents and his sister and it's the main reason I don't feel alone right now with the situation. We've tried going to couple therapy together also and we've seen a lot of improvement. But I feel completely stuck with his gaming habits. Everything we do together is rushed, no matter what. If we watch a movie together, the moment it finishes he just goes and starts playing. I asked him to at least take a day off for us during the week, only for us no games. I never told him to stop playing, I never threatened him that I will leave. I have generally been very tolerant towards it. I told him kindly that it's concerning and it's affecting us. He doesn't plan things for us if I don't push it. I am the one asking to do things together etc. He mostly says no to my plans, I end up going alone places. I try to convince him to leave the house more often but without success. Besides that, when he is not playing, he is scrolling reels all the time. If I am lucky to have a 2 minute conversation with him paying attention, I am lucky. And for sure, I cannot talk to him while playing, as he would get angry for interrupting him. Constantly I feel I am talking to a wall on a daily basis. I never feel he pays attention to what I say. I feel sad because when I am with other people, they listen to me, and I realize I am not the problem...I tend to blame myself a lot. I always try to see if it's me the reason?

We love each other and despite the situation we're always trying to improve ourselves and our relationship. We both have flaws and I know we gotta work on them together. But this is a very crucial point which brings a lot of insecurities and anxiety in me and I don't know what else to do. I am not sure if I should ask his family for support or anything. I usually try to solve our relationship problems in private with him. But right now I am completely desperate with the situation. It's affecting my mental health also.
I am losing all my hope waiting for him to change this. Waiting for him to realize. Everytime we have serious talks he tells me to give him time. But I am exhausted waiting for him to do these things. I don't see divorce as an option, he is a good person, and we love each other. I want us to overcome this. I don't know if talking to his parents and sister would help. I don't want to make the situation worse.

Long story short I'm a 30 years old psychologist. Occasional gamer, a decade ago I used to play much much more (it was the era of WOW and COD). In the last months I've seen an increasing number of people asking me a professional help: both adult gamers (18+) and parents worried about their children. Basically males that have problems with studies or at work because of too much gaming and they are not able to quit gaming alone.

I've decided to dedicate myself mainly to helping people with gaming disorder. Studies and scientific research are important, but I would like to ask if there is anything you would like to share spontaneously or something that you think I should know about the topic.

Thank you and good luck.

Hey folks. I wanted to post my update after not gaming for a month in hopes that it can help other people and also just to share some of the things that I found super effective. I understand this may not work for everyone, so do take this post as a 'what worked for me' and potentially try some of these things out and see if anything works for you.

I decided to stop gaming as it became a bit of a 'default activity' for me in the evenings after a long day at work, or if I had free time at the weekend. I often went through cycles where I would want to improve my life, but only make slow progress and I think gaming was one of the things that was holding me back. Eventually, I got sick of these constant loops, cycles and decided to 'take a break' from gaming.

Taking a break from gaming / week 1

- The first week was probably the hardest, after I got over this hurdle everything became easier. I used to play OSRS and League of Legends. I remember uninstalling league so many times, but when my friends would ping me to play, I would reinstall it again. The first step was to create 'blockers' / make it harder to game, so I did uninstall everything

• I got a lot of urges to game in this week as I didn't understand what to do with my free time outside of gaming. Everything felt a little bit boring / lacklustre compared to when I used to play games. However, after a while those cravings went away when I started to explore different things to do

• I think at the start, I needed a 'replacement activity' for when I was gaming. At the start, I chose watching a Chinese drama as I have been learning Chinese recently. I think having a replacement here helped that was still enjoyable. I tried to think about reading books as a replacement, but that felt really unrewarding and lame at the time when comparing it to playing video games

Weeks 2 - 4

- After not gaming for a little while, this is when I started to take accountability for my life as I had all this free time and I needed to channel the energy somewhere. I read in this book once that wealth = health + relationship + free time. I thought that was quite a cool and interesting equation and started to think about what my ideal equation would be and what is important in my life. I did quite like this equation and so I started to make steps on how to improve it as below is what worked for me.

Health

I would split this one up into mental health and physical health.

Journaling

For mental health, the things that helped me were keeping a handwritten journal that I would write in every night before bed. I started to gratitude journal about 3 things that I was grateful for everyday and also just write down how I was feeling that day. This also helped me explore myself more. I had this trouble where I would often look at society as to what to do in my life (e.g. listening to maybe self improvement podcasts etc...), but I realised most of the answers are within me and usually, you really already know what's holding you back and what you need to do next. Journaling helped me stop feeling like I was living life on autopilot and started to explore what what most important for me and what I wanted to do in life.

Going to the gym / running

I took up running and lifting weights, x2 run and x2 gym a week. Pretty self explanatory this one, won't really talk much about it, but getting into some physical exercise definitely helped a lot. I could only run a maximum of 5km about a month and a half ago, I ran my first 20km today and have a half marathon in a few weeks time.

Morning / evening routine

This was a big one as I'm a massive night owl from gaming late so often. I set myself a proper bedtime time where I would kill all my electronics. My bedtime routine involves journaling, meditating for 5-10 minutes, reading for about an hour and then heading to bed. Having a proper evening routine has helped a lot

Relationships

A lot of my relationships were online through gaming, hopping online with the same friends and chatting while gaming which was great. Stopping gaming forced me to reconnect with my friends in real life, some that I hadn't seen in a while. I realised that I need to be the one to organise stuff with people. When I waited for things to happen they never did, so I started suggesting things to do with old friends that I sometimes used to hang out with and they were super up for doing things. I've rekindled quite a strong friendship group in person now which has been amazing. I also made some new friends and we've been doing wholesome things irl like going to drawing classes, playing board games together etc... I hosted a D&D session too which was fun and have been exercising with friends.

For my friends that I used to game with, some have fizzled out, but I made the effort to properly call them from time to time and had actual good conversations and learnt a lot of things that I didn't know about them before when I was just gaming.

Free time

Over time, mundane activities that I didn't really find exciting got really fun. I quite enjoy going for walks in the park now. I started learning a language which takes a bit of time, but that led me to going to language meetups in person and meeting new people as well as speaking my new language (and failing lols).

I started reading and enjoying it, before my brain couldn't concentrate on reading much. My friend recommended me this book and as a gamer I really love it, it's pretty much some guy getting stuck in a game world in a book lol https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25342750-survival-quest

I did unfortunately find myself spending a bit more time on YouTube and Reddit from time to time, but over time that's diminished a lot and I use them a lot less. I have no social media (deleted a few years ago everything), so I suddenly feel like I have so much more free time now which is super satisfying.

Conclusion

I'm still figuring out what else I want to do and sometimes the appeal of gaming does sit in the back of my mind, or my friends tell me to play some game with them, but I just told them since I stopped playing my life has seemed to get slowly better and I find it hard to justify going back to gaming now.

I would encourage anybody who is like still 'thinking' about whether or not to stop gaming, perhaps give it a try and start fixing some of the things in life and you realise that suddenly the momentum builds up really fast.

Best of luck everyone who does try and stop gaming! I hope the best for you <3

Oof... I've decided to make a post about my life long gaming addiction and the struggle to admit my addiction and how its lowering the quality of my life...

I have been a very dedicated gamer, grew up with Pokemon, Yugioh and WoW. Played a lot of rpgs when I got older and still play a lot of games to this day. I have always struggled to find balance in my life because gaming has such a pull on me that I become obsessed. In the last couple of weeks I was completely addicted to yugioh master duel and every time when i quit i felt miserable. I've read about WoW cataclysm classic and started becoming addicted to that (the pre patch) leveling a goblin warlock. And I couldnt stop for hours on end. But i'm not a teen anymore, i'm 30 years old. And of course I once again felt miserable.

I recognized these feelings but still felt pulled toward the game and wanted nothing else but to just play wow. Even though I felt horrible, physically and mentally.

I am a rather spiritual person and I love meditation, the outdoors, philosophy and music. But my desire for cultivating my spirituality is constantly interrupted by my desire for "pleasure" in this case videogames. They help me escape, make me feel safe and give me the feeling i'm accomplishing something. But after these wow binge sessions i just feel so horrible that i MUST say to myself and acknowledge that i'm ADDICTED.

In my mind there is a constant arguing going on about how i can balance playtime etc. And that its just my hobby and that it can be a good thing. And i start playing for one hour, the next day for two and before you know it all evenings are spent on games. Than i ll try to slide in some game time during the day and watch a lot of videos about the games im playing and im obsessed again. Completely casting aside my spiritual goals and once again trapped in the digital maze of desire.

I don't WANT this ANYMORE!

I am an ADDICT.

I needed to get this off my chest so thanks for reading everyone.

I'm gonna take a long walk in nature tomorrow😅.

I just saw the helldiver's 2 mess and how Sony is treating their customers, I used to be a Sony fanboy, PlayStation was my everything...

I cringe now thinking about the past.... How fucking pathetic I was, these gaming companies treat their customers like shit and players take it like good little boys... fucking blind sheep mentality..

ONLY in the gaming industry aka one of the most lucrative industry in the Arts scene. (Gaming is bigger than movies yet gaming companies treat their customers like shit)

Sony is the worst too. They rape, abuse and even KILL their artists in the music industry, movie industry and gaming industry. I have no real proof of what I'm saying but I think we can all agree on this topic.

From now on I will avoid anything with a Sony logo on it. I am boycotting them forever. This evil company needs to die ASAP.

So my question is: anyone else is glad they quit gaming?

I can't believe it that I used to stare at a fucking screen for 10+ hours everyday for some superficial dopamine hit.

I had no respect and integrity for myself and gamers have no respect for themselves as well, that's why nothing changes in the gaming industry.

Rant done!.

First and foremost, English is NOT my first language, so there will very likely be mistakes with the grammar.

Second, there won't be any form of red thread, going from A -> Z, in this post. It is more of a trauma dump, really.

Thirdly, TLDR at the bottom

Who am i? I am a 28 year old guy. Living on the countryside, on a farm with my parents. I'd say I've many interests in life besides gaming, like walking with our 2 dogs, listening/reading history, and so on. I also want to help my parents more with the daily/weekly chores that need to be done on a farm. And no, it is not a full time farm, we have all full time work. But there are still plenty of stuff to do, believe me.

Between 2016 and 2023 I attended university, studying "Forest Ecology and Sustainable Management". It started good, until fall 2017 I did the terrible decision to buy a gaming desktop PC, with which i write this post btw. Almost immediately after, I fell into a really bad gaming addiction. Mainly playing MOBAS and old RTS/turn-based games. As you can imagine, my grades plunged into the challenger depths since I didn't attend lectures and seminars/workshops. Luckily, I had plenty of course mates who wondered where I was, and simply "broke" into my apartment (one of these friend had a spare key). They told me to get my act together, and I did. The rest of 2018 and winter 18/19, I spent 60-70 hours a week, every week, for studying current courses but also re-exams. And it worked. BUT, then came Bachelor thesis. And I relapsed. Why? Because I had get my act together and I thought I could treat myself. But I'm certainly not a "Reasonable is best" kind of a guy. It is 0 or 100. So, long story short, no Bachelor thesis finished 2019. I did finish it 2020 however. Due to COVID-19 and shut down I went home to the family farm. As well as by this year, the University allowed for co-writing (?), so I wrote it together with someone else, which meant I had to deliver and not fail this other guy, who btw also had a gaming problem. Then repeat the process for the rest of the master courses. Then came the Master thesis, 2021. And the really TLDR version here is that, by gaming, I procrastinated my Master thesis beyond salvation. 3 different ones. Last one i stopped "working" on precisely one year ago.

Since that failure, I actually got a job in the forest sector anyway. Not hard since they need people everywhere in the chain. But anyway, the job means I am outdoors and work a few days a week and work from home a few days a week. But how much do i work from home? Not much at all, even though I HAVE TO. I earn money by piecework but I still play these stupid games that are decade/s old at this point. So I procrastinate both fun stuff and boring stuff. The former because I get so much anxiety, the latter because I can just do the former instead, which I don't do. So I end up doing NOTHING instead. And by nothing I mean scrolling the same Discord channel for the fifth time in case anyone wrote something.

The continuation? I know I've to stop playing games, forever. I cannot play in a moderate way. All games are uninstalled, all accounts that I could remove are gone within x amount of days. The rest of them I've changed the email to a dead/lost one and the passwords are changed to total gibberish. I don't want to destroy my life more. I actually have a deadline due tomorrow morning, 11:00/11 am local time. So this means a lot of coffee and snacks...

Also, I am 45 points short of a Masters's degree. That is the thesis + a ~10 weeks long course. And because of a stupid statement me and my friends heard here in Sweden for a month or so ago, we actually applied for university courses... With some.. "digestion", I've now decided to actually take those courses. That is, if I get accepted. Then I will write thesis next/2025 spring.

A special shout-out to my parents, especially my mother. If I had other parents i don't wanna know how my life would be.

TLDR: I am a 28 year old guy who, by gaming, procrastinates away my entire life. I procrastinated my Master Theses beyond salvation, I procrastinate work, even though I get paid by piecework and sometimes I procrastinate both fun stuff and boring stuff. The former because I get so much anxiety, the latter because I can just do the former instead, which I don't do. So I end up doing NOTHING instead. But that ends now.

I feel like I'm starting to slowly realize that I don't enjoy playing videogames anymore. I'm stuck in this loop where I get really tired at work, so I get excited to go home. I go home and I realize that I actually don't have much to do so I sit on the computer to 'enjoy myself'. I end up playing videogames or just idly browsing the internet for like 10 hours straight. Every time I play games all I can think about is that I am not getting any enjoyment out of it. I end up playing games anyways because it feels like I have nothing else to do. I've lost my passion for videogames but I haven't found a thing to replace it with.

TL;DR I have two younger brothers that are twins - growing up family life was a bit chaotic with my parents having alcohol issues. My parents have big personalities, I do too, my brothers are more shy.

One of them has become increasingly reserved and went very inward to the point that he won’t engage in conversation as spends all of his time on his computer playing games

They still stay at home and are finishing uni at home due to covid reasons and other stuff

My brother says when his uni ends he is going to move out and live alone - this is alarming as he seems to be isolating himself more and more - also he has never had a job and his degree isn’t very employable too.

I’m just so worried for him to go down this path but he is so unresponsive to normal conversation never mind when you try to have more serious conversations. Therapy has been offered and my parents have tried to talk to him many times but he just pushes everyone away - it seems like he just hates everyone and is addicted to blocking out the real world via his computer

How do I help him in a way that will get through to him? I feel like we barely have a relationship now but I’m just so worried for him to go down this path of isolating himself

His twin and him have drifted, his twin is also shy but more well adjusted and has healthy habits and is more social - his twin has expressed that he doesn’t want the responsibility of like keeping him right

I just don’t know how to help him at this point because he is so socially reserved and avoidant to the point of not responding to hello, how are you, no eye contact - I’m so worried

I play almost every day for a couple hours but lately it has gotten worse, to the point that all I do is think about playing. It was especially worse when I got addicted to playing Pokemon Soulsilver on my modded new 2ds xl.

The biggest problem was that since it was a handheld I would take it with me everywhere and just play it. Going to the mall, I would take it and play it.

I wanted to quit on May 1st, but I was so addicted to finishing the game, and leveling up my pokemon. Luckily I recently beat it with over 100 hours in 2 weeks.

Now I'm scared to start any other game as I know I will be addicted to it again.

I feel like a loser for ditching doing other things. I'm lost and hopeless.

Also I'm 24 and don't hang out with anyone besides my parents, so textbook definition of a loser. Post grad depression hit me like a truck.

i keep trying to quit but i end up back on the game ive been playing both games over the past 20 years always make skiller and uniques and stuff but then once the account is really good with years of gains its like i have to make something different to fulfill some sort of achievement but then im bored within a week or so later after 1000s of hrs i know alot of people are saying lift weights and stuff i do 20k+ steps a day at work at the airport for my job and my irl hobby is Freestyle Motocross but the problem with that is i work 6 day weeks and can only go ride the ramps once a month if im lucky (4 hr all-round trip) i keep trying to just relax watch movies and try get to bed alot earlier then i would when i played rs after work. 2 - 3 days into quitting all i think about at work is a new acc build i can start working on between weekend rides is this normal will it eventually go away

Over the past couple of years I've been simultaneously bored of gaming but also suffer from FOMO when new games come out.

I buy a console, install a load of games from gamepass or PS+ or whatever and then either never play them or play the odd game for 10-20 minutes then end up selling it a week later.

I recently just splurged on a Switch OLED. Played Zelda for about an hour and now I am regretting buying it. It's a fun game but I really can't be bothered playing it. I've only had the console two days.

This generation I've had 3 Switches, at least 6-7 Xbox Series X/S and 3-4 Playstation 5s. I see a game I want to play buy it, get bored then sell it within a few weeks. Same with PC Graphics cards. I buy a console get annoyed at the performance then buy a GPU and then never play games and end up selling it to buy a console again.

I wish I didn't care about gaming, part of me does and part of me doesn't. It's hard to describe. I know my actions are irrational all the buying and selling I just can't help myself.

I stopped playing Valorant a month ago. It's a game I started playing since it's lunch. It's really addictive, and for me, it ruined my life. I actually spent lots of money on the account.

Today, I made the decision to delete my account once and for all.

I’ve been with my partner for nearly 4 years. Hes 39 years old and I am 23. Hes obsessed with his computer. . He tells me he doesn’t need to go outside as much as me to have fun when I ask us to go on a date he says I should go out with my friends. He doesn’t understand I want to go out with him because as we live together it’s nice to get out and I believe couples should go on dates often.

Our sex life is also shit. We only have sex when he wants it now and I think this is due to the fact that he gets all his dopamine from his video games. I think I am quite attractive. I have a good body, pretty face I take care of my appearance. And also I am out of his league so why doesn’t he take advantage of that? By the time he comes to bed he’s exhausted.

He’s constantly thinking about them from what I can tell. We go out and he’ll say you have to let me play games when we go back cos I took you out. Or he does something nice for me or buys me a gift and says how he’s gonna play video games now all day/ evening etc cos he did that nice thing for me.

I think if we were not together he’d play them way more. Whenever we are hanging out I feel like he’s just doing it like it’s one of his chores. He even said the other day he thinks he has a video game addiction which is the first time wha ever come close to admitting it. Usually he just says it’s my hobby and I enjoy it it’s not an addiction and that I should get a hobby too. I even bought a gaming laptop at one point to play games with him thinking it would help us spend time together more since when I suggest TV he says his brain is to active to watch TV I suggest outside and he doesn’t wanna go has no money etc etc. but when I play games with him it ends up in a fight as I’m not good at them he will get super frustrated and mad at the point it’s so over the top and embarrassing how he acts ends up in me crying not wanting to play. Or I’ll just be running around following him doing what he says while he does all the killing etc cos I don’t have good aim or whatever I always say it’s just a game we are supposed to be having fun when he gets mad. I thought when you get to a certain age people play video games less. Like young adults are addicted but once they grow older they stop. The game takes over his life. He doesn’t even help around the house and all day he’s been playing video games if it’s his day off. I end up having to act stroppy or start to do the job he said he would do himself before he quickly jumps up and does it.

I have supported his hobby by buying his video games and things for his pc set up and I stopped nagging him about it as it would end up in argument and he said I’m controlling him. But I just feel so sad and lonely but I love him. Despite the fact that it’s take over him he doesn’t care about his appearance his weight I honestly never hated a computer so much. I think this is why I enjoy being out with him as it’s finally me and him time, if we’re watching a movie at home or show or anything at home he’s replying to his mates and talking about DND or on discord talking about a recent match on a game if we are out he can finally focus his attention on me kind of. I wish he would enjoy real life as much as he enjoys his hobby. Doesn’t he want to explore and enjoy life with me?

I want to hear from the people with gaming addictions and the partners of people with these addictions. Do they ever change is there any point? I can’t imagine having a kid with him he would be on the game all day while I cleaned it’s poop.

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Hey guys, I'm about one week into no gaming (as well as no porn, twitch, or mindless youtube). I'm just curious what your thoughts are on other entertainment such as movies/tv shows, watching anime, or reading fiction.

How I'm kind of viewing it is that if the content itself isn't productive or constructive, I see no real use for it. If I'm going to watch youtube, it's going to be something teaching me to code or a DIY vid or something similar. If I'm going to read, I'm going to read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius or Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. I don't really see the value in reading fiction, as you are just escaping into another fantasy world similar to gaming. Same goes for most movies and shows.

Am I viewing this wrong? I'm open to perspectives on this. I know these forms of entertainment aren't as easily addictive as gaming due to the lack of interactivity, but in it's basic form I still see it as the same. I've watched a decent amount of anime too, and I feel like they weren't as much of a time sink nor did they feel like time wasted compared to my time spent gaming, but it's hard to say if I gained much out of it.

I also can't say I've struggled with these forms of entertainment to the same extent as gaming, but moving forward I don't know if I can see myself viewing them as something other than unproductive. I'm also scared of replacing my old habits of gaming with these other forms of entertainment.

I don't know. Let me know what you guys think. Were any of you successful in your journey of quitting gaming while still managing some time with these other forms of entertainment? Or is it wise to reduce these as much as I can (or quit them entirely) as well?

Thanks!

I didn't know what I was getting into - but well over the past month, I've been playing non-stop and popping asprin like crazy to keep myself going.

Now I'm $500 bucks in (ok, if I'm honest, well over $500, because I bought $200 worth twice, and $100 worth, and lots of smaller morsels of the in game currency) . But a light is at the tunnel. my mmo rpg's reddit thread just banned me for speaking out of line. Haha - I knew it. The whole inustry hangs on a very loose thread of maintaining contorl - abusive towards the users - in the hopes that we'll stay in line.

Of course they would ban me after only a few dissenting posts.

Now the hard part - can I keep away from this game?

As title says

Something I get out of JRPGs is how good the music is most of the time. The stories don't really do much for me but I find a lot of the JRPGS I enjoy playing just have great tunes. The tunes are pretty nostalgic for me tbh which is why I like the idea of getting lost in some JRPG game and zoning out.

The idea of going through a JRPG is fun and all but I don't want tg process of actually playing the game and would rather have some similar experience instead.

Are there any interactive audiobooks, or mangas you you guys recommend?? I just want to enjoy a story of Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger without playing.

First time posting. From what ive seen, seems like good people here. Had a mental breakdown yesterday from something unrelated. But gamed all day yesterday just to get through it. Feeling only a tiny bit better, but im atleast more hopeful. I havent played any games yet today, but having trouble and thinking about booting up since this morning. Ive been running around the house top speed (try to take it slow), taking care of things ive neglected for months. Im getting tired and and dont know what to do next. Im shaking but i think its because of anxiety from mental health reasons. Any helpful words would be appreciated. Peace

Edit: Thank you everyone for the comments. Ive made it through day 1, no gaming. I forgot what else i wanted to say. Just wanted to give an update.

Gaming has almost never been a problem in my life until my girlfriend left me. Now I play Maplestory for about 10 hours a day, I basically live in my computer chair. How do I change?

im trying to switch my gaming hobby to drawing and exercise. but i cant enjoy it because i feels like playing games and scrolling social media is easier to do it and make a progress rather than exercise and learn how to draw. maybe i have a problem with instant gratification right now.

I just watched the new entire series of fallout and I got an incredible desire to reply fallout 4. Ive been clean for over 2 years now. I'm home alone, sick and nothing to do. I'm depressed and right now I see no reason to start up the game again... but deep down I know I shouldn't but I'm doing it anyway...I don't know why I'm writing here...I just am.. maybe I'm hoping I'll be convinced not to

So I’m very addicted to valorant and counterstrike. I find all other games pretty boring and always come right back to these 2 games. I’m 30 and in bad health and have a bad back and just can’t play them anymore… but after my gfx card went out I thought okay now I get things done, but honestly I found I would like something to kill just a little time now and again. I got to thinking solving a little puzzle or fun minigame like some featured on a retro handheld might be a good compromise. It’s like when I quit vaping I had to keep some ZYN pouches around just in case I was having a rough time of it. What do y’all think about this? Can a stepped down version of gaming like gameboy games curb my addiction? Maybe even bring some sense of fulfillment back to gaming?

The longest I've ever gone.

However, I broke my fast Sunday when my friends convinced me to go online and join them with a game.

I ended up binging all day and the next day. totalling about 17 or 18 hours in 3 days. fk me.

The 6 previous weeks though were the most eye opening days of my life. I got so much done and did a lot.

I'm not going back to gaming though. I made a mistake and I'm cutting it out once again. I'll aim for 3 months this time!

LETS GO!!!

Many people say that i should quit playing video games but they never give alternatives, or they say something like “go to the gym” which only rly takes up 2-3 hours of the day, i dont have any other hobbies besides video games, and no other interests.

I'm playing PC games since my childhood, from cod4 till Valorant. I'm not able to even spend quality time with my family because i waste my free time on gaming. I request and expect guidance from the heavenly Chads in this subreddit.

Thanks in Advance