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My total gaming time is easily in the tens of thousands of hours, and I've been doing it since I was 4 or 5. Every year I bang out another 1500-2000 hours or thereabout. It's definitely a contributing factor, I'd say, although I was a bookish child anyway and whenever I wasn't playing, I'd be sitting down with a book or watching a cartoon, not running around. I'm not sure I would have turned out particularly different from who I am now in my preferences if video games were never invented.
The only time I've ever felt like you've described is when I tried to stay up for as long as I could and made it to about 3 1/2 days. At about the 2 1/2 day mark I started to feel disassociated from my body.
How often in your life have you felt genuine fear? I'm wondering if exposing yourself to things which I've found to cause genuine fear or physical stimulus, e.g., sky diving or rock climbing or motorcycle racing etc., would get you to re-embody, if that's something you would be interested in.
Do you get real fear, excitement, heart pounding, etc., when you're playing video games?
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