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Originally Posted by Kaika
As for the topic: I think the attention span thing is that videogames are so stimulating that while being in this state they just aren't patient enough to preform whatever task they were required to do. Give them some time away from videogames and for their brains to settle down and they'll be right back to normal.
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I really appreciate your point of view Kaika, and to a degree you are right when you say give them some time away they will settle...but addicts don't do "time away" and their normal is the video game; they live through their game; they are the ones who get sapped...but as a mother would ask you "have you ever tried to get a kid away from a video game? OY!" lollll
It is the same for people who live with drug addicts or alcoholics who never stop using or drinking, there is no let up, no relief unless they are asleep. And though I had it made abundantly clear to me today that someone does'nt believe in gaming addiction or therapy for gaming addiction, they are real and they aren't going anywere...and often these gaming addicts become addicted gamblers...
It starts often with a child wanting to escape everyday life and be a superhero or topgun or topscorer, to be the best at something to beat the machine...it goes from there...
Rhian