Computers, video games, and the Internet have become part of my daily lives. Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people especially the students like me. For most of people, computer use and video game play is included into their lives in a balanced healthy manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video game is out of balance, and has displaced work, school, friends, and even family.
When time spent on the computer, playing video games or browsing the Internet reaches a point that it harms a child's or adult's family and social relationships, or interrupts school or work life, that person may be caught in a cycle of addiction. Like other addictions, the computer game has replaced friends and family as the source of a person's emotional life. Increasingly, to feel good, the addicted person spends more time playing computer games or searching the Internet.
Some of the most popular computer games nowadays are counter strike, tantra, DOTA or the Defence of The Ancient, ran, guildwars, different online basketball games like NBA live, pangya, rakion, prison tales, warcraft, starcraft, ragnarok and many more.
Some of the sign I have noticed with my cousin who are fond in computer games is that he spent mostly his non-school hours on the playing on computer games, he can play for 12 or 14 hours straight; playing from the time he wakes up till he falls asleep in the early hours of the morning, he falling asleep in school, not keeping up with his assignments and other school works, worsening his grades, he sometimes skips his meals to just play, lying about computer or video game use, choosing to use the computer or play video games, rather than see his friends and playing outside the house.
The symptoms I noticed for some of my friends and classmates who also engage in this addiction, thy are seriously disrupting family, social or even work life, lying about computer or video game use, experience feelings of withdrawal, anger, or depression when not on the computer or involved with their video game, may incur large phone or credit bills for on-line services and can't control computer game use. They even turn computer games to gambling, Php. 50 per game will be more exciting and challenging for them to defeat the intruder. For them computer games are like a drug that when you take it from them, they will keep on finding it, even though they know the consequences.
I can not blame the people who engage in this kind of addiction because even I engaged in this kind of habit. For me computer games enhance my imagination by creating techniques and different strategies while playing. It also develops my confidence in facing the hardest enemy in the battle. Playing computer games is my way of escaping in my personal problems because it relieves my stress.
I admit that computer games are addictive but if you have self-control it has to be good though. I play computer games because I still believe that in some way this could be an outlet for learning, creativity, and self-expression. Entertainment value is also one of a great factor for me, also they do help somewhat with coordination; I can also learn much more, depending of what I play. I know I have increases my vocabulary from many strategies and some decent military tactics. I am a frustrated driver, and I want to have my own motorcycle, and in some racing games taught me real life driving techniques. That’s why even though I have not tried yet the basic motorcycling procedure; at least I know the basic method of driving. This is the reason why that I am still proud to say that even I am engaging in this kind of habit I still know my limitations.
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