ADDICTED TO THE GAME

Here are two definitions of addiction, to know if you or someone you know has an addiction.
 1. The person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep him going.
2. If the person does not get more of the substance or behavior, he becomes irritable and miserable.
Addictions now days aren’t just to drugs and alcohol like some may thing, but people are actually addicted to Video games!

While reading this article I thought it was crazy that now days, you can actually compare video games to a drug addiction. If you would have told me that a few years ago I would have thought you were crazy, but it makes sense!  When people cannot play their video games they become angry, violent, or depressed. If a parent takes away the computer their child sits in the corner and cries, the refuse to eat, sleep, or do anything. Sound familiar? When an addict doesn’t get their “fix” they can become very angry and violent, as well as depressed. They will do anything for their fix no matter what they have to do to get it! AKA – a child crying and refusing to eat and sleep will trigger the parent into letting them have what they want, and that is video games.

It’s the same as alcohol in the sense that it can make you “escape your world for awhile and not be yourself,” people drink to make them feel differently just as people play video games because it is somewhat of  a fantasy world, it is an escape from “real life.”

Video games, as drugs can ruin your life. If you are in front of your computer or television for five hours at a time, you most likely will have no social life, and begin “falling of the planet.” You may set other things aside like homework, playing sports, and exercising. It can get in the way of your job as well as relationships.

Here are some symptoms to know if you are actually addicted to video games.
# Playing for increasing amounts of time
# Thinking about gaming during other activities
# Gaming to escape from real-life problems, anxiety, or depression
# Lying to friends and family to conceal gaming
# Feeling irritable when trying to cut down on gaming

Video Gamers have to learn to limit their time, it is like an alcoholic, they cannot always avoid the computer or television, and in a sense it is like an alcoholic saying I will just have one drink, it doesn’t happen one drink turns into many just as one house of gaming turns into the entire night!

I think this is fascinating that there are detox centers and camps for people who are addicted to video games! Who would have ever thought this could ever happen, yet it has and it is a serious issue now days with many children as well as adults all over the world!