How To Overcome Video Game Addiction
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- Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2016
- I used to be addicted to video games. When I was in high school, I was shy, insecure, and I didn’t have a lot of friends. I used video games in order to escape how I was feeling inside. Being a video gamer almost destroyed my life but luckily I was able to rid myself of this destructive habit. Do you want to know how to overcome video game addiction? Join my Morning Ritual Mastery program that will help you change your habits and transform every area of your life: morningritualmastery.com/?utm...
In this video, Stefan shares with you how to overcome video game addiction.
This is something that affects people of all ages, especially teens and pre-teens. Studies estimate that 10-15% of gamers exhibit signs that meet the World Health Organization’s criteria for addiction.
The virtual fantasy world enables you to connect with real people through the Internet, as a substitute for real-life human connection.
Stefan used to spend hours/day playing video games. He was totally immersed in it. For him, it was a way to escape the real world.
Once he broke free of video game addiction, his life changed forever.
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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'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 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'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.
I uninstalled all my games with Steam while listening him in the background.. needed this for so long.
I should have watched this earlier. This guy is amazing. This helps me.
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 need to stop. I have to stop. I need to change. I'm starting tomorrow Wish me luck please.
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.
this guy changed my life
I started crying while watching this because i related to what you were saying 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.
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
That’s amazing man. That’s so awesome :))
I am changing my life right from this moment! I am gonna change the world!
Good luck
Yo how are u know
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!!
My second biggest problem is (Procrastination)
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 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.
Thank you making this video today I will change my video game habits. It has destroyed my life
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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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 😊
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
Thanks 🙏 for the tips it’s really hard but I’m trying wish me luck
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 - 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
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
I love this video I'm a gamer myself.
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.
Thank you, you helped me escape my addiction.
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.
Today is the day.. I want to change my future
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
This video changed my life. I love you man. Thank you.
This was probably the best RUclips video I have ever seen in my life!
Thank you so much!
Thank you. Just thank you..
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!
Great video Stefan! I still play video games but nowadays it's more like an hour of CS:GO after a whole day of doing work - and only after I achieved some of my major goals!
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. 👍
Very helpful video, thank you!
Great video Stefan, and a great way for people to overcome video game addiction. I clicked on this video hesitantly as I thought about my own love for video games.
However, after watching this video I realised that I am not addicted to video games, yes it is a waste of time/money when I play them but I have never done any of the things you have done (skip school, sneak around to play etc). I have never been into online gaming or MMORPGS etc which obviously helped me, So quite happy with that.
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.
Even I had the past where I only remember video games.Thats so horrible.Thank you for making this video
Im making my change today. Im 16. Game addict. 2019 yea
Never give up!
Excellent video, best one I've seen on the topic yet.
Thank you so much man,your speach made me really want to change my life!
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 :)👌
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?
*Addiction to greatness*
this is my new motivational quote
Thank you yet again Stefan you are helping me find the right path
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.
Man, this video is perfect, thanks a lot.
Thank u I have struggled for two years I’m now a sophomore and looking to change my life today
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 🙏
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!
Thank you so much for your honesty. You are going to help so many people. God Bless You!
wow you just explained my whole life to an absolute point.
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 .
what an inspirational video! Thank you for sharing your insight.
Very good points u make in this video, thanks!
Quarantine made it so hard to quit but I’m starting today after looking at this
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!
This spoke to me. Thank you so much Stefan!
Thank you for these tips and video game addiction to me makes it impossible for me to escape!
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
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... 🙏
Good video I am definitely balancing my gaming hour now and play less than before.
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
Glad to receive these advice .
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.
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
Thank you! I’m going to stop these playing video games and focus improving my life. 😀
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart
A really good video on addressing the practical side!!
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...
Great Video Stefan!
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
Thank you...this really really helped me. Made me tear up a bit too (and im not the person who usually does that). Thanks
Great man thanks for the solution.
Thanks man imma try to start learning for college and spend less time on video games, Imma try to achieve my dreams and possibly go to college
I just want to say thank you
Thanks helped me a lot!!!!!
Super Encouraging mate.. Thank you!
I was not aware that it was even considered an addiction. That explains so much!
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 🙏
This is an amazing video!
thank you! for reall thank you every word you said was so right !
I really appreciate you make this video
Hi Stefan, great video as always. Hey I have a question, you mentioned you use RUclips to watch videos that inspires you, can you share maybe the top 5 channels that you recommend that can help us improve in someway? Thank you!
Thanks! ;)
U JUST CHANGED MY LIFE TYSM !