willywagga

My son is 23 lives at home, he contributes some money towards his keep from a job he had. He is reasonably polite to other family members when he interacts with them, which isn't very often. The problem is this, he regularly has 36/40 hour stints playing Runescape nonstop on his computer in his room, no sleep at all, occasional weed breaks and eats some food when it's there. Otherwise Runescape nonstop, after these enormous binges he'll sleep for 10 hours or so, then do another 30+hour stint. He argues that this does not affect him, that really it is none of our business, after all he is 23. He has some friends he see briefly during the week, the shared interest here is probably weed, they're nice guys, and we are glad of the interaction. He hasn't had a girlfriend for a few years. His life is progressively more isolated. In conversation he is increasingly intolerant of others opinions of anything, and seems to be more and more animated in his understanding of reality, he has little or no interest in anything else. I feel he is slipping into an extremity I have no experience of, I'm not sure what to do. He insists he doesn't need 'help'. But I think he is lost and probably depressed. Anybody got any input here I'd apprec