Video Game Addiction: Mental Illness?

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The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's video games, which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as heroin, some doctors contend.

[06:29:26] Josh: You know it's funny
[06:29:45] Josh: But messenger services, and online play are the most popular forms of entertainment
[06:30:04] Rebinator: that's totally true
[06:30:40] Josh: So I fail to see this dissociation with social groups
[06:30:45] Josh: as for Grades and the like
[06:30:53] Josh: that's actually do to a failing education system
[06:31:06] Josh: that's bloated with children, out of date materials and lack of teaching staff
[06:31:43] Josh: When I went to university I found it was an infinitely better atmosphere than elementary school, and highschool