>REEEEEEEEEE IT'S AN ATTACK AGAINST US GAMERS REEEE WE'RE SO OPPRESSED

Anything becomes an issue if it becomes an addiction, and that includes playing videogames. People are acting like the whitecoats are going to burst in through the door and kidnap them for playing videogames when this is something you're going to have to see a shrink to be with diagnosed with, meaning you can play as many videogames as you want without being accosted for it. You're not going to get beaten behind a shed by the JIDF even if you get the diagnosis, you fucking spastics.

Sure, I don't have any doubt this was pushed by people with anti-gaming politicians (whether politicians or parents complaining about kids being on their phones all day), but it wouldn't surprise me they diagnosed gaming addiction sooner than they diagnosed alcoholism because alcoholism (while disturbingly prominent) is incredibly hushush in modern society whereas gaming isn't. There's not a single doubt in my mind however that this isn't going to be instated to get at some spergs on a taiwanese basket-weaving forum but only exists to 'soothe' parents who worry their kids play 'too much' videogames for their liking.

As I saw someone point out, it would've been smarter to just add addictions as a whole as a disorder rather than just picking out the one.

>>14057726

I brought alcoholism up more as an example, I should've emphasized it. My point was that addictions to alcoholism (or say, food) are hushush in the sense that we don't talk about them because they're so taboo (and so wouldn't be publicly instated like videogame addiction is) whereas talking about how kids are addicted to videogames or watching TV is not. Kids playing too many videogames is something moral busybodies have complained about for a while now.

>>14057785

>First time I've ever heard of this.

It might be because of where I live, but specifically alcoholism is recognized as being a problem, but people actually talking about being alcoholics is incredibly taboo (because it's 'unprofessional' and 'wrong' to admit you have a problem just like everybody else, people are ashamed about it but don't want it to slip out).

>>14057784

>For instance people are probably going to be a lot more open about a gaming addiction than say, sex addiction

There's also this. I've met sex addicts before and compared to people who are borderline obsessive about videogames they've almost always been incredibly ashamed about it because it takes such a toll on them mentally (several of them admitted to having issues connecting emotionally to the people they slept with, even if they really wanted to). Nobody's going to feel bad about playing videogames.