Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.
The mental health field hasn’t caught up with gaming addiction yet. There are excellent clinicians working in this space, but they’re not the majority, and...
Read Article →If you’re considering treatment for gaming addiction , whether for yourself or someone you care about , you probably have more questions than the internet...
Read Article →One of the parts of changing a gaming relationship that almost nobody talks about , including a lot of clinicians , is the grief. Not...
Read Article →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...
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