How my life has changed after I quit gaming
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Competitive multiplayer games are too much difficult to play that you need to waste extra hours for practice. My motivation to quit was "No One Is Going me to pay for it!"
Fact
That's quite a strong motivation
Unless you spend over 1 year straight not counting sleep to become pro even then you may still be an amateur
Rocket League
what its change that no one will pay you for it? are you a money maker robot or a human been?
I was addicted with games. I could barely do study ,concentrate on anything .But now I am realizing that I have wasted so many times. so from right now I am leaving all the games I used to play..
how is it going?
You still playing
Do you still play now? It's really hard to quit from my experience.
My addiction is so bad..its 14 hours of codm everyday,i feel like a fat pig laying on my bed all day eating chips.But now,i deleted codm and im trying to be a better person
Since now, 4 months, you certainly had some good activities since you stopped gaming.
Thanks a ton for this video, really resonated for me.
I quit gaming for 2 months at the start of 2021 and really did not miss them. I eventually got back to playing them because of a terrible breakup and games being the only way (I thought at that time) to talk to my friends.
Last few months, I felt fatigued all the time and I could never really wind down, relax and take time of from the everyday life. Recently I've learned that even though I thought games were my own way of relaxing, it was actually doing the opposite.
Video games are overstimulating and if you're competitive it's likely that it creates more stress than anything else. It does not have to be against other players, you can be competing against yourself to complete a game, obtain all the items, lvl up your character etc.
It's very difficult for me to quit video games because all of my best friends are gamers. When I talked to them earlier that I was quitting gaming, they did not understand it and thought I was just cutting myself from the pleasures of life.
I do not know if it's common but for me games are also a way to keep touch with my real friends. Because we do not live in the same area anymore, I felt lonely when I quit gaming. This meant I had to stop spending time with them and felt like I was missing that time with them. But to be honest, I could have just called them lmao.
I believe that any human will have to face addiction head on at some point in their life. It doesn't matter what they're addicted too, it's the process that's natural for us humans. We have a tendency to form unhealthy attachments with things and people, because we believe that we are "more ourselves" when have this or when we're in a relationship with a certain person. Humans never really learned to heal from their wounds and we were taught to cope by forming addictions. We will be addicted to something or someone until we learn that nothing outside of us can heal us and truly make us happy.
It does not help that video game addiction is still barely considered. Because it's a "game" and most people never realise how gaming influences their physical, mental and emotional states. We just play because that's what we've been used to do. And we believe that it's actually helping us relax and be happier.
I have a friend who barely drinks any alcohol during parties, never smoked a cigarette or a blunt, does not waste his money and use it wisely. He likes to see himself as being "clean" when he does not see that he spends more than 7 hours per day playing video games and has no job going into his thirties. We talked together and he told me that he had low self esteem and confidence. He's stuck in a loop and does not find the strength to get out of it. The more he feels shame and guilt from not working and doing what he truly wants, the more he plays to avoid these feelings. He even convinced himself that he enjoys this lifestyle. But to me he looks like he gave up on his dreams and it saddens me.
I hope my friends and gamers in general realize at some point what gaming truly does to our brain and body. I hope that people suffering from video games addiction find the help they need and truly become the best version of themselves. Most gamers are depressed, suffer from social anxiety and do not chase their dream because they think they can't ever achieve them. It was such a great moment to watch this video because it shows gamers that there is a way out. That we can do this, and live a better and happier life. Most of us, we are playing video games since our childhood, it's hard to let go but ultimately we do not need it to live a fulfilling life.
I just quitted gming some days ago OH GOD MY ADDICTION cant bare with t so hard but I never give up!!!!
So you still of games?
I quit two weeks ago, and it's hard, very hard... But I going to stick to it and dont buy any video games any more
Just quit today .I really hope I don't relapse.
The secret is that you have to replace your new free time with productive things. If you get bored, you will go back to gaming.
@@andarilho00 I don't know what can i replace for gaming
I'm 32, have 257 games in total on different platforms. Spend £2500 in total just on games. I need to focus on my proffesion, need to study to advance in my field, need to go and do more outdoor activities, need to focus more on my relationship. I'm really tired of gaming, everything feels the same just with slightly better graphics, i feel bad that after 20 years of my life gaming i could of gotten a far better life if i wouldn't be distracted by them.
Actually i stopped gaming for a week now and started to do walks along the river, working out, sleep better, I'm actually less stressed and anxious since i slowly, slowly do the things i wanna do instead of postponing.
Dude that’s amazing
Need to do this, need to do that, how did it work out for you? Do you have tips on how to flip your life around?
I’m 36 and quit as well, I didn’t realize how much negativity it had on my life until I stepped away for good. I feel like I wasted so much time for nothing.
Really learned alot. Thanks for sharing. U have really encouraged me to continue staying gamefree while living in the real world
I have watched quite a few of these videos, this is the most I can relate with. Thanks for sharing, you are the only one who convinced me for real!
i tried quitting video games for years now, i have had some succesfull attempts that lasted for a year or so.
The problem i have is that all my IRL friends also are addicted, and they have no self reflection. So i find an excuse to go back to it.
I dropped out of university master program, last year, due to a combination of depression, corona and going to a new city. This year i started a new master degree, and im getting behind due to gaming. Im litteraly uninstalling all my games during this video, i hate the person i become when im addicted i get lazy, self centered and forgetting my dreams.
thank you for this video - liked and subscribed!
Overdose of everything is harmful, even drinking too much water at once can kill you. I am struggling with prn addiction and i realized the more I try to quit less i want to play games... Even my pc broke up and in this point i realized that i was playing just because I had that opportunity to play. I was studying games and water to do art for it but now i am questioning it, basically questioning every decision in my life. It's"nice" to see someone else is struggling and it's even better to see someone to become phoenix... Good luck. You earned sub
when i was 15 i used playing games to escape reailty and being social and i lost my best friends from school At the start of this year after almost 7 years playing with them and i decided yesterday to quit gaming
That profile picture though.
Is that beidou in your profil 0.0?
I'm 32 and today I finally decided to quit gaming for good. I tried it at age ~20, didn't work. Again I tried at 30, same result. But now I realized that I had a serious addiction and something drastic had to be done. I think my new antidrepressant (2w of use) has helped me on that epiphany, funny thing is that that is the 3rd medication that I've tried. I've hit rock botton, and I hope that from now on I can finally go on with my life. Thanks for sharing your story that many of us can relate. Good luck for all of us!
@@jamesgamefree1450 More than 1 month and still no gaming. No urge to play them so I'm pretty sure I finally made it. I found a job and yet I now study for at least 2h a day. When I was bored back then I would unconciously open a game and start playing it. Now I directed that will to study a new language. Yes, I now study when I'm bored, how amazing is that? My mental and body health has improved considerably, and I didn't even start exercising yet. I can finally feel that I'm doing something and that I'm getting closer by the day to my goals. I think that one of the worst feelings that you get for having a gaming addiction is when you realize that an entire month has passed and you did nothing but game and that you are throwing your life away ("you useless piece of garbage"), thats when things can get serious. I don't get to feel that way anymore. Never again.
best of luck brother 🤲🏻
how are you doing now ?
@@Ahmed-nk7vu I can't explain how fast things changed. I'm finally at an outstading job that is very alligned with my life goals and I'm loving it! I can't say about others but I'm legitimately flying and it feels like I'm recovering all the time I've lost playing games. It is just insane how things starded working for me, and all I did was quitting video games for good. Please, everyone that is seriously addicted as I was should quit as soon as possible. Games shaped who I am, but I accepted it and moved foward.
@@lionking2007bio
really great news that you make it after that long run 👏 wish you best of luck ahead
i tried to limit the time I spend on video games but it didn't work most of time
maybe I should try cold turkey as there's no point to continue this disconnect with my real life
I'm 25 and I quit video games recently I don't regret it at all. I feel more alive and free. Don't think I'll ever buy another gaming console again.
I wish more people come across your video, it's absolutely fantastic.
Well done bro. 👏🏻👍🏻✔️✨
Great vid man. I've had a long running love affair with gaming, but I've been strongly considering quitting for good. They're not quit as fun lately, and I've the feeling of 'working' in a virtual world, as apposed to relaxing while I play them.
Thank you so mutch for this video, i was gaming for quite some time and because of that i was social distancing my self. I spent so mutch money and time for games untill i finally realized that i was just hurting my self with it. I finally go out with my friends and dont cancel every time i planned to go out just because there was a new season in my game. When i was gaming i also was depressed and just to lazy to do school work. Im just feeling free since i stopped gaming and i can recommend it everyone.
You should start a podcast, your voice and articulation is very pleasant
As a girl gamer, i quitted mobile gaming like wild rift. The hardest part is the first week of quitting games suddenly make me deeply sad since i play with my friends.. but after 2 weeks i tend to move on.. now its my 6 months since ive quitted 5V5 games.. feel much better now
Working out, reading, meditating, journaling, going outside, talking to family and friends, setting goals, making plans, studying/working. There are so many things you can do
I quit gaming bc i want to make memories
Wow this comment hits so hard. I quit gaming around last Christmas. I have since gotten my priorities straight and during this, I have created many memories of struggles, success,etc. And so, I'm looking forward to the future for more growth and experiences which eventually will lead to them becoming memories.
Good luck and I hope you make wonderful memories.
@@freeeedommmm How did you quit? Like mentally?
@@bissiimk3688 I realized people in my life were doing things, experiencing different situations, emotions, etc. They were basically living their lives and were facing new things and talking about it and I was doing the same old that I had been doing for years, GAMING. I realized I was being left out of everything, I wasnt getting any respect that I thought I deserved or maybe I should say recognition.
Then it hit me, I am not living my life. I am just passing time by mindlessly playing games and my days have turned into months which turned into years and I am not doing anything new or challenging, and so I have no memories or experiences to share or relate to.
I just had enough. I put the controller down one day when I was paying an online shooting game and I was getting frustrated over some people on my team. I laughed at myself and said I don't need this anymore. I unplugged the console and put it in my closet right away. Eventually I got rid of it.
Now I'm living. Everyday I live a little more than the last day. I experience all sorts of emotions now, anger sadness depression happy laughter love hate, these are all normal emotions. I have learned to love and forgive myself. This is life. This is living. Now I can talk to people better and relate with them.
Good mindset.
Just found this after quitting for around 2 months. I never quit on purpose, just had to move for a bit and couldn’t game. Went from 4-5 hours a day almost everyday to 0. I didn’t think much about it but noticed I’ve been feeling much less anxious and much more disciplined in my day to day life. I passed the bar exam studying around 6 hours a day (~2-3 hours less than what is recommended) and gamed for 5-6 to cope with the stress of bar prep. I remember during the waiting period for exam results (a little over 2 months) I regretted committing so much time to gaming over studying and was sure that would be the reason I failed. Luckily I didn’t, but that stood out to me as the first time I thought gaming legitimately negatively affected my life, which is probably why I’m not having much of an issue setting down the sticks for good. I have more time to be a better partner, better professional, and overall I’ve improved my physical and mental health just by not playing!!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I played vid games for around 2 years which got me super bad high school grades. Then stopped gaming for anotehr 2 years which really felt awesome. And now i'm back in the video game addiction. This is day 1 in stopping video game addiction and i am confident i will not get back into it. Thanks for the video :)
I had quitted gaming in 2019 . I lost 2 years of university of because of gaming .
@@jamesgamefree1450 No I don't play video games anymore . a lot of gamers don't want to admit that gaming addiction cause mentel health issues . Thanks to dopemine addiction .
What about now?
Exact same as me bro, all I have to show is champ 3 rank in rocket league for it :(
@@alexyyyy5260 yes I think it's true causes depression
Me too I had gone abroad for higher studies... dropped out blame the gaming...I am tapering off slowly....
Thank you sooo much for sharing your journey
what you said about yourself, six years ago is actually how I feel right now. I feel like my life since the pandemic started has faded away. I am quitting today. i just packed my consoles up and I'm going to focus more on my businesses and future
Very informational, thanks!
For me it was a few reasons:
1. The communities I was in were becoming super toxic, and gaming alone is boring.
2. I wasn’t growing as a person. Often I would log on, play for 5+ hours with very little to show for it.
3. The ratio of time investment against my other hobbies was out of balance. I love producing music and DJing, and discovered that it’s a healthier outlet for my emotions and mental energy. I still game from time to time, but I prefer the faster nature of arcade racing games like Daytona.
I quit gaming a few days ago and I feel I have so much LESS free time now. I think it's a good thing though. I've been superaddicted to video games in the past, but in the last couple years I think I've been playing like 2-3 hours daily. But because I'm used to playing very fast paced games it feels like you've done a lot. I really agree to the fact that gaming really takes the fun out of every single other hobby you might have. I couldn't spend daily consistent time on for example playing an instrument. A lot of the times I would also really screw me over by just 1 day of the week gaming too long and feeling really tired before my work even began. It's still hard for me to replace the time with good habits, because a lot of the time I feel so damn tired and video games kinda give the mental stimulation to stay awake and doesn't require much activity other then pushing buttons and clicking with your mouse. I think for some people video games might be beneficial, because I think it aids in analytical thinking and decisionmaking. But for most people I think it would be more beneficial to quit gaming, because they lost all value and interest in other aspects of life. When you're playing a competitive game it also very often leaves you with a bad feeling, I'm not a person that often blames my teammates and just feel so bad about my own performance. It didn't matter whether I was silver, gold or platinum elo, I never felt good enough. I noticed after a while my progress was also very stagnant. I also noticed that in order to climb I would probably spend more hours playing, besides that watch streams of professional players and maybe drink more cafeïne to actually stay more awake in my gaming sessions. Competitive gaming is even more brutal then normal gaming I guess and makes it even more addicting. But don't expect too much of it when you stop gaming, like you can't suddenly replace 2 hours of gaming with 2 hours of exercise. But out of boredom I now reach out for a book or an instrument, or do a little exercise. I realised doing nothing is completely fine too, as a gamer I had this mindset that I had to spend every minute very efficiënt and effectively. When I did nothing in a game for one minute I'm many gold and experience behind. But in life you don't need to be super efficiënt, I think it's even very rewarding to just chill and do absolutely nothing, especially when outside and filling up your body with free vitamine D. I also noticed how fucked up socially you get from gaming. I noticed how happy I make my coworkes by just saying hi |name|. It's like in games I'm so goal oriented that I usually only talk to the people I need to talk with and it kinda switches over to real life, if that makes any sense. I think gaming a lot of the times makes you shy and socially awkward. But especially when you're doing very repetetive work which can get really boring it's almost crucial that you start talking to people. I think even things like talking to people become more boring if you game too much. So yea, thanks for the video and I think for most people quitting gaming is a step in the right direction.
I'm moving on from the gaming next month, i've wasted a lot of time on games. I need some fresh air. And i need to write a book about my addiction for gaming, how i started it.
Thanks for the video.
@@jamesgamefree1450 It's been ok since i started last week, i re-focused on my studies. As for my book, i'm actually starting to get some good ideas to how to write this addiction story.
Video games are suck, it's so nonsense when u repeat to play them every single day and we get nothing if we quit them. It just wasting our time.
By your logic all of life "are suck" because once you die you aint taking anything with you. Why do you criticize how one person enjoys their life?
That's good to hear. It's always good to practice self control when gaming, but for some people do get truly addicted. I can relate but I've learned to control myself to around 4 hours a day at most. I'm glad you've found what works for ya! :)
4 hours is still alot!
It's really all about balance guys, and priorities. You can reward yourself with some games at the end of the day/week just as you would reward yourself with a movie or something else. Nothing wrong with that. As long as you're not putting it in the place of more important things. You don't have to give up games completey.
@@jamesgamefree1450 My apologies, I was just referring to the average gamer, not the addict. Obviously it's not okay to tell an alcoholic to have 1 glass of wine. But it's obviously okay for someone who is not an alcoholic to have a glass of wine. I mean no disrespect to those who truly struggle with addiction. I sympathize with them.
I only game once in a weekend for around 5 to 6 hours every weekend(not all the time). But I must say, the more toxic people you meet, the more effects they have on you as a human being. Have fun, but be very very moderate while doing it. Be Discipline!
Well said
That's why you don't need to meet ppl
I stopped a year ago and every now and then I get a compulsion to go play
I remember I used to pretty much do everything in the lense of Gaming, all I ever wanted to do was hurry up get done with what I was doing so i could go play
8:43, hey no need to be sorry lol :D. It's like that feeling of having too much bad experience and you wanna explain how bad it is but you couldn't because you've conquered that situation :)
Edit : Btw your voice is so nice! Really calming and relaxes anyone when you speak ;D
So glad I gave up on gaming. I was getting lazy, spending too much money and simply just hated my job because of gaming. It really has been two weeks since I quit. I just feel so much better Mentally and Physically!
@@jamesgamefree1450 xd this guy quit only for 2 weeks and say feel better. i gave up for 4 years going to hostel for my higher studies and now i play games that i couldnt play that waited for 13 years because i had no good pc.
keep going bro
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@@sonups8483 tujhse nahi bola tha bro
@@jamesgamefree1450 sorry for the late response but going on a month and feel amazing! Actually spending more family time with my family!
I will be honest gaming has turned into a addiction it has taken over my life and I am trying to get rid of it now it’s a struggle way harder than I thought it was going to be and I am discovering more and more people are leaving gaming
What do you call an addiction tho... i was addicted to video games because i played 8 hours a day, some advice that i give to people is to set limits. For example: I decided to put the limit to gaming 3 hours a day so i wont have to quit video games entirely and i have a more balanced life by using this method. Hope this helps for someone 😄
It is very very important to not replace video games with an even worse habit. I would say playing a video game is far better than mindlessly scrolling through social media or binge watching Netflix. Allow your dopamine receptors to repair themselves and don't override them again with excessive technology. Your brain will eventually start to allow more pleasure from other things. Things you once saw as painfully boring are now enjoyable (hints why you are more productive because your brain just starts to make it more interesting exactly as adderall does).
Well said.. Fully quitting something you enjoy is the worst decision you can take. Just learn and practice how to manage your time properly.
I startet to notice that the periods in my life i played the most videogames, was the period when i was the most socially awkward and lacked social skills.
As i did the opposite, i started getting happier and got more friends.
I've tried to stop gaming for 20 plus years everytime I stop with in weeks I go back I felt like for years games where a way to lose yourself hours on end so you wouldn't have to face reality I chose to not go to funerals or visit family ,friends nothing I've lost alot all due to putting games first as a way of life now I have went recently 3 weeks without gaming then went back as a reward yourself some day I hope to fully stop but for now the addiction is a on going battle
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my TH-cam channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 608 subs and > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
32 hrs dang, i thought 12 hours was bad
I thought 24 hours was bad 3 hours of sleep n 12more after but damn ... I need to quit this addiction
Great video man 👌 I don't play videogames that much is getting bored now I started to quit playing videogames I realized I wasting my time I'm 18 I been playing videogames since I was kid I need to get back to reading books again or go outside walk
I'm 15 and have no friends. I quit gaming today and I feel even more lonely. The only hobby I have is working out but I can't do that all day. I wish I listened to my parents when they told me to stop.
“Until you can see the damage it causes on your relationships and love life” oh you have no idea how true that is, as mush as my last two girlfriends say it wasn’t an issue it was definitely one of the reasons if not the biggest reason why I lost both of them and one of them I planned to marry
Well I’m trying rn to quit gaming , but I don’t know if this happened to you but , rn I’m college so my motivation to keep studying is to finish that and play video games , but sometimes I play video games before doing my college stuff , and I want to leave that but I have this fear that if I quit gaming maybe I won’t do my college stuff because my “motivation “ is not there anymore ,so :/
Trust me, your motivation will only go up when you quit gaming. For me it took about a month to reach it's peak, and it's been like that for the past 9 months or so. It only went down when I decided to play games again lmao(mobile legends), but then I stopped and my motivation has been great again. Dumb things on youtube, tv shows, talking to your friends, social media( the good side of it, like: fun, interesting or cute things); these are all great ways to get distracted on your free time, just make sure to have a schedule( "at 7am I'll do this, at 9am I'll do that", etc) so you can do them just on your free time and not procrastinate because of them.
Also, I also thought videogame motivated me to do things as a reward. I was 1000% wrong. I'm not saying you are, just saying that the chances of you being wrong aswell are higher than you being right.
Thank you for the advise I’m gonna quit gaming and I’ll share my results a
@@Rodrigo-ge3yp Good for you! Lemme know if it works out.
I'm 28 and decided it was time to destroy bad habits I've had all my life. I'm nearing 30 and while my job pays decently, I could have something better. I recently quit coffee, been caffeine free for nearly 6 weeks. I'm looking to work out, not wanting to be a gym rat, but to look more attractive. I tried learning Japanese last year, and I believe gaming was one obstacle from focusing on learning. I've wanted to learn since I was a teenager, but lack of resources at the time and my laziness realized how much time I wasted. Watching videos online, I realized there is no age cut off for learning any language, and it's pushing me forward to doing something productive.
I have an emotional attachment to gaming. Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Bayonetta 3 and Freedom Planet 2 are games I want to play, but should I really get obsessed over this? I really shouldn't.
I am a 13 year old boy and I started playing games 3 years ago and after leaving gaming i am very good in my studies and getting good grades and my dream is to became a software developer and currently pursuing my dream : )
me too, I have the same situatioin, I will qut too...
Good video. Trying to get my friend to stop playing games. He does nothing all day besides play PC games and when he has a break he plays phone games. I'm sending this to him so Dru if you are reading this stop wasting your time.
Hope you are still going strong in your passion and thanks for the video. Have fun over in Thailand but try not to be one of those weird ex-pat guys who gets a Thai wife and ends up with weird looking kids lol. Cheers mate and good luck
I was addicted to league of legends for a year, until I started going to the gym. I know many people that have said it ruined their life.
👍👍 nice one brother
I started yesterday had headaches and some very little depression I decided to pack away my gaming console and clear up my room. I quit because I feel like it takes up too much time for nothing and I wonder if it damages the brain or make other condition worse like ocd. I played games since 2011 I think I think it's good for me to better focus on school (college). And I think it's better for me it's worth trying
Any tips and advice for quitting cold or to improve and ease into the no gaming lifestyle
@@jamesgamefree1450 I been playing games still but not as much anymore whenever I do play it's after homework done and other assignment before I play and I started timing myself to 30 minutes only. Instead of quitting cold I don't think quitting completely is easy video games do have benefits but I learned they can become addictive and take much up too much time it's better to play but timed but forcing yourself to maintain a short schedule only 30 minutes few times a week not everyday. Playing it every day and night will cause affect life and school, work etc. Moderation is the key juts have to plan it out based on your lifestyle.
But ideally you want to stop gaming for long while to get over the addiction
Everyone is different
I was addicted to video games when I was 5-14 BUT I was also an amateur athlete in school (track & field) so I was always occupied with over exercising & over "playing" video games
I'm 22 now & I still play video games daily...BUT I do OVER exercise much more
Mind you that Im in killer shape with very little body fat
So it balances out in the end
Hooking up,having family is a waste IMO
I'm all about ME
great work
I’m not a gameing addict or nothing crazy but it’s like this over the past two years or so I just noticed that in games you do the same thing over and over and over again and then on top of that it’s not even progressing anything in real life you just keep playing doing the same thing to try to get some virtual rank that means nothing in the real world and on top of that it will just get reset at the end of the season anyways so then you gotta do it all again. And yes time to practice then on top of that they want you to spend extra money on the passes each season which those alone take several months to complete and insane amounts of time if you don’t pay money so then you feel obligated to play everyday it turns a fun game into a job and if you don’t beat the pass you wasted your time and your money. Which either way you have to waste a lot of time to get through said pass. I even quit gameing entirely for long stretches I came back time to time to play with friends but I guess I started to see through it all because I realized if your not careful you would just waste your life away on these live service games. And on top of that you end up seeing a game online it’s hyped to oblivion and then you buy it and maybe you like it but then you finish and are satisfied and then bam another game comes out and your friends convince you to get that game so then what a never ending cycle of just buy consume repeat what of those other games we swore would never get old we now have so many games we don’t even have time to play them all even if we wanted. I tried explaining my shifted mindset to my online friends who game for a bunch of hours a day like I used to but I don’t think they understood or maybe I explained it poorly as a result I now go several weeks or months without playing a single game but I try to make it a point to have game night with the boys like the good ole days or whatever but I find that video games dont hold my attention anymore with this new mindset. I may play a cupple rounds or so but I can’t seem to be able to play for more than two hours without getting bored and most of the time I get bored by an hour or less. And this is comming from somone who grew up playing games all my life I used to play for well all day during middleschool every ounce of free time I had was spent on the game but now I guess iv grown up and changed my perspective on life now has changed and my brain is just not fulfilled by the games anymore. I’m rambling but I hope I explained it well basicly my whole way I think has shifted like iv rewired what gives me that hit of dopamine now I feel a billion times more fulfilled if I do something like fold cloths or doing household chores or getting actual stuff done than gameing like before the chores and stuff were chores and boring and I’d put them off or what have you small stuff like folding cloths or something simple like tideing my room a bit but now I see the roles reversed now I procrastinate booting up the game or I find better stuff to do besides the game and that makes me feel like I’m beating the levels where now gameing feels like the annoying chore I hope this made some kinda sense it feels like my brain has broken some sort of cycle my online friends are trapped in and I’m the only one that seems I’m the only one that gets it and now as a result gameing is the chore and chores or self improvement stuff that I used to feel as boring is the thing that makes me feel like I’m beating that boss or that levle I hope I don’t sound crazy lol
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For me I still continue gaming but i only play games Sometimes meaning like I might take a break from gaming for a week I might take a break for 1 Month from gaming I don’t game like that like I used to anymore I’m starting to enjoy life it’s amazing I don’t be lazy like that anymore playing games Sometimes it’s enough for me I don’t need to much games on my mind I’m starting to Continue on other things my phone Work
@@jamesgamefree1450 good video man maybe one day I will quit this habit too...God bless and awesome video keep up the good work and your content is amazing keep it up friend
Its difficult for me to quit gaming, i quit gaming for a month and i saw the results, i was more happy, i was motivated, but then i stopped. Its stupid but if i quit gaming i don´t have nothing to do that will bring me happiness, but on the other hand, i feel that if i quit gaming i will get a better health and i will gain motivation and happiness on general, i can read a book, work out, study, play guitar but i just can´t feel happy when i do those things. I´m in the midle of the decision
Quit if you're addicted. If you can balance things out, then quitting video games isn't necessary. I'm currently playing this game called Genshin Impact, I've played for 400+ hours for almost 7 months. But I still do work outs ( 4 - 5 times a week ), and my grades are almost straight A's. Balance is the key my friend
@@sayaka1875 thank you for the words, gonna try do it. How many hours u play a day?
@@filipecastanheira9231 1-2 hours each day depending on my assignments but somehow I always managed to play 1-2 hours everyday + study and workout
I forgot to mention this, play your game after you've done all the works.
last month i put my foot down and finally quit games after 8 years of playing. i spent hours and hours of everyday playing games, i felt like i could do the things i could not do in real life like being a explorer, a viking, a zombie survival guy, a jedi, etc etc.
but i was never truly happy, and i was just badly addicted. over time, playing games made my brain think of negative thoughts because i just playing so many violent video games. so after 8 years i just packed up my games and gaming systems and got rid of them, it was the hardest thing i ever did because i tried to do it twice in the past, but both times i backed down.
now that i have been gameless for a month, i feel better and i have been trying new things. and i have been trying to be more active.
gaming is just so time consuming now, mp games are so sweaty and force that on you which just makes it stressful and kicks up the anxiety, and single player games require hours and hours of playing.
sometimes i think about playing games again and buying another gaming system, but i always remind myself that i'll just end up where i was before.
quitting gaming was the best thing i could have ever done.
i quit mobile legends, i quit valorant. All of these mobile and pc games, im not playing them anymore. it makes me more stupid. this is the last time im playing games and im finding a new hobby. Reading, watching anime and working out. Thats my new hobby
I know it's late but isn't watching anime is as bad as gaming
I'm on attempt 2. I tried years ago but I reverted back and bought a gaming PC. Now I'm trying to quit again.
today i have made the descion to quit gaming. This video and videos like it really help me to achieve that goal.
Inspirational man
Thank you.
i quit video games 3 months ago i have craving for 1 game and no problems that ive had while gaming have gone away since idk what to do
I quit for two 4 months. I got my journeyman gas license, started Jeet Kundo and moved up rank. It can be done bros.
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I leaved video games cuz
I hate playing fortnite and then get that urge to do same dances awkwardly
Our brain is designed for comfort, when you have been gaming for too long, it starts to become comfort. And this is the problem. The unconscious mind.😑
I was gamer to but the real reason why I was gamer is because I couldn't get girlfriend i wish and gaming was the only thing that could make me happy. But if I could get what I wish I wouldn't have to be a gamer.
i decided to quit gaming just to focus on study and clear cat exam and make my relatives jealous and make my parents proud
Hi stranger here. Just abit of advice never stop doing something because of other people. do something for you. If you wanna stop gaming cause you think you have a problem then that’s great but doing it cause your parents think so will end up with you either relapse or feeling not true with yourself. Anyway good luck 🤘😉
I have played all my free time away for... all my life really. I dont know what life will be if i give it up
Well...i've tryd to stop playing video games but it always didn't work out it's like something control my brain to do not stop playing video games i need help..
E sport is hard you need to be fit you need to do teamwork and focus
I feel like people can get more work done and learn more new things in a very short time if they stop playing video games
I love gaming but now I’ve been more focused on pursuing other things.
My parents recently sold my ps4. And I’ve been really emotional as to now have to deal with my thoughts and problems.
So your parents sold your console because you are an underage dog not getting his bum around? Get off your medicine, grow up and leave your parents' house.
I'm basically quit, but occasionally playing old rts strategy games like ww3 black gold, myth 2,3,series, old novalogic deltas force games, swat 2,3, still nostalgicly fun, love riding bike, playing guitar, most importantly prayer n stay close to God, very important, true happiness n peace comes from God...
Yep its over for me today I’ve been eating insanely healthy going to bed at 10:30pm everyday. Been waking up 6am every morning going to gym from 8-11am every day. Before I decided to start living this way I was gaming almost allday outside of the little things I needed to do everyday. I would game on my pc from like 6pm-5am almost everyday. Now that I’ve gotten so healthy and am getting enough sleep every noght and am so busy during the day I realize its finally over and Im frustrated with games and just ready to lead this new life its just over now I can’t balance the 2 I suck from not putting time into gaming anymore so I’m now done with it and happy with my life. I just can’t come home after being so busy allday doing healthy things and getting sun and play the game for even an hour its just like my interest is gone and im just not good anymore because im not an addict playing everyday allday anymore I realize the ship has sailed and those days are gone and its time to move on with my life
.....going to gym from 8-11am every day....... How does that even work, considering you have a regular job, friends and such a thing as a life? You just swapped on addiction for another.
@@niemand7811 I dont work a regular job I got 6 figures dont gotta worry about regular people shit I have plenty time on my hands everyday to do whatever I want to do and enough money to do whatever I want to do if I wanna sleep till 4 in the afternoon I can do that everyday with no worries in the world I don’t have to punch a clock to make minimum wage and be the government’s bitch not saying I’m rich but I’m definitely more than well off but it took hard work to get to this point and Im only 27 right now
I used to place dc on and off for about the time of middle school to high school and I played for a week, on my last return i spent 150 dollars. At that point I realized how shit and pointless games were. 150 dollars to stop my addiction. I realized that it was friendships that made games fun. Not the game itself. I stopped prioritizing micro transactions and learned that winning and egoism is the core at what makes games addictive. Anyways 150 dollars to learn this lesson and i knew what really mattered
bro i am in the same position right now as you were 6 years ago...
I quit playing video game now I read more, feel so much better.
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me also ! 🙂
Oh god, I knew it but i can't
How successful do you think you would have been in this journey without moving away from the UK?
@@jamesgamefree1450 I'm just wondering because it seems to me that it would be easier to replace gaming and fulfil oneself in Thailand than in the UK as a typical young white British male. The cost of living, the places to visit, the food, the girls, the natural beauty, the general atmosphere...is it not all better over there? Would you not be somewhat miserable if you were stuck back home? Or do you enjoy living in the UK anyway, and wouldn't have any desire to go back to gaming living here?
Btw, I watched the testimony you and Matus gave at the government committee thing; it was very good and you spoke well, so thanks for doing it.
Love from India
It's clickbait. Don't waste 17 minutes of your life. He never tells you HOW to do this.
I quit gaming coz I want to spend my time with my family.
The last year a left all videogsmes not automaticli but progresvly i have better grades and now im studyng to be a firefigther to all boys plese leafe videogames
Similar experiences, James. I'm a similar age, same country, had the same conclusion about videos games, ended up in Philippines as my home base, travelling and enjoying life. Try and understand a lot of the salty or bitter comments, it's peoples addictions taking charge and lashing out.
Video games remind me of the old Roman 'bread and circuses' to keep us blinkered about real life and less problematic to those at the top.
who needs video games while you can make it turn into your own life🤨
Quitting today thanks 🙏🏽
Games are good if you play 3-4 hours a week. And i believe it is a must because some of them are form of art and you can have incredible experiences and emotions. Not all games are addictive and life consuming like online games :)
Cannot agree more
I agree the single player games some are so well done by story and graphics all the uncharted games amazingly done
But then the addiction happens during multi-player pvp Co op games its like once you start thier is no end story so that we're the most hours are spent I used play wareframe pvp but then heard about wareface pvp I admit it's a bad addiction
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I loved the content and the knowledge inthis video but it is a little bit boring take this as a positive side and make your video little bit crisp and entertaining god bless you
assemble here if you were once addicted to clash
I can't wait to have zero cravings
I just quit gaming because i cant get any better
Here's Onex7805's most sympathetic Reddit comment. It may be unrelated to the video, but I hope you can read it.
I feel the launch of this game finally exposed the "Trust 'honest' TH-camrs over those 'professional' journalists!" myth. Up to very recently, the majority of those that had been criticizing CDPR's practices and studio problems were outlets and actual journalists while TH-camrs were busy to downplay them to pander to the gaming community and fans were eating that up, making up some conspiracy theories about "BRAVE CDPR IS FIGHTING THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA", nonsense pushed by the anti-SJW crowd likes of Upper Echelon Gamers (Who now posted "I'm done defending Cyberpunk" lmao)
People like Angry Joe have been hyping the shit out of this game as if it is going to be the second coming of Christ without an ounce of skepticism, got invited to the CDPR headquarters, defended their deeds as if he is their PR guy, has been downplaying all the news regarding crunches and shit management by saying
"The employees take their jobs very seriously. It's very tough over there okay. It's not a walk in the park, but that's what comes with being a prestigious company. It's tough, but they're doing things right."
Any other company, he would be virtue signaling about how employees are abused as he did with Bioware and Naughty Dog because they made the games the community didn't like. When Cyberpunk got released, he had streams talking about "Come on guys, this is their first massive openworld game, they will fix the bugs" and made a news video on game controversies and tried his hardest to shift the blame from CDPR to Microsoft by claiming the Halo Infinite delay forced CDPR to release this game.
This is the same guy who fills his reviews with the 10 minutes skits of Angry Joe fighting the "corporate commander" strawman, branded himself as the "champion of consumers" spiel. This is the guy who posted an Angry Rant on The Last of Us Part II just based on the plot leaks of the game that wasn't out. (And a significant portion of the leaks turned out to be inaccurate) He only now published an Angry Rant on Cyberpunk almost a week later because everybody is now shitting on it and jumped in on the bandwagon since that is where his bread and butter are and his instincts to catch up with trends are better than the majority of reactionary gaming TH-camrs. If there were no backlash, I can assure you he'll still be singing praises nonstop.
Skill Up published a review that praises how the city feels real and immersive. CohhCarnage was shitting all over Watch Dogs Legion about every tiny detail of the engine, and now with Cyberpunk, it's all about the story. YongYea finishes the game and reviews it before release, "The game has some bugs, but it is exactly what I wanted it to be" then it ends with praises, despite the game missing so many of its promised features Yong wanted.
With this said, a lot of these TH-camrs are now lambasting the game, but again, it is because that is where their bread and butter are. Any gaming Youtubsr who gushed about the game prior to or right afterthe release then turned against it now is just a crowd follower who looks at subs like these and follows what they think the popular opinion is.
Outlets like IGN and Gamespot get shit all the time for being biased (for good reasons), but so many TH-camrs that regurgitate what the community says to drum up controversy or hype get a free pass when they are not much different from phony sensationalist yellow journalists they claim to fight against. Contrary to the popular belief, professional media personalities don't get paid by clicks, while TH-camrs do and have an actual incentive to follow the bias of their viewers. Their audience doesn't hold the influencers accountable for anything. They are basically just watching long advertisement videos with ads on top of them. The majority of these big-name TH-camrs are grifters who built careers around telling their audience what they what to hear rather than what they need to hear, despite they have been marketing themselves as 'honest' and 'real'. Chris Davis pointed this out in his critique video, and I am so glad he did. Studios are not rewarded for investing in the product itself and only for the marketing and public relations.
It is frustrating how people complain that major review sites are way too biased and lack integrity but they always seem to ignore TH-camrs who are even far worse. They still can't get their heads out of the naive impressions of old TH-cam days when the gaming TH-camrs were pure and innocent, which was a decade ago.
Imagine Cyberpunk 2077 was an EA, Bethesda, or Ubisoft product. If any other studio promised a world as deep as Red Dead Redemption 2, with better cops than GTA V, presented their game as if it is a life sim, if any other studio promoted a game as an RPG and ended up removing that description from their site? It will not be "Oh but it will get patched so still buy it" at the release. Angry Joe would be calling the game an Epic Fail and rallying his fans to demand a fix or refund, Skill Up would issue a PSA not to buy this game, and YongYea would be talking about disgusting business practices and false advertising while saying that despite the game being good in some areas that shouldn’t excuse all the ways they dropped the ball. But hey, it’s CDPR. They’re gamers just like us and wholesome Keanu 100. They had to keep the narrative that CDPR was supposed to be the end of year savior because gamers have this creepy parasocial relationship with them since The Witcher 2. These TH-camrs had to feed into what their audience wants. People need their community consensus validated and if a major reviewer disagrees with their consensus suddenly they’re biased and don’t deserve the job they have.
The problem is these guys are literally influencers. Their followers are literally influenced by their opinions of the game and parroting whatever things they said, despite don't play the game first-hand and not considering they're using the best machines to run the game. Either, at best, they have invested so much and waited so much for the game so they subconsciously refuse to admit it, or at worst, they are leeches who are in it for the paycheck. They need to cater to the people (community) who make clicks.
My answer: Watch TH-cam Gaming 'Journalism' Is SICK || EVEN STEPHENS, Why Gaming Culture is so Toxic, Videogame Discourse: More Broken Than Cyberpunk (The Jimquisition), I HATE r/gaming, REVIEW SCORES. It's good video.
32 hours?????? Jesus Christ.When I game i play a couple hours in the evening when the day is done. As much as I love video games I could not play 32 hours in one session. Hell I could not do even 6 hours in one session.
It’s crazy how someone could love and respond to something differently from you, isn’t it?
@@bipolarexpress9827 Did I mention crazy in my comment? No. I am not comparing this guy to me, nor am I judging him for his prior gaming habits. I was just unaware that someone could play video games for so many hours in one session . But then again everyone responds differently to external stimuli and I'm aware of it. I respect the fact that he got out of it and it helped him. So I don't find it crazy pal.
Ahaha that bio