Why I Quit Video Games
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For much of my life, I shied away from letting people know about my nerdiness of playing video games. Though I'm happy to play a few games once in a while with friends, I've finally made a decision to take control of my own life instead of letting games run mine.
If you're curious, Pokemon, Counter Strike, League of Legends, and Starcraft were among my favorites!
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I'll never quit I'll just ignore people that feel the need to shame. But I also work full time and have other hobbies I thinks it's a little drastic to quit something you like because of social pressure. Just need to find a balance
If you're a gamer never think of quitting. If you're not a gamer (like me) don't approach video games. If you're a gamer you should love and be proud of what you're doing.
If you can play 10 hrs a day and have nobody notice, you are GOOD ad hiding things
If you can play 10 hrs a day and have nobody notice, NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT YOU..U ARE IGNORED
@@softie2.028 True. Nobody cares.
@@Luis-vy9bm yeah and that's sad, it goes to show
@Gregor Constance you could take it in a different way
@@softie2.028 there are different contexts. If one has a lot of friends and still can hide it, then that means you are good at hiding things, and of course the second thing is your comment, and the alternate thing which you have 0 friends.
I have stopped playing video games for the least 10 minutes, time to reward myself with another hour of video games. pcmr ftw
+Richard Kuo (Accept Yourself) does sleeping count?
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well i got all the way to 10 hours
+Fabulous Chicken LUL
PC MASTER RACE!!
Fabulous Chicken yasss
There's more to life then video games. Like watching TH-cam videos all day :D
That's basically the same shit
th-cam.com/video/3O8J2locx5o/w-d-xo.html
Id rather play games all day then watch youtube
Yeah you are very dumb
@Greenbeankids Give your life to Christ and recieve the free gift of eternal life and the forgiveness of sins. May the grace of God be with everyone. ❤
It isn't video games that ruin lives. Its your time management. Playing video games is no less offensible as watching tv or reading books. They all keep you preoccupied. Sure it may have ruined your life, but has it really? It was you who chose to not pause the game, turn off the tv, or put the book down. This begs the question to what life really is. And what one must do in a lifetime. Well to be frank, there is no meaning to it. There is no escaping it, mankind will perish. It might not happen anytime soon, but it's gonna happen. Whatever contributions you make in life will one day be scuffed from the face of existance. This leads to the point; do what you want. If you want to play games all day, do it. It won't matter in the long run. We humans are selfish, we want to enjoy our lives, but we also tell people how to enjoy their lives. Thats a problem. We tell them to be successful in life, have a family, settle down and thats a life enjoyed. But thats not everyones enjoyment. Some just want to spend their years mashing buttons on a controller. Let me ask you, what is wrong with that? Are they wasting their life? On the other hand, you could quit video games, be successful in life, have a family, and set up a good life for your offspring. Your offspring do the same. And they do so in turn, on and on all the way til mankinds extinction. Let me ask you, was what you did on the other hand even remotely better? I personally feel you still are wasting time because mankind is still doomed regardless of your efforts. So what have you done then? Yeah thats right, nothing. But you enjoyed your life, you feel acomplished (even if in vain), and thats all it matters. I'm sorry if this sounds jaded, but its reality.
Gamer for many years. Finally made the decison to quit. Cold Turkey. Only way for me. Good luck all.
Ananda Noone Hey! Way to go!! Cold turkey worked for me too. Let me know if you need any help :)
+Game Quitters I have not fully quit but I am getting there I haven't even bought a PS4 I'm almost 21 and I decided I wanna pursue my basketball hoop dreams I do play still but I only do when I have absolutely nothing else to do I work odd jobs which sucks cause no real steady jobs around me but it gets me by just need to get my foot in the door of basketball and I'll be set
+Zach Smith sounds great!
+Game Quitters what made you quit if you don't mind me asking?
+Zach Smith For me it was because I was depressed, anxious and I had dropped out of high school twice. My life was a mess. Although gaming wasn't the "problem", it was what allowed me to avoid having to deal with my situation. So moving on from games was like ripping the bandaid off and I had no choice but to improve my life in certain ways, and that's exactly what happened. I have a few videos that talk more about my story on my channel.
I have wasted thousands of hours playing video games. Picking up a controller was the worst decision i ever made as a child. I have to quit before i lose the rest of my life to mediocrity and depression. I'm 24 in two days and what have i got to show for it? Nothing. I wont feel sorry for myself but i will stop this here no matter how painful it is.
Dude I'm 34. Spent the last ten years carrying on doing something that I should have quit ten years ago. Make that change now. You're still young buddy.
DAVID HULME Supaflow7 Yes, I definitely relate. Quitting can be a major turning point in your life so although it's easy to regret all the time you've spent gaming, view this as an opportunity to start moving forward now, and you'll look back on this in a few months, years, decades and be so grateful you did it. There's a community here to help, let me know if you have any questions!
+Game Quitters i'am a hardcore gamer and need help to quit
I'm 14 years old and quitting too. I want to also live a nice and bright life so it's not just you older people :)
+Master-Mind Clever Hey! How can I help? :)
one of the worst things about gaming is the lack of sleep and constant feeling of not being able to think properly - coz youre focussed in such a way/exhausted also that everything in your life fades into the background.
/// /// i have seym problem
I quit gaming for about 3 or 4 weeks !
why does this comment have life
Why does nobody realize this? Everything is talking "but muh you can push an hour or two into daily schedule", but absolutely nobody talks about getting decent quality sleep.
your life isnt wasted if you have fun lol
imo its way more fun than doing stuff in reallife that i can afford
im kinda poor tho tbh
im not rich tho im trying to find a better way to have fun :')
nothing wrong with gaming as a hobby. where it gets sticky is when people's addictions take over.
I know i love gaming but i hate that addiction that make me dont care about study and other things
I have that addiction for like 7-6 years i'd say since being like 5 or 4 i've started playing nonstop with my brother it really became into addiction and it fked up my sleep schedule my school like it fked up so many things for me
The solution i came up today is just to unplug the screen put it somewhere and when i fhinshed my homeworks and everything just replug it i don't have that self discipline it is like drugs i guess it took over my life i'm playing / being on the computer for literally 10hours a day in holidays like maybe 20 i'm done with it i'll unplug my screen everyday untill fhinshing and everything will go to that straight line + i'll play max 3 hours aday
Man I feel you, I have been avoiding so many compromises and goals with videogames to the point I don't want to imagine where should I be if not wasted so many time.
I'm 23 now and have some pending tasks of 3 days ago and I think enough is enough. I have almost 20 years playing videogames and today is the day I am not going back.
I have been looking at your other videos and they look great subscribed.
inmortal009 I have no problem doing it since I was never really that much obsessed, I quitted somewhere on August 2017 and then a week ago one friend from my class told me to download and install DC Universe Online.
I accepted it because I knew I was gonna keep a decent balance and never get obsessed.
That was the case until two days ago, when that same friend told me we should buy DOOM 2016 and again I accepted but with shitty 500KBPS connection it downloaded today and as soon as it downloaded friend called to play, and again I am gonna keep a decent balance and will never get obsessed. I am now twelve and started in the age of ten, which isn't a long amount of time especially if you never were that much obsessed,however that friend of mine started when he was 5 years old and quitted when I did.The only reason he started again & told me to play DC Universe Online is as he says because he like movies from DC.It also was his suggestion to buy DOOM. He calls me"noobest man on Earth", and I said:
"You can call me a noob as much as you like but I don't give a shit since I am not gamer".
And BTW I hope you take this as an advice to not play games and a if yo do dont be obsessed and I am keeping balance I am not obsessed!!!!!
I'm quitting video games because it triggers my anger. I just can't do it. Any video games I've played lately has been too hard for me and has made me rage. I quit before, went back to it, and have fallen back into the same habits. So I'm done.
Sound like the game problem. I played single player
Just be able to control how much you play. Self control. Problem solved. You don't have to give up gaming completely.
This
This the the answer to my problem
Most are addicted, its not a choice
Except when you play dark souls or skyrim, human will is not strong enough. once you start playing those games you renounce your humanity, you sell your soul.
Problem is not every one has that switch :) I was once "almost" addicted to it, when I used to play like 3 hours in the morning and then more about 5 the rest of the day. But from all of the sudden, I just got a bit bored of playing it because I started exercising and got a job and a lot more distraction such as tv shows, dating, etc. But, mainly for those who play competitive online gaming, is much harder than that...not being able to play a game is like they are not achieving something. I would suggest to those to not quit abruptly, but try playing games that aren't competitive such as single player ones and slowly getting out of competitive. Hope this helps since it helped me. Nowadays I can still play for 3-4 hours straight if I have the time, but even if I don't and don't get the urges I used to have when I was playing more hours daily.
It's funny that no one says anything if you read a bunch of fantasy novels. There's just this stigma around video games.
Because gaming is extremely addicting and can have a serious negative impact on your life which you usually don't notice immediately. Reading fantasy novels can be addicting but not nearly as much as gaming, and you can easily replace it with reading good books that have a positive impact on your life (i.e.non-fiction), in fact some people naturally upgrade the quality of the books they read. However with video games it's a bad habit and nothing within its category can be good, and unless you can play in moderation (does not work for me), you're certainly wasting your time and ultimately your life.
Btw I've been addicted to video games for more than 17 years and never have I imagined that I could stop. But thank God I'm now free and looking back now I think part of the cause is that I justify it by comparing it to reading fiction (rpgs are just like fantasy novels, shooters are just like military fiction.. etc.) and that's what kept me continuing despite the negative effects on me.
That's why I wrote this wall of text because this dangerous idea is what kept me from seeing the true effects of what I was doing, hope this helps you and sorry for the long reply.
@@droojalmaktab You know what else can be addictive and can negatively impact your life? Everything. Books, movies, food, TV, games, sports... Too much of anything can severely damage you. Playing games won't necessarily ruin you unless you don't do necessarily daily things because you're so absorbed
Baked Potato Dude that’s literally what his whole point was. Read his post again.
@@miikee97 He's basically saying it's worse, but it's not. They're all addictive in different amounts for different people.
Baked Potato Well it’s true and you can’t really argue against that. Take food addiction as an analogy. Obviously too much of anything you eat is bad but it’s much better to eat say bread all the time than potato chips. The bread will cause problems yes but the potato chips is much worse and also more addictive.
Play games that end. This is key. Recently I started playing an mmo and it instantly started to be a time drain
Agreed. Games like Destiny 2 are draining me and I’m thinking of quitting gaming now.
@@BenGenio don't think of quitting ask yourself first if you're a gamer or not, if you're a gamer you should love gaming and support games, and even try to get a career or strengthen your love to video games. If you're not a gamer then find something you love to do or just don't think of games anymore, i spent 18 years of my life to find out that i am not a gamer and i don't belong there, even if i can now afford a lifestyle of gaming i found out my true self, and days get better when i found out about that.
fun when i play with my friends, but when im just playing by myself i question why i even play
I used to be a gamer. I games for hours, and it was hard. I couldnt stop. There was one day, where it was lunch break and the teachers MADE us go outside. I was mad. I decided id just get over it and then keep playing video games in class. But i had fun. I had fun outside. More fun than id had in years. I did the same the next day, and the next, and all throughout the year. If you are addicted, all it takes is a tiny effort, or one try, and it could change your life. Ive gone in to be a huge sport person, just because of that one day.
+Richard Kuo (Accept Yourself) Very right. And not just in a gaming situation. In any situation really. Jobs, relationships, a tiny, small little thing can change your life :)
Never gonna stop playing videogames. maybe when I stop finding them fun.
@NUMB Milan boomer.
@NUMB Milan he wouldnt give a shit. He'd be dead!
NUMB Milan If he died tmrw, he’d be happy he didn’t waste his life... being unhappy, I guess?
bitter asparagus and this is what is wrong with people like you. Stop judging people for what they like. It’s a hobby. Let’s say you like watching sports. It’s the same thing. It’s something you do for fun. So fuck off and whine at someone else about how you don’t like video games.
Addiction isn't limited to video games. People get addicted by themselves, no one forces them.
Don't blame an object for your ill management of your time.
THIS COMMENT IS GOLD
THANK YOU. IT'S JUST VIDEO GAMES, NOT FREAKING POLYBIUS.
I'm not addicted I just enjoy gaming sometimes.
Same and even when video games can be boring at times, I start doing other things
LeonidaSal117MX yeah i used To be addicted To videogame (2hours a day, not too much but To me they were a lot because videogames were fucking my mind ), I used to play even if I wasn't enjoying.... Now I don't play too much , only between 2 hours a week and I'm playing only if I'm enjoying it.
@@vincenzo3828 I feel like life can be so much more than just video games damn, one of the top games I play the most was Halo, Transformers, splatterhouse and some shit (I get bored for like 10 to 30 minutes then BOOM I'm done)
My uncle says the same about crack...
Ur enjoing to play games give a time for god ok
I'm there too, i'm looking at this screen and I'm thinking.. I'm done enjoying this.
+James Thomas Me too man. I play all the same games, mostly counter strike and I just get too obsessed.
Thanks for the video. You know it was really no big deal for me until I graduated college, then I realized this is taking up a large part of my time and really getting in the way of my goals.
I am not some 16 yr old loser trolling and calling kids fags and telling them how much they suck on cs anymore. The fuck does that really get done?
Time to go do something productive. I am going to give it a chance.
Jeeze, I shutter just thinking about it.
I quit too, but only because I had a kid, and only until he's old enough to start playing with me.
That's nice, but remember one day he shall become better than you...one day he shall win.
I quit wasting hours of my life on video games and switch to hiking and working out, I have increased all aspects of my life since I quit that immature habit. I’ve lost 25lbs, gained about 20lbs in muscle, and I’m never going back.
video games just bore me now
naw league of legends is bullshit tho stop playing that piece of shit
Robert Bell SAME
Robert Bell - Maybe try new gaming genres if you're bored.
Gotta smoke
Trudy the Barefoot Reptilian Balloon shut up nigga your a stupid kid and a stupid child theirs gap between stupid children and a video game it mix into stupid Gamers bitch!!!!
I didn't even bother actively quitting gaming, the fucking horrendous pieces of shits dubbed as video games released in the past couple of years were enough to disinterest me completely RIP gaming industry, I hope VR will be a breakthrough in the next 5 of years.
I completely agree, I think the vast majority of video games for the past couple of years are utter garbage. I can't bring myself to complete a game anymore and I can no longer justify spending money on such crap. I feel like I am now making much more use of my time and money by getting out there and having real experiences. Thank you games industry for making me not want to invest in your shit any more!
Andy 85 This is so true. I hate to say this but videogames now a days are just a big disappointing invested garbage to develop. So much stale and generic play style is added to them and it made me lose interest as time passed by. I remember coming home from school and immediately turning on my console to get gaming but now...i come home and i can't even look at my console, let alone my tv. In fact, they've been gathering dust now that i keep telling myself i have to clean them but for what? i don't even have a strong passion anymore to even play. The question that i can't seem to grasp is wether I'm really done with the videogames or they have gone downhill so much, i don't think it can possibly return. I feel like in some poit in the future, the whole videogame crisis is going to occur once again like it did in the 70s or 80s i believe were the videogame industry was very close in becoming extinct due to the same old crap being sold to consumers. Wouldn't be surprised if it did happen one day
I don't know guys. I think there are more than enough quality games to enjoy nowadays. Shovel Knight, Monster Hunter, Breath of the Wild, Bloodborne and much more.
Splatoon and Undertale are innovative as fuck by the way. And don't forget how artistic Thumper and Cuphead are. This notion that video games aren't good anymore seems so overdramatic to me. There are more than enough good games to enjoy I think.
when you're a musician , it becomes really difficult to concentrate on both music and VGs
that's why I didn't last that long as a gamer .
Music video games
This is true.
Everything should be balanced. Playing 30 mins per day is very beneficial. Playing 12h is definitely not.
If you are truly addicted, you can't balance. It's the nature of this desease.
I stopped watching after you said there is more in life than videogaming. Of course there is. And normal healthy thinking people know this. Playing videogames is a form of entertainment nothing more nothing less. If for whatever reason you get so obsessed and addicted then more is going on with you. If videogames didn't exist you would have found something else to get that fix you need. Just because you had issues doesn't mean everyone will. Most people live normal lives where they work and have a social life. Especially if you get older you realize what's more important in life. But that is different for every individual. Also control is the magic word here. As long as you are in control of your actions and behaviour then there is nothing wrong with getting or being passionate about a hobby like videogaming.
Little late to the party, but still wanna say this. He is talking about himself right? HE didnt know there was so much more in life so he took a maybe radical decision to just stop it and focus on other things. I dont think he means that gaming is worthless or whatever.
chrichtonsworld chrichtonsworld chrichtonsworld hrichtonsworld i am not agree with you , its a fact what the guy said there is more l. as you say ,its only a form of entertainment but no life .
Year and years ago videogames were escape for me from difficulties in life. Now i am trying to escape from videogames. Becs all theese difficulties that i did not face are gathering together. I need to face them sometime. And as late as it is as worse as it will get
That’s on my xbox
I think it all depends on the individual, really. Some people play games to forget about how shitty their life is and really have nothing else going on, and that's not healthy, IMO. For others, it's just a hobby that they enjoy when they have some spare time, and I think that's fine. I mean, sure... maybe there's more productive things they could be doing, but if they love gaming and it brings them joy, I don't see anything wrong with that. Life is too short to constantly work, work, work all the time.
Thing about games is they can be a great way to bring people together. For example, my gf and I don't do much gaming on our own (aside from casual phone/tablet games), but we LOVE playing together. We do other things too of course, but gaming is one of our favorite things to do together.
when you reach into into your early 20s the pressure to stop video becomes intense at least for me. Everyone starts getting married and getting jobs and youre like I dont want to get left behind and thats all it took after 6 years of addiction, i wasnt a kid anymore.Im 23 today and stopped playing when I turned 20 and honestly I only play games that require low commitment, so things like rpgs and mmorpgs scare the hell out of me. Too much time required, time that you dont have before you know it youre 30 and its not even funny anymore just sad.
Normally you should get marry only if you want it not for being left behind. I agree that when you have 30 its not fun anymore. You are more mature. Its just seem fool to spend 5/6 hours playing a videogame. Its not fun anymore.
Maybe you're just insecure.
TellmeMore Just learn to not worry about others. I find happiness in games, and that’s fine by me.
I know someone who’s 32 years old... who rushed marriage, kids and still played games 8 hours a day. The marriage was no more; wife divorced him and that left him into a depressed state to play more games. Lost custody of kids. Didn’t care; games were more important. To this day, a girl was interested in dating him and he blew her off for a raid. Any money he makes is for the games he play. This is something you do NOT want to be, folks!
HungryCat what’s he doing now then? Surely he’s calmed down with the gaming
i quit gaming, sold my ps4 and bought a car, dont regret it not a bit, sometimes i miss it but i know i cant trust myself
I didn't know ps4 were so expensive, lol.
yea yiu bought a car, a toy one jeez...
Vinni Gois in 100 years, u will regret selling your ps4
@@Phriffo in 100 years he won't be here. No regrets when you are dead.
@@13buthead bruh, here in Australia you could buy a car for 400$ 2000's model. Do your research lmao
If you have no relationship, you currently have no important work to do, and you are lonely alone without any family, then what would you do? Sit on the sofa daydreaming? Watch TV shows? Or play video games? The 3 things are equivalent. As long as you are not working for your career/relationship or you are not with your family, then you are wasting your life. Perhaps for some people, some part of their life are just meant to be wasted.
Ur basically saying that ppl can't have fun and that they have to be depressed 24/7. Fucking ignorant.
Your comment is equivalent to this:
_If you have no important work to do, and you are lonely without any family, then what would you do? _*_Get yourself entertained?_*_ As long as your doing stuff for entertainment, you are wasting your life_
Well said, I've let gaming destroy my life for the past year. Started my 1st mmo a year ago and it sucked me in like no one could believe. thats 100's of hours of my life I'll never get back. Watching this vid made me decide I need to change and evaluate my life and what I want to make of it. Thanks for posting this
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Thanks for the encouragement friend. :)
I hope you having a great life too you make me realize game is not a future job that suits most people like me.... and speaking of counter strike I just quited it and its a very tough decision to make to leave my online friends but… its all over thanks to u
I usually play video games during the evenings, when I've been out all day doing other stuff, or I've finished all my homework and I want to have fun for an hour or two.
me to it is fun in the evenings when it is dark. i never play games when the sun is shining outside
It depends on the person, I alway played video games never remember getting seriously addicted to a game and the most time i will put in a game is a month maximum (even to the ones i love like dark souls), i have a pretty good job a girlfriend and people to hang out with, i go out often and also go to the gym when i have the time. Sooooo i think that video games are not the problem, you are. It's worth mentioning though that i always disliked games based on addiction like wow, lol, lineage and others i just could never get into the whole thing no matter how much some of my friends pressured me.
pls reduce your time in gaming and hit the gym tregularly you efforts will be rewarded
i've also been 'clean' for the last 7-9 months, and that's a really big thing in my situation, i used to play at least 6-9 hours a day, all day, every day. 365 days a year. I stopped because of a real classic... I fell for a girl. I mainly started played video game because i've been very depressed, and very deep down in a dark place inside myself. So i started to play videogames because it made me feel like i was another person (the person inside the game) and a then i'd not feel so bad. But my Crush made me realize that i don't need to be anyother then myself. Im talking to the girl and i hope to make a move this summer.
yeah! thanks man.
+Richard Kuo and for a total game addict that played 7 hour a day a TOTAL STOP is a big deal (but it's orth it)
:)
@@madschristensen6982 How is it going bro
@@ben-dn4sv not the best, a Lot of things happen in 4 years
@@madschristensen6982 damn that was a quick response.
I work in the game industry and I am just searching for videos about improving games and then I see this and watch more of ur videos and then I smile. :D
take it easy mate. You don't have to quit and sell your console. Play games to de-stress while not letting it destroy your social life and health. Then you are ok.
wish i took that advice my social life is fine but now i have to lose all the fat i put on one of the reasons i dont play as much as I used to.
If you're a gamer, play and never think of quitting video games, be proud being a gamer, and love what you're doing and you will attract people that love games and have strong bounds, and if you're not a gamer (like me) don't waste your time playing video games and do something you love. I spent 18 years on gaming (16h minimum- 48h at max daily) to realize i am not a Gamer.
You honesty is very admirable. I quit about 6 mos ago. I have not looked back.
The goal of life is to be happy. Happiness is the ultimate reward in life and if you aren't happy then you have not got that reward. People who spend there time playing video games and from that happiness is achieved and sustained for a long period of time isn't wasted time and it shows that said individual has achieved there life goal. I would rather be okay ish in wealth and be happy with lots of video games than be quite well of but be bored to death being a lawyer for example. I see the creator's point as life is short and you should make the most of it but if happiness isn't there are you really doing what you want? Me being a Atheist, I have nothing to look forward to when I die so doing what makes me happy is key to my personal belief on my existence.
Yabz well said, I'm the same, totally :)
For many people tho (me included), gaming doesn't really bring happiness, just a constant stream of little moments if success from ranking up, hitting a headshot etc. But deep down I know those things are quite irrelevant and I could be doing something way cooler that actually made me happy instead of "satisfied". At this point gaming is just an addiction that keeps you distracted. Gaming in moderation is good way to have fun, but when you spend all of your time gaming, you miss out on so many other things that you might value more but are just unable to achieve because you're addicted to gaming
Yabz Well, you're one in a millions of atheists who aren't such an ass
Me too as an atheist, but I prefer efficiency.
I like to make the others and myself happy at the same time.
Music, exploration and programming is one of the best way that I can do both at the same time.
:')
Sadly, life isn't like in video games where at some point you learn its mechanics and achieve happiness. You have to go out and experience it.
Ive graduated uni
Have a good job
and play video games
And i have a life
I was a mess when i used to play video games as a man ,thought i'm responsible, because of my job where i make hard decisions and responsibility is very high as i'm in charge of my team and even sometimes responsible for their lives... probably my point of view got changed because of my job and i looked at myself from other angle. Its probably hard to believe for you dear reader that a person like me, was addicted to video games,and yes i was when i had free time i was sitting on a chair for 10 - 12 hours at evenings, just playing video games.
Yes i believe i could become a much more successful as a person if i wouldn't be playing video games at all. I was addicted to counter strike game, i didn't care much about the world, and sometimes i was totally forgetting about myself, focusing mainly on that game. I was so wrong when i used to play video games, i lost one of my best friend from my childhood because of my fault, i lost so many good relationships and i m not able to restore them, i just lost them forever, i was so lost sometimes... i was crying... and suffering from depression. It was my fault, and once i said to myself i'm gonna quit this once and forever, luckly i was able to do it,i just started to communicate more and more with all the people, and amazingly i have turned my way of life in a completely new way. I know how hard it is for you, if you are addicted, i know how hard it is for you if you are alone, i know its not so easy to force yourself to go out even sometimes from your home because you don't know where to go, but i m gonna tell you, don't be afraid, and don't be shy. Now i can't imagine myself spending my time on evenings without friends and my girlfriends, i love driving, i love to talk with people, i love making people happy, every day is important for me now, i love my parents, i love to spent my time on the nature, i love traveling, if you are still struggling from anxiety just start planning your days, write a diary about yourself, be more active force yourself to go outside, force yourself to smile, and force yourself to love this world, you will start noticing that you are changing....
Wish all the best my dear reader, the hope is in your hands, don't lose yourself like that and start improving yourself, or all your life will go down into drain, every second counts, every hour is important...
I'm happy It depends on what games you're playing
I'm happy thanks for sharing your story and how you know feel. It makes me feel better knowing someone turned their life around because they CHOSE to.
I’m in that state where I quit the MMO I was addicted to a year ago and now Ive been going through a phase where I’ve been wanting to play again. I’ve been looking at consoles and PC’s that I could buy since I got rid of my Xbox that I played the game on when I quit. The funny thing is it feels so wrong when I start searching for these things, and I stop.
I searched “Are video games worth it?” ten minutes ago and after reading your comment I’ve remembered why I need to choose just as you did. Choose to live, not to waste away.
Thanks man
Hello. I'm a person planning to go to Med school after a month. I have always been a hard working person when I have duties but I have also been a casual gamer. I recently stooped playing games completely. Before this I have always been switching games back and forth but now that I have quit, everyday for a hour I think about the game last played. It has been 2 weeks since I stopped and I constantly withstand myself from playing even for a hour. Your video made my urge to resist even stronger. I feel that my life in Uni will make up for what I have left behind. Thank you!
That has been my life since High School. I didn't go straight to college. I wanted to take a break. What I did with my time? I just played video games. Even now I do. This is changing. I just built a fully water cooled PC a few months ago and I'm selling and taking a 50% loss to get paintball gear. Paintball was an old passion I'm going to pickup instead. Get a degree, hopefully in electrical engineering and not having the major distraction of gaming staring me in the face. I found a potential buyer for my computer and hope to begin this transition in my life. I denied this addiction, family and friends turned their back on me. I have come to accept it. This is me putting down the bottle. Some may laugh, I don't care. It's the same addiction as gambling.
I've tried this "quitting" and I'll share my experience...I quit video games because my studies were going bad... Everyone said video games were the issue but they weren't...It was the addiction you were talking about and I comquered it...So I started playing football and joined my school club to improve.I started liking the game and played it regularly until tryouts...My coach talked about me making it in the school team and stuff and saying I would do great!That sounded so cool to me and I was really happy...But then came the news that I wasn't picked for the 6 and 7 graders team as "Captain" and wasn't in the school team.It was so degrading and really hurt my feelings and after a lot of training my right foots muscle got pulled...And while I was just resting and giving it time to heal I just thought...Video games are so much better...I mean I never got discouraged while playing a game no matter how much times I failed...I never got injured...and I never had to "Impress" some coaches to just be good.A video game character would never hurt you unlike your teammates so why was I taking this pressure...For what?For my parents to see me do physical excersize?To not get pointed by other people?And I realized that you should never give up on something you love no matter what...And when it came to studies I just played on the weekend after doing my school work and my grades improved!There's nothing wrong with playing video games...Yes it's addiction is a problem but you can get addicted to anything...From drugs to studies...Looking back I don't regret even 1 minute I played video games because all they did was help me carry on.
Its a thing called "growing up" , when you start to work you got more priorities to think about other than sit and play videogames, even more if you started to have a family
I’m borderline ready to quit, definitely don’t play as much as I used to.I know quitting video games may close one door but will open several others... such as reading, picking up a musical instrument, working on my car etc. The craziest realization is telling yourself to remember all the good times on console/pc with others and I fail to remember any “significant” moments, aside from the regular goofing off and bantering that we all enjoy with our buddies. Those moments are much more memorable in real life settings. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
You're welcome! good luck! gogogog :)
Video games helped me with really bad depression it's better than any prescription pills
Thank you so much!!! Thanks to you i was able to get my life back on track! You are amazing
+Johnny Stiles Awesome news!
Well,you dont have to quite,as long as you play with moderation.👊👊
Manolis P13 Ummmmm.... Possible and healthy.
Same thoughts, I've really been a casual gamer my whole life, so it was never an addiction (not gonna lie, 90% were torrented), but during the end of college it started decreasing more and more.
I'm 26 now and I barely play 1-2 games a year, and it's more than enough, and I share your oppinion that there's a lot more things to do in your life, without judging of course.
I plan on quitting in 3 days making bonds with RPG characters has bothered me and I realized its time I stop since I get angry when I lose in fighting games.
TheDarkhero60 Hey! Did you end up quitting? How is it going?
I have started playing fighting games and instead quit RPGs
Same with me , its obviously controlling my feelings, for a fake numbers in such a game ..I'm deciding to quit wish I cann
I stopped playing video games for multiple reasons
1. I did not have much control over how long i would play 6+ hours was my normal every day
2. Videogames take alot of effort (input) but lesser results (output). For example in Factorio you would spend 8 hours + to achieve the end goal of launching a rocket.
3. They is no endgoal, i could always make up a reason to play further.
4. the industry coming up with worse ways to get money from consumers like loadboxes, season pass etc. I thought that Quiting video games all together would help more to not give them my money then to try to resist builing microtransations.
5. It was a form of escapism, in combination with no control it means that it is easier to keep playing video games to cope a disappointing like rather then to find out how to cope(if possible) with the problems that lead myself to want to escape reality.
I feel you bro I also wasted years playing league of legends when I could've been playing other better games.
Re kindling a hobby from my youth was the best way for me personally. I haven't left completely, but have drastically reduced hours so that gaming has be come just a late night activity, a round or two before bed and certainly not every evening.
I know I have been addicted to video games for a long time. Ever since 6th grade I was addicted and now I start to see that my grades r not as high as they could be. Like I have the potential to be an a student who actually has a future in life but I choose to be some loser who buys 100 dollars worth of rp and today I realized that I left in the middle of a game cause my parents were mad I was like Dang bro what am I doing with my life. I'm on spring break and my one goal was to climb to silver elo. What I could have done was study for tests and actually watch a movie with friends so your video kind of helps me realize all the stuff I could be missing out on and how negative league is effecting my life cause my eye sight is complete trash and basically no one talks to me cause I'm so focused on league anyways thanks for the video bro
+sYesh and yet it doesn't matter...
***** lol oh
How old were you. At the time
Lol said the guy with a minecraft diamond profile pic
I have a lot of fun playing video games, all of my friends irl are gamers too and we regularly meet up in person to play games and barbecue.
This suits me just fine, I don't really care about being super successful, earning enough so I can live comfortably is enough for me and I also don't really care about meeting other people because of my misanthropic and introverted personality.
I don't consider gaming any more of a "waste of time" than I do playing the piano and refining my skills at Zbrush, it's all the same to me.
I quit league cold turkey that shit was tough. Had to disconnect the computer .
I use to be addicted but I recently just quit because I just started high school and I need to focus more on work. If you guys were like me I recommend you guys find a sport you enjoy. Skateboarding is what helped me defeat my addiction, just practicing a new trick, getting better over time and trying to get enough street cred to get sponsored is a more healthy addiction. I play video games now and then but only for like 30 mins to an hour. Thanks for sharing your reasons for quitting video games. 👍🏾
Honestly, the reason I'm contemplating quitting playing video games in the first place is because:
1. I feel there's no video game right for me out there. I can enjoy watching anything, but to me, doing anything; I just am disappointed and angered easily.
2. I feel like I'm not getting anything really good out of them.
3. I feel my time going away every time I pick one up. I hate feeling like my time is being wasted.
Those sounds like some solid reasons!
Thanks for posting this man, I really needed to hear it from somebody else. I wasted most of my early life on video games. Namely grades 6-12. I have been out of school for 3 years and I am just now deciding to move on. Uninstalling all my games tonight and not looking back. Wish me luck.
uploader sounds like he has benefitted from stopping gaming, Im not sure if I have though.
I was hooked on computer games for about 15-20 yrs. In the last few years I kinda got physically and mentally tired of it all and just play a few hours a day now for the last few years. Although I have some great memories of the gaming days.
Im not really much better off now though. I do more do more reading, TV, internet surfing, porn watching, eat more and other stupid stuff.
The point here is that Just stopping gaming didnt automatically make me a more productive and happy human as there are plenty of other wasteful things you can do aside from gaming and mostly they are less fun.
Really to better your life you need to somehow get some kind of motivation and drive /belief/ etc. inside you that's the hard bit for me.
If it isn’t affecting important things in your life and it’s fun why fix it if it ain’t broke. If life is good continue what you do
I'm quitting games beacause of the community
noted!
specially in moba
I used to obsess over just games. but now I actually have passions. writing, music art. i still love games they can be artistic and cathartic and so under appreciated
It's a shame video game addiction isn't taken as seriously as many other forms of addiction. If someone abuses a physical substance people accept that as addiction over more abstract forms like addictions to video games, social media, texting, etc.
I've been a gamer since I was old enough to sit in front of a computer. Some of my earliest memories of playing video games was playing Lemmings with my dad on the home computer (yeah, that was a few years ago...). But starting around middle school to the present day I've struggled to keep it under control. There have been an embarrassing number of times where I've gone 24+ hours with no sleep just jumping from one game to the next, skipping meals, ignoring personal hygiene, making excuses to not go out with friends or family, calling in sick from work, etc. So I know from personal experience what you are going through and understand that video game addiction is not a damn joke.
I've tried going cold turkey before and failed, but one thing I'm trying now is substituting my video game time with more constructive activities like learning to read other languages. So far I can read and write basic sentences in Korean and I can also read Japanese (except for Kanji so far). My theory is if I can dedicate even half of the time and energy I spend on video games to learning something new I should be able to open a lot more doors than just sitting in front of a computer my entire life.
Hey Phil! The tide's are turning on video game addiction being taken more seriously. Lots of research is supportive of it now. And there's a lot of others who are opening up about their experiences too. Thanks for being one of them. :)
Phil Lewis I failed so many semesters because of this addiction... It negatively affects my life. Some people can handle theirs while playing a video game while I cannot. So yes both should respect each others decision
Phil Lewis it's a shame when you really actually think being addicted to Video Games is the same level as being addicted to shooting up heroin. Which leads to physical and health hazards. Addicted to anything isn't really a good thing. But it seems as though you blamed most this on video games instead of your personal responsibility and self time management and because of that stopped playing.
It's good to see that we are not alone, games really are a kind of drug to some people, and I really think that even if you see a game just for entertainment, you can entertain yourself learning something else that's useful for your life.
listen people u know whats also very addictive?having fun!we have to blame entairtenment now because some people are too into it?This is life get over it we are all "adicted" into something to a degree like work,cars,sex,sports,bodybuilding etc. u cant compare games to drug addiction lol if u really have a problem that affects you so much there are special services for that and since modern video games are a something new to most people ofcource we'l have some adicts haters etc. its someting new in human history anyways stay healthy first and go do something that u like if its videogames do that.my sdvice for addicts if u dont want to go to a help center for now get out more find friends who dont game at all or much and gradually reduce ur game time i think ul find out things about urself u can also get a job that involves people like in a restaurant, hotel , supermarket, and in my opinion ul slowly start to beat ur addiction good luck.
I work full time and I'm going to college for another degree. I play videogames instead of watching TV. It also allows me to interact with people I never would have met IRL. For example I met someone in a totally different country while playing sports bar VR. The closest real pool hall doesn't get many people outside the local area.
i respect that. games are fine in moderation and with purpose. old video -- views slightly changed since. cheers!
im 13 and i really want to stop playing video games i play like 1 and a half a day and i wanna stop and i thought about what u said and now i just sold all my video games and used the money with sport gear thanks man!
navraj brar Bad choice
There really is so much more to life. I want to do well in my college courses and read books and exercise but I'm straight up addicted to fps games like Combat Arms and CoD. I was able to stop for 2.5 months last year but I'm pretty sure I had fillers that were as bad.
Gamer since I was 4 years of age. I plan to quit today. Video games were my life. I lived the buzz they would hive me,but now I want more, I want a girlfriend , I want to start a family focus on Karate and end up with a black belt with a great body. I plan to drink today as a celebration of me quiting. I also plan to get me a job and purchase books to read instead and to sharpen my mind. Good bye DotA 2, Call of Duty, L4D2, Smash Bros 4, etc. Video games are meth.
Yea me too I. Starting today
+Ghoul Instead of giving up video games I limited my game play to 2 hours on Saturdays only.
Wow that sounds like a good idea I might try it out.ThxAyumi
+Toshio Video games are meth?!
+iRedd I'm saying that video games are as addictive as meth.
You made kind of a big thing out of video games. You can binge on them like others do on netflix but then just stop for months? I CAN!
Playing video games is not a bad activity. In fact it's a form of entertainment that you're actively interacting with, which stimulates your brain. That can't be a bad thing. But of course just don't play excessively. Too much of anything is bad. Play in moderations. You said in the video "There's more to life than just video games". Yes technically that's true, but video games is a part of life now. Welcome to the digital world where every household owns either a PC, iPad, or console. Unless you wanna go live in the wilds to escape the digital world. With Virtual Reality coming into the market there's no escaping it. Everyone's gonna wanna play VR games or watch VR movies hahaha. Don't run, but embrace it. Trust me, I know.
Ever since I joined a college my interest in video games went on a constant decline. I began thinking outside the box and while most of my online friend strived for the leader board I questioned the immoral and predatory business practices the game's publisher. I even confronted my guild leaders with their questionable ideals but hit on deaf ears. They didn't like this at all and later on started picturing me as a rebel.
I completely ran out of touch with my gaming circles when I finished college and found a job. Now I enjoy chatting and hanging out with my colleagues. I now rent an apartment... I have never felt this free in my life before however getting there also was a frightening transition. Also I found new interests in my workplace and finances in general.
To sum it up, I have kind of completely forgot about video games. Life is just keeping me busy with more important stuff.
But when I play a video game I choose a quality title I find is worth my spare time. No more "junk food" like your everyday MOBA or MMO which are designed to keep you hooked. I have observed it with one of my closest friends. About one year had passed when I joined the workforce and he still keeps playing the same MMO with the same internet friends I used to play with. He told me what he eventually planned to do with his life but all he does is going to work and gaming all day. But if I called him out for it I would be portrayed as the hypocrite again.
BTW, none of them held me back or asked what's wrong when I left them behind. They were just like "mkay" and moved on. That's why today I describe people on the internet as mere acquaintances. They are no true friends.
just today deinstalled every single game. And holidays are just starting. Time to get my life back on the track :D.
gj bro
***** did u quit
***** Thanks for the reply man. That's right if you might want to go play video games later in life then you wouldn't use the word 'quit', but usually people say they quit because keeping in moderation is extremely difficult so they just stop playing forever. If you start playing again, be careful richard. best wishes :)
+one in a million lol I gotta job to go to I got a boring fucking life I just play video games with my wife we play every fucken Mario kart there is until she gets hormy
Good thing you did.....you can learn English now......... Let me start rn it's uninstalled not deinstalled
Video games in itself are not bad. It's the amount of time spent playing video games that can potentially lead to problems. Like anything else, moderation is key. I used to play video games all the time, but as you grow up, you get bored of the same routine strive for new experiences and adventures. I'm an introvert, so going out is extremely difficult for me, but I do see the benefits when I visit my family and friends. It's worth it in the end and you feel much much better.
Nothing really matters, everything is temporary, and everything dies.
Games are there and very popular for a reason, hard games are easier than life, Life doesnt reward anyone, games reward people. Games make sense.
Sorry but this is the truth.
#MAGA #DUESVULT #MGTOW #ALT-RIGHT* Irony intensifies
You and I have the exact same reason. I also realised there's so much more to life than mom's basement!! There's so many things to do and so many adventures to be had :)
+DarkDynasty Haha totally! :D
CSS? Starcraft? LoL?? You didn't play video games, you played cancer simulators.
jay77755 Damn I agree
Inspirational story man! I'm a senior in high school and I play CSGO and Call of Duty at a near competitive level. Nonetheless, I waste many hours of my life and future on the Steam platform! As of last week, I boldly dropped video games in general. I'm not going to lie it was a tough decision, as when I'm sometimes bored I would be dying to play one game. However I always tell myself no. Soon I will be going off to college and pursuing my career and life! And as I look into my future right now, I can see that it can and WILL consume my social life and just life in general. Thank you for this video and I hope you are doing well with your endeavors as well! Have a great day!
Very true words! Thank you again and hope you are doing well yourself!
Honestly, after reading this comment, I'm considering quitting. I play hours and hours of CSGO on most days. I'm only 15, a sophomore, but after reading this comment, I really don't want to waste the next two years of my life.
Great to see someone else who quit. I'm on day 12. :)
keep going i am thinking of quiting as well :)
Uros Stojkovic I've had some slip-ups but I intend to keep going. Thanks for the motivation.
Congrats!
How is it going?
Game Quitters Not too great. Not having a car + no food + being sick made it VERY difficult. Now we have our car back *got it back yesterday* I'm going to get out again and continue my quitting. :)
so true there is a lot to life than playing video games, you just gave me the motivation I was looking for in order to quit playing video games and mostly wasting money and precious time
My life is so boring though
Ixknow this is cliche but try new things bit by bit
He's really generalizing all gamers. Not all of us are deadbeats that spend 10-12 hours playing video games and nothing else
***** I think it's important to make the distinction between gamers who *want* to quit and those who want to continue to play. It's not that gaming is good or bad, it's just being able to support those who want to quit and that's all.
Good job man, you gotta focus on real life and your career, and what you're going to do on this land for a job, what role are you going to play in society.
instead of just entertainning yourself with VGs all the time. But in your free time video games can be used in a positive way. like if you're a soldier, you can use video games to practice your shootings skills, ect.
jean.n o what if you work in business?
I'm on the path into quitting. I do admit, gaming has helped me with personal issues in my life. From forgetting horrible past relationships to dealing with work problems.
I'm glad I found this video. You seem fine with gaming moderation. It gives me hope.
past 1.5 years 3200 hours on league, 0 girls yeah i should quit gaming too
quitting will help a lot
What I do, I play video games in the winter because I literally have nothing to do then in the summer, fall, and Spring, I would play outside. I have to give it to my dog for bringing me outside and I go to Wisconnsin so I get more freedom to do anything I want outside. My grandparents literally have acres of land that I could play on.
Now, it's been 10 days that i'm not playing games.
+Zabir Malik Congrats Zabir! :)
Game Quitters Thanks!
+Richard Kuo (Accept Yourself) Thanks, but i'm not ready to quit yet. I'm waiting for my last game to released on February.
I've been feeling this way for like 4 years now. it's hard to sell my video game stuff now & it sometimes makes me go back but like instead now I fall asleep in addition to not being interested in gaming while I play the video game because I also feel like there's more to life but when I also attempt to go out there, I just become reckless because the folks you will always come across in life will always be judgmental in what you do. I accept this constructive criticism without a doubt but I sometimes let the negative impacts get the best of me and then this somewhat makes me discouraged to setting out bigger challenges for myself. not sure if I make sense with this post but gaming makes me feel stuck in life whenever I go back to it. I love the presentation gaming displays but I have that other side of me too that says I should be doing something "better" for myself.
i quit playing today. dark souls and its bs broke me. it took a master piece of a game to show me whats wrong with games and video gaming in general. fuck.
it is, thanks.
***** Your shirt made me Hungry lol
Video games can absolutely be addicting up until the last year or so I would say I made gaming a priority. I was having a lot of fun. I’m 33 and I’ve been gaming since 1989. There were periods where I didn’t play. Examples would be junior and senior year of high school, I barely played at all while I was in the Marine Corp and I would say I picked it back up hardcore at around 24 years old. It helped me deal with my PTSD and I was able to channel all of my energy into gaming. It made me happy simple as that. But over the last 6 months or so I fell out of love with it. It’s simply not fun anymore. Not sure why. Maybe I aged out. Maybe I saw all of the relationships I let drift away. Maybe I hit a peak and so no point to it any more. It’s probably all of those things. Either way now that I’m older I see it as a new phase in my life. I’m sure I’ll game again someday. But for now I put down the sticks and I feel good about all of those years and I have zero regrets. Maybe I’ll pick up kite surfing or some weird shit like that.
Hey Infinite Masters! Be sure to join our private Facebook community if you want to ask me personal questions and chat with others going through similar challenges too. ► facebook.com/groups/infinitemastery
Hey Yaron! Sounds like there's attachment between what you spend on something and whether or not you should engage with it, which is very reasonable. I think letting go of the meaning you've put with money and video games will support. From a practical sense, I think if gaming is not supporting the life you want, calling it quits may be a good idea. The decision is yours and yours only though! For support, check out Game Quitters YT or join my private fb community -- it's a bunch of people helping each other out with their challenges.
The same thing happened to me because of League of Legends. I got hooked, but later realized how much time I wasted playing.
League is addicting for sure! Very time consuming.
You are 200% correct
@Tree Sapp Your merry,and lively?I ask because gay means" merry,and lively?I ask you what else does it mean? I ask why a person would say"I'm gay when they are not gay?I ask why you lie to yourself?
dude some people are introverts and have no one to talk to besides themselves and video games is just like a stress reliever
Lol i was playing a game on my phone while listening to this on my mac with headphones
Yes
good for you man, I'm just now seeing the value in quitting. I play now mostly when a friend comes over but no more solo sessions of lengthy gaming. cheers!
well, rather play video games than being a horrible person
Aria4everSUSHI so anyone who doesn't play video games is a horrible person? I mean you can substitute reading instead of gaming. Trust me you might even make video game stories form good literature.
Well horrible person would pay loot box and microtransactions on their video games and support greedy publishers and Dev's
But seriously stop playing video games
I’m 47 and still play video games. I’ve been playing since the 70’s when my first console was the Intellivision. I will never stop playing video games.
Good! People suck and I hate most of them anyways. Empty, pointless, untrustworthy turds most of them. You are not missing shit by simple playing video games. There is nothing wrong with them or wanting to play them at all. People will just use you and toss you or be fake pieces of shit. Im 40 and Im not stopping. No reason to. I just hope game developers pull their head out of there ass soon as this is by far the worst generation of gaming Ive ever experienced. Its like they lost creativity and innovation and passion...still Better than going out getting drunk and making stupid decisions and wasting money or getting hooked on drugs.
@@FatherSaunders not everyone uses u and not everyone is untrustworthy some people are sure but everyone is different there are good people out there u just have to find them
I only play video games cause I think of video games as my stress reliever. And after I have no stress then it's back o chemistry.
Quitting is definitely a weird journey for anything you do too much of. People get addicted because of enjoyment. It's sort of counter intuitive to stop doing something you enjoy but that's what is needed. Balance. Stay busy. Games are ultimately a form of entertainment to be appreciated. It's just that it can be so engrossing you lose sight of the big picture. Anybody that watches this video is considering the merits of quitting or trying to quit. We've either all been there or are getting there. Good luck everyone. I don't think I'll quit, but I'll definitely play less.
I'm uninstalling steam right now... I need you to be there with me as I go through this...