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Terra

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  1. Day 15: Checking in. 

    Went to the library with a friend and studied for the chemistry test tomorrow. My head is about to burst open with methane and oxidation and gas laws, but we managed to get through everything the test will feature, so that felt good.

    When I got home I considered whether to go training or not, but decided against it, since I exercised yesterday (not a legit excuse but hey). Instead I made myself a snack and crashed on the couch, feeling really tired. After facing tempations and fighting an internal battle (which I lost) I watched some league videos (since I had some cravings. Did watching league material make the cravings go away? Surprise - no).

    It all made me thinking (Oh no. Brace yourselves, people). I do miss the good times gaming has given me, but I realize I can't integrate gaming into a healthy lifestyle. But why is this? Because I'm addicted. Why am I addicted? Why won't everyone who play video games (or abuse heroin, or watch porn, or... Etc) get addicted? 

    According to these guys https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ao8L-0nSYzg addictions do not arise because of the high level of stimulation the thing (video games, drugs) provides you with, but because it caters to a certain basic human need unfulfilled in you. 

    If you are lacking something fundamental in your life, you are more likely to become addicted (to what doesn't really matter)(The addiction isn't the cause, but the symptom of another problem - something many people here at GQ have realized). But if you live a fulfilling life with meaningful relationships, activities you love etc. you won't become addicted.

    This might be why not everyone who does something potentially addicting gets addicted; either they already live a satisfying life, or atleast the specific fundamental need that the potentially addicting behavior caters to is already satisfied. 

    So my question is: if I managed to build a meaningful existance for myself, would I be able to play video games without having to face the risk of completely losing control?

    This raises alot of doubt.

    1. If I have a meaningful and fulfilling life, maybe I wouldn't even want to play video games.
    2. Maybe the video gaming would begin to compromise my improved life, and make everything collapse and fall to ruin again. 
    3. Maybe my brain is already wired in a way that won't ever let me play video games (league specifically) without the dopamine production going ham and influencing every other part of my life.

    I just thought it was an interesting idea, because that's something I envy in others and really would like for myself; to be in control of the gaming, and not the other way around. 

    Because right now, I could play video games and still do all the things that has to be done (school, writing, guitar, exercise). How do I know this? Since alot of the time I'm really inefficient; minutes or even hours can go by where I just space off, drift into trains of thoughts, watch crappy youtube videos/netflix series etc. If I had gaming to look forward to, I believe I could eliminate all these timekillers and get my stuff done faster and better. The only problem is ofcourse that I have no control over it, so, currently it's not an option. But maybe control can be achieved?

    IDK, maybe it's all wishful thinking. It was just an idea that crossed my mind and one I felt could be developed. If you have any insights or arguments against it (maybe believing me to be tremendously stupid for ever thinking such a thing), please let me know.

    TLDR: Playing with the thought of gaming in a healthy way. Also describing my fascinating day of studying and dozing off in my oh-so-comfortable couch.

    Signing out.

    i tried this before. After 1 year and a half of not playing I was feeling and doing great! so i decided to try some games because i belived i have the will to stop when necessary..

    Did it went this way!? Ofc. Not!! everyday stayed longer and longer and without knowing it I became addicted, again!  I always said to myself: if others can play and have a normal life, why can't I do the same? And here i fooled myself. The answer is: not all people are created equall: some are more sensible than others, sensible people will always tend to get addicted in places such as gaming.

    If you are sensible don't play games, not even a bit, not even watching streams! Replace the games with something else, like sport for your body, books for your mind and traveling for your spirit.

  2.  

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    Ka-pow!!!!! Take that Steam Account
    Just logged you out for the 10-count
    Another game announced, but I don't care
    because I met a baller called Cam Adair!!

    and when I found GQ I'm like, damn I'm there
    any time, anywhere 
    you don't have to live your life bitter
    you don't have to be an atom splitter
    to be a GAME QUITTER, all you gotta do 
    to make a change is put down the download,take aim... and
    QUIT THAT GAME!

    i altmost died laughing at this!! Nice.

  3. School is a place where you can find hobbies, hobbies such as biology, geology, music, religion, plastic arts, computer science and so on! You don't need to like everything that a school has to offer, just the disciplines you resonate with. Than devote your time to read and practice in those areas.

    School depends. Depends on the mentality of the teachers and how they evaluate students, depends on the educational program, depends on time and space.

     " I have never let my schooling interfere with my education " - Mark Twain

     

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  4. I think games use our touch sense also: mouse and keyboard, touchscreens and so on. We feel the keys and depending on the game, each key triggers an emotion.

    So games take 3 of our 5 senses:  sight, hearing and touch. This might be the reason we feel gaming pleasurable and real ( for the moment ). I think the perfect game will be the one that uses all 5 human senses, so that the soul gets trapped completly in that game and loses touch with reality.

    As for my first day i did all i can do: i cleaned my room and some of the house ( was a mess! ) and i tried to stay outside ( avoiding people; i have depression after intense gaming ) to breath fresh air and oxygenate my skin. Im also considering doing some " home " sports in the nearby future. I want to mention that i felt the need to reinstall some games, but i remembered of this community and this helped me stop.

    You know, i think intensive gaming gets to depression and can also trigger some other bad habbits like drinking, smoking and pornography. ( Sadly they work hand in hand, like coffee and cigars.. )

     

  5. First of all, I want to thank you for visiting this page

    Like everyone here, I will keep track and highlight my honest progress every 3 days or so.

    Day 1

    - i have depression and i feel tired

    - i uninstalled all of the games after deleting the content from inside ( saves and progress )

    - registered a forum account here; searched for places where people gather and talk about game quitting

    - saved few chillout radio stations to play in the background

    This is all for day 1

    I quited games before but.. like a wheel, a vicious cycle I started again and again. Hope that this time i will end this bad habbit for good; my age and my pride can't accept this no longer!

    I'm conscious that i played games to avoid reality, a temporar shelter. The human being has 5 senses, most of the games use 2: seeing and hearing. If we get addicted easily means that the individual is sensible in those areas. I will try to replace games with MUSIC ( for the hearing ) and ACTIVITY ( for the seeing ). Music changes me, another world. I like trance, ambient, chillout, 80, 90 and classical.

    I will update this log.

  6. Hello,

    Everyday, night and day, same hours, same minutes. Before going to sleep saying " This is it! ", but as soon as morning comes i lose the will and come back to this destructive cycle.

    Played alot of games, various genres, online multiplayer only; from dota ( classic ), starcraft 1, wow, world of tanks, hearthstone, call of duty, age of empires, android games, and the list sadly goes on.

    I want to quit and i belive this place can help.

    We as human beings are in in need of affection, communication and love. I will try to stick to this forum, so that my mind will stop wanderring.

    Thank you

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