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were younger did your parents ever complain that you were addicted to video

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games after you'd been hanging out in the mushroom kingdom for too long i mean

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maybe you're still hearing that from some members of your family well guess

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what the world health organization not to be confused with that ban from the uk

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classified gaming disorder as a real

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health problem earlier this year so did that scolding that you were given about

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how much time you spent in front of a screen actually have some merit to it

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well turns out the answer is maybe but it's important to keep in mind that

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whether you have an actual gaming addiction

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isn't predicated on just how long you spend playing in fact plenty of people

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frequently engage in lengthy gaming sessions without suffering from a true

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addiction instead the folks who classify gaming

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addiction as an actual disease focus on the ways that gaming can affect an

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individual's life specifically the who focuses on whether

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a gamer has difficulty putting the controller down when they want or need

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to do other things and whether they feel compelled to play games like a 15 year

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old boy from britain who missed an entire year of school playing fortnite

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rather than simply gaming because it's an activity that they enjoy

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and to be fair that definition does actually sound fairly reasonable

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and it also sounds a lot like how people decide if they have a problem with other

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more traditional vices such as substance use or gambling there's obviously a much

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greater risk of losing staggering amounts of money if you feel like you

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have to gamble as opposed to spending a few bucks on the occasional lotto ticket

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but if gaming addiction is so similar to other forms of dependence why is its

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classification by the who generating so much backlash after all the who said

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that it based its decision on the fact that many people around the world were

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being treated for the same symptoms well many in the gaming community feel that

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this is just yet another undeserved black eye for the industry after renewed

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public discussion about whether video games are partially to blame for things

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like school violence despite the fact that a causal link has never been proven

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there and there does seem to be merit to

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the argument that the real problem for those who are addicted to

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something is the state of mind rather

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than the actual focus of their specific addiction and that a person who's

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addicted to video games might have the same compulsive feelings as a person

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who's addicted to smoking junk food or alternative forms of entertainment

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there's also concern that whose classification is reflective of a moral

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panic in which video games are simply a punching bag for societal and health

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issues that may actually be caused by different things and this view isn't

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just widespread among gamers but some psychologists also believe that the

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decision to list gaming disorder specifically in the international

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classification of diseases was premature

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and based on weak evidence and even the who itself admits that the alleged

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disorder only affects a small number of people and there was actually an oxford

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university study in 2016 indicating gaming addiction might affect only about

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three percent of gamers at most but there are fears that the mere fact

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it's being recognized as a disease will result in heightened scrutiny on the

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game industry and on individual gamers themselves whose passion for their hobby

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could easily be mistaken as addiction to someone who doesn't share the same

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interests but with specialized clinics for treating compulsive gaming sprouting

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up around the world and with some countries like south korea even looking

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at banning children and teens from online gaming during certain hours

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who exactly is right here well we aren't

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doctors here at techwiki but here's what we can say with a fair degree of

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certainty if playing games is a major part of your life but it doesn't keep

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you from your other obligations and you don't have difficulty putting them down

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when you need to rock on brother

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but if you do think you might have a problem it's really important to

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remember that there is zero shame in seeking out help if you need it

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