I'm only 20, and when it comes to easy-dopamine based activities, I can never do them in moderation.

If I start to play video games and set a time when to end playing, I can't stick to it.

If I abstain from them but not reddit / youtube, I procrastinate 24/7. I literally just stayed 2-3 nights up without going to sleep every 3rd night to watch classic wow streamers.

I'm not sure it's one singular thing either, because if I cold turkey one easy dopamine thing, I replace it with another. The only thing that's even worked in my life is going cold turkey on both internet & games.

Feels like I can never "overcome" my addiction to degenerating on these activities, I've tried for 6+ years now with various methods, yet I can't exactly not use the internet either.

I don't know, my brain might be messed up since I used to degenerate playing video games from ages 8-17~ 7+ hours a day, skipping school etc. In summer it was 24/7 if I could.

I tried not making this post for a very long time now (suffer in silence and all, I never speak about my problems to anyone irl), but it seems like I really need guidance, because living like this is not healthy or productive.