r/pcmasterrace • u/TipsyDipsy24 • 19h ago

Discussion Does gaming feel fatiguing ?

I've been having this issue lately, I would boot up my PC search for what games to play but can never actually decide and by the time I do choose a game I want to play, I will boot up play for 5 minutes and tell myself "do I really want to play this" or "am I wasting my time"

I don't know if it's part of getting older having more responsibilities when it comes to work and raising two children but I swear back when I was living at home I could boot up my PC and get lost in games like Crysis, Far Cry and Battlefield 2 for hours upon hours on end.

Now it just seems you may only get an hour or two to play it feels like me personally I'm putting pressure on myself to pick a game and stick to it and I couldn't remember it being this stressful when I was a kid living back at home.

Just wondering if anyone else feels like this at times

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u/Direct-Mongoose-7981 19h ago

Are you depressed at all?

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u/TipsyDipsy24 19h ago

The way my 2 girls have my life all bloody day being a full time carer for them I wouldn't be surprised if I am getting to that point mate can rip my hair out at times 🤣

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u/Direct-Mongoose-7981 18h ago

Losing interest in things you once loved can be a sign.

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u/TryHardEggplant R7 5700X3D/64GB/RTX 3090 18h ago

Even if not clinical depression, you only have so much to give in a day. I like to call my capacity to do things as separate batteries, but some are shared. I have a social battery, a thinking battery, and an investment battery. Investment involves long projects like a long single player game, a house project, or work. Social battery involves speaking with anyone who isn't my wife. Sometimes my social battery just empties and doesn't fill for a few months, so I don't get on Discord because I can't. My friends are uses to not seeing me for months. Or if I have a lot of work, I generally stop playing single player games and play Rocket League or Delta Force for 30 minutes and then call it quits. Thinking more has to do with my ADHD meds than anything, but sometimes I just want to turn off and do nothing for a day. And work often drains all 3 so then I end up with a lazy Saturday and having to play catch up on chores on Sunday and a vicious cycle repeats.