![]() ![]() ![]() The problem that Chandler most encounters as a result of too much mobile gaming is sleep disturbance. If our behaviors and our thoughts about them are out of line, it’s easier to change our thoughts than our behavior, but it’s the behavior we have to focus on.” Key risks: Bad sleep, squandered intimacy and gaming as self-medicating On some level you think it's bad and so you're having to talk yourself out of feeling bad. “This is a powerful psychological theory: resolution of Cognitive Dissonance. “When we have the opportunity to rationalize a behavior, that's a sign you have to work against it,” says Chandler. The moment we start rationalizing our behavior to ourselves is the moment we should know a change is needed. “Is it really so bad if I’m addicted to phone games?” I’d ask myself, countering, “It’s not like I’m abusing drugs. But a few weeks later I got bored and downloaded a new game - and another, and another. ![]()
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