Video Game Addiction? Part 2 of 4

Is electronic game addiction real or hype?

Shavaun Scott is a psychotherapist, MMO player, and specializes in helping players with problems.

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• videogame
• addiction
• electronic
• PC
• computer
• game
• mmo
• rpg
• fps
• wow
• psychotherapy
• psychology

[sripathyakasrip]

I wasn't allowed to play video games from Mondays to Thursdays as a very young boy. I had to read novels instead, which I'm actually very grateful for. Reading has to start very early in life really, otherwise it will never become a regular habit later on in life.

[gamerchronicles]

@sripathyakasrip Good point.  What we spend most of our time doing is what we become good at. Thanks for your comment.

[TokyoNerd]

There's a difference between playing a game excessively because you enjoy it, rather than being addicted. I find it funny how people who don't understand the difference, always seem to be the one who (think) are experts at analyzing it or something.

[gamerchronicles]

@TokyoNerd What is "excessively"...?

[TokyoNerd]

@gamerchronicles excessively = too much. In this case, it's be too many videos games played. 

[gamerchronicles]

@TokyoNerd I know what the literal meaning of excessively is...but on a behavioral level, how would you determine how much is too much?

[sega7]

Finally! Someone talking about video games who doesnt call them the root of all evil and wants them destroyed!

[r0xb0x]

omg, i have a problem, lets play to forget this

[sripathyakasrip]

I wasn't allowed to play video games from Mondays to Thursdays as a very young boy. I had to read novels instead, which I'm actually very grateful for. Reading has to start very early in life really, otherwise it will never become a regular habit later on in life.

[TokyoNerd]

@gamerchronicles If it's all you're doing, then I think that'd be too much. But if you did other things in between, I wouldn't be so concerned.

[pufflelover1]

This part in a nutshell: R0xb0x already said it.

[mega5layer090]

i play games but i cant get made fun of for anything in games and i like talking to other people and getting the joy of completing "Quests" i like exploring the world and getting houses and calling the character "me" and putting myself into the game it just takes all the stress from me and i just looove to get away from the real world and put myself into a game and just relax