The Effects Of Video Game And Gambling Addiction

    This article by KidsHealth's "Are Video Games Bad for Me?", I learned many bad side effects of too much gaming. I read that you can become overweight. It also stated "It's hard to get enough active play and exercise if you're always inside playing video games." This means you could become very unfit for physical actions (like construction or picking up things). It also wrote "...may lead to health problems." This could show how you could have a

The videogame addiction may seem funny or ridiculous, but in reality it is a dangerous obsession that truly exposes several needs that have yet to be addressed within the afflicted. Addiction is a damaging problem, and the impact of varying sorts of addictions, such as illegal and

Sitting in a chair for hours on end, the body deteriorates from negligence. The different video game genres help fulfill basic psychological needs too, but can lead to a secret underlying problem. Playing for days can certainly feel like a medication taken everyday and life spinning out of control

Video game addiction is not yet recognized by the American Medical Association as a diagnosable disorder, but addiction has become a very real problem for many video game players. An addiction is when the person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep them going, and if the person does not get more, they can become irritable and miserable. Compulsive gaming meets these criteria, and there have been many studied instances where severe withdrawal symptoms in game addicts are seen when parents take away the child’s electronic gaming system. According to chapter three of the book, a study in Singapore of 3,000 middle schoolers found that the

International studies have shown that between seven and eleven per cent of gamers show some symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’.

There are some physical symptoms that occur to the person after spending countless hours just setting in front of the TV playing his video games.

The second negative effect that video game addiction can cause are health problems; such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Sleep Deprivation. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the swelling of the surrounding tendons produced by repetitive movements of the hand for a long time. This is because if the gamer is using a gaming control he or she will likely have the same movements of the thumbs. If they don't stop and take a break this will cause damage to the median nerve. The median nerve will then swell and start to have a burning tingling sensation and it will feel like your whole hand has fallen asleep. If you don't start treating your hand with proper care the situation will get worse, resulting loss of entire hand movement. I didn't know this could happen

Advances in technology have forever changed the way that children play, communicate, and view the world. Have you ever told your child that it was time to turn the video game off, or to put away the cell phone? Of course you have. Did they become upset, aggressive, or even depressed? These are warning signs indicating a potentially dangerous addiction. Addiction is characterized by the intense need for a substance and the experience of withdrawal symptoms when that substance is taken away (Rauh). Video games fill the player with strong feelings of pleasure and fulfillment. When considering the effects that video games have on your social, academic, and financial life; when do these fun technologies morph into a dangerous addiction?

Addictions come in different forms for instance, there are behavioral addiction and substance addictions. Both of these addictions are similar and have some of the same results. For someone who has a substance addiction they can not control themselves from consuming whatever drug they are addicted to, if they did try and stop their body could relapse, or they become could become ill. Behavioral addictions in some cases can be just as severe. For instance Gambling is a behavior that can become very addictive, and lead to many problems if one lets it. Gambling is still a topic that has not been studied enough, the research available on it is very limited. However, when abused gambling is a serious behavioral addiction and the more research that

My brother would play in the middle of the night and would always get in trouble. He was obsessed! Jack Flanagan, in his article, “The Psychology of Video Games” reports, “Video games are built to exploit this part [reward system] of our brain. Kill monster, get points. Complete level, get happy music. Win game, feel satisfied. It’s a very simple and primitive part of who we are.” However, I think video games offer much more than addictive downfalls. Daphne Bavelier, scientist at the University of Rochester and the University of Geneva, researched on how video games enhance people’s vision and attention control in which she discusses in her speech, “Your Brain on Video Games.” I believe the benefits of video games outweigh the harmful consequences they cause because video games offers finer motor skills and as the zombies we are, we want bigger and better brains to

Once you get to the point that all you can or want to do is play a video game for hours at a time then you’ll noticeably be an official gamer. Being a game addict could be unhealthy though. It can make a person become deranged. Josh Elliot’s research discovered that Gamers have mind sickening thoughts. A gamer quoted explaining his experience as “ A god among men… I was a tyrant… I could do what I want” (Elliott). When people begin having these thoughts they can become detrimental to their health or even society’s health. It is extremely easy for someone like this who has been pulled away from their video game to continue to play the game in real life. People like this become brainwashed. They think that no matter what they are doing they are in a video game situation and that’s when they become harmful to society. It is hard to get these people out the their game zone when they’re extremely dialed

A study was conducted in order to assess and determine the detrimental effects of video game overload. “The purpose of the present study was to examine the long term trajectory of problem gaming symptoms among adult regular video gamers.” (King, Delfabbro, & Griffiths, 2013, p. 72) This was a long term study of adult participants. There have been few studies on the harmful effects of video game addiction in the past ten years, and almost all of them used different forms of methodology, sample sizes, and recruitment methods; there have been less than 60 professionally done empirical studies on this matter (King et al., 2013.) The movement has picked up a good deal of support recently, with the last five years consisting of several large studies on mostly adolescent gamers, but at the time of this study, gaming addiction had still yet to be included in major

Playing video games for hours at a time in one day, every day of the week can lead to another major problem, gaming addiction. Youth may become obsessed with the game and think they have to beat it before they do anything else and never want to leave their rooms because they want to consistently play the game. Dr. Russell A. Sabella states in his article on Education.com that: “for most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives as a balanced manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video games is out of balance and has displaced work, school, friends, even family”(Sabella). Becoming addicted to video games can cause a lot of problems in the family because some parents like to have family dinners and they have to literally fight with their kid to get

According to American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, “Children can become overly involved with video games, and they may have a difficulty in controlling the time they play”. They resist their parents who are trying to limit their time playing video games and spending an excessive time on these games can lead to poor social skills, less time socializing with friends and family, less exercise and becoming overweight, lower grades, less reading,

Due to the evolution of video gaming in today’s technological culture, many people, specifically the media and parents have questioned the positive impact of video gaming. People believed that gaming will only encourage addiction, lead to social isolation and result in physical and psychological complications such as obesity and developing a violent and aggressive behaviour. These difficulties could be a gateway to more serious problems such as suicide and death. However, in contrast to the detrimental effects of video gaming, others believed that it could improve coordination, multi-tasking skills and assist in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. So can the concept of video gaming prove to be more helpful than harmful to the human mind and body?