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I have been playing since childhood and it has already become my habit. I play online games even on my phone. I think it's a gambling addiction. 

Edited February 7, 20224 yr by melisabernts

I play because of the community!

I play because I like to create things on my own end.

These are all reasons I can relate too but I think that "temporary escape" one best summarizes all the others to me.

For me it wasn't just gaming anymore. It all started with Roblox, but over time I got really interested in automation. I came across deltaexecutorapp.io and started using different automation scripts for repetitive tasks. At first it felt amazing because I thought I was being more "efficient" using Delta Executor. Eventually I wasn't even playing for fun anymore—I was just chasing progress.

The weird thing is that automation didn't save me time like I expected. It actually made things worse. I'd wake up thinking about what I wanted to automate next, come home and immediately sit at my PC, then spend hours tweaking scripts, testing new ones, or planning what I was going to automate the next day. Even when I wasn't actively playing, Roblox was constantly on my mind.

Before I knew it, I was spending 12–20 hours in front of my screen on some days. My eyes were always sore, my back hurt almost every day, my sleep schedule was completely wrecked, and my parents were constantly telling me to get away from the computer. We argued about it more times than I can count because I'd always tell myself, "Just one more hour," but that one hour always turned into five or six.

Looking back, I don't think I was addicted to Roblox itself. I became addicted to the feeling of making progress, optimizing everything, and seeing numbers go up. The automation removed all the repetitive parts, which ironically made it even easier to spend my entire day glued to my desk. That was probably the point where I realized I had completely lost control.

Things eventually got bad enough that I started noticing the impact on my health. My eyes were constantly strained, my posture was terrible, and I felt exhausted all the time. I even had to visit the hospital a few times because I had ignored my health for so long. That's when it finally hit me that no virtual progress was worth sacrificing my body for.

These days I'm trying to build healthier habits and spend a lot less time gaming. Looking back, I wish I had realized sooner that there will always be another game, another update, or another thing to grind. Your health, your family, and your real life are a lot harder to get back once you've neglected them for too long. No game is worth sacrificing those things.

Edited Wednesday at 07:36 PM5 days by reginaldbelvarion