Addiction to the Internet/video games?

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I don't have an addiction to video games, even though I play them for hours everyday.

But I do have an addiction for internet - well I wouldn't maybe call it an addiction, but all the friends I've made are from other countries, so I would be absolutely miserable not to be able to talk to them if my computer would explode on my face. I wouldn't even care not being able to play.
I just browse internet to feel less lonely and pass the time while at work until one of my friends are on Skype.

Aren't video games just a special interest and for the people with video games as there special interest don't video games help them cope. Also for an nt to attack people with aspergers for loving video games is just sad. Nt's will never understand if they act all high and mighty.

I am the same way. It's because the internet = ENDLESS INFORMATION.

I am an information whore. It's true.

Put STRICT limits on yourself. Find another hobby that eats up your time. I finally got a full-time job that I can manage, so that eats up my time. Weekends are REALLY tough for me though. I can't afford to go out and do anything so I end up surfing... SIGH.

G.

you make it sound as if it's only Aspies are into videogames.


Anyways, yeah te internet is pretty addicting. I try to look at it as a tool rather than an escape.

And videogames,depending on what you play are not that bad. If it's constant measurable progress (FPS multiplayer, MMO's etc.), then it's very easy to get addicted. But if it's more like a playthrough story, and you limit your time, it's alright.

The problem as a whole is electronic screens. MIND NUMBING.

I am not saying only aspies play videogames. I am just saying as a special interest video games help aspies cope. If I didn't have music I wouldn't be able to function as well. Nt's I feel will never be able to know what that is like.

Obsessions or compulsive patterns of behavior are substitute for aspies having little or no social life. Video games and other activities just fill an aspies endless void of boredom and loneliness.

No they aren't. That is an assumption that is patently false. To have a special interest doesn't mean it's a substitute for a social life. A lot of aspies don't like people, myself included. A special interest to us is more than a best friend. Also a lot of people who play wow have found many friends on there. To say video games are a bad thing for aspies is naive and just plain rude.

A very late reply:

I was just trying to help. He wrote that he is not happy with his addiction. He wants to get rid of his obsession.

But I don't.

If you wipe music, classic literature, video games and internet off the face of the earth; my life becomes meaningless. I mean it. I can sacrifice relationships, friendships and my sex life to keep one of those. (actually I am sacrificing my social life for my hobbies already)

So I am on your side. Even if video games are not constructive, who cares? By the way, take a look at the NT way: Being dead drunk and kissing random people in a nightclub is also not very constructive I suppose. Yes, my obsessions could be constructive and so-called meaningful. Yes, obsessions of Einstein had become very constructive for everyone.

I am no Einstein.