addiction
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Science Isn’t Sure Yet If Gaming Addiction Is A Real Mental Disorder
19What is gaming addiction, exactly? There is an easy answer to that question, but there is also, naturally, much debate about whether or not it is even a thing. Psychology can at times be an inexact science, and it seems as though there is always room for debate within that world.
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This Desktop Design For Gaming Addicts Would ‘Ruin’ Humanity
Sometimes you settle in for some PC gaming or web surfing. And you just don’t get up. You can feel your bum go numb and the chair meld into your skin. Surely, you know the feeling. If so, maybe the above internet-produced desktop design would appeal to you. And if it appealed to enough people,…
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Internet Addiction Clinics Cracking Down On Beatings
China was one of the first countries to recognise internet addiction as a psychological illness — and then beat the crap out of people suffering from it. As The Register points out, a 2008 government supported report stated that those who gamed more than six hours in a day and then experienced withdrawal type symptoms…
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Lawyer Blames Games Addiction For Case Flubs
A Pennsylvania lawyer is blaming an addiction to video games for his shoddy work on a multitude of cases, the York Dispatch reports.