/kind/ - Random Acts of Kindness★

>All I really want to do is stay home and play vidya, and I feel super unmotivated.

A lot of games nowadays are designed to give you a constant sense of accomplishment, which can hurt motivation for other areas of your life. The same goes for pornography.

Try going without vidya for 2 weeks or so and observe how your motivation changes.

Good luck, friend!

>>22499

>What I will say is if you're just mindlessly playing through games, that's pretty bad.

I'm a big player of diablo, which can be mindless at times. I'm actually getting back into CS:S, which is more of the game you pay attention to. I enjoy video games, and they're my hobby, I'm not just using them to waste time as many people my age do with mobile games and some sports games. I actually got a 92 on my math test yesterday which I'm really happy about. I think that I might actually talk to my doctor about upping the dosage of prozac, which could aid in my motivation. I'm pretty conflicted though, because I feel as though I'm not exactly me when I'm on the drug. I'll keep pushing through the weeks, and eventually I'll get a good break from school at thanksgiving time.

>I take a low dosage of prozac

Anti depressants get ride of the low, but also the highs. Even a low dosage can hinder motivation.

Exercise is the best alternative. Do something everyday, even if it is only for 10 minutes.

Weed is pretty good also, go make friends with the stoners. The key to all drugs is MODERATION****

>>22588

>>22609

Yeah, I realise it's not a good look at all, but I'm not too concerned about getting fired, it's more the police record I could potentially get as a result. The key reason for that is I literally just got qualified by the police to utilise police traffic powers. A hit and run/failure to stop after causing an accident does have the potential to lose me this qualification on the basis of dishonesty.

>How bad was the damage exactly?

I didn't hang around for a close look but it appeared to only be about three-four layers of brick about two meters long. It'll take maybe an afternoon to repair and wouldn't cost much more than $50 to sort out.

But I'm still not gonna own up to it. Maybe I'm a coward, but I'm kinda stubborn and choose to stick to my decisions. Even if it's the wrong thing to do. I do have a reputation for being an overall honest person, almost to a fault, but hey, we've all got to have some skeletons in the closet.

I'm not perfect and I'm okay with that. This isn't the worst thing I've done.

Most importantly, if you can't motivate yourself for school, go out and meet people, make friends with as many as possible. Developing connections and social skills is really important.

One way to do this is through the stoners. As long as you are pitching in for a weed every now and then, they are pretty friendly, probably friendlier than most other highschoolers anyway. On top of that, they get invited to everything since they are the only ones who know how to get weed.

>>22742

>chances are you'll become a stoner

This has absolutely no basis. I know tons of people who smoke weed, but only on occasions, only once or twice, etc.

>Hinders your memory.

The best way I have to describe this is that your brain makes associations with your mental state. Generally, you will have a set of memories that are easier to access while stoned and a set that is easier while sober.