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Brain is looking for low effort activity.
sigh 4 hours of doomscrolling it is then
Usually it means it wants drugs or some stimulant that you eat, drink, smoke or inject that will give immediate satisfaction
If you are ever in this situation .... go for a walk, run, exercise or lift weights ... the dopamine hit from the effort will immediately satisfy whatever it is the brain is feeling and also make you forget about other things for a while. Physical activity immediately relieves those bits of stress.
Because if you don't ... you're on the path to wanting to satisfy these cravings with a pill or drug ... either legal or illegal and you're on your way to more problems.
... and if we don't get a dopamine hit from exercise?
Cocaine is pretty fun.
PUSH PUSH PUSH
Try taking a nap? If you're not tired (as if!), just lie down and daydream for a while or something. If exercise doesn't cut it, the opposite might. It's also good for you to just do nothing sometimes
Love me some Kentucky Fried!
And when you don't take drugs or drink alcohol or whatever?
Games (plenty of options, anyways) aren't low effort activity?
Physical, no. Mental, varies by game, but usually a bit
There is an inertia to even open the game
That's true. I suppose I was thinking more from the perspective of playing the game, not getting the cartridge in or installing then opening the game.
I found it helps to drag yourself into a physical game
I'll put on my VR helmet, and be like:
"I am too tired to spend another day in a post apocalyptic hellscape, I am full of burrito"
And then the edges of my vision will fill in with color, and I'll dig my boots into the gray ashes, listen to the howl of the wind, gaze out at the two huge planets hanging over the horizon, and observe the whispers of a civilization built upon successive graveyards, gliding my fingers over carvings, wondering about the lives of the ancients.
Brain: I'm sorry what the fuck was the question? Holy shit.
Edit: The game is Kenshi. Into the Radius (VR) is another experience.
Wait...you play Kenshi in VR?
Definitely not all games. Factorio makes you plan, construct, and optimize a factory. Expedition 33 requires full attention due to dialog so no watching shows/music on the 2th monitor. This but also requiring communication for most multiplayer games. Planet Toaster requires being in a creative mood where you don’t need extrinsic motivation to have fun.
Basically no, not all games are low effort. I’d say the majority aren’t. And I haven’t even mentioned the games that require memorizing a complex keyboard layout or need additional peripherals.
It's a commitment. How do I know that's a good way to spend my free time?
No, I have to start them and/or get out my console.
In all earnestness, is this really an impediment for you? I understand not wanting to get out a console (which is why I keep them all hooked up), but for me it’s way too easy to just trow on a show/youtube or play a favorite game.
It is. I regularly intend to play a game and then just... don’t.
Dang, that smokes a fatty.
And decide what game to play.
No, you need to think about the solution or strategy. Some games are low effort though.
That's why I play vampire survivors and those kinda brain off games
i like music + manwha for that. Low effort especially when you know the manwha won't be good enough to warrant snacks