stop playing video games

I had play game for a very long time. I feel happy when i play. But after that I feel sad and something that i can’t explain. some time i want to stop playing it but i can’t not do it do anyone can help me i don’t want my parent angry with me. i love them so much. if anyone have some idea send me an e-mail to Na7uth@yahoo.com thank U for reading me.

So far I’m at 3 weeks. In general it’s been easy with occasional cravings. I’m having one now… right now I want to download The Elder Scrolls: Arena or Oolite and play the hell out of them. If you’ve heard of those games, you’re an addict too. :)

So I’m doing OK. I’m writing more, I’m playing chess, I’m able to sit down and work a little bit easier without procrastinating. I guess I work out a little earlier during the day. The problem is, it seems like 80% of my saved time is spent doing other useless crap like watching TV or surfing the net. I was never a big TV watcher and I don’t want to become one. If I’m just gonna do that I’d rather game, since it’s at least interactive and requires thought.

But we’ll see. Maybe it’s still too soon, and something interesting needs to just drop into that vacuum.

I am a HARDCORE video game addict. I’ve been playing since I was 11, from Vectrex to Intellivision to Commodore 64 to Nintendo to Sega to PS1 to XBox to Wii, with PC gaming added to that list since about 1992 or so.

I hate MMORPGs, so that’s not my problem like it seems to be with a lot of others. Where I go wrong is that I tend to play open ended games, like sports management games that go from season to season, and highly replayable RPG’s, that continue limitlessly. Because they can never be beaten they could suck up 1000 years and still be perfectly playable and tempting.

I just turned 38 and I’ve worked out that on average, I’ve probably gamed for about 2 hours a day, every day, for the last 25 years. That’s staggering. What could I have become if I had used that time doing something more constructive?

So I’ve successfully quit a couple of other bad habits this year and now I’ll try for my big one. My original goal was the end of June, but I’ll extend that right now to September 1st… just over 3 months. After that if I feel I can play casually, I will consider doing so… but I will never allow myself get back to the way I have been.

I’ll make exceptions as follows: Wii games where I am physically active, like Wii Fit and Wii Sports, are OK. Computer Chess is OK because I believe that playing Chess trains the mind and is constructive. If I’m visiting family and THEY suggest playing something together, that’s OK as they are not gamers and it’s more of a social thing.

Today is my first day and it’s brutal. I exercise a fair amount, but I happen to be sick right now, so I doubt I’ll be up to going out much or exercising for the next couple of days. The hard part right now, believe it or not, is filling the empty time which is why I’m here typing this book.

3 months. It won’t kill me. Wish me luck.

I am very concerned that I use video games to mask other problems in my life, the same way people sometimes drink to much to avoid facing issues or feeling their feelings to the fullest extent. If this continues, I think the word “addiction” will apply.

I definitely see video games playing a positive, limited role in my future life, but I think if I develop a sense of personal balance, health, and happiness, I won’t feel a need to “O.D.” on video games. I also need to pay attention to my personal indicators so that I can acknowledge first signs of depression or procrastination, and take the time to do something simple like take a walk or practice a short meditation exercise instead of immediately jumping on for more screen time.

To get started on stopping the video game madness, I sold my Playstation 2, my Nintendo DS, gave my Wii to my sister (so if I really miss it I can play it at her apartment), and I cancelled my subscription to a popular MMORPG so I will only be able to play the free version.

To lower my overall “screen time”, I have temporarily cancelled Netflix (I plan on starting it up again no sooner than six months from now), and I left my job as a Virtual Assistant and am now seeking a crappy retail job for the time being.

I have also reconsidered my plan to major in video game design, because I think in some way, that choice is just a hope that I can continue this screen addiction indefinitely. I am now looking to reconnect with my many other interests.

However, I am making a couple of allowances. I want to continue learning web design on my own. I purchased a domain and feel that maintaining a small website is a positive thing. Also, when the Sims 3 comes out in February 2009, I AM planning on buying and playing that game, although in short bursts rather than treating it as a marathon.

My other computer time goes to online forums, listening to podcasts, and reading about various subjects. I’m limiting my time on forums, because they can be a big time suck. I’ll also start putting my podcasts onto my iPod so I can listen to them on the go. And instead of reading online so much, I got a library card so I can read a book instead.

I think if I stop playing console games and online computer games where you interact with other players, my video game time will get under control quickly. I just need to pay attention to what I’m doing better!

I play tooo much and i feel it’s going to make my life bad if I continue playing so much.

who on9 now…..

hi all me really need help cause me everyday playing on9 games

It has been a little over a perfect month of keeping to this goal yet I know that this time is different and its really done. The benefits for this goal in both physical comfort of my wrists and fingers and productivity have been so much already that I don’t see myself even wanting to go back to the mindless image moving of video games. Especially since even then it was debatable how much I really enjoyed the video games as looking back now I can tell that they distracted me from both more important things and things that I enjoyed a lot more.

Its hard to explain but this time I have a feeling that its going to be different then the other attempts. On the health side of things combined with decreased 43T usage my right hand and wrist has been doing very well with record low levels of strain which is making this goal all the more easy to keep up.

I just realized that I have ended up majority dropping the ball with this goal but have since hopefully remedied the problem by sweeping over my computer and uninstalling every video game from my computer. Also in a renewed determination to take this goal more seriously the list of my personal challenge goal of 43 things to do this year has been edited slightly to include this goal as part of the list.