u/Gn0meKr

o7 Matthew, enjoy the retirement.

I decided that I need to change something about my life so I stopped gaslighting myself into thinking this game is fun and worth wasting my time in it's current state for little over two months now.

Feeling healthier, my Narrowhead induced videogame-depression starts to slowly but surely disappear. Games start to look fun again, rather than a simple "force of habit" coping mechanism.

My mind is also free from constant copium-filled internal monologues, trying to convince me that all of the issues the game has and had for years are no biggie and that developers will do something about them (they wont).

Grind fatigue is also gone, since I do not have any reason to pursue grinding SCs or medals I can focus my mind on other things, it feels good actually. Like taking off boots after a day long hike. I still engage in grind but in games that are actually fun where grind is something that actually matters and has visible consequences in terms of progression.

Last time I felt a relief like this was back when I got rid of Destiny 2 from my game rooster nearly six years ago at this point.

If there are any players out there suffering from Narrowheadism* then you are not alone. Stay strong, you can free yourself from this disorder. You can do this.

*Combination of false hope and extreme amount of copium, fueled by hundereds or thousands of hours spent in the game, making you think that HDII is a genuinely fun game without any major issues and the issues you do experience are either part of the game design, are a skill issue or will eventually get fixed. It also makes the person unable to say a bad word abut the developers and/or company behind HDII, instead forcing a sick person to praise, defend and worship them and their every word. Very often observed in Glazedivers.