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Depression Obsession
a year ago
So when I get depressed I tend to get really into mobile games as they require little mental effort and give small dopamine hits. They also give you a sense of 'progress' and 'accomplishment' with their daily activities. So for these reasons they help cope with depression when otherwise it seems so difficult and unenjoyable to do anything else.
But my problem is that I get addicted to mobile games too easily, and sometimes even end up spending money on them.
Right now I have 6 games I am playing and I just cycle between them all day long. And I'm thinking of throwing Pokemon Masters EX back into the rotation even though that is a dangerous one for me because I like to spend money in it.
You may think "well if you are having fun and it helps you ride out depression, isn't that good?"
But then I get addicted and obsessed and fall into the trap of even if I start to get out of the funk, I am still addicted to the games and it makes me not want to do anything else but play the games. Which makes me feel kinda depressed because I'm doing the same thing I was doing while depressed. So it's kind of a cycle.
I will have to talk to my therapist about it tomorrow lol.
I don't have anything against mobile games; I usually play them even when I'm not depressed (just much more casually).
If you're curious what games I'm playing:
My Tamagotchi Forever
Welcome to My Home
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
The Sims Mobile
The Sims FreePlay
楽園生活ひつじ村 (Shepherd's Crossing Online)
Though I am considering dropping the Sims games as they are really not that fun. But I still like the others a lot. But if I drop the Sims games, I'll need other games to 'fill the time' between checking in on other games. I was thinking of starting up Pokemon Quest and Pokemon Magikarp Jump again as they are pretty simple and don't really ask for any money (well, you can spend money on them, but I don't ever feel the need to). I like to start up new games in those now and then. And then there's Pokemon Masters EX.... like I mentioned before that one is dangerous lol. But it is a lot of fun.
I also have 'real' games on my phone like Final Fantasy games, SaGa games, Harvest Moon, etc. as well as emulators but there is much more 'effort' involved in playing those games as they require you to think and make more decisions rather than just 'click the red dots' and 'click auto' lol. That's why I fell out of playing Pokemon Gold recently. Even playing Super Mario Run has been difficult because of the amount of effort it requires to jump through the courses. But I have cleared a couple courses in it when I felt up to playing it.
Well, writing this was a nice change of pace. I hope everyone is having a good day.
But my problem is that I get addicted to mobile games too easily, and sometimes even end up spending money on them.
Right now I have 6 games I am playing and I just cycle between them all day long. And I'm thinking of throwing Pokemon Masters EX back into the rotation even though that is a dangerous one for me because I like to spend money in it.
You may think "well if you are having fun and it helps you ride out depression, isn't that good?"
But then I get addicted and obsessed and fall into the trap of even if I start to get out of the funk, I am still addicted to the games and it makes me not want to do anything else but play the games. Which makes me feel kinda depressed because I'm doing the same thing I was doing while depressed. So it's kind of a cycle.
I will have to talk to my therapist about it tomorrow lol.
I don't have anything against mobile games; I usually play them even when I'm not depressed (just much more casually).
If you're curious what games I'm playing:
My Tamagotchi Forever
Welcome to My Home
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
The Sims Mobile
The Sims FreePlay
楽園生活ひつじ村 (Shepherd's Crossing Online)
Though I am considering dropping the Sims games as they are really not that fun. But I still like the others a lot. But if I drop the Sims games, I'll need other games to 'fill the time' between checking in on other games. I was thinking of starting up Pokemon Quest and Pokemon Magikarp Jump again as they are pretty simple and don't really ask for any money (well, you can spend money on them, but I don't ever feel the need to). I like to start up new games in those now and then. And then there's Pokemon Masters EX.... like I mentioned before that one is dangerous lol. But it is a lot of fun.
I also have 'real' games on my phone like Final Fantasy games, SaGa games, Harvest Moon, etc. as well as emulators but there is much more 'effort' involved in playing those games as they require you to think and make more decisions rather than just 'click the red dots' and 'click auto' lol. That's why I fell out of playing Pokemon Gold recently. Even playing Super Mario Run has been difficult because of the amount of effort it requires to jump through the courses. But I have cleared a couple courses in it when I felt up to playing it.
Well, writing this was a nice change of pace. I hope everyone is having a good day.
Puzzle games (not like the kinds of Candy Crush but ones with actual brain teasers) and visual novel titles might also give you that extra gratification in little spurts as you progress further in them figuring out more about the characters and so on. I highly enjoyed Professor Layton, Ace Attorney or Steins;Gate: Elite for that matter.
My Nintendo Switch is messed up (the fans are making a lot of noise so I'm afraid to use it, or I would try playing something on it :(
Thanks again for the comment and the help:)
I only know from the block action puzzlers that some can be quite a strain for the eyes as they get faster and faster, so it likely depends how much that might fall into what you are looking for.Perhaps some old point & Click games have mobile ports you could have a good time with. An uncle of mine swears on their casual games where you search in a mess of items for hidden objects.
Some of the 80s and 90s games in general are simple enough that you can hop in for a quick game. Pinball type games are of the same arcade-y nature.
Ah, I had a problem with my Switch OLED as well. Had some orange screen that after some online research lead me to believe that it was somehow overheating surroung the WiFi chip. Sent it to Nintendo and they fixed it for me for free (mine was still inside warranty).
As Shiny would say: You're totodily welcome, Ness! 🎈(~.=.o)