7 ways video games are affecting you or others negatively

Many people play video games for many reasons like to have some entertainment, relieve stress, or simply to communicate with other people. In addition, many people use video games in a positive way to better themselves; however, other people may be affected by video games in a negative way. These negative effects can change a person’s behavior, relationships, and mental and physical health. I’ve had a few of these negative effects that have happened to me, but I manage to better myself by being aware of my actions. Furthermore, I think it important to know when you or others are being affected by video games negatively to better yourself or others before things take a turn for the worse.

1. Comes off as violent

When playing video game most of the time they can get very competitive really quick which creates the need to win. When winning the game you feel relieved, accomplished, and content, but many don’t have the same reaction when losing because many feels frustrated, unaccomplished, and angry. These types of emotions can create violent behavior toward the person they lost to or the nearest person around them. This has happened with multiple famous streamers where they would be violent with their significant other when they interrupted them during a game they were struggling in and in turn their channel got taken down and got charged with domestic violence.

2. They’re destroying relationships

Many people don’t like losing when they are trying their hardest to win the game. However, when losing games with other people, many people who are playing tend to blame their teammate for the reason they lost. These disputes can lead to arguments damaging their relationship between each other. In addition, if these arguments continue to happen eventually they will go their separate ways. This has happened to me and my friend; however, we resolved our problems and decided to play with each other only once a week which is less than usually played.

3. Beginning unhealthy obsession

Video games can entertain a variety of different people and certain video games appeal to certain people. Many video games tend to play for at least 2 hours a day when they have free time. However, others tend to play an unhealthy amount of video games which leads to an obsession with video games. An obsession with video games can lead to ruining relationships, forgetting about their health, and violent behavior. Many people can identify when someone has an obsession with video games but the ones who are obsessed with video games don’t seem to notice.

4. Can create a lack of motivation

Most video games can be entertaining due to their story, the gameplay, or simply their characters. This leaves many people to sit in their chairs for countless hours to accomplish their goal. As people play video games for many hours they have more motivation to continue playing than doing productive tasks. For example, people would rather play video games than clean their house because it is enjoyable to play video games than to clean the house. Video games can also create a lack of motivation for exercising, proper health care, and to continue relationships.

5. Can create bad hygiene

Some video games can be very addictive especially when they appeal to their consumers. When the consumer is addicted to playing video games they forget to take care of themselves during and after playing video games. For instance, when a person is playing a video game they take the game seriously, making the player nervous or anxious which can cause them to sweat excessively. Although some may take a shower to clean themselves after playing video games; however, there are some who don’t think it’s necessary to take a shower which can cause serious health issues.

6. Can create horrible diets

Playing video games can be very addictive and really entertaining when you have a lot of free time. This type of behavior can lead the person playing the game to want their food cooked fast and near them, so more often than not they will order fast food. People who are addicted to video games will most likely order fast food because they don’t want to waste time on cooking, but instead they waste more time playing video games. This will eventually become a part of their daily life which will create an unhealthy diet.

7. Having poor posture

When people play video games they don’t tend to notice how they're sitting on their chair or laying down on their bed. Most of the time people sitting in a chair start to slouch when they’re really focused on the video games. In addition, when people are slouching while playing video games they tend to slouch for hours because of how long the game is. when people slouch for hours they develop a horrible posture which can cause health problems in the near future. Although their chairs are designed to better people’s posture; however, they can be really expensive for most people.

Conclusion

In conclusion, video games can negatively affect people in many ways causing many issues for themselves and the surrounding people. Although people can notice how it affects other people, the people being affected can’t notice themselves. However, being aware of people’s negative effects from video games can help to better themselves. In addition, if you can't fully help a person from the negative effects from video games then it can at least reduce the negative effects. In the end video games can benefit people in many ways if used correctly; however, if people misuse video games it can lead to serious consequences causing multiple issues with themselves and others.

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