Why Your Son Refuses to Admit He's Addicted to Gaming

Parents! These are the 11 reasons why your teen or young adult stays in denial about their gaming problem... even when it's so obvious that it's affecting their life. I know, because when I was addicted to gaming, everyone around me knew I had a problem. My mom knew, my dad knew, even my friends knew. But getting me to admit it? That was a different story entirely. I was in complete denial. So this is the advice I wish my parents knew back when I was stuck in my problem. TAKE OUR ADDICTION TEST ► https://gamequitters.com/video-game-a... COACHING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES ► https://gamequitters.com/reclaim PARENT FB GROUP: https://gamequitte.rs/parentgroup Watch this video next: https://gamequitters.com/family-3secr... Timestamps: 00:00 - Why is my gamer in denial? 03:18 - What is the gaming addiction cycle? 04:25 - First reason 06:18 - Second reason 08:32 - Third reason 10:32 - Fourth reason 13:02 - Fifth reason 15:33 - Sixth reason 17:04 - Seventh reason 18:23 - Eighth reason 20:16 - Ninth reason 22:17 - Tenth reason 24:58 - Eleventh reason 26:45 - How to get help About Cam: Cam Adair is an international speaker, entrepreneur, and pioneer on video game addiction. He is the founder of Game Quitters, the world’s largest support community for video game addiction, serving 75,000 members in 95 countries. A talented hockey player, Cam’s life took a dramatic turn at the age of 11 when he began to experience intense bullying, leading him to drop-out of high school. He never graduated, and while all of his friends were off to college, Cam was playing video games up to 16 hours a day. Struggling with depression he got to the point of writing a suicide note, and it was this night when he made a commitment to change. Named one of Canada's top 150 leaders in Mental Health, his work has been published in Psychiatry Research, and featured in two TEDx talks, Forbes, BBC, the New York Times, NPR, CNN, and ABC 20/20, amongst others. His videos on YouTube have over three million views.