Rezzed Digital | Burnout... from games?!| 15-18 July 2021

We’ve all heard about burnout in the workplace, but can you experience something similar with a hobby you normally love? We're hearing more and more about gamers who become exhausted by games to the point that playing starts to feel like a chore, and continuing to play brings stress rather than enjoyment. Sachin Shah from Gaming the Mind (Twitter @gamingthemind), a charity dedicated to improving the mental health of gamers, leads a discussion on what burnout really is (it’s more than just fatigue!), whether burnout can apply to gaming, and how to manage it, or avoid it in the first place! Mental health Doctor Chun Chiang Sin Fai Lam discusses what he knows from researching and managing burnout, while Stephanie Minor (Twitter @dieharddragoon), editor at TheGamer, talks about how it feels to lose passion for games, and how to bring the fun back into gaming. Above all, it's about taking care of that really important thing--your mental health--while doing the things you love!

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[RachaelTheBlonde]

Thought this was a great discussion! Really leads directly into the entire problem with the way we see work and productivity and how many hours of work is the standard. Burnout is real and largely ignored in most every industry! Very interesting to see the way it presents in an industry where many outsiders would be more inclined to think that the work is "fun" and therefore wouldn't feel like work, when that's not true at all.

[DarthMooglenator]

I agree with Stephanie, there are times where I play older games I have played and feel unproductive because I am not playing a new game, and that's ok.