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Playing computer games can be fun, exciting - give us an adrenaline rush, and relaxing (especially when a brand new game comes along). Enjoying our online gaming, we can have a sense of control. Computer games can offer us an infinite imaginary world of interactive adventures. They can be our creative resource, creating all sorts of worlds for us to play in. Playing online we can have a sense of freedom & connection with other players, as if we are part of a clique or a team, sharing with others, and may struggle to replicate this offline. Playing computer games can be a place where we can be in our own universe and a means of escape. Yet our online gaming can also be a means of escaping or distracting from difficult emotions or experiences out in the real world. We may have begun to give our virtual relationships more of a priority than those in the real world. Our online gaming can bring out our competitiveness in ways we hadn't thought possible. Not only may other gamers put pressure on us to endlessly excel & achieve, but we too may do this. We may be pulled in by trying to get the highest score, bring our level up, beat the game, win rewards. We can get satisfaction from our achievements online, which we struggle to do outside of our gaming world. We may have become hooked. We may kid us & others about the amount of time we spend playing online games. We may have prioritised our online gaming over & above everything else. We may have become very preoccupied with games & gaming (games addiction, gaming addiction, video games addiction, computer games addiction - whatever label we give to it). Becoming so immersed in our role playing, we may be compelled to discovering more & more imaginary worlds as if we are in our own cocoon. Fixated, we may have made our virtual world a priority, hindering our advancements & achievements in the real world, which some of us may experience as alienating.
Continuously playing online, we may have become so concerned, that our broader life gets ignored or neglected. This may also include our relationship. We may hide what we do from others. We may even fail to look after not only others but ourself, our sleep, diet & even personal hygiene may take a back seat. Our mind can go blank, trance-like, tired or sometimes exhausted, we may ignore contact & attempts from others to do other things. We may have become slowly addicted to online games. Even when we are doing other activities, we may continuously think about our gaming, as if we can't switch off. We may have tried to stop turning to computer games, yet been unsuccessful. It can be as if we become machine-like, similar to the very games we are drawn into. In our gaming world we may have lost our ground, forsaken our sensual world of touch, taste, smell, etc. We may have become so attached to online gaming that we now find it hard to let go. What was once a tool to relax, may have become a tool we can't put down. Compulsive online gaming can affect our mood & we can have a tendency to "zone out". Our mind may be spiralling, thoughts overwhelming. We may turn to computer games, video games as a means to respond to our stress or anxiety. When not playing video games we may become irritable, angry, depressed, empty, isolated or lonely inside as our social interactions reduce & our sedentary lifestyle dominates. We may have become forgetful, procrastinating, lost our focus or connection to what else really matters to us.
