Overcoming Gaming Addiction

 

A common trend of this blog is to explore how people who play video games are able to utilize the skills the hidden skills they’ve gained and are able to push them into their own life. To be honest, that’s a very optimistic way of viewing video games. Many people do not know how to balance their gaming and professional lives – many times being addicted and caught up on playing games all the time.

TEDx speaker Cam Adair speaks on gaming addiction and explains a few ways of identifying where addiction begins and identifying factors that cause the addiction. Cam has been playing video games all his life and was addicted to them at a young age – eventually dropping out of high school. After dropping out, his parents forced him to get a job, but even then, he could not balance work and gaming – he spent all night playing games; forcing him to fall asleep during his shift.

Cam has now realized the key identifiers in why gaming addiction occurs through his own life experiences.

1. They act as an escape

2. They allow you to be social with friends

3. They’re Challenging.

4. They allow you to constantly improve and measure your growth

5. Games are entertaining.

By using these identifiers, we can see why people become so addicted to video games. It can be extremely difficult to stop when you have so many pros to playing them.

 

Cam Adair isn’t the only person who speaks up about these issues, but he is one of the biggest role models in this industry. Cam now has his own documentary on YouTube and has founded his own business to assist people in breaking their addiction with gaming.

 

If you are interested in learning more about Cam’s story or need help breaking video game addiction, you can navigate to his website: https://camerondare.com/ to learn more.