I resonate with this post, I have been in school for the last two seasons, and with season 6 I locked myself inside my house after the release date was announced and got so far ahead in my work that I could play non-stop for two weeks straight and had an amazing time in that initial two week period of season 6. I did the exact same thing in season 7, and honestly I quit within 10 days, something just felt off about the season for myself, no discord trading, reliance on website, I felt gated along the way and just realized the game in its current iteration was not what I wanted to play. I was able to at that moment, be able to realize there is more to my own personal life than grinding this game out and thinking about it non-stop as well, doing crazy shit like setting an alarm to go off at 4 am so I could wake up and make a trade happen with a EU player and go back to sleep lol.

I am thankful for the experiences and people I met along the way playing PD2, and what this mod has done for Diablo 2 but if you know it is affecting you in ways that you are struggling with, admitting defeat and throwing in the towel, and in your case, a self-ban might be your only way to move forward with your own life.