Is it normal that my parents don't understand that i'm not alone?

I'm afraid you won't like what I have to say but I'll say it anyway. I don't think it really matters so much whether or not your parents are aware that others are addicted to the internet or gaming. I would imagine that your parents' primary concerns would be you, your welfare, your future, your psychological welfare, etc.

Sadly I do not have any children, but if I did I would be most concerned with them alone. I agree with your parents you're probably spending too much time on the computer.

Internet socialization is not the same.
Replacing real activities with digital ones is not good.
People are meant to go outside and do things.

You do make very strong points with your imagery. I know it sounds strange, and I admit it abnormal, that I actually prefer to exist at this point rather than living. I wait my sentence, see. I hate being a child. What a naive thing to say, yes? I don't like living in my youth. I'd favour adulthood over childhood if I could, any day, but time is something that has to pass. I can see the counter already; make the most of what you have, live young while you can. I find it hard to indulge that, though. I, as it is, am probably one of the younger people on this site, and less experienced. But I believe I have enough experience to know what I think is right, even if it isn't.

I am confident that shutting the world out is wrong, but I do so anyways, locking the feelings I have away, putting on a mask to others' fancy. I do this because I don't like attention, and so I put the problems that would cause bemusement away, such as my withdrawal from sociality. I can say from experience that some answers lead only to more questions. And could you guess, the one thing I want to have right now? Simplicity. I want simplicity in my life because when there is simplicity, there are less questions to ask. You're a sailor, eh? Sounds nice. Simple. I'm sure you could relate. So I'm a bloody caterpillar in its cocoon, waiting to be a butterfly. (Most unoriginal analogy ever) And my parents covet for the caterpillar I so desperately hate.

It is you who are losing out by hiding away in your room on the computer. No matter how you look at it, that is not living; it is existing.
If you were my kid, you'd lose that computer and instead of allowing you to hide away in your room when you were home, you would be kept so busy with chores that you'd never want to come home, but forced out into the real world and with real people.

Parents are to blame if their child is spending too much time doing just one thing. it could be any other hobby also not just video games,

what if one spends all their time reading books ? does that not get the same stigma?

no because video games sadly will always be picked on by mainstream media

before video games, there was metal,films then it was psychedelic music, then it was the comics, there is always a scapegoat that the media like to portray and parents just eat that shit up and believe what ever they are told and then blame everything on video games instead admitting they themselves are in the wrong

I play video games, i enjoy Youtube, I play guitar, spend time with friends and family,enjoy going for walks etc

so moderation is fine like anything in life

at end of the day motivation is the soul reason to get anything done in life!

For some reason the question always seems to become blurred by comments...

Well my brother has a gaming addiction. Instead of going to university the military or getting a job he chose to souly dedicate his life to games. With all this free time after graduating he decided to go to more and more elaborate gaming events that all cost a lot of money and makes my mom pay for it. Some of these events in a completely different city or state.

He doesn't even clean up after himself. He always dedicated his life to nothing other than video-games but now he doesn't have school where before it was mandatory. He is over the age of 18 already and not even trying to do anything for himself.

Even though he had a lot of expensive colleges offer him full rides and half way scholarships, an offer from the military, and with his grades and backgrounds could easily pick up a job.(My sibling had straight A since they were 6 years old)

Yet he doesn't try and doesn't care to since he thinks his mother will baby him forever. While I been attempting to find work since age 16 and wasn't able to get one till age 19. So yes I could see where this would be a problem for a parent. Maybe you should stop playing so many video-games.

This is also a disorder recently added to the DSM-5. Its called "Internet and gaming addiction". So yeah you need to get back to reality.

Well, for a long time there, I only went to college. What time I had left was spent with my fiancee on online games. Online friends are who I hang with mostly because my job or college takes up the big majority of my time.