How To Identify And Treat Gaming Disorder | TODAY

Last spring, the World Health Organization recognized a condition known as gaming disorder. So how do you know if someone you love is just having fun or if their gaming is really a problem? Relationship therapist Argie Allen-Wilson joins TODAY to weigh in.

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How To Identify And Treat Gaming Disorder | TODAY

[rext]

I work and go out, but when I’m doing neither of those I game

[moon_wei]

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I play 3-4 hours a day
Those are rookie numbers you gotta bump them up my g

[Blocky]

What does the point I agree with but the last few notes

[Rickyears]

My 15 year old son gets very angry when we stop him from gaming. If we go to bed he will stay up until 2:00 am. He seems to find friends that do the same and have no adult supervision.

[ktsavage]

Thats not a gaming problem its heath issues

[Noah-]

Unfortunately, people who play video games don't know what are the side effects of doing this terrible habit on the long run. When parents let thier children play video games, they just destroying thier kid's future. When person gets bored or boredom in general is the healthy sign that urges us to start working, inventing, creating things, hanging out with friends, reading, learning, or even watching a movie and looking for girlfriend, by using dopamine that urges us to engage with the life.
Unfortunately, when gamers get bored, they start playing video games using all their boredom or dopamine in virtual reality instead of using it in thier real life without getting anything just wasting time and they reach the degree where they cannot live without doing this habit. All thier life will be gaming no friend, family, girlfriend, future.
By the way, I used to play video games since I was 12, but I decided to stop doing this terrible habit which helped me to stop other bad habits like smoking cigarettes, and now, I'm focusing on my career.

[SurflinerBoy]

I usually play video games but going out and taking the bus is a good decision to avoid this

[dr.despacito]

This seems like an excuse to defend bad parents

Gaming is not a disorder whatsoever people love to game part of life been there for years no need to call it a disorder.

[gamingmoran]

Imagine a future president who is a Chad gamer

[gamingmoran]

When your children are not doing something that you told them to do their not interested find something else that is interesting

[avige_dislekice]

It’s not a disorder to indulge in your hobbies. I’ve never heard of board game disorder. I’ve never heard of woodworking disorder. So why is there a gaming disorder.

[gamingmoran]

Yes I agree that give me video games priority over your daily life it's not a good thing do you know why someone leaves their job to play video game it's because they don't want to go totheir job

[AndySaenz]

Meh, I outgrew video games almost a decade ago. It was fun playing them, but I don’t really care for them anymore.

[seanmennecke]

hubbab
(I played to many video games and have lost my cognitive function)

[SwarmInformer]

It’s not a disorder, are there addictions, yes. but no disordes