i am having a really hard time keeping my son from watching games online. Does this inhibit progress? He is totally not on board with quitting gaming. Refusing to engage in any positive steps or activities toward improving his life.
i am having a really hard time keeping my son from watching games online. Does this inhibit progress? He is totally not on board with quitting gaming. Refusing to engage in any positive steps or activities toward improving his life.
Hi Mayberry
My own feeling is that anything to do with the games including watching others play, hanging out online with the gaming crowd, is feeding the addiction.
Some people will just spend hours watching others play ... it's an addiction in itself.
I have read on the OLGA gamers forums that the addicts trying to recover can be triggered by still images to do with gaming; watching others game can bring back cravings to play, so they avoid this activity.
It's just another way that they escape from reality.
Other parents including myself report that they do not feel motivated to do much else for quite a while after they stop. All we can do is stand firm and not enable.
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I agree with Polga. Watching others play is going to hinder his progress for sure. It is like alcoholics watching others drink at the pub window. He needs to stay away anything to do with gaming . Watching others play is a big trigger.
Good luck.
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