Mental Health Blog

Psychoeducation articles on attachment, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and more.

Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Phone Addiction and Attachment: Why Willpower Was Never Going to Work

You’ve probably tried this already: deleting apps, setting screen time limits, putting your phone in a drawer during dinner, telling yourself you’ll only check it...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

When Your Adult Child Won’t Stop Gaming: A Parent’s Guide

There is a particular anguish to watching an adult child , someone in their twenties, sometimes older , lose themselves to gaming addiction. The fear...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

The 4 Attachment Styles and Gaming: Which Pattern Is Yours?

Not everyone who games heavily is at risk for addiction. Not everyone who struggles with gaming dependency got there through the same door. And if...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Teen Gaming Addiction: What Makes Adolescents Different and What Actually Helps

Adolescence is the peak vulnerability window for gaming addiction, and the approach that helps a teenager is genuinely different from what works with a younger...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Gaming Addiction in Young Children: Early Warning Signs Parents Shouldn’t Ignore

When people talk about gaming addiction, they usually picture teenagers , a seventeen-year-old pulled into an online world, withdrawing from family, failing classes. And that’s...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

When Parents Disagree About Gaming Addiction

One of the most common dynamics I encounter in families dealing with gaming addiction isn’t the gaming itself , it’s the fact that the parents...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Taking Care of Yourself When Your Child Is Struggling with Gaming

If you’re reading this, there’s a reasonable chance you’ve been running on fumes for a while. Maybe months. You’ve been in research mode, trying to...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Gaming Addiction Recovery: What Healing Actually Looks Like for Families

When you’re in the middle of a child’s gaming addiction , the daily conflicts, the fear about their future, the strain on everyone in the...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

When Your Teen Chooses Gaming Over Everything Else

There’s a particular kind of pain that parents describe when their teenager has been absorbed into gaming addiction. It’s not just frustration. It’s grief. You...

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Gaming Addiction & Technology
February 20, 2026

Creating a Home Environment That Actually Competes with Gaming

Parents dealing with gaming addiction usually think a lot about limits , how much time is too much, how to enforce rules, what consequences to...

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