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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8198879" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>You asked a serious question and therefore deserve a serious answer. There are a couple of things that you should maybe be aware of.</p><p></p><p>1. <strong>Online interaction.</strong> Social media and forums like this one can absolutely be addictive. When you reach out to someone socially and they respond you get an instant hit of endorphins. Someone wants to speak to you and that makes you feel good. It doesn’t matter if they’re agreeing or not. It’s the same reason dating apps are popular with people who don’t go on dates. No one wants to be ignored and whether you’re engaging in a forum, or discord or in an online game you’re are going to be attracted to getting more of the same. Everytime someone likes a post or upvotes you, you get an endorphin hit.</p><p></p><p>2. <strong>Collecting</strong>. There are whole TV shows about collections that describe how peoples collections have gone beyond simply wanting something nice and slipped into an obsession. If you’re finding yourself buying things you don’t need, or getting buyers remorse soon afterwards then maybe you have got a problem with collecting. I know I certainly collected Warhammer to an unhealthy degree and to financial detriment. Ok so I could afford it, but at the same time I don’t own my own home. If I saved the £20k ive probably spent on gaming over the last 20 years, maybe I could. This is extreme but it’s all relative.</p><p></p><p>3. <strong>Reality & Fantasy.</strong> This bits probably the controversial bit. Gaming is fun, it is entirely designed to be fun and engaging and take you out of current situation. Which is great at times. But it isn’t productive. It won’t make you successful, any more than playing Call of Duty or Minecraft will. Maybe it would be amazing to be a financially successful games designer or a online game streamer but the reality is for most of us that will never happen. As my grandma would say. “Playing games is all very good, but get outside a bit too”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8198879, member: 6879661"] You asked a serious question and therefore deserve a serious answer. There are a couple of things that you should maybe be aware of. 1. [B]Online interaction.[/B] Social media and forums like this one can absolutely be addictive. When you reach out to someone socially and they respond you get an instant hit of endorphins. Someone wants to speak to you and that makes you feel good. It doesn’t matter if they’re agreeing or not. It’s the same reason dating apps are popular with people who don’t go on dates. No one wants to be ignored and whether you’re engaging in a forum, or discord or in an online game you’re are going to be attracted to getting more of the same. Everytime someone likes a post or upvotes you, you get an endorphin hit. 2. [B]Collecting[/B]. There are whole TV shows about collections that describe how peoples collections have gone beyond simply wanting something nice and slipped into an obsession. If you’re finding yourself buying things you don’t need, or getting buyers remorse soon afterwards then maybe you have got a problem with collecting. I know I certainly collected Warhammer to an unhealthy degree and to financial detriment. Ok so I could afford it, but at the same time I don’t own my own home. If I saved the £20k ive probably spent on gaming over the last 20 years, maybe I could. This is extreme but it’s all relative. 3. [B]Reality & Fantasy.[/B] This bits probably the controversial bit. Gaming is fun, it is entirely designed to be fun and engaging and take you out of current situation. Which is great at times. But it isn’t productive. It won’t make you successful, any more than playing Call of Duty or Minecraft will. Maybe it would be amazing to be a financially successful games designer or a online game streamer but the reality is for most of us that will never happen. As my grandma would say. “Playing games is all very good, but get outside a bit too” [/QUOTE]
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