How To Escape Psychological Suffering While Playing DayZ

[Survivor1431 116]

Hello survivors!

Most of you new to the game may encounter some major bugs, along with a sparsity of content. This may lead to aversive emotions which include but are not limited to anxiety, frustration, boredom, dysphoria, and confusion. While reminding yourself that the developers will fix these issues may temporarily put these emotions at bay, this is a band-aid fix and not a real solution, as your pain will likely re-surface the next time you log-in. Thankfully I have devised a solution for you.

The key to resolving your needless suffering and enjoy what DayZ has to offer is to recognize the illusion of the self for what it is. Much of our suffering is born of an identification with thought. That is, we think without knowing we are thinking, and imagine that we are authoring each of our thoughts and actions like a writer writes a book. This could not be further from the truth.

The conventional conception of the self is an illusory impression that can be seen as such by paying attention to the nature of experience. When one pays close attention to attention itself, it is possible to notice that the impression of self vanishes altogether, if only for a moment at a time. What one is left with are the mere raw sensations, sounds, sights, and feelings uncolored by discursive thought. It is at this point that one may recognize the true nature of the self: pure awareness.

Next time you log-in to DayZ, don't do what you usually do, which is to go search for that gun to kill on sight and unleash your inner rage. Instead, pay close attention to the rooster sound each time it arises in consciousness. Watch it appear, and then watch where it goes. You will notice that there is an intrinsic pleasantness to concentration. While this insight takes practice to stabilize, you may soon realize that this rooster sound offers a beautiful richness that you had not fully appreciated while lost in thought about all the things that DayZ could be. DayZ can and will be a lot of things, but it is time for you to notice what DayZ is, which is simply another appearance in consciousness.

We keep on surviving!

[pilgrim* 3514]

1 hour ago, Survivor1431 said:

It is at this point that one may recognize the true nature of the self

that's moot but the rest is fine.
Beanz

[AndrzejHook 78]

Stop playing Dayz if its causing psychological suffering

[pilgrim* 3514]

3 minutes ago, Andrew Huk said:

Stop playing Dayz if its causing psychological suffering

I think Survivor1431 means - stop misunderstanding life if it is causing you psychological suffering

[AndrzejHook 78]

2 minutes ago, pilgrim* said:

I think Survivor1431 means - stop misunderstanding life if it is causing you psychological suffering

It was sarcasm... not really sure what you're talking about

[pilgrim* 3514]

Just now, Andrew Huk said:

It was sarcasm... not really sure what you're talking about

Hi Andrew

[AndrzejHook 78]

Just now, pilgrim* said:

Hi Andrew

Hi pilgrim

[cirkular 178]

The guy is actually a level 77 mushroom dealer from Kumyrna

[pilgrim* 3514]

Get up on a high headland with a view over a major city and watch the sunrise or sunset on the terrain and the ocean. Take it easy. Sit down, pass half an hour or so.. Worth doing.. can be really superb. You are well fed, comfortably equipped, you are a survivor - so what's the hindrance? .. appreciate this life.

[Nayte 503]

8 hours ago, pilgrim* said:

Get up on a high headland with a view over a major city and watch the sunrise or sunset on the terrain and the ocean. Take it easy. Sit down, pass half an hour or so.. Worth doing.. can be really superb. You are well fed, comfortably equipped, you are a survivor - so what's the hindrance? .. appreciate this life.

This cannot be overstated enough.

All too often people are pursuing the “next best thing”, instead of taking a moment to slow down and appreciate the little things.

[Parazight 1599]

No idea why pilgrim* is feeding the troll here.  It would be different if said troll was at least witty or entertaining in some way, but that's not the case.

[pilgrim* 3514]

4 hours ago, Parazight said:

No idea why pilgrim* is feeding the troll here.

Well - DayZ is a virtual reality game.. in the sense that it is not Tetris.. You invest time in a 'tune that looks like a human, you know that the avatar  << IS YOU>>.. You move through an environment. It is YOU that moves through this environment, you do not BELIEVE you are only manipulating pixels on a screen.. that would be pointless.   So you are playing the part of a human being moving through an environment. 
OK, so a part of the game structure is to try to convince you that "something real is going on", and you believe that as much as young children believe "something real is going on" when they play with dolls.. THEN any/all aspects of your personality are involved in this constructed/virtual/imagined/aided reality.

This means you DO NOT "have" to find an AK and shoot someone to "Win".. You can - and to some extent you MUST (because you are human) play DayZ in order to avoid stress and suffering..  This may be a different way of stating the SAME obvious role play objectives of a semi-mil virtual survival & zombies game, BUT you are in an open world - and you CAN do what the hell you like.. If you "imagine" that you can kill another person with a military rifle, you can also "imagine" that you can quietly eat your can of beans and watch the sunset.  There is no difference - if there is any difference you have brought it into the game with you, and it is in your head, not predicated in the game.

It always surprises me that people who have entered into this virtual "play" often limit themselves to COLLECTING LOOT, as though a rule book says this is how to win merit points and "win the game". But that rule book is in their head when they enter the game, they invented it. It's interesting  (to me) when folk have different rule books.. this is one of the great advantages of playing online and encountering many real individuals in their avatar form. 

Dumb example : You remember "the Church of Jesus with No Pants" groups who used to wander around DayZ and hold meetings ? -  I was not a fan but I did not object to them. It demonstrates there are wider possibilities in an ego-centered first-person virtual game. There is more than "the obvious".

No one looks much at the graphics in DayZ except (mainly) to complain about them. The graphics are no more nor less "real" than a painting in a gallery, except that "you" exist inside the artwork and move through it.. or so you believe (else you wouldn't be wasting your time playing, dude). So it's legal to appreciate the environment as a representation of the semi-reality you have chosen to enter. and it's legal to use any technique available in the real world to aid you to navigate through this life you have chosen in the "spirit world".  It has dangers and beauties otherwise you would not be there.

So whatever you do in DayZ to some extent reveals your own nature.. to others AND to yourself.. AND this includes trolling..

So to me this is a fun thread, maybe some (thoughtful) new players will find it interesting. In HARD FACT they are sitting in front of a flat screen covered with pixels that create an illusion. They enter the illusion.  This is a good place to start. Be cautious of what you "see". Examine what you "believe".
Enter the spirit world. In the full expectation of death you will remain calm. This is called "enlightenment".

 

Edited January 11, 2019 by pilgrim*
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[-Gews- 7443]

Thanks for advice. My method is to chant 108 times "Om Namah Shivaya". It definitely passes on a strong positive vibration to the environment and removes negative energies!