Question by Daniel P. Truxell: Has anyone ever attended video game addiction counseling?
Yahoo was posting a lot of stories about World of Warcraft and all of the shrinks switching their practice to video game addiction counseling a while back. I personally have never played WOW, but one of my friends is a total crackhead about it. He’s cool – holds an awesome job and blah blah blah, but I could see how it could turn into a real problem for some people. So has anybody been through one of these programs to ween themselves off? What happened, what was it like?
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Answer by punk_rock_guy_chris
No but if you do find one my girl friend would probably like to know about it.
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i havent been to one but i have heard of them
the only problem with them is that once you start playing again(even if its casually with friends) you will get caught again(like any addiction) video games are fun but if played to and addiction you should be able to stop yourself
i have played WoW and i understand its “addictive” nature to it but at some point people need to realize its just a game and you cant do it forever
“Hi, my names TJ” {Hi, TJ}
“And I’m a vido game addict.”
There were stories about psychiatrists who tried to get the AMA to acknowledge video game addiction as an actual addiction. Given how limited his research was, the AMA declined to accept his findings.
I play it myself. Personally, I refuse to believe that WoW is addictive. It is not a drug, it is a video game.
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