Trophies and achievements are required by Sony and Microsoft, so it's not just take makers pouring them on to get players to play the games more.
Plus there is a big difference between games, some games you need to beat multiple times and max out levels in online, others don't require you to beat the game at all or even touch the online.
I think you're looking way into the extreme when it comes to trophy hunting. Even looking at the top 1000 on psn profiles one you get past the top 50 it's really not that bad. Hell I'm now in the top 10,000 and I've averaged a little over two trophies a day since my first trophy beck in 08 and I don't play games exclusively on PlayStation, or Hebrew it be my only form of entertainment. So it's not too hard to find a balance.
I find it enjoyable, plus it's a nice way for me to track games I've played over the years and it adds a extra layer of enjoyment for myself in my gaming, I don't think it's right to judge them based on people with OCD or addictive personalities, while there are people out there with problems, the solutions tests in them getting treatment not the rest of us losing something because of it.
I think you might have burnt yourself out with how much you played the last few months and you feel discouraged because you compare your months if progress to the years of trophies others have achieved, don't look at it that way.
