[life of unknown]

Day 1 - Oct 30th

Today was pretty rough. I couldn’t control myself and ended up playing video games all day in school, and continued playing the second I got home. Within an hour of me playing GTA V on my PC I was already facing one of my biggest gaming problems: Rage. I was gambling in-game money at the new casino and after multiple losses in a row I went broke. This made me furious and I punched the absolute shit out of my monitor (thank god it didn’t break), threw my headset down on my desk, and just walked away. After cooling down for 20 minutes I realized that I can’t rely on my own willpower to stop playing video games, and decided to put my PC up for auction on Ebay. Hopefully it will sell soon so I can get rid of my access to games. Goodnight everyone.

[Gaming for about 35 years]

3 hours ago, Snopple said:

As you can imagine, this is a huge waste of my life, though I suppose it got me through some difficult times, as I used to have depression in the past. If you're wondering about computers so long ago, I had a landlord who owned a BBC computer and I would play Pacman every evening for an hour before he got back from work; it wasn't for long, but it was the start of something that became an addiction.  There have been times when I played up to about 16 hours a day. I've cut it down to about seven to ten hours a day, which is still way too much.

Even when I stopped gaming once for a week or so, I tended to spend way too long browsing the internet. I did manage a compromise by listening to an audio book while gaming, but this means that I'm still craving games.

I wonder if there's a way of switching off my PC automatically, so I can wean myself off - e.g. start with it only working 45 minutes per hour and then build up to 15 minutes per hour. Obviously I do need my PC some of the time. I like the idea of cutting my gaming down to an hour or two per day, but unless I can find some software that limits me, I don't know if I can find the willpower.

Aside, from that, Hello everyone!

Hello! I’m pretty sure there are free programs that automatically shut off your computer at certain times. There’s one built into windows for parents who want to control their kid’s PC use. Good luck ? 

[Hello :3]

5 hours ago, James Good said:

I wish I had the realisation that gaming was a problem back when I was 16, that's amazing! 

Some great goals to get started with, looking forward to seeing your journey on the forums ? 

Thank you, friend!

[life of unknown]

Welcome to my journal! I’m starting this journal so that I can keep a record of my progress while I cut down on gaming. I’m currently taking classes on video game design which makes it hard to stay clean from games all day but I can still stop myself from gaming at home. I’m going to try to replace my free time with watching anime and doing school work instead of gaming. I’ve already uninstalled all the games I have on my PC and my PS4, except Fortnite because I still want to play that with my IRL friends (I’ll only play when they are all on).

Today is day zero and I’ll be starting tomorrow. I don’t have much hope because I have a history of trying to quit gaming and failing many times, but maybe this time will be the one. Even going one day without gaming at home would be an achievement. Wish me luck! ?

[Back to square one]

Best of luck ?

[Hello :3]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself to the community before I get started with my journal and all that stuff. I’m 16 in highschool and I’ve been gaming everyday for well over half my life. At first it was just a casual activity that I would do in my free-time, but over the years it turned into a bad addiction that I can’t escape. It’s gotten to the point where I almost failed 3 entire classes last year because I would play video games instead of homework/studying. Another major problem I have is raging. I’ve broken so many expensive things (monitors, keyboards, etc) from raging at some pixels on my screen. The worst part about my situation is that I’m enrolled in a vocational program for video game design so for half of the school day I’m surrounded by video games and people who play them.

 

Anyways, my plan is to take a break from video games and get my life together. My main goals are to start working out, do better in school, and finish a bunch of anime that I didn’t have time to watch before.