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What makes you so sure they're due to mental health issues? If I could chose to play video games all day instead of working, I probably would.
by swebs 8y ago
What makes you so sure they're due to mental health issues? If I could chose to play video games all day instead of working, I probably would.
- aszantu 8y agoplaying video games all day long is probably just to fulfill a deeper need for something else.
- tokai 8y agoTry it out. It can be somewhat okay the first year. Never heard of anyone making it through three years and still enjoying it.
- Faark 8y agoI mean, you go for variety. There are countless games / type of games to choose from. You can also watch shows/films/educational content. Read interesting stuff on social media / hn. So many different interesting ways to spend your time. And online communities can give you the bit of social validation you need without being productive to society or justifying aspects of yourself. To me the bigger cause of not enjoying it was/is external life getting back at you, notably worries about the future. I don't want to go to far into personal details, but I enjoyed it long enough to be confident I could indefinitely, if our society would be supporting it. This might be fine for a "robots do all the work" kind of future, but I have my doubts about UBI. Anyway, after some point you most definitively want help to get out. As for mental health, there are probably reasons that made you retreat, but it likely caused new issues as well. But that's just one part of a well functioning support network.
- astura 8y agoI think it's more the "not interacting with others" part that's unhealthy, not the "not working outside the home" part. We don't consider, for example, stay at home parents to have a problem, nor do we consider retired people.