I needed this... Been playing games all my life, 4 years ago my father passed away due to brain cancer. The last time I saw him in hospital in his bed, he said to me "son you finally found time to leave your computer?" My own further saw me as a gamer, a lazy good for nothing gamer... And he was correct, 3 days later he passed away... I never did spend much time with my own father, he offered to take me to the beach, go for dinner.... Sorry father I'm bit busy. Maybe tomorrow? I was busy getting a new level on league, or camping for mounts on wow. I choose to ignore my father to just play games..... Now his gone. I know this is a long message, and some of you may read it and go. Lol. But please spend time with your family. Games can be paused and online games you can just risk it. Because when they are gone, and all you have left to show is your rank? If I can do it. So can you. Thank you for reading I love you dad, am sorry I didn't spend time with you.
This hit me so hard. I can really relate, and I am so sorry you have to deal with this. I just hope you are living your best life now, and is making your dad proud. I know I need to start doing the same. Right now. I spent hours a day wasting time on CSGO.
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I'm making my change today. Wish me luck! I'm sick of it getting in the way of everything. i'm running a full time job and part time studying, its interfering! I want that future job i want to learn i want to improve but i can't, as i stop doing those things to play games.. so here we go, very weird i've no idea what im going to do with my self haha...
I'm 26 and have cut down my play time by 90% over the past 3 years or so. All my friends that still play are losers. Smoking marijuana, no social skills, no girlfriends, no cashflow, no gym time. Time to move on and reach my full potential and spend my 30's at the top of the world.
Every single moment I have, I can use for productivity. But I'm so addicted that I start gaming the moment I get some free time. THIS IS CHANGING TODAY!
I watched this video when it came out and I was addicted and depressed I felt like I was nothing and my family would end buy some who accomplished nothing because I'm an only child I never came outside I never did anything I did school came him at 2 and played video games till 1 in the morning was falling in school and when I was 12 and was reaching 300 pounds and I changed I'm 14 now you vidoe helped me I'm no longer fat and addicted I wheigh 125 pounds I went to the gym 6 hours a day everyday a week with my dad I no longer play videogames and I'm an all a student and very happy with an amazing girlfriend thank man I owe you my life thank you so much
I am going to quit video games that aren’t me sitting beside a real person playing together. I have struggled with procrastination and avoidance for my entire adult life. I don’t want to die having been nothing but mediocre. I am grateful I found this video.
I love video games. Always have, always will. I I will admit that I have a problem with them. Like you I spent my high school years sucked into my games. I now realize that like leveling up my Skyrim player, I need to level up myself
This has got to be one of the best videos I have ever seen on RUclips. I was broken absolutely broken and wondering if life is worth living and praying to God to kill me, now I am wondering what I could do to change my life and get over my addiction. It has destroyed my life it's destroying my family I have no friends no one even wants to talk to me and it's the same with me. I'm trying to turn to God and I think this is what he is trying to show me. Some traumatic things have happened in my past I turned to video games and then meth, I got help getting away from meth but I can not get away from video games I'm going to try really hard I need this really really badly. I'm tired of being a failure. God bless you sir.
I have similar things happened in my highschool years, I can relate a lot with your experience and that's why you made such an impact on me right now to leave that cursed video games that's been ruining my life and my future, so thank you, thank you so much.
This video really helped... I'm 14 and love videogames but from now on I'm going to change and stop playing videogames to improve on myself everything you said in the video really helped... thanks!
I will start changing my life from this moment. Games are illusion and painful on the long term. My main reason to play was escaping from reality, but today I feel failure and guilt for playing all the time. I will stop playing and find better alteranatives.
Respect. I didn't have a problem of feeling lonely, from a young age I would want to stay away and find myself. Thanked everyone for their compliments but have loved staying by myself, never really be alone. I had found a one on one bond with my Father in heaven when I didn't have one treating my like so here on earth.
I’m 10 years old I think games have been taking all my attention and I not healthy and school times are getting hard for me and this really helps thank you
This is it. I am giving my consoles to my younger cousins because I am sure they can make more use of it. I will start by tomorrow whether i like it or not.
I really hope this helps because I feel like video games is shaping my life and I think I’m spending more time gaming then spending time with my family and friends
Thanks mate for you advice, love it! I've had a gaming computer for a while I built myself, and I feel it impacting my studies and I play instead of working on myself development. Im gonna sell it and get a laptop for studies and just have a little console to play when I have free time.
I really want to get rid of my gaming addiction, i don’t spend time with my family, all I do is play video games, that’s why I’m watching this video, wish me luck
You confirmed my thoughts and suspicions about my boyfriend. I feel like he’s gonna miss a lot of milestones of his son. He’s already missing some right now but I update him at times. But now it’s getting to tiresome to keep asking him to interact or pay attention. We are going separate ways soon and once we do there will be peace. This I know for a fact. What hurts the most is right after we came from the hospital from the birth of our son he slid right into the sofa to play. While I struggled to recover on my own. And this is after he swore he would not do that to me. Anyhow I’m done. I’m always in bed alone so enough is enough.
This pretty much sums about me and I'm 21 years old so it's even harder to make friends. I don't know how to stop this addiction but I'm taking frequent breaks now so that's a good start.
I was addicted for 14-15 years too. You just have to delete all of your games, like right now and start watching motivation videos, reading books, going for workout and learning how to start your business. Trust me, this really changed me a lot.
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I'm 17 right now turning 18 on June and just received 2 failing subjects and finally woke up from reality. I'll be commenting in this channel 5 years from now and tell everyone how better i'll become hope others can join too! wish everyone luck!
i'll be deleting every stupid waste of time as I've realized once I'm done it would always be night time not I'll enjoy the time without games and focus on study
You've got this! Inside this video, I talk about how to use your pain as motivation. I hope my message inspires you - ruclips.net/video/QvfYJFYc2DU/видео.html
While watching this video, I decided to stop playing cold turkey. Going to read the stack of books I have recently bought to build my empire. You can do it guys, stop wasting your valuable Life away!
My grade 11 grades were horrible and I really think it’s because of video games and procrastination. I have been getting c pluses and I want to spend more time with my family. I also want to get better grades so here I am wish me luck and get me out of my addiction
A GREAT message. You perfectly described a challenge my sons face. Although I've tried to tell them the very same message, sometimes it's too easy to ignore your Dad. I've forwarded this video to them. Thanks Stefan!
Thanks man - I'm having epic trouble concentrating on working from home in these dreary corona times and find escaping playing mobile games a real addiction and find I don't want to stop - so 5 mins ago I deleted all my mobile games as they stopped me working - great video dude. Will make sure to watch upcoming vids from you - peace
I'm not addicted to videogames but I know many people who are and I just wanted to tell you thank you because you did a fantastic job with this video. It is so accurate and exact to the situations our younger children are having. I recommend your video to anyone suffering a video game addiction problem. Thanks again my friend. 👍
I'm 24 and been cutting down time of gaming due to art, creative writing comic books excercise, errands socializing. All what listed gimmie something back, gaming doesn't gaming just give false sense of achievement
Excellent advice. Thanks for sharing. Posted this on my FB page. I quit video games about a year ago. Wasn't even trying to quit though. I just looked at my life and realized "Shit all this other stuff sounds waaay more awesome than playing video games." and started doing them more and more till there was no more room to fit video games in. Focus on what you want to create more of in your life. Rather than what you want to remove or make less of. This is probably my number 1 realization.
Hey man thanks a lot for this! It was 3-4 weeks ago that I finally took the decision to just uninstall all video games off of my computer and just focus on studying a lot more and the past week I've really really been tempted to the point I've launched a video game and just closed it before the loading scree. Thanks for the self-improvement addiction tip, I'll get right on that, again thanks a lot you're a live saver :)👌
Thank you for making this video, I had a period of time when I was younger that I did have a Sims addiction, but the last few months I have been very depressed and been withdrawing into games on my phone. This video helped me realize that I need to face my reality and connect with people to solve my problems because games are not going to make anything better. I'm making this decision today thank you!
You are amazing dude, you literally changed my life strait on out, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have gotten a career. I really look up to you, thank you.
I think the biggest reason for alot of people isnt just the escape but the goal setting. Games are made to keep you engaged by giving you goals and then making you feel accomplished when its done after having a good time doing it.
I wish i tackled this earlier, im 25 now. it definetely interfered with my highschool and college studies, not to the point of failing, but i should have excelled it if wasn’t for spending so much time in videogames. I’m getting my dentistry degree soon, but i feel i should have studied harder in order to be more competent and provide a great service...
I am a mother of two kids 21-17 both of them addicted gaming. I am listening in tears everything you are saying makes so much sense but these kids don't understand. I have tried so hard to give them everything i could , give up so much in life just to meet their needs. gaming tearing our family a part and causing so much pain . i wish those companies who creates these games their families will also taste the pain that i am feeling and suffer and burn in hell eternally . Thank you for making this video
Man your amazing, I hope you know just how helpful you are! It’s gonna be hard I’m only eleven, so finding stuff to do will be hard. But imma try to quit, and I owe it all to you, right now today I played for a total of about ten hours and I felt I didn’t play e much, I wanna get a life. Peace pc, imma go get a life!
I can totally relate to this video. There was a time in my life where I even spent a lot of money just on games and spent the whole day everyday just playing online games. Good thing I was able to stop. As usual, very good advice in this video.
Thanks man this really helped me finally open my eyes, am a teen boy who is 17 am in grade and yet am spending hours playing Mobile Lengeds Bang Bang while I have lots of work to do and study.... I think a lot that I won't make in life because my friends at school are better than me, but I realize that I can be a better by fixing and building my self up.... Thanks... 🙏
Should have watched this earlier.. I'm 17 this year which means its my final highschool exam. It's depressing how I'm still addicted to playing csgo due to this recent outbreak. Personally, I'm a Inti social child which spends most of my time playing games to socialise and watch anime all day to kill time. Thank you for making this video and I hope i could do my best to avoid playing and study for my exams haha.
You are so right!!! I should find your video earlier and show my husband. He is too addicted to it and already affects our marriage. He still doesn’t know what to do to give up video games.
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Video games increase one's dopamine tolerance. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in our brain that regulates how much pleasure we feel. When someone struggles with a video game addiction, it means that they have developed a dopamine tolerance. Check out my video on how to do a dopamine detox - ruclips.net/video/JycbuFWDWCw/видео.html This is a great way for the mind to reset itself to normal dopamine levels 🙏
So, the actual reason why i cant really stop playing videogames is pretty much because most of my friends are. Out of all my ''friends'', i only really have 1 that actually cares about me. My online friends are almost as loyal as the friend i metioned before, and since im not a very sociable person, they help me alot to deal with my social anxiety. Having this dependency on my online friends, clearly made me also addicted to videogames, but if i quit i would lose a big part of myself. I dont even enjoy singleplayer games anymore, eve tho i kinda like to be alone alot of times. At this point, i dont even know what to do to my life, i always imagine how it is going to be in the future and all that, but i never really remember to open my eyes to the truth, which is that i wont get anywhere i want if i keep going like this.
I hear your tips and story , im happy for your breakthrough , video games especially online video game created to be addictive , and for doing so video games company uses any resources , like psychology , such as just be online everyday for special reward , or leveling system , and so on , to break this vicious cycle , one must finds the roots for example depression as you mentioned .
Honestly I’m not addicted I can get off whenever or be productive easy. I agree with the video completely but in my opinion, games are great if you play in moderation. I have my days when I play 5 hours a day but that’s rare. Usually no more that 2 hours a day or none at all. But yea, the video is true to the core
Thanks for this. My 13-year-old son plays for 2-3 hours a day and he's completely nuts when he comes off it. If he had his way, he would play all day. Your video gives us something to think about.
I have a different story than most... I am addicted to video games and have tried dozens of times to quit. Its so bad... I am married and have a new 1 month old baby. It just kills me how much time I waste. I work and come home to video games and barely give my wife a break from the baby... Its really difficult. Today I would like to give it up so that I can improve the life of not only myself but also my family. I am starting school in July and I am getting 1 month off from my work in June... just a few days away.. and instead of using June to play games and waste time... I want to do something with my life and improve myself! I am saying this in the comments to hold myself accountable and so that any likes or comments will remind me of what I need to accomplish... I am happy I saw this video, it gave me just enough motivation to give it another shot. I am blessed to have a supportive and loving wife! This is for my Wife and Daughter! 🍺
I developed a drug addiction problem from 15 finally got passed it at 30, video game addiction seemed innocent until now that I'm 32, just sold the ps4 today, still single, unemployed and no kids ouch
Thanks alot man, when I'm older I want to become a professional footballer but video games have been half of my entire life. I spent time obviously practising and training and all the research. But I feel like I'm not doing enough and enough to get were I actually want to be (big league ext) and so I watched this vide and trust me, I feel much more in the mood to stop. I need to reach my absolute maximum limit in my development and get completely out of my comfort zone of shyness to be the best person I can be
Thanks for inspiration, Stefan. Your videos really help me to stay motivated and change a little bit day to day, to make progress. I am sure, this one video can help me to put the line between my past and my future that I want & make a decision right now, find the reasons to act. Cause I stop your video and stand up right now to see myself in the mirror too and decide to go in the way I really want so much time but never made a breakthrough before. Thank you so much for this. You're Great Man.
I realized my problems I was addicted and I could not stop I was trapped I'm unhealthy and I can't stop and I must stop I need to do measures that I need to do thank you a lot
Your videos give me life man, I wish I could get $1 for all the hours I spent playing video games ... I would be getting a couple millions dollars 💵 more in my bank account... Amazing video... great point on the porn industry ... oh Lord another time wasting one
My boyfriend is addicted to Valorant but he doesn’t admit it. It’s very difficult to be with an addicted. He say’s I’m crazy but he never prioritizes our relationships :( i don’t think we can be together anymore
I'm sorry to hear that his video game addiction is affecting your relationship. At the end of the day, he needs to want to seek help. Until he is able to recognize it as a problem in his life, change will be difficult. Have you thought about sharing my overcoming video addiction video with him?
Hey Stefan, I really admire your work I'm am 23 years old and I have been following most of your advice from RUclips vids and have seen a dramatic increase in productivity, happiness and energy levels. but I haven't played video games for over a year and I really like playing video games mainly World of Warcraft and It would make me feel guilty to play. If you wanted to play World of Warcraft because you enjoy it would you play?
I think my story is commonplace amongst a lot of people in my age group (mid-late 20's as i type this). Ever since i "got into' gaming about age 5 with the SNES video games pretty much became my main hobby other than playing outside and riding my bike. By the age of 10-11 the playing outside bit pretty much vanished and by that point barely ever went out outside of school other than if i went to a friends house and even then all our time was occupied constantly playing video games. Though at about 15 to 16 when kids started having house parties (and shortly after trying to get served in pubs) those evenings i would have spent playing video games were instead used getting drunk and/or going to gigs and video games began for the first time to take a back seat. Though when I started university and couldn't afford to go out beyond the first 3 weeks or so of each terms student grant/loan a lot of time began to be sucked in playing video games in again and i'd say more so than actually studying! Since graduating just over 5 years ago a few significant things in my life happened; i moved in with my girlfriend, we broke up a year or so later, i lived on my own for a short period (which was a pretty miserable but necessary experience I reckon), had a variety of menial wank jobs (warehouse and call center work in particular; the hallmark of un-unionized, unskilled pap) yet I never saw myself coming back to a sort of video game "addiction" during these past few years post my last what could be considered to be a committed relationship...but I don't think it's that it was hard to give up. Like many hobbies you sort of grow out of them not totally but gradually and I think gaming is the same for me right now. Though I have recently bought a Switch i'm planning on selling a load of systems (retro and even my somewhat recently purchased PS4 purely because I now hate stuff sitting around gathering dust when I can just sell it and save the money) I'm finding myself a load more dismissive of a lot of big budget triple a titles' very existence as uninspired piles of crap yet the games I do want to play I just don't have the time or patience to play. If there's a short indie title that peaks my interest on steam i'll sit there and play it start to finish, or watch a film or read a 150 page or less novel. These days these kind of things capture my interest more than playing games for hours and hours on end, day in day out. And even if I wanted to, time factor shits all over that anyway.
Project Life Mastery I love Diablo 2, I stayed in my house all the time after school. No friends and not getting laid. I played Gameboy, PS2, and Nintendo DS, and SNES. Other times I was on my Comedor 64.
Thank you so much for the video I am encouraged Motivated to change myself better I will watch this video every time I feel like I am think playing video games again I won’t look back ever again
I just turned 21 a couple days ago I been addicted to games my whole life because of a long depression since childhood but I’m starting to get tired of playing games so I tried an alternative with RE I passed the test but now it’s been months for me even getting motivation to schedule the state exam because I been addicted to my gaming again smh I know it’s a problem it’s just real hard to start up again
What if you don't play games, but you're still on the computer all the time, for years. Also you make a ton of money on the computer, I mean a ton. But have very little friends in real life and there's not much to do in your city. It's not like one day you're just going to get out of bed and say hey I'm going to go to the mall and talk to random people to make friends that just isn't who you are lol. What would you do then?
I don't know what the author would do... But if I were you, I think, I would move out to a bigger city where I would find more entertainment and meaning. I would look for like-minded people who at least would understand what I am (you are) doing.
I needed this... Been playing games all my life, 4 years ago my father passed away due to brain cancer. The last time I saw him in hospital in his bed, he said to me "son you finally found time to leave your computer?" My own further saw me as a gamer, a lazy good for nothing gamer... And he was correct, 3 days later he passed away... I never did spend much time with my own father, he offered to take me to the beach, go for dinner.... Sorry father I'm bit busy. Maybe tomorrow? I was busy getting a new level on league, or camping for mounts on wow. I choose to ignore my father to just play games..... Now his gone.
I know this is a long message, and some of you may read it and go. Lol. But please spend time with your family. Games can be paused and online games you can just risk it. Because when they are gone, and all you have left to show is your rank?
If I can do it. So can you.
Thank you for reading
I love you dad, am sorry I didn't spend time with you.
i might fear that this will also happen to me
Stay strong man life goes on
I'm really sorry for your dad.
This hit me so hard. I can really relate, and I am so sorry you have to deal with this. I just hope you are living your best life now, and is making your dad proud. I know I need to start doing the same. Right now. I spent hours a day wasting time on CSGO.
Sorry to hear.
i honestly needed this. I'm actually erasing my games from my computer and putting more focus on my education, as well focusing to be a better artist.
Amazing! Great job showing you for yourself. Check out these 5 investments that changed my life forever. I hope they inspire you - ruclips.net/video/njS4IH5TRks/видео.html
I uninstalled all my games with Steam while listening him in the background.. needed this for so long.
I'm making my change today. Wish me luck! I'm sick of it getting in the way of everything. i'm running a full time job and part time studying, its interfering! I want that future job i want to learn i want to improve but i can't, as i stop doing those things to play games.. so here we go, very weird i've no idea what im going to do with my self haha...
Maverik gaming You can do it.
you can do it dude
It’s been 3 years now and I hope you see this comment. Tell me how you managed? I’m in the exact same situation.
Best of luck
That’s literally me 😔I just failed my first semester of college because of this
I'm 27 years old and just decided to quit playing video games.. sigh.. I hope the future still hold something of value to me in my career 😔
Marcelo Santos how you doin now?
Update ?
update?
I'm 26 and have cut down my play time by 90% over the past 3 years or so. All my friends that still play are losers. Smoking marijuana, no social skills, no girlfriends, no cashflow, no gym time. Time to move on and reach my full potential and spend my 30's at the top of the world.
this guy changed my life
Every single moment I have, I can use for productivity. But I'm so addicted that I start gaming the moment I get some free time.
THIS IS CHANGING TODAY!
I started crying while watching this because i related to what you were saying so much...
I want to stop playing Call of Duty. I’m 25 and not a loser, but dam those couple hours a day are really doing NOTHING for me. Thanks for this video
I watched this video when it came out and I was addicted and depressed I felt like I was nothing and my family would end buy some who accomplished nothing because I'm an only child I never came outside I never did anything I did school came him at 2 and played video games till 1 in the morning was falling in school and when I was 12 and was reaching 300 pounds and I changed I'm 14 now you vidoe helped me I'm no longer fat and addicted I wheigh 125 pounds I went to the gym 6 hours a day everyday a week with my dad I no longer play videogames and I'm an all a student and very happy with an amazing girlfriend thank man I owe you my life thank you so much
That’s amazing man. That’s so awesome :))
I need to stop. I have to stop. I need to change. I'm starting tomorrow Wish me luck please.
I am going to quit video games that aren’t me sitting beside a real person playing together. I have struggled with procrastination and avoidance for my entire adult life. I don’t want to die having been nothing but mediocre. I am grateful I found this video.
Dealing with gaming addiction was quite easy for me. Internet on the other hand.. That's the single biggest obstacle in my life at this moment.
I should have watched this earlier. This guy is amazing. This helps me.
I love video games. Always have, always will. I I will admit that I have a problem with them. Like you I spent my high school years sucked into my games. I now realize that like leveling up my Skyrim player, I need to level up myself
This has got to be one of the best videos I have ever seen on RUclips. I was broken absolutely broken and wondering if life is worth living and praying to God to kill me, now I am wondering what I could do to change my life and get over my addiction. It has destroyed my life it's destroying my family I have no friends no one even wants to talk to me and it's the same with me. I'm trying to turn to God and I think this is what he is trying to show me. Some traumatic things have happened in my past I turned to video games and then meth, I got help getting away from meth but I can not get away from video games I'm going to try really hard I need this really really badly. I'm tired of being a failure. God bless you sir.
I have similar things happened in my highschool years, I can relate a lot with your experience and that's why you made such an impact on me right now to leave that cursed video games that's been ruining my life and my future, so thank you, thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing!!
This video really helped... I'm 14 and love videogames but from now on I'm going to change and stop playing videogames to improve on myself everything you said in the video really helped... thanks!
I am changing my life right from this moment! I am gonna change the world!
Good luck
Yo how are u know
I will start changing my life from this moment. Games are illusion and painful on the long term. My main reason to play was escaping from reality, but today I feel failure and guilt for playing all the time. I will stop playing and find better alteranatives.
Good luck with this. Any ideas on what you'll focus on instead? This can really help.
My second biggest problem is (Procrastination)
Respect. I didn't have a problem of feeling lonely, from a young age I would want to stay away and find myself. Thanked everyone for their compliments but have loved staying by myself, never really be alone. I had found a one on one bond with my Father in heaven when I didn't have one treating my like so here on earth.
I’m 10 years old I think games have been taking all my attention and I not healthy and school times are getting hard for me and this really helps thank you
This is it. I am giving my consoles to my younger cousins because I am sure they can make more use of it. I will start by tomorrow whether i like it or not.
Thank you making this video today I will change my video game habits. It has destroyed my life
I really hope this helps because I feel like video games is shaping my life and I think I’m spending more time gaming then spending time with my family and friends
Thanks mate for you advice, love it! I've had a gaming computer for a while I built myself, and I feel it impacting my studies and I play instead of working on myself development. Im gonna sell it and get a laptop for studies and just have a little console to play when I have free time.
I really want to get rid of my gaming addiction, i don’t spend time with my family, all I do is play video games, that’s why I’m watching this video, wish me luck
You confirmed my thoughts and suspicions about my boyfriend. I feel like he’s gonna miss a lot of milestones of his son. He’s already missing some right now but I update him at times. But now it’s getting to tiresome to keep asking him to interact or pay attention. We are going separate ways soon and once we do there will be peace. This I know for a fact. What hurts the most is right after we came from the hospital from the birth of our son he slid right into the sofa to play. While I struggled to recover on my own. And this is after he swore he would not do that to me. Anyhow I’m done. I’m always in bed alone so enough is enough.
This pretty much sums about me and I'm 21 years old so it's even harder to make friends. I don't know how to stop this addiction but I'm taking frequent breaks now so that's a good start.
I was addicted for 14-15 years too. You just have to delete all of your games, like right now and start watching motivation videos, reading books, going for workout and learning how to start your business. Trust me, this really changed me a lot.
Video gaming has been a big part of my life but I must stop my addiction while I am young so that I can be better in the future
Youve got this! Check out this inspiring success story of a guy who went from being a video game addict to making $300,000 in his 1st year selling on Amazon - ruclips.net/video/5p3mgETkYXE/видео.html
@@ProjectLifeMastery thanks i will check it out 😊
I'm 17 right now turning 18 on June
and just received 2 failing subjects and finally woke up from reality. I'll be commenting in this channel 5 years from now and tell everyone how better i'll become hope others can join too! wish everyone luck!
i'll be deleting every stupid waste of time as I've realized once I'm done it would always be night time not I'll enjoy the time without games and focus on study
You've got this! Inside this video, I talk about how to use your pain as motivation. I hope my message inspires you - ruclips.net/video/QvfYJFYc2DU/видео.html
Im making my change today. Im 16. Game addict. 2019 yea
Never give up!
While watching this video, I decided to stop playing cold turkey. Going to read the stack of books I have recently bought to build my empire. You can do it guys, stop wasting your valuable Life away!
My grade 11 grades were horrible and I really think it’s because of video games and procrastination. I have been getting c pluses and I want to spend more time with my family. I also want to get better grades so here I am wish me luck and get me out of my addiction
A GREAT message. You perfectly described a challenge my sons face. Although I've tried to tell them the very same message, sometimes it's too easy to ignore your Dad. I've forwarded this video to them. Thanks Stefan!
Today is the day.. I want to change my future
I love this video I'm a gamer myself.
Thanks man - I'm having epic trouble concentrating on working from home in these dreary corona times and find escaping playing mobile games a real addiction and find I don't want to stop - so 5 mins ago I deleted all my mobile games as they stopped me working - great video dude. Will make sure to watch upcoming vids from you - peace
I'm not addicted to videogames but I know many people who are and I just wanted to tell you thank you because you did a fantastic job with this video. It is so accurate and exact to the situations our younger children are having. I recommend your video to anyone suffering a video game addiction problem. Thanks again my friend. 👍
I'm 24 and been cutting down time of gaming due to art, creative writing comic books excercise, errands socializing. All what listed gimmie something back, gaming doesn't gaming just give false sense of achievement
Excellent advice. Thanks for sharing. Posted this on my FB page. I quit video games about a year ago. Wasn't even trying to quit though. I just looked at my life and realized "Shit all this other stuff sounds waaay more awesome than playing video games." and started doing them more and more till there was no more room to fit video games in.
Focus on what you want to create more of in your life. Rather than what you want to remove or make less of. This is probably my number 1 realization.
*Addiction to greatness*
this is my new motivational quote
I’m going to try this. I play about 17 hours of gaming a day. I don’t remember the last time I’ve gotten a good sleep etc. wish me luck
Good luck Yee. Hope it goes well, keep me updated on progress.
@@ProjectLifeMastery hey! 8 month update. I went from playing 30 hours on the weekend only to only 2 hours everyday!
Hey man thanks a lot for this! It was 3-4 weeks ago that I finally took the decision to just uninstall all video games off of my computer and just focus on studying a lot more and the past week I've really really been tempted to the point I've launched a video game and just closed it before the loading scree. Thanks for the self-improvement addiction tip, I'll get right on that, again thanks a lot you're a live saver :)👌
Thank you for making this video, I had a period of time when I was younger that I did have a Sims addiction, but the last few months I have been very depressed and been withdrawing into games on my phone. This video helped me realize that I need to face my reality and connect with people to solve my problems because games are not going to make anything better. I'm making this decision today thank you!
Thank u I have struggled for two years I’m now a sophomore and looking to change my life today
Thank you. Just thank you..
You are amazing dude, you literally changed my life strait on out, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have gotten a career. I really look up to you, thank you.
Even I had the past where I only remember video games.Thats so horrible.Thank you for making this video
Quarantine made it so hard to quit but I’m starting today after looking at this
I think the biggest reason for alot of people isnt just the escape but the goal setting. Games are made to keep you engaged by giving you goals and then making you feel accomplished when its done after having a good time doing it.
Interesting perspective! I appreciate your insights 🙏
I wish i tackled this earlier, im 25 now. it definetely interfered with my highschool and college studies, not to the point of failing, but i should have excelled it if wasn’t for spending so much time in videogames. I’m getting my dentistry degree soon, but i feel i should have studied harder in order to be more competent and provide a great service...
I am a mother of two kids 21-17 both of them addicted gaming. I am listening in tears everything you are saying makes so much sense but these kids don't understand. I have tried so hard to give them everything i could , give up so much in life just to meet their needs. gaming tearing our family a part and causing so much pain . i wish those companies who creates these games their families will also taste the pain that i am feeling and suffer and burn in hell eternally . Thank you for making this video
Man your amazing, I hope you know just how helpful you are! It’s gonna be hard I’m only eleven, so finding stuff to do will be hard. But imma try to quit, and I owe it all to you, right now today I played for a total of about ten hours and I felt I didn’t play e much, I wanna get a life. Peace pc, imma go get a life!
I can totally relate to this video. There was a time in my life where I even spent a lot of money just on games and spent the whole day everyday just playing online games. Good thing I was able to stop. As usual, very good advice in this video.
Thanks man this really helped me finally open my eyes, am a teen boy who is 17 am in grade and yet am spending hours playing Mobile Lengeds Bang Bang while I have lots of work to do and study.... I think a lot that I won't make in life because my friends at school are better than me, but I realize that I can be a better by fixing and building my self up....
Thanks... 🙏
It's amazing how women have a way of making men better people.
I just want to say thank you
Thank you, you helped me escape my addiction.
Im gonna change from this moment.
Thanks 🙏 for the tips it’s really hard but I’m trying wish me luck
Should have watched this earlier.. I'm 17 this year which means its my final highschool exam. It's depressing how I'm still addicted to playing csgo due to this recent outbreak. Personally, I'm a Inti social child which spends most of my time playing games to socialise and watch anime all day to kill time. Thank you for making this video and I hope i could do my best to avoid playing and study for my exams haha.
You are so right!!! I should find your video earlier and show my husband. He is too addicted to it and already affects our marriage. He still doesn’t know what to do to give up video games.
The amout of specific information and clarification in this video was Incredible.
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it. Video games increase one's dopamine tolerance. Dopamine is the neurotransmitter in our brain that regulates how much pleasure we feel. When someone struggles with a video game addiction, it means that they have developed a dopamine tolerance. Check out my video on how to do a dopamine detox - ruclips.net/video/JycbuFWDWCw/видео.html This is a great way for the mind to reset itself to normal dopamine levels 🙏
So, the actual reason why i cant really stop playing videogames is pretty much because most of my friends are. Out of all my ''friends'', i only really have 1 that actually cares about me. My online friends are almost as loyal as the friend i metioned before, and since im not a very sociable person, they help me alot to deal with my social anxiety. Having this dependency on my online friends, clearly made me also addicted to videogames, but if i quit i would lose a big part of myself. I dont even enjoy singleplayer games anymore, eve tho i kinda like to be alone alot of times. At this point, i dont even know what to do to my life, i always imagine how it is going to be in the future and all that, but i never really remember to open my eyes to the truth, which is that i wont get anywhere i want if i keep going like this.
wow you just explained my whole life to an absolute point.
Good luck to everyone that is attempting this
Yes! If I could overcome this addiction, I know that anyone can 🙏
I'm sick of video games. Addicton is bad, and this is one of the worst things to be addicted over.
I hear your tips and story , im happy for your breakthrough , video games especially online video game created to be addictive , and for doing so video games company uses any resources , like psychology , such as just be online everyday for special reward , or leveling system , and so on ,
to break this vicious cycle , one must finds the roots for example depression as you mentioned .
Honestly I’m not addicted I can get off whenever or be productive easy. I agree with the video completely but in my opinion, games are great if you play in moderation. I have my days when I play 5 hours a day but that’s rare. Usually no more that 2 hours a day or none at all. But yea, the video is true to the core
I am starting today. I know it is going to be VERY hard but I believe it will save myself.
Too much truth in 17 mins. God bless you man and may He help you help more people!
Thanks for this. My 13-year-old son plays for 2-3 hours a day and he's completely nuts when he comes off it. If he had his way, he would play all day. Your video gives us something to think about.
I have a different story than most... I am addicted to video games and have tried dozens of times to quit. Its so bad... I am married and have a new 1 month old baby. It just kills me how much time I waste. I work and come home to video games and barely give my wife a break from the baby... Its really difficult. Today I would like to give it up so that I can improve the life of not only myself but also my family. I am starting school in July and I am getting 1 month off from my work in June... just a few days away.. and instead of using June to play games and waste time... I want to do something with my life and improve myself! I am saying this in the comments to hold myself accountable and so that any likes or comments will remind me of what I need to accomplish... I am happy I saw this video, it gave me just enough motivation to give it another shot. I am blessed to have a supportive and loving wife! This is for my Wife and Daughter! 🍺
I developed a drug addiction problem from 15 finally got passed it at 30, video game addiction seemed innocent until now that I'm 32, just sold the ps4 today, still single, unemployed and no kids ouch
Thanks alot man, when I'm older I want to become a professional footballer but video games have been half of my entire life. I spent time obviously practising and training and all the research.
But I feel like I'm not doing enough and enough to get were I actually want to be (big league ext) and so I watched this vide and trust me, I feel much more in the mood to stop.
I need to reach my absolute maximum limit in my development and get completely out of my comfort zone of shyness to be the best person I can be
Excellent video, best one I've seen on the topic yet.
Thanks for inspiration, Stefan. Your videos really help me to stay motivated and change a little bit day to day, to make progress. I am sure, this one video can help me to put the line between my past and my future that I want & make a decision right now, find the reasons to act. Cause I stop your video and stand up right now to see myself in the mirror too and decide to go in the way I really want so much time but never made a breakthrough before. Thank you so much for this. You're Great Man.
Making gaming into more of a "job" has helped me cut down on time spent playing, plus the occasional press copy is a nice perk
I realized my problems I was addicted and I could not stop I was trapped I'm unhealthy and I can't stop and I must stop I need to do measures that I need to do thank you a lot
Hi Stefan, I know exactly what you talk about, I had same problems even not long ago. It costed me a lot of pain even in my family life.
Thank you! I’m going to stop these playing video games and focus improving my life. 😀
Thank you for this, legit had tears at some point because it was all so familiar, I think my life is about to change drastically. Thank you.
Guys instead of playing games we should make games! Game development is so interesting 🐱
Your videos give me life man, I wish I could get $1 for all the hours I spent playing video games ... I would be getting a couple millions dollars 💵 more in my bank account...
Amazing video... great point on the porn industry ... oh Lord another time wasting one
I use to play video games for fun but now every season I am like I have to be on top.
Goodluck for me and to the other people who is trying to change for their own good.
Thank you so much man,your speach made me really want to change my life!
My boyfriend is addicted to Valorant but he doesn’t admit it. It’s very difficult to be with an addicted. He say’s I’m crazy but he never prioritizes our relationships :( i don’t think we can be together anymore
I'm sorry to hear that his video game addiction is affecting your relationship. At the end of the day, he needs to want to seek help. Until he is able to recognize it as a problem in his life, change will be difficult. Have you thought about sharing my overcoming video addiction video with him?
Hey Stefan, I really admire your work I'm am 23 years old and I have been following most of your advice from RUclips vids and have seen a dramatic increase in productivity, happiness and energy levels. but I haven't played video games for over a year and I really like playing video games mainly World of Warcraft and It would make me feel guilty to play. If you wanted to play World of Warcraft because you enjoy it would you play?
I think my story is commonplace amongst a lot of people in my age group (mid-late 20's as i type this). Ever since i "got into' gaming about age 5 with the SNES video games pretty much became my main hobby other than playing outside and riding my bike. By the age of 10-11 the playing outside bit pretty much vanished and by that point barely ever went out outside of school other than if i went to a friends house and even then all our time was occupied constantly playing video games. Though at about 15 to 16 when kids started having house parties (and shortly after trying to get served in pubs) those evenings i would have spent playing video games were instead used getting drunk and/or going to gigs and video games began for the first time to take a back seat. Though when I started university and couldn't afford to go out beyond the first 3 weeks or so of each terms student grant/loan a lot of time began to be sucked in playing video games in again and i'd say more so than actually studying!
Since graduating just over 5 years ago a few significant things in my life happened; i moved in with my girlfriend, we broke up a year or so later, i lived on my own for a short period (which was a pretty miserable but necessary experience I reckon), had a variety of menial wank jobs (warehouse and call center work in particular; the hallmark of un-unionized, unskilled pap) yet I never saw myself coming back to a sort of video game "addiction" during these past few years post my last what could be considered to be a committed relationship...but I don't think it's that it was hard to give up.
Like many hobbies you sort of grow out of them not totally but gradually and I think gaming is the same for me right now. Though I have recently bought a Switch i'm planning on selling a load of systems (retro and even my somewhat recently purchased PS4 purely because I now hate stuff sitting around gathering dust when I can just sell it and save the money) I'm finding myself a load more dismissive of a lot of big budget triple a titles' very existence as uninspired piles of crap yet the games I do want to play I just don't have the time or patience to play. If there's a short indie title that peaks my interest on steam i'll sit there and play it start to finish, or watch a film or read a 150 page or less novel. These days these kind of things capture my interest more than playing games for hours and hours on end, day in day out. And even if I wanted to, time factor shits all over that anyway.
My name is Javier Garcia and I’m addicted to FIFA. I will OVERCOME my gaming addiction I will CHANGE my life!! I will IMPROVE myself!!
Thanks for making this video. I will delete my pc games and trust in myself for a better future.
Why do you never mention any of the games you used to play at least. The curiosity was killing me.
I have mentioned them before. Diablo 2, Counterstrike, I used to play a lot of MUD games, etc...
Project Life Mastery I used to play counter strike like it was a full time job
Project Life Mastery I love Diablo 2, I stayed in my house all the time after school. No friends and not getting laid. I played Gameboy, PS2, and Nintendo DS, and SNES. Other times I was on my Comedor 64.
Thank you so much for the video
I am encouraged
Motivated to change myself better
I will watch this video every time I feel like I am think playing video games again
I won’t look back ever again
i needed this :') my mum keeps picking on my already-messed up future
You have the power to change your life! What is the first step that you can take to curb your video game addiction?
I just turned 21 a couple days ago I been addicted to games my whole life because of a long depression since childhood but I’m starting to get tired of playing games so I tried an alternative with RE I passed the test but now it’s been months for me even getting motivation to schedule the state exam because I been addicted to my gaming again smh I know it’s a problem it’s just real hard to start up again
Really needed this - unplugging the TV today... there are tonne of books I want to read instead.
What if you don't play games, but you're still on the computer all the time, for years. Also you make a ton of money on the computer, I mean a ton. But have very little friends in real life and there's not much to do in your city. It's not like one day you're just going to get out of bed and say hey I'm going to go to the mall and talk to random people to make friends that just isn't who you are lol. What would you do then?
I don't know what the author would do... But if I were you, I think, I would move out to a bigger city where I would find more entertainment and meaning. I would look for like-minded people who at least would understand what I am (you are) doing.