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Freelance Writer for Hire Professional Writer for video games related content 5 Ways To Cope With Gaming Addiction Kuru / July 30, 2019 / Work Samples With the increasing popularity of eSports, video games and mobile games are no longer seen as a spare time activity. Gamers are competing on tournaments in search for the prize and recognition. However, only few elite gamers who come out as a winner and eventually make a living out of it. This creates a new problem where millions of casual gamers fell into the trap of eSports and get themselves trapped with gaming addiction. This addiction causes the gamers to spend their time only playing games and ignoring other important things in their lives. If you feel that you might be one of those addicted gamers, here are 5 ways you can try to cope with your gaming addiction. Change Your Mindset Now it might sound easier than it seems, but changing your mindset is important. Somehow you need to realize that not everyone can become an eSports athlete. You also need to realize that at a certain point, you will realize that life is not only about having fun. Here, games should only be one of the methods to entertain you, to keep you away from stress. If gaming is causing another problem for your life, then there is something terribly wrong going on. Realize that! Cut The Gaming Time In dealing with gaming addiction, completely stopping playing games would be the worst idea. It might create some sort of emptiness inside you which could trigger another level of addiction. The best way to do this would be to reduce your gaming time li le by li le. If you previously spend hours on games, reduce the time gradually until you only spend no longer than 1 hour to play games. Avoid Multiplayer Massive Online (MMO) Games Nowadays almost every popular games are MMO-based. The social aspects of modern games are so intriguing that it a racts a lot more gamers compared to the casual games. However, players are required to spend either a lot of money or a lot of time to progress in these kind of games. As a result, addiction is inevitable. Switch your games to a simpler one like puzzle games, racing games or maybe arcade style games. Change Your Environment Your environment will play a large part in shaping you. You may want to try new things to keep your mind and body busy. You may want to try joining a sports club, ge ing a new hobby, or maybe doing some sort of travelling. The more you see this world, you might realize that gaming is not the only source of fun. Some interesting things might happen when you try to get out of your current comfort zone and try new things. Realize That You Are Not Gonna Live Forever You may have heard the world ‘deadline’, which implies a due date for a certain task to be finished. And we, as the people who live in this world, have a certain ‘deadline’ in this world. Nobody knows exactly how long they are gonna live. But when their time is almost up, most people would think back and look at what they have done. Whether it is gonna be a joy or regret, will depend on how we live our life. So don’t make yourself regret one day that you only spend your time playing games. Do something that your future and past self will be very proud of you. Photo by lalesh aldarwish (h ps://www.pexels.com/@lanophotography? utm_content=a ributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels)from Pexels (h ps://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-scale-image-of-xbox-game-controller-194511/? utm_content=a ributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels) #addiction, #games, #gaming Published by Kuru View all posts by Kuru Powered by WordPress.com.