How do you guys stave of video game addiction? I found myself

>only playing 8 hours a week

I know that feel. I've had 168 hours a week a few times of straight video game playing.

>>381776526

> 8 hours a week

lol?

I play 5 hours a night every weekday, more at the weekend. This is whilst living with my GF, owning a dog and working 37.5 hours a week.

>>381776526

I know this is a bait topic because 8 hours isn't shit. I do it by having a full time job, gf, and home to take care of. Any game time I get is guilt free and enjoyable.

>drop video game addiction, get 4chan addition
>drop 4chan addiciton, get video game addiction
I'm so fucking depressed right now.

it just gradually came off naturally for me
i only play around 4 hours a week now
i used to clock like 20 hours a week then, i guess i'm just burned out

No.

>>381776526
>video game addiction
>only 8 hours
Try playing 30 hours straight you fucking pussy and that's not even addiction, get over yourself you fucking faggot.

>>381776526
To be fair it depends on what you are doing. Playing eight hours a week isn't bad.

Playing WoW or assfaggots at all is basically an addiction.

>8 hours a week
Oh wtf this board is normalfag central now I'm fucking out of here

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>>381776738

I feel bad for you anon. Pic related. It's your future

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>>381776526
I think my friend has a problem. How should I go about talking to him about it?

>>381776974
>>381776974
hiw many hours a week

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This doesn't even factor in BF1 or Rainbow Six so tack on another 15 hours.

>>381776856

Where ya goin bro?

>>381777049
Divide 111 by 2 and you'll get your answer.
The point is that he skips out on hanging out with our group to play his Sims 3 furry mods.

>>381776526
It's not even hard to hit 8 hours a day, even with a fulltime job.
8 hours work + 1-2 hours eating + 6-7 hours sleeping is only 15-17 hours of the day.

I know this is bait, but I kinda actually wanna talk about how much is too much.

>>381776920

not quite sure what mental gymnastics you used there anon but whatever makes your e-peen grow.

>>381777204
Nowhere, I'm still here forever
Seriously though, I hope this thread is a joke because that's like one hour a fucking day which is nothing, even the strictest parents allow their 10 year old kids that much vidya time a week.

>>381777315
>how much is too much

14 hours a day for 2 years here, the rest of the time is spent sleeping and lifting, no major issues so far, except money ofc

>>381776974
>>381777249

...that's pretty far gone. You could have an intervention, but prepare for that to go poorly & to lose a friend.

Basically if someone is an addict, they'll be consumed by it. Not enabling to the ethical thing for you to do

Wow thats like 1 hour every weekday and 3 hours on the weekend. So horrible

>8 hours a week
This is bait

>>381777479

>40 hours a week working
>almost 30-40 hours a week gaming

It's not mental gymnastics. It's basic math. No chick wants to be with a guy that uses most of his free time to play games.

>>381776526
Replace it with a porn addiction like me

>>381777479
He's right. She's fucking her co-workers while you play with your Switch for hours on end.

>>381777479
sorry bro, but you're an official cuck

>>381776526
>8 hours a week
>severe
I bet you're a middle aged woman

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>>381776526

I sympathize with you, dude. Usually I only have time to play 30-40 minutes a day. Usually just load up League, CSGO or CoD.

Been having some more free time lately and playing almost 2 hours a day, and my gf has been FURIOUS with me. She said I won't get blowjobs for 2 weeks now and that I'm jeopardizing my life with her by playing so much.

I kinda agree with her but I'm gonna miss playing vidya so much. Oh well, priorities I guess.

>>381778931
Holy fucking shit, you're the master of the cuckets.

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How do normalfags keep finding this website

>>381779134
>thinking that post has anything truthful in it

OP was referencing a news article that claimed video game addiction is defined as 8 hours a week. Yall missed the joke.

>>381779487

I used to play xbox with guys in there early 40s. The one guys wife made him cut back because he would play games all night after work.

>>381779357
Playing vidya is very "normie" overall.

>>381776526
That's not bad I play 8 days a week

>>381778153
>>381778510
>>381778629
Now I wont speak from personal experience, but I will speak from secondary experience. I'm living with my brother and he has 2 kids with his wife. (Long story short, they both have jobs, I live there to babysit full time)

My bro is an avid gamer, and he spends a good half of his free time playing games, and the other half with her. It's not very hard to divvy up your time equally between work, sleep, spouse, and hobbies.

>>381779357

Some of us have been on 4chan for over a decade. I love being called a normie by some 16 year old just because I have a gf and a job.

>>381776738
When do you sleep?

>>381780023
You were doing so well until you pulled the age card. Only 17- people pull the age card. Otherwise you're completely correct.

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>>381779829
And while he spends half of his free time playing games his girl is spending her free time fucking and sucking other men. No woman respects a "man" that plays yahoo bing boop all day;

>>381780304
She's currently pregnant and literally only leaves the house (Or room) to go to her job, or call him into the room to fuck.

While I will accede that "Playing Videogames" isn't the most attractive thing on the planet to a woman, it rarely breaks the bank, or interrupts the process. You can stop projecting- which is exactly what you're doing- whenever you want.

>>381780181

I can play the age card because it's true. Any time age cones up here, I'm told I don't belong because I'm old even though I have my shit together irl and been here longer.

>>381780641
Then with all respect, argue better. The age card will never be pulled on someone who doesn't wrap his every statement in 7 levels of irony. Simply speak the truth, the it will follow.

>>381780304
Were you abandoned by your parents and raised by /b/?

>>381776796
>>381778803
I want summerfaggots that cannot understand basic comedic overstatement to kill themselves

>>381780485

You're extremely naive. She may be trapped at home now but work will be her outlet. Playing games that much as an adult with a family is completely unhealthy. She has needs more than just dick. Then again, her husbands brother would be the last person to find out if she were unhappy.

>>381776526
8 hours a week isn't that much when talking about an addiction...really that's probably normal for your average male. I am 29 oldfag turned normie so I put my time into work, other hobbies like playing music and hanging out with friends. That and catching up on sleep. If you have a life its not hard to not play vidya

>>381781073
I don't want to be "that" guy, because it's so overplayed, obvious, and cringy, but holy shit you are a complete and total fucking virgin who understands nothing about how relationships work. So kindly fuck off and stop having opinions about things you know nothing about.

>>381781073
How is it unhealthy anon ? Pray, enlighten us. Is it less healthy than watching TV or whatever ?

>>381781073
holy shit anon, your virginity is showing

>>381781179

You really fucking think it's acceptable for a man with a wife and kids to play video games 40 hours a week? You are the one that knows nothing of how women think.

>>381781164
It's almost as if it was a purposely low value for comedic effect, just like those "I have 100 days to write a one word essay but can't stop browsing /v/" threads you colossal dingus

>>381781164

>normie

It fucking shows you gigantic retard.

>>381781432
A woman will NEVER want their man to do anything fun ever, that's just a common default. Besides, no man wants to get near another man's pregnant woman anyway. Even cuckers find that shit to be offputting.

Who was she that hurt you, anon? Who did you awkwardly try to kiss before she told you she was fucking Chad?

Possibly the shittiest and most low effort bait I've seen all year

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>>381781310

That's cool nigga. I'm in bed with my gf right now watchin nat geo. I played too much vidya yesterday so today is her day.

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>>381781164
>I am 29 oldfag turned normie so I put my time into work, other hobbies like playing music and hanging out with friends
This entire sentence is pathetic, it only shows you're a failed normie at best.

>>381781701
>My woman wont let me dedicate a day to myself, but an ENLIGHTENED individual like myself realizes that me dedicating all the time in "my" limited fucking mortality to her is somehow okay
How whipped are you? Whipped enough to literally post fedora reaction images at least.

>>381781434
I don't even see how this applies. I guess it's just autistic rage on your part. >>381781602
Well that's why I used the term. I was a do nothing faggot like you for a long time until I was forced into the real world and had to pay bills. If I could be a NEET I would be but i don't have that luxery for mommy and daddy to pay for my stuff.

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>8 hours a week which is really severe
I play 12 hours a day
Fuck outta here, normie

>>381782034
t. Man who has literally never had a girlfriend in his life

>>381776526
>8 hours a week
nigga i don't consider myself a "gaymer" anymore and a few months ago i played g-mod for like 25 hours STRAIGHT

>>381781603

Nice projecting bro. That happens daily here though for obvious reasons.

>le no woman wants a man to be happy

No, they just like to be included.

>no guy wants to fuck preggo

We all know that's far from true, but I'll agree that it's unlikely time to cheat.

She just might not be the cheating type but playing video that much is z form of neglect. Everything is nit peachy.

>>381776738
Your girlfriend must be desperate

>>381782034

It's more about what she does for me, which she does. She deserves the one thing she wants most, my attention and love.

Now imagine her also taking care of your kids. Put it together anon.

>>381782396
Nice armchair psychology there. It almost made me forget that you just said that every single woman on the planet want and need and do the exact same things. Just like men, right?
>>381782351
Taken from the man who had the presence of mind to unironically use a fedora image, I have a hard time taking your opinion seriously. At this point doing and thinking quite literally the opposite of everything you say would seem like a winner.

>>381776526
People in this thread all seem to think that all women are extroverted bitches that can only think about fucking and cheating all day.

Your idea of women is the Stacies bullying you in high-school. The number of REEEEEing womanchildren is way, way higher than what you might think.

>>381781434
>one word essay

That's fucking easy! I could do that in a week.

>>381782837
Nah it's just funny making fags that blog on 4chan insecure.

Be glad you're still having a good time with vidya as there's plenty of people here who aren't.

>>381782662
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Two people think you're a retard, possibly more.

>>381782837

I don't think anyone even remotely said that in thus thread though.

>thinking any woman on earth wants her man playing video games in with most of his available time

>>381776526
Report all normalfaggot threads
Hide all normalfaggot posts
DO NOT reply to normalfaggots

>>381783294
>thinking a woman that truly loves you doesn't want you to do anything that makes you happy, as long as it doesn't ruin the family she wants to establish with you
Who bullied you in high-school anon? Did she hurt your feewings?

>>381776526
>8 hours a week

>>381776526

8 hours a week is barely over one hour per day, this hardly classifies as addiction dude.

>>381783462
>a woman that truly loves you

ok you pussywhipped beta boys, this is the problem here. women can't love you. women see a man as simply an extension of themselves. if she's not 'proud' of you, then she's not 'in love' with you.

there are 2 things you're doing wrong.
1. doing things that losers do, which is playing vidya, ie she can't be proud of that
2. giving a fuck at all what some bitch thinks, oh but yeah, a lot of you marry these bitches thinking that they're "homely" and not like other girls. these bitches will cheat on you the second an alpha presents them an opportunity to do so

>>381783462

Wow dude you are shook. I'm sorry I revealed to you that youre a shit husband and probably father. I figured you would already feel guilt and shame time to time.

>>381781982
You don't have a point if you give no reasoning for it. Nice try, kiddo.

>>381782396
My fiancée plays about as much as I do and I play at least 4-5 hours a day. She constantly suspects me of being the one cheating. I am, but that's because I don't love her anymore and my tinder game is strong, but still not all women are cheating whores. Pick your partners better if you are getting heartless bitches that justify cheating because of "muh vidya"

>>381776526
8 hours per week is not even close to addiction

>>381784346
Do what you want, just don't blame anyone but yourself when your life will be ruined because of your poor choices.

>>381784346

>She constantly suspects me of being the one cheating

This nigga must be new.

k man thanks for the advice. Goid luck with all that.

>>381784346
Scumbag. At least have the balls to break up with her if you don't love her.

>>381784586
I am an eternal newfriend from 2008. Fiancee is a mentally disturbed insecure bipolar wreck that makes me wish I never proposed to her because she says she'll kill herself if I leave her. Video games are my only source of happiness. I don't cheat for the sex, I cheat for someone to talk to.

>>381780641
I'm 27 and you're a faggot.

>>381785118
>she says she'll kill herself if I leave her
That sounds like her problem, not yours.

>>381776526
Surely you meant 8 a day, or you're just shitposting

>>381785118

>I cheat for someone to talk to.

Women do that

>>381785118
just dump her. the only thing getting in the way of your happiness and life dreams is your emotions and shitty mental gymnastics like "i feel bad, i don't want her to an hero"

bitches will say anything. i had this case too. i am 99% sure she's lying because mine was and she was way worse

you could do a 'tactical' break-up like proposing threesomes or an 'open relationship' and after she does something, just say that it was a breach of trust and you can't love her anymore

also
>i cheat for someone to talk to
what are you gay? not only are you rationalizing your own behavior which you consider "bad", you're also acting like a beta. you don't cheat for someone to talk to, you cheat cuz you wanna fuck. expecting anyone to care about your problems is naive. if you wanna talk, talk to your bros or with anons on 4chan

>>381783815
That's /pol/-tier imbecility right now, anon. Not every woman is the Stacy that bullied you in high-school, you utter moron

>>381786651

>bullied in high school

What does that have to do with anything? You are just another oblivious person. One day you might see the big picture.

>>381776526
8 hours a week is like 1 hr a day. Thats not much

>>381785847
I don't mean someone to talk to as in about my feelings n shit. Some shit is just boring to talk to other dudes about and it's fun to essentially shitpost irl on tinder since I can drop them at a moments notice without consequence. Tactical breakup option wouldn't work since she's fucking obsessed with me and barely acknowledges other men exist. She's like the real life embodiement of that overly attached gf meme.

>>381786926
yeah, the jews, women killing civilizations, and what else? One day, you might be able to stop generalizing to the entirety of a genre the behavior of a majority of idiots.

Most men are stupid and think with their dicks. Doesn't mean there ain't some good men here and there.

There's a solution for all of these you know...

Leave the fucking house, so you don't even have the choice.

>>381776526
I mean you could try to make 10 threads on the lords day of rest about videogame addiction to start.

I used to play a shitton of vidya but then both my parents died and i had to move 200 km away from my house because of job i got. I got indepentent literally overnight, and vidya addiction went away along with it.

It's the only way to kick an addiction, you need a cataclysmic event to slap you straight. Unfortunately modern life wants us to have a billion vices to feed the consumerist overlords and does everything it can to keep us just as comfortable as needed to not have the motivation to change.

>>381788553

Deep maaaaan

>>381778153
>>381778629
>>381778510

I've been with her 8 years this year. sucks you don't know how to manage hobbies versus a girlfriend.

>>381786651
how fucking naive are you? that's like saying "not all guys are into fucking hot women"

>>381787584
>shitpost irl
>since I can drop them at a moments notice without consequence
this is what you should do with every woman, including your gf. start becoming more distant, hang out with other people and do your hobbies and interests, and when she starts asking you about things, stay vague and imply that you have a personal life that you don't have to tell her about, don't answer her calls every time, if she gets mad and freaks out over your behavior, again, just stay chill and imply that you have your own independence, but don't state anything directly. i assume you live together, which is a major disadvantage and you should never have done it

>>381788064
>the jews, women killing civilizations
actually, both of those are true and are well documented. the entire concept of "white privilege" is meant to be "jewish privilege", and that several great civilizations have fallen when 'feminist' goals were achieved and women were pushed for senate seats and things of the sort right before that society was conquered by alpha warriors whose only relationship with women is fucking them

>>381777249
Play Sims 3 furty mods with him.

J O B

>only 8 hours a week
>addiction

5/10 bait made me respond

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>video game addiction

>>381776526

8 hr. a week are the numbers for a healthy and sane individual.

>>381788295
But I can play games anywhere with my Nintendo Switch™!

>>381776526
join letterbox and watch a movie every day
works for me

>>381795016
government have decided that if a person spends more than 9 hours per week on video games the person is addicted

>>381785118
You sound pretty beta to me, anon.

>>381776526
/v/ taught me to hate video games.

>>381780023
>I'm a normie
>but you can't call me a normie
Fuck off, faggot.

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>>381776853
What if I play both?

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>>381776526
Anon, you need professional help. This sort of disrupting influence on your life is only gotta get worse.

I have the opposite problem. I have so many games I want to play in theory but I can never find the motivation to start or the attention span to keep going once I do start. I've literally purchased probably 30 games in the past month and all I've been able to put in timewise has been like 5 hours on World of Final Fantasy and maybe 2-3 hours on Persona 4.

I don't know what's wrong with me.

>>381796581
How do you spend your time otherwise? If you're just lazing around then you won't be motivated to do anything at all.
The typical advice is to do other things, preferably physically/mentally taxing things, before you play vidya.

>>381796779
I work every day, and I also exercise 4-5 days a week.

I just can't find the energy. Even after I've finished everything I have to do for the day and I think about gaming it just feels more like a chore than something I want to do.

>>381796156

You first faggot. You would drop games the moment a chick wants to hang with you. Pathetic

>>381797402
Then go do something that doesn't feel like a chore instead of moping about not having the motivation to play vidya

>>381797785
Just went on vacation for 9 days. Didn't work.

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>>381776526
By realizing that games are boring, at least when you only have a toaster to play with.

>>381798037
Do you enjoy doing other things? If you do, then just stop playing vidya (temporarily or not). If you don't, then see a counselor and/or psychiatrist.

>>381776526
WOW A WHOLE 8 HOURS A WEEK? JESUS CHRIST YOU'RE HARDCORE MATE NORMALFAGS DON'T UNDERSTAND US XD

>>381776526
I don't think I've played more than an hour of videogames in the last two or three weeks.

>>381782660
Hahahahahahahaha you should write that down, make a letter for yourself, and read it in 10 years. My man I guarantee you will cringe so hard people are going to think you had a stroke

>>381798282
I mean..I like my work and exercising well enough. I more do them because I have to.

I liked to read too but I haven't been able to do that much lately either.

>>381799457
I'd recommend you to get counseling or at least talk to someone about it. You seem to have mild depression and not for lack of exercise.

>>381799020

What am I supposed to be cringing at? Save me the decade.

>>381776526
>tfw a 100 word essay due tuesday and i'm playing vidya
help

>>381800186

Pay someone to write it. All that matters is that piece of paper

>>381800186
Use internet, I'm sure someone already made it for you

>>381776526
Start playing really shitty games and eventually you'll get bored/disgusted and stop playing. That or invest your time in finding a hobby that's just as entertaining as vidya.

>>381776760

Same here. If i don't have friends, why should i drop both? I tried to be a normie once and failed, i won't do it again.