A few years ago I was in the Army and I got injured during basic training so I ended up staying at the base for double the time I was supposed to be there in a medical bay. They gave us thirty minutes every Sunday to use our phones (due to people ruining that privilege) but other than that we just sat in a building and read books all day while we healed. I had no high amounts of stimulation at all for four long months and when I got back home the entire world felt so magical again and life seemed like an adventure but as I began going back to old habits again life just became dull and boring slowly losing my spark to go do things.

amazing stuff mate. you as well as another youtuber that does similar content to yourself are really motivating me; at 13, due to my inability to cope with the many stressors of mainstream school (things such as bullies, the crowded hallways and the way in which i was taught) i was pulled out of school. for the first few years, i was extremely happy. i was like a child in a candy shop. i would watch video after video, my enamoured eyes glowing from the blue light of my screen, i would play video games for hours upon hours, the only time that my eyes look elsewhere was when i would eat terrible junk food; i would close myself off from the rest of the world in the confines a small, dark and utterly isolated room. but then, as the years passed, something changed: i was totally disillusioned with games, i couldn't find a video that properly stimulated me if i scrolled for an entire day, and naturally anything else i did was dull to say the least. and i have been trapped in this cycle for years, living the life of a total degenerate, parasitically and brainlessly consuming everything yet enjoying none of it. years of this terrible lifestyle has had a horrendous impact on my wellbeing and brain health; i find it totally arduous and taxing to even think clearly. i struggle to get my brain to pay enough attention to the things people say to even process what they are saying, my mind is in a perpetual and frantic hopping of one thought to another and my life is empty. i have made a few positive changes, but after seeing this, its the nail in the coffin. i want my old life back, i want my brain back, i want to re-immerse myself back into life. im 18 years old now, and its time for me to make a change. apologies for the prolonged nature of my comment; i just felt the impulse to try and convey my story as well as my gratitude to yourself and other creator like you for pointing my head back towards the horizon and giving me hope. im going to wrestle out of this rut. thank you.

Dude this is one of the best videos ever , I gotta tell you guys this A week ago I went to Daytona with a beautiful ocean view , I woke up on my own at 7 without any alarms , didn’t get on my phone , red a couple pages , and walked on the beach with my feet touching the water “ earthing “ with my headsets listening to music , it was so good man and peaceful . Unfortunately imma business owner so I still had people reaching out to me on my number even after deactivating my instagram account. But those solo trips where you get a break from absolutely everyone is just so nice man 😮‍💨

What helped me was by quitting social media; I'm referring to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok in particular. The crucial thing is to have balance in our lives and by doing so.. then we will be able to immerse ourselves more when we play video games, reading or when going out. Also to mention eliminating bad habits like phone addictions, p**n, excessive junk food, and sleeping late.

one of the best things is putting entertainment after work. It makes both activities more pleasurable... skipping work or study too play games causes anxiety in life and makes the games less fun... morality is not an arbitrary rule, moderation is the structure to a happy life

Pure facts 👌

This hit me like a rock. Like really, everything matches so well to my symptoms and feelings. Thank you for what youre doing, your videos help a lot :)

Thank you Rob - it's so important & easy to lose sight of. Too much 'fun' = less fun. A great message!

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Incredibly well put. This is such an important message.

Thank you, sir. May God blessing you.

Another "side effect" of this dopamine overloaded lifestyle i noticed is, some years ago i started skipping into the middle best part of songs which, if u like electronic music that has big emphasis on the intros and build ups like i do and skip to the climac u miss half the enjoyment and just get quick climatic dopamine hit lol. notice the similarity yet? also equally dangerous thing i do is just skipping to the absolute best songs in your playlist and only playing those on repeat all the time... so even though i absolutely fucking love music , again ironically i probably will have to listen to less of it to enjoy it again lol...

thank you for these information. ❤️🤩💯🔥

I found fun in learning skills that help myself and others have a better life. I've gamified my life so that life learning gives me dopamine, I can't run out of good things to learn so I don't thinhk there is a peak. My main learning subjects right now are web development, game development, and cyber security bug bounties.

When I was a teenager I used to play video games for 6 hours and my friends used to beg me to come outside.🤣

my biggest problem is being energy less no mather how healthy I eat, how much cold showers and mobile detox I do, on top of that I see no point in my life and my skin is extremly bad without knowing how and why

Life never was fun and has no meaning

this video was not fun at all. thanks for that.

you should learn how to program and make video games so you can get a job in 3D graphics making a lot of money helping people. Helping people is a healthy dopamine reward.

Never began to be fun.