Videogame Detox and Detach.

For me I believe it necessary to leave single player gaming behind for an undetermined amount of time. If I do pick it up again I can see the need for regulating my playtime. As it stands I have not been able to do that. A question is what kind of single player game to play if I return? I believe it should be a game which helps sharpen my mind. People play Sudoku for that reason. PSO has to go because that is just a grinding game. While Minecraft can teach resource management and "building skills" I believe I'd be better off learning those in real world applications. Maybe the old fashioned pen and paper crossword is a great way to go instead.

I do see value in playing multiplayer. There are games I can play to keep in contact with my cousin over a long distance. What I'd prefer is multiplayer gaming which leads to face to face interaction. That's something we miss in this world of online. I do wonder, would I get more out of a physical board game?

In the end, I believe the video game is just a means to an end. It's not the actual game but the social experience which comes with it.

As for my age, I'm knocking on forty.

 

I haven’t gamed in years (not counting phone apps, as the ones I play are a completely different animal). I used them as an escape, much like porn, and should have realized there was an issue when I was spending several hours a day locked away. I don’t think I’d ever get back into MMORPGs, if for no other reason than getting a good chunk of my day back for better use.

Don’t get me wrong…games are fun & have their place, as long as you aren’t escaping into them.

 

Sorry about the robbery but my mind is a lot less cluttered these days: that's pretty funny...

-EK

 

If I could take half the time I spent playing games and put it into other things I absolutely would.

 

I'm gonna have to soon. Life is keeping me busy.

 

I believe it was funny due to the silver lining of your mind being free from the phone noise due to it being stolen.

If you are interested in grammar then maybe you could change:

"Also I got robbed and my phone stolen so my mind is a lot less cluttered these days."

to

"I also had my phone stolen so my mind is a lot less cluttered these days. (flows nicely with no pause after also)

or

"Also, I had my phone stolen so my mind is a lot less cluttered these days. (flows nicely with a pause after also)

"Did I writed that wrongly?."

to

"Did I write that wrong?"

As an English only speaker I still had to go do some reading to brush up on my own grammar. Back in school I never liked English classes so I'm sure I took many shortcuts and developed a lack of understanding in many areas. I very well may still be wrong in what I wrote.

Getting back to the topic of detox.

When I was starting up a tractor this morning I noticed I had a clearer and defined progression of the steps involved. I wonder if this is due to my mind being free of other distractions? It could also be due to being relaxed and being better able to not rush the progression of steps. This is an issue I know when I played games like Street Fighter II as a kid. I'd try to rush the the moves as fast as possible. A piece of advice from a former boss comes to mind. "First you get good, then you get fast." At the end of it all the issue may never have been playing video games but rather a developed thought process in which I played video games and done other tasks in a bad manner. In youth we tend to try to get stuff done as fast as possible. This leads to making mistakes. Maturity is taking a step back, slowing down and learning not to make the mistake in the first place. Easier said than done, but I always aim to improve.

 

Hello everyone. As some people might think, playing videogames is not precisely an unhealthy thing to do, but it depends of the person... I will speak from y experience:

I think i lost most of my childhood playing videogames, and it started since i was like 10 or nine years old, when my parents bought me a DS, and then a PS2. I remember my parents trying to hide them or unplugging internet service so i stop playing (something that was isolating me and harming my eyes and back). the addiction was so bad that i could not stop peeing in my underwear till 10 or 11 years old (the game could not wait 5 minutes while i was at the bathroom... what an idiot i was).

It was EXTREMELY difficult for me to leave the addiction, because i felt the real world was painful and boring, while i could always get an easy reward through videogames. Besides, videogames have AN INCREDIBLE database of beautiful characters to fap HAHAHAHA so yeah, videogames can clearly promote PMO addiction if you hate real world.

Actually, i sold both PS3 and PS2 in order to pay college lol. Now i just play a very difficult Pokemon Game, but because it has been forcing me o think and that is the same reason that helps me to avoid the game. I just play when i have enough energy to think... and nowdays that is really complicated with all the responsibilites XD.

In the end, it depends of how you percieve real world, as the quality, quantity and objective behind playing games... perhaps you play with friends because it is useful for making friends. That is a clever use.

 

Yeah, I think games is my porn. I'm planning to cut it and replace it with reading and exercises. I've grown too fat and I play too much, I don't even respect my timers to stop gaming. I think its the single biggest thing that is holding me back, I just need to find a way to replace it with something healthier. It's hard as hell to stop because I don't have a lot going on in my life and its due to games, on the other hand because I do'nt have much, games are so important, it's like vicious cycle.

If anyone has any tips I all ears.

 

when exercising it is better to stick to a regular and strict schedule and not push your body beyond what it can endure.

 

good luck with that
im doing my no vg along with my nofap but the thing's is u must find an activity to fill that void created by no vg
if ur not fill that void then it might turn into social media addiction like i was youtube in a lot ever since i was no vg because i dont fill that void