Serious Quitting gaming addiction

Hell yeah it seems a bit of a relief, I don't know where else to post it and say it but here since I know many of you struggle with the same problem.

For those who want TL:DR go fuck off and read it, honestly if you read this far I know you'll make it till the end.

Gaming addiction ?

I just wanna start off by saying it's even worse than smoking, it deteriorate my mental and physical shape since the day I started playing Dota.
I just couldn't control myself and from that point I lost my friends (which i'm glad about since they turned out to be even worse anyways), I lost grades, I lost balance, I lost my sprinting skill which I worked really hard and I hold a record of 7.7 seconds on 60 meters low start.
Everything you've read above, thrown in the garbage just like that, within a week, I became angrier and depressed, a fucking girl that everyone was trying to get was only talking to me, ye stupid me I ignored her, fuck man this hurts a lot since this girl was like 11/10 smart, funny, pretty smile, blue eyes and everything I wished for, GONE.

The battle continued for many years and everything I did had to be ruined by it, I wasn't in control of my life anymore, I would go outside with friends have fun but later on I stayed till the sun came out just to play Dota, yeah I met many good people from Dota 1 but things started to become worse when Dota 2 came out, that's when it got even worse than what it was.

Dota 2:
Here it's all about the money, literally the more money you threw in the more it looked cool, I started making money online and I'm glad I bought my laptop, I even rushed everything just to get myself a gaming laptop, that time I started developing games in Unreal Engine and made my first game, but yeah again gaming is here to ruin everything, I got a girlfriend then it went nice, I quit but after some time the period started repeating itself again, when things with my GF got worse out of grief I started playing again and even fucked up few of my exams.

Later on year after that now today, I quit, sold my account and focusing on developing Android apps and later on i'll do iOS apps, as well as continuing where I left with Unreal Engine 4.



For all the people out there who struggle with gaming addiction I have the following to say.

1. Don't be a pussy and admit that you're addicted if you are. When you know you are and seeking to get out just because you feel useless and shitty cuz real life is outside computers and it's sweeter actually, you just have to work for it, not PLAY FOR IT !

2. Get help if you can't do it yourself, that was maybe the biggest mistake I made because I was afraid to ask for help, maybe my ego didn't let me but now I realize I was just afraid.

3. Even if you're loner and have no friends, dedicate your life towards helping humanity, the sweet endless bound of making tomorrow better for everyone around you would surely fill you with raw and untainted happiness rather than addiction that just wastes your time.

4. For those out there who still like to play games, just limit yourself somehow to playing only 4hours a day, I was doing that at one point of the time, it felt good, but surely it affects you, the positive stuff from game is my concentration, but I don't have it anymore, the notice of details and following multiple subjects at the same time, but only virtually, real world doesn't function the same way, it's not a gameplay.

5. Be yourself man, be proud of who you are, even if it sounds corny, never let anyone tell you, you ain't worth it, in any case don't let anyone tell you, you ain't beautiful.


6. Don't waste your time reading this, go out there and do what your heart wants to and your minds tells you to.

If you need help around this don't hesitate to PM me, i'm willing to help anybody with this problem, it's serious and it requires strong character.

Thank you for your time, may your mindbe with you, always.