Gaming addiction, how do you tell you're an addict? Options

[MrRandomQuotes]

Ok, lately I've been playing alot of Counterstrike:source online. Alot as in i get up early before school and I play from when i get home till when i sleep (with breif breajs for things like this and food). My friends are all saying I play it too much yet I disagree. I still have a social life and i still do everything i need to do, although i do tend to see a M4a1 in my hands everytime i close my eyes. That could be simply due to my desire to kill people.

So I ask you what is gaming addiction?

[Calantyr]

Wishing to stay infront of a computer screen battling imaginary enemies at every opportunity instead of spreading your activities. A desire to obtain more time to play these games to the detriment of other needed aspects of your life.

Hey, I used to be the same. Loved CS waaaay back when it was still on beta 2 or something. I've also nearly been addicted to other games now and then as Witless probably knows.

If you find yourself craving the game just take a step back. Get a girlfriend. Or if you arn't feeling that masochistic take up wrestling bears or something.

[Mata]

I've got a mild addiction to Zoo-Keeper on the Nintendo DS at the moment. I know that it's a bit bad because, at the beginning of tonight's Wing Chun lessons, when we were told to close our eyes to calm our mind ready to learn I could see tiny giraffe heads in a grid. I think I should cut down, but I managed to finished normal mode in one credit tonight and I'm now top of the high-score table for that mode. Yay!

[PsychWardMike]

Um... I can't really help you there, buddy. I'm a big fan of games and I'm known to play a new game (like Devil May Cry 3 or Viewtiful Joe) fanatically until I beat it, but I can usually pull away from them to do things like have sex or go out on a date. So... I reccomend having sex.

[trunks_girl26]

When I first played FFVI, I playred so much that I even began to dream about the characters.

That is true game addiction.

[CommieBastard]

So... I reccomend having sex.

Sounds like a plan.

[{Gothic Angel}]

Ange: When my dad's girlfriend was playing Diablo, she had nightmares about magma demons, to the extent she attacked my dad in her sleep cos she was convinced he was a demon

[little_bear]

Hi guys,

I'm little_bear. I'm here because, well, I used to be a gaming addict. There were times where I'd sit up until the early hours, either playing FF VIII, Metal Gear Solid or Gran Turismo. The latter was a killer - I would spend entire days winning race after race, planning ahead, tuning up my car, saving up to buy other cars. I often went without meals.

Then, I got a PC capable of playing the latest games. Half Life 2 came out, as did Counter Strike: Source and I was hooked. It was World of Warcraft that was the big killer though - I would play that until dawn; grinding mobs, running instances, crafting, grinding money. Those activities became my life.

*sobs*