Ha! At least your brain has the decency to recommend something else that'll be more fun. Half the time my brain just says "nah" to whatever I was about to do without giving me any alternatives so I just sit there, for a while, thinking about other things I could do instead.

I’ve just like really been into helldivers 2 lately. I sort of got it finally to play with a friend, but with kids and adhd it’s hard to schedule. He got the game before me, but I’m over level 10” and when I joined his game once he was only level 6 heh

At some point I need to switch back to single player games. I want to finish disco elysium, deadfire, heck I never finished blood and wine completely

Half the videos games now make you run around doing the regular life shit that you can't achieve in the real world so why would we be able to do it in the game?

I obviously can't be sure about you, but in my case my tastes have crystallized pretty dramatically, and I'm now much harder to please than when I was younger.

One thing that has changed though, is that games in general tend to have much more detailed stories and dialog in a way that just wasn't in the budget or storage space previously. Nothing annoys me more than having to watch a movie when I want to play a game or to jump through hoops just to get to the next chapter of a book. These are very different activities which require very different moods to enjoy.

Idk dude. I think I flipped a switch and now just playing games doesn’t do it for me because what’s the point really? There’s too many and too many of them are just cash grabs. I can basically only play old or indie games and only if I stream it so that my friend who’s depressed can get some virtual company.

I don’t regret having spent so much time with games but I guess there’s a time and place.

That's rough mate. The nothing is just a void, emptiness and it's hard living with that. It sounds more like depression to me. Have you reached out at !mentalhealth@lemmy.world they're really supportive

Do you get joy from simple things like eating a nice meal or taking a hot shower on a cold day?

Can you anticipate joy, if you are planning to meet up with friends or watch a movie or read a book; does thinking about the activity lift your mood even a little?

When you think back to happy memories do you feel happy, do you remember what the sensation of happiness felt like?

Not a professional and none of this is diagnostic one way or another, but it's probably worth checking if you have exhausted or outgrown a hobby which just means you need to find more things you enjoy even if it's just to add variety to your week. Or if your ability to feel joy itself is failing, in which case you probably need to a professional

I never got board of gaming, my taste just changed from stuff like shooters and action to Factorio and Rimworld. Most big game franchises are corpo slop with gambling mechanics anyways.

Growing out of video games is a thing. Maybe youre just not into them anymore but its hard to realize because they've been such a constant in your life.

Hey! It could be both!

Guilt and Obligation that's all there is.

This is the fault of an overly stressful existence, and mobile games starting off to easy so they lure you in. You have to find something else engaging at this point I. Most games beyond the actual gameplay aspect, like story, or art style. It doesn’t help that everything seems to be a rehash or a sequel to something that was released in the past.

You might have the same kind of luck with a hammock or rocking chair. Some kind of tactile experience for you while you read.

I like the treadmill or walking outside.

I’d say just start the campaign and then create the rest as you go along. You’ve given yourself enough slack to be able to do it at a leisurely pace, especially for how scheduling can go with a ttrpg, plus, you never know when your party will basically make you throw out all your hard work because they wanted to go to the whorehouse instead of the expected direction which leads to the activation of the quest.

Of the three if I could only pick one though it would be therapy

How???