Game addictionPost Date: 2018-06-29 |
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carefulpunch 
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I have been playing online games since I was 13 years old. I seldom go out with friends because I enjoy playing more than anything else. My playing schedule is from morning to night. Is this already considered as a game addiction?
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Jerrar
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Posted: 29 Jun 2018 at 1:31am |
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I am pretty much the same. What the WHO claims as addiction is if you play such that it affects your normal life, it controls you, you cannot stop playing, you prioritize gaming over other things in life like job, studies, chores etc.
So its safe to say If you are anything like me you are not an addict. But if you do any of the things mentioned above, you are an addict and should look to get clean yourself or get help. |
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hoserator
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Posted: 29 Jun 2018 at 1:43am |
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Like Jerrar states, if you can conduct yourself in a productive way and not abandon all semblance of a normal life with your close ones (friends and/or family), then you are not addicted to gaming. It is when you can only game to the exclusion of everything else in your life (and you look it) that you might have a problem and need professional help. I would venture to say, without knowing your particular details, that you are not addicted if you are wondering if you are. Usually people with mental issues are the last ones to recognize them, if they ever do. Game on.
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bprat22
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Posted: 29 Jun 2018 at 2:32am |
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I think we’ve all thought that at one time or another.
Addiction is usually associated with adverse effects, like health issues, losing your money, throwing family away, etc. 
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nubatpc
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Posted: 03 Jul 2018 at 10:41pm |
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Addiction is the physical dependence on something so no ur not addicted
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suck at pc
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hoserator
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Posted: 04 Jul 2018 at 2:31am |
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You can be addicted to a behavior and not necessarily a physical substance. The determining factors have to do with the rewards perceived by the conduct that reaches a level which is detrimental to the individual's health. That can be by gaming.
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carefulpunch
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Posted: 04 Jul 2018 at 5:20am |
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Thank you for the insights. My online game is already affecting my relationship with other people since I prioritize it more. Upon reading this article (https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/depression), I come to realize that I have a problem and need to seek professional help.
Edited by carefulpunch - 04 Jul 2018 at 5:23am |
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nubatpc
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Posted: 04 Jul 2018 at 11:03am |
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suck at pc
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nubatpc
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Posted: 04 Jul 2018 at 11:04am |
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suck at pc
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Batman34
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Posted: 07 Jul 2018 at 9:11pm |
I wish you the best of luck.
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"It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me." - Batman Begins
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Michaelbucher
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Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 10:09pm |
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I use tp have the same problem if yiu can conduct yourself like what was saod earlier your good
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carefulpunch
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Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 3:19am |
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Thank you for all the kind words, guys :)
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Alberto
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Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 3:12pm |
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I would like to share this idea i have realized a while back when i used to play 10 hours and more a day.
I have had a friend, a game designer with his own team working on casual games. He told me that the longest part of the job is not the putting everything together and leading the team to a game release, but the accumulation of the ideas. He said that since the childhood, every movie he watched, or game he played was part of his job to a successful lead game designer. And you can see the point. We all have the potential to becoming something out of all this experience we accumulate. What if any time now all these experiences will lead you to some idea which otherwise would be impossible? I believe we are achieving our life purpose and it includes gaming, or whatever we do. Every bit of information is useful for the future self :) |
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JudgeJury
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Posted: 17 Aug 2018 at 2:42am |
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I don't think that it's an addiction; we all enjoy it and it does not harm our bodies too; Addiction always harms the body but gaming addiction? Definitely not
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Gustie
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 5:10am |
Yeah what i think also is that we might get an answer in the future, but now gaming as an "addiction" was invented for 20 years or so. I wouldn't call the old console games addictive if we go into the earlier years.. Gaming is somewhat mental gymnastics, learning to react, overcome obstacles etc., while real addiction is that you won't learn anything, and blocks you from growing for a period of time. |
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Snaike
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 8:02am |
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IMHO today's society has confused and diluted the definitions of "addiction", "habit" and "hobby" in an effort to sound edgy. My grandfather had trains.. he would spend hours and hours each day on his scaled RR and town. Back then it was a hobby.. society today would want to have an "intervention for his addiction".
So, no. I don't think gaming is an addiction. |
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Cretae
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 9:45am |
Excellent observation and analysis! Thanks for sharing. 
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Batman34
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 11:06am |
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Personally, I believe gaming can become an addiction or a very bad habit in certain circumstances. One could argue that the stimulation games provide can become a psychological dependence (https://americanaddictioncenters.org/the-addiction-cycle/psychological-dependence/). However, there are many different factors that can contribute to one being disposed to said condition. Obviously, this PC forum is by no means a scientific journal, but I can point out a couple other mental conditions that negatively influence people's lives:
Kleptomania- a recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit (Google Definition). Ludomania-an urge to gamble continuously despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop (Wiki). The key thing to remember about gaming is balance and moderation. Nothing wrong with playing games, but it becomes an issue when it inhibits you from putting down the controller and completing other responsibilities in your life. |
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bprat22
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Posted: 21 Aug 2018 at 11:24am |
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I agree with Batman. Gaming has proven to be an addiction by the medical field. An addiction doesn’t have to be physically harmful like drug addiction. While most of us can spend hours at a time playing our favorite game, we still have the sense to put it down when it’s time for school, or to eat or to pay the bills. There are gamers out there, and lots of them, that spend thousands of dollars they can’t afford to play games like FFXV because they need just one more pack to stay in the ranking.
Game addiction leads to unsociable behavior, bad grades in school, losing friends and family, all the same results as gambling, sex addiction, etc. The vast majority of gamers can game without losing touch with what’s important. Most people can gamble or have sex or take a prescription drug and control it. But not all.
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Posted: 25 Aug 2018 at 2:28pm |
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LOL
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 3:20am |
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As mentioned earlier, as long as you can do other things besides gaming and it doesnt affect other aspects of your life it should be OK. If you need to force yourself and feel the compulsion to play games, i think you should search for medical attention.
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Posted: 28 Aug 2018 at 9:25am |
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I don't really believe in gaming addiction. I have tried to look into it seriously, and the facts seems too biased by the medical, psychology community or parents.
It's the lack of gaming for the past older generations that now do not understand this phenomena. I think as we grow and humanity evolves through technology, these things comes naturally. Who would play with their imagination and toys now when they can play with worlds full of quests and see the numbers go up. |
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LooseLuetta
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Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 7:59am |
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Gaming can definitely become an addiction if you allow it to be. I know everything about that, as at one point I was spending too much time playing video games and began to get alot of slack about my time being spent playing games and not doing other things. You just have to find that righthe balance where you don't allow it to take over your life.
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Marylle
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Posted: 02 Sep 2018 at 9:50am |
Well said, i've been there too. When you have done everything you know you have to do, the duties, the exams, the work. Then it feels fine even if you play marathons. But when you know you really have to do something right now, and you still emotionally say to yourself "aight this one more game.. okay one more.." leaving duties for the last moment, then it feels like an addiction, and what is worse that you are aware of it, it feels bad Edited by Marylle - 02 Sep 2018 at 9:54am |
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Posted: 06 Sep 2018 at 7:13am |
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It is not a problem, as long as you do not lock yourself completely in you house or leave aside the obligations of your daily life. I am also more of staying at home enjoying a good game
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