It's Not an Addiction... Really

Ever since I had come back to school from being on quarantine and it is getting bad. Okay, maybe not as bad as being an addiction, but I’m spending more time than I should on the games. 

I have played video games ever since I was a kid, and I enjoyed playing them because it is a comfort zone for me; it takes me away from stressful situations and makes me happy. But now, every day when I get home from school, the first thing I do is go to my room and play on my PlayStation for hours. Sometimes this causes me to do my homework late or end up forgetting to do some of my assignments, but that doesn’t stop me. 

I tend to play video games online with friends from school or whom I’ve known most of my life. We play video games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Rainbow Six Siege, NBA 2k21, and Apex Legends. My friends and I hang out and have a good time, but then I saw that my grades were slipping.  

I’m trying to play less and focus on getting all the schoolwork done. I try to limit myself to 30 minutes of game play before hitting the books, and my grades are improving, but I still play at least twice a day.   But’s it not as bad as being an addict, right?