Chess ADDICTION 'Should i wanna permanently stop?'

yes, I like chess. And it turns out I'm damn good too. I never felt like I had an addiction to it however

 

You are afraid of being addicted to chess ?

 

An addiction to chess — if that's really what you have — could be a replacement for an addiction to PMO.

PMO is desperately unhealthy.
Chess is healthy.

As long as your chess isn't interfering with living a normal life, I wouldn't worry about it. If you love it enough, and study it thoroughly, who knows how well you'll do…

 

I echo @Mordobarn. As long as it doesn't get in the way of supporting your life then all is good. Setting aside some "me" time to play chess, or any other hobby, sounds reasonable.

@Zillion I'm interested in giving chess a try, care to schedule a game? Been years since I played.

 

I was addicted to chess a while ago, well actually roughly 6 months ago. But I've cut it down permanently now. During that time I felt like I had only 2 things in my life, school and chess. When I was not at school I used to play chess straight for hours, and I even used to skip classes at school to play chess. The addiction lasted roughly 3 weeks or so and then I suddenly stopped playing, now it's been a long time since I last played chess.
Well, I had reasons to stop, but it's completely your wish whether you want to play or not. It's a great sport tbh.
It's your decision to stop or continue or to limit it.

 

@Protagonist I wonder howyyou define addiction. Something a person gets into heavily for a few weeks, then stop, I'd call a fad. Addiction is long-term. Something a person has repeatily attempted to stop yet keeps doing. At least that's how I view it.

Regardless how one defines it, too much of a thing can be harmful. The skill to see when something is becoming overbearing is definitely something I could better develop.

 

I liked playing it at first, but then I kind of thought it's not worth it and I had other things to focus on and since it was consuming most of my time. I used to play chess even in my dreams when asleep. When I saw someone in real life I used to think of them as chess pieces and stuff.

 

Fucking hell!

I remember when sleep deprived after playing Resident Evil all night, when my science teacher started yelling in class I 'saw' his head explode and a monster come out.

 

before I offer any advice - are you playing chess face to face, online, or both? If face-to-face, is it in a social environment, a club, or with one friend?

 

Find a club and something that does live playing once a week, go there and play. Best way to keep it sharp and have fun with it.