help please

[kalmkidd]

ok im 20yrs old and suffer from chronic anxiety and have been a member of the anxiety forum on this site for a long time. im beging to realise im highly addicted to video games, and i play about 14-20 hours a day and sometimes i have binges of up to 27hrs straight with no sleep, food, anything. i really need help and dont know where to turn or what to do. i quit my job, i really need help.

[MJIthewriter]

Wow, interesting, a post about gaming addiction. As sad as it is, I pretty much had to give up playing just about every game on my computer... And I've had to turn down buying any game looking remotely interesting.  About three years from 2004-2006 depression, anxiety, family issues, turned my life up-side down. I got involved on a computer game, neopets...and thought of it as a refuge... Eventually depression and my addiction to gaming lead me to drop out of college. I played for quite a while, but eventually I got was getting sick and tired of being sick and tired.  Though there aren’t the physical withdrawals with gaming addiction, I do believe there is a psychological addiction. I still long for and miss the games I used to play. I worry from time to time about my accounts getting deleted from lack of logging in. but I realize like a sober alcoholic it is best I turn away...and stay off those sites. (Thank God I haven't delved into substances... I fear what that would do...)

Posting on forums, writing and drawing seem to be filling that need now.
By keeping my mind occupied with writing and drawing I can expand my own creativity and be productive, or at least feel productive.  That way I don't get the guilt that I got after wasting a day on playing a lame game... Instead I feel joy and as a byproduct I have something to show for it too.

[jenny8575309]

I pay for the membership, but I'm thinking seriously about cutting off our internet.. Now they've found a new PC game.. Conquest.  I have mixed feelings about them playing these games.  I do set limits, and I loved games when I was a kid... I guess it could be worse...

[Lotsatrout]

Holy c_rap.....   Both of my sons are Runescaper's....  I absolutely REFUSE to buy them the monthly membership because it would be even worse!  It started as a pretty low key game that got real big on the internet and now whoever created it is probably a multi-millionaire.

Trout

[jenny8575309]

whoa! that's a trip!

[natalile]

Not  you to. My son Dylan is addicted to runscape lol. But i don't really mind What's his user name i'll tell dyaln to look out fro him.
he's bome68, Small world hun
Love nat xxxx

[jenny8575309]

My son is 13 and is addicted to a computer game called runescape.  Every time I look at him he's on it, until i tell him to get off, then sometimes he just goes to bed.  He'll go days w/out a shower sometimes, until I tell him to take one.  His chores he hurries through, even tho he's been punished repeatededly.  I bought him a guitar for Christmas, and sadly it's been a dust collector, and taken the back seat to that game.  I'm worried about my son, he's not very active anymore, and now my 8 year old is following in his footsteps. I try putting limits on it, but every time I turn my back I know he's on it.  Should I just make him quit?  It really scares me, especially after reading your post

[uberadtx]

Its time to make some lifestyle changes.  You can't do it alone!  So its time to seek some help from  a psychiatrist.  They can prescribe a med to get your anxiety under control THEN you work on changing your gaming addiction.  Its going to take some serious commitment from you much like the commitment you make to playing the games.  Keep me posted.

[GoingToMakeIt]

Seek counseling. It may help you figure out why you do/need this.
See you on the other forum.

[IBKleen]

Wow hun..you quit your job?

Listen to great....

[Greatgreebo]

Hey, this is more of a chitchat forum for the addiction community...go to the Substance Abuse Addiction Community forum and repost your question. It seems a lot more of our people (including me) hang out over there. Give it a shot...you should be better results
Greatgreebo