Online Gaming Addiction: In today’s digital age, online gaming has become a popular means of entertainment. In the last few years, the popularity of online games has skyrocketed in India too. However, it also has many negative effects, which are coming to light day by day.
lost 96 lakhs in online gaming
Amidst the growing popularity of online gaming in India, a shocking news has come to light, which has shocked the whole country. This is the story of Himanshu Mishra, a brilliant student from Jharkhand. Himanshu Mishra is only 22 years old, but he has fallen into a deep debt of Rs 96 lakh due to his gaming addiction. Now Himanshu’s family has also left him. Even his mother does not even talk to him. This incident is not only a big blow to Himanshu and his family, but it also makes us think about the dangers of gaming addiction.
While talking on a YouTuber Shalini Kapoor Tiwari’s podcast, Himanshu himself gave detailed information about his problem. While talking about this, he started crying bitterly. Let us tell you about this sad story of Himanshu and in the end we will also tell you how you can avoid such dangerous gaming addiction.
I got 98% marks in JEE
Himanshu Mishra hails from Bihar and is a promising student. He scored 98% marks in IIT JEE, which made his family very proud of him. This also makes us understand that he is not an illiterate. He is well educated, but still a very bad addiction to online betting gaming apps like Dream-11 has ruined his then life. Himanshu named Dream-11 and Mahadev App in his story and told how people like him lose lakhs of rupees due to addiction to such gaming apps.
After performing brilliantly in the JEE exam, Himanshu initially took up online gaming just for entertainment. He started playing games with a small amount of just Rs 49, but gradually his addiction increased and he started playing games on betting apps.
Himanshu started withdrawing money from his account and investing it in gaming without his parents’ knowledge. His addiction grew so much that he started borrowing money from his friends and relatives. He even lost his school fees in gambling. His gaming addiction also started affecting his family’s financial condition.
The whole family including the parents sacrificed
Himanshu’s gaming addiction started putting not only Himanshu but also his family in debt, but after that Himanshu’s family abandoned him. Himanshu’s mother, father, brother etc. all the members not only kept him away from the house but also stopped talking to him.
Himanshu’s mother filed an affidavit in the court and abandoned him. Himanshu told that his father had told him, “You have ruined me so much that even when I am on the verge of death, do not come to give me water. Now Himanshu has nothing left to lose except crying.
Himanshu’s story tells us about the dangers of gaming addiction. His story is an example of how online gaming addiction can ruin the lives of young people. Himanshu lost money for his studies, destroyed relationships and was even legally abandoned by his parents.
Dangers of Gaming Addiction
Himanshu’s story makes us think about the dangers of gaming addiction. Online gaming has many dangers, some of which are as follows:
- Economic Losses: Investing money in gaming can result in financial loss.
- Mental health: Gaming addiction can cause mental stress, depression and anxiety.
- Social and family isolation: Gaming addiction can lead to social and family isolation.
- Impact on education and career: Gaming addiction can also affect education and career.
The role of society and government in online gaming
It is not that the entire fault of losing money due to online gaming lies only with Himanshu or other gamers like Himanshu, who lose thousands and lakhs of rupees every day. Our society and government also have a role in this. From TV to newspapers and radio to social media, there is a flood of advertisements of online gaming everywhere. Every day hundreds or thousands of advertisements of online gaming are shown, which promotes such dangerous gaming and youth like Himanshu fall prey to it.
The government needs to take strict action against this and every family in the society needs to pay strict attention to their children so that they can be saved from such bad and dangerous addiction in time.
We need awareness and caution to deal with gaming addiction. We should educate our children and youth about the dangers of gaming addiction and motivate them towards a healthy and balanced lifestyle.
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