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I hate how much my brain starts remembering interesting stuff when I finally sit down to play a video game (self.gaming)

submitted 1 year ago by bermuda to c/gaming

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This might sound super weird, but whenever I actually find time to go "I have like 4 hours to spare, might as well play a game," my brain just goes "hey, remember that movie you wanted to watch?" or "hey, remember that thing you wanted to wikipedia?" or "Might as well pay rent now, it's due in 3 days."

I just wish my brain would do this when I'm actually bored.

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[–] iusearchbtw@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might sound weird, but are you actually engaged with what you're playing? Maybe you need to find some higher intensity games to keep your attention.

[–] bermuda 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"higher intensity" is extremely vague and I'm having trouble grasping what you're getting at. Horror? FPS? Competitive?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the same person you reply to, but I think they meant some more gripping. More exciting. For you. Whatever you consider more exciting and gripping

[–] bermuda 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well that's the thing, it happens when I play games I find exciting, no matter the genre. Even when I pumped hundreds of hours into it. I put like 88 hours in cyberpunk 2077 but I found myself drifting away every time I'd start up the game.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you only drift away when gaming, or does it happen for every medium?

[–] bermuda 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just gaming

[–] wagesof@links.wageoffsite.com 3 points 1 year ago

You don't like gaming. Stop doing it for a while and maybe your mind will care about it again.

[–] all-knight-party@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Was it like that when the game was fresh and you were getting into it in the beginning, or just after youd put the hours into it, and the novelty wore off?

[–] setInner234@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might be the first time I've heard someone else describe this phenomenon. It's gotten much worse in the last 5 years, to the point where I barely game. I still want to though. Very odd.

[–] meanmon13@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Happening to me too, I've had to find a new hobby. I'm hoping after some time off I can pick gaming back up again in the future.

[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry mate but it'll only get worse and worse.

[–] Mandy 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think I have ever seen Wikipedia used as a verb before, funky

[–] frankivo@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should probably wind down more often

[–] bermuda 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

what do you think gaming is?

[–] frankivo@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't deny that

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[–] Hellebert 1 points 1 year ago

Ha, mine does this when I lay down and want to go to sleep, it's pretty damn annoying.

Video games have always been a great distraction from things for me instead.