"It's a distraction even if it's not fun. It gives you something to do."

And maybe that means he won't be so up in his own head about everything. That's what Geralt thinks is really holding him down. He's overthinking some more simplistic things. There's no real easy solution to that.

Geralt would go fuck or kill something or maybe both if he needed to get his head on straight but that's not really an option here.

"You need to find something that takes you out of your own head. It's different for everyone."