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gaming burnout - whats your solution ?
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Spaceman292
Banned
Play games when you feel like playing them. It's not like someone's holding a gun to your head.
Sleepwalker
Member
Time, time is the solution. Don't force it and the itch will return eventually. Do some other activity you are interested in in the meanwhile 
. I usually spend a lot of time reading between gaming breaks.
. I usually spend a lot of time reading between gaming breaks.
diffusionx
Gold Member
It’s a hobby, just do something else
Like what even is this question
Like what even is this question
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
I get it a lot with modern games. Try some smaller stuff, indie games or short games.
If all else fails, go back to PS2.
If all else fails, go back to PS2.
The Fartist
Gold Member
Paint a self portrait
GenericUser
Member
Do something else.
azertydu91
Hard to Kill
Take some time out but don't forget to keep a note of games you might be interested in, just so you know what to play when you will want to.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Try to take action. To get started:
- Evaluate your options. Discuss specific concerns with your parents. Maybe you can work together to change expectations or reach compromises or solutions. Try to set goals for what must get done and what can wait.
- Seek support. Whether you reach out to friends or loved ones, support and collaboration might help you cope. If you have access to an videogame dependency program, take advantage of relevant services.
- Try a relaxing activity. Explore programs that can help with stress such as yoga, meditation or tai chi.
- Get some exercise. Regular physical activity can help you to better deal with videogame burnout. It can also take your mind off porn.
- Get some sleep. Sleep restores well-being and helps protect your health.
- Mindfulness. Mindfulness is the act of focusing on your breath flow and being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling at every moment, without interpretation or judgment. This practice involves facing situations with openness and patience, and without judgment.
rabbity-thing
Member
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Nintendo.
VeganElduderino
Member
smoke weed and drink beer!
Buggy Loop
Member
nemiroff
Gold Member
It happens and the only logical thing is to move on and do something else. For me it's super easy, it's in my muscle memory. That's how it should be. Play if you feel like, and if not then don't..... I take fairly long breaks sometimes, up to a month or so. And don't be surprised if it last longer than that if you're at a crossroad in life.
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Sir Vilhelm
Member
Go outside
samoilaaa
Member
gaming is life
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Instead of spending $60 on video games, get a lap dance or two. Or save up and get a high class hooker.
Far more rewarding than destiny raids.
Far more rewarding than destiny raids.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Pick up another hobby for a few weeks / months.
GymWolf
Member
Do hookers drop exotic weapons tho?
At best they drop exotic sexually transmitting diseases...
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bentanchorbolt
Banned
I have a lot of hobbies so generally when one isn't resonating with me I'll just do something else.
Fuz
Banned
OK, that's it, turn off your computer and do something constructive.
Like play a little racquetball. Or wash your car.
Or cook dinner. Or join a funk band. Or travel to a foreign country Or run for president. Or talk to a member of the opposite sex. Or lube your car. Or hose a weenie roast. Or dig for buried treasure. Or milk a cow. Or have a yelling contest with your neighbor's dog. Or perform brain surgery. Or paint a yellow line in the center of your driveway. Or write your name in the snow. Or teach basket weaving to clams. Or sing Welsh folk songs at the bank. Or plant trees on public property. Or confuse the person next to you. Or make a triangular table. Or hop, skip, and jump. Or ride a train. Or organize your sock drawer alphabetically. Or go bowling with you mom. Or train potato bugs to do tricks. Or make a quilt. Or publish a magazine about pencil shavings. Or eat lime jello with pineapple in it. Or pave a freeway. Or learn to draw. Or take up photography. Or learn to tell time. Or photocopy money. Or got out for pasta. Or sew a dress. Or bathe your iguana. Or go fishing. Or paint a stranger's house in the middle of the night. Or take up windsurfing. Or change your hairstyle. Or sharpen your whiteboard markers. Or feed a toucan. Or enjoy the sun. Or do a crossword puzzle. Or buy some cool clothes. Or go to the beach. Or play croquet with your dad. Or water your plants. Or build a dollhouse. Or invite some friends over for salmon and white wine.
Like play a little racquetball. Or wash your car.
Or cook dinner. Or join a funk band. Or travel to a foreign country Or run for president. Or talk to a member of the opposite sex. Or lube your car. Or hose a weenie roast. Or dig for buried treasure. Or milk a cow. Or have a yelling contest with your neighbor's dog. Or perform brain surgery. Or paint a yellow line in the center of your driveway. Or write your name in the snow. Or teach basket weaving to clams. Or sing Welsh folk songs at the bank. Or plant trees on public property. Or confuse the person next to you. Or make a triangular table. Or hop, skip, and jump. Or ride a train. Or organize your sock drawer alphabetically. Or go bowling with you mom. Or train potato bugs to do tricks. Or make a quilt. Or publish a magazine about pencil shavings. Or eat lime jello with pineapple in it. Or pave a freeway. Or learn to draw. Or take up photography. Or learn to tell time. Or photocopy money. Or got out for pasta. Or sew a dress. Or bathe your iguana. Or go fishing. Or paint a stranger's house in the middle of the night. Or take up windsurfing. Or change your hairstyle. Or sharpen your whiteboard markers. Or feed a toucan. Or enjoy the sun. Or do a crossword puzzle. Or buy some cool clothes. Or go to the beach. Or play croquet with your dad. Or water your plants. Or build a dollhouse. Or invite some friends over for salmon and white wine.
kiphalfton
Member
Play something different. Open world games and most "word of mouth" / AAA games don't do it for me.
Just gotta find the right game. If it doesn't get your attention within the first hour or so, drop it and try something else out.
vaibhavpisal
Member
Nintendo consoles or PC retro gaming to get through burn out phase.
Once you get back, get into opposite type of games that causes burn out.
Eg if you played story based games, get into online games and vice versa.
This worked for me at least.
Once you get back, get into opposite type of games that causes burn out.
Eg if you played story based games, get into online games and vice versa.
This worked for me at least.
Majormaxxx
Member
Quit the hobby for a while or for a long while.
If you are meant to enjoy it, you'll eventually find your way back to it.
If the hobby dies for you, it dies...
If you are meant to enjoy it, you'll eventually find your way back to it.
If the hobby dies for you, it dies...
RiccochetJ
Gold Member
I wouldn't say I get burnt out, but there's times when I have no interest in starting or continuing to play a game. When that happens, I'll just go do other things. Hell, sometimes it's 6 months before something grabs me again. Unless your source of income is tied to gaming like being a streamer etc, then just go do something different.
On a side note, that's why I could never be a streamer or someone on Youtube creating content around gaming. I think it would make me hate games if my livelihood depended on it.
On a side note, that's why I could never be a streamer or someone on Youtube creating content around gaming. I think it would make me hate games if my livelihood depended on it.
Satansblade
Banned
a break from gaming...
Pedro Motta
Member
Angelcurio
Member
Normally happens to me after playing any souls From Software title. Usually doing other activities for a couple of weeks make the itch come back, like watching movies or anime.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Came for the touch grass bait. If I want to do something different but still gaming. That's usually when I play something more like an arcadey VR game.
Sometimes burnout can be mostly related to having to pay attention to story or the gameplay/difficulty. A lot of VR games have about no story, different gameplay, and usually not difficult.
Sometimes burnout can be mostly related to having to pay attention to story or the gameplay/difficulty. A lot of VR games have about no story, different gameplay, and usually not difficult.
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
replay that game you just finished (do something more with it, like speedrun or going for 100%) until you get bored and want to play something else
or just take a break, that works too
Cert.in.Death
Member
Take a break. Life outside is the quintessential open-world experience.
