Guywho Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 (edited) Hi, I'm George and I'm about to turn 25 and I'm from Pennsylvania. Today I woke up and realized that gaming is destroying my life. I went from a consistent gamer to an addict at around the age of 13 when I found a game called Garry's Mod where I started to roleplay (replaced and harmed a lot of IRL relationships and stunted me socially) because of how much I was on it. I'm talking 3am binges that pretty much internalized poor sleep hygiene and a constant brain fog. I went to school and I gamed. I went to work and I gamed. I got into a relationship and I gamed... you get the idea. All of them turned out poorly. Today, I uninstalled Steam and I found this forum. Tomorrow, I hope I have the strength to keep going. I know this is just one part of my terminally online addiction and I hope that by conquering just one part of it, the other parts will be easier. I wrote this post to keep myself accountable. If you want to reply on how you finally quit or at least, how you made the first few months more bearable that'd be great. Edited October 28, 2024 by Guywho clarity
WilderDaze Posted October 28, 2024 Posted October 28, 2024 I thought I'd never give up video games, even though they caused me so much harm. I had gamed for about 30 years straight, being addicted to almost every major game of every genre. It was my escape, my relief, my world of control and at times my only means of communicating with others. Giving it up has been a struggle lately but I initially made it 9 months straight without touching a video game. During that time I learnt how to ski, photograph, produce music and then I started to travel. All of those things were always in my head when I was gaming but I never made them happen and felt shameful about it. Right now I'm going to learn how to play the piano and I'm also planning a new trip overseas. Video games taught me that I have a need for exploration and learning new skills so I used this in real life in order to bring out the same kind of satisfaction. The thing is that you release a lot of serotonine while doing these things in real life, instead of the dopamine that comes from gaming, so you will have a much greater feeling of meaningfulness and happiness in the end. 1
Amphibian220 Posted October 29, 2024 Posted October 29, 2024 Welcome to game quitters. There is a lot of work ahead. My suggestion is to get the respawn workbook on this website and perform daily tasks on it. The workbook contains chapters for self reflection and personal development. It is about targeting your needs in a responsible way. Remember that you have to be brave and confront yourself on things that you systematically avoid. You have the most noble fight ahead. To reclaim integrity, masculinity, discipline, become a healthy member of your community and ultimately to reclaim your community. 1
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