AM I the Only One Who Thinks Video Game Addiciton Is Not Real?
Question by IIIIIIIIII: AM I the only one who thinks video game addiciton is not real?
For some reason I believe that video game addiction is not real. I believe that it is the newest scapegoat to go to and to point fingers at when something is bad. A comon thing I hear “IF you can get addicted to video games you can get addicted to anything.” Um, no not really. Currently VG addiction does not exist in the DSM. Here is a list of reasons why I think they are not real
1. Kids would rather play video games than do homework.
I hear this one a lot. I would hear from people “These children are neglecting their homework or adults are nneglectingtheir work to play video games.” Well, no matter who you are or what job you have. Doing homework and school work sucks
2. VIdeo games make people anti social. Um, no. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Video games don’t make people anti social it is the persons choice
3. You can get bored of video games. Just like a book or a movie. People often get bored of video games and would probably move on to something else for a while after they are bored
4. We don’t say television is addicting or books are addicting. We believe that these are normal hobbies or aactivity’speople do and none questions that.
5. There might be some underlying problem. People with so called “Video Game Addiction” might have some other problem like depression or some other case that they have.
6. Parents use video games as a babysiter than go complain. I believe that some parents would use VGs as a baby sitter and then when they find out that they have been playing for 72 hours or something they would go and blame the video games for its fault. Not the parents who let their kid play for so long.
There was recently a video game addiction clinic that opened up a few years ago who closed its doors because they thought that video games arn’t the problem. But it might be some other problem that people have.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2008/dec/02/game-addiction-amsterdam-health
Best answer:
Answer by Tuebor
Psychological addiction is real, but this issue has been blown out of proportion. Kids have always wanted to play games instead of doing homework or chores.
The issue is that people are having kids before they are even mature enough to take care of themselves
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