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Do any of y'all play video games like a normal person? (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/adhd@lemmy.world
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My ND NT husband will just like, play a game every once in a while when he feels like it. He'll just pick it up every so often, maybe play a few days in a week, and then leave it be again for a while to come back to later.

Meanwhile I will get into a game and spend every waking hour playing it. My sleep, diet, work, hygiene, all suffer to varying degrees. I give myself wrist pain and thumb calluses. I will not rest until I 100% it. And if I can't, I'll stop and most likely never pick it up again.

Anyway, anyone else playing Silksong?

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I don't personally care about achievement hunting or 100%-ing games, but otherwise I am exactly the same yes. If a game piques my interest it becomes a hyperfixation that consumes every waking hour, and I will spend as much free time as possible either playing it, watching others play it, watching videos about it, or reading things about it.

I also don't really understand people who are juggling multiple games at a time. "Oh, today I'll play some X, tomorrow I'll play some Y and over the weekend I'll enjoy some Z!". Sounds completely foreign and bizarre to me. I have my current game, and if I'm playing a game I'll be playing my current game. Who has the bandwidth to keep track of multiple games at once?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I usually only play games becazse they are either fun or interesting.
    I also don't understand the playing of multiple games instead of focusing on one but playing it less frequently to avoid fatique.
    What I do understand is playing a "brain-off" game and switching to a game that requires attention (e.g. due to a good story)

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