Not All Games Are Equal: The Real Difference Between a Trap and a Tool

If you game to decompress after work, the choice of game matters more than you think. Not all games decompress you. Some just swap one compulsive loop for another. After going through the research on internet gaming disorder and behavioral addiction, the real dividing line turned out to be simpler than expected, and different from what I assumed. The common framing is action vs calm. Avoid high-arousal games before bed, pick puzzle games instead. That's not wrong, but it's downstream of the vari