Matthias Dewilde overcame a long-lasting game addiction and co-founded GameChangers, a Belgian organization providing lectures, workshops, and therapy to help gamers and their families battle problematic game and tech use. Besides having spoken for the European Council and having been nominated for the Flemish Ministry of Media’s ‘Mediawijs’ Awards, he has also shared his story to over 25.000 children in schools, inspiring them to maintain healthy tech habits. He is the author of ‘Game Over’, which helps parents understand and tackle game addiction. Most of his proudest work however is with teenagers and adults struggling with game or tech addiction, whom he helps overcome underlying issues such as social anxiety, procrastination and escapism to help them create new, fulfilling lives free from addiction.
