Have you ever taken a long break from playing video games? Why?

No when Im in a slump of sorts I just go back to simple arcade or nes era games

Also stop watching porn and stop masturbating.
Less dopamine stimulation will clear up your brain fog and it will also make you have long term goals again .

>>384718243
Protip: Video games aren't the problem. They're an outlet for a much deeper issue. Quitting games won't magically get your life back on track. Seek professional help.

>>384718548
No thats retarded

>>384718548
there's nothing wrong with porn or masturbation.

>>384718593
>video games aren't the problem
Well no duh. There's no reason to continue dodging the real issue by playing games though. It's better to take time to focus on what you need to solve.

>>384718243

Why would you stop playing vidya? I mean I get having a break for maybe 1 day or something if you are busy or don't feel like it. But why a month off? Fucks sake anon, I went on holidays overseas for 6 months last year and I played 5 games to completion (plus a shit ton of Dawn of War skirmish in between as well) and watched 3 animes to completion in that time. I mean that's pretty slow rate of getting through things normally, but for holidaying around the world I thought I did a fair amount of gaming on my laptop each night before bed after having a nice day outside.

>>384718548

Worst advice I've ever heard. Why are you anti porn retards flocking to this website of all sites. Literally fuck off. The only time I'd ever advocate not watching porn is if you just had a non stop jerk off session that lasted fucking hours or jacked off many multiple times in the last few days, maybe you should take a day or two off to replenish.

I jack off almost every single day, and often for 4+ hours each time and my life is going great. I have a hot gf, a good high paying job, I feel fulfilled, I am happy. This whole meme about porn and fapping being bad is literally retarded and anyone who falls for it is a dopey fucking loser.

>>384718548
The majority of this dopamine broscience is just that, complete bunk.
Not watching porn is a good idea for other reasons.

Yeah I lost interest in games for a few years. Ended up watching a lot of movies and anime instead, which was a bigger waste of time.

>>384718243
I hardly played any videogames from around 21 until 28.

>>384718959
>why would you stop
The enjoyment isn't there. I fucking love video games and it's painful when I'm finding that I have to force myself to even finish them. Only things that held me as of late were the crash remakes but I couldn't even be assed to even attempt 100%

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fuck off

>>384718243
I quit playing games for almost a year (11 months to be exact) in 2014-2015 and it didn't change me at all.

Sure I spent a lot more time reading which is probably healthier than playing vidya gaems, but the rest of my life remained pretty much the same.

>>384719547

Do you have a job or are you a neet.

Having a job, or even just attending uni makes you yearn to get home and play some vidya. Maybe you are burnt out a little too. Also, what type of games do you play? Just new shit? Try some older games. If you are already doing that, try some new genres.

Yes, ended up discovering 4chan. It's been 14 years since.

>>384719596
>everything I don't understand or agree with is reddit

>>384719695
Yeah I have a job and take classes during that time. As of late I've been playing newer games because so much came out this year. I guess I may be overwhelmed with all these new releases while still having a meaty backlog.

>>384718243
Yes, between college and job I couldn't play videogames, I'd only get on to chat for like 30 minutes and study for almost two years only able to play every three weekends when I was free, it gave me time to focus on what I needed to focus on and made my gaming sessions much more enjoyable because I wasn't getting oversaturated with the same games over and over.

>>384719938

Don't feel like you need to conquer your backlog. That will make gaming feel like a chore. Just accept you will never finish all of them. Think of a backlog like a blessing, remember the times when you were a kid and got like 2-3 games a year, one on your birthday, one on christmas and maybe your dad would buy you a preowned game in between if you were good. Remember replaying the same game for the 20th time and how old it got? Now you will never run out of new games to play. You just have an endless stream of them. It's not a chore or obligation though.

I took several years off to turn my life around and it was working but then my normie friends sucked me back in a year ago and now my life is just slightly above where it used to be because I'm trying my best to hold onto my more productive lifestyle and it's just barely working.

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>>384719137
Shut your mouths you degenerate cucks. I dont care about anything but the overstimulation of the brain.I dont care if no fap makes you confident and shit like that i only care about the objective facts like porn, video games, too much internet, gambling overstimulate your brain and make you "numb" to other things in life. You stop giving a fuck about other people, and your goals, hopes and dreams because you can lock yourself in your pleasure cave and give yourself various feelings which (just a few years ago) had to be worked really long for.

>>384718243
literally no games to play right now

>>384720983
That's not how dopamine works dude, it isn't that simple. Find me actual peer reviewed studies that corroborate your claims and I'll listen.

I wish I could finish an rpg game. About Midway though I get tired and stop wanting to play.

>>384720983
Fuck off retard

>>384720983
Sounds like someone's a bit grumpy today. What's wrong, Anon? Feeling a little overstimulated?

>>384721103
Literally impossible in this day and age.

>>384718243
How did you get that picture of me

>>384721374
Look out of your window.

>>384721374
I think you're cute, anon!

>>384718243
Yes. I took it because I had hyped up Borderlands since the original E3 presentation and it turned out to be so shit that I couldn't stomach playing games for half a year.

Taught me to never hype up a game and never pre-order unless I'm certain the devs will produce something decent.

>>384721132
Nigga yes it is, it actually works like that.
I'll try to explain it with a random but extreme xample: Let's say that for one day you do nothing but lay around in bed.You are getting bored as fuck now and let's say you went to the gym and did a hard strenght training workout.When you get out of that gym you will feel like a god because you just completed a really hard task.
Now let's say that the next day you play, i don't know, on of those extremely hard classic Castlevanias games.You are dying a lot but in the end you feel great because you just did a "hard" task. Now which one of these activities would your brain like to do more, since they bothe feel good? The one activity that has a full impact on your whole body or the other one which gives you the similar good feeling but only needs your fingers to be active?
Forgive my spelling errors pls cuz its late and im a filthy phoneposter

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>>384718243
There are only ever like 4-5 games a year I can actually get into and they generally range from 7 to 60 hours.

Psychosis, makes it hard to anything besides being delusional.

Anti-psychotics have given me very delayed reaction times.

>>384721374
you look like alice from VLR