other catastrophes it is really great to
see other people helping those who are
in need but what about you you may be
suffering something inside maybe from an
addiction say lies under game addiction
I completely understand how you feel
because I was in that situation as well
I was a game addict I was born and
raised in an environment where it was
ghetto um my friends and I didn’t make a
lot of wise decisions and one of my
unwise decisions would be placing games
over on top of academics now this of
course affected many many of my decision
and also affected my grades as well when
time passed by there was also times when
I would fail on the test as well
whenever testing press quizzes and
presentations came by I would cram them
in the last minute and I wouldn’t put
them a lot of effort into it I really
hated it whenever I got home because my
parents were Korean it was really hard
to explain why I got a F on the test
therefore I would sort of cheat on the
test
I am sorry teachers I didn’t really
chill out on your classes but I did
cheat in most of your classes so
basically most of my life I have been
addicted to games and I will want to
overcome in I remember staring at the
ceiling hoping that one day that one day
I would overcome this addiction that
bounded my mind in Chains only to stare
that stupid monitor and play a stupid
game again days passed
weeks passed months passed and
eventually four years passed by and I
didn’t do anything to cure that
addiction with treatment I eventually
went to to came to Japan because of my
parents occupation I attended to a
school called a Christian Academy in
Japan which is abbreviated to CAJ now in
this new brand new environment it is
completely different to the environment
I was in in America
coz these students were studious like
these kids wanted to academically excel
these kids were aiming for Columbia UCLA
UCS oh my goodness I was surprised
because there back then when I was in
America we’d be throat baking those a
paper airplanes from the testes and for
the teachers of course were pissed but
it was so that it was how my life was
back in America and being in this new
environment where every kid wants to
academically excel made me want to
academically excel as well I want you to
grade this deep inside I knew that games
shouldn’t be my main passion my
something that I should do constantly
when I grow up because I know this
because game addiction has drastically
decreased my attention span I’ll sleep
deprived because I could spend all night
playing video games just to fulfill my
addiction worst of all my family
relationship began to crumble because of
my addiction to games because I was
always told to to help be responsible to
be honest but I couldn’t so what did I
do
it was simple I remember having myself
staring at that screen and literally
going to that Google how to stop video
game addiction the results I found we’re
really disappointing I was really angry
at the results because the results I
found and that I read were things such
as limit yourself like really I’ve been
addicted to games for over seven years
and you want me to limit myself with
games like that would that doesn’t work
cuz that just doesn’t happen this
doesn’t fit me
I cannot limit myself because even
though if I try I’ll end up playing
extra extra hours of video games or
games in general and another soul is
disappointing solution that I came
across was to talk with the guidance
counselor I don’t want to talk about my
problems to the guidance counselor
because I don’t want to share my
weakness to him because I had an immense
pride I don’t want anyone to know my
weakness I don’t want anyone to destroy
my pride my pride was as strong and high
a mountain and I don’t want anyone to
destroy it therefore I just decide not
to tell my weakness to my guidance
counselor but eventually I did come
across to this additional and I was able
to overcome this addiction and there are
four main reasons why we play games
these reasons are the causes that leads
to our Edition number one is for
temporary escape after after a long day
of stress or possibly a agony or a
family relationship problem or a
relationship outside of family don’t you
feel you know you do not wanna repeat
the same mistakes and repeat the same
thing that had happened a couple hours
ago
therefore games are perfect for that in
this century where people will inject
heroin or is light up those 420 across
the blog now that is that’s how people
do it but in cases like me I don’t like
to you know smoke weed therefore
computer games would be a perfect
opportunity for me to escape the reality
I face a couple hours ago they were
excellent
number two was for social interaction
especially for me when I first set foot
to Japan
I did not know how to speak the foreign
language I just remember hi and arigato
that’s it so therefore that’s not enough
to make a new friends not enough to have
a conversation with a new friend
especially the neighbor at hours I mean
the neighborhood I was actually living
in therefore I was often depressed
because I am a social person I love to
talk to other people but because I
couldn’t talk to other people in Japan
because of my inability to speak
Japanese I just couldn’t make any new
friends therefore online gaming gave me
a perfect opportunity to interact with
other people especially in American
servers where people could speak the
same language as I do and have and who
has the same interest in gaming as I do
as well
number three is for control control I
love control I want the power
the whole world to revolve in my own
hands
I want to own an empire millions of
Legion going out there and under my
command I really want that to happen
some days in my life I mean of course I
maybe it would have happened but that’s
what I want to do
therefore Gaming is perfect for that
gate games such as Grand Theft Auto
because literally the whole whole world
revolves in your own hands you can do
whatever you want and the consequence is
lies after that you could do anything
what you want
number four is for growth after seeing
and playing hours and hours of gaming
you can see the process you see progress
as well of how you have been doing so
well through gaming in your life because
you could because you can compare
yourself from the very beginning when
you actually play the game and later on
in your life currently do though you
could tell the difference between a
beginner and of course an expert in
gaming just through the appearance luck
or skill
therefore growth opportunity to receive
respect especially found in games such
as the so test League of Legends or
minecraft where you are able to level up
your characters but aside from all of
this how do I overcome this addiction
well first I would like to say admit
admit to yourself that you are actually
addicted to games especially for me this
is really hard to do because once again
I do have a pride and I’ve immense pride
and showing that I have a weakness I
don’t like to show my weakness at all
that’s not my type but I just do not
like to spread others and hopefully have
someone to improve I mean to get have
myself to improve through other
suggestions I want to come up with my
own therefore by admitting thousand
addicted to games it completely
literally a 90% of my burdens were
lifted and we were just carried away
because my heart was then open for more
improvements more ideas to overcome the
addiction to games
number two would be to stop watching
gaming videos especially for me when
because I like to watch because I like
to because I enjoy playing League of
Legends twitch would be a great
opportunity for me to stream online
while I’m at school whenever I am NOT
playing the game itself what I’m trying
to stop gaming addiction to stop playing
watching gaming videos as well as gaming
playing the games itself because these
two ideas both go under are under the
concept of entertainment of games itself
therefore if you’re trying to just stop
playing video games
stop watching gaming videos as well if
you do third I would like to explain
about the Search Search the most
important part or the most important
core that allows you to play the games
for an example if it was like
PlayStation Wii or an Xbox that you have
at home it would be the core that
connects between the outlet and to the
console itself have someone to hide that
cord but hiding that cord it will not
you would not be able to play the games
of course because there’s no electricity
running in between it have some to hide
it and yes you do feel withdrawal
symptoms because you yourself want to
play it but you don’t have it
therefore if someone just takes it away
and you’re not able to play it although
you feel withdrawal symptoms it’s just
temporary and eventually you will get
used to it and you feel numb to it as
well but what about computers you cannot
take out the cord because you have works
and studies and essays on it therefore
what should you do if you’re addicted to
computer games well I would like to
explain that no not just only uninstall
games but pet pass codes to me I hate
paranoid controls because they are so
annoying they always ask for permission
but they were worth it especially on my
computer on my laptop not because of
porn but because of the games um that I
was always watching and always playing
this actually helped me to stop being
addicted to video games by say
Pascoe’s because it always restricted me
to play games finally though most
importantly the the one and only thing
that actually enabled my ability to
overcome the game addiction was through
willingness willingness to overcome the
addiction to game this did not only come
by itself but also fought but what also
fall was endurance as well as motivation
one of my most memorable moments of when
I actually really wanted to willing when
I was willing to overcome this addiction
to games was when I had a couple of math
problems I went up to my friend one day
because I was not really smart at math
yeah I know a Korean guy who’s not good
at math I’m sorry but then when I went
up to my friend I gave him up those
eight questions that I had he was not
Asian at all but he came up to me he
just had a look at that face bro you’re
Asian
so I didn’t know how to respond so I’m
like I’m sorry I’ll just go back so
therefore from then on I always just my
perseverance to overcome this game
addiction has oh it has never been I’ve
never diminished my my willingness to
overcome this addiction I really want to
overcome this addiction and therefore
the willingness to overcome this
addiction lasted for a couple of years
and although it lasted for a couple of
years it was worth it as finally I was
able to overcome it but you might be
wondering am I the only one addicted to
games is this a problem in this world
well according to time at least 90% of
the youth ages from 8 to 18 actually
plays video games I was really surprised
and according to Douglas Gentile who was
from the Iowa State University I
mentioned that at least 3 million of the
students of the youth students are
actually addicted to games 3 million
students and for computer games this not
just for video games itself but for
computer games riot who is the company
called riot who who is known for
creating the game of Call League of
Legends proudly
claims that they have at least 27
million active players active players
daily on a daily basis every day so yes
this is a problem and this is a problem
that we face today identify that
motivation of why we play the games and
replace it with a new habit and when you
replace it with that new habit then you
are able to there’s a higher chance that
you are able to overcome that addition
to the games that’s one of the tips I
would like to explain to you guys but
let me tell you something for the people
who are trying to overcome this
addiction to games I just want to say
that it’s not easy no it’s not easy al
the amount of pain and stress and it was
a huge challenge whose crazy I just
wanted to I type I just wanted to give
up and just play my games because they
this addictions this cycle kept on going
on but I just couldn’t
but eventually I did this is not an easy
task to just it’s not a like a one-month
thing that you could break sometimes it
takes years for me it took over seven
years finally I’m able to break free
from this addiction although it is
painful Lance Armstrong once said pain
is temporary it may last for a minute an
hour or a day or even a year but
eventually it will subside if something
else will take its place if I quit
however it will last forever you can
make that change you can make that
change right now you can don’t be like
me who always put it set it off a couple
of next days because eventually it will
just keep on going it will never stop
start today and just quit video game
addition if you are actually addicted to games start today