“She Regretfully Shared Her PC with Her Girlfriend—What Unfolded Next Will Leave You Speechless!”

The girlfriend in this story fell victim to the age-old gamer problem: there’s just not enough time in the day to finish a game! Sometimes, gamers run the risk of overdoing it, potentially harming their physical and mental well-being. But how can we know how much gaming is too much gaming?

Some researchers suggest a number as a point of reference for how much might be too much. One study from Oxford University claims that playing for more than 21 hours every week (three hours per day) can start to have a detrimental effect on one’s well-being.

Rachel Kowert, Ph.D., however, isn’t so quick to rely on numbers only. “How much is too much is probably the most common question I receive,” Dr. Kowert tells Bored Panda. “While there is no magic number, if you are starting to suffer negative consequences in other areas of your life – physical health, psychological health, not meeting one’s responsibilities, etc. – that is when it becomes too much.”

“50 hours in five days sounds like a lot,” Kowert admits. “But is it inherently a problem based on numbers alone? Not necessarily. Perhaps they had a week’s vacation. Perhaps during this week, they were eating, moving, and meeting necessary obligations in the other waking hours of their day.”

“All to say, the issues are not in the numbers alone but rather in the consequences one may be suffering because of it,” Dr. Kowert explains.

“Yet another relationship strained by BG3 and its infinite rizz,” people in the comments quipped

However, the author wasn’t alone in her experience; some gamers had the same thing happen to them