It seems that these symptoms arose now, specifically when you are abstaining from gaming, if I understand correctly.
In this case, I believe those are just withdrawal symptoms.
A result of not receiving the dopamine because of the achievements that allow you to achieve it so quickly in games.
In life outside of video-games it is way harder to get this dopamine.
For example if you want to run a marathon, you need to prepare years or so. If you want to invent the lightbulb ( :D ) You need to have about 100 million failed attempts.
But even in the smaller things.
When you prepare for the marathon, you do get a dopamine rush after every completed run. But, it is of course harder than clicking a few buttons on a keyboard. At least physically. What's more - You often don't even see progress, you seem to be doing the same thing and sometimes running even slower. It takes so much time to get better.
But. That is why it also makes you so proud so long as you do it. Because you are doing what you were meant to. You are devoting your hormonal system to achieving what you were brought to this earth to do (subjectively, or some would argue objectively).
Just throwing some thoughts on paper. Let me know what ya' think.
P.S. Think about it, you could go and play right now, now imagine yourself after one day of playing. How do you feel at the end of the day?
You are moving forward towards the goal of becoming a higher level in some game if it's an a MMO. Skyrim also.
But after you get to this higher level. Will you feel satisfied? Will you be willing to invest all the time it takes to such a high level? Or will you stop again because of lack of purpose and feel that it was wasted time?
There is no way around it. You need to go through this craving period to get your hormonal levels in balance. It is goddamn painful, but as you go on it becomes less of a thing.
Rememeber how you will feel at the end of the day. At the moment that you stop playing and go to sleep or even go to the toilet for one second. Regret sets in quite fast and you feel trapped and want out again. But every day you play you make it harder on yourself. The most dangerous day is the first one. It is the trigger of all the others.
That said, again. Think of what you want to achieve. because just knowing the negative effects of gaming is not enough. If you're not absolutely engrossed in what you need to do these thoughts tend to come back. That's how it is. When you don't saw and cultivate a healthy crop intentionally and tend to it every day, weeds will grow automatically. You don't need to do anything for them to grow.
An abrupt closure.
Cheers :):):)
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Yan ·