Video Game Addiction Raise your hand if you play video games. A little history on video games is that video games first came out in homes in 1972, according to the book Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Wolf, 2012). I think many of us are aware of video game addictions but may not think much of it. Video game addictions are a serious problem with many consequences. Video games, especially in college, can be a break from your classes or just something fun to do in your free time. Limiting your time playing video games will help prevent video game addiction and the consequences that come with it. I am not saying completely cut them out of your life, but don’t allow yourself to play them every moment you can. Today I will talk to you
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Social isolation, insomnia, and obesity will cause many problems in the future for gamers when it comes to getting a job or staying in college. According to video-game-addiction.org, if you aren’t getting enough sleep, this can cause consequences socially (Video Game Addiction, n.d). Losing sleep to play videogames will mean you don’t have the energy or want to put in the time for your relationships and you are probably not someone who people want to be around when you don’t get enough sleep. When playing video games for a long period of time, insomnia can be caused because of “overstimulation of the brain” (Video Game Addiction, n.d). You could also lose sleep just because you are too worried about playing or just thinking about the game. Obesity may not be completely caused by video game addiction, it is related. As you can tell by this image I found in the article Health Psychology, based on how many hours video games are played, there is an increase in obesity (Health Psychology, 2009). Stateofobesity.org states that 30.3% of adults ages 20 to 39 are obese (Obesity Rates & Trends,
Social isolation, insomnia, and obesity will cause many problems in the future for gamers when it comes to getting a job or staying in college. According to video-game-addiction.org, if you aren’t getting enough sleep, this can cause consequences socially (Video Game Addiction, n.d). Losing sleep to play videogames will mean you don’t have the energy or want to put in the time for your relationships and you are probably not someone who people want to be around when you don’t get enough sleep. When playing video games for a long period of time, insomnia can be caused because of “overstimulation of the brain” (Video Game Addiction, n.d). You could also lose sleep just because you are too worried about playing or just thinking about the game. Obesity may not be completely caused by video game addiction, it is related. As you can tell by this image I found in the article Health Psychology, based on how many hours video games are played, there is an increase in obesity (Health Psychology, 2009). Stateofobesity.org states that 30.3% of adults ages 20 to 39 are obese (Obesity Rates & Trends,