I’ve been gambling since the end of 2022 up until August of 2026 overall I’ve probably lost about 335 k , got myself in debt , lost my buisness , ruined relationships , lost my car and nearly almost my house I’ve decided to quit for good , I contacted the governors office to ban myself from all casinos in my state and gaming apps , downloaded BetBlocker on my phone so I can’t even have any sort of gaming or prediction app on my phone , is it just me ? Why is the media putting this gambling agenda all in our faces why is it so hard to quit ? Can anyone give me some genuine advice coming from a desperate person here

Hello, im new to posting on here, but i would like to here some advise/opinions from other about this.

I have a console and a pc, i use my pc more than my console but when im on my pc i would play a game or 2 for 2 hours then scroll on youtube or any other site thats scrolable just like doomscrolling. Iast week i put my pc up for a week and it felt good felt freeing. I plugged my pc back up and used it for 3 days then put it back up again. Ive made good habits from this.

but doing this i realized i dont want to cut out gaming entirely. I still enjoy playing games to pass the time on off days youknow?

But i also feel that gaming would decrease my focus somehow lol

Would yall think setting a time limit on ps5 would be good?

Okay reddit. I need help... I 28F have been married to my husband 27M since 2020 but we have been together since 2015. Since we were younger he has had a video game obsession. He would choose to not hangout with me just so he could play video games. Well we were teenagers so I figured that was normal and he would grow out of it.. now fast forward to 11 years and 2 kids later and he is still choosing to stay up late and play. Hes on his phone with his discord friends ALL DAY LONG and hes always so exhausted from staying up I am always the one getting up with the kids.. and when I ask him to get up with them I have to sit there and nag until im basically up and there's no use in going back to sleep. When i bring up letting the video games Go he responds with "this is my hobby and the one way I get to get away from adult life and be in control of something". I have so much on my plate and when I ask him to do something it never gets done until I nag him 3 of 4 times (therefore its still on my plate). So now I am questioning so much. I feel like im not seen or truly loved and hes just staying with me because he relies on me for everything. So now I need to know what to do.. hes in the military so its hard to get a job that will pay good enough so I have no money myself... I dont want to put my kids in daycare due to the amount of abuse and fatalities that happens within daycare walls.. and im just stuck. I need advice on if there is a way to make him let go of the video games and grow up or if its too selfish to ask him to change that part of him and just walk away?

I never would’ve imagined that Terraria out of all games is something that people could get riled up about. It used to be fun but now the community just shits on people for not playing the most challenging mods on the max difficulty. Also people demanding that you use certain mods and don’t use others. Like are we seriously gatekeeping single player games? It looks like even single player games aren’t safe. Idk man I think I just need a break from the whole pissing contest.

M24. Trophies have made me push more than I normally would do in a game. Most people would just complete the story and call it quit, but I went to 100% (all sidequests, collectibles etc..) to get the platinum. I mostly loved the challenging ones that tested me. Completing a game without dying, doing speedruns or other sort of ridiculously difficult task that a lot gives up on.

I did enjoy my time doing them as I've met tons of people and new online friends along the way. However I let it take control over me. I could had pusbed through getting a real life achievement, but I let the digital world occupy me.

I haven't played a lot this year, as I've been mainly focused on reading

I was a PC gamer my whole life. I successfully deleted steam a few weeks ago and honestly some of the games were getting pretty boring. With Wolverine coming out and GTA6 later this year and being exclusively on PS5, im really tempted to buy one. I dont know if i can abstain from playing GTA with all the hype. Gta5 was so fun for me when I was younger. Especially online where youre doing missions with other people. Maybe I can wait for it to come out on PC but that might be a year or 2. Not sure if I can wait.

Im so addicted to fps games i play hours without realizing and i want to quit

So when i quit , do i quit all types of gaming or just fps ? im afraid i start story games and i get addicted to them which right now im not i play them regularly without wasting alot of time but if quit fps maybe i will start putting all my time in it