Gaming addiction

It's now considered a mental health disorder by the World Health Organization (WHO).

http://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42541404

My mother saw this on the news and immediately started pointing fingers at me. I wish the broadcaster had mentioned that this only impacts a small amount of people who game like it does on the WHO website. Other than the risk of parents getting worried for nothing I think this could be beneficial for individuals who do have this problem.

What is your opinion on this?

I think its all bullshit and just gives them other people to blame. "oh I got addicted to gaming and it ruined my life"

I think its all bullshit and just gives them other people to blame. "oh I got addicted to gaming and it ruined my life"

I think its all bullshit and just gives them other people to blame. "oh I got addicted to gaming and it ruined my life"

While I do think gaming is addicting, these people pay way too much attention to the negatives. You can still learn a lot of things about gaming and theres some positives to it. I just don't think its all that bad really.

21-06-2018, 02:04 PM

Lolicon Wrote: I think its all bullshit and just gives them other people to blame. "oh I got addicted to gaming and it ruined my life"

Not really bullshit. People do get addicted like any other thing and they can't stop themselves. Many members on this site that are addicted to games.

Gaming doesn't ruin your life, well depending on its outcome and how you receive it. But some studies have shown that gaming as improved peoples reaction time, and sense of their environment, I have played some fast pace games in the past, and my outcome it that I have a better awareness in driving both my motorcycle and my truck. I know some people may say that is false, but I highly recommend doing some research on the matter before jumping to conclusions about it.