I believe how to quit the game is a problem that puzzles many students. Because of a game, you may go through the process of unloading … downloading … unloading … repeatedly.

Therefore, this article only helps you solve one problem, that is, how to quit the game addiction easily. If you want to quit the game addiction completely, the first thing is to understand why we are addicted to playing games.

Three main reasons of game addiction

As a former heavy game addict, I played from high school to college, and then from college to work. Now I only play landlords.

To truly experience the "power" of the game is not so much the power of the game as the "routines" of the game planning are full.

The reason why we are addicted to games is just some means of game planners. I always thought that game planning would be psychological. They know the weakness of human nature, so as long as they act, we will submit.

But this routine is the rules of the game!

Therefore, the first reason for game addiction is meticulous "rules of the game".

The first reason: the game routine is too deep and I am too difficult!

Any game has clear rules (routines), and this rule can also make you get positive feedback every time you complete a step. The longer you play, the greater the gain. For example, strive to upgrade the level to get higher combat effectiveness, strive to play a group to get better equipment, and strive to get a higher position. A good game plan can keep you trapped in the game!

This satisfaction will stimulate your cerebral cortex and secrete more dopamine (a happy and addictive thing), and then this satisfaction will be deeply reflected in your mind.

When you take out your textbook to do advanced math problems, the "villain" in your mind will jump out with a feeling of deja vu, stimulate you and make your hands itch. Then, the picture of Han Xin's "Five Killings 666" appears repeatedly in your mind, and you finally can't control yourself and take out your mobile phone.

Can't wait to open the game, here comes another one!

Your efforts in the game can get immediate positive feedback. You can buy equipment with money and upgrade with monsters. The higher the level, the stronger the fighting capacity. This is why we are addicted.

When studying, we are unlikely to get positive feedback immediately, because it may only be reflected in exams or scholarships.

Compared with games, this is obviously unattractive.

Give another example of using the principle of game addiction.

Inspired by World of Warcraft, Edward Castnava, an economics professor at Indiana University, began to reform the curriculum.

He announced that all students who come to class can get "experience value", the classroom demonstration is called "game task", the exam is called "playing tricks" and the homework becomes "forging". Students are divided into different cooperative groups called "game guilds".

Then, incredibly, this course, which was originally hated by many people, became the most popular course in the whole school.

This is the first reason for game addiction. Let's look at the second reason.

The second reason: there are too many temptations to resist!

The reason why we uninstall downloaded games and download them again and again is precisely because there are incentives around us to stimulate us, which is a vicious circle.

For example, you just made several rankings in the library and lost miserably. You uninstalled the game in a rage, but when you returned to the dormitory, you found that the other three friends were secretly playing the rankings and playing in full swing.

At this time, you looked at your brother in the lower bunk and made a "novice" operation. Your blood is boiling, you can't wait to jump out of bed and do it yourself. So, the picture of how to operate and how to take the five kills jumped out again, and you decisively turned on the phone (fortunately, the installation package is still there, otherwise it would waste a lot of traffic). So, you installed the game again, and played it until the phone power alarm.

The third reason: the loss of goals and the emptiness of nowhere to put them.

When I was in college, game addicts, including me, had one thing in common, that is, they were too "empty".

We live a life of "nothing seems to make sense except games". Only by fighting in the game can we cover up our inner emptiness and paralyze ourselves with noisy excitement.

When you turn off your computer, turn off your cell phone and face the dark ceiling, your inner emptiness arises spontaneously.

The main reason for emptiness is, of course, that we don't have a clear goal and don't know what to do every day, so we can only muddle along. This is the third reason why games are "addictive".

In view of the above three reasons, we give the methods to get rid of game addiction respectively.

The first reason, if you want to quit the game, the first method we give is "delayed enjoyment".

Method 1: Delayed enjoyment and psychological suggestion.

Many articles have mentioned this method, that is, when you particularly want to play games, bear it first. Maybe after 5 minutes, your attention will be diverted, and you will find that you don't want to play so much. Pro-test is effective.

If you really do it, you can give yourself some rewards. This method can be implemented with some mobile apps.

I especially like a sentence, "the lowest level of enjoyment can be easily obtained, and the advanced level of enjoyment can also be obtained through self-discipline, while the highest level of enjoyment can only be experienced through long-term self-discipline and uninterrupted efforts."

Therefore, playing a good game is very simple, and you may only need to invest enough time.

Playing the game of life well is not an easy task, but it may require hard work, courage and a high degree of self-discipline.

In addition to delaying enjoyment, there is another method called psychological suggestion, which is to deal with the problem of long positive feedback period of learning. Your efforts in your study may only be reflected in the final exam and scholarship evaluation, so it is difficult for us to stick to it, which is also based on this reason.

So, what should we do?

Think about how hard you tried to get into college in high school. That's a psychological hint.

We can imagine the satisfaction of using the scholarship to buy the latest mobile phone after getting the scholarship, and we can imagine the happy smile on their faces when they go home in the New Year.

Can you imagine the pride of getting a scholarship in front of your goddess?

All this may make you put down the game and pick up the textbook to study.

We must firmly believe that as long as there is action, there will be gains. For example, you have never done a problem yourself, and suddenly you have done a very difficult problem, which is exactly the same as the standard answer. That sense of accomplishment is irreplaceable, and it may be more fulfilling than getting the "five kills" in the game.

So, don't underestimate these "tricks". Many times, our brain is like a wayward child, which is used to "coax". Some seemingly insignificant methods, but the effect is very good.

Method 2: Stay away from "pollution sources" and enrich yourself.

For the second reason of game addiction, the method we give is to stay away from "pollution sources" and enrich ourselves.

University, a dormitory is a small group, and most activities are based on the dormitory. Game addiction is also easy to spread in this small group.

Never overestimate your self-control ability at any time. When I was in college, I witnessed with my own eyes how a game idiot gradually became a game enthusiast under the influence of my roommate.

Therefore, staying away from roommates who play games is definitely a good way to avoid repeatedly indulging in games, just like the best way to treat allergies is to avoid contact with allergens.

So, what do we rely on to stay away from "pollutants"?

The best way to stay away from the game environment is to let yourself have no time to play games. You must find yourself something to do and keep yourself busy. College life is really more than games, classes, swimming in the library, taking the postgraduate entrance examination, learning English, exercising eloquence, competitions, clubs, basketball, fitness, food, running and falling in love.

If you don't think the above can meet your needs, then you can find a part-time job.

Next, I will give you an example of my college roommate "Fat Man" for your reference.

My roommate, in college, belongs to the kind of person who can't see the dragon, because she is really busy.

At the beginning of my freshman year, in addition to attending classes, I also worked as a tutor, from one to one, with one class for each person. Of course, my salary has doubled. I don't know exactly how many. Anyway, he didn't take a penny from home for four years' living expenses in college.

By the time he was a sophomore, he had made plans for the postgraduate entrance examination. As a result, he no longer worked as a tutor, but worked part-time in a postgraduate counseling institution. As we all know, during the university period, many postgraduate institutions needed people to "sweep the building", distribute leaflets and give various lectures, all of which required part-time staff.

Therefore, he decisively signed up. He doesn't just want to make money. The most important thing is that he can master the first-hand postgraduate information and get a lot of free postgraduate counseling materials. To this end, I didn't miss his postgraduate counseling materials.

Finally, through hard work, he was successfully admitted to his dream university-Zhejiang University.

This example is a real case that happened around him. Let him play games. Sorry, there is no time.

So, if necessary, you can find ten thousand things to fill your spare time, and then, let the game return to its original function-leisure and relaxation.

Keeping yourself "busy" is definitely the most effective way to quit game addiction.

Put extra energy into the sports field and study books. I want to lie in bed and have a good sleep when I get back to the dormitory.

Please believe me, it won't be long before you really lose interest in games. You only take it out once in a while to play a game and then turn it off.

Method 3: Make a plan and try to change it slowly.

According to the third reason of game addiction, the way to quit game addiction is to think about what kind of life you want in the future when you are not playing games or when you are tired of playing games. What career do you want to pursue?

If possible, combine your major, predict a career for yourself, and then make a feasible plan according to this career.

For example, what professional courses do you need to study? Want to learn Python and Matlab programming? Do you want to take CET-4 and CET-6? Do I have to take TOEFL IELTS when I go abroad?

Take myself for example. Although I am a little depressed, I still have something to learn from.

First of all, I studied automation major, universal major. Then, when I was a freshman, I had imagined my future career countless times, and that was to become an "automation engineer".

Moreover, after studying professional courses, my vision is clearer. I have studied many related professional courses, such as power electronics technology, motor driving foundation, computer control, computer network, database and so on.

As long as it is the technology and knowledge that I think automation engineers can use, I will make a decisive choice. To this end, I also specially took an examination of the computer level 4 database engineer.

When I was looking for a job in my senior year, I really got a lot of offer easily.

If you don't know what your major should learn, I'll give you a suggestion. Go to the recruitment website more often, find the position that recruits your major and see what the requirements are. Then, prepare according to the standard of "xxx priority".

All of the above are unlikely to be achieved in one step and need to be implemented step by step, but what is certain is that as long as you take the first step bravely, there are surprises waiting for you ahead.

This is also a kind of positive feedback.

For example, when I was in college, I used to stay up late. Suddenly I got up early for the first time, and then I went to the cafeteria to have breakfast.

Only then did I find out how quiet the morning on the university campus is, how fresh the air is and how bright the sunshine is. Even eating breakfast is such a happy thing, getting up early is simply a kind of enjoyment.

Therefore, since then, I have eaten breakfast more and more times, and gradually gave up the habit of staying up late.

Well, the above is to analyze the three main factors of game addiction from the root, and then give three practical solutions to these three reasons.

Briefly summarize these three methods.

Method 1: Delayed enjoyment and psychological suggestion can be used to divert attention and get positive feedback in advance through psychological suggestion.

Method 2: Stay away from "pollution sources" and enrich yourself. Keep yourself busy, too busy to play games at all.

Method 3: Make a plan and try to change it slowly. By foreseeing your future, then making a feasible plan, and then slowly realizing it, this is a virtuous circle.

You can pick up your schoolbag and step out of the dormitory door first, which is the first step towards success.

Thank you for reading. I hope this article will help you who are addicted to games. If you like this article, please like it and forward it!