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Treating a serious WoW addiction
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hellmr
Heres my thoughts, take him down the gym make him feel more confident about himself. Introduce him to some girls, doesn't have to be in the form of trying to instigate a relationship, but have them meet up regularly i know for a fact that men act differently when in regular contact with girls, they take a lot more interest in self hygiene and looks.
exactly
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WardenKhan
Well I can tell you as suffering this problem myself, talking to him won't help at all, when I was addicted I didn't care who said what to me all I wanted to do was sit down and play WoW you're optnly oion to getting him off this is wait until he runs out of money and don't pay his subscription and or internet bill this way he can't play because he has no money and isn't getting any, that's about the only way to cure this. Or option B I know it might be tough to leave a family member hanging out in the cold sometimes that's the only way for them to learn is to let them fall down to the bottom of the barrel this is whats called tough love i've done with myself and had it done to me
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TheReal
Thanks woodchuck. His level of computer knowledge does not include the hard reset button on the router, so I doubt he would even think of dumping the password-protected settings even if he did figure out the router was to blame.
I will configure the router there probably tomorrow. It will appear to him that he won't be able to connect to WoW servers for some insane, unknown reason. What he won't know is that I am "at fault" for regulating his play time.
I am only going to do this as a test. He gets quite disrespectful to everyone when he can't play WoW. Do you all remember mail-ageddon? My mom actually had to leave the house that day because he would not and he was a bear to live with.
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I must ask, why are you asking here and not a professional psychologist? I really don't think any of these methods will help your cause you should seek professional council in my opinion
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Abundantia
It seems to me that what your brother needs is a reminder that there is a life outside of WoW. It seems that he's decided the real world has let him down or holds nothing for him so he retreats to WoW as a true alternate reality.
From reading over the other posts and thinking about this myself I believe a family intervention needs to take place. Everyone needs to sit down with him and go over everything that is of concern to them. Then to back it up some practical action needs to be taken such as removing his computer. Now I can see how forcing him to go cold turkey could raise his resentment of you more so how about you and your mum limit his play time...e.g. just a couple of hours a day. Maybe let him choose which 2-3 hrs they will be and before and after his time remove the computer? Hopefully by involving him in the process rather than just taking his comp away he will respond better?
Anyway, I hope you get it sorted. Addiction is a terrible thing in any situation, and just because its to a computer game does not make it any less valid than an addiction to drugs, alcohol etc. I've met many addicts who are decent, good people, they just have this one issue which they cannot deal with.
Good luck.
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maximusi
perhaps you could try introducing him to new hobbies one of my favorite hobbies is warhammer
40.000 it is a board game where you collect miniatures and paint them yourself.if i'm right there should also be a local store in the town/city your brother lives in which sells these.the company
which sells these is named:Games Workshop. maybe he would like it it has interesting stories around the board games it even sells some novels.
please dont get confused with warhammer online (it is associated with each other) yes i mean
the concurrent of WoW....oh yeah the Games Workshop has 3 sections:
Warhammer 40.000 (i collect these) this is in the far future.why the name?its 40 000 years in future.
Warhammer Fantasy this is pretty similar to WoW
Lord Of The Rings i think you've seen the movies so no explanation needed.
this might also be an opportunity for your brother to get some new friends i've seen very nice people
in my local Games Workshop store.so maybe he will find some new friends there.i hope this will
help.i myself am also concerned with my own health it's not that extreme as your brother though i eat
3 meals a day i have good personal hygiene and sleep at a normal time to a normal time.(and i have friends) but
still i am concerned that i am getting addicted.
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Ghoso
it may not be an addiction, but a social disorder. Addictions is a dependence and the person needs the stuff physically, a social disorder is using wow as an escape from whats truly bothering him.
Just pointing this out because most of the time what people call a wow addiction is just a person with a social disorder using wow to relieve anxiety, and if had been given something else as an escape in the early parts of the disorder would appear equally "addicted" to it. An example is some kind of compulsion like compulsive eating, or buying, or gambling. All of which come from other anxieties
Try finding out what he might have anxieties from. fear of failure can be pretty common, or just the anxiety of being around other people for various reasons. it can come in many many forms and it cant be solved by simply removing the tools he uses for escape, he might just latch onto another.
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