• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    54
    ·
    7 months ago

    I think the first two are more depression. #3 is addiction.

    All are a problem - recognize them as such and seek ways to correct. I think actual therapists have gotten better about taking shit like this seriously. If you can’t afford that, I’d shoot for some kind of hobby (especially one with a social component), but with the understanding that those can murder your time management as well, so proceed with caution.

    • folkrav@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, this. I have a history of depression, and the first two are, no kidding, legitimately how I know I’m spiralling down.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        7 months ago

        Good that you recognize it. Our brains are sneaky little assholes, so shining the spotlight on their bullshit when it starts to pop up is a HUGE first step.

        • folkrav@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          7 months ago

          Took me half a lifetime to get there, and I still don’t have any real coping mechanisms, but yeah, at least I can tell the wife that things aren’t doing so well.

    • GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      7 months ago

      some kind of hobby (especially one with a social component)

      Okay, I just joined a guild in WoW and started doing 40-man raids. What’s the next step?

      • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 months ago

        Farm materials for consumables and/or do big business on the AH to purchase them. Do your dailies for attunement. In your spare time, you can fly around a little, as a treat.

    • dingus@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 months ago

      Weirdly, I’ll do the first two points from time to time. But for me, it’s not depression. It’s just that I don’t like video games anymore even though I did as a child. Occasionally I’ll try playing one to hope to get back into it, but it never really pans out. Video games are just too much like work to me, but it’s such an easy and relatively inexpensive “hobby” to pick up that I try it now and then. Never really ends up panning out but such is life.