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No reason it can’t continue after, it’s a balance right?
by xnyan 6y ago
No reason it can’t continue after, it’s a balance right?
- jkhdigital 6y agoThere are certain people for whom “balance” and “moderation” are nothing but fleeting and elusive ideals (I am one of them). Usually it is much easier to just draw a red line around certain activities altogether.
- sharkweek 6y agoExactly - I come from a long line of addicts, some recovered and some dead. I am (now in my thirties, less so when I was younger) always extremely careful when I notice an unhealthy behavior taking a hold of me. I’m making an exception for video games during this time because honestly it’s pretty low on the unhealthy scale in my current usage, especially with the accountability of a spouse who knows I can be this way and will call me out if it gets bad.
- jkhdigital 6y agoA kindred soul, as I suspected. I had to quit drinking and video games cold turkey once I got married and had a baby on the way. Still don’t drink but gaming is occasionally okay. As long as I stay far, far away from solo world builder and 4X type stuff.
- garmaine 6y agoYou may have ADHD. Consider talking to a psychiatrist.
- jkhdigital 6y agoI do actually, but I had no idea for the first ~34 years of my life. Medication has certainly helped some things but I still get pretty obsessive about stuff.
- garmaine 6y agoAnd I got downvoted to -4 for suggesting it, lol. I’m in exactly the same boat, diagnosed and treated at 34 too. Glad medication is working for you, as much as it does. It’s not perfect.
- khnov 6y agoPlaying warzone day and night since quarantine ....
- untog 6y agoSpeaking for myself, it won’t. In “normal times” I gave up video gaming because it didn’t feel like a good use of my time. When (if?!) things return to normal that’ll still be the case.
- thirdsun 6y agoCertainly I can't argue with what you deem worthy of your time but I'm surprised by this - obviously it's a question of moderation, but would you feel the same way about reading books, watching films or listening to music? Sure, there might be different grades of quality and value but I think it's all just culture and feeling guilty about filling a free evening or two with such activities seems quite alien to me. However to each their own.
- Hamuko 6y agoYeah, this sounds a lot like quitting reading books or watching movies cold turkey.