Didn't expect a video on Becker, he has been a huge inspiration for me, managed to quit gaming for a week, struggling with social media usage but trying to cut that down to a reasonable amount as well and putting all my focus and energy on my work, studies and getting into the best shape of my life as well as going out of my comfort zone and socializing with people more to build my confidence.
Day 46 of Gaming Detox: Gaming has recked my focus in the past and kept my mind thinking about the game hours after being offline. So glad to have my mind back and be working on my goals and creating new goals.
@@gediminaskulakauskas8799 I was over 160 days, and then the holidays happened and I started over again after a month plus of gaming. I know created five basic goals for different areas of my life that are manageable. I also created a spreadsheet of significant things to do in my life from doing the dishes to cooking for my household to taking the kids out for a bike right and gave each a point value. I keep track of the overall points (New High Score) for a total number of all points since I started and then a monthly point total to keep track of our progress.
@@jordanmarazzi3548 Yeah, I was doing ok, but then had a full-blown relapse over the holidays for over a month that was very bad and affecting my work super negatively. I finally found a good friend that entered a code in my phone to keep it locked down permanently as for myself I can’t allow gaming into my life at all. Back to day 3 without gaming, but feeling confident that I can go the distance this time.
For those that have succeeded to quit, stay ahead of it. Do not become complacent. These mental slavery simulations are only going to get worse with AI and AR. It was easier to quit a decade ago and will be harder to quit in the next. Allah help us 🤲🏼
This is it! Thank you so much for your video! Keep doing what you're doing, you helping people like me who struggling with gaming, may God rewards you with His ultimate rewards
This is a great summary of alex's opinions on gaming addiction. I have been following him for years and I agree with most points made. You should have mentioned the fact that he used his gaming addiction to fuel his motivation to learn game design and programming. that can be a great starting place for gamers who need a bigger purpose
Thank you for this effort, and I love the content of your channel, I almost went crazy from the many denial of the people I try to convince that video games are dangerous
I think the one problem I face when it comes to quitting gaming is I really have no clue where my life is going. I'm about to go to college and have just been playing games since I'm almost done with highschool and don't know what I could do that would be productive for me. It's like I feel that video games are my only source of actual progression (genshin is one of those things). I do tennis also which I am passionate for but anytime I'm not outside I usually just play games. I do want to practice things like drawing and writing but I don't see the point into doing any of those things. I might just be competitive by nature so maybe that's why I don't feel the need to do a lot of things. If you could offer some perspective that I'm missing I'd greatly appreciate it
Honestly same I stopped playing Genshin but I also didn't use social media much so now it feels like I don't know what to do, but I'm also experiencing a Genshin burnout cus it sounds fun when I can't play it but once I can play it it just feels like the same thing over and over again
Honestly same I stopped playing Genshin but I also didn't use social media much so now it feels like I don't know what to do, but I'm also experiencing a Genshin burnout cus it sounds fun when I can't play it but once I can play it it just feels like the same thing over and over again
I think in my case success has a different meaning. I think giving up GTA for good is my success story. I am now looking to take on other interests, and I am finding that I want to go outside more which is something I never thought would be possible again. I still game but I don't spend anywhere near the amount of time I was with GTA. The ultimate goal is to become a content creator but that is more of a long term goal at this stage.
His results aren't typical. It would help tremendously for someone to have work and a business to put all their time and energy into. If people don't have a full work and social life to get back to right away, recovering from video game addiction is going to be much more difficult. If people work on creating a new full life without games that is going to help tremendously. Alex just had that already so his recovery time to feeling a lot better or "normal" without games was short. Others might take 1-3 months or sometimes more to feel a lot more normal. Many do see a big difference in 1-3 weeks but probably not quite as dramatic as Alex.
I find it really entertaining that youtube shows WoW under the chapters at this video, as if this was all about promoting the game. Btw, imo there is a good way to play Wow while not getting addicted permanently. The key is to enjoy leveling up and exploring the new areas when a new expansion is released, then tell yourself that doing anything else after that is just pure mindless dumb farming and doing repetitive tasks for months... because that's the truth. 😄 If someone thinks the so-called 'end-game' is the most important part of the game, they will always be addicted. I mean, you can get done with the real content of a new expansion in a few months, then just stop for 2 years until the next expansion is out. Ofc I know that this strategy is somewhat messed up by how Blizzard is trying to keep people subscribed with frequent content-updates and new mindless farming opportunities, but you can just decide to ignore those, or wait for them to 'gather up' to go through all of those in a short time right before the new exp is out. Honestly, most of the times those updates between expansions are often just a waste of time with new tokens/gear to farm which will anyway lose value literally in a few months or less. If you are one of those who only enjoys pvp or raiding in WoW, then that's a hopeless case. You either quit completely, or you never really do.
if fast food, gambling and MANY OTHER ADDICTION tell us anything about "moderation" is that not everyone has that discipline and will literally die if it means they can get one more sweat hit of whatever they are addicted to we are so prone to addictions due to our biological reward system you can moderate yourself maybe but people are throwing away their lives for these things meant to prey on their biological code
I've done it and this channel was a very big help, the simple advice of replace it with something. I have started art and have not played video games in a year. For those trying to quit i wish you all the best of luck. Don't feel like an imposter its just as bad as a drug addiction and should be taken seriously. Im proud of being able to quit and i garuntee if you do quit video games and get a hobby your life will take a turn for the best its hard but worth it, and completely possible. Also if you fail try again, i failed quiting the first time and then gave up thinking it was hopeless i tried again failed again failed again failed but eventually i managed to quit.
Bro if you are addicted to partying, you would party more thant just the weekends. Do you Think an alcoholic can drink 1 beer without wanting to drink 20 beers after. Just ask SteveO, he says he always crav a beer, But he dosent let him self do it. If you can live without a Long time you are not addicted.
