'Too much video game time can be a problem', The WHO

[Chrizum]

BraLoD said:

zorg1000 said:

Holy shit, way to blow things way out of proportion and put words in my mouth. I said if he spends ALL his time playing games as in from the time he gets home from school to the time he goes to bed or all day every weekend & summer/winter vacations.

And yes craving sex so much to the point where its all you care about is a disorder.

The point is that you are not considering why the kid do it, just labelling it as a mental problem out of the blue.

What's the problem if the kid uses all his time to play? If it's going to school and doing what it should, and you pointed here, what's the problem?

Yes addiction is a thing, it's very common actually, people can even get addicted on working, which may benefit them even if it's still an addiction.

But a mental disorder... that's far too much, like the guy in the video said, look at what is classified as a mental disorder and compare it with really liking something, WAY out of proportion.

An addiction is a mental disorder (in most cases). Addictions can form for a lot of reasons. Some of them can be relatively harmless, but in most cases an addiction impairs someone's ability to function properly. An addiction is definitely not the same as just really liking something.

Last edited by Chrizum - on 20 June 2018