Addicted To World Of “Warcrack”
Game-addicted Gnomie Rob writes:
Hey Chris,
My name is Rob, and I’m 16 years old — soon to be 17. I have an addictive personality and when I pick up a game that I like I instantly have to be the best at it. In middle school I started with MMOs and at first I didn’t like them so much. Without me realizing it I suddenly started to like them and soon I HAD to play them.
Towards the end of middle school I started to play Halo on the Xbox 360. Like all games I tried, I played the game like it was my job and I became quite good at it, but of course at a cost. I started not going out as much, dreading sports practice because I thought I could be practicing Halo instead, and all around becoming non-social.
The most recent game I became obsessed with was World of Warcraft. I started playing again this summer (I had previously quit because I got bored of it). I am realizing now how much time I have wasted this summer to this game. I cycle between games; when one gets boring I switch to the other and I usually come back to it, thus in a never-ending cycle of being addicted. Just today I canceled my WoW subscription and deleted the account. I’m thinking of breaking the disks also, just in case!
Anyways, I find myself sitting in my chair surfing the Internet. I’m somewhat depressed at the amount of time I’ve spent on these games. I’m also depressed because I find myself with nothing to do and overwhelmed whenever I think of something I could do — I think of all of the work that goes along with it and, in turn, I don’t end up doing it. I’m afraid of failure, I guess, in trying something new.
I was wondering if you could give me some tips on what to do now that I’ve tried to give up this addiction.
I really hope you respond to this e-mail, but I know you are probably very busy.
Well, Rob, I’m submitting this to our Lockergnome community not so much because I’m too busy to respond, but the fact of the matter is that I’m not much of a gamer! Fellow Gnomies, what advice do you have for Rob?
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