NEW VIDEO: I Quit MMOs and THIS Happened
killua145
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3 hours ago, karabas said:
Yeah, I keep my phone in another room when I'm sleeping. I use a basic analog alarm clock to wake up. That way the last thing I see is not a screen, and the first thing I see is not a screen either. Highly recommended!
Analog alarms can't wake me up. I have to use Alarmy with a super loud alarm sound and solve 4 really difficult math problems to turn it off! ?
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Day #3 I have been up from 6 am in the morning and studying. I watched my national team's soccer game though I regret it because first I squandered my time second we lost and I'm so upset about it. ?
I haven't been playing video games for 3 days and because of that I can be productive and get so much done during the day. I'm not worried about biology exams any more since I'm prepared.
That's it. See you tomorrow ??
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Day #2 today I studied and did literally nothing else. I slept too much today that I had to word hard to compensate. No video games. No time wasting. I had to instal the app "Space" on my android to avoid being distracted.
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Hello Sirus, happy to know you. Be sure to delete everything related to LOL to avoid relapse. Start having other goals and pick hobbies to prevent you from playing again. What do you like to do other than playing? Who do you want to be?
Also, break up with your gaming friends at least for a while. And don't go for other video games, they're not any different. I think it helps you to know that I know people who used to play LOL or DOTA and quit and now they're brilliant doctors/dentists etc. You just need to believe that you can. Good luck.
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Day #1 version 2 ? I have studied a lot. Haven't played a single second because I can't. I realized that video games were literally ruining my life. Game quitters made me delete them all. Today was the first day that I felt alive for a while. Not only that I didn't play, but I also wasn't even thinking about playing. I was happy and productive.
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On 1/24/2019 at 1:49 PM, Blazing Man said:
Today I will not play video games because being a brain fogged retard is not one of my goals in life.
I love this one ?
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51 minutes ago, fawn_xoxo said:
I'm jumping in, since I read you're into intellectual stuff, to share with you this. Do you really want to buy it and play it? Words are the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
I think you feel like buying it and playing it, but what you want to do is succeed in rebuilding yourself. And so because of that, no, you don't want to buy it and play it, you don't want it at all. Your addicted part of the brain is just urging you to, and it's a useful divide that, isn't it?
We are who we behave like. Urges, feelings, they are a result of what we behaved like until now. Your ideals are who you are, to use your words.
p.s. Having high long term goals is one and good thing, having high expectations of how fast you will get there works very reverse in some people, they burn out fast and get discouraged. I advise balance and realism, I've crashed and burned before. ?
It was just an urge. I have already quit gaming for studying, before. That means this is not actually a high expectation. And my urge is not so strong like so many people. And now that I've deleted everything from my console I don't even feel like playing or buying any game. The idea that it takes a lot of time to quit or achieve goals etc. is right. But if that idea weakens our willpower, then we should consider it wrong.
Thanks for your comment by the way ?
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Day #3 I played AC Odyssey for one hour. So sorry about it. I'm gonna uninstall it so that I don't play it anymore. Wish me luck...
So I guess starting from day #1 again.
Update: I've removed everything from my console. That's it.
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I'm not gonna say anything, just watch this video from youtube. It will help you...
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Hi, since I'm not a native speaker either, I totally understand. Writing in English everyday seems like hell. But it's a nice challenge. Wish you luck...
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?Day #2 ☹️
Hi, today I increased my study time very close to 10 hours. I studied a lot. Also, I exercised for about one hour. I'm starting a new diet. I'm not using carbohydrates at all. Because I'm a little overweight. My friends and family tell me that I'm OK. But that's not enough for me. I didn't play video games for the second day. But I did watch a trailer of RE2. It comes out tomorrow. I want to buy and play it so much. But I'm still not playing... I have a really difficult test tomorrow, so pray for me. And that's it.
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Hi Mea, I just read your entire journal. Just by looking at it I can tell that you're a very creative person. Even the games you were addicted to were all creative. So you couldn't have a hard time quitting them. And you normally get SO MUCH done in your day. When I'm addicted to something, I can't do anything else! And when I'm quitting I can only focus on one thing but you are able to do so many things!
I'm sure you'll be able to quit and achieve so much more. Good luck.
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31 minutes ago, jsup said:
Hey, Killua145.
Glad to hear you're quiting gaming and sharing your progress. I wish you the best of luck. Know that we're here for you whenever you run into trouble.
I don't want to be negative, but 10 hours seems an awful long time to grind out studying, even with breaks, assuming you're coming from minimal/no studying.
Do you think this is something that you can realistically keep doing for extended periods of times (weeks, months)? If not, I'd suggest starting with setting the bar a little bit lower (and then maybe progressively increasing your study time over time?). It's my experience that setting goals that are too ambitious/unreal is pretty much setting yourself up for failure.
Again, I'm really just trying to help, no offense meant whatsoever. Maybe you're a guy that can actually manage to study this much, then it's all right.
Lastly I'd like to recommend Marty Lobdell's study less, study smart video, which focuses on attention span and teaches you how to take the get the most out of your study session by incorporating smart short breaks. Should you not have time to watch this lengthy video, Thomas frank has made a summary video on it.
Hopefully that's a little useful to you. Good luck with your studies man! You can become whoever you want to become!
Hi jsup, Thanks for your help. I have watched all the videos you mentioned above. They're really helpful. What you said was truly correct and I really believe in it. Consistency is more important than anything else. But there is another concept in here which is, if I'm not putting all of my effort and if I'm not studying as much as I can then what am I doing? The answer as we all know is that I'm wasting my time. So why shoukd I do that? I used to read philosophy a lot so in here I can relate to sth similar In philosophy: Plato(Or was it Socrates? I can never tell the difference ?) talked a lot about ideals. He mentioned that being idealistic can't always be bad because one has the right picture in his mind of who he truly wants to become. How he wants his life to be. And if you're not achieving your goals don't think that you're being too idealistic. What if you're being too realistic? What if you need to set a higher goal for yourself? Again it's all about how we think.
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I didn't play any video games or watched any movies/Tv shows today. But I couldn't study for 10 hours. It needs a lot of effort and avoiding procrastination. But I'll try again tomorrow. Also, I noticed something changing about my behavior, today I was nicer to other people and my parents. Addiction can always aggravate your relationships but when you step up and even TRY to quit that addiction your life is always going to prosper.
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1 hour ago, fawn_xoxo said:
Hello Amir and welcome to the forums. Here you'll find a lot of people who have and do struggle with the same things.
Would you like to share how a typical day was for you before you decided to quit gaming and what you plan your new days to look like?
Yes, of course. My typical day was like this: I wake up at 10 o clock, no brushing teeth, no breakfast, I just rush into video games or streams. I play AC Odyssey, Ac Origins, Clash Royale a lot, and any so called Triple A game that comes out. Whenever I'm not playing, I'm watching movies or tv series or animes. That's how I waste my entire day and I usually sleep at 4 or 5 O'clock am. So first I'm not getting enough sleep second I'm not waking up early which is not healthy at all... And still no brushing teeth, no healthy food just fast/junk food so my BMI goes up a lot, I see it and lose my confidence over, and over again. One day I decided to start exercising and from that moment I started changing other parts of my life too. Like quitting video games and movies and eating healthy foods. And here I am ☺️
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53 minutes ago, BooksandTrees said:
I made some great discoveries in therapy today that I'll discuss.
Video games and porn allowed me to live in my insecurities and hide from challenges that would have made me more comfortable with myself and overcome my insecurities. These made me settle into not liking myself, hiding from dating, hiding from making friends, hiding from traveling, hiding from life.
I regret not going to parties and making more friends. I got invited, I was popular, but I got so embarrassed because I didn't like myself. I could not understand why or how someone would want to like me or spend time with mr. It hurt my feelings almost when people wanted to see me because I hated myself so much and just couldn't face that hatred in the eyes and overcome it. It was agonizing. So I hid within games and porn.
I'm now trying to live life to make up for those losses. All I've ever wanted to do was go on fun adventures with my friends as a kid and love life and myself. I was so miserable and sad in my own head that I could never do it, but I was able to in video games. I could go anywhere and meet new friends.
I'm going to have to learn how to forgive myself for this pain I put myself through. I chose to hide, but I had reasons due to a difficult relationship with my dad and issues with my family. Also, an underlying anxiety issue with an extreme anger issue. This is going to be hard for me. The path to breaking through this will lead me to liking myself for once, letting myself finally live life, give myself some peace from my inner turmoil, and ground me a bit from being frantic.
I am also going to just do a few less hobbies and stop trying to do things in life to impress others. I think that is what got me thinking about my regrets. I just do stuff now in hopes to get attention and friends because I'm so upset over not having that fun as a kid because I'll never get it back. I'm so jealous and heartbroken that I secluded myself that I try so hard now to change. But I'm trying so hard that I'm not going anywhere.
The video games bring me the friends, acceptance, and the comfort of not trying to overcome my fears. The porn brings me any woman I want without trying. They also give me immediate rewards instead of working hard. I've been addicted to games and porn since I read 14. I'm 28 now. I'm learning how to explore life again. Right when I turned 14 this whole thing started.
I also learned that my serotonin levels are low because the rewards circuits from gaming and porn drained them. My dopamine levels have been going nuts trying to push me towards the addicting behaviors. It's important that I eat right, continue the gym, and sleep normal amounts so I can restore my body and mind.
Sorry for the long post and not talking to people as much. I've just been struggling heavily the past 3 weeks and am not doing well.
Hi, I've just read your post and it reminded me of my life. Trying to do everything to impress others and make some friends, Whenever I felt lonely( All the time ) or failed I turned to video games. I found out about it 2 years ago, And since then I knew that if I wanted to make any friends I needed to be open to that. You can't do something and expect results from something else, but if you try to avoid hiding and start talking to people and making conversations your life will improve. I would suggest gaining some information about others and trying to talk to them about THEIR interests. In that way, I have a lot of friends just texting me talking about music, studying, all kinds of movies and other hobbies (Because they all think I'm interested ? ) I
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No of course 10 hours isn't all at once. I take a lot of break in between.
4 hours ago, Simms said:Remember to celebrate the little wins along the way. Good luck in the journey.
Thanks for your advice, I will try my best to follow it.
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Hi everyone I'm Amir. An 18-year-old student from Iran. I just wanted to quit gaming so... I googled it, and found here.? I certainly believe this is a great place to track your progress and achieve your goals and of course quit wasting your time on video games.
I have 4 rules from now on:
1. No video games.
2. No video game activity including streams, walkthroughs, reading about video games or watching any particular video about it.
3. Study at least 10 hours (Because of my professional goal which is entering medical school.)
4 Not to watch TV series/animes/movies: This is unrelated to video games but still a very bad habit.
So this is day #1 let's see how it goes.
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Hi Morgan, I'm sure you'll be able to improve your life. You've passed the first two and most crucial steps: Understanding and starting (I totally made it up but that's correct). So be persistent. You can do it.
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Hi everyone, I'm Amir. I've been playing video games ever since I was 5 years old. First with PS1 and then all the PlayStation consoles up until now. Although I quit for around 3 years when I entered high school but now I'm playing again. I even wrote some articles about gaming and got paid for them. But honestly, that's not who I want to be and I've wasted quite some time on video games. First It was normal action games on PS1 but then video games got more addictive and more time-consuming, like Clash Of Clans, LOL, Clash Of royale. And as a professional goal, I want to be accepted in a medical school this year but we all know how hard that is and I have to study 10-14 hours a day to get there!!! Pray for me LOL. So here I am; deciding to quit gaming for eternity and start studying like hell. (Also English isn't my native language so if you saw any grammatical mistakes please forgive me.)
Also it's great to know other people who want to quit gaming or have quit. I would appreciate all the help I can get, Thank you.
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Fawn_xoxo daily; thoughts, goals & evaluation
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Use a carbs-free diet like me. You'll lose a lot of weight. At least 2 KGs in the first week. Diet is very important. And whole body workout is important, too. Last month I tried running around a park for 30 minutes. I did it for 30 days without any change in my regular diet( Carbs included). I even gained 1 kg. But then I realized I was just using my lower-body muscles. So I installed an app called 30-day challenge. It is a full body workout and has multiple levels(Easy, moderate, hard). You should try it, too.