Video games are indeed a very exciting activity to relieve stress or just looking for entertainment, but sometimes playing games makes us forget the time. In fact, according to data, there are about 2 billion people from all over the world playing games, and around 43.7 million people in Indonesia like to play games.
However, this activity has now made many people from all over the world become seriously addicted, even the WHO (World Health Organization) says that game addiction is a disease gaming disorder or mental health disorders.
Well, in this article VazGaming will provide symptoms / signs if you are very addicted and addicted to playing games.
Signs If You Are Addicted to Playing Games
1. Do not hesitate to leave all important obligations in order to satisfy his lust for playing games
What kind of obligations? There are many actually, but usually it’s like school, college, work, worship, and much more. Maybe you can add it via the comments column.
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2. Become restless, sad, angry, depressed if you can’t play
Another symptom or sign is the intensity of the person playing the game. If you are addicted to excess, then if you can’t play games, you will feel restless, uneasy, uncomfortable, and so on.
3. Prefers to play games instead of hanging out with family or friends, thus losing social relations
Signs like this we often encounter by game addicts, if you have this you must be good at limiting playing games because socializing is very important.
4. Lying to parents, friends, partners to be able to play
If you’ve been playing too much, the false statement must have been said to be able to play or lie while playing. Are you experiencing these signs?
5. Make playing games a priority over other daily activities priorities
People who are addicted to games definitely like to forget their priorities in life while playing. Because if you are addicted, gaming activities will dominate your daily life.
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6. Getting sick because of playing games often
So far there have been 5 types of diseases that will attack game addicts, ranging from
- Back pain
- Migraine
- Sleep Disorders / Insomnia
- Computer Vision Syndrome is caused by staring at the monitor screen for too long
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a disease that is associated with excessive computer use which can compress the wrist nerves.
7. Become insomniac
If you are really addicted to playing games, then if you are so busy that you forget the time, many prioritize playing games over bedtime.
8. To be carried away by a dream
As a gamer, you must have experienced this one thing, especially if the game being played is at its peak so that when you are sleeping it appears in a dream.
9. Don’t hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy new games, in-game items, or other accessories
10. Forgot about other hobbies before getting to know the game
11. Make the activity of playing games as an outlet when you are sad, anxious, angry, guilty
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12. So stressed if you find a difficult enemy
13. Already aware of addiction, but can’t control the desire to play the game
14. Feel more comfortable in the virtual world than the real world
15. Constantly thinking about games when you’re not playing
How? Have you read all the signs in full? If one or more of the above signs are present in you, immediately reduce the addiction. Basically, overdoing something is bad and will harm you and those close to you.
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Tips and How to Overcome Addiction to Playing Games
If you experience the above symptoms or signs, here are VazGaming tips to reduce your addiction to playing games
- Set game play time limit
- Fill your spare time with other interesting activities
- Start seeing what has been neglected and start doing your duty
- Often socialize with family and friends
If you have other tips, don’t hesitate to leave a comment below, and hopefully it will be useful if you like, don’t forget to share it on social media so that those affected by the signs of addiction to playing games can also be aware and not overdo it.
