As a psychologist I always hesitate to use the word addiction not related to a drug or alcohol. Substance aabuse shares many of the same impulse behaviors but lacks the changes to neuro chemistry that heroine or nicotine does.

Thanks for the reply and the “never” was more a poor choice of words on my part then what I was trying to convey. Absolute statements when dealing with addiction and mental health issues just do not mix as there is always lots of forces that play a role. If I could edit it I would but kinja.

I still don’t know why some gamers are so hesitant to admit that this is an actual issue. I know quite a few. I am sure a majority of us know somebody with a form of digital addiction and gaming addiction is a subset of that. I had a former friend who feel into alcoholism due to gaming and its a path I’ve seen people…