im am dissapointingly only just recovering from my chronic gaming habits after cycling through runescape when i was younger to WOW, Halo and COD. when just a teenager, i developed Repetative Stress Injuries; this resulted in me not being able to play, therefore getting extreme withdrawel symptoms. Symptoms such as my mind constantly craving to get back on, but i couldnt. i tried but it would just cause more pain. i cannot sleep well at night, and i often wake up in a sweat, imagining my favourite scene or my excrutiating death with a headshot or knifing in COD. I feel like ive spent time in NAM with the realistic graphics coming into gameplay. i often can't concentrate in uni lectures, and imagine them being an evil person, with the graphics and everything. i nearly jumped up and killed him, but was able to repress my feelings. That's another problem of mine, i often get feelins like tics. I think my eye has trained me with the violence i see on my screen 24/7. Once i even chucked a punch at my grandmother who was visiting because i still live with mum and dad... it was so embarrasing. I even went to such extremes as having game speech as my main volcabulary source, often echoing age of empires taunts like " i think that makes me your daddy" and at lunch! " i need food" " do you have extra resources?" thats when i really questioned myself. I started to seek help but as the report said, there isnt much around, especially in australia. I went to a church first, i am cathoic so i thought it would be a good place to seek help. "i need help" i said to the father there in an age of empires monotone. From there he advised i see a psychiatrist- there knowlede was limited. talk to god blablabla... i felt like jumping on his head like in mario- but i restrained myself. I did see a psychiatrist and it didnt help and well...i couldnt sustain it workin on the counter of a supermarket whilst supporting my tertiary school fees. Now i continue to live at home with my mum and have reduced my gamin to a moderate 25 hours a week, an improvement. I have taken the path of slowly moving out of the gaming world too a casual rate. This struggle has been worse than being stuck on a zelda puzzle. wish me well.