[–] Destination 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Gaming leads to three paths.
Weekend gamer
Gamer
Gamer that becomes aware
If you gaming and become the 3rd, this is done by rejecting the new for the old. Old games lead to questions and preferences, which lead to digging. To dig is to question and learn. Learning of the past is bad. Questioning the narrative is bad.
This is why Gamergate was such an issue for them before it fizzled out.
[–] GuyIDisagreeWith 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The triumph of Fashion over Science.
[–] Nonymous608 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Gaming is entertainment, much like watching television. Addiction can be applied to anything someone does in excess. I believe gamers can become addicted, much like anyone can become addicted to anything they do in excess.
Transgender folk are entirely different...
[–] Fuzzycrumpkin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That means that it is entirely elective, and not associated with mental health anymore.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Pretending every psychological addiction (as opposed to physical addictions) is a separate disorder seems kind of retarded to me. Whether you are addicted to porn, gambling, videogames, eating, long distance running, or being a terminal undergrad, the underlying issue is the same. Only the focus of the disorder is different.
[–] AnotherGrayman 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Whether you are addicted to porn, gambling, videogames, eating, long distance running, or being a terminal undergrad, the underlying issue is the same.
That's like saying there's no difference between a car accident and drowning because the issue is that you're dead.
Being addicted to sexual violence because you were abused as a kid, versus say, being addicted to video games because they give you a sense of accomplishment, are the not the same underlying issue. The underlying issue isn't "addiction," the issue is whatever's causing the person to become lost to the addiction. There are different psychological mechanisms at play.
You don't treat a veteran who's addicted to first-person shooters the same way you'd treat someone who's addicted to being pissed on.
Different shit is driving the addiction. That's why they're different disorders; they are different disruptions enabling behavior loops.
The loop isn't the problem, it's a symptom.
Pretending every psychological addiction (as opposed to physical addictions) is a separate disorder seems kind of retarded to me.
Pretending you know enough about psychology to make this statement seems equally retarded to me.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think being addicted to sexual violence probably is in a different category. My point was that most addictions (that aren't physical addictions) are really a matter of obsessive behavior. It doesn't much matter what you are obsessing over, the treatment of how to change your thinking is essentially the same.
[–] Libtardscum 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Gamers have always been the most oppressed people in the world