How do I quit video games for real? I've been getting more and more productive lately, started a lot of new personal projects and I have a lot of goals and I feel like I can make it out of my hikikomori lifestyle, but I feel like video games are keeping me from reaching my potential, I sink almost all of my free time on video games without restraint and that results in neglecting my other projects and sleeping around 3 AM almost every single day.
It feels pretty damn shitty and I want out of this ride, I've tried multiple times to uninstall everything, put restraints and times to keep it controlled but it never works, any advice?
there is no helping you. Hopefully your parents kick you out soon, maybe the street will teach you how to be actually productive, instead of "more and more productive but still a hikki"
yeah if your parents are poor, but then they wouldnt allow u to play games for sure.
Brayden Watson
a full time job and a gf
Matthew Garcia
Already got both before, but it didn't help much.
Angel Perry
I just stopped playing them. Don’t know what else to say, you need to stop playing them and at the same time start new activities to use your free time. 2 months clean in a few weeks.
Isaac Reyes
I've tried that, I just keep getting the itch to go back, I really wish I could do it like that, I've uninstalled everything for a while now but I still wanna go back
Liam Lee
Ofc u WANT to, its just a matter of not doing it and building the discipline to keep it up. Just keep trying, is all you can do plus ofcourse filling up your time with productive shit.
Zachary Nguyen
I try that too believe it or not but I keep getting fatigue with other things unlike with vidya , got any advice about it? I really want to do that but I get sidetracked and go back to old habits, how did you develop discipline? Or how do you deal with fatigue?
Juan Kelly
What the fuck is up with the modern day rebellion against any hobby that isn't productive? Why do we always have to be doing productive shit? The truth is that exercise isn't fun in the slightest, playing a musical instrument is frustrating as fuck, always working on your career leads to burnout. Why can't people just enjoy hobbies anymore that don't have some future aim in mind?
Benjamin Hernandez
>tfw went on the only video game I even play anymore >both servers were completely empty except me :(
Carter Cox
I want to be productive and better myself as a person, I got nothing against having a hobby like vidya I just want to get out of my ride now
Kayden Peterson
Ever heard of moderation?
Christopher Morales
No, that's exactly my problem really.
Luke Hernandez
>1 week is "a week" >2 weeks is "a couple of weeks" >3+ weeks is "a few weeks" >3+ weeks is nearly a month >been clean for 2 months in a few weeks >been clean for 2 months in a month >you are at 1 month clean >what you said was double the truth (it wasnt like "few weeks until 2 years clean")
wtf man
Mason Reyes
They can. But I don't think you 'get' what a hobby is. Hobbies are for successful people with extra time on their hands. If you're not successful and stable, you're not engaging in hobbies, you're indulging in escapism.
Zachary Bell
You literally just have to do it. There isn’t a secret. You keep having issues playing PC games, uninstall the stuff and go out for a run. How are you going to play then?
If you keep yourself busy enough then you won’t have time to play games. It was as simple as that for me.
I tried back and forth quitting a few times and was unable to at first. And it was because I just did nothing with all of my newfound free time.
Benjamin Rivera
ive let video games consume me to where i barely get out, having student my social growth. I barely have friends to hang out with, and i struggle immensely to find a gf. video games has actually finally gotten boring to me, i've realized i only used them as an escape. but im addicted, and it's a struggle to leave this shitty lifestyle now.
William Rivera
7 weeks 2 days now.
Landon Nguyen
stunted my social growth*
Nathaniel Clark
Can't say it worked for me the first few times, but I'll try man, hopefully I'll see you on the flipside.
Asher Myers
I know it seems difficult.
You just need to keep at it for a while. You’re calling it an addiction for a reason, addictions aren’t easy to break. You can definitely do it, you just need to keep yourself busy until you don’t want to play them as much as you do now
Jaxson Smith
Delete your steam account. One way trip, I did it and now I'm working full time.
Jace Ward
sell your systems and get rid of all games. its the only way.
Josiah Jenkins
No one can help you if you don't even respect your own decisions, dude.
Mason Flores
You can always give away your account to someone or delete it.
Ian Walker
i have those and i can still play games, if i were to have kids that will end
the problem these retards have is themselfs not videyooogames
lets see OP, how full of shit he is >more productive and personal projects bullshit, name one "personal" projects, learning japanese online is not a personal project >lot of goals blablabla, what do you actually do >hikiiiiwwhatever lifestyle neet shit >muh potentional neetshit >sink muh free time you have only free time and you choose to do shit you apparently dont enjoy
yea id hate myself too if i was a limp wristed zoomer shit who does absolutely nothing and blames it on muh videjoogames
Joshua Butler
Just find other things to do with your time. And not jacking off every waking minute either. You keep defaulting to the vidya because you haven't got anything else to fill your time. Also....be a man, get a job.
Nathan Scott
Based.
Kayden Perez
Addiction is for life, just quitting won’t make things better. You have to replace your obsession.
Bentley Johnson
Everyone else has already said it but what helped me was working toward specific milestones. I downgraded my pc to a shitty prebuilt that could only run work stuff and games with low reqs, dont own any consoles and kept a flip phone for a while to stop my own issues with gaming and I can say this approach worked, but it's not for everyone.
At the very least, sell your desktop and get some weak chromebook or other device. 99% of dealing with this is not having the option in the first place.
It's really hard to quit anything that Central to your life, especially if it is your social outlet
Treat yourself like you would treat a friend. Find enjoyable alternatives to gaming and at realistic expectations for yourself. Do not be angry or disappointed in yourself, just work on slowly changing. Find what you are missing out on that gaming helps you compensate for. Set a goal to cut down by 50%, not 100%. Give yourself a year. Visit a therapist if available, there's nothing to lose having someone to share with
Matthew Allen
Start smoking weed. Thats literally better for you right now.
Your a weak piece of shit. I dont know what to tell you
Jack Barnes
Get off Jow Forums, this is NOT a support group.
There are sources out there to help you, google it. You will make it, one day at a time.
William Gutierrez
>youre a weak piece of shit >smoke weed great so he´ll get even more stumped
Daniel Morales
You should be making money already with these hours in dota2
Benjamin Cook
>try leaving videogames behind me >suddenly find all these free hours but nothing to do with them >start a lot of projects, finish none because I get bored easily >end Up spending time sleeping or browsing internet instead >eventually pick up videogames again so I won't be bored out of my mind I wish I knew how having a pasion or an actual hobby feels like
Oliver Torres
Yeah gotta question humanity and a fucking weak ass human that cant put down a controler you need to get fucked up!!!
Eli Scott
hobbies. If you cant just work. I never miss video games if i am busy. There has to be punishing factor like failing school or starving.
Austin Barnes
Get rid of your consoles and games, avoid social media and tv for a while, get a dog so to start going outside, dogs are loyal man ypu will not regret it.
