Escaping Reality: The Comfort of Gaming

Lately im too exhausted just trying to get by to do anything else but distract myself. Sometimes with severe mental illnesses its all you can do. Sometimes emotions dont always have some reason behind them that you can dig into and solve and its just a chemical imbalance. But its good to have a diverse way of coping. Try adding one or two different distractions besides videogaming maybe¿

Same bro but less so game and more so art and YouTube

Same thing for me, only thing that makes me happy besides cooking, it keeps my depression away plus my suicidal thoughts once in a while

Every day!

I just sit and fight with my thoughts

Everyday. Especially with how stressful and seemingly impossible my job is (I’m a dishwasher 😭😭) every time I come home it’s a blur of me imagining some fantastic dream scenario and acting it out, to hyperfixating on Malcom in The Middle or Naruto Shippuden. It’s a terrible cycle that destroys my productivity but hey, least I don’t feel suicidal any more.

Every day! I can’t seem to separate from stardew valley lately and because of being housebound it makes it super easy to not do anything else and ditch any type of responsibility i have.

I’ve never heard the term escapism before but I really like it haha - I definitely agree with you. Sometimes you just gotta step away from everything to protect your sanity, I like gaming, reading, cooking, and just taking a long drive by myself

The only way I can ever stop feeling like crap is escaping into books or tv.

Definitely, I still struggle to sit with myself alone most days. It sounds so corny but I can’t handle my own thoughts most of the time

i didn't know what it was for a few years but i had been turning to escapism since my first memory, it's sad, but it makes me feel alright

When I’ve been able to practice mindfulness meditation it’s helped, but it’s hard to be alone with my thoughts lately

Yes especially with how the world is… I feel like some days I need to dissociate or I can’t go on 😣

Yess, I feel I don't have a choice. I turn to gaming or shows as my anxiety is so bad that I can't stay productive or do anything else but that. It's my only escape

all the time, i hyper fixate on specific shows or games or foods

Escapism is definitely my primary coping mechanism. Games, books, videos, etc. Even when I was a tiny kid, I would play pretend 24/7. When I get home from work I immerse myself in something like video games to ease my mental stress. It’s definitely not always been the answer, but it’s also been the reason I am still here.