> Video game addiction may be a coping mechanism among younger men — especially those who are single — showing signs of depression, restlessness and anxiety.
Feeling down, /v/? Maybe it's time to put down that video game.
>>335588012
DELETE THIS
>>335588012
How about i put you down, six feet under.
Addiction of any kind may be a sign of those things
Key word may
It's fucking nothing
I could have told them that.
And just putting the game down isn't going to change anything OP. When dealing with a depression or anxiety, it is the very very small minority who can get out of it without professional therapy of some sort.
>>335588012
And replace it with what? Alcohol and narcotics?
>>335588012
Video games is a coping mechanism. You said it yourself
>>335588154
this right here and it should have been the end of the thread, but /v/ is a bunch of shit posters and whiners and this will be going for awhile
>>335588012
Thank god I'm not addicted to video games, only an alcoholic!
It's the other way around, you pick up an addiction BECAUSE you're depressed.
>>335588012
You want people to put their coping mechanism down without an alternative outlet?
Smart.
>stop playing video games
>start reading, playing an instrument, writing, painting
>still depressed
woooooooooooow
>>335588310
Shhh... everything is males' fault. Always.
>>335588012
>Feeling down, /v/?
>Put down your coping mechanism
Sick advice OP. Did you even read your own greentext?
>>335588012
pfffttttt people didnt realize this before?
been using video games as an anti depressant for more than a decade know, guess I should have written that study myself.
I thought it was pretty obvious.
>>335588012
>implying /v/ plays vidya
Jokes on you!
>>335588012
>Indians
I'm not going to listen to people who shit in the streets.
I spent more time browsing /v/ than play game
Or maybe video games are used as a form of self medication instead of a cause.
>Indian express
>Indian
POO
>>335588012
I thought this was obvious
>>335588012
>the indian express
ALL ABOARD THE POO POO TRAIN!
>>335588012
>Feeling down, /v/? Maybe it's time to put down that video game.
How exactly would that fix mental issues?
>>335588485
You may actually be right. India has a really bad habit of blaming unrelated shit and coming up with new scares to avoid talking about their dire social issues.
>>335588012
it's saying it's a coping mechanism not the cause. maybe it's time to go back to the 4th grade.
>>335588012
>escapism the hobby
>related to depression
news at eleven
>>335588627
You know, going outside, socializing, meeting a girl and such.
>>335588012
>an addiction MAY be a coping mechanism
stop the motherfucking presses did anyone know that??????
>>335588012
So, this is the new media for every niche, then?
Just roasties and noodles screaming and belittling straight white males for rageclicks?
>>335588698
>1=0
Playing video games does not prevent you from doing that
>>335588012
Wow? Depressed people more likely to seek for simple escapist comping mechanisms, people who play too much video games probably not being high-status males and thus being more likely to be depressed?
WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT?!
>>335588487
>Or maybe video games are used as a form of self medication instead of a cause.
When an article says "linked", that actually means there is a correlation. Not necessarily a causal link.
>>335588698
That doesn't fix mental issues either
oh gee, I wonder why men are depressed, can't be because education shits on men and we're told that we're the cause of everything wrong in the world, no wonder men are turning videogames and porn
fuck feminism
So fucking what? Videogames and getting drunk are the only thing I have to look forward to.
>>335588012
>put down your coping mechanism and go back to thinking about killing yourself!
sound logic op
Well let's get this shit out of the way. Something can only be an addiction if it happens enough to negatively effect your day to day life.
>>335588326
>cut my ear
>die as a poor friendless faggot
>people say what you did was great and that is all
THANKS KOJIMA
>>335588012
>NEW STUDY FINDS OP TO BE A FAGGOT
>>335588297
Here here! I barely even play videogames anymore thanks to my alcoholism.
>>335588012
>in men
What happen to the womans and trans?
You can link anything to anything if you want.
>>335589032
>Women
>Playing video games
>Tumblr
>Knowing about video games
>video game 'addiction' now apparently linked to depression in men only cause the Indian Express said so
>at the same time skewed statistics have proven that women are over 50% of 'gamers'
I've discovered a correlation between utterly irrelevant 'studies' that I too pulled out my ass. Am I anymore correct?
I can buy this, I was a happier and more productive guy before playing vidya
>>335588698
Nice try normalfag I'm not falling for that.
>>335589032
>womans
their coping mechanism isn't the videogames, it's the attention they get from playing them
>trans
their coping mechanism isn't videogames either, it's the constant backpatting they get on social media
>>335588698
that doesn't change anything you dipshit and I'm getting tired of LOL JUST GET LAID BRO
sex isn't fucking magic
>>335588012
>Trusting anything from The Designated Shitting Street Express
kek
>>335588175
This is exactly what the jews would like you to do.
>>335589032
In order for that study to be conclusive for women as well they'd need a decent sample pool which isn't possible because bitches don't play vidya.
>>335589328
Then why is the latter one banned?
>>335589403
because jews can enslave you with prison
>>335588698
You people sound like girls are a magic cure-it-all pill
Not having friends and pussy is a consequence, not a reason
>>335588012
Do you understand your quote yourself? It says that because people are depressed they are playing vidya, not the other way. You obviously have some serious problems with reading comprehension.
>>335589189
Whoa
>>335588012
>le strong womyn don't need no men
>OMG why aren't men after me, lel they are children who are depressed and play vidya all day
Sure thing kike
>>335588012
>A coping mechanism is what cause depression
You're a fucking idiot.
>>335589189
What am I seeing here?
>video games are one of the only things that give me joy in life
>CAN'T YOU SEE ITS ESCAPISM, ITS A COPING MECHANISM YOU'RE ADDICTED ITS UNHEALTHY
I believe it.
I am +250 hours into dark souls 3 and I am basically only stopping when I fall into bed from exhaustion.
>>335588012
>ADHD
>Depression
>BOTH hyperactivity and apathy
somehow this feels like "vidya is the devil": the article
>>335588175
lol if you dont exclusively play games while drunk/high
>>335588012
Actually going to the doctor in a few hours to see about getting some anti depression meds.
I don't get why I should stop playing games though, it's not causing the depression, it's a distraction to cope with it.
Yeah where are the people complaining about music addiction? If you listen to too much music you might be a music addict and have depression and anxiety! Or maybe movie addicts. How about painting addicts?
>>335589603
The dark chocolate is probably warm enough to melt the thin layer of white chocolate along the trails.
>>335589619
no, you need to be a good goy and spend your money and enslave yourself to a woman who doesn't respect you
>>335589603
thin white chocolate? sphere that melts from hot chocolate sauce
The knowledge that I can't play video games all the time is depressing me. The fact that I have to work, not to be rich but only to live a simple life of video games.
>>335588012
I suffer from all of those things, but I don't even play video games.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/why-do-girls-have-more-anxiety-than-boys/
>Boys are at lower risk for the toxic effects of social media than girls are, for at least three reasons. First, boys are less likely to be heavily invested in what you think of their selfies. “Does this swimsuit make me look fat?” is a question asked by girls more often than by boys. Second, boys tend to overestimate how interesting their own life is. Third, the average boy is likely to spend more time playing video games than Photoshopping his selfie for Instagram. And in video games, unlike social media, everybody truly can be a winner, eventually. If you play Grand Theft Auto or Call of Duty long enough, you will, sooner or later, complete all the missions, if you just keep at it.
Video games literally save lives.
>>335590104
>tl;dr GET THE FUCK OFF OF TWITTER
I couldn't agree more.
>>335590104
girls should stop being such status obsessed sluts its their own fault for tying their self-worth to social media
Maybe, had you not played video games early in childhood you would have developed friends, sports,gfand a greater attachment to family that would have averted your depression in the first place?search your feelings
>>335590104
Except significantly higher propensity towards anxiety and panic disorder have been documented since late 19th century. So "selfies" and "social media" have FUCK ALL to do with anything and the woman is an absolute cunt for ever even fucking suggesting that.
Seriously, this almost criminal level journalist bullshit.
>>335590104
>beig an self absorbred sloot mite b bad
woah
>>335590104
>obsessing over looks which inevitably fade away makes you miserable
stop the fucking press
>>335588012
I don´t know if anything playing modern day video games just make me more depressed since they are no full of feminist dogma on how much white straight men suck and how much superior women are.
feminism kinda ruined this hobby for me
>>335588698
Doing that is only going to get you even more depressed as you realize that you're an outcast too autistic to speak to a girl and doing stuff.
>>335590364
That ship sailed when I was born into a family where both parents were abusive alcoholics.
Your move.
>>335590396
>blogs.nytimes
>didn't even make it to print version
>expecting hard hitting journalism
It's about ethics in online shitposting am I right?
>>335589652
Your doctor will probably tell you to stop playing or limit your play time + anything that gives you instant gratification like social media, excessive masturbation, porn. Mine did. Told me to replace them with exercise and a hobby that involves creating something yourself
I genuinely enjoy playing vidya, and getting drunk everyday.
Of course the next day i get depressed because my life is heading nowhere.
But then i play vidya and get drunk again and everything is good.
>>335589403
There are plenty of legal narcotics (pharmaceuticals) to control your mind with.
Video games are neither a cure nor cause for depression. However if you're fucking depressed, the last thing you want to do is get caught up in an endless cycle of video games which make you think you're accomplishing something when in reality you aren't.
When depression sets in as a teenager, and they resort to video games to escape from life, that's when the real shit starts to hit the fan. Video games do nothing but exacerbate whatever it is the person is suffering from.
You eventually think that video games cure depression when it all it really does is numb the pain and make you focus on the game itself, thereby replacing the depression with an Adrenalin high.
Trust me when I Say you do not want to go down this road. I'm 29, suffer from post stress anxiety, depression, am one year away from wizard hood. And you know what I've been doing the past 18 years?
Just playing video games.
Don't become like me. Video games are like some animal that warms up to you but only out of curiosity. You tend to hang around the animal more and more often thinking it' some sort of exotic pet. And then one day it bites your arm off.
>>335588012
POST THE FUCKING LINK
>>335590546
Pretty much.
People look at you like you're some sort of freak.
It hurts.
The only time I don't feel like killing myself is when I'm playing video games though.
>>335590364
Always had friends and still do, played sports until I became a teen, no gf could have but rejected since they were ugly to me, family's alright not terrible but not amazing either, probably on the better end of the spectrum.
Checkmate.
My question is..what SHOULD we be doing? What if video games, film, manga and generally indulging that which I deem worth indulging is worth more to me than your opinion?
Let's be real here. We're not warriors, we're not vodka chugging commies and we're not chinks with red blindfolds on - we have the luck of growing up in THIS time. We have all media an entertainment at our fingertips - and some would question WHY people would rather do this than you know..work, toil and die?
>>335590364
I had all of these.
>>335590590
>It's about ethics in online shitposting am I right?
There is a difference between hard hitting journalism and flat, pure misinformation. The woman is lying, flat out, about a well known and well documented scientific fact that is very much a fucking common knowledge.
>>335588012
>Indian Express
POO
>>335591000
>you do not want to go down this road
Too late, I have the same life story, only difference is 3 years.
>>335591000
What would you rather do?
There's no place outside for us.
We get depressed in the first place because we don't belong.
Everyone seems to just be born with some kind knowledge that makes them work as a gear in the big social machinery.
So we play vidya, we stay inside.
>>335590396
>the woman is an absolute cunt for ever even fucking suggesting that
>a woman wrote this
>>335591320
A normal person would say reading, learning languages, traveling, learning instruments, and taking up non-digital hobbies like wood working or something.
You've clearly spent too long on the internet.
>>335588012
>Feeling down, /v/? Maybe it's time to put down that coping mechanism you have and just cry yourself to sleep on the floor.
Fuck off
>linked to
So it's a symptom, not the cause. Like how in capitalist society the only way to endure the workload is to condition oneself to find happiness in consumerism.
>>335591320
Because things haven't changed. The fact that you aren't aware that the cushion you live on is illusory does not actually excuse you. You don't have to be a fucking warrior, but you do need to be a decent human being. And that includes educating your self (and by that I don't mean getting a degree because that increases your employment chances), working in some way, and eventually, having a family.
Because the cushion provided for you will disappear, and it will happen within your own lifestyle. And the reality coming inevitably crushing down is going to be insufferable if you don't prepare for it. Literal hell. On both pragmatic and psychological level.
People don't really ask why would you rather do this than work, toil and die. They just can't understand how fail to not see the MASSIVE FUCKING PROBLEM that you are building for yourself.
>>335591517
Almost nobody does this, most people don't even have the means to do this.
>>335590364
I had all of those. No ADHD here, but games used to require focus and thinking so I am not surprised moderm games are making people even more retarded.
The big culprit though is smart phones. That is fucking the youth way harder than TV or videogames ever did.
>>335591517
but I do read, learn instruments and have multiple hobbies outside of shit posting
not to defend my degenerate neet lifestyle - but I do apply myself in fields I find interesting
but I guess having tangible currency and life experience is what matters, eh?
>>335590364
I started playing videogames after getting shit no matter where I went because even as a little shit you can think to yourself fuck this shit
>>335589021
I always knew that boy had a purty mouth, now I gots science to back me up
>>335591771
>but I guess having tangible currency and life experience is what matters, eh?
Your personal self-assessment of yourself means very little to other people
>>335591673
>So it's a symptom, not the cause.
No. It's neither the cause, nor symptom: it's a correlated phenomenon. The causal link isn't established either way (in reality, this comes as no surprise because the causal chain goes both ways).
>>335589027
You're doing it wrong, you're supposed to play and drink. Multitasking is the sign of a great mind
>>335591742
I'm fully aware - my mother recently divulged she has ovarian cancer and my father is a bitter alcoholic much like her so my days are numbered. I'm 23 and still live at home, I can nurture my illusion but I know one day I'll be out on my ass - in the street and all my little ramblings and metaphors will mean NOTHING.
It's easy to say "yeah I'm a loser because I had an existential episode where I realized working for a living is death" but what am I? I'm not even living.
>>335591876
>Multitasking is the sign of a great mind
Multitasking is a sign of feminine mind.
>the poo in the loo express
>>335591756
Most people don't matter, we're talking about people with access to libraries and regular internet connection.
read literature t b h
>>335588012
Nah man they literally said it's a coping mechanism, it's not a bad thing.
>>335591953
Could have went with robots but noooo.
This is why we can't have nice things
>>335588012
No fucking shit. That also applies to watching a lot of tv and reading books. It's escapism.
Are you addicted?
>>335591673
>to endure the workload is to condition oneself to find happiness in consumerism
and when you realize how empty your life is you just start to slow down until you can't do anything but think about killing yourself, sure some might just embrace the hedonistic lifestyle (and I wish I was truly like that because maybe I'd be happy) but others just become disillusioned because of how many times we were beaten the message that our lives can have some sort of greater purpose or contribute to some noble ideal when in reality whether we live our lives for the sake of others or just meekly exist in a hole of our choosing makes no difference in the end.
>>335592089
Most "normal" people don't have this fantastic intricate set of interests and hobbies.
The "normal" thing to do in your off-time is watch TV or drink/eat with friends.
Bullshit
I'm depressed right now and one of my problems is that I can't play anything for more than 5 minutes
Time spent shitposting on /v/ counts as "video game discussion"
>>335592172
thats retarded because it dosent even factor in the amount played
I can fit that exact description but i hardly play games for more than 1-2 hours a week
The virtue lies in balance.
Videogames are way to spend your time, much better than watch tv.
If you have more hobbies there is nothing wrong with them.
>>335591435
read/write
lift
cook
play an instrument
photography
arts n crafts
build something with your hands
program
learn magic tricks or some shit
You're on this shitty website forever anyway, there's other boards besides /b/ 2.0 to waste your time with
>tfw take antidepressants and play video games
t-take that nature
>>335592271
It definitely doesn't.
You can't tell me what to do.
it's true.
it's a replacement because real life is unfulfilling. men cannot throw themselves to a noble cause, women are still pleasant and hard work doesn't always payoff. something that still exists in videogames
>>335592271
Triggered.fucking normies reeee
>>335588012
>Maybe it's time to put down that video game.
And pick up a razor blade
>>335591940
>It's easy to say "yeah I'm a loser because I had an existential episode where I realized working for a living is death"
It's not that you had an existential episode. It's that you were (and are) wrong. Working for living isn't death. I don't know where this insane dellusion, this bizarre disconnect from reality that makes people think that living normal life is hell on earth.
It's not. Not unless you convince yourself it is, and not unless you don't somehow lose ANY OTHER SEMBLANCE OF VALUES in the world.
Here is the bottom line: You and only you ultimately decide what is hell and what is actually comfortable living. It's FAR more dependent on your perception than it is on any other external factor.
People in the past did not live shitty lives because they did not have any other options. They lived normal lives, full of great things, and bad things, because they weren't obsessively telling themselves that "there must be something better than this".
Not living a shitty life is a matter of few fairly simple merits. There is internal honesty, which is extremely important for mental health. There is basic physical and status satisfaction, which very much ends at not being sick, having a job, having a basic social life. Third is value system that is tied to basic and common aspects of life. Ironically enough, it's the first and the third that seems to be problem to achieve.
>>335588012
>only found in men
>>335592436
Nobody said you had to respect the latest cultural values
>>335592436
nobody's even talking about sjws you triggered tumblr nigger
>>335590364
No that's stupid.
>nobody invites me anywhere
>never make friends
>keep playing videogames because it gives me something fun to do
Without a link to the article, I'm going to guess it's some alarmist crap about how video games are degeneracy and it is bad for the labor market and birthrates because people are only valuable as a faceless resource.
>>335588012
>The Indian Express
لا
>>335592643
p. much, if women are the same as men why can't they pick up where we left off?
>>335592172
>"Owning videogames alone makes you a freak holy shit kill yourself"
>Indian Express
Purge this into the bowels of hell
>>335591517
>implying I don't read in games
>implying I don't learn languages from games
>implying I don't travel for tournaments
>implying there is any reason to learn an instrument
I mean seriously unless your a pro (and only top 10% rest are borderline homeless) then playing an instrument is a child's activity I mean who would an amateur adult even play to?
>implying I care about materialistic bullshit
>>335589769
>implying video games aren't also a waste of money
>>335590271
It's in their nature
It would be like asking an ass to stop shitting
>>335588012
>people seek escape from feeling blue
More news at 11
>>335588012
I don't even play video games, I just talk on an anonymous forum about a thing I used to enjoy.
>>335592820
>>implying I don't read in games
lets not get ahead of ourselves here
reading in games is the same as saying "I read instructions in a manual", theres nothing really to it compared to say reading a more involved literary novel
>>335592172
Nigger, what? It's a problem if I've played most of my games within the last few months?
>>335592906
women, buying a car, house and going to college are an even bigger waste designed to trap you in debt
>>335593034
college is child's play if you take advantage of financial aid shit
>linked to ADHD
I thought this was obvious. Its one of the few things we can actually concentrate on since its forced focus and entertaining(releases dopamine)
>>335592101
>passive hobbies
> this thread
Am I the only one here that's happy with their life?
>>335593034
A car is useful.
Your manchild toys are not.
>>335592775
Man, just let him go. It's over. Don't put out the fire, he's gone already.
>>335592509
>having a job
Work can exist outside of the context of labor contracts.
>>335593156
>A care is useful
Take the fucking bus you trust fund baby
>>335588012
Weird.
If Im ever anxious, I dont play video games because I cant really think straight.
Then again, this article is probably talking about Call of Duty, which doesnt require much thought.
I usually clean my house when im depressed.
Now that I think about it, my house is always fucking spotless.
>>335589603
A big waste of money. Saw someone order this at a really nice restaurant the other day. Checked the price and it was 56 dollars.
>>335592259
What?
Travelling & reading are probably two of the most common hobbies/interests after watching tv and listening to music.
>>335590364
Without doubt this is right in my case but I'm aware of it now and not bothering to do too much about it so I was likely to turn out a worthless person regardless.
Coping mechanism, not the cause? Then why does it fucking matter.
>>335593301
Spoken like a true manchild.
>>335593149
Being depressed/introverted/neet is cool online.
Chances are most of these idiots are exaggerating.
dat teen edge
>>335592327
Lifting didnt help me tho, i still play videogames like before. I started going to the gym 4 years ago and the only thing i gained was confidence and some mires there and there. If anything, a hobby will kill some of your anxiety and make you pay less attention to shit that seemed important before.
>>335590364
If I wasn't ceaselessly shat on at every single social activity I was involved in, from smalltalk to making friends to sports, young me wouldn't even have bothered with vidya.
Unless practicing being autistic would have made me less autistic, I don't think anything would have changed.
>>335593034
>women
You suck at relationships. Other than the first date or two, me and my girlfriends have paid our own way for meals, going out, trips, etc.
>buying a car
Is typically necessary due to poor public transportation in most of America, of course this varies by nation. And some people just want to go fast. I bought a V8 coupe for a reason even though an econobox would have been cheaper.
>house
Rent is the trap. You won't build equity into a property you don't own. After renting a place for 30 years, you'll still have to pay rent while with a house it's all equity by then.
>and going to college are an even bigger waste designed to trap you in debt
My scholarships exceeding my tuition so I was paid to go to university. Plus the average wages of college graduates still greatly exceeds non graduates. Just network and don't get an unmarketable degree.
Just because you may have had bad experiences doesn't mean everyone else has.
>ADHD
You mean that "illness" even the inventor of Ritalin admitted was a hoax?
>>335591517
lol there are people with depression and social anxiety in every hobby. I could go to a car meet and meet with car guys and half of them are socially awkward and/or are depressed. the only difference is that instead of wasting money on video games and sitting on a computer screen all night, they are instead wasting a good chunk of their collage money on their cars and sitting/laying down below their cars all night/weekend to fix or add shit to their shitboxes.
this is more of a societal problem that is deeply rooted with the way things are at the moment.
>>335592327
That "skill" in the webm is useless as fuck. Entertains the tourists for 5 mins then you go back to your shitty existence.
>>335588012
Who plays vidya barely holding onto the controller and with their arms held out like that?
>>335593497
Tbh cleaning does make you feel better.
At least for me.
But again i clean once a month.
So i go from literal shithole to decent home for a human bean.
A link is not a cause.
A coping mechanism is a positive thing, not a negative thing.
>>335592954
depends on your game friend. I'm not saying its the same amount of words but some games are pretty text heavy. Plus I think the whole expanding your vocabulary is a waste of time, its better to just learn a new language in that time considering the low frequency of new words in any given book
>>335593589
Maybe 10% of people read/travel, 99% of people watch tv and listen to music
>>335593652
>BUH I NEED MUH CAR BECAUSE
Just admit you only want it as a status symbol and you're wanking to your own self-importance.
>>335593653
I don't understand this shit. Old 4chan had socially awkward penguin that was self deprecating on a light hearted basis. Now we have an entire board, which has spread to many other boards, of people crying woe is me my life is so terrible followed by others trying to show how their life is even worse.
>>335590364
Some of us were social rejects since early childhood, it's an innate stigma that you can't get rid of for shit
When you're born with some heavy autistic behaviour good luck developing anything meaningful outside your own bubble
At least I'm attached to family
>>335593149
Not the only one with a comfortable life but maybe the only happy one.
Most folks are frustrated and/or sad, it seems like.
>>335588012
>coping mechanism
>put down that video game
You fucking retard. The title is clickbaitey as FUCK but the article is saying that it's a symptom of depression, not the cause. Kill yourself.
On the one hand, I do feel like video games are holding me back occasionally. On the other hand, I would have most likely killed myself without them.
I've been suffering from severe depression for a couple of years now. Even though I'm too poor to travel and too anxious to interact with other people on a regular basis, video games fill in that blank. Meanwhile, it becomes a problem sometimes when I actually have the option for meaningful interactions with others but opt for staying home and play vidya instead.
>depression and escapist activities linked
holy shit, stop the fucking presses
>>335593807
Cooking is useless?
>>335594107
Not op, but videogames don't cure it either.
It perpetuates stagnation.
But again, life is shit anyway.
>>335593714
>Rent is the trap
if your traveling then its actually liberating there is no guarantee you'll make a good return on your house plus if theres a problem with it your the only one who will fix it
>>335593301
>waiting up to 3 hours just for the bus to get to the stop when you could just drive for 30 minutes
>end up spending twice as much in bus fare than gas
yeah i've had enough of that during college, unless you live in a fucking capital city public transportation can fuck off
>>335593991
Do you even know how stats works?
>10%
>99%
Also: "International tourism on course to hit an all-time high with 1.1 BILLION people travelling abroad this year (and Europe is the most visited region in the world)"
In 2014. 1/7th og the world population travelled. That's more than 10% buddy.
Maybe you're just surrounded by boring people.
>>335588012
Let's face it, videogames are escapism for the most part. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's the cause like many have pointed out. If people want a reason to forget about their reality, they would find it regardless of videogames existing or not.
>>335588012
I know that's what it always was and still us for me. It's an escape from reality and it helps me cope with my depression. So why would I stop playing? It's not the cause of my depression.
>>335590364
I did all of those and I'm still depressed, checkmate armchair shrink
>>335593662
>didn't help
>gained confidence
Don't know what you have til it's gone
>>335594304
no flinging around food is
>>335590802
How much is excessive?
who the fuck holds a controller like that
hang yourself you fucking pretender
I wonder how much influence the existence of video games really has.
People presume they'd be doing all these very productive things that render benefits to your life in the long term if you weren't distracted by them video games. Seems to me people who are apathetic about life will find meaningless distractions no matter what.
>>335594398
overlapping groups
>>335588012
>Feeling down, /v/? Maybe it's time to put down that video game.
Why?
If it's a coping mechanism, why would you want to STOP? Are you suggesting that videogames are worse for a person than depression they can't deal with?
>>335588698
>Try doing that.
>Women do everything they can to avoid me. Refuse to speak ot me unless I'm friends with their boyfriend or they get a chance to mention their boyfriend.
>Now know for a fact I'm hideous.
That going outside and speaking to people sure made me less depressed.
>>335594304
No, his acrobatics manoeuvre with the cookies. Then again, i digress. If that skill permits him of obtaining more money by amused tourists then it is a useful skill. At least for the time being.
>>335594353
>waiting up to 3 hours just for the bus to get to the stop when you could just drive for 30 minutes
What shithole country do you live in?
>end up spending twice as much in bus fare than gas
>end up spending even more on car insurance/payments/maintenance
>>335594707
>Eurocucks
No wonder
>>335588012
>you will never be as cute as that guy
>>335593034
>women
Not if you don't date a bitch that exploits you.
>buying a car
Not if you buy one used
>house
Not an unreasonable amount of debt if you don't go beyond your means
>college
Free if you have good scholarships.
>addiction
I rarely play for more than a few hours a day and that's if I play that day. I'm in to a lot of gaming culture, but that's because I want to make them.
That being said, nobody on /v/ actually plays games so take that bull somewhere else.
When I'm depressed I barely play games at all, when I'm feeling good I'm playing games a lot. So at least in my experience that's not how it works.
>>335593807
>useless
I mean he did a lot of useless things for fun and showmanship, but if he had just been all about working, it's still a useful skill because he can transfer all the dough at once, rather than one or two at a time.
>>335594707
North America and parts of Canada pale in comparaison to Europe in terms of public transport. Moreso is small populated areas (especially suburbs) that relies on people having a car.
>>335594668
>>335594473
Sure, but dexterity and hand-eye coordination isn't useless
>>335594707
Public transportation is not a thing in America outside of major cities, we're not as condensed as EU countries so it's not feasible.
There are buses but the schedules aren't very friendly unless you literally work 9-5, anything else and you're either late for work or you're hours early for it.
>>335588012
>a coping mechanism for those who have more serious mental problems
So you want to get rid of the coping mechanism and ignore the mental illness?
At least I can't say that's inconsistent with the U.S.'s policies regarding mental illness.
POO IN THE FUCKING LOO
>>335595207
if thats all he uses it for then yes I dont know what the guy does with his time
>US GUYS
I've tried to cultivate new interests and hobbies, but nothing is as stimulating or fun as video games.
>>335595673
Martial arts are fun and at least a little bit social.
If I didn't do martial arts I basically would have no social interaction.
>>335592172
>If you play more than 5 games in two months, you're addicted
What the fuck, that's more than a week per game. Am I seriously only supposed to play 5 games in 2 months? Also, who the fuck has a CD drawer? That's how you can tell this was written by someone who has no idea what they're talking about.
>>335594904
>you will never be as cute as that guy
don't worryhe's probably shit at vidya
>>335596069
its wikihow their entire model is to churn out as much content as possible
>>335592271
>total hours played includes total hours when you aren't playing
Of course you can make video games look bad when you follow this bullshit logic.
>>335595751
yeah, if I didn't exercise I would probably have no friends.
>>335595751
I actually tried Taekwondo, myself. Everything was fine until my instructor started teaching some kind of MMA grappling shit. The man was ahead of his time, but it just wasn't for me.
In a way, I guess casuals ruined that for me, too.
>>335594441
I thought the point of a looking for a hobby was leaving vidya behind. I still play vidya, even with work and uni. I play for 12 hs at weekends usually.
>>335588012
>want to take away the coping mechanism for feeling down because feeling down
Fuck off normie
>addictions are bad mkay?
quality article
>>335588012
what if I'm depressed and barely play video games anymore because of it?
>>335589210
It is for women
>>335596471
I've been doing Taekwondo for 10 years and I like it.
It's not the most applicable art to one-on-one combat but it keeps me healthy and I really like the artistic aspects of it. It's also dramatically improved my balance, strength (especially kicking strength), and reflexes.
When I teach it I try to teach people the art and symbolism behind the forms and reasons for the techniques but not too many people care.
Also they don't fucking listen when I show them how to properly kick.
>>335588012
Seems legit. Can confirm.
Also, there's no way that faggot in thst picture suffers depression, or is single.
>depressed
>able to do something as engaging as playing a video game
Only reason I knew I was depressed is because I couldn't bring myself to watch anime, play games, etc.
Jokes on you I'm depressed because I don't have any job and playing vidya makes me feel shitty
>>335596807
>craigslist
i guarantee 100% of those responses were bots
>>335588698
Meeting a girl doesn't fix mental issues.
Meeting a girl, if you already have mental issues, ADDS mental issues.
>>335597013
48% of Internet users are bots.
>>335596968
>Shitty stock pic has no relation to actual article
No fucking shit
![[007828].png](https://i.imgur.com/Y6RyCV6.png "[007828].png")
>>335588012
>an addiction MAY be a coping mechanism
Yeah it's called escapism, anything to get out of the fucked up world around us.
>>335597121
can confirm I am a bot.
You have no idea how much time I need with captcha.
It isn't videogames that I'm addicted to, it's 4chan
>>335597318
probably the only thing more pathetic than video game addiction
>>335597231
Sweet! A real bot!
What kind of oil do you enjoy?
>>335588012
Doesn't help we live in a society that has begun to shame men
Men are depressed because you basically have no future now. You work, party on the weekends and maybe have a casual relationship with a girl.
There is no more getting married, and even if you do, its more than likely to fail, and the way divorce works screws over men. Hell my uncle (who killed himself) got to see is daughter once a month while his ex wife was a drug addict who despite him showing the judge videos of her shooting up, hitting her kid and shit, got full custody of the daughter under the grounds that "she will give her a reason to change" "girls are best raised by women"
Life is pointless. Not everyone is built to fuck random whores until they die.
it may just be that video games are more fun, cheaper, and less stressful than searching out things to deliberately make your life worse?
I had all those symptoms when I was working a 9-5, had a steady relationship, and had to constantly be sociable. After some unrelated shit that sent the relationship down the drain, I decided I was happy with my job and stopped bothering to go to parties and networking functions to try and climb, and now i've got money to spend on video games, which eat up most of my free time because I enjoy them.
It's no different than being a cinemaphile, or an avid reader, person who watches TV, cooks, programmer, anything really. It's just another outlet for free time. End of story.
"Video game addiction" exists only as much as the person who claims it exists. I play video games 18 hours a day on weekends, and have no problem going the rest of the week without even playing a single minute. but because I spend 30+ hours a week on gaming i'm classified as a "heavily addicted" and "disturbed" individual.
It's a load of shit. These articles miss out on context, miss out on what games the people are playing, how often they switch between games, if these games are multiplayer, and about a billion other variables.
I know it's just bait but it still gets me.
>>335596979
Same. I still play vidya occasionally, although not nearly as much as possible.
Funny thing is, even though vidya requires much more personal input and concentration, I still have far more trouble sitting down to read a book or watch a movie.
>>335597412
It would help if our justice system was not run by humans who are prone to bias and corruption.
People who say sex doesnt cure depression always
ALWAYS
have an ugly girlfriend
Food for thought
>your method of obtaining dopaminergic releases is less valid than my method of obtaining dopaminergic releases
>>335596985
>tfw have a job and still depressed
there's no winning is there?
>>335597557
People who say sex cures depression have no idea how depression works.
>>335597557
Advanced depression kills any sensation you have. That includes sex drive.
>>335597684
I was depressed because nobody liked me and couldnt talk to girls
Sexy gf cured that
Sounds exactly like /v/, you just need to add latent homosexuality and misogyny.
>>335597941
>still lusting after the vagina jew
Be a below-average white male in the western world
>women want absolutely nothing to do with you and feminism has freed them from being forced to have anything to do with you so they gather around Chads like in the old days
>no chance for kids unless you want to be a literal cuck and raise Chad's leftovers
>boring, shitty job that a robot should be doing by now that drains your soul and time
>school/government calls you scum for existing and remind you constantly that you're a sexist, bigoted rapist monster who needs to be punished in multiple ways for what people with the same gender and skin did before you were born
>try to use escapism like movies and video games but the hatred towards you leaks in there as well and ruins your enjoyment
>just b urself bro lol
So why wouldn't you be depressed, even just a little? We can't even have our fucking games, they took them away and kicked dirt in our mouths for complaining about it.
>>335593131
>ADHD
niggas on /v/ still think it means you cant focus and like to go fast when you're a kid.
>>335597827
Well that's your reason.
I'm depressed because a malevolent industry is controlling my country and, by extension, the world.
I'm also depressed because we have a bunch of fucking insane people running for president who are going to have to deal with North Korea, who just tested submarine-launched ICBMS; China, who has been asserting more and more pressure in Southeast Asia; and Russia, who is still being Russia.
I'm depressed because healthcare costs and education costs are out of fucking control and nobody seems to care.
Oh yeah, and I'm depressed because voter turnout is miserably low, and despite the fact that Congressional approval ratings are the lowest they've ever been, congresspeople are reelected at rates around 95%.
And I'm not sure there's a meaning to life.
Also I have a gf.
>>335597680
What I gather is you only win when you think you do. It's a very individualistic thing, I don't think that there is any generalized solution to depression for anyone, just a multitude of guesses.
For example, maybe you are someone who places all of this emphasis on finding a well paying job in a field you enjoy, and when you finally get it you've fulfilled that goal, and this helps bring emotional balance to you. However someone else might place the exact same emphasis on getting a job, get this exact same job in the future and instead think "this is shit/pointless" or "what now." It's a conundrum that can't be solved with a single generalization for everyone.
>>335588012
ive had an intense anxiety for as long as i could possibly remember
>get by with very little money when studying
>friends say I live with too little and that my life is miserable because of that and that I should demand more
>tfw I'm just happy with what I have. Daily routine with school, friends and of course vidya
>friends start to get depressed
>now I have job and still all I do is play vidya and every other weekend hangout with everyone
>tfw people start to question if I have any emotions at all because I'm not depressed and that I have no ambition about life
I just want to get by and enjoy what I have. I have friends and vidya. What else do I need? Money? GF? Family? Own house? Fuck that shit. I couldn't care less about all that.
