http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/ Switched Comments for Compulsive Gaming Is Rarely Addiction, Says Euro-Rehab Founder http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/guy will get some gambling addicts that are still in denial, because they are looking for the easier softer way ! I hope someone will monitor this European outfit - lets see what happen long term. There is no such thing as a Gambling dust fairy that that waves a wand and pouf! All is well ! Gamblers have ruined families - businesses etc etc .. You bet they are addicted to gambling - it gives them a rush just like a junkie gets a rush from hardcore drugs .. Well - maybe this dude will give his patients a lobotomy - That will work !]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/Nov 25th 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/
Read the words carefully

@the article: "Loneliness" is pretty spot-on, and I think frustration too.. I turn on my XBOX when the loneliness hits hard

However, I don't think it's a social problem in our part.
The thing is that they want us to socialize with normal people.
Geeks and normal people are incompatible. We're too different to socialize with each other. Normal poeple thinks dancing in a nightclub is cool, we think it's stupid. Normal people doesn't care about computers as long as they have myspace and porn, OTOH we think that computers are the most exciting thing ever and myspace sucks.
It's like dogs and cats. Dogs socialize with dogs, cats socialize with cats, but you can't make a cat socialize with a dog.

However, dogs/normal people are 90% of the world's population, cats/geeks are only 10%, so cats can't find themselves in real life, and hence, can't socialize in real life. That's where the network (and networked gaming) kicks in: In the net, it's much easier to filter the dogs out, letting the cats find each other much more easily than in real life. Hence, the cats socialize with each other over the network, instead of real life.

So there, doctors/parents/teachers, stop calling it a problem. It's not a problem at all. Just our nature.]]>Nov 25th 2008 9:28PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/http://www.switched.com/2008/11/25/compulsive-gaming-is-rarely-addiction-says-euro-rehab-founder/http://www.gamblingaddiction.tv/
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