International health organizations are creating a panic around the hobby of children and adults - video games, calling a seemingly harmless hobby " But to say for sure whether love for virtual life causes dependence on it can only be people who have recovered from the modern "

Mental health clinics are increasingly accepting patients with a diagnosis of video game addiction.. As psychological practice shows, such a hobby has two sides of the coin, but it is definitely an addiction..

Interesting for specialists was the fact that most patients had previously had another addiction - drugs or alcohol.. Having recovered from one form of addiction, a colorful virtuality came into their lives.

This opinion is confirmed by the patients themselves, saying that they constantly felt a desire to be anywhere, but not here, not now, and not by themselves.. At this stage, the love of video games ceases to be a hobby and becomes dangerous.. Patients have been known to threaten to take the lives of their family members if they would not let them play.. Addicts themselves confirm that video games are a kind of drug.. But they become a panacea for real problems, often depression..

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