Consequences of Overplaying... 💥

[Twiluna-argent-dawn]

You can actually go to NA meetings if you are a gaming addict.

Also…

Hi I’m Twiluna, and i’m a addict.

[Punyelf-draenor (Punyelf)]

[Nagrash-draenor (Nagrash)]

Oh damn you’re right, wow theres alot more help available already.

Kinda glad I left the house before this was a thing when I lived with my parents Might’ve been only slightly addicted, luckily my current job doesn’t really allow me to be since I’m on call 24/7.

[Cosmokramer-outland]

None of this is original

[Giambalin-anachronos]

@Twiluna-argent-dawn

Hi I’m Twiluna, and i’m a addict.

Hello Twiluna…

[Dottie-thunderhorn (Dottie)]

Punyelf, that is a catastrophy.

I’m not addicted to gaming, he says after playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider for 4 hours last night. Usually I’m not like that.

[Twìluna-argent-dawn]

Hallo Giambalin :3

[Maximaless-argent-dawn]

It’s all about the awareness

[Emi-ashbringer]

I’m writing here to voice how ridiculous this game has become. I’ve been playing WoW for as long as i can remember and never before has my time and effort in the game felt so meaningless. I put several hours a day into the game to find that RNG decides i dont deserve a good piece of gear from this weeks chest. Repeatedly pushing for higher tier content with my lack of gear is brain damaging and the addition of the grindwheel that is the horrific vision system is nothing short of a downgrade to the game system. I will not be paying for a re sub as my time spent on this game now feels like a waste of time.
Sincerely,
A used to be wow lover

[Maximaless-argent-dawn]

Had a aggro day yesterday and took a break for the day, always nice to just sit back, watch some tv and chill with your dog.

[Maximaless-argent-dawn]

@Maximaless-argent-dawn

Had a aggro day yesterday and took a break for the day

Helped alot

[Bagdawg-moonglade]

This WHO bullcrap about video gaming being an official disease is just that, bullcrap.

It’s a mental issue sure, but it’s not just confined to video gaming, or even gaming. It can apply to anything from trainspotting (the hobby,not the movie) to collecting stamps.

The WHO statement shows an amazing amount of ignorance and also a distinct discrimination against an activity they just don’t understand, therefore it must be bad (same sort of thing happened to Rock’n’Roll in the 50’s, Pen and paper RP games and Heavy Metal in the 70’s)

It’s what I call The Daily Mail syndrome, if the older generation doesn’t understand what their kids are doing then it must be bad/evil/disgusting etc.

[Twiluna-argent-dawn]

@Bagdawg-moonglade

but it’s not just confined to video gaming

You’re right.

I was speaking in general though.

[Stepal-eonar (Stepal)]

Tbh I find video game addiction a bit of a bizarre concept.

I mean if someone were sitting at home reading books all day everyday then no one would call them a ‘book addict’. And it is seen as completely normal for people to watch television all night every night in most countries. Yet you never hear about ‘television addiction’. Well perhaps sometime decades ago.

Sure, people find distractions to avoid dealing with problems but that really doesn’t have much to do with the actual thing they are doing.

It’s also a rather strange time to say ‘hey, cut down your time doing about the only activity you can still do together with other people’ during a period where everyone has to spend the majority of their time at home.

[Mohenjo-hydraxian-waterlords]

It’s very pick and choose.

Most diagnostic manuals for mental disorders will work off a diathetic/stress model, a la you only qualify for the disorder if the activity is impacting stuff like your general quality of life, day to day functioning, ability to maintain relationships etc.

The issue is it’s only applied to certain things. Like if gaming causes above, it’s a disorder. Same for having obsessive or compulsive behaviours.
Yet if your employment causes the above, there’s no disorder for such recognised, which is ironic given employment is probably the greatest cause of potential imbalance in maintaining life priorities, stress, excessive worry etc. Lots of people work outside of contracted hours to keep up, it’s kind of expected.

This goes to show it eventually boils down to a form of social control/appraisal. If you experience X due to Y, it’s bad and you’re I’ll because Y is not socially approved. If you experience X due to Z, it’s fine, that’s normal, and in some cases we’ll give it a positive label like “having a tremendous work ethic”

The whole arena of non physiological diagnostics in medicine is very wild west tbh and it would be difficult to call it a science. The definitions of what qualifies certain mental illnesses according to the ICD and DSM change every year in accordance with cultural mores, yet it’s presented as being scientific in a similar way to diagnosing empirical conditions. It really isn’t.

[Lilîith-silvermoon]

@Ceranity-terenas

@Borbarsa-lightbringer

If someone didn’t know me well, they’d think I was addicted. Instead it is simply my favourite video game.

This is me too - I spend most of my time playing WoW because I want to, not because I can’t stop. If I want to do something else (like recently I have been doing some art projects with and for friends), I go do that instead.

That said, I want to reiterate what Orkantfany said:

@Orkantfany-defias-brotherhood

If anyone is feeling like i am SEEK HELP

Even if you can’t physically go out to see anyone, there are ways you can seek support online and via phone if needed. Your guildies and WoW friends may also be able to provide support and friendship, even if you have to step away from the game for a while.

you do know most alcoholics and drug users have the same excuse ?

its also no diferent then for exampel addiction to coffee in the morning

[Bagdawg-moonglade]

@Lilîith-silvermoon

you do know most alcoholics and drug users have the same excuse ?

That’s a totally different type of addiction.

Take someone addicted to gaming and lock them in a room with no gaming device and they’ll go through some mental anguish but they’ll live.

Take someone addicted to Diamorphine* and do the same, it could prove fatal for them.

Psychological addiction is very different from a physical addiction.

• I’m not allowed to use the ‘H’ word.

[Lonarion-outland]

So my ex-girlfriend brought hardship to my life and made me depressive, after I broke up with her she wanted me to suffer as much as possible.
This means I should be alone forever???

Nice logic from the op

[Twiluna-argent-dawn]

huh?

Aslo

@Lonarion-outland

This means I should be alone forever???

@Lonarion-outland

she wanted me to suffer as much as possible.

I’d boot her faster than you can say YEET!!!

[Brianpotter-alonsus]

Your car.may be repossessed if you do not keep up with payments…that’s after the sales rep sells you a 30k car when you are on benefits. Lol