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I'm embarrassed by the number of award-winning games I have unfinished on my hard drive, but every time I fire them up I think "i'm not enjoying this".

Am I doing it wrong? Should I be mainlining my ADHD meds before trying to play?

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[–] whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I definitely find games more enjoyable on my ADHD meds. Especially games with a lot of reading like discord Elysium. No shame in needing a bit of help to stay focused and engaged with some text.

Sometimes you just need a little boost to get going and then it's smooth sailing too.

[–] WorkingClassCorpse@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do think the meds would help, but I'm often taking a med vacation when I'm thinking of playing games

[–] whogivesashit@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Fair. Yeah I say this, but I end up just playing through games and skipping half the text and hoping it wasn't important. I've had to play a lot of YouTube videos to catch up on lore in my time.