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Improving Your Social Skills with Dr. Jay Berk PhD
The world is a social world and it's crucial that you have the skills necessary to navigate it. Often when you play video games excessively you can find yourself with ...
How to Stop Escaping into Video Games
Gaming helps you escape from stress in your life. It's one of the most popular reasons why people play video games. Now there's a good side of this but there's also a ...
Dealing with Gaming Nostalgia
After you quit gaming it’s common to experience feelings of nostalgia, and this can be a problem because these emotions create cravings to play. One of the reasons ...
037 - Why Are Some Games More Addictive than Others?
Why do some gamers get attracted to the immersive world of Skyrim, when others only care about ranking up and getting kills? As it turns out, there are a number of ext...
036 - The #1 Habit to Start When You Quit Gaming
Journaling. You'll find countless people talking about the benefits of keeping a journal every day, and honestly, I never thought I'd be one of them. I've hated journa...
BONUS: How to Manage Gaming During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Millions have been affected by the Coronavirus, and with people staying at home it can be a struggle for those of you battling against video games to find support abou...
035 - Are Online Games More Addictive than Offline?
There's no doubt that some games are more addictive than others. Whether it's a fast-paced shooter like Call of Duty or the relaxing and immersive world of Skyrim, peo...
034 - How to Overcome Cravings
Cravings affect everyone that tries to quit video games, and unfortunately, leads to many people relapsing back into their old gaming habits. Find out how to avoid...
033 - Why Men Are 15x More Likely to Be Gaming Addicts + New Podcast Announcement!
With 2.5 billion people playing video games around the globe, and 3-4% of these showing signs of gaming addiction, it's easy to see how there are 10's of millions of g...
032 - Why Are New Activities Boring After You Quit Gaming?
Anyone that has quit gaming and tried to fill their time with new activities has experienced this at some point. Nothing seems to scratch the same itch that gaming did...
031 - Do Video Games Cause Violence?
Concerns over violent media started in the 50's, and have remained a controversial topic of debate ever since. In this episode, I explore whether there's any validity ...
030 - Gaming in Moderation: Everything You Need to Know
Some people want to quit gaming completely, and others want to play in moderation. If you're part of the latter group, how do you go about turning video games into a h...
029 - How To Make Friends After You Quit Gaming
When you quit gaming it often means leaving a lot of your old friends behind. Whether it's because you can't cope with them talking about video games all the time, inv...
028 - Why Twitch Is Destroying Your Mindset and Keeping You from Success
You might think the biggest problem with Twitch is that you're spending too much time on the website, but you'd be wrong. In reality, the Twitch community with their c...
027 - How Pauline Narvas Overcame Gaming Addiction to Become a Full-Time Programmer, Speaker, and Inspirational Figure
To say Pauline's story is inspiring would be doing it a disservice. Having started her first 'side hustle' at 8 years old by learning how to turn HTML into websites, ...
026 - The Surprising Benefits of Relapsing
I've relapsed far more times over the last 5 years than I'd like to admit. However, what was once a painful barrier accompanied by months of pain is now an opportunity...
025 - Reflecting on 2019 and Starting Off the New Year Properly
We're back! Hope you didn't miss the podcast too much over the new year's break, but after getting severe food poisoning and having to travel across the country, I tho...
024 - The Best Activities to Replace Gaming After You Quit
So many people struggle to find new things to do after they quit playing video games that it even has its own name - The Void. You're so used to getting a certain leve...
023 - How Your Gaming Addiction Affects Everyone In Your Life
Take a few moments to think about the people who see you gaming every day. Your parents, carers, friends. Whoever it might be. Now imagine you've swapped places. What ...
022 - The Most Important Decision You Can Make when You Try to Quit Gaming
In all of my friendship groups, I was always known as the gamer. I never stood out in any way, and whenever someone talked to me it'd usually be about video games. At ...
021 - How to Avoid Gaming Over Christmas
Growing up, Christmas was always a time for three things; no school, food, and gaming. I'd always ask for gaming-related presents from my family and eagerly look for t...
020 - What if Your Friends Are Making You Relapse?
When it comes to talking to your friends about your gaming problem, it's really freaking difficult. It's easy to convince yourself that you'll be laughed at and stigma...
019 - Do Loot Boxes Lead to Problem Gambling?
It's time again to talk about everybody's favourite surprise mechanic, loot boxes. Parents hate them, governments hate them, gamers hate them, and yet publishers cont...
018 - Is Gaming on the Weekend Really that Bad? (spoilers, yes)
Are you someone that rewards themself with a week of hard work by sitting down in front of your computer or TV and spending the entirety of your weekend playing video ...
017 - How to Help a Loved One with Video Game Addiction w/ Cam Adair and Nadja Streiter
It's one thing struggling with video game addiction yourself, but what can you do when you see someone you love destroying their life with gaming? Maybe they're still ...
016 - From Suicidal Twitch Streamer to Living My Dream Life: How I Escaped Rock Bottom
I don't usually get too personal on this show. I never really thought it was the place to be emotional... However, a conversation with a friend of mine, shortly follow...
015 - I Relapsed After 8 Months of No Gaming...
I didn't want to make this episode. I didn't even EXPECT to have to make this episode. But, here we are... This week I relapsed hard. Although I had been playing in mo...
014 - Internet Porn Is Destroying a Generation One Erection at A Time || Interview w/ Gabe Deem
If you watch internet porn, it might be time to start rethinking. Regardless of whether you watch it once a week or 3 times a day, it can have long-lasting damaging ef...
013 - Are Video Games Designed to be Addictive?
If you asked me this question 15 years ago, I'd probably answer it with a resounding no. However, in recent years the gaming industry has shifted towards an approach t...
012 - The Link Between Gaming and Porn Addiction
If you spend any amount of time on the internet you'll soon start to see how prevalent porn is in our modern world. The rise in smartphone technology and high-speed in...