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Do you believe that gaming is pathetic and has no use in life? (Page 3)
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Depends
They can be really good for concentration, reflexes, creativity, thinking etc
Also, not everything you do has to have use, sometimes you should just relax and enjoy
BUT it is pathetic if it's only thing you do.
What's your favorite hobby/what do you do in most of your free time?
I don't have much free time, but I'm playing games, watching youtube videos and movies, read books sometimes, go out with friends when they're free, I was travelling before but I can't really because of restrictions, trying to workout etc
So what do you do that makes your lif not pathetic? I assume you must have a fulfilling job? Maybe you work hard for charity? What is it that makes you better than me? Is it really just because I enjoy video games and have no irl friends? Should I just give up and die?
I have a job, I'm going to driving school, I do things around the house, clean, cook and I'll probably go to college this year.
There's nothing wrong with you playing games, but you should also do something else.
Do you have a job, school, girlfriend, money?
What you don't like about yourself? Try to change it. Meet some people, if you have anxiety watch some videos about that, they helped me to be more communicative and less weird. Ask your gamer friends to meet. Go out just to walk and look at the things around you. Travel somewhere, even alone. Giving up is not an option.
I had a job, just got laid off. It's tiring, I just want something steady so I can get shit together but instead the world fucks me over and drags me through the mud. I kinda dropped out of highschool, depression and isolation caused a lot of problems and now I just want to move on with my life and get a job. Guess that's impossible tho, I fucked up my life and don't deserve it anymore. I've been single for a few years, trying to get myself sorted out before I start dating again, besides with what a mess my life is I doubt any sane woman would date me. I'm in debt and living with my parents rn.
Everything. I'm lazy, I'm lonely, I'm depressed, I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm scared, I'm angry, I'm a misake, what is there not to hate? How do I change myself? I do meet people, I just only meet them online because of anxiety, fear, and the fact that I haven't made any friends since highschool and I have no idea what to do. I was isolated all through school because I was kinda weird and I'm probably either autistic or adhd. My gamer friends all live far away, my closest friends are currently 5 hours away, we were roommates for a while but even then we barely talked to each other. People dont like me and they never will, even my own parents avoid me. I never should have been born.
Giving up has felt like my only option for a long time, if I'm honest. I gave up on highschool and was waiting for things to go bad so I'd have an excuse to end it, but then I was too much of a coward.
Ohh man I feel bad for you. At least you understand what's the problem, why don't you go to therapist? I don't think my advice can help you much.
Fear. It probably isn't easy to understand but at this point opening up irl is scary, I don't want to waste the therapists time if I am fine and I also don't want to ruin my own life by finding out I'm autistic or fucked in some other way. How will I ever have a normal life or get married if I'm mentally handicapped? Men might be willing to support a broken woman, but there is no woman who wants a broken man. I just want to live my life and pretend like nothing is wrong with me. My mum always used to tell me she didn't want me medicated, and she'd say, "fake it till you make it" (not in relation to this but just in general, especially with jobs). I just want to act normal until eventually I just become normal, talking to a therapist won't make me normal.
It's different online, if I fuck up and you think I'm retarded, I can block you and you will never have any impact on my life, you can't spread rumors about me and tell people I'm a freak, so it doesn't matter what you think. It's different in person, when I can feel them judging me, and anonymity is removed, it's terrifying, like if I say the wrong thing everything then everyone will avoid me and judge me. I relate very heavily to the first half of "I'm sorry" by Joyner Lucas. "Cause I've never been happy with myself
And I don't need no one feeling bad for me
Tryna to offer me pity and throw jabs at me
Wanna give me advice and then laugh at me
Behind closed doors, just close the door
Let me be by myself—just me and myself"
"Go ahead and call me a coward
Say that I'm not strong because I'm not like you
Go ahead and call me crazy
'Cause I live in a maze, tell me how about you?
I think I live in my head
Sometimes I think that I'm dead, I hide behind my youth
Know I been losing my mind
And I'm a little behind, step inside my shoes"
"I hear it's easy to die, I wanna see for myself
And I know that sounds crazy to everyone else
But I'm depressed as fuck, stressed as fuck
Ain't no medicine that could cure what's the test as drugs
I mean, I need extra love
And that ain't even enough, said that ain't even enough
And where the fuck is God? (God, God)
Damn, maybe I ain't believing enough
But today we gonna see if he's real
And if He is, then I guess I'm prolly going to hell
Look, I ain't wanna die like this
I ain't picture my life like this
They don't know what it's like like this
Pretending I'm happy so I can smile like this, and laugh like you
Sometimes I wonder if I ever act like you
Could I finally fit in and maybe relax like, "Woo!"
Or would you feel lost without me?
'Cause honestly, I think the world is better off without me
And my mind's spinning, this is the line finish
Truth is I don't care how they feel about my feelings
I made up my mind, I'm going out like Robin Williams
I guess I'm not the Ordinary People of John Legend
And I've been suicidal since the day I was nine, shit
Okay, the day I was nine
I've been tired of being bullied, couldn't stay out the fire
Grandma told me I should take it one day at a time
And dammit, look at me now, fuck
Fuck, pen runnin' out, shit, fu—, ugh
Look, just know it's a new day
But if you reading this, then it's prolly too late, blaow!"
I understand you and if you don't want to go to therapist that's fine, but then you have to work on yourself alone which is harder.
"Fake it till you make it" is good idea, but you don't look like you are trying to fake anything.
Also, there will always be rumours and you need to accept it.
Wanna know something funny? People think that I slept with like 6 guys and I'm a virgin.
I was getting mentally bullied in elementary school until I fought back. Meanwhile I tried to kill myself, standing in the kitchen with knife in my hand pointing towards me.
I was depressed for couple of years, I couldn't find any meaning in life, then I met my ex. He was the most positive person I ever met. I never told him, but he ended my depression and even after the break up I never went back.
We'll go back to rumours.
Don't think about that much, most people spread them just for fun, you'll never be liked by everyone, but if you are too scared of that you'll never find ones that like you.
I'll assume that you don't look best, so there are some things that can improve your life without talking to anyone:
Start working out, that will make you feel and look good
Try new haircuts and bear styles
Eat healthier food
Read some articles that could help you
Go out and sit in sun
Try to change your mind to be more positive
I know, I've been trying to be my own therapist for a while and trying to get over my fears but I've lost a lot of motivation recently.
Thank you for sharing, I appreciate that, I just don't see it being likely to work out like that for me, most of my relationships in the past have ended in me being cheated on so I'm a little pessimistic now and I find it hard to trust in relationships, which is something I really need to fix before I try to date again.
I mean, I don't like the way I look but admittedly when I try to work on my appearance I can be above average, most people rate me around a 6 or 7 (there is a picture of me in an old question on my profile if you're curious). Right now I look like trash but I kinda just stopped caring.
I get that rumors will always be a thing and that I'll never be liked by everyone but it goes deeper than that. I often feel like people talk about me behind my back and make fun of me, and I always feel like I'm one misstep away from being abandoned by everyone, like if I say or do something wrong then I'll be alone again, it's something I've come to accept but I've never really dealt with it. It's constantly reinforced too, it feels like I push people away when I open up, not like I'm being rude but like others find it overwhelming, so I often retreat back and try to play it off as a joke or change the subject and go back to ignoring it. I'm pretty sure it stems from abandonment issues with my real dad.
I've been trying to work out recently because I think that's my main problem physically, I'm skinny af, like 6'1" 130lbs. Haven't been very motivated with it tho, I tried working out a few days and then I kinda just stopped. I need a haircut but I've been lazy af and struggling with money so I've been putting it off. Yeah, I need to eat more in general I think, I've just not been feeling motivated to eat, like sometimes I'll know im hungry but it's too much work so I don't bother since it only hurts me. Othertimes it's like I just don't want to eat, I think my depression has been fucking with my appetite. I kind of just eat one meal a day most days, like a burger from mcdonalds or subway footlong or something.
Yeah, I guess reading articles might help.
I live in Canada, we don't get much sun and it's snowy outside rn. To be fair though I'm kinda making excuses, even in summer I don't go out much, I just don't see much point in it most of the time.
I'm trying to be more positive, but it's hard to change things that are so deeply ingrained in me. It's like if all you've seen is hell, will you believe that heaven exists? Or will you think it's a lie designed to get your hopes up just so they can be torn back down? That's an overexxageration obviously but it's kinda how it feels. I know I've had good things so maybe I just focus on the bad too much but it feels like my life has been overwhelmingly negative, so I don't know how I can genuinely be positive. It's been a problem for a while and it probably stems from real dad popping in and out of my life with promises he would never keep, then it continued as I felt shoved to the side by others, my parents would promise to do something (typically my mother, and without me asking for it, she just liked to make promises to try to be a good parent but then she was too busy to keep them), then they would go back on that and if I brought it up I would get yelled at (by my step dad) for being spoiled, then my best friend dated my sister and that just continued it, he'd show up and pretend like he wanted to hang out with me, then they'd go fuck. When I was younger I tried to stop hoping for things because I didn't want to be let down anymore.
You look nice, I thought you're a lot worse
Put your hair up, let your facial hair grow and you'll look much better
We all have trust issues when it comes to relationship, so yeah give yourself some time to figure it out and don't forget that everyone is different, don't expect that a new girl will cheat on you just because old one did
You have to be contraventional sometimes, don't always agree with people
Some of my friends told me that they like how I'm honest with them
I don't put "sugar" in my sentences
just so they'll like me
Don't open up too quickly, wait some time and when you start feeling like it annoys them, just stop and keep talking next time
Don't let these stupid things to ruin your life, please I know you can be better
I don't know maybe I just have anxiety or chronic depression or something then, I just always feel like I'm going to fuck up and seem weird unless I try to be like other people. When I was young I was very energetic and inquisitive and all my elementary school teachers wanted me doped out on Adderall or something because I was too much to handle. Eventually I picked up on this (well... that and I was sexually abused at age 9 which was probably the main thing that started my isolation, I had a therapy appointment or two after but it was an hour long drive and my parents were both busy and didn't have a lot of money so that stopped quick) and just tried to hide from everyone in my late years of elementary and early years of highschool, then I learned to just fake myself and pretend to be someone I'm not. Hide the depression, hide the anxiety, take it out on yourself when you're alone but never let anyone else see. Now I can't cry unless I'm alone, if other people are around I repress before I even start to feel. I just put on a fake smile and tell everyone "I'm okay", never go into detail on feelings, never go to much into detail about hobbies or political views unless the other person has similar tastes and will agree. I have terrible insomnia that's only been getting worse since my cat died back in August, she was basically my only emotional/moral support beam, she was always there for me and I could always tell how much she loved me. I miss her so much but I don't want it to affect the way people view me so I repress it, I can't remember the look of her without looking at pictures now. It makes me feel aweful because I don't want to forget her but I don't want to be a burden on others by talking about my feelings so I just close it up and only think about her when I'm alone.
I didn't see your last 2 comments when I was writing mine
I can see that you're scared, but it can be better trust me
Yeah I didn't see your last comment, sorry I had to break it up, gag only lets you type so much and I kinda started ranting.
I understand you and I hope you feel better after telling me all of this
Read my comments again and see what you can do
I wish you all the best and I believe in you
Thanks, I can't really grow facial hair but I really should put my hair up again after I get it cut. I kinda look like a hobo right now haha.
Thanks, I know not everyone is the same, I just dont like getting hurt, so aftee I feel pain I put up mental walls to prevent it happening again.
You're probably right on that, I just learned that it was easier to sweeten a sentence then risk fighting with family. I don't like being yelled at and my step dad likes yelling at anything that upsets him or my mother even slightly. I'm a bit more open with my friends, especially cause we shit talk each other as a joke when we talk, but even then I'm usually overly careful not to seriously offend anyone.
I'll try not to open up too quickly, and expressing myself despite how others react, but I'm pretty much going to have to give up on any kind of relationship with my parents then.
Thank you, I hope I can do better, I just don't know how. I kind of want to do something big with my life, I have daydreams of being successful and being a positive influence on the world, but I never share them because it's delusional. Part of me wants to become a politician and fix the problems I've seen ignored, it's like I go inbetween phases of feeling worthless, hopeless, and powerless and then dreaming about changing the world and/or being successful. Sorry, I just wanted to share that because I've never opened up about it before.
Thank you. Have a nice day. Sorry I ranted so much.
Nope, games are good way to relax, to push your mind off work problems. It's fun, boosts my mood. But everything has its limits, if someone gets obsessed with games, skips school or work just to play than it's pathetic
Nah gaming's nice. Especially now. Covid keeping us locked inside our homes. Some people be bored or going crazy, meanwhile gamers are just chilling
This came from somewhere why you feel this way or know of someone who feel this way
Don't ask this question and just leave
ANONYMOUS
Gaming is good for young adults to children but not above 30 unless your a software developer.
Yeah, after you become an adult, partying, alcoholism, and drugs are the only hobbies you're allowed to have because everything else is childish!!!
Everyone judgmental for no reason
Frig almighty, seriously?
My grandfather regularly played his old NES and Super Mario Bros & Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout right up until he passed away in his mid 80s.
My mom is currently into No Man's Sky and her Boyfriend is into Witcher 3. Both are in their 60s.
My dad plays combat and flight simulator type games. My older brother is a collector and has pretty much every console that ever existed and most of the games that came with each.
The Atari was king back when I was a kid.
Statistically, the current average age of a gamer is still in the 30s (33 to 37, depending on where you look)
And yes, they/we all have more going on in our lives than just video games. The point being is that there's no such thing as being too old for video games.
You might be too young to recall, but back when the Wii first came out, there were retirement homes buying them and the seniors were not only playing games like Wii Sports for helping with physical activity, but also for improving their social skills as they played together. They also had fun and nobody is too old to have a little fun and entertainment from time to time.
I suppose I'm also too old to watch and enjoy Teen Titans Go with my son?
@LesterJester yeah dude you're wayyyy too old. Go grab a beer and watch some football or something because drinking is the only activity mature enough for adults like us!
Drinking and sports, sorry.
@devilman666 nah, my only activity as an old fart is to yell at clouds like Abe Simpson... Oh and to complain to cashiers about not accepting my coupons for an inflatable doughnut for my bum to alleviate my Haemorrhoids while describing how my ass looks like cottage cheese in a bag.
Nah, seriously, I don't have Haemorrhoids and my ass is fine.
No, but just like any other hobby, too much of it is unhealthy
I don't believe in gaming is pathetic but I also believe that gaining does Nelly have or give you any real life skills unless you happen to find a job where gaming is the thing
*pulls out years of academic research proving the distinct advantages and contributions of gaming*
*points and laughs at the losers who are actually stupid enough to believe it's a useless hobby*
Yeah. No doubt about that. Instead of leveling up a character in a video game. Why not use the same time spent leveling up your own, real self in the more tangible game of life.
no, I am not a gamer itself... but for me its not diferent than going to the bar and consume alcohol. With the exception that the bar is in a way more social.
It's mostly unhealthy but you gain the strategies if you were in a real situation but still won't call it a benefit as it is to unhealthy loss of eyesight may come diabetes etc
I have contemplated just selling everything renting an apartment buying a really good computer and just playing video games non stop. Unfortunately I can't do that because I own a house now.
Gaming is not pathetic and not really useful tbh... I barely play games and if I don't be a production I hate myself so I tend to be more production over just sitting in my ass and play game.
Gaming is good for passing time and for helping you move on from many things
Well, it does keep people who don't have a life off the streets...
Even though i dont like it, I think it is ok as long as you are not addicted to it
Absolutely not. Some games can actually increase skills like typing, rapid problem solving, creative thinking, etc.
No, gaming can be healthy, unless it's not obsessively. Everything is healthy if you do it in moderate.
Whatever brings you pleasure is what matters just know life requires balance to live optimally so get off the damn couch once in awhile
no science shows it increases creativity, problem solving, and reflexes