How Do You Fight Computer Game Addiction?
• Examine all of the negative effects that have come of your game addiction. These might be: • Physical pain. • Diminishing physical and mental skills. • Loss of productive time, which could be spent on school or earning money. • Your grades suffering. • Personality changes. • Unhealthy weight gain because of poor diet and physical activity. • Make an honest list of what your priorities are right now. Namely, this is to put your addiction into focus. Don’t make a list of what your priorities should be, but what they actually are. If you have problems deciding how high of a priority something is, look at what you’ve done in the past. • When you had a chore to do, did you get up and do it or did you wait until you got one last level? • When your friends wanted to hang out, did you want to go with them or did you want to stay home and play? • When you brought your homework home, did you do it right away or did you get on the computer and play until the last minute? • Make a new priority l
