This is a perfect example of why video games are MOSTLY a bad thing.
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I know its mostly a guy thing. Its bekuz the video gamez fulfil sum uv our basic hardwired motivationz.
A man haz to hav theze elements in hiz life to be complete:
1. A wepon.
2. A vehicle
3. A woman
4. An adventure in wich he iz the hero.
Video gamez provide sum or all uv theze thingz better than any other media. And in a crowded world in wich not every man gets to be #1, they are providing an essential servis.
Keep in mind that this iz just a jeneralization. It duznt apply to everybody and every situation.
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Originally posted by JO753:
... they are providing an essential servis.
They ARE providing a service, AND they are taking over people's LIVES. I speak from experience here. My husband IS addicted. He will always BE addicted. He would sit there and play until he died. He would completely ignore his kid, his job, his health. For something that ISN'T REAL. It stimulates the reward center of his brain just like a drug. The problem? His family encourages gaming addiction. Every time I get them out of the house they "feel sorry for him" and buy him another. He has NO resistance. It's the way he is wired. He knows what it does to his marriage(which is actually what they want AND he knows it), he knows he neglects his kid and his home AND HE LITERALLY CANNOT STOP PLAYING. So when I say that these companies are preying on people I have first hand experience...........!
Playing also makes him hyper-aggressive and when he gets that way I CANNOT turn it off and he CANNOT be reasoned with. Which is another thing- let's talk about all the guys who stomped their GF's kids to DEATH because they interrupted a valuable gaming "service" No??? Lives lost?? Means NOTHING anymore right?
Also, if you wanna know, I've always thought that gaming devices companies are owned by the governments. What better way to take your subjects money, keep them controlled and complacent? And it does seem to me we spend waaaaaay more than we take in these days....
But hey, rationalize it all away people. Why not. I hate people and you all really aren't in a position to care about MY problems, so what does it matter anyway... Go back to your flashy beepy screens, something fake in a fake world needs stompin'. Go tell someone else who is addicted about your "conquests." I'm sure stories will be told of your "bravery" long after you're gone...Right?
Just....sad.
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Here's some fun reading about other people you don't care about...
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How many more you want to ignore?
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I dont know about MOSTLY bad. Video games can be educational, social, and improve a range of cognitive skills. But context is everything.
Anything that is pleasurable can be addictive if people don't check their behaviour.
Small children exposed to too much violence through video games, I reckon its doing their brain some damage. Limited exposure to non violent games and computer resources probably okay, but I agree with Signy to a degree is that children should be encouraged to learn through active play, you know outside with sticks and dirt and stuff. And I suppose whether that is possible depends on the environment you live in, whether its safe, whether there are outdoor play areas for kids. I'm pretty lucky where I live.
As for adults, some people are just pretty hopeless, if it's not endless video games, its endless pornography, or drinking, or drug taking, or watching sport all day. I dont know whether you can always blame the object for the behaviour.
So you know, all things in moderation. Look to your own behaviour rather than making excuses.
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Originally posted by Wishimay:
They ARE providing a service, AND they are taking over people's LIVES.
No disagreement frum me.
Sum peepl are suseptibl, just like drugz and alkahol. Sum peepl who hav good livez giv them up to pursue an addiction.
There wuz a Marvel comic way back in the 70z called Killraven set in a distopian future. The main karacterz dad wuz a video game addict, wasting away to nothing.
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Originally posted by NAVYSEILS:
While half the people who play videogames are women, they're terribly underrepresented in the medium and industry behind it. That is sexist, but it is slowly getting better.
I've never met a woman so addicted she didn't have a job. I've never met a woman who couldn't do ANYTHING but play. I HAVE seen many, many articles about guys who play until they literally DIE doing it. Yes, many women play, but it's MEN that get addicted.
I doubt there is a stat that even exists on this, or I could give you the numbers you all crave. What I do have IS WHAT I SEE. Sometimes it IS better than the numbers.
You are meeting different women than I am - completely non-addictive? Right.
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Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
As for adults, some people are just pretty hopeless, if it's not endless video games, its endless pornography, or drinking, or drug taking, or watching sport all day. I dont know whether you can always blame the object for the behaviour.
I dont know whether you can always blame the object for the behaviour.
I agree completely. In fact, I can't blame the object. Else we'd all be addicts.
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^^ What JSF said: Plenty of women addicts.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23740050
"Abnormally high degree connectivity of the orbitofrontal cortex in
obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Abstract
"IMPORTANCE:
"Neurobiological models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) predict hyperactivity in brain circuits involving the orbitofrontal cortex and the basal ganglia, but it is unclear whether these areas are also characterized by altered brain network properties.
"OBJECTIVES:
"To determine regions of abnormal degree connectivity in patients with OCD and to investigate whether connectivity measures are affected by antidepressant medication in OCD."
Oonj: ^^ Just one of thousands of scholarly papers on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Back in the early 90's I think, I was recruited into a research project on
Depression, i.e., clinical, chronic, neurological depression of physical origin.
After the brain scans were analyzed, the Doc said to me, "By the way, you
also have hyperactivity in the left orbital gyrus. It's an indicator of obsessive
compulsive disorder."
It was a relief to learn that OCD, too, had a physical cause.
That is how I know how to look up this particular disorder.
OCD isn't always a bad thing. A lot of geniuses have it & have used it con-
structively. It's a matter of getting enuf control to channel the demon.
OCD is a physical brain disorder. Back in the bad old primitive days, maybe
most OCDs didn't survive long enuf to have kids. But now, they do have kids.
Bad breeding program.
My main problem now is this: these sci-guys are tryin' to treat it as depres-
sion, partly 'cause it often accompanies depression. But it's different. I don't
agree with they way they treat depression, either.
My thing: Stay away from Docs as much as possible. They aren't here to help
me. (So far, so good, no see Doc last 2 years.) Find my own cures. ... Still
working on that.
If I do find a natural remedy for OCD-fatigue-tinnitus, etc., I'll let you know.
Video games can become a boon to society now. If the video game addicts will
1) never leave home,
2) live in their mother's basement sitting in their dirty underwear glued
to the computer; Mom sends the cleaning lady in once a week,
3) do not associate with real people face-to-face, do not date, marry
or breed.
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Part of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.
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LOL. Like the Darwin awards
I'm not sure all of it can be attributed to inherited traits, although there is some evidence to suggesr it. How much of our brains get hardwired in early infancy by our experiences of care? Quite a lot, the evidence also suggests. While I'm not sure about OCD, I could be pretty certain about ADHD and ODD and perhaps some of the traits characterised by the autism spectrum.
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