This thread seems to be a gathering of low intelligence, poorly educated morons, with no understanding of science, medicine or the biological basis for behavioural addictions.
To those suggesting that psychology is not a science, or that it is only recently that psychology has been recognised as a science, you would be incorrect. Before Descarte separated the human condition into three distinct realities including the internal reality (our psyche), Muslims had already settled on the notion that abnormal behaviour was a product of disease (rather than possession, or being smote by God, etc) and that the solution to disease was through medicine and treatment identified using a scientific approach. This was not strictly psychology however, but it highlights that even before the term "psychology" was a thing, a scientific method of sorts was being used to investigate the human mind and behaviour. Modern experimental psychology - the application of the scientific method (created in 17th century) to the human mind and behaviour - began in the 1830s. People should stop over-complicating what science is. A true science is simply the application of the scientific method to a particular area of investigation, that proves its validity by generating accurate and meaningful data sets that can be used to predict future results. Psychology may well be a messy form of science right now, but it is still very much a science that has a strong foundation of highly valid and meaningful findings to demonstrate its value. I understand why other scientists would need to defend their turf so vociferously, but at some point they - and the laypeople who blindly follow them - are going to have to get over it. If they can't, that's on them (and we can almost certainly tell them WHY they are behaving like that, because we've done the research and know the basic for such behaviour).
As for this notion in the thread that games can't be addictive? I hate to break it to those people, but there is a strong and growing body of neurological evidence supporting the notion of addiction to gaming. More specifically, online gaming. Research into addiction in general has shown that certain individuals are far more likely to suffer from addiction than others, and that this is likely due to abnormalities in the mesolimibc pathway (among other things). Video games - especially modern video games - employ similar reward mechanisms as gambling, and there's a growing body of research positively comparing pathological gambling with online gaming addiction. Beyond that, gaming habits in individuals diagnosed with IGA (Internet Gaming Addiction) are now being shown to effect the brain in a way similar to the effects of methamphetamine abuse. More recently, loot boxes have been linked to similar mechanisms of addiction as those seen in pathological gamblers. With all of this in mind (and it is only a drop in the ocean), it should be quite clear to everyone: anyone claiming that games are not or cannot be addictive in the truest sense of the term... are morons who have no idea what they are talking about (as is evidence by most of the posts in this thread of that nature). It is true that addiction can be the result of another underlying disorder, but it is also very true that addiction itself can be the underlying disorder. The two notions are not mutually exclusive OR inclusive.
It's interesting that the article quotes a member of the DSM panel in regards to the inclusion of gaming addiction disorders in the ICD-10. The DSM includes Internet Gaming Addiction as a sub-category of Internet Addiction Disorder, acknowledging the large body of evidence validating its existence and calling for more research. It is included in the DSM-V as a condition for further study, and will almost certainly be entered as a sub-type of addiction disorder in the next edition of the DSM.
Also, people here claiming that they would be classed as gaming addicts... almost certainly would not. A drug addict is not someone who drinks at the weekend from Friday night until Sunday morning, but manages to stay sober from Monday to Friday. A gambling addict is not someone who spends all of the disposable income on gambling sites, but still manages to pay their bills and buy their food. An online game addict is not someone who comes home from work every night, plays a game until they are tired, and then gets up and goes to work the next day. Like every other form of addiction, gaming addiction is in large part defined by distress and disorder caused by not being able to engage in gaming habits. In other words: if you suffer extreme emotional distress when you can't play games, such that you stop going to work, stop engaging with friends and family, stop eating meals, stop paying your bills, etc, in order to facilitate your gaming habit, then you are an addict. If you play games endlessly but still manage to function normally in social terms, in your employment or education, etc, then you aren't an addict. Learn the difference between obsession and addiction, because there is a HUGE different between being an obsessive gamer who still has a functional life, and being a gaming addict who has no functional life to speak of.
I would call psychology psuedo science at best.
All to often you are under the power of what said specialist believe in. Or what is in fashion of the decade. Sure there is standarised tests. But those are also open to personal influence of said therapist. I would take a bet if you went to 5 different therapists you would end up with 2-3 different diagnosis.
ofc you can get addicted to gaming. You can get addicted to pretty much anything.
This is me getting angry and walking away! Have a nice day gaming or not.
I am a scizo misanthrope. So one day I may go BANZAI on your post. Have not yet though. Maybe there is hope? Nah there is really none for me or the human race.
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Honestly! Does the WHO not have bigger issues to deal with. How many gamers die from obsessive gaming? Ebola, Covid, Monkeypox, famine......Call of Duty.
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I know folks who excessively purchase or go to libraries to read stories non stop.
'One solution fits all' is usually wrong.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
All to often you are under the power of what said specialist believe in. Or what is in fashion of the decade. Sure there is standarised tests. But those are also open to personal influence of said therapist. I would take a bet if you went to 5 different therapists you would end up with 2-3 different diagnosis.
ofc you can get addicted to gaming. You can get addicted to pretty much anything.
This is me getting angry and walking away! Have a nice day gaming or not.
Have not yet though. Maybe there is hope?
Nah there is really none for me or the human race.
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