So, lately I’ve been seeing some posts on gaming and I’ve been wondering. I’ve been playing Roblox for an hour and I plan to hit my usual time of 4-5 hours. I do it to pass the time.

  • 🇵🇸antifa_ceo@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    IMO the question is more around when it starts having demonstrable negative effects on your life. Missing obligations to family and friends. Work getting done poorly. Not taking care of your own health. Stuff like that.

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      12 hours ago

      I totally agree. I used to have a problem with gaming growing up, I’d prioritize it over everything else and my studies really suffered as a result, but now? I spend almost as much time playing games as I did back then, but it’s an end-of-the-day post-resposiblities thing I do that allows me to spend time doing something with my wife even when we’re miles apart (like we frequently are). It all depends on the effect it is having on your life, not a matter of raw time spent on it.

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      15 hours ago

      I would state that this is the bar for determining if anything is an addiction. Does it make your life harder to manage or not?

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      17 hours ago

      Mental health pros all say the same thing, no matter what the behavior. The question is: “how is it negatively affecting your life?”