Hello, I have been playing video games for about 10 years(I am 17), my problem really began 6 years ago when my parents decided to move to a different country. I had a lot of stress related to the move and also other family matters I don't want to touch on. Adjusting was hard for me and I took gaming as an escape, as soon as I got home from school i would game for about 8 hours straight, this went on for almost 5 years causing me back pains and the worsening of my eyesight.

My main game was League of Legends and its business model was my bain, I became aware I had a problem when I was ready to pay someone to rank up for me in the ranked mode and checked how much money I wasted on visuals. I had spent about 1000 euro on games, peripherals and ingame content while not making any money myself over 6 years. I realised playing video games the entire day won't get me anywhere and decided to put and end to it. So far I have managed to limit myself to 2 to 3 hours of gaming a day and Im happy with this at the moment. In my free time I started to study history

 

Welcome to the forums and good luck with your journey.  Feel free to read other people's daily logs from time to time to see how your peers are handling stress and the challenges of our new lives.

Welcome!

yea LoL is a really addicting game(I do my detox currently specificly from it). I think no no gamer person will understand why a stupid rank in this game matters so much for yourself. Gaming addiction is a problem, but specifically gaming games like LoL is so bad for yourself, due to the fact its mostly frustrating than funny. W/e great you are here!

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