By Qingyang Li
Several years ago, the American Medical Association decided not to classify computer game addiction as a recognized psychological disorder comparable to gambling addiction.
However, arguments about whether or not to treat computer game addiction as a psychological disorder still continue.
Some psychologists, physicians and researchers strongly believe that computer game addiction is an impulse control problem (similar to an inability to control gambling habits ) and deserves similar recognition as a "real " disorder.
In contrast, there are also mental health professionals (and of course, members of the general public ) who believe that it is incorrect to assume that computer games themselves are addictive and that classification would trivialize serious problems like drug and alcohol addictions.
People who against making computer game addiction said : " Although some individuals may play computer games to avoid addressing other personal issues, this does not necessarily indicate " addiction", but rather a less than ideal problem solving approach to life challenges, stressors, and temptations.
And who agree for making computer game addiction said : " Numerous studies have found associations between computer game addiction and issues such as poor academic performance, work-related difficulties, marital dissatisfaction, poor health, and other psychological problems like anxiety and depression.
So in my personal opinion, as a college student and major in computer science, I didn't see any of my friends who are addicted in computer game or fail class because of playing games. Computer games is interesting that can attract people, and the addiction we talking about mostly will hurt people like taking drugs and too much alcohol, although there still some of people because of computer games did stupid thing ,but it's a way less than alcohol and drugs.
And people can get addicted for everything, is that means they are all harm? What if a person is addicting for study (It's true happened).
And yes, if somebody play computer games too much time, it can influence his/her life, but we should not treat this as a disorder. Most of public ,including my parents ,have bad attitude to computer game, addiction is a problem but not computer games.
Anyway, it's still a good idea to go outside rather than play computer games indoor.
It really sets people thinking. That makes me think about a man who is well known as "curing" the addiction of internet. The electricity operation is funny but truly existed. The spreading of his actions makes me think that just because the addiction of games. However, the addiction is because of the strict rule in most Chinese families. Children haven't play it before, once they played that, they couldn't stop.
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