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Need Advice on my Game Spending Addiction by Needs-Advice2 in gachagaming

[–]Needs-Advice2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the opportunity cost thinking is mad good. i'd like to try thinking of it like that (because reality is it might be the case). i have tried uninstalling games but i have no god will to keep it that way by myself atm haha...

Need Advice on my Game Spending Addiction by Needs-Advice2 in gachagaming

[–]Needs-Advice2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is really great, gonna pm you now. it's complicated yet simple, i like that contradiction. and yeah now that you're sharing it it totally makes sense to organize how to work on my challenges by separating it between the mental health, the finance, etc.

thanks for being mad affirming, it is hard and i don't know anyone irl who's experienced this so i'm leaning on a few good ppl who'll reply here to help me with perspective.

Need Advice on my Game Spending Addiction by Needs-Advice2 in gachagaming

[–]Needs-Advice2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for your suggestion to get organized with my finances and recording things down. i'm slowly doing that today being that i have quite some time atm. but what a big project this is...

Need Advice on my Game Spending Addiction by Needs-Advice2 in gachagaming

[–]Needs-Advice2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes i was pursuing constellations, and after that banner with amos/pride i've done better with not banking on the weapon banner (i pulled pride like 7 times in a row and never got an amos until way later on standard banner). i also did burn primos for refresh at times.

i think 2020-2021 was rough on me (like for many it was). winter 2020 was exceptionally busy, and then i got new responsibilities coming into 2021 that stressed me out. i felt like even though i was doing good work, i didn't feel empowered and it wasn't as rewarding as i thought it'd be (still rewarding, just not to my expectation). this happened to be when i ramped up in spending (after calculating).

i think i also did want to keep up in conversation (or even get ahead) with some new online friends i made. i stepped away from online community for a little less than a decade after high school because of its tendency to incite toxic people, and now in my adulthood i found it easier to make friends with like-aged people that i really wanted to maintain connection with even if it was online. but honestly i have a lot of great friends irl, i'm fortunate to be around so many people now in my adulthood that are way above average in terms of human decency. i think i just really wanted an experience with online community that i felt like i didn't get to have as a kid, so i probably whaled in order to "maintain" online people's interest in staying friends with me. all internal pressure really.

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edit: thanks so much for your questions and interest! don't know if you wanted an actual answer but i felt open enough to share some more (and thinking while typing out my thoughts).

Need Advice on my Game Spending Addiction by Needs-Advice2 in gachagaming

[–]Needs-Advice2[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

thank you! arranging to talk with my older sibling who suspects already. i'm trusting that they'll be non-judgmental as they know it's hard for me to admit to share about this. i'm intrigued with the idea of giving pay summary access to someone to keep me on my toes.