Game Addiction: How it Consumed My Childhood

As a child growing up in the digital age, I was introduced to the fascinating world of video games. What started as innocent fun soon transformed into a relentless obsession, consuming my childhood and leaving lasting effects on my life. In my short confession, I will share my personal experience with game addiction and the impact it had on my life.

My fascination with video games began innocently enough. The colorful graphics, captivating stories, and the thrill of competition hooked me from the start. What started as occasional playtime quickly evolved into a daily obsession. My friends and I would spend hours after school, and even during weekends, glued to screens, neglecting other aspects of our lives. and here's my story:

Elementary School boy, a 7 year old kid from the Philippines loves to play everyday, playing with friends, nonstop with a dirty shirt going home.

My mom used to shout to me all the time, complaining my clothes. but I just laughed and play again thinking that life was easy.

my dad was a silent man, working hard. he never felt an anger about me just because I'm a kid but that doesn't mean he wouldn't lay a finger on me. I was ensuring I would never mess on him because oh boy, we don't wanna mess with our dads.

years have passed and I'm in the middle of finishing Elementary when a couple of friends invited me to a place where there's so many people inside. same as my age, shouting, cursing and all the bad and insults to one another. as I looked I saw them playing games ( World of Warcraft) DOTA in our terms when we want to play.

Ten pesos per hour or ($0.18) and only five pesos when half hour ($0.091). I was captivated to the game and wanted to experience it. as I play the tension and adrenaline rush were gushing inside my body. for me playing games was another side of me that I love.

days have passed, I was alone at home and I wanted to play but I'm penniless. and there goes my grandpa and I asked him, "gramps, can you lend me some 10 pesos? I need to buy something." he reached out a money and I rushed outside and there goes my addiction.

As my game addiction intensified, it inevitably took a toll on my academic performance. Homework assignments were rushed or left incomplete, and I neglected studying for exams. My priorities shifted, and I lost sight of the importance of education. Consequently, my grades plummeted, and my dreams of a successful future began to fade.

And as I play and play and play I forgot my childhood friends, I've learn how to curse also because of it, socializing with people isn't my thing anymore, I prefer alone and play with games all the time. my mom and dad used to fight all the time now because of me being alone all the time and playing,

I didn't listen to their advice because I was naive and thinking that I know what's best for me. all my time as a kid to a teenager was wasted I would say, but if I used my time to do important task, maybe I wouldn't miss every single chance and opportunity.

There's no problem with being an addict to a things you truly loves, just not the bad ones though. but try to balance it and try to be less addicted to it. do not let your addiction to games swallow you. Always listen to your parents all the time especially the teenagers like me.

Words of advice really matters. it is one guide for us to become a better person, learning what's right from wrong, building up the better version of yourself.

This is one of my confessions, my story and I really learn a lot when I started to take my parent's word of advice.