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7/25/2025, 10:30:08 AM
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I won't cope. I absolutely did. I unknowingly sacrificed friendships as a kid/teenager because I chose to stay home and play video games after school.Consequently I failed to develop much needed social skills and never interacted with any girls, despite now that I look back, it being painfully obvious that a few were interested in me. I was a bright kid who did well at school, but I absolutely bombed the step up to Sixth Form (UK) due to not applying myself and choosing to play WoW all of the time. Likewise I squandered university and chose to stay in my dorm room playing WoW some more instead of going out and socialising or really applying myself with studies.
I am now 32 and video games have been an absolutely massive part of my life and free time. I made many friendships and memories in them and yet none of those friendships have lasted to this day due to the fleeting nature of the internet. As I get older I find it extremely difficult to find anyone else like me and it's not easy connecting to people who are essentially 10 years my junior. The loneliness is pretty strong and I cope with it the same way I always have: Escapism through video games. Though the majority of my day is now spent doing a job I hate and frankly most new games suck. Not all of them. But a lot do. I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret it spending so much time on a worthless hobby that hasn't done much for me. I'm a creature of habit though and won't change. It's too late now to make up for past mistakes.
I won't cope. I absolutely did. I unknowingly sacrificed friendships as a kid/teenager because I chose to stay home and play video games after school.Consequently I failed to develop much needed social skills and never interacted with any girls, despite now that I look back, it being painfully obvious that a few were interested in me. I was a bright kid who did well at school, but I absolutely bombed the step up to Sixth Form (UK) due to not applying myself and choosing to play WoW all of the time. Likewise I squandered university and chose to stay in my dorm room playing WoW some more instead of going out and socialising or really applying myself with studies.
I am now 32 and video games have been an absolutely massive part of my life and free time. I made many friendships and memories in them and yet none of those friendships have lasted to this day due to the fleeting nature of the internet. As I get older I find it extremely difficult to find anyone else like me and it's not easy connecting to people who are essentially 10 years my junior. The loneliness is pretty strong and I cope with it the same way I always have: Escapism through video games. Though the majority of my day is now spent doing a job I hate and frankly most new games suck. Not all of them. But a lot do. I'd be lying if I said I didn't regret it spending so much time on a worthless hobby that hasn't done much for me. I'm a creature of habit though and won't change. It's too late now to make up for past mistakes.
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