Video Games. Addiction or Disorder?

    Video games are addictive. No wonder the gaming industry is making a fortune. Infact, i was once so addicted that i would spend atleast 4 to 5 hours in front of my tv playing video games. Lately, there has been a lot of research and surveys taking place as it is predicted as a sort of mental illness or disorder. Also, there is a question to which no one is being able to answer. Is video game an addiction or a mental disorder? Initially, it started to seem as a problem in kids as them holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet.

Joyce Protopapas of Frisco, Texas, said her 17-year-old son, Michael, was a video addict. Over nearly two years, video games transformed him from an outgoing, academically gifted teen into a reclusive manipulator who flunked two 10th grade classes and spent several hours day and night playing a popular online video game called World of Warcraft.
     Video games are fun but you cannot make it the only thing in your life.