Online gaming addiction hasn’t been officially given a diagnosis but behaviors that are related to gaming addiction have been very apparent to our teens today. There are so many signs that help you determine whether a teen is an online gaming addict or not… (yet?) Well, if this issue has become a problem to you or to somebody close to you, I suggest that you should examine him using these symptoms that you can consider.
5. Lack of Control
Someone who is addicted to online gaming exhibits a lack of control behavior. He who lacks it is unable to control the time he spends in front of the computer. He might tell you that he will be logging off but then he will still be online until several hours have passed. Some of them also tend to be nocturnal. They are those who are awake in the evening, when nobody else is around, and sleeping in the morning when somebody’s already awake to tell them that they should quit the addiction.
4. In Denial
Someone who is addicted to online gaming has the tendency to lie about how many hours he has spent in online games. And usually when they were asked if there’s something wrong, they probably would tell not tell you the truth. They would even deny that they have actually spent real money just for these games.
3. Body Aches
Back Ache, Dry Eyes, Headaches and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are just few of the body changes that an online gaming addict can have. Most of these are what they usually complain and yet they still continue their gaming addiction. Others are even likely to deny these.
2. Misuse of Money
Most of online gaming addicts use their cash just to buy some online-gaming-related possessions. Instead of buying things that are so much vital, they are apt to spending more on buying online cards and stuff.
1. Preoccupation
And by this preoccupation, I mean the excessive and unusual one. Online gaming addicts may tend to be irritable and disinterested in some other things that has nothing to do with online games. They usually talk about online games in constant and have the tendency to be forgetting or neglecting some important matters like EATING, SLEEPING and even TAKING A BATH.
Though this list is not accurate to all, this provides warning symptoms for everyone who knows someone who is assumed to be an online gaming addict. This can also be used as a self-diagnosis tool for those who believe that they may have the same problem.
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Add-in the the symptom which is unique to anybody who follows a schedule or routine (i.e. student, employee, etc). This symptom is the inability to follow the aforementioned schedule and the lack of regard for it.