[invalidOrTaken]

if it helps, my parents were not overprotective, and I was in a similar place when I was 19

[royaltjames]

Same here, and in some ways still am. Mine was abuse-filled with a lot of neglect.

[lolinder]

Abuse and neglect are definitely another way to end up with severe anxiety and stress that gets masked by compulsive video game use. I didn't dwell on that because I haven't seen it as often and because the little evidence I have suggests that no one could accuse the original poster of neglect.