Game "Addiction"

Game "addiction" as so many people are calling it now, is unfortunately a real and growing problem in the gaming world, but first before we get into that area I'll talk about what game addiction actually is.

The word addiction means to have an uncontrollable craving for a substance you inject, inhale or how ever you can get into you, making the term game addiction moot.
Yes you have cravings to get back into a game and level up and make your character all the more stronger but the word "addiction" doesn't apply here, so we'll call it "a sever love of video games" for now.

Now this is a serious problem in the world and it does affect people's lives in a shockingly negative way and does have long term after effects such as anxiety, depression and other rather negative mental health issues. They effect diet as well but I personally don't think that's as big a problem as depression and anxiety, so we'll stick to these fun topics for now.

When a person plays games in order to escape your reality then it is a problem and will lead to more problems and more and more, there aren't many ways we know of as yet to combat this issue, it's mainly up to the player to overcome this problem, but there is support for these people and people that care for them that I'm sure will help them.

In the near future at the rate of this problem is going, ways to professionally combat this issue further will appear it's is simply a matter of time.

-Lloyd Clasby