My gaming addiction

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I stopped playing for over a day now, my computer is calling me from the other room to come back and play a few more games.

Of course the computer isn’t calling me, it’s what my thoughts are doing to me. Anyway I can’t fall asleep and I feel itchy, sweating and feel like crap at the moment.

I’ve been fighting my gaming addiction for over 6 years now, I feel shitty about myself and relapsed over a hundred of times. Last week it got out of control, I skipped work and I barely slept and didn’t eat at all, I was in self destruction mode. Here I am, sharing my silly story with you, awake in the middle of the night, feeling hopeless en hopeful at the same time. Hopeful because it’s over 30 hours since I played a video game! It’s something

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Gaming addiction is serious stuff. The game is always there, the fantasy world, the world where you live in the illusion of achievement, which feeds your brain reinforcement and develops the dependence.

Have you tried joining any in person support groups? Or Zoom meetings about computer gaming addicts in recovery? For me the meetings have been very helpful.

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