WHO classifies gaming addiction as disorder
The person being affected of the disorder can loom a big threat to others as well.
(WebDesk/DunyaNews) - World health organization recognized addiction to video gaming as a disorder which may become a serious wellbeing condition. WHO classified the disorder in the list of diseases, loom somber threats to the mental health.
Kids are more prone to become an addict of video gaming. Photo: Screenshot
Video gaming freaks youngsters, teenagers even the kids alike. A lot of time is being spent in gaming zones, on mobiles and tablets and in front of computer and 3D screens designed especially for video gaming.
Spending hours in playing the violent, aggressive mostly brutal and vicious video games may induce quietly the sinister factors in individuals. The video gaming addiction disorder condition is now listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
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Prodigies say that an addiction is a chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Basically, any substance or activity that starts to trigger your brain’s reward centers—the bits that release hormones that make us feel good—in a way that makes you pathologically pursue relief is addicting.
When video games give you a thrill by letting you mow down an opponent or hit a new high score, they’re hijacking the same brain circuitry as a shot of liquor. Even seemingly innocuous games like Candy Crush can condition users to seek out its characteristic colors and sounds, which they’ve come to associate with a rush of dopamine.
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The person being affected of the disorder can loom a big threat to others as well. Professionals suggest them to consult psychiatrists or the mental health specialists to get rid of the addiction that may turn a person sadistic, hardliner or belligerent.
