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babajayne
6 years agoSeasoned Ace
After 9/11, the day we almost lost one of my sisters (she worked in tower 2), that sister, another sister and I buried ourselves in The Sims. For months we were completely obsessed. We were escaping from a world we didn’t recognize anymore. It was unhealthy. My sisters realized it wasn’t helping anything and they turned away for good. They weren’t dealing with their issues by playing, they were avoiding them. They had to go on and be adults. I was still young enough it didn’t matter as much to me how much time I was spending on the game. I used it less as a coping mechanism, more as entertainment. But I do have the tendency to overindulge in it. Whenever I get so engrossed in this game that it’s all I want to do 24/7, I find I am less excited about real life, so I have to force myself to take a break.
I don’t think any video game is a productive way to cope, but that depends on the individual and how much they depend on it for happiness.
I don’t think any video game is a productive way to cope, but that depends on the individual and how much they depend on it for happiness.