The emergence of video game addiction is insidious. He crawls and grasps the victim until May or even to recognize the symptoms. Symptoms include: agitation, anxiety, loss of friends, the loss of alternative activities, self-management and reduced frequency limited to daily responsibilities.
With the advent of modern technology and the availability of the Internet, children, youth and young adults are the first generation raised on media power in which alternate realities such as running water. Players who are not just virtual friends, stories and plots, but true sentient beings, the other players with whom to collaborate online in a maze of intrigue, death, destruction and counter the activities of culture.
Together, the players of real people to rely on each other in a virtual world where you encounter situations to form group cohesion and mutual dependence. Particularly interesting are many games of war and destruction. Here, the death of a colleague translated into reality loses a player. The player is offline. Death is terrible because it goes to all the inside information ... without hesitation.
Since it was made last when choosing teams for a game of basketball or football pick-up, nobody wants to be in this position, despised, and certainly nobody wants to die first. The game is on and the players develop a sense of loyalty towards each other to survive and so I'm hooked.
They are often endless games and leave the game is to eliminate the team, break the chain and undermining the participation of all stakeholders. You will be responsible for the death because of your employees. A collective consciousness is growing and that no player wants to be accused of letting others down, or in this reality, kill them. The player drops the team is a pariah, a traitor, someone to avoid in future games. The player who removes the team is someone to avoid. Who flashing before going to dinner or doing homework becomes what must be avoided by this group. We lose good friends, social relationships, and your identity online. Contemporary with the game, players are to each other, which discuss everything from the strategy of how to keep the real world in their games. They claim any length and participation.
As the influence of the group of developing and strengthening co-dependency; grades, sleep, friends and self-care slip away.
As a society, we prize honesty, determination and honor. These qualities are perverted to hook gamers deeper. Laymen do not understand. These virtues hold hostage the players in the room.
From the outside, as parents, relatives and friends try to delete the drive on the online activities of life and the demands of everyday life, the player resists, feeling increasingly anxious because of tugs and detaches from the game. Conflict ensues between the player and his family. Participation in the game non-life deteriorates. The player who looks more like a crack addict.
Parents and parents are encouraged to seek professional help and intervention for the scenario described above. The player is addicted to playing with a ferocity than any other type of addictive behavior. The withdrawal will be advanced control and media must be in place to manage anxiety, depression and threats of harm to oneself or others. To help you, talk to your family doctor, a local community service agency for counseling or substance abuse.
Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
Showing posts with label Addiction. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
PlayStation - Are You A Video Game Junkie?
Are you addicted to video games? Do you think you prefer to be watching TV, playing your favorite PlayStation game, more than you want to admit? If the answer is yes, you're not alone.
The PlayStation was launched in Japan at the end of 1994. The launch of the United States took place shortly after. Many of the original PlayStation games such as Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and Gran Turismo are still very popular today.
Since May 2004, Sony (the company that produces the PlayStation) had delivered about 100 million consoles worldwide. Since March 2005, there were over 7,500 game titles available for purchase.
There have been more than one version of the PlayStation building over the years. These new versions offer improvements over the original system. Have reduced problems such as flicker noise and video console.
Players can still buy the PlayStation 1 (PSone), if they are interested in a smaller version of the original. The PSone launched in September 2000 and is one third the size of a PlayStation.
The PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable were then introduced to the players and are still available. The next generation of this system, the PlayStation 3 is expected to debut in fall 2006.
"PlayStation Junkies" who have access to the Internet can easily find original games on a variety of auction sites and sellers of discount on-line. Two, let alone low-cost ways to get the older games are the contracts of fleas and garage sales.
If you get stuck while playing my favorite PlayStation game, do not despair. There are books available that will guide you through the game ... beginning to end. Once again, the markets auction sites, garage sales and fleas are the best place to find them, because many are no longer in print.
Sony never ceases to provide new and advanced electronic toys for consumers. This latest donation by Sony for the players and PlayStation 3. This is an enhanced version of the previously released PlayStation2. PlayStation3 was released in 2006. Today, more than 10 million units of PS3 have been sold around the world. The surprising aspect is that the PS3 can play both CDs and DVDs. Moreover, it also offers the possibility to play DVD movies and CDs. PS3 is also compatible with USB support.
There are countless sites that provide tips and cheat codes
on PlayStation, as well.
So if you're a video game addict on the web provides a wealth of information about your favorite games. It is also recommended to shop online for your favorite game. In many cases, you will get it much cheaper than a regular store.
The PlayStation was launched in Japan at the end of 1994. The launch of the United States took place shortly after. Many of the original PlayStation games such as Tomb Raider, Resident Evil and Gran Turismo are still very popular today.
Since May 2004, Sony (the company that produces the PlayStation) had delivered about 100 million consoles worldwide. Since March 2005, there were over 7,500 game titles available for purchase.
There have been more than one version of the PlayStation building over the years. These new versions offer improvements over the original system. Have reduced problems such as flicker noise and video console.
Players can still buy the PlayStation 1 (PSone), if they are interested in a smaller version of the original. The PSone launched in September 2000 and is one third the size of a PlayStation.
The PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable were then introduced to the players and are still available. The next generation of this system, the PlayStation 3 is expected to debut in fall 2006.
"PlayStation Junkies" who have access to the Internet can easily find original games on a variety of auction sites and sellers of discount on-line. Two, let alone low-cost ways to get the older games are the contracts of fleas and garage sales.
If you get stuck while playing my favorite PlayStation game, do not despair. There are books available that will guide you through the game ... beginning to end. Once again, the markets auction sites, garage sales and fleas are the best place to find them, because many are no longer in print.
Sony never ceases to provide new and advanced electronic toys for consumers. This latest donation by Sony for the players and PlayStation 3. This is an enhanced version of the previously released PlayStation2. PlayStation3 was released in 2006. Today, more than 10 million units of PS3 have been sold around the world. The surprising aspect is that the PS3 can play both CDs and DVDs. Moreover, it also offers the possibility to play DVD movies and CDs. PS3 is also compatible with USB support.
There are countless sites that provide tips and cheat codes
on PlayStation, as well.
So if you're a video game addict on the web provides a wealth of information about your favorite games. It is also recommended to shop online for your favorite game. In many cases, you will get it much cheaper than a regular store.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Video Games: The Modern Day Addiction
Psychological problems are related to modern compulsive gambling computer and video games. It 'a fact! Modern societies are now struggling to meet the new face of addiction. Virtual games, such as computers and video games seem to be quite harmless. They even managed to convince parents that their children give them the means safer and more rewarding to spend leisure time. For this reason, the effects of background to play those games are worse slyly. Because they provide fun, excitement and thrills, the common factors that are related to the promotion of dependency, children are more vulnerable to being affected by the disease of compulsive gambling. Since this form of disorder is less likely to be recognized and are usually not considered serious, they tend to become addicted to video games or computer games addiction. The ignorance in the management and control of the new trend of drug abuse in modern society makes things worse for those who are involved in the gameplay.
Video and virtual simulation and computer games were originally intended to be a time or to a therapeutic effect of spending free time at work or school. However, the development of a sense of dependence on this activity is one of the problems of modern society hides. Although these games should be harmless, many are still forced to abuse the good feeling that the gambling games that require as a strong sense of satisfaction and a sense of power by living a virtual role is entirely different from his roles in life real. A person who is socially withdrawn can not live outside of a very aggressive personality in the realms of these games. In a sense, the game or anything else a person can compensate for the absence, social wise. This can be useful, but once they started replacing the role of friends, work and family life of a person, there must be some form of intervention to persuade the person to succumb to psychological evaluations and treatments to prevent the onset of video game addiction or computer game addiction.
The length of games has become a modern day phenomenon, its exact cause is yet to be determined. Similarly, there are still questions about why the conditions can be diagnosed. What the doctors, the diagnosis is different, such as research and development of treatment models of behavior related to gambling addiction video game addiction or computer.
The seriousness of the problems caused by drug addiction and video game video game has also claimed to have created a new face of addiction in modern societies. As these roots in dependence on seemingly innocuous, resulting dependency is an abuse of the population to the effects or benefits arising therefrom. Since no one can ever stop using the computer today, to work or school, theorists predict that such problems will be much more difficult to manage. After all, nobody has been in prison for spending too much time playing computer games and nobody has been sentenced to death by exhaustion, reaching the highest levels of online games. None at the moment!
Video and virtual simulation and computer games were originally intended to be a time or to a therapeutic effect of spending free time at work or school. However, the development of a sense of dependence on this activity is one of the problems of modern society hides. Although these games should be harmless, many are still forced to abuse the good feeling that the gambling games that require as a strong sense of satisfaction and a sense of power by living a virtual role is entirely different from his roles in life real. A person who is socially withdrawn can not live outside of a very aggressive personality in the realms of these games. In a sense, the game or anything else a person can compensate for the absence, social wise. This can be useful, but once they started replacing the role of friends, work and family life of a person, there must be some form of intervention to persuade the person to succumb to psychological evaluations and treatments to prevent the onset of video game addiction or computer game addiction.
The length of games has become a modern day phenomenon, its exact cause is yet to be determined. Similarly, there are still questions about why the conditions can be diagnosed. What the doctors, the diagnosis is different, such as research and development of treatment models of behavior related to gambling addiction video game addiction or computer.
The seriousness of the problems caused by drug addiction and video game video game has also claimed to have created a new face of addiction in modern societies. As these roots in dependence on seemingly innocuous, resulting dependency is an abuse of the population to the effects or benefits arising therefrom. Since no one can ever stop using the computer today, to work or school, theorists predict that such problems will be much more difficult to manage. After all, nobody has been in prison for spending too much time playing computer games and nobody has been sentenced to death by exhaustion, reaching the highest levels of online games. None at the moment!
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