Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.
When someone who games heavily describes their guild or their online friends to a therapist who doesn’t understand gaming culture, something often gets lost. The...
Read Article →There’s a version of gaming dependency that most models don’t quite account for. Not the person who got pulled into a reward loop and can’t...
Read Article →If you have spent any time trying to get your gaming under control, you have probably already tried shame as a strategy. Not consciously, maybe....
Read Article →When I sit with someone who’s struggling with gaming dependency, I almost always eventually ask about their childhood. Not as a routine question, and not...
Read Article →The avoidant gamer is often the last person to think they have a problem. They’re not neglecting their job. They’re not racking up debt in...
Read Article →There’s a particular kind of gaming relationship that looks, from the outside, like ordinary social enthusiasm. The person is engaged with their online friends, invested...
Read Article →When someone asks why they can’t stop gaming, they usually expect one of two answers: either they’re addicted to dopamine and need more self-control, or...
Read Article →Most people who are concerned about their phone use start where it makes sense to start: trying to address it themselves. Setting limits. Deleting apps....
Read Article →There’s a version of the conversation about phone use that goes: technology is bad, we need less of it, phones are ruining everything, and if...
Read Article →Digital detoxes are appealing. The logic is clean: you’re spending too much time on your phone, so you stop for a week or a month,...
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