Game Addiction
Game addiction
We all had passed an enjoyable moment in life especially in the age of teenager. There are so many activities to do such as hanging out with friends, playing sports, eating fatty junk foods, or even playing games. People will never be lonely when they do activities. For some, those enjoyable activities turn to suffering when they become "addicted". Nowadays, game addiction becomes one of the major problems in teenager age.
Unnoticeably, there are the thousands of stories of players who get involved in an online game to the point that they seriously neglect or even abandon school, work, friends and families. They leave their real lives, and join others world. They become socially isolated, can’t hang out with the person that used to be close to them, drop out of school, just stay in a room and play their loving game nonstop. These people have no choice to play, but they just can’t control their own self. They no longer do their routine activities. For instance, they no longer take a shower, do not eat a proper meal, or even get enough sleep.
Moreover, addicted players often seem disinterested or even aggressive. They tend to loose interest in anything that happens outside of their game worlds. Some people play game too much from morning till the early hours of the next day. In game, it’s fun to make more and more score, get on the next level, search for endless treasures, killing monster or enemy, collect fake items. This excitement causes the brain to release a chemical that is, in essence, addictive. Also, a research showed that playing violent games may be more harmful for kids than watching violence on TV, because violent games involve kids in practicing repeated acts of violence, and often reward them for it.
It might because of those exciting games can release the stress from daily life and reveal one’s self. Some people are lonely, looking for perfection, feeling helpless, powerless, and useless. Those...
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