>read literature or engage with any high art >all my insecurities

grow up feelsguy

Maybe try improving yourself instead of ignoring your imperfections with mindless distraction.

No, the first always applies to me, maybe even moreso after I've played videogames or done some similar thing to distract myself

You're not some tormented genius because you hang out on a cartoon self-improvement image board and read the same books millions have read before you.

>>9600241
Man I've been feeling this too much
Working out has helped fill that void though

That's exactly the reason why literature is superior to every other art, especially music and film, and infinitely superior to television and video games. Think about it, my friends

>>9600261
Nice projection
That's not what OP's saying at all

Because your brain treats videogames like work mostly: after playing it feels like you've gotten some work done and achieved something. Not true, of course, and that's why I think they're so pernicious.

Anyway, I think if you engage in any good art you get this fugue sense of detachment because you've been elevated to a new level perceiving the world after consuming something so good everything else pales in comparison but at the same time it's also humbling by reminding you that you're probably never going to make something that can stand up to the art of your choice, if you even understand it fully in the first place.
I mostly felt it after going to see the peredvizjniki exhibition a while ago.

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>>9600241
i used to feel that way and then i promised myself to not play video-games anymore
of course now my sanity is at stake, since the only interaction with humans i had was voice chat on dota2, but the thing is that this thing plus my lack of self-control fucked me pretty bad
still, sometimes i feel happy, sometimes sad, it really depends on what i'm thinking at the moment i guess

>>9600241
I get that.
It's to do with isolation.
I remember when I was still socially active I could read/watch whatever and it would have a minimal effect on how I felt.