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I know how you feel. I've lost some friends but that's because I'm not a pushover anymore. And to be honest I don't want to use my energy on this kind of people. My attitude before was more like: "Oh, I need to be friends with everyone. If they don't like me, it's the world's end". My attitude now is more like: "I don't care about their opinions - either they like me or not". You can't be friends with everyone so choose which friendships you want to use our energy on. But don't be a dick - just because you've your opinion, you don't have to say it aloud. Ask yourself the question: "Will this benefit anything?" If the answer is no, then walk away or try to turn the conversation towards another subject. And by the way - if you want to read some alternative self-help I can highly recommend Mark Manson

Welcome Jacob - I'm also very depressed and have a hard time living the adult life. But beside I haven't been on the detox that long I already feel a change - life hasn't become more exciting but I've accepted the boredom which is something you can't avoid in daily life.

Welcome to the community. I wish I already took this decision at your age (I'm 22 years old) because it's the best decision I've ever made (along with NoFap). I was also using gaming as an escape when my parents got divorced when I was 14 years old. When people asked me how I felt about it I just put on a mask and told them: "Great - now I'll get two presents". Here I am, 8 years later and still haven't got my two presents.

Introduction Day 1 (30-01-2017) I started my 90-day detox today and I've just read the Respawn guide. It is not the first time I try to quit - I quit gaming for a whole year when I got rid of my PS4 but I still had a problem with procrastination and the Respawn guide helped me to get some tools to keep me busy and avoid boredom. I'm an little bit anxious about it but also excited and proud of myself because I'm taking this decision to change for the better. I'm also very confused and I've a blurry vision. Day 2 (31-01-2017) I said to myself that I was going to meditate 10 minutes every morning but I didn't do it this morning - I watched TV instead but when I got home I started to watch TheNewBoston on Youtube and was programming very basic java. After that, I started to practice a language and learn some new words. It felt good to be doing something productive instead of just watching TV. Later on, I joined this community. My anxiety wasn't that bad today but I'm still very confused and I get easily angry (often without any reason). My vision is still blurry. Day 3 (01-02-2017) I didn't meditate today either but I found an app called Diary - Mood Tracker. It's a very simple app and I'm using this instead of writing a journal (but I'm still writing notes to my mood). You just have to choose what mood you're in and then add a note if you want to. It helps me to see what kind of things that makes me happy and vice versa. I'm still confused, angry, and I still have a blurry vision. Day 4 (02-02-2017) Today I had a really boring day at work but I still had a easier time "accepting" the boredom than when I was playing. I'll change my morning routine to a cold shower instead of meditation because I just fall back to sleep if I meditate in the morning. Mood: Happy Emotions: Less anxiety, less angry, confused and I still have a blurry vision 5 things I'm grateful for: - Maybe a new job opportunity. - My great relationship to my close family. - My health. - My second chance for improving my life. - My life could be worse (I think this is important to remember because beside I might have some psychical problems I'm still living in a wealthy country and don't have to worry about food or water)

Hello everyone, I've been playing videogames since the age of 8 (I'm 22 now) where I got my first gaming console - the Playstation 2. Later on, I upgraded to a Xbox 360 and was playing a lot of Call of Duty - I made a clan with one of my good friends and got new friends who I'm still talking to today (not gaming-related anymore - just "normal" friends). I was really addicted to World of Warcraft when I was about 14 years old and I've also been very addicted to Minecraft (I used the most of my holidays just building the perfect world). Later on, I started to play Battlefield which I've been pretty addicted to since 15 years old. I've always used gaming (and porn) to escape from the reality - I've always been overweight and an outcast and have always been invisible for the girls. For the last couple of months I might have been playing 1-3 hours everyday. It isn't that much but I was always thinking of gaming. When I was at work I just wanted to finish so I could get home and play. The same when I was invited to a party or other social occasion. So one day I thought - why keep playing videogames when I don't enjoy them anymore? So I deleted all gaming-related and deleted all my accounts. I'll still keep my PC but I consider to sell the graphic card and then get a graphic card that can't play the games I like. I know I'll succeed this time because I'm doing a lot to keep myself busy because boredom often leads to a relapse. Here is my rules: 1. You must not watch more than one hour TV/Streaming everyday (I used to watch 4-5 hours TV/Streaming before so this is a huge improvement). 2. Eat healthy (when I'm eating a lot of sugar and junk it often leads to a relapse). 3. Exercise (like I mentioned above I'm pretty overweight and want to loose some weight - it doesn't have to be the gym but walking for 30 minutes everyday is fine (I'm too lazy to get to the gym). 4. Meditate everyday. 5. Mentally engaging activity: computer programming, music production, learning or improving a language, build up a blog and start to write. 6. Resting activity: drawing, reading, graphic design, meditation, learn how to cook. 7. Social activity: biking, hiking, photography, drawing / painting, cooking. So this was my story - thanks for reading and sorry for any misspellings or grammatical errors - english is not my main language.