A thin line between (obsession)/(addiction) and the flow state.

[lmfao]

I feel like being obsessed and addicted with an activity is not too far off of being in the flow state. Take video games for example. Playing video games can easily become an obsession/addiction for me, but occasionally I can enter the flow state if I'm playing the game competitively with full focus and concentration. I don't care if I win or lose, I just find it fun to be get absorbed in the whole thing. Like I've been playing gears of war 4 ranked online recently against amazing players and it's done wonders getting me fully absorbed in something. The same goes for super smash bros when I'm trying to play that competitively. The only barrier with this is that it can be hard to enter the flow when playing competitive video games because frustrating tactics and frustrating game mechanics induce rage and you instead become obsessed with winning or losing. Entering flow in competitive  video gaming can be hard if you keep getting defeated by players who waste their lives playing the game 24/7 so they just keep beating you and make it hard.