A Soothing Comfort for "Addicts"

[Knyght]

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"Gamers need not worry about their favorite video games becoming crime and misbehavior scapegoats... for now. Doctors specializing in addiction and mental disorders attest that video games do not necessarily cause any form of addiction, saying that more research is needed before making such an assumption.

"Working with this problem is no different than working with alcoholic patients. The same denial, the same rationalization, the same inability to give it up," Dr. Thomas Allen of the Osler Medical Center commented about formally recognizing video games as a possible cause of addiction. Listing video games as one possible cause of acute addiction would pave the way for insurance against video game addiction.

But addiction experts beg to differ. "There is nothing here to suggest that this is a complex physiological disease state akin to alcoholism or other substance abuse disorders," said Dr. Stuart Glow, echoing the statements of other doctors who didn't share the American Medical Association's (AMA) sentiments regarding video games being the cause of mental illness. Psychiatrists also add that it wasn't clear whether video games are addictive. "It's not necessarily a cause-and-effect type issue. There may be certain kids who have a compulsive component to what they are doing," said Dr. Louis Kraus of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

It is interesting to note that that committee who made the proposal eventually backed away from its position, instead asking the American Psychiatric Association to consider adding "video game addiction" to the next edition of its diagnostic manual, "American Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders", due to be published in 2012."

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[Juvant]

i dont have a problem


i can quit any time

really


really...

[Knyght]

I did, like 4 times

[Homie]

Juvant is still in the first stage, denial.

[Tyriac]

Its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction, its not an addiction,
Why does no one believe me when i try to Explain I have things to do
I HAVE to farm spells for my Black Mage, I HAVE to grow fruits and veg for ingredients
I dont need to do Housework or find a job why the hell would i wanna waste my time making £'s when im more in need of GIL!!!
Some people just don't understand me le sigh

[Aemora]

cause-and-effect

(Couldn't hlep myself...)

[Safersephx]

do british keyboards really have the pound symbol instead of the $ on the #4 key?

[Scorsese]

Laz has this wierd keyboard that has english letters and korean symbols on it.

[Safersephx]

also lol:

While occasional use of video games is harmless and may even help with some disorders like autism, doctors said in extreme cases it can interfere with day-to-day necessities like working, showering or even eating.

[Aemora]

My keyboard:

1 = !
2 = "
3 = £
4 = $
5 = %
6 = ^
7 = &
8 = *
9 = (
0 = )
[ = {
] = }
- = _
= = +
; = :
' = @
# = ~
, = <
. = >
/ = ?

[Scorsese]

WTF?! You have a # key?

[Safersephx]

WTF?! You have a # key?

when i read that 3 is pound im like.. wtf where is ur # sign... then im like.. owow u get a special key jus for dat ;oa

anyways..

if 2 = "
and ' = @
and # = ~ (wtf where does this key even sit)

then where/what is your ` key ?
(the key to the left of 1, for us ` = ~ )

[Knyght]

Take a damn picture of your keyboard <_<

[Machdaddy]

I quit doing heroine (ffxi) and started doing cocaine (wow)

I'm happy with my choice, really. It's not like I have an addictive personality. Now brb, grabbing a smoke.

[Knyght]

My story would be more like...

*family tries to intervene in my intervenous habits*

*puts me on that show on A&E

*I quit on the spot because I don't want to go to jail*

*I start using many, many smaller drugs that overall give me the same feeling as previously*

*FIN*

...or something.

[Aemora]

` = ¬ = ¦

\ = |

áéíóú

The #=~ button is above my Right shift, next to my Enter, below my ]=} and to the right of my '=@

[Oraphin]

I have a US layout keyboard. And i find it hard using a UK layout now. O well nvm XD <3 my G15

[Safersephx]

` = ¬ = ¦

wtffff a key that is really 3 keys??!?!?!?!? i want a ¬ button =/

The #=~ button is above my Right shift, next to my Enter, below my ]=} and to the right of my '=@

ahhh, the ol' mini enter key... we like our enter keys big and hard

[Homie]

I need an industrial strength keyboard. The paint is worn off on ctrl, alt, and pretty much all of the numbers 1-5. It gets punched a lot too when another ls claims a king.