I've finally quit gaming.

[Matua]

Hello lovely people!

I signed up in this forum while playing a minimum of 8 hours of gaming a day, sometimes it would stretch to 15 hours. My grades were good(21 years old, 3rd year - Computer Science ) but, deep down I knew something was wrong. I wasn't functioning properly and I wasn't investing my free time into learning something new/practicing a skill/set-up a goal and follow it.
Every day, I would wake up, do whatever I have to do with my studies as fast as I can, so I could go back and continue gaming. As I finished at night, I would read a couple of chapters of Unscripted and a whole load of self-guilt/blame feelings would strike me. So every day I would feed-off of these feelings and try to focus on the negatives of gaming, the horrible mood swings you encounter, anger, disappointment, etc...

And finally, I have done it. I've quit gaming for 2/3 weeks now. I somehow managed to force myself to stop double-clicking to open the game. My body suddenly didn't want to double click it, as if it had no reason to. Why would you double click it when it brings all these negatives? for just a bit of fake sense of achievement? Nah. (Yes, gamers, it's fake. And this is the hardest part to realize)

I can honestly say, it wasn't easy. But it was worth it. Ever since I quit gaming, I have finished a course on Udemy, started thinking about what my real goals are, and how to achieve them.
I started reading a lot on this forum(as many suggested as a start) and started looking for a path to take in order to achieve the entrepreneur-lifestyle.

But I must say, there are many hardships. The fear of the unknown, "what if this path wouldn't lead to any success? (for example, web design)", "what if this idea doesn't actually work and it doesn't really help people so they wouldn't waste money on it?", etc... Don't get me wrong, I will try things. I will get my hands dirty. But I just need that 1 simple idea that would click, a silver lining that would fill me up with motivation. I guess I will continue working on finding that right path, for me.

All the drama aside, I can at least say that: Even though it was a very small achievement, overcoming that addiction. It proves to me that I'm capable of making these little changes(micro-processes as MJ called them) if I set my mind to it. Hopefully, I will keep on doing that. And for all the gamers/addicts out there, if I could to it, YOU CAN DO IT TOO!




And, most importantly, Thank you MJ!

Congratulations on quitting your video game addiction!
Once you realized that video games don't matter anymore, it became a lot easier to quit since there was no benefit or reward to play. Besides, why should anyone have to play video games when their passion is not in it?

Plus, life is far more interesting to play in and level up your skills

 

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[Schuylerc]

Jimmu muwimz qiuqmi!

O tohpif aq op vjot gusan xjomi qmezoph e noponan ug 8 juast ug henoph e fez, tunivonit ov xuamf tvsivdj vu 15 juast. Nz hsefit xisi huuf(21 ziest umf, 3sf zies - Dunqavis Tdoipdi ) cav, fiiq fuxp O lpix tunivjoph xet xsuph. O xetp'v gapdvoupoph qsuqismz epf O xetp'v opwitvoph nz gsii voni opvu miespoph tunivjoph pix/qsedvodoph e tlomm/tiv-aq e huem epf gummux ov.
Iwisz fez, O xuamf xeli aq, fu xjeviwis O jewi vu fu xovj nz tvafoit et getv et O dep, tu O duamf hu cedl epf dupvopai henoph. Et O gopotjif ev pohjv, O xuamf sief e duaqmi ug djeqvist ug Aptdsoqvif epf e xjumi muef ug timg-haomv/cmeni giimopht xuamf tvsoli ni. Tu iwisz fez O xuamf giif-ugg ug vjiti giimopht epf vsz vu gudat up vji pihevowit ug henoph, vji jussocmi nuuf txopht zua ipduapvis, ephis, foteqquopvnipv, ivd...

Epf gopemmz, O jewi fupi ov. O'wi raov henoph gus 2/3 xiilt pux. O tunijux nepehif vu gusdi nztimg vu tvuq fuacmi-dmodloph vu uqip vji heni. Nz cufz taffipmz fofp'v xepv vu fuacmi dmodl ov, et og ov jef pu sietup vu. Xjz xuamf zua fuacmi dmodl ov xjip ov csopht emm vjiti pihevowit? gus katv e cov ug geli tipti ug edjoiwinipv? Pej. (Zit, henist, ov't geli. Epf vjot ot vji jesfitv qesv vu siemobi)

O dep jupitvmz tez, ov xetp'v ietz. Cav ov xet xusvj ov. Iwis topdi O raov henoph, O jewi gopotjif e duasti up Afinz, tvesvif vjoploph ecuav xjev nz siem huemt esi, epf jux vu edjoiwi vjin.
O tvesvif siefoph e muv up vjot gusan(et nepz tahhitvif et e tvesv) epf tvesvif muuloph gus e qevj vu veli op usfis vu edjoiwi vji ipvsiqsipias-mogitvzmi.

Cav O natv tez, vjisi esi nepz jesftjoqt. Vji gies ug vji aplpuxp, "xjev og vjot qevj xuamfp'v mief vu epz tadditt? (gus iyenqmi, xic fitohp)", "xjev og vjot ofie fuitp'v edvaemmz xusl epf ov fuitp'v siemmz jimq qiuqmi tu vjiz xuamfp'v xetvi nupiz up ov?", ivd... Fup'v hiv ni xsuph, O xomm vsz vjopht. O xomm hiv nz jepft fosvz. Cav O katv piif vjev 1 tonqmi ofie vjev xuamf dmodl, e tomwis mopoph vjev xuamf gomm ni aq xovj nuvowevoup. O haitt O xomm dupvopai xusloph up gopfoph vjev sohjv qevj, gus ni.

Emm vji fsene etofi, O dep ev mietv tez vjev: Iwip vjuahj ov xet e wisz tnemm edjoiwinipv, uwisdunoph vjev effodvoup. Ov qsuwit vu ni vjev O'n deqecmi ug neloph vjiti movvmi djephit(nodsu-qsudittit et NK demmif vjin) og O tiv nz nopf vu ov. Juqigammz, O xomm liiq up fuoph vjev. Epf gus emm vji henist/effodvt uav vjisi, og O duamf vu ov, ZUA DEP FU OV VUU!




Epf, nutv onqusvepvmz, Vjepl zua NK!

Vjot ot siemmz hsiev vu jies. O nztimg henif et e lof e capdj epf cetodemmz xetvif nz mogi exez xjipiwis O xet up vjin. Pux O fu puv qmez epz henit epf O tvafz siem itvevi, Ovemoep, epf epzvjoph imti vu hiv ni dmutis vu nz huemt. Vjot ot e hsiev tvusz epf O juqi zua edjoiwi zuas xomfitv fsient!

 

[Kal-El1998]

Duphsevt! O civ zua jewi e muv ug gsii voni vu hiv tvagg fupi pux!

 

[Karam]

[Update] Jo hazt! Katv gus e raodl aqfevi, ettanoph O raov henoph up vji 1tv ug Puwincis, O jewip'v qmezif e tophmi nopavi ug e wofiu heni topdi vjip. Epf O dep qsuafmz tez vjev O'wi ciip gudatif up nz tvafoit 100%. Og O fofp'v raov O xuamfp'v jewi liqv aq xovj vji enuapv ug junixusl qsittasi vjev O'wi iyqisoipdif vji metv nupvj.

Gus epzupi xju ot fuacvoph jontimg: Zua Dep Fu Ov! Vjsux vji henit exez, fu epzvjoph vu hiv zuas jepft ugg ov.

Huuf madl!