online gaming addiction stories

One common pattern is neglecting real - life responsibilities. For example, not going to work or school regularly. Another is the deterioration of relationships as they focus more on the game than on family and friends.

I heard about a girl who became addicted to an online multiplayer game. She started to isolate herself from the outside world. She would rather play the game than engage in any social activities. Her sleep pattern was completely disrupted. She only realized how bad it was when she started to have mental health issues like anxiety and depression due to the excessive gaming.

The criteria for gaming addiction were as follows: 1. Losing control of the game, such as not being able to control the start, end, and duration of the game; being too focused during the game, playing the game for longer and longer without delay (playing the game takes priority over other things). 2. When the game failed or did not play the game, he was anxious and irritable. He knew the dangers of being addicted to the game but could not control himself. He hid the time he played the game from his family and friends. He released his emotions through the game. 3. Games became a priority in life, and even if games caused negative consequences (such as broken interpersonal relationships, career or academic impact, health damage, etc.), they could not be stopped; they had no other hobbies outside of games; and they lost basic social and work abilities. 4. According to the core characteristics of gaming disorder mentioned in the International classification of diseases, continuous or repeated gaming behavior patterns, which were specifically manifested as uncontrollable gaming behavior, were the main characteristics of gaming disorder.(e.g., unable to control the occurrence, frequency, duration, termination time, etc. of gaming behavior); Gaming behavior patterns can be continuous or paroxysm and last for 12 months, but if the symptoms are severe enough and other key diagnosis points are met, the duration can be shorter than 12 months; Gaming behavior patterns cause obvious personal, family, interpersonal relationships, academic, professional, or other important functional areas.

Gaming addiction can be solved in the following ways: 1. ** Guide your child to understand learning correctly **: As a parent, you must learn to guide your child correctly and convey the correct message to let the child understand that learning is for themselves and not for their parents. However, this is mainly for children who are addicted to games. 2. ** Stimulate learning interest **: For children who are addicted to games, you can reduce their dependence on games by stimulating their interest in learning. 3. ** A way to vent their emotions **: When a child is addicted to games, providing a way for them to vent their emotions will help solve the problem. 4. ** Give care, companionship, and cultivate self-control **: Parents should give their children enough care and companionship. At the same time, they should cultivate their children's self-control and ability to manage their own time from an early age. This is mainly for children who are addicted to games. 5. ** Build a positive attitude towards life **: Through positive psychology education, children can be helped to build a confident, optimistic, and pressure-resistant attitude towards life to solve the problem of children's game addiction. 6. ** Stay away from the gaming environment **: Addicts can download games from their phones and computers, control the time they spend on their phones and computers every day, hand over their phones to others for safekeeping, and restrict themselves from playing games. They can no longer go to the gaming hall. 7. ** Cultivate new interests and hobbies **: For example, reading, writing, listening to music, singing, painting, traveling, etc., so that you can come into contact with new things and shift your attention to other aspects of the game. 8. ** Seeking medical treatment **: If your gaming addiction is severe and you can't control it, you can consider seeking medical treatment to help you get rid of your gaming addiction through psychological or psychotherapy. 9. ** Diversion **: You can find other alternative activities, such as outdoor activities when you really want to play games, watching videos while walking, listening to music, etc., to reduce the stimulation of the game. The first seven days were the critical period in this process, and repetitions were allowed. As long as the game time and frequency gradually decreased, there was no need to blame yourself. 10. ** Reduce game excitement **: You can adopt a gameplay method that limits interaction, such as not checking in, not drawing, not receiving gold coins, not receiving props, etc. You can also set rules for yourself, such as not choosing a character. The first character given by the system will be the default character. During the game, you will follow a path and gradually deceive the brain, thereby reducing the excitement brought by the game. Through rationality, you can overcome the addictive design set by the game manufacturer. 11. ** Reduce curiosity **: For games that clear the game, you can check the scenes after clearing the game online. Just like how you can see spooks to solve your addiction to watching dramas, you can reduce the suspense and burden of the game and movies. 12. ** Enriching Life **: Understand the principle that there is no good in idle life, enrich your life, including reading, exercise, etc., and make some plans to avoid doing nothing all day. 13. ** Cultivate small good habits **: Gradually increase your control over your life by cultivating some small habits, such as doing a few jumping jumps and push-ups every day. Don't be greedy for the number of good habits, just two. Reduce bad habits by cultivating good habits.

In 2018, the World Health Organization defined gaming addiction as a mental illness. It is a continuous or relapsing game behavior (number game or video game, may be online or offline), features include impaired game controls (such as lack of self-control over the frequency, intensity, duration, termination time, situation, etc. of playing), overly high emphasis on the game (taking precedence over other life interests and daily activities), and continuing to play or even increasing the intensity of the game despite the negative effects. This behavior pattern lasted for at least 12 months and was serious enough to cause serious damage to personal, family, social, educational, professional, or other important functional areas. The main symptoms were being completely focused on the game, feeling anxious and irritable when stopping the game, increasing the time spent playing the game, being unable to reduce the time spent playing the game, giving up other activities, focusing on the game despite knowing the impact, hiding the time spent playing the game, relieving negative emotions through the game, losing work or social skills due to the game, and so on.

One horror story is about a young man who was so addicted to gaming that he neglected his health. He hardly ate or slept, just focused on the game. Eventually, he had a serious breakdown and had to be hospitalized due to extreme exhaustion and malnutrition.

There were a few ways to get rid of gaming addiction: 1. [Clear reason and goal: First understand the reason for your addiction to the game, such as the positive feedback brought by the game rules, the inducement of the surrounding environment, etc.] At the same time, he also made clear the purpose of quitting gaming addiction, such as to better devote himself to studying, working, or improving his living conditions. 2. ** Make a plan **: - [Gradually reduce game time: Don't suddenly stop playing the game completely, but gradually reduce the amount of time you spend playing the game every day.] - ** Add other activities **: Use other beneficial activities to fill up the time spent playing games, such as sports, reading, socializing, etc. 3. ** Seeking Support **: Inform your family and friends about your plan to quit gaming addiction and ask them to encourage and supervise you in the process. 4. ** Record Progress **: Record your progress in the process of quitting your gaming addiction regularly, such as how much time you have reduced, which new activities you have added, and evaluate your progress. 5. ** Maintain a positive attitude **: - [Be tolerant of yourself: Don't blame yourself for playing games occasionally, and realize that quitting gaming addiction is a gradual process.] - ** Believe in yourself **: Maintain a positive and optimistic attitude and firmly believe that you can overcome your gaming addiction. 6. ** Change the game's environment **: - ** Uninstalling the game client **: This is a more direct way to reduce the game's touch. - ** Destroy rare items in the game and block related information **: Quit the game discussion group and do not look at the game related pages and information to reduce the connection with the game. 7. ** Using external motivation **: such as motivating yourself with your own responsibilities and dreams. For example, a man should make contributions and earn money to support his family. He should not waste his time because of games. If it was difficult to quit gaming addiction, one could also consider seeking professional help.

Here are some suggestions for getting rid of gaming addiction: 1. [Clear reason and goal: Know why you want to quit gaming addiction and set a specific goal.] For example, to improve their academic performance, physical health, or social skills. 2. ** Make a plan **: - [Reduce game time: Gradually reduce the time spent in the game, instead of suddenly stopping.] - ** Add other activities **, such as sports, reading, socializing, etc., to enrich your life and reduce your reliance on games. 3. ** Seeking external support **: Inform family and friends about your detoxification plan and seek their support and encouragement. 4. ** Search for alternative activities **: - ** Cultivate new interests and hobbies **: When you feel bored and want to play games, you can invest in new interests and hobbies, such as painting, music creation, etc. - ** Take part in outdoor activities **: Take part in sports, go to the gym to exercise or play basketball. - ** Participating in meaningful activities **: For example, participating in activities such as team summer camps. 5. [Record progress and self-evaluation: Record your progress in the process of getting rid of your gaming addiction and evaluate your performance regularly to see if you have achieved your desired goals.] 6. ** Maintain a good attitude **: - [Be tolerant of yourself: Be patient. Don't give up on yourself just because you can't help but play games occasionally.] - ** Maintain a positive attitude **: Believe that you can kick your gaming addiction. 7. ** Take tough measures (if necessary)**: - ** Remove the game client **: This is a more direct and effective way to completely leave the game source like quitting smoking. - [Destroy rare items in the game (if there are any)][Also, exit the discussion group related to the game and block all game information.] 8. Diversion: Diversion the game's attention by finding other things to do, such as learning new knowledge or skills.

The following are some of the institutions that help to get rid of gaming addiction: Fan Da Internet Addiction Reformatory School, Zhengmiao Qide, Zhien Rebellious Game Internet Addiction Education School, Escort Quality Education, Xinghua Inspirational, Lixin Rebellious Children Discipline School, Xinhai Coast Internet Addiction Reformatory Education School, Zhengren Rebellious Children Education School, Shanyi Special Training School, Xinzi Rebellious Children Discipline Institution, Neute Education, Shutong School, Bozhi Special Training School, Geng Li Education, Chunhua Special Training School, Qide Special Training School, Huahong Education, Chunhui Education, etc. These institutions were more formal. Through professional psychology teachers, they helped children change their rebellious mentality from the depths of their hearts, correct bad behavior habits, help children cultivate good interests and hobbies, and establish the correct three views.

There were a few ways to overcome gaming addiction: ** 1. Clear goals and plans ** 1. ** Set a clear goal ** - He had to be clear about why he wanted to quit gaming addiction, such as to improve his academic performance, improve his health, or to better devote himself to work. Then, he could set a clear goal. 2. ** Make a plan ** - Plan in detail how to reduce the game time. You can set a plan to gradually reduce the game's duration, such as reducing it from five hours to four hours a day, and then gradually reducing it to a lower duration, while increasing the time for other beneficial activities. ** 2. Mental construction ** 1. ** Stay positive ** - Believe that you have the ability to quit gaming addiction and don't give up easily. Even if there are repetitions in the process, you have to have confidence in yourself and treat these repetitions as a normal adjustment process. 2. ** Forgive yourself ** - Don't blame yourself too much just because you can't control yourself from playing games occasionally. Overcoming gaming addiction was a gradual process. He allowed himself to make mistakes, as long as he was moving in the direction of getting rid of gaming addiction. 3. ** Record progress ** - Periodically reviewing how you reduced your gaming time and increased your other activities, and evaluating your progress in overcoming your gaming addiction, will help motivate you to continue. ** 3. Seeking external support ** 1. ** Seeking support from family and friends ** - Tell your family and friends about your plan to quit gaming addiction and ask them to remind and encourage you when you want to play games. They can supervise you to carry out the plan or participate in activities to replace games together. 2. ** Consider professional help ** - If it was difficult for him to overcome his gaming addiction, he could seek help from professionals such as a counselor. They could provide more targeted advice and coaching based on the specific situation. ** 4. Find alternative activities ** 1. ** Arouse learning interest ** - For students or people with learning needs, they would invest the time they originally spent on the game into learning new knowledge and improving their skills. For example, reading books related to one's major or interest, participating in online or offline learning courses, and so on. 2. ** To provide a way to vent your emotions ** - You can release stress and emotions through exercise, such as running or playing basketball. They could also express their emotions through art forms such as painting and music, thereby reducing their reliance on games. 3. ** Cultivate a hobby ** - For example, photography, cooking, etc., to shift their attention from the game to these interesting and beneficial activities. 4. ** Increase social activities ** - Attend more social gatherings, volunteer activities, etc., expand your social circle, and gain satisfaction from interpersonal relationships instead of just getting social experience from games. ** 5. Cut off the game connection from the root ** 1. ** Completely delete the game client ** - This was a more decisive but effective method. Just like how one had to stay away from cigarettes to quit smoking, they could delete the game directly and reduce the convenience of playing the game. 2. ** Destroy rare items in the game (if any)** - Before deleting the game client, he would first get rid of the rare items in the game and exit the game discussion group. He would not look at the game-related information and block all content related to the game to reduce his psychological worries about the game.