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SvennoJ on 15 August 2024
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LegitHyperbole said:
SvennoJ said:

It's not healthy. Maybe for an isolated week here and there it's ok, yet I've messed up my neck in my late teens and twenties from gaming too much. Everquest left me with a partly fused neck. But that was combined with working behind computer screens all day as well. So in effect I was behind a PC screen from 9 AM to 3 AM with lunch and dinner break (and travel home of course) for years... That was up to 16 hours a day behind a screen.

It wasn't just Everquest, but that was the most intense period. Still dealing with the permanent damage to my neck and RSI in my right shoulder, right wrist.

Good memories of my adventures though. Everquest is where I met my wife after all. No regrets.

That sucks man. You can get surgey for the wrist these days though if it's carpal tunnel, ya don't have to deal with it. Did you ever feel sick? My limit is when my eyes go bloodshot and my body feels ill, I have to limit to no longer than a four hour session to avoid it and go and walk around. I've not done any damage to myself but I did once do a Minecraft session that was three days long with a few light naps and ended up with severe insomnia for months before I had to go to the doctor and get it treated. It was worth building that castle though, one of the best memories I have in regards to games. 

Luckily it's not that bad and mostly OK nowadays. My right wrist 'cracks' as well as my right shoulder when I shrug. Normally it doesn't bother me, only when I'm behind a PC for over an hour using the mouse.

I have had migraines from gaming and I did tend to push on too long, ignoring the pain and then ending up with a stiff locked neck for days, unable to do shoulder checks while driving. It's much better now I don't KB+mouse game anymore and not a lot of gaming in general.

My worst was getting sleep paralysis and burnout at age 24. The doctor ordered me to stay home for at least a month (I made it 3 weeks before I went back to work lol) But I managed to get my sleep pattern restored by living 30 hour days until I was waking up at regular hours again. Turning a 7 day week into 6 days worked quite well to loop my sleep pattern around back to 'normal'. Obviously only possible when on sick leave.

I still have insomnia though, now treat it with cannabis after it was legalized here. Nothing else works :/

I fondly remember my Minecraft castles and constructions as well. Building can be very addictive! However no allnighters, those were in my younger days with Civilization. One more turn! Oh why is it light outside again.