The problem of children addicted to playing video games is a
topic that is around for years. When I was a little, I have heard about it a
ton from my parents. And that was a time, where I have a console and I could
play only for an hour or maybe 2. Now, children are spending their whole day in
front of a computer. And smartphones are not helping out here.
For years there was a problem where to put a border. How
much is too much? Or what it takes to consider something like gaming disorder?
We do not know the answer. Until a few days ago. WHO (World Health
Organization), on 25th May 2019, marked officially gaming disorder as a
disease. Here is a video describing what is gaming disorder and what are the
symptoms of it.
Sources:
http://time.com/5597258/gaming-disorder-icd-11-who/
https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/
Questions:
1. Do you consider yourself as a gamer? If yes, what are you
playing? It is a computer game or a handheld one?
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease
was right?
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from
playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Comments
2. Right now I spend like 1-2 hours a day playing video games but in the past it was even 12 hours a day...
3. Yes I think it was right and it really exists. We need to understand that games can have a huge impact in our life and behaviour.
4. Well right now I don't see any of them but when I was playing a lot in the past I started to mess up my sleep schedule, stop studying and learning new stuff because games were the most important things in my life, I think it was because I was good at it. I stopped to work out and even move, I stopped interacting with my real life friends and started talking to the ones that I have met in video games (some of them I have still contact with). I had almost all the simptoms of gaming disorder but I think about it only right now when I have different priorities in my life, In the past I didnt see this as something bad.
5. Well I think people shouldnt ban games for children because they will still find a way to play and they will start to be more obsessed about it. I highly recommend to start taking part in childrens life and what I mean by that is spending time with them and giving them something interesting other than games.
Yes, but i don't play a lot right now, but i feel good about my childhood and about spending a lot of time in past.Different games, from Single player games, to multiplayer and some killing time like dota 2 or cs, computer games.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
2 hours a week, because i have smth more important and i can feel free and relax when i play right now
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
Maybe in a past
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Speak with ur childrens, they are mirror of u
Honestly? I have not been and I will not be a player, although in the past I have been very much involved in the computer games industry. Sometimes I like to play a computer game for a "reset", but I do not do it often. However, I love playing board games with friends :)
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
When I was younger, it was about 2-5 hours a day, depending on my free time. For many years, if you accumulate 5 hours a year, it's still a lot for me.
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
Of course! Increasingly, more and more people start to manifest such symptoms, which causes not only problems with sleep and exclusion, but also the disruption of the entire organism.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
No, although I see some symptoms in the younger people I deal with at work.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Your best bet? Restrict contact with computers. Set a time frame during which children can play on the computer, but not too much. Also, do not give children under the age of 6 looking at the screen at all. This is not good for them.
1. Do you consider yourself as a gamer? If yes, what are you playing? It is a computer game or a handheld one?
I'm not a gamer and i've never been a gamer. I used to play a lot and even have some plans for standing out of the crowd and become professional player, but i'm not a fan of games naymore.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
Zero time for now. I played CS:GO for 6-8 hours per day when i used to be younger and i played dota2, but it stays in the past.
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
Yes, it is a disease now. People are addicted to the game and can't see the limitations or the moment when they need to stop playing and do other things.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
Luckily, not.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Yes, banning them from playing a lot is a good idea and it definitely will help to change aggressive behaviour of the kids.
I used to play gta san andreas multiplayer. Thanks to that I learned english better that anywhere or anytime
in school or university.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
Currently no time has been spent by me
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
Yes it's an addiction, and it affects between 2-7% of the population
Guys who who play games for 60 hours a week, live in their parents' basement, and
have big hopes and dreams, but never move towards them in a substantial way.
If your life isn't going in the direction that you want, and you're playing a ton of games,
that's a problem.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
No symptoms observed
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them
from playing a good idea?
Tournaments (also in pjatk) and considering e-sport as sport is major fault here
I am a former gamer with 12 years of experience in online games. Now unfortunately do not have much time, sometimes I miss it very much. But it is easier to find the games where you don't need to develop character, for example Overwatch.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
When I was in school, I played 6-8 hours a day.
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
I don't understand how you can be addicted to games, I have never had such a problem.It's all individual, there are people who are more prone to addiction.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
Never seen such problem,I'm in love the moment could go for a walk or to help parents.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Banning the game will only exacerbate the problem. Need to be interested in something else, such as board games.
No, I don't. But I played a lot earlier. Since then I'm not playing any games for a 5 years.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
Once in a month I could spend a few hours in the mobile game, but this is rare, and become boring for me fast.
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
I don't know. Because we have gambling, tv series addiction, or food addiction and we could treat anything as a decease, I think that gaming addiction is not as important as other mental deceases.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
I did. But I steal were in control of situation. And this is just tricky marketing that publishers are using to make us enter the game a lot times a day. The same things are used by facebook and instagram, but social network addiction, that is real problem as for me, and leads to suicides and mental disorders, should be considered as decease.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
I think it's important to provide feasible alternatives to spend time, rather than limit computer usage. Remote controlled vehicles modeling, building robots, sports there is so many cool things around, so it's more important not to be a lazy parent that only restricts, without providing valuable alternative.
No, I don’t consider myself a gamer. To be honest I can’t remember the last time when I was playing some computer game.
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
As I said above, I don’t really play games but if I had to guess I would say that I spend approximately 3 hours a year, usually in one or two days.
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
I’m not an expert and don’t want to sound like a know-it-all but I feel like calling gaming-disorder a disease is an overstatement.
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
No, I haven’t.
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
I don’t think that banning children from anything is a good idea, because when I was a kid and was told not to do something, it almost appeared to be more fun than it was, just because it was something banned. I think that parents should limit their time using computer, but completely banning is a bad idea.
2. I play on weekends after 2-3 hours, usually there is no time during the week. But I've never played 12 hours.
3. I think not, because everything in excess is a disease. It seems to me that people play because they run away from everyday problems. A colleague who had depression was treating her that way.
It seems to me that the WHO is overreacting. They will soon do that sitting at the computer for 8 hours is a disease, I wonder how we will work then.
4. I do not see such symptoms at home :).
5. I think that children up to a certain age should be banned. I see it in the popular counter-strike game where children use a microphone to create a toxic atmosphere
In my opinion, a game disease exists, and I am glad that scientists have officially recognized this. In Japan, there has long been a separate name for such people. Yes, even in our country is full of such cases.
If we allow, the children will play all day and eat only sweets and chips. Many parents give children to play that they do not interfere under their feet. I think they make a mistake, although I understand the reason for their actions.
2. Like I said, I'm not a gamer but I would say about 30 min a week because I sometmes play solitaire on my phone.
3. Well, a 'disorder' or a 'disease' is a little strong but I think it for sure could be an addiction and should be treated in some way if it's taking over someones everyday life.
4. Not at all
5. Banning something completely is never a good idea. I think parents should be present in the gaming world of their children in some way. If they play together and set healthy limits, they will keep gaming safe and sensible for their kids.
I don't think that banning games from them is a good idea, I think we should show them that real life and friend are more important and valuable and that spending time outside can be fun as well.
Yea, i am a gamer and i play lots of titles, like Darksriders, League of Legends, World of Warcraft, and other... they are comp games
2. How much time do you spend on playing video games?
about 1/2 time of all my free time
3. Do you think that considering gaming disorder as a disease was right?
Yea it is disease like alkoholism, it comes shy and after some years it is impossible to stop ;/
4. Have you observed any symptoms on yourself?
Yea i observed that games give me more fun then book becouse book cant give me finished animation which is good to my eyes
5. Do you have any ideas on how to protect children from playing too much? Is banning them from playing a good idea?
Banning is worst idea, i think that need to experience what they can lost while they would play too much, i think its greatest idea which could work poperly.