It is a known fact that gaming is addictive (I think we can all agree on that) but what happens when it gets out of hand? What's going on when you're foaming the mouth and twitching at the sight of an Orc or Mario?

Well...then you're probably screwed...

OR...is it not too late? NO! You go to the doctor's office and go into rehabilitation!

These clinics pop-up all over the world like an awful porn-website and are a succes thus far (there's no long-term research available due the starting date of the program).
The rehab program consists of cognitive therapy and such. A lot of talking and no more GAMING!

The people who live in the fantasy world of gaming like to be more in this world than being in the real world, or: the fantasy becomes their world in some cases. Stress, sudden (emotional) impacts and long lasting burdens like being a child in a broken home, bullied in school and the list goes on...all these factors <u>can<u/> cause a person to get addicted to something. Drugs, or alcohol included. So why not videogames?

Not everyone who plays video-games on regular bases, gets addicted (so I told a few words ago: pay attention!). An addiction is created due a hundred reasons and factors. Addiction: compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance.

For the non-understanders: when you are addicted, you can’t think of everything else. You can’t eat, sleep, think clearly if you haven’t had your ‘fix’ for a drug/gaming/alcohol/pink scarves/women clothing/shoes etc. It’s hard to come up with your own meaning when the explanation from the dictionary is pretty obvious Anyways…you can’t live normal everyday life because of an addiction. You can’t go to school/work because of your gaming addiction: and you’ll need help.

But what I wanted to ask you, guys: what do you think about these clinics and what game is so addictive to you?


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I think there are too many of those clinics. They're needed? Yes! Are they need THAT much? No.

I think of gaming always I'm alone (at least now I don't have any school) but I rarely think of it when with friends


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Give up gaming? Hell no!


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Well, can't say that I'm |REALLY addicted to gaming. I do say that it's my favourite pass-time. I also know that if I didn't had a girlfriend, gaming would consume my entire life  

But if I would get addicted...probably not.
When I was about 13 years old my life really consisted of gaming and gaming only: I played hours and hours and my grades went rock bottom. My dad locked the computer (back in those days you could lock the PC with the use of a key) but it didn't work: I started playing at  afriends house or the arcade which grew to a financial problem (well, my allowance that is...).

When I grew older, I balanced gaming and real life. Was I addicted...probably. Was I in puberty...Hell yeah!


(By the way: Legendary, I still laugh my ass of thanks to your signature LAWL!)



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I have game consuming quite a lot of my time and I have the best grades of my class.

Those two things together were the reason I used to be bullied.


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Yeah, I had that 2 years later from there on. Although, I had good grades in the last 2 MAVO-classes, I still played a lot. The bully-ing didn't affect my vast gaming habits.

I DID had a better eye-hand co-ordination thanks to gaming. The bully back then confirmed that


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ive been stopped from playing games after what happend lol shouldent have downloaded that dodgy looking file called mega virus lol  

Obsession is a horrible thing...Except when it's for ninja pirates!  (Oops, sorry.  Wrong thread!)

Gaming addiction wouldn't be so bad, as long as you could make use of it.  For instance, you can take journalism classes and then become a game reviewer.  Or you can start up your own business with the new type of job that's making headway these days: coaching.

As you get older, there isn't enough time to get addicted to anything these days.  Thanks to abandonware and ROM sites, I have all these PC and SNES games from the early 90's that I couldn't afford to buy or passed up on.  The irony of this is that I don't have the time to play them all!

There's never enough time......unless you're serving it.

i dont know if i am adicted to games i love to play them tho but it is time cinsuming and i beat all my games 2 now (because i am broke at the moment ) and its really boring after a while and you just wont want to play anymore

I'm addicted to downloading games more than playing them


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i dont know if i am adicted to games i love to play them tho but it is time cinsuming and i beat all my games 2 now (because i am broke at the moment ) and its really boring after a while and you just wont want to play anymore

Get yourself soul calibur 3, elder scrolls oblivion and Gta: san andreas. You can live an year with those 3 games.


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i dont know if i am adicted to games i love to play them tho but it is time cinsuming and i beat all my games 2 now (because i am broke at the moment ) and its really boring after a while and you just wont want to play anymore

Get yourself soul calibur 3, elder scrolls oblivion and Gta: san andreas. You can live an year with those 3 games.

Don't forget good ol' World of Warcraft  


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ol' world of warcraft has a monthly fee D:


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Yeah, that's the only thing that sucks

Somehow I can't get my hands off Rollercoaster Tycoon either...


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timeticker wrote:

Yeah, that's the only thing that sucks

Somehow I can't get my hands off Rollercoaster Tycoon either...

I haven't player Rollercoaster Tycoon in ages! I have it lying around here somewhere
*takes off to look for Rollercoaster Tycoon*


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