<p>I believe that it's a waste of time to play computer games, but I repeatedly find myself doing it. The moment I'm doing it is really fun, but what I get after doing it is regret. Any thoughts on how to end this cycle of regretting, playing it again and regretting? I thought of putting a password on the computer and having someone else to type in the password for me when needed, but then I often have school work requiring the computer. Having a password won't allow me to do computer-related work whenever I want when the password person is unavailable.</p>
<p>I have the same problem. I can’t stop playing bubble trouble. I find myself playing it up to 20 times a day. I really want to stop. I don’t even want to play it anymore I just can’t help myself for some reason. I need help too. Sorry I wasn’t much help to you. lol.</p>
<p>How about trying to replace it with a healthier hobby? Like whenever you have an urge to play, spend that time working out in the gym instead.</p>
<p>if its a game that has cheat protection then just load up some cheats and get permabanned everywhere</p>
<p>otherwise uninstall and break the disks or just decide to stop</p>
<p>yeah im addicted to this free online shooter right now, but meh whatever it’s summer and i’ll be shipping out to college this fall.</p>
<p>what games are you guys talking about?</p>
<p>i used to love bubble trouble…but i found myself to busy with schoolwork once high school started :D</p>
<p>i think my real problem now is this site…lol</p>
<p>Maybe turn it around and make it constructive somehow? I used to play video games, but I sold all my consoles and things so we could afford school expenses. Never owned more than a game at a time anyway (too expensive). But, more to the point, the one exception was my DS- because I use it to practice Spanish. I have a Pokemon GBA game from Spain, and it’s absolutely shocking how much better my Spanish has gotten while playing it. I’ve picked up so much vocabulary, grammar, and colloquialisms, it’s crazy. I still don’t play it much, because I always get antsy when I don’t feel like I’m being productive, but, eh. Of all the ways to waste time, one that can at least serve a somewhat dual-purpose is a considerably lesser evil.
So if you’re studying any foreign language, try playing your game in that. You’ll get the most from it if it’s more text-based, but even shooters and things have conversations and whatnot.
As for anything else… I don’t know. Math, science, etc. can’t really be practiced that way.</p>
<p>As for quitting… Well, just take away your access. Delete your account, delete your savegame, break the disk, corrupt the program irreversibly, uninstall, get banned, I don’t know. But if you really want to stop, do something you can’t undo. That should be discouraging enough.
Otherwise, for things without that option, it’s just a matter of taking the time to decide you absolutely do not want to do it anymore. Generally, if you keep going back and feeling guilty afterward, it’s because you don’t feel disinclined enough beforehand. It’s just not that big a deal to you. “Just a little while won’t hurt…” kind of thing. So just set your foot down with yourself, put it into the big picture, and make a decision on how you’ll allow this to affect your future. Just 30 minutes wasted a day would be 210 a week, or 3.5 hours- so about 14 hours wasted a month. That’s not that much, but the focus and time lost could very well be the difference between Harvard and… I don’t know, Brown. Or something. Whatever. You decide what the time would do. If you think there’s something better to do with that time, take out some paper and calculate and schedule out exactly what could be done with the time you’re spending on games. Anything that helps you see the forest in the midst of scuffling around trees would do you good.
If the forest even matters to you more than trees, that is. After all, you should enjoy life. Don’t go around being guilty if you really enjoy it. If it’s that important to you, schedule a set time each day to relax and have fun playing it. That way, you don’t let it get out of hand. You don’t want to upset your sleeping schedule just because you wanted to raise another level or whatever. That’s not healthy.
Have your fun wisely if you truly enjoy it; but, if there’s something more constructive that you’d enjoy equally, find it and do it.</p>
<p>I had this problem when I was in high school. I could not stop playing Starcraft or Team Fortress Classic (TFC, Half-Life mod). Then I got a girlfriend and lost my love for those addicting games. </p>
<p>Which game are you playing?</p>
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<p>Lol, it happens. Hope it goes away, games get old with time!</p>
<p>Try hanging out with your friends more! Can’t get a speed boost when you’re watching a movie with friends. 
I’m still addicted to a computer game but it comes in surges of 12 hour sessions every month or so.</p>
<p>The video game in a different language is a pretty good suggestion though.</p>
<p>I used to play video games CONSTANTLY. They were the highlight of my day. I know exactly how you feel.</p>
<p>I’d recommend going cold turkey on them (absolutely no playing them) and starting some new, fun, real-life hobbies. That’s what I did. Once you look back, I promise you you’ll wonder how you ever thought they could substitute for real life.</p>