How to TOTALLY Stop Your Video Game Addiction 🎮

A 5 Step Strategy to Overcome video game addiction!
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Hey everyone, in this video I talk about how to overcome video game addiction.

If this is something you've been facing, or trying to overcome, I hope this video really helps you. Please do share you thoughts & stories below on video games that you've been addicted to & how you managed the issue!

What else do you suggest to help people quit gaming too much?

Let me know what you think in the comments below. I'd really love to hear from you personally :)

- Keshav

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(last updated: March 2019)

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[keshavbx]

Does anyone still play Pokemon Go? 😅😅
Hope you enjoy this video - quite a lot of you requested it in the poll a few weeks ago! Let me know how this video helps & keep on keeping on! remember to check out the book too, here's the link again:

[ethanjames]

Man I’ve always been beating myself up because I am so addicted to it and it is destroying me piece by piece. I stopped praying and played the whole day even if my grand parents tell me to stop, and I just became an addict to it. And when I searched how to stop being a game addict and then found this and it helped me but I’m still trying to change

[mark]

This should be shown in schools, showed my two young nephews and it really clicked with them both. Your creating positive ripples on this planet So much respect for you Keshav .

[marto]

Finally someone that recognizes that only the abusive use of video games is harmful. Good to see there is some common sense in the world

[iloveferrets]

I just wanted a quick reference for what to do
1: Replace - Think about why you play the game, and replace what you do when that situation arises
2: Record - Look at the actual time you are spending
3: Realize - Reflect on the big picture and what you are doing
4: Remove - Get it away, practically and physically
5: Rules - Make rules and boundaries to create an if-then ruleset

"Do you want to be addicted to video games what pass away the time, or do you want to keep it in a healthy balance where you enjoy life"

[thsky]

I’m really gifted and smart, but I’ve lacked discipline and I was addicted to video games. I’m really realized who I can be if I just delete them and change my life. Pray for me brother. It’s time to be a legend. 💪 👑 love ❤️

[unboxer.pandey]

I Tanmay Pandey swear upon my name now that i will free myself from computer, console, android or any forms of digital games. And this comment will be my support and my compulsion that i can leave gaming for my career.

[sensekoin]

Woke up one day realizing I was wasting all my time just sitting down an archiving nothing but now I’ll wake up work out play guitar and learn new lif lessons I really appreciate this video and opening my eyes.

[cdub]

just deleted a game i’ve been spending over 15 hours a week on. i need to pay attention to my business and i feel so much better now

[ieriicccccc]

Hello Keshav,

Thank you for this video. My gaming addiction stemmed from temporary achievements. I always felt good about being good at a game. I get praise from my friends and ATTENTION from my friends when I'm good at it. Whenever I get into a game, I'd pour hours and hours of my time. Yeah, I was able to still do things while gaming but I was neglecting my significant other. I am 28 now, priorities change. Back then I'd game and neglect school. I just do the bare minimum to get by and do the maximum in games. I want to change so I can be a better person and get my time back. I don't want gaming to consume my life. Now that I think of it, I would pour so much time and resources into gaming for what? I think it stems from the loneliness or neglect of real life. I use gaming as a means to escape reality instead of facing it. I had a very rough time growing up where I didn't have present parents(single mom who worked majority of my childhood). I used gaming to get attention and validation. Things I never get usually in real life. I felt like nothing I do is enough. I always compare myself to others, watching from the outside. I was jealous of people who had loving parents, jealous of people who have everything together. My mother found a different partner later down her life and her attention went to him and their kids. I have a good job, I am a go-getter but gaming makes me comfortable and I got too comfortable. It's because its convenient. If i were to time my gaming per day, it's probably close to 10+ hours a day. When I'm studying, all I want to do is game. You're right. I believe I'm selfish as well. I like helping people but not for the right reasons. I want to help people because they give me the attention and time of the day. Once they're done giving me temporary praise, I just feel empty again. When I was a little kid, I'd be a very good student. I did very well in school but it never felt enough. I felt like my mom was never happy even though I was doing well. Typing it out/venting is a very good first step. I need to learn how to be more open with myself and others around me. I have to stop bottling everything and put on a show that everything's alright when it's not. I've never told anyone about my trauma. I'll seek help from therapy. I need some guidance on what to do to improve. I need people to help guide me. For those that feel the same as me or suffering from the same thing. We got this. We'll take our lives back from gaming.

[fiftycal]

4 year old video but it really helped me see the flip side of the coin. i am so grateful for the advice, thank you

[garlic_paste]

I can remember getting started because all my friends were playing the game and i was not playing the game so they were not interested in me. So i also started playing it and now i have realized that it had become a problem for me and i don't know how to stop it.
Well now after watching your video now i know exactly what to do so thanks a lot for this. Really helpful video♥♥♥

[Helloooimholly]

I’ve been playing this video game for probably at least 4 years now. Throughout lockdown, everyday I come home from school, weekends and any spare time I have. And I’ve watched this video and a couple others, I felt it was a wake-up call for me because I really want to get rid of this obsession but I don’t know why I keep going back to the game. But when I thought thoroughly through, I found out most the time it’s because I don’t want to do work or anything productive which involves laziness. I wanted to play video games day-in and day-out, but now that’d kept in mind I am going to limit the time I’m spending on that video game and get my life together. I really appreciate this video even though I found this YEARS later.❤️❤️

[onebluestone]

I'm so addicted to video games right now, and your video is helping me immensely. Thank you.

[leocauch]

I lost my gaming PC, I couldn't still believe that my PC is dead.Then I thought how do I gonna play games like I used to.I got depression and couldn't accept it.but your video is telling me that it's about time to do the real things in real life. then I started to know I gotta enjoy my real life.thank you bro.... ❤❤

[prod.swordsight]

Thank you so much for this video dude. I was not in contact with my family a lot ever since I started playing video games. My mom kept complaining that I keep playing those stupid video games and I always say sorry but then play again because I couldn’t help it. I’m finally stopping something that’s trying to stop my life

[TOTAL]

I suffer from SGAD, Severe Generalised Anxiety Disorder. I am under medication and psychiatric monitoring. After 15 years of playing my last video game, I am again at it on my PC. For the last 10 days I have been installing and uninstalling the same game and pray to God so that I can do other stuff which needs attention. The graphics of the game astounds me. This problem makes me anxious. I have other hobbies which I love to do but the game seems to have a spell on me. I play 2 hours every day and in those two hours, I can do a lot of things done. It's insane. You know you have a backlog of work and you waste your time in a silly game. On Friday I will be 55 years old. I thought young people had this problem. I can end this by closing the account of the game company and continue with my life as before. Thank you for your video.

[hypvfx]

I know this response is pretty late but I had a hard addiction to fortnite I was playing up to 10 hrs every day and I know that playing less wasn't going to help, this video has helped me in many ways that I cant even thank you enough, because of this I have been able to focus on my studies a lot more and realise the true meaning of life, I just wanna say thank you as I truly believe you have saved me

[littlebird]

When you talked about replacing the habits it really helped me, I’m not quitting video games to become an animator and pursue my dream

[ede]

Thank you so much for this! I’ve been addicted to video games for such a long time and I know that it’s destroying me and it’s very unhealthy, but I still do it.
This video helped me stop being addicted to video games. THANK YOU! GOD BLESS YOU