Hello. I am 13 years old and am a gamer judging by the fact that I'm on this website. My parents think I have a addiction. My grades are all A's and I do more than play games. I'm the typical guy. I read books I go outside with my friends, I play sports and blah blah. Today instead of getting home and playing games I watched a movie. ( the lord of the rings to be specific ) After getting done ( the argument with my parents starts here ) I turn off the light and fall down the stairs. Yup. I just fell down and hit the door. My mom yells at me. " Stop running down the stairs " which is false because I was walking and tripped. I said that I tripped and she said " Yeah right" and rolled her eyes. I go into my room and see my brother who is playing Madden. I say " Get off its my turn " Which as you know you know I got done watching a 3 hour movie so I expect my brother to be ready. My mom overhears me which I suppose she was eavesdropping because there is absolutely no way she could have heard me. She yells at me saying " You played it 10 hours straight! " All you do is play that thing " which are both false. I believe she thinks I play it all day. I don't mean to start a argument but when I hear something that's false I'll go to it. So now I'm upstairs typing this. What can I do? My Mom doesn't change her view on it. My dad can't change it. My brother is btw is my moms favorite because he has autism ( I'm not trying to be offensive ). I can't change her view on it. I can't set a schedule because all my friends are btw my brothers friends. So on Fridays my friends all get on and I can see me getting in an argument. Does anyone know anything? Video gaming is one of my hobbies and I'd hate to not be able to do something that I spend my own money on.
heres the thing it doesnt sound like your addicted but video game addiction can happen ive read reports where people have played games non stop and died due to various health reasons i think that as long as you recognize signs that your addicted to something as long as it remains just a hobby but playing for say 10 hours a day is abit too much for a console it will "burn" out i.e become overheated ect ect keep it down to at least a hour or 2 at most to prolong the life of the console
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