I can’t find escapism in video games

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When I play video games, I don’t find any escapism in them. Even if it’s a highly immersive game like Demon’s Souls, I still think about how bad my day was, I still don’t have a girlfriend, my life did not go the way I hoped it would, and why doesn’t anyone else play the video games I play.

I feel the same way. It's hard for me to immerse myself in games now, even the ones I used to love. They all feel so juvenile.

Movies are somewhat better for me. At least the good movies are.

Yeah I know the feeling. It is hard for a video game to captivate me like they used to.

What about a model railroad?

Even when I was a ‘bro gamer’, that didn’t necessarily lead to social interaction or at least anything meaningful.

Videogames are supposed to compliment life not replace it.

I tried escaping into videogames to escape my worries in life in my 20's, it is an outright dead-end that makes you feel worse.

Try working on hobbies, working out, eating right, and THEN reward yourself with videogames at the end of your day. Then videogames will feel more like relaxation than an escape, and you'll be more moderate with it. This applies to also everything else in life, don't run from life, accept hard to accept facts and work with them instead of against, through this you'll find peace and no longer try to find that escape. At the end of the day we have to live in this world, there is no escaping this no matter how hard we try. The good news is that once you accept it then you can start to make some serious work and headway towards proper goals, but it takes a lot of patience. Which is contrary to our culture today and videogames themselves tend to reward us with immediate gratification, so upfront it gives us a feel-good feeling but in the end we're all the worse for it. It doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy videogames it just means you have to put them in the proper context and the 'escapism' context is no good. There's no running from life, sooner or later it will creep through your door and strangle you.