Head-game

They wanted him, he knew that, but they wanted to play head-games all the time.

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Some guy's you play with, beat you every time, no matter what you do you simply can't win. Others, you're just that much better than they are, but it doesn't matter, you fit right, the games flow, no head-games and you enjoy every minute.

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Back when I was learning how to quit, it wasn't so easy to tell a friend or anyone else about any issues I may have had and why I needed to quit, because of all the head-games people appear to play.

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That is the problem with the “What if” head-game. It is played and replayed, again and again in one's head, but there is actually no solution that one would like to see.

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