Im 23, and i also feel like i have wasted the best years of my life. If 7 year old me could see me now they would punch me so hard. When i was age 8 to 13 i skateboarded all the time which resulted in me having a fucked up shoulder and bent(scarred) penis. Then when i was age 13 to 15.5 i got really motivated to travel the world, i taught myself languages and started doing 4.0 in school, i really wanted to get a phd in biology someday. Then when i was 15 my neighbor showed me Wow and i got super addicted to that, id always hated video games, computers, and being indoors but that game changed me. I played 8 to 16 hours a day and skipped school to play, if i spent any amount of time away from the game i would feel so much pain, i played liked that for 6 years until i was 21, i got into drugs even though i always hated drug users as a kid and spent all my college money on rent so i could be alone and play wow. The doctors even thought i had schizphrenia, which i happily went along with to get the 1000$ a month in social security to play more WoW. Then on my 23rd birthday i completely snapped out of it, Wow is so stupid/dorky and i cant believe i even played it, i feel like no time passed at all and im a 15 year old living in a 23 year olds body (wow memories arnt really memories).

Were very similar, we both got super brainwashed and lost a huge important chunk of our lives

The only good thing that came out of this is i got the SS money 1000$ a month still. So now i dont have to work and can spend all my time learning to code websites and android apps, i firmly believe in the teachings of think and grow rich and will put in 16 hours a day and make a start up that achieves 10 million dollars, then retire and have kids.

Thank you