Ask HN: How do you avoid video game addiction?
I'm a mid 30s male, software developer, married without children. I started playing a video game at the end of 2019, and played every time I could when my wife was not home. Then came 2020, covid lockdowns, also I started getting better at the game (the ladder systems are so addictive) and played more. In 2021 I just didn't care anymore whether my wife was home or not or even if I was supposed to be working and started playing all the time. I'd wake up early to play and would go to bed late to catch up with work I had not done during the day. According to Steam I played over 2.000 hours during 2020 and 2021. Finally I decided I was seriously addicted and uninstalled the game, unsubscribed from everyone related to the game in youtube, quit all discord communities, and it worked. I have been now "clean" for 4 months. But sometimes I crave to go back and play. I wat
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I'm a mid 30s male, software developer, married without children. I started playing a video game at the end of 2019, and played every time I could when my wife was not home. Then came 2020, covid lockdowns, also I started getting better at the game (the ladder systems are so
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- Volrath89
- Ended
- 2022
- Source
- hackernews