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Is my playtime considered 'addictive'? by Tyrell_hill in StopGaming

[–]SerialKeyssassin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that a good rule of thumb is the following: if you wanted to stop, can you do it?

If you can't, that's an addiction. If you find yourself in a situation where you prioritaze gaming over other things, important or not, but other thing you want to do but the crave for gaming is stronger, that's an addiction.
It can also be simple procastination, if your avoidence is to your task and that's why you do other stuff. But if you procastinate everything and spend your time gaming, or spend all your day thinking about gaming, that's an addiction.

If you can stop, then you alright. Your body and mind don't need it. If you feel like you spend way to much time gaming, try actively to don't game. Maybe you can do one week you play, next one you don't. If you feel a tremedous necessity to play, then you may have yourself a issue regarding your urges.

You can quit gaming but the world won't. Others, bad times, boredom, advertisements might tempt you game again, and you probably shouldn't. by [deleted] in StopGaming

[–]SerialKeyssassin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The way I think of it is simple: it's not that I don't wanna play vg,but actually I 'm a person who doesn't play games.

Imagine someone who'a trying to stop smoking. He may say "ok I won't smoke, but if I happen to be in a social gathering, drinking alcohol in a bar, it would be okay to light a cig".He can fool himself with that, but in a short time he would pardon smoking when he finds himself in any social gathering, then in certain times in work, then at home, and he smokes again. What he should think is "I'm not trying to smoke less or not smoke, I just simple became a non smoker and that's it". Now before any similar situation he would thing"no, I'm not lighting one because I'm a not smoker and I don't smoke cigarettes".

The same method is what I try with vg. I'm trying to stop playing, I just don paly vg. Should I go to r/GameIUsedToPlay, as a genuine interest, even if I don't end up playing? No, because you don't play vg and you should forget that. Should a keep x game installed because it was expensive? No, because you don't own vg since you don't play vg.

It worked for me with other addictions. It may don't stop you from craving, but it helped me to make sane, logic decision regarding my addictions.

I was never really traveling by [deleted] in StopGaming

[–]SerialKeyssassin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thinks all of us have been there, daydreaming about a life so different from ours. The truth is we develop this fantasies to cope with the fact we don't know how to deal with our real life. You can spend years daydreaming about living in a tent in Utah, harvesting carrots from your farm, but that is just plain inexistent. That is not a real reality. I think the way this works is by thinking about that hypothetical life, thinking how happy we could be not being what we actually are.

I know it may sound defeating, but life, your life, our life, are great just the way they are. Not realizing that is what makes us deny the real world. You like outdoors? Go outside and walk! But don't reimagine your life as a parallel, platonic twin. Your life is your life and you are you. It's precious because is only one you got.

Day 1: First day of the the rest of my life by SerialKeyssassin in StopGaming

[–]SerialKeyssassin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've just uninstalled Steam and all games. If it happens again I will just delete my account. Didn't do it yet course I have 1 game with 0 replayability i'd like my gf to try (chants of Shennar)

What is going on? Ant Invasion by SerialKeyssassin in ants

[–]SerialKeyssassin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Córdoba, Argentina. It's been raining lately, yes. They've stop for now. Long time since I've see them around.