>>14057359

>perfectly acceptable

Where do you guys get your social standards? It's really not normal or acceptable to watch TV to the point you're unable to take care of your responsibilities. Like christ it's one of the biggest reasons normalfags break up.This isnt talking about the dude who plays 4 hours a day even really, but the people who are legitimately addicted like those crazy chinks in net cafes who die because they forget they still have to eat and drink or those whales who spend thousands of dollars on microtransactions for some freemium game.

I'm amazed people are actually trying to contest that gaming can't be an addiction here.

>>14057699

> it would've been smarter to just add addictions as a whole as a disorder rather than just picking out the one.

I mostly agree with this, but the way they manifest is usually different so I feel at least noting that is worthwhile. For instance people are probably going to be a lot more open about a gaming addiction than say, sex addiction since even when in moderation only one of them is appropriate to talk about in public.

>>14057840

>I have no idea what the possible fucking mechanism could even be for trying to classify and diagnose gaming - itself - as an addiction.

>A red flag is when someone chooses games over other interests in life and continues playing despite negative consequences. The decision does not mean that playing games in itself are a problem, but the key factor is timing and overindulging.

Seems kind of straight forward to me. A dude who watches NFL to the point it has negative consequences that he ignores just so he can get another hour in is probably addicted. Same shit with games.It's not like it's a new topic, it's usually lumped in with gambling addiction as an issue of impulse control.

It's actually a lot more well defined than you're giving it credit for, a paragraph or two off of some local news article is not going to go into a lot of detail.

>>14057889

>Then just make that the disorder. Why attach it to videogames, as if it's the videogame's fault?

Because it's the vehicle through which it's applied.

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/impulse-control-disorders/impulse-control-disorders-clinical-characteristics-and-pharmacological-management

>Formal ICDs include pathological gambling (PG), kleptomania, trichotillomania (TTM), intermittent explosive disorder (IED), and pyromania; these disorders are characterized by difficulties in resisting urges to engage in behaviors that are excessive and/or ultimately harmful to oneself or others.

>>14057899

Sometimes people are addicted to video games due to poor impulse control to the point they have literally died. The fact an addict does not consider it an addiction does not matter. It's going to be considered an impulse control disorder as a result of all this. This is not an action against gamergate or any of the other retarded shit people have claimed so far.

I cannot break it down any further.

>>14057952

And they're actually discussing introducing exercise addiction to the DSM too.

And yes, having one interest that takes up all of your day every day is a bad thing. Doesn't matter what it is.