The excessive game play is a community problem in Macedonia that should be prevented because it results with addiction which symptoms cause lethal consequences. The possibility for creating a virtual life attracts people to participate in computer games that later on interfere in their lives. A decade ago children in Macedonia used to play with marbles and “seek and hide” outside, while adults went to play sports or in the gym. Today, in the era of computerization, life has relocated from reality in computer games. Video game addiction is another type of addiction in the modern age.
First of all, you should keep in mind that video/computer game addiction is not an official DSM-IV diagnosis but many institutions worldwide do researches about the problem. According to the Brown’s (1997) component model the symptoms must be present for a significant period of time in order to indicate addiction . The symptoms are social withdrawal, preoccupation with computer games and lost of interest in other activities . Although many gamers won’t realize that they enclose from their social circles, their friends and families are usually the first to notice. For example, you call your friend to go out with you as you do every Friday, but suddenly he often starts to come up with excuses not to. After a while you find out that he started to play this video game and he always talks about that. You become aware that something is happening with your friend. Peter Yellowlees, M.D. psychiatrist in UC Davis Health System says: “The best way of finding out if somebody has a problem is looking at how much time they spend on the games themselves. If that spending time is actually affecting their live and causing them to do or exclude other things, that’s a...
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...sional help to game addicts. In South Korea has even been opened “Save brain clinic”, a hospital that treats internet and video games addiction. However, in Macedonia there aren’t any institutions that provide treatment of this addiction besides private physiologists.
Finally, video games addiction should be taken seriously because it affects gamers’ lives. Each individual should take prevention measures for this community problem and help people who are struggling with this addiction in order to avoid the harmful consequences. In time when computers are taking great part of our time we should try to keep in touch with the reality regardless of the appeal of the virtual life.
Works Cited
Kimberly Young, The Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA
Understanding online gaming addiction and treatment issues for adolescents pg.365
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