Hi, my name is Austin and I'm from Columbus, Ohio. I'm 22 years old and have been a gamer my entire life.
I want to quit gaming because it allows me to ignore everything else in my life. When I have important decisions to make or things to do, I throw all of it under the bus and just start gaming.
Gaming is keeping me from forming meaningful personal relationships. When I am with friends or family and all I can do is think about gaming and not even appreciate the time I am spending with them, then I know there is a problem. The relationships I make from gaming don't feel real, because I don't really care about the other person, and they don't really care about me. We're just two random strangers. When I think about investing however many hours I spent playing games into real personal relationships, I feel like I could be much happier.
I also don't like the person I become when I am gaming. I can get very angry, frustrated, or upset over a simple game, to the point where I become a completely different person. I become like a child. I say unkind things. It's not like me and I never want to be that person again.
Cheers,
Austin