A roommate of mine, who has been living with me for about half year, is nice and humor, but looks extremely thin.
There is a problem with him that he is really crazy about computer games, and he can spend all his free time involing himself with them. And sometimes he stays up late untill the next morning just in order to get the levels. I can say that he fouces on the video games more than anyone in his life. I just cannot understand why he has such energy in doing this and do not feel guilty or shame of wasting his cherishing youth.
As a friend, I have talked so much to him about how the games influcened his health and even maybe do harm to his future, but he just smiled and still went on what he did. I am feel depressed because my words cannot work to him at all. He is deeply adicted to the virtual life, and I hate the computer games that ruin a youth' life.
I find that he is kind of stubborn especially involing the topics about belife, health and games. I am so surpised that he is just at the begainning of twentysomething, but his values has become so solide that cannot easilly be changed or accept others' opinion. I doubt that whether or not it is the consequence of continually playing computer games.
I really want to help him because the games have made him give out exercise and he can stay in bed all day long except go to bathroom. I really do not know how to do with him, and hope someday he would return to the normal life.
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Sorry it has been a long time since leaving here, forgetting to reply immediately of all your comments . My roommate failed in his first post-graduate examination, but now he is working hard for his experiment. Good luck to him.
Hello Arthur. I am sorry about your friend but more sorry that he doesn't understand how bad is this situation. Actually my english is not so good so i didn't understand, do you still live in the same room? If yes, then why don't you try to bring the normal life in the room? I mean, you can make a party in the room, call some friends, not many and also friends that he already know. Try to create a pleasant atmposphere and let's hope that he will find it interesting. Or you can communicate with his parents and his old friends and ask advice.
Computer games can be addictive. I've read stories of people die because of addiction to computer games that they totally forgotten everything else. Unfortunately this kind of addiction is more prevalent nowadays. Just try to remind him now and then, but I guess he's 'old' enough to know better. There's so much you can do, that if your friend didn't take heed to your advice, there's nothing more you can do to help him.
Mmmm, that's really bad !! And I am sorry for your friend. I think he has an addictive personality, he finds joy and fun in the games he plays, generally, this kind of people are creative. the solution is that he should not get into that fun continually. But how? ask help from a psychologist.
I wish him recovery!