stop playing computer games so much

i really want to stop playing games cuz my eyes get too m uch tired but i couldnt stop i fear i might lose my eye sight whinch iu really dont want to…......

OK, relatively speaking they’re not – but I find that I can’t just play for a short while, I end up playing all evening, or any free time I have. I burned dinner last week because of a combination of accidentally leaving the heat too high and forgetting to check because I was playing on a game.

I’ve been semi-addicted to computer games since I was a kid, and my parents would only let me play for defined times, but since I’ve been grown up, I sometimes end up playing for such a long time that I just have the game going on in my head, can’t sleep (or dream about the game…) and then keep thinking about what I’m going to do the next time I play it.

I’ve set myself limits that I don’t keep to, and I’ve even bought a little program that stops you playing when you’ve been playing for too long, but that stopped working and since then I’ve jut played as often as I can get away with.

There are plenty of other things that I enjoy doing, and would quite like to do them more often, so I’d like to kick this and keep it managed.

well, I’ve started playing again but things seem to be going well, I only play about once a week which is an acceptable level. I don’t know exactly why I’m no longer obsessed. And I hope this doesn’t mean I’m ripe to fall back into the habit. We’ll see…

its been 2 months since ive put away my pc gaming equip and hid my game collection in a box that would take hours to get to lol but the addiction is too strong, having dreams of diablo 2 once more…becoming the king of age of empires…and destroying countless people in UT2004, have to say this is one addiction i have that i cannot get away from. ive spent 16 years of my life playing pc games, feels like im betraying the foundation ive stood on for so long, kind of like if i was cheating on a wife of 45 years, it feels unstoppable to resist, i have said for many years that the day i quit pc gaming is the day i die in front of a monitor, wish that was true 2 months ago. life for me isnt much without pc games, no more 20 hour marathons, no more meeting people around the world, ive lost every one of my old friends which were all gamers that think i betrayed them, i can barely sleep 3 hours a night without waking up and wishing i had been playing pc games, its like a nightmare, but one you cant wake up in…..

Sold my Razer Diamondback gaming mouse, bought myself a standard Logitech mouse. Perhaps more symbolic that practical. But I think it’s often the symbolic gestures you make that help the most.

The only way I thought I could achiev this was to go cold turkey. I knew that trying to limit myself to only a few hours a week or at certain time would fail.

Games are so easy to slip into. I would find often myself unable to think of anything to do accept play games.

I want to do other things, I want to have time for other things, for other people for getting enough sleep.

Now my kids are exhibiting the same behaviour and that’s scary.

So 1 week ago I uninstalled everything game related.

One immediate benefit: my PC no longer sucks. Turns out that what sucks for gaming is actually more than adequate for most other things.

1 Week and counting, lets see how I go.

When I start playing games hours go by. Hours of life I have lost and can never reclaim. It doesn’t make me happy to play games. it doesn’t give me pleasure. It numbs my mind and I don’t have to confront boredom, anger, sadness. It also keeps me from getting engaged with people, my job, and my life. But, I have put a plan in motion. Every week that I don’t play a game a get a present. My partner goes out and buys me one. Since she hardly ever gives me presents its a real treat. So far, I have gone 6 weeks without gaming…..for the first time in about 10 years. It has its good sides….I don’t feel like I am cheating my boss and I don’t feel out of control. Also, my job seems more interesting and I am doing more. But, I have times when the boredom of my life really makes me agitated and I don;t know what to do with myself. My goal is to never play a game again. Because I can’t play one without slipping back into it. I don’t think I can ever mark this off my list as accomplished because the temptation is too great.