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Message: [QUOTE="HTBandicoot, post: 27458, member: 908"] Sorry for my strange questions, but thanks for making me feel welcome and answering them all so far! ?In a way, this is similar to a previous post of mine. I’m more aware recently of how games make me feel and what they do to my mental health. I often find myself aggravated trying to advance on old games that are too hard for me. So I end up quitting and more frustrated sometimes. It’s probably also not good for my self-confidence to constantly fail at most of what I try to play. I think I have a guilt that I need to play the many old games that I own already. I see the consoles and games often and think that if I’m gonna play, I need to play what I have already. This is a pressure I don’t think I need to put on myself. It’s hard to escape that thinking though. Then the other day I played a game through emulation that I had wanted to play for a while. And with this it was different. I got into a flow state and it really improved my mood for the rest of the day. This feeling is rare and I hardly ever feel it when playing the games I own anymore. So I guess typing this out, I already got my answer what I need to do haha. I probably need to flip around how I play games. I should try to play emulated games more with just the purpose of enjoying the game and experience. And maybe I can play from the consoles once a month or just every now and then. Even as I say that, I know that I’ll still probably feel guilt when playing emulated games, because of the games I’m not playing that I own. So hopefully I can get over that and give myself more grace and freedom to play and enjoy myself again. Can anyone relate? (Sorry for venting and journaling in a way ?) [/QUOTE]

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