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Video game is an electronic game played with the help of analog or digital computer or game console connected to a computer or TV. Recently it became one of the most popular forms of entertainment. They evolve day by day, improving their technical characteristics.

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Can you really be addicted to video games?

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Can you really be addicted to video games?

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Video game addiction is a real mental health condition affecting millions of people around the world. The World Health Organization recognizes it as 'Gaming Disorder', as ''a pattern of persistant or recurrent gaming behaviour, which may be online or offline, manifested by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming to the extent that gaming takes precedance over other life interests and daily activities.

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The number of people with an addiction is 3-4%. The difference between a healthy fun gaming hobby and an addiction is the negative impact the activity is having on your life. Typically, a gaming addict will have a level of severity resulting in ''significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning''. It needs to last at least 12 months in order for a diagnosis to be asigned.

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-Feelings of restlessness and irritability when unable to play
-Preoccupation with thoughts of previous online activity or anticipation of the next online session
- Lying to friends or family members regarding the amount of time spent playing
-Isolation from others in order to spend more time gaming
-Use of video games to escape or relieve a negative mood
-Jeopardizing or losing a significant relationship, job, educational, or career opportunity.

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This is a compulvise mental health disorder that can cause severe damage to our life. It's common for a video game addict to spend over 10 hours a day gaming, usually well into the night, and many suffer from sleep deprivation 2. Gamers are also known to have poor diets consisting of energy drinks full of caffeine and sugar and fast food. Many are dehydrated and malnourished.
IN MORE SEVERE CASES, gaming addicts report AGORAPHOBIA- a type of anxiety disorder in which they fear leaving the house.
Gaming addicts also have struggle with unemployment and failing out of college.
-poor personal hygiene, hormonal disturbance

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Video games are designed to be addicting and to keep you hooked. They provide you with a high amount of dopamine,  they are so  immersive that you can easily play for hours without even noticing that a minute has gone by .

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who classifies 'gaming disorder' as mental health condition  - cnn

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WHO says 'gaming disorder' is a mental health condition

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The World Health Organization has recognized "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition in the 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases, or ICD.

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Treatment for video games addictions is similar to that for other addictions. Counseling and behavior modification are the primary means of treating addicted gamers. Unlike drugs or alcohol, video games are tied to computers, which are a key part of life for most people. In that way, this addiction is similar to a food addiction. As a result some treatment centers explore controlled use rather than abstinence.