No judgement, addiction is a serious thing but…

I also realise I’m giving a lot of time to games that, if only I could manage my time better I could give to much more worthwhile things, like helping people out in the world. So a month ago a few life circumstances came together, and I’ve signed up for a new education course. Rather than cope with all the new stresses of that at the same time as possible gaming withdrawal symptoms, I figured I’d give up the games completely, a month early. (And doomscrolling too, but that’s proving harder… proving it’s also addictive to me more than I wanted to admit!)

This doesn’t strike me as a healthy perspective on yourself

Check out these videos by Dr. Rachel Kowert

m.youtube.com/watch?v=LpCuWV_BD38

m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wjfoIbydLU

My point isn’t to refute your concern for your addictive tendencies with regards to video games but rather to gravely warn you that fear and self doubt will be preyed on until you learn the actual science with regards to humans and games (digital or not) from people like Dr. Rachel Kowert.