GAMING DISORDER

It wasn't that long ago when a UK therapist talking head was engaged in self- promotion with a "gaming is like *COCAAAAAAIINNNNNEEEE!" throughline. I very much get why people would reflexively lash out at something like the WHO diagnosis; we need more people like that exploiting the torches-and-pitchforks crowd like we need inter-nasal drain cleaner. I am perfectly willing to believe that there *are* people who have a serious problem with habitual gaming, especially when studios find ways to make monster game-gambling hybrid children, trying to tweak as many endorphin and serotonin receptors as possible. But it isn't the rarity of such a disorder that tends to make the headlines; it's the hanging opportunity to be the "we need to talk about your *problem*" or "won't someone think about the *children*" person, despite what were probably perfectly reasonable and noble intentions on the part of the WHO.

Trained as a counselor, specifically for addictions, and yes.... gaming addiction is VERY real, and people need to get their heads out of their arses. It's not common, but it IS crippling for those afflicted.

I hope using Mysterio in the thumbnail helped offset some of the cost of the gag

$100 a month really? Vem and complaining about spending $1000’s of dollars on pc’s?! hahah I have a coworker who has a gaming pc guess what product he spends most of his income on not his gaming pc no it’s his new Subaru crosstek which he just bought and because icbc my Canadian provincial car insurance being 1billion dollars in the hole he has to spend $300 every month equalling $3600 per year not because he’s a car enthusiast no because icbc screws everyone over being complete idiots and we have to pay for it can the who also define government disorder as a national disease affecting billions around the world

Interesting episode, I was wondering when you were going to talk about the WHO thing in more detail. I remember back when TotalBiscuit did a discussion on WoW addiction way back in 2006, pretty interesting stuff and a lot of what he said is still very true today. BTW heard Podquisition did not happen last week because one-third of the cast forgot to record, did you have another guest on last week? If so who was that guest and are they going to return this week? It really sucks when you forget to record, that happened to Linkara as well as he forgot to turn the mic on while doing a PO Unboxing one day so it was basically three hours of video footage that was completely unusable due to lack of audio.

Hello Jim! You maybe want to have a look at narcissistic disorder. I thought i had gaming disorder (up to 10 hours a day) and had a therapy. What came out is that working in our family business with my parents having narcissistic disorder was causing the problem. People having that disorder "suck" out your positive emotions leaving only frustration and anxiety. I subconsciously tried to compensate that with gaming. having a healthier environment today, i barely start my pc at all. narcissistic disorder interplays with a bunch of addictions and can not only be found in families but also friendships and workplaces and it is "spreading".

Never trust some guy tryin' to push a Habit onto you.