Have you ever felt too anxious to play video games?

when I sit down at my pc and try to play something I lose all interest and just browse reddit until I get bored.

But that's not any better. Honestly, reddit is mostly just going to be a constant barrage of low-effort-to-consume content, minor disposable comment conversations, and scattered bits of news you won't remember much of just a few days later. It sure is easier to browse reddit than to play a game, though. A reddit binge is the junk-food of instant-gratification, low-effort pasttimes.

I can just sit, tired, and lazily browsing reddit for a whole night, and by the end of the binge not even remember anything but a a small handful of the links I reviewed. I don't want to, though. I'd rather do anything active even if it's just reading a book or playing a game.

Natually, the game has to be worth playing. Too many people I meet who say they're done with video games have super narrow/stubborn tastes in games. For example, they only play FPS and occasionally AAA RPGs. They've literally been playing the same kinds of games with the same kinds of mindsets for decades. Get some variety, people, go way off the beaten path! Take a risk and just commit to something you're not sure you'll like and see where that takes you.

And for god's sake, I do agree -- get other hobbies. If your whole life is:

Sleep, Work, Eat, Game, Reddit, Sleep

Then that sucks no matter how much variety of gaming and eating you pack in. Surprise yourself and do new shit, or soon everything will be un-fun and you'll just sink deeper and deeper into despair and numbness.

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